In the Season 1 finale “Jail Break,” it is revealed that Steven’s guardian, Garnet, is the product of a romantic fusion between Ruby and Sapphire. Some fusions are platonic, but plenty of fusions are depicted as romantic. Fusion requires an amount of emotional connection, allowing the writers to use fusion as a device to teach consent and other relationship dynamics. Through sci-fi world building, Sugar and her writing team like to play with “fusion.” For the uninitiated, fusion is an ability where two or more Gems-humanoid aliens-can combine their bodies and personalities to generate a larger and more powerful form.
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