Board Thread:Miscellaneous/@comment-36950672-20190224170946/@comment-26041882-20190318091757

I wanna also add some interesting things I thought about. Pearl has constantly demonstrated a strong desire to help support Steven in his development, but I remember her attitude when fusing with Garnet. She desires to be a part of something, not to be the dominant force of a fusion, but a piece of a whole. Even if Garnet and Amethyst don't intend to, they do have stronger emotions than Pearl and those aspects of them tend to show in their fusion.

I find it funny that with how the fusions between our three Gems and Steven demonstrate, Steven and Amethyst show a powerful synergy through the fact that they don't have multiple eyes, and only one extra hand. Eyes seem to reflect the synchroncity of their emotional fusion, when a fusion has more pairs, this means that the pieces might not share the same understanding of their surroundings. The more emotionally bonded a pair is, the less likely you'll see extra eyes. In that regard, arms seem to reflect their intent through action rather than perception. The more arms, the more divided their decision of what they want to achieve can be.

The more you bring into a fusion, the stronger they can be if their intentions and decisions seem to align together. Uncertainty, conflict, and disagreement cause a fusion to break down, when you have just two Gems come together, it isn't that problematic, but the more added together, the greater a small event can shatter a fusion unless they are united with a common intent to keep themselves whole until it is accomplished.

I think that is why Flourite talks so slow, because she needs to have the confirmation of several pieces within herself to come to a true consensus. Think about it, the more voices and identities in your head, the easier it is for something to stumble the whole and cause the fusion to fall apart. So she takes her time, and tries to act as a collective. This is also why the strongest fusions tend to not last for long, because while they act with a singular intent, they only last for that long. Amazingly powerful, but fragile.

Hopefully, this made sense, and a lot of this is determined by theory.