Completed Fanfiction Recommendations

[Mamorien]

Nathan Goldwag, of whom I've written before, has turned his attention to Steven Universe, first with something in the scholarly mode that first awared me of him: The True History of the Gem War.

“The True History of the Gem War”, also known as “The Book of Rose Quartz” and “The Time Before the Flood” is one of the most intriguing and controversial works of ancient Near Eastern mythology and history known to modern scholars. For nearly two centuries, it had been the focus of obsession and study, and yet we are no closer to deciphering its secrets than we were when it was first unveiled.

Traditionally, “The True History” is said to have been discovered by famed Anglish explorer and cataloguer Buddy Buckwick in 1762, while he was exploring ancient ruins in North Africa. Though only six thousand words, arranged into seven tablets, “The True History” appeared to be a syncretic approach to ancient Mesopotamian myth and legend, weaving together elements of “The Epic of Gilgamesh” and the heretical Biblical “Book of Enoch” into a narrative of a ‘War in Heaven’ or ‘Angelic Rebellion’. The text also included clear references to the Egyptian pantheon, and to other ancient Hebrew texts and Mesopotamian legends, and was written in a creole of Aramaic and Hebrew.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/59674729

Then, something more narrative, three chapters in which Rose Quartz reflects on her choice to follow in Garnet's footsteps and make Something Entirely New.

"Nothing can cut a diamond except another diamond. But you can dissolve a pearl in vinegar. Knowing that—it gives you some perspective, I think. Sometimes I wonder if we all wouldn’t be better off if Pearls ran the Empire.”

Rose makes a big decision. Now she just has to tell the rest of the Crystal Gems about it.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/59587477