Stop me if y'all’ve heard this before, but I just brought together a Steven Universe theory.
So there’s a theory going around that White Diamond has the power to alter memories, right? This is supported largely by Centipeetle’s drawings where her memories are ‘whited out.’
You could try to say that the dark blue hair in the mural is just her cowl, but take a closer look at the gif. Even if that is the case, something is off.
While we can’t very clearly see her hair color in the above gif (though given that it’s the exact same shade as the rest of the cowl when there’s enough light to shine on both her lips and her diamond makes me inclined to believe that it is a shade of blue, rather than white), we can see that it does not go across her chest as it does in the modern day:
Now, some people who have pointed out the hair change just chalk it up to the crewniverse having been unsure of her design. While that’s not impossible, it does seem super unlikely lmao.
What seems more likely to me personally, and this is where I’m gonna tie it all back together, is that Blue changes because of White Diamond (or her currently unknown agents) directly.
See, we know a couple things. One, that Blue believes that Pink was shattered by Rose via a Sword:
* Centipeetle having a tampered-with memory *Centipeetle having white hair (but drawing herself and her crew with green hair before the white diamond memory tampering) *Centipeetle having named the diamond authority as the people who tampered with said memory *Centipeetle being corrupted as a result.
*Blue having blue, or at least, noticeably different hair before Pink’s shattering *Blue having misinformation (or faulty memory) regarding Pink’s shattering *Blue now having white hair.
Soooo tldr: White Diamond fucked with Blue’s memory just like she did with the Centipeetle crew’s. This left all of them with white hair.
And just for shits and giggles, let’s have a bonus round.
Guess who else has solidly white (and not tinted, as with Holly Blue, Opal, Malechite, Jasper pre-corruption, etc) hair?
Another corrupted gem.
Bonus bonus round:
If White Diamond tampering with memories gives gems white hair, and if that is also tied to gem corruption, and if touching on the forgotten and/or altered memories quickens that corruption, it would add an entire other dimension to Yellow Diamond wanting to get the trial over with as quickly as possible. (Also, why she wants to keep Blue away from all of Pink’s stuff, beyond that just being her style of grieving)
If White Diamond altered Blue’s memories, as I suspect she did, then Yellow (who hasn’t changed, as far as I can tell) would want to prevent any corruption of Blue that might come as a result.
i have a headcanon, that shisui is The Weird Uncle to the kids. but it's fine, because he's fun so they adore him. kurama CAN'T STAND IT, but cannot do much, because the brats adore him and would get sad if he broke his neck. so Kurama The Grumpy puts up with him, grumpily. "you have three strikes, uchiha." (1/?)
it is finally yugito with fuu, who after spending too much time with their role model kushina, figure out that the best way to get away with trouble, is to blame uncle shisui. because grumpy is biased and if his kids say that these destroyed buildings are uchiha’s fault, then it doesn’t matter that shisui is on the mission across two countries - those destroyed buildings are the uchiha’s fault, somehow. *clenches fists* *glares into the distance* “that cursed sharingan of his..!”
“Captain! Captain, help me!”
It probably says something about Kakashi’s life that this is far from the first time he’s been jumped by a green blur and dragged into an alley. Or maybe it just says something about Shisui.
“…From?” Kakashi asks politely after several seconds in which Shisui does nothing except twitch at shadows and stare wide-eyed at any signs of movement.
At that, however, Shisui whips his head back around to look at Kakashi and hisses, “From your boyfriend, who else? He’s threatening to eat me again!”
Judging by Shisui’s expression, it was definitely not in the fun way that he and Kurama tried last night. Shisui wouldn’t be nearly as alarmed if it was. Or maybe he would; with Shisui it’s sometimes kind of hard to tell.
Still, given the way Kurama was sending one of the more flirtatious Suna nin murderous looks yesterday - he’s so cute, really, though no one ever believes Kakashi when he says that - they’re undoubtedly monogamous at this point, so Kakashi drags his thoughts away from sex with some effort (and reluctance) and asks, “Oh? Seriously, this time?”
“He’s always serious!” Shisui flails emphatically at him. “That’s why he’s so fucking terrifying, okay? And this time he’s even more serious because he thinks I’m the one who crushed Gaara’s pillow fort!”
It takes effort not to wince. That is - that is probably the best way to die, where Kurama is concerned. Kurama grouchily adores all his kids, and Naruto in particular, but one sad look from Gaara and he would cheerfully depose Kage and level villages to make the kid smile again. And when Gaara found his pillow fort in ruins? There were actual tears.
Shisui is already dead; he just doesn’t know it yet. Or, well, he probably does, given the horrified paranoia on his face.
“Did you?” Kakashi asks carefully, because as quasi-stepfather it’s probably something he should do.
Shisui gives him a withering look. “I was in northern Water Country and just got back ten minutes ago. Kurama ambushed me at the gate! How is that logical?!”
Kakashi ignores the semi-hysterical note in Shisui’s voice. “Did you tell Kurama that it couldn’t have been you?”
Apparently not satisfied with this reaction, Shisui presses his hands over his face with a low, theatrical wail and slumps back against the wall, sliding down it to bury his head in his knees. “I’m doomed. Yugito and Fuu told him it was me.”
…Yeah, Kakashi would assume ‘doomed’ is an understatement. The kids could insist that the sky was green and Kurama would probably start gutting anyone who argued. In this? Shisui has no chance.
“I told you not to warn that boy off,” he says mildly. “Yugito is good at holding grudges.”
“He was a scumbag,” Shisui protests without raising his head. “What was I supposed to do?”
“Stand still and die, Uchiha!” a low voice snarls, heavy with menace, and with a shriek like a little girl Shisui bolt to his feet, sprints for the end of the alley, and disappears in a whirl of leaves.
“Hi, honey,” Kakashi drawls, reaching out and hooking his fingers in Kurama’s sash as he makes to stalk past. Kurama goes with it, even if he rolls his eyes half a second before Kakashi kisses him.
“Sap,” he accuses, even though he doesn’t try to push him away.
“Mm.” Kakashi steals another kiss, amused by the way Kurama leans up into it across their height difference. Not that he’ll say that - he likes his kidneys where they’re supposed to be. “Have fun hunting. Should I bring home sushi for dinner?”
“Get extra,” Kurama advises, sinking back down to stand flat-footed. There’s amusement in the curve of his mouth, and when Kakashi brushes deep red hair back behind his ears, it deepens and softens. “Momiji and Fuji were going to swing by.”
“Your wish is my command,” Kakashi says grandly, and Kurama huffs and punches him in the stomach. Lightly, which from him is the equivalent of a confession of love, so Kakashi takes it in the spirit it’s intended.
“Stay out of trouble, asshole. I’ve got an Uchiha to skin,” he growls, and Kakashi doesn’t even try to hide the way his breath catches at that tone. Bedroom or battlefield, it gets to him every time.
When Kurama goes to step away, Kakashi very pointedly reels him back in, curving his hands around his waist. “Are you sure you have to go now? The kids are with my dad, aren’t they? We’d have the house to ourselves.”
Kurama hesitates, looking torn, and then eyes him suspiciously. “You’re not just trying to keep me from killing Brainwash Boy, are you?”
“I would never,” Kakashi promises solemnly, and it’s more or less the truth. Shisui getting his neck broken would make the kids sad, so he doesn’t have to worry about Kurama actually killing him. Probably. And it’s good that Kurama and Shisui are friends.
Besides, this is entirely selfish. Not that Kakashi thinks anyone would blame him - Kurama is one of the most gorgeous things he’s ever seen, and he’s very interested in all the possibilities of sex. Kakashi is a lucky, lucky man.
“…Fine,” Kurama huffs, and there’s a sly smirk starting to curl his mouth. He steps closer, tugging the zipper of Kakashi’s flak jacket down in a long, slow slide that somehow manages to be sexy enough to short-circuit Kakashi’s brain. “I’ll let you distract me. Just this once.”
Kakashi swallows, hooks an arm more tightly around Kurama’s waist, and calls up a shunshin.
Shisui had better appreciate all the sacrifices he makes for the sake of his team.
Hannigram at Disneyworld~~ This was a fill for a patron’s prompt for Belladonnaq’s prompt fest~
Alternatively: Hannigram Disneyworld AU
Hannibal is an older med student and Will is a police academy trainee and they both take summer jobs as character actors. Hannibal is v popular and plays princes etc. and Will is weird and only plays Pluto, and doesn’t understand why Hannibal keeps flirting with him and then
“This man reaches the very bottom and then more. … You think, How much more can this guy take? He’s broken, he gets up again, he’s broken — and that’s really what makes him a superhero. A lot of people have asked me, “What makes him a superhero?” That’s really the answer I should have given. It’s not the Cloak of Levitation. It’s not the Eye of Agamotto. It’s about his staying power. It’s a marathon and not a sprint. The guy endures so much.”
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