Talk:Know Your Fusion/@comment-4742018-20160817053628/@comment-29875744-20160919150347

I wonder if there may be some jealousy in Pearl that Steven/Rose fused with Amethyst first and not with her? That may have been the unconsious motivation for Sardonyx pushing Smoky in "Sardonyx Tonight" to try/fail at those various challenges.

Then, as Smoky's responses became more and more obviously self-effacing, it finally hit Sardonyx like a ton of bricks that what she was doing to Smoky was not very nice - hence the emotional chaos caused Sardonyx to de-fuse. Of course, this was an opportunity for Smoky to save the day!

I kind of raised an eyebrow at Pearl's praise of Amethyst after the rescue ("Oh, Amethyst! You're such a good influence!"); to me, it smacked of Pearl covering for what she did to Smoky.