Bismuth (character)

"Nobody's more Crystal Gem than I am."

Bismuth is a member of the Crystal Gems. Before the end of the Rebellion, she and Rose had a conflict of interests, leading to her being poofed, bubbled, and left in Lion's Dimension without anyone else knowing. 5,300 years later, Rose's son, Steven, accidentally freed her. After her proposal was once again rejected, she and Steven fought, and she was once again poofed and bubbled. Unlike Rose, her demise was revealed to the others by Steven.

Appearance
Bismuth has a large, bulky body type with broad shoulders similar to that of Jasper. Her head outlines the shape of the rest of her body, with a large jaw and noticeable cheeks similar to Steven. Her hair is styled in several dreadlocks in a mixture of several bright tones, all held back by a lilac headband. She has a periwinkle complexion, and she sports a single tattoo-like marking of a star pattern on her left shoulder in a smoky dark red. Her gemstone is located in the center of her chest and is noticeably concave.

She wears a black apron-like outfit, resembling a blacksmith, with a single brownish attachment and a bright red star-shaped belt around her waist. Her pants are a murky pink color, and she has dark brown boots.

Personality
Bismuth is loud and full of laughter. She is very fierce and determined, and often shows no respect, as shown when she easily ripped a piece of wood off from the Beach House and threw it across the house. However, she does have a soft, emotional, and empathetic side, as shown when she cried when she saw Pearl crying. She also respects apologies from others.

Despite this softer side, Bismuth is very aggressive. She designed weapons with the intent of shattering opposing gems. She also didn't see the hypocrisy in using Homeworld's tactics against them. This trait is reveled to be why she was bubbled and hidden in the first place.

History
Bismuth fought in the Rebellion alongside the Crystal Gems. At some point before the war ended, she was poofed by Rose, bubbled, and placed inside of Lion's Dimension. Approximately 5,300 years later, Steven frees her from the bubble by accident. After regenerating, she was confused where all of the other Crystal Gems were.

Bismuth was brought to the Strawberry Battlefield where she learned how long she was inactive for and that she, Pearl, and Garnet are the only survivors of the rebellion still around in the present day.

Abilities
Bismuth has all the powers of a normal Gem, including the ability to invoke a weapon, shapeshifting, and superhuman strength.

Pearl
Bismuth learns about the remainder of the war from Pearl. When Pearl starts to cry, Bismuth tells Pearl that she starts to cry whenever Pearl does, implying they had a close relationship previously. Pearl apologizes, but Bismuth says that it's okay, and they comfort each other.

Garnet
Bismuth is seen laughing with Garnet at the Temple. After learning about the war, Garnet walks over to comfort Bismuth, and the two hold hands.

Trivia

 * Bismuth's bubbled gemstone made an appearance in "Lion 3: Straight to Video" when Steven first discovered Lion's Dimension.
 * Bismuth is voiced by Uzo Aduba, an actress known for playing the character Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren in Netflix's original series Orange Is the New Black.
 * When Bismuth was asking about other Crystal Gems, she lists a few, one of which is named "Crazy Lace". This might be a reference to the character Aduba plays in the show above. At the same time, Crazy Lace is also a variety of agate.

Gemology

 * Bismuth is an element with the symbol as Bi and an atomic number of 83.
 * Bismuth is not, in fact, a gem. Instead, it is a post-transition metal, a type of metal which is soft and brittle and has a lower melting point than other metals. Like many other metals, it has a crystal structure.
 * Bismuth is most often formed in hydrothermal vents and pegmatite dikes. It also occurs as massive and as waterworn nuggets in stream beds.
 * Crystals, which are uncommon, are usually flat hexagons occurring in parallel groupings.
 * Pseudocubic, hopper-like crystal groupings are almost never found in nature but are mostly laboratory-produced.
 * This Hoppering is caused when electrical attraction is higher along the edges of the crystal; this causes faster growth at the edges than near the face centers.
 * This type of crystal is called Hopper Crystal, and hoppering has been noticed in many substances, including galena, rose quartz, gold, calcite, salt, and ice.
 * The bismuth crystal owes its array of colors from iridescent oxides that tarnish the crystal as it grows. Otherwise, bismuth will only appear as gray and metallic.
 * Bismuth is used for cosmetics, alloys, and medicines.

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