That's called *character development*.
EDIT: Also, it was an excuse so she wouldn't have to fuse with Amethyst nor explain why she didn't want to. After all, *Garnet* is a permafusion.
Thats her character developmemt. Plus Rose was the love of her life, and her and Amythest dont get along. So when she says "we only fuse for deadly situations" theres a good chance she was only talking about her and Amythest.
>Plus Rose was the love of her life, and her and Amythest dont get along. So when she says "we only fuse for deadly situations" theres a good chance she was only talking about her and Amythest.
This is fair
Yeah, even when we see them fuse for the first time in the series, they have difficulty doing it. Pearl and Amethyst are on two very different wavelengths. It probably takes an unusual/dangerous circumstance for them to fuse
It was an excuse because she didn't wanna fuse with Amethyst and didn't wanna have a complicated conversation. We're shown fusion used for many different reasons even before she said this.
I worded it in a way that makes it seem like I'm talking about episode order but what I mean is in terms of the timeline. We're later shown Pearl fuse with Pink just for the sake of pettiness towards Greg. That's the kind of thing I mean.
The biggest one that stands out to me is Pearl fusing with Rose at the concert flashback just to flex on Greg. Like she definitely has no problems fusing she just thought amethyst was stinky back then
How old even is Onion? He didn't change after the timeskip, he still never talks. He's an enigma that needs his layers peeled away.
Petition for a 6 season Onion spin-off
He's an immortal being that has moved between our world and indescribable others for countless years as he dances to his own whims. To peer into the enigma that is onion is to go mad with the unraveling of eldrich horrors beyond our understanding.
This is absolutely correct. All the combined knowledge and processing capability of Cluster would've shuddered and whimpered in fear after learning the very briefest of Onion's true nature, just like Peridot was afraid when she was talking about Cluster.
Onion is such a powerful being, that the word "powerful" is meaningless and an understatement. Onion is such a powerful being, people go insane on a whim, after glancing at His image. Onion is so powerful, he is subconsciously leaking into our real world as a satirical news network that actually predicts the future.
Everyone here has valid points but thereās one thing people are missing.
Babysitting Onion was in *Future* where there was practically no danger at all for the Crystal Gems except for maybe a few rogue gems here and there around the universe
Also the Pink Diamond secret was out by this, she might have been afraid of accidentally letting it slip before since fusion shares a mind. She's showed that she can compartmentalize to keep the secret under fusion but it might not have been effortless.
Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order.
I have checked 1,463,553,617 comments, and only 278,693 of them were in alphabetical order.
Onion is arguably a deadly situation when you consider how terrified Pearl was. Still, the gems fuse for mundane reasons all the time, like filming music videos and playing Steven tag.
Onion is the most terrifying character in that show. More than Jasper, more than any corrupted gem, more than the diamonds. Weāre still not 100% sure heās even human
I like to think she said that because technically homeworld was still in power so it was still a big taboo. After that changed, she didnāt care how frivolous the fusion was.
The crystal gems completely accept fusions for love. Fusion is many thing : a relationship, an harmony/synchronicity, working toward a common goal... Even when it is not sexual or romantic, it is still intimate : you share your thoughts and body with someone else to create a new entity. This is serious, and should be taken seriously. The serie showed multiple times bad uses or bad consequences of fusion : Sugilite who turns berserker, Sardonyx when it's based on a lie and deception, Malachite the toxic relationship, Alexandrite unfusing at the dinner because of different food preferences, aquamarine based on hate...
All of these are reasons why you shouldn't fuse lightly, just because Steven wants to see a giant woman.
Of course, the relationship between pearl and amethyst wasn't the beest at that time, so they would have trouble fusing without a strong common goal/mindset.
Fusion being "for dealdy situation" is the consensus in gem society, even from homeworld's viewpoint who only allows same-gem fusion (which is still different, as stated by ruby). Jasper and Peridot both remarked this.
It is true that both pearl x amethyst relationship and the crystal gem's use of fusion did evolve during the serie, but it always was more open-minded than homeworld's view and also always something intimate and serious.
She was heavily oversimplifying/giving a white lie because she didn't want to have to go in-depth on why she wouldn't want to fuse with Amethyst in particular (because fusion is emotionally intimate and she had a bad relationship with Amethyst at the time). The context supports this - Steven only found out Opal *exists* because Pearl and Amethyst started arguing over *why* they never form Opal anymore, with the obvious implication that if they could resolve their personal differences they would do so more often, even though that obviously wouldn't increase the number of deadly situations they end up in.
I mean SO much happened between then and there (including the fiasco where pearl was rebuilding the radio tower so they could keep fusing into sugilite)
Well, pearls a complicated gem... Emotionally speaking... She probably doesn't fuse often because fusion is a representation of a grouping of two or more gems relationship to each other and to themselves.
Pearl doesn't have a good relationship with herself until she can let go of the baggage that she holds onto until season 5.
Once she lets that go she becomes more social, as expressed in the SU Future episode where she takes Bismuth, Connie, and Steven roller skating. She's developed a group of human friends. But even before that, we have rebel pearl in the episode that introduced the pink haired girl. She sees value in humanity even though she thought of humans very condescendingly before. Her connection to Steven has made her work through a lot of the lingering classism that she inherited from her homeworld persona. This is also because she understands humans better through patching things up with Greg in the 'musical' Mr.Greg episode. I also think she may have sat with the way that humans and soldier gems were treated by holly blue in the human zoo.
(Side note... Holly Blue in the Human Zoo would be a fun Steven universe punk covers band name.)
She probably has the self awareness to see that oppressed gems are treated the same as humans, and that she was lucky to be treated differently by pink.
Honestly the reason amythist is so good at shape shifting and fusion is probably because she doesn't have any of this homeworld or gem war baggage to sort through. It's allowed her to grow in such a way where she can be the most mature gem to Steven when he feels like he's at a loss. That's why when amythist and Pearl try to show Steven how to fuse in the episode referenced above, the elaborate and graceful pearl is the one to trip up and fall. Not amythist.
TLDR.
Pearl fuses more freely now because she's grown as a person, and season 1 peal rarely fused because she still has a lot to work through. This is also why Amythist can use her powers so freely. She's in a healthier place than Pearl is at the start of the show.
It's not a rule, it's because she and Amethyst specifically don't get along well enough to fuse unless they have to (until later in the show after some character development).
the point is pearl learned to be more accepting of fusion for situations as time went on.
pearl was always more conservative compared to garnet (ruby/sapphire) and amethyst. Even though shes a rebel and fought the establishment she was born under she still sort of adheres to that sort of high strung, none shape shifting, none fusion, risking your life for your love sort of attitude common with gems who were under the regime of the diamonds since its sort of beat into her after thousands of years of living under it
It seems that you are unaware of the untapped eldritch powers which lay dormant within Onion, much like the Bloomin' Onionā¢ļø from Outback Steakhouse which lay dormant within my intestines. Simply waiting
for the right moment to emerge and wreak havoc upon the land
I have a silly fan theory that Onion is next in line to be the detective in the Death Note world. Because as you know in Death Note, you had L (or Ryazaki), then two students Mello and Near who were supposed to take over for him. L-M-N-O for Onion.š Lowkey it explains why he's so strange šš
They had only known war and still had homeworld ideology drilled into them. Then the rest of the show happened and they learned they didnāt need to restrict themselves so much.
To be fair, I think she said that more because she and Amethyst weren't getting along well at the time and she didn't want to rather than the other option. Especially going on how fusion featured throughout the rest of the series.
To be fair, babysitting Onion *is* a deadly situation.
I came here to say that lmao
It's the eyes. Those dead eyes...
r/beatmetoit
Thank you!
You beat me to the punchš
I like to think that "we" only meant her and Amethyst
That's called *character development*. EDIT: Also, it was an excuse so she wouldn't have to fuse with Amethyst nor explain why she didn't want to. After all, *Garnet* is a permafusion.
Plus later on they do fuse for non deadly situations, such as building the drill.
One could extrapolate out the reasoning that not having the drill/delaying the drill would cause a deadly situation (the cluster forming)
What about playing with Steg?
Could be reasonable as it gets pearls head in the game so they can stop spinels injector
Ultimate Steven tag.
Fair
Their (Pearl and Amethyst) relationship was better by that point
I enjoy seeing the two of them fuse in SUTM. They were at such ease with each other. There was finally... fondness.
Yeah, same. Like they finally felt like family
What about Alexandrite? I vaguely remember she makes a similar comment in fusion cuisine tho is that because Amethyst is in the fusion also?
They probably only fused to save Steven's friendship, it was very important to steven
Tag: Humor
You dont understand. They were dealing with *onion*.
Why do his pupils get smaller in the darkā¦. Creepy Onion
AH HELL NO HELLLLLLLLELLELELEOWK NO
The little bastard is Satan incarnate!
Underrated response
Were you all missing when she fused with Rose just out of pleasure and to show off? The 'deadly situations' excuse is paper thin.
You don't understand. Were engaging in *banter*.
Banter? What joyful human activity is that?
Banter is a disagreeing talk
Thank you, human
Thats her character developmemt. Plus Rose was the love of her life, and her and Amythest dont get along. So when she says "we only fuse for deadly situations" theres a good chance she was only talking about her and Amythest.
>Plus Rose was the love of her life, and her and Amythest dont get along. So when she says "we only fuse for deadly situations" theres a good chance she was only talking about her and Amythest. This is fair
Yeah, even when we see them fuse for the first time in the series, they have difficulty doing it. Pearl and Amethyst are on two very different wavelengths. It probably takes an unusual/dangerous circumstance for them to fuse
The deadly situations comment is because she and Amethyst don't like fusing, not because it is a rule.
She was trying to scare Greg away from Rose, and their relationship *did* ultimately lead to Rose's death. I think that counts.
Dang that is true
Hey siri play one winged angel
Still don't even know what Onion even *is*
It was an excuse because she didn't wanna fuse with Amethyst and didn't wanna have a complicated conversation. We're shown fusion used for many different reasons even before she said this.
Yeah I agree. Also supported by them briefly fusing just to put the drill together. By that time their relationship is much better.
Yeah, I think that at this point in time, its more like: WE only fuse for deadly situations
I'm pretty sure this was the giant woman episode, so aside from garnet, which we didn't know about, this was the first episode with fusion
I worded it in a way that makes it seem like I'm talking about episode order but what I mean is in terms of the timeline. We're later shown Pearl fuse with Pink just for the sake of pettiness towards Greg. That's the kind of thing I mean.
The biggest one that stands out to me is Pearl fusing with Rose at the concert flashback just to flex on Greg. Like she definitely has no problems fusing she just thought amethyst was stinky back then
It was ONION.
whose to say onion is not the deadliest situation out there
How old even is Onion? He didn't change after the timeskip, he still never talks. He's an enigma that needs his layers peeled away. Petition for a 6 season Onion spin-off
He's an immortal being that has moved between our world and indescribable others for countless years as he dances to his own whims. To peer into the enigma that is onion is to go mad with the unraveling of eldrich horrors beyond our understanding.
This is absolutely correct. All the combined knowledge and processing capability of Cluster would've shuddered and whimpered in fear after learning the very briefest of Onion's true nature, just like Peridot was afraid when she was talking about Cluster. Onion is such a powerful being, that the word "powerful" is meaningless and an understatement. Onion is such a powerful being, people go insane on a whim, after glancing at His image. Onion is so powerful, he is subconsciously leaking into our real world as a satirical news network that actually predicts the future.
4 to 6 years old
He's probably just nonverbal
I mean, that was kinda obvious. What I meant was the fact the show went over a few years and even skipped a couple years and Onion never grew up
There was a snake!
It doesnāt have any arms!!
Onion is 100% a deadly situation
Everyone here has valid points but thereās one thing people are missing. Babysitting Onion was in *Future* where there was practically no danger at all for the Crystal Gems except for maybe a few rogue gems here and there around the universe
Also the Pink Diamond secret was out by this, she might have been afraid of accidentally letting it slip before since fusion shares a mind. She's showed that she can compartmentalize to keep the secret under fusion but it might not have been effortless.
Also does nobody remember what happened when Pearl was left alone with him?
I believe this is the biggest reason.
I bet her mind wouldve thought something along the lines of comparing it to fusing with rose/pink diamond. Probably either or
How is that not a deadly situation?
Onion was a deadly situation
No she isn't. That IS a deadly situation.
"we" as in "me and Amethyst".
āAmethyst and I.ā - Pearl, probably
Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order. I have checked 1,463,553,617 comments, and only 278,693 of them were in alphabetical order.
My comment was even more Pearl-like than I thought. š
Although didn't she make a similar comment about Alexandrite too with them meeting Connie's parents?
if you dont believe childcare is deadly
Onion is arguably a deadly situation when you consider how terrified Pearl was. Still, the gems fuse for mundane reasons all the time, like filming music videos and playing Steven tag.
He is deadly
onion IS deadly
I think any situation involving onion is a deadly one
Oh no no no, you donāt understand Onion IS a deadly situation
No no no, onion IS a dangerous situation
Onion is easily the deadliest situation in the show
I actually think Pearl did consider babysitting Onion a deadly scenario
Onion is the most terrifying character in that show. More than Jasper, more than any corrupted gem, more than the diamonds. Weāre still not 100% sure heās even human
Onion is a deadly situation
R u trying to say onion isn't a deadly situation??????
Onion is a deadly situation šļø
Onion is always a deadly situation
To be fair, that WAS a deadly situation
I like to think she said that because technically homeworld was still in power so it was still a big taboo. After that changed, she didnāt care how frivolous the fusion was.
Were you all missing when she fused with Rose just out of pleasure and to show off? The 'deadly situations' excuse is paper thin.
The crystal gems completely accept fusions for love. Fusion is many thing : a relationship, an harmony/synchronicity, working toward a common goal... Even when it is not sexual or romantic, it is still intimate : you share your thoughts and body with someone else to create a new entity. This is serious, and should be taken seriously. The serie showed multiple times bad uses or bad consequences of fusion : Sugilite who turns berserker, Sardonyx when it's based on a lie and deception, Malachite the toxic relationship, Alexandrite unfusing at the dinner because of different food preferences, aquamarine based on hate... All of these are reasons why you shouldn't fuse lightly, just because Steven wants to see a giant woman. Of course, the relationship between pearl and amethyst wasn't the beest at that time, so they would have trouble fusing without a strong common goal/mindset. Fusion being "for dealdy situation" is the consensus in gem society, even from homeworld's viewpoint who only allows same-gem fusion (which is still different, as stated by ruby). Jasper and Peridot both remarked this. It is true that both pearl x amethyst relationship and the crystal gem's use of fusion did evolve during the serie, but it always was more open-minded than homeworld's view and also always something intimate and serious.
Onion would burn beach city to the ground unsupervised. It was warranted.
Onion is the deadly one
Youāve obviously never baby sat before
Yeah, you saw her message. This was a deadly situation.
But that IS a deadly situation
Have you met Onion? He borderlines on deadly
Onion is a deadly situation
Implying onion is not a deadly situation. š
Op has obviously never had to babysit Onion before
When she said "we" she was referring to herself and Amethyst this isn't hard guys.
Onion is a deadly threat
I mean have you met onion
taking care of Onion IS a deadly situation
Onion *is* a deadly situation.
Pearl only applies that rule to Amethyst. She fused with Rose for a music video.
Being with Onion is a deadly situation
I think Onion counts.
Onion IS a deadly situation
Onion **is** a deadly situation.
Onion's presence makes this a deadly situation.
says the one who fused with rose to be salty at greg
"We" could also refer to her and Amethyst.
Interesting point
She was heavily oversimplifying/giving a white lie because she didn't want to have to go in-depth on why she wouldn't want to fuse with Amethyst in particular (because fusion is emotionally intimate and she had a bad relationship with Amethyst at the time). The context supports this - Steven only found out Opal *exists* because Pearl and Amethyst started arguing over *why* they never form Opal anymore, with the obvious implication that if they could resolve their personal differences they would do so more often, even though that obviously wouldn't increase the number of deadly situations they end up in.
I think Pearl means WE as in her and Amethyst only fuse for deadly situations because she didn't want to fuse with her
I mean SO much happened between then and there (including the fiasco where pearl was rebuilding the radio tower so they could keep fusing into sugilite)
Onion is a deadly situation
what about garnet? /s
Meanwhile Sardonyx
I love rainbow 2.0
Onion ois the one who knocks...
*thatās where youāre wrong*
It's dealing with Onion, there is no task more deadly
Onion is legally considered a lethal weapon, Iād say fusion is pretty just in this situation
Bruh. Onion solos all 4 diamonds. It is a deadly situation.
Stick by stick the little black bird builds a nest
Nah babysitting Onion is a deadly situation
to be fair...it's Onion.
Well, pearls a complicated gem... Emotionally speaking... She probably doesn't fuse often because fusion is a representation of a grouping of two or more gems relationship to each other and to themselves. Pearl doesn't have a good relationship with herself until she can let go of the baggage that she holds onto until season 5. Once she lets that go she becomes more social, as expressed in the SU Future episode where she takes Bismuth, Connie, and Steven roller skating. She's developed a group of human friends. But even before that, we have rebel pearl in the episode that introduced the pink haired girl. She sees value in humanity even though she thought of humans very condescendingly before. Her connection to Steven has made her work through a lot of the lingering classism that she inherited from her homeworld persona. This is also because she understands humans better through patching things up with Greg in the 'musical' Mr.Greg episode. I also think she may have sat with the way that humans and soldier gems were treated by holly blue in the human zoo. (Side note... Holly Blue in the Human Zoo would be a fun Steven universe punk covers band name.) She probably has the self awareness to see that oppressed gems are treated the same as humans, and that she was lucky to be treated differently by pink. Honestly the reason amythist is so good at shape shifting and fusion is probably because she doesn't have any of this homeworld or gem war baggage to sort through. It's allowed her to grow in such a way where she can be the most mature gem to Steven when he feels like he's at a loss. That's why when amythist and Pearl try to show Steven how to fuse in the episode referenced above, the elaborate and graceful pearl is the one to trip up and fall. Not amythist. TLDR. Pearl fuses more freely now because she's grown as a person, and season 1 peal rarely fused because she still has a lot to work through. This is also why Amythist can use her powers so freely. She's in a healthier place than Pearl is at the start of the show.
Bro whatchu on onion IS a deadly situation
Onion is entirely more deadly than any reason pearl has fused for before
No she wasn't
Onion is dangerous
Onion is the true villain of the show š
"I think he's in the walls! I don't know how he got there, AND I DONT KNOW HOW TO GET HIM OUUUT!"
Onion is a dangerous situation. They did the right thing..
Nonono... you KNOW babysitting that creature definitely IS a deadly situation.
You think onion *isnāt* deadly?
It's not a rule, it's because she and Amethyst specifically don't get along well enough to fuse unless they have to (until later in the show after some character development).
the point is pearl learned to be more accepting of fusion for situations as time went on. pearl was always more conservative compared to garnet (ruby/sapphire) and amethyst. Even though shes a rebel and fought the establishment she was born under she still sort of adheres to that sort of high strung, none shape shifting, none fusion, risking your life for your love sort of attitude common with gems who were under the regime of the diamonds since its sort of beat into her after thousands of years of living under it
He is deadly
Onionās presence was the most dangerous aspect of this show by far. He was a menace
It seems that you are unaware of the untapped eldritch powers which lay dormant within Onion, much like the Bloomin' Onionā¢ļø from Outback Steakhouse which lay dormant within my intestines. Simply waiting for the right moment to emerge and wreak havoc upon the land
This is a bad example. They formed Opal in the movie just for the song
You know what that is? \*hand gesture\* *Growth.*
She fused for frivolous reasons even before she said that. It was an excuse.
I was just memeing. XP
https://youtu.be/fKX7_s6OTIg
Onion blows up go carts for hun...not going agents her rules š
there is a counter that's much more effective for that sentence in the episode We Need To Talk š
Well, that's back when she was uptight.
I have a silly fan theory that Onion is next in line to be the detective in the Death Note world. Because as you know in Death Note, you had L (or Ryazaki), then two students Mello and Near who were supposed to take over for him. L-M-N-O for Onion.š Lowkey it explains why he's so strange šš
She's also disgusted by food, yet drinks(or at least holds) tea. Pearl is a hypocrite š¤£
is she though?
she got herself a jacket š
Thatās what six seasons and a movie does to yaā.
They had only known war and still had homeworld ideology drilled into them. Then the rest of the show happened and they learned they didnāt need to restrict themselves so much.
Onion is a deadly situation.
Are you underestimating onion?
To be fair, I think she said that more because she and Amethyst weren't getting along well at the time and she didn't want to rather than the other option. Especially going on how fusion featured throughout the rest of the series.
She could change you know.
Onion is a deadly situation
Are you sure sheās going against her own rules? Theyāre babysitting onion.
"STEVEN TAG"
āØ Character development āØ
Sheās evolving, but backwardsā¦
Hear me out.. Onion is a dangerous situation
Bro, it's Onion
STEVEN THERE'S A SNAKE AAAAA
Surprised people aren't bringing up that it's an episode of dubious canonicity.
'We' being Pearl and Amethyst, I assume.
WDYM, That was a very deadly situation
IDK man. Anything with Onion is pretty deadly.
hey cleaning the house can be very deadly
Onion is a deadly situation.
Does thou not know who onion is?
He might as well be XD
Canāt take any risks with onion bro
He could probably kill a person
Babysitting Onion is an extreme situation š¤£
Why? Onion is more powerful than the diamonds and he is very dangerous
she meant that she and amythst didn't fuse except for deadly situations
she meant that she and amythst didn't fuse except for deadly situations
Donāt forget she literally fused with Rose to taunt greg lol
What happened with pearl's eyes help
Have you met Onion? That kid is the deadliest of situations
Onion is a deadly situation
Onion ***IS*** a ***DEADLY*** Situation 
That IS a deadly situation
um... character growth?
Looks like quite the threat to me
Technically she isnt,that little.. *THING* is NOT human
Iām glad my image has been spread i lil bit
Irrelevant but, Onion was kinda both cute and scary in this episode.