Alright guys, I have some bad news. Akaya is having some marriage issues and is feeling really heartbroken and empty. She says she may post to put her characters in a better position but otherwise may disappear for..... Well I don't know, quite a bit. I really wish I could help her more since she really helped me when I had problems with my relationship, luckily I have an understanding girlfriend who quickly forgave me but I don't think things are going the same for her.

@Spinnayeah, I agree

so... that episode?

better safe than sorgath blubnub [+]

So. Smoaky kwarps has one arm, and then two arms branching out of half an arm. However, given their fighting style, this seems to be an advantage. So, how do fusions' appearance work? It definitely hasn't been the combined height for a long time now, and we've seen that the fusions can have entirely unique traits that neither Gem's abilities feed into. In fact, fusions seem to be part fusees, part fusion. Like how Emerald's mind is comprised of Emerald and his two head-voice Emeralds, but primarily Emerald. (e.g. Alexandrite seems to be 1/5 Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl (and STE-NO THIS ISN'T THE THEME) and 2/5 Alexandrite. This, as we saw in Fusion Cuisine, is a recipe for disaster.
recipe for disaster
recipe for disaster

@pyroman

My Hider [+]

Oh my gosh I don't think I've ever loved a new character more what an absolute cinnamon roll.

@HaltingBlooper America! Land of the free* and home of the brave!

(*Only applicable to straight white Christians)

@HaltingBlooper

hidey hidey need to think of more hider names [+]

So, for the appearance and general aesthetic, I like to think of it like this. The Crewniverse loves their symbols and metaphors, and that applies to everything about the fusion. The fusion is an amalgam of whoever is participating in it, but also their own person entirely. While I was put off by the extra half arm in the beginning, it made me realize the differences between Amethyst and Steven. Their fusion, appearance wise, is almost perfect. The only abnormality is the extra arm, and I think that's because, while Steven and Amethyst are so similar in so many ways, how they handle their problems can sometimes be different, their actions differ from one another in some cases.

Garnet, the same thing can be said. Nearly perfect, but sapphire and Ruby don't always see eye to eye. Opal? Calm, kind, and a straightforward thinker, she knows what she has to do, but also knows what other options can be taken to achieve the same goal, the same can be said for Sandonyx, but added with the fact that Ganret and Pearl don't always have the same goals.

Fusions seem to be a combination of X and Y, but also taking the newly found Z and adding that to X and Y as well.