Ruby/Sapphire
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Ruby/Sapphire |
| Alternative name(s): | Rupphire |
| Gender category: | femslash, f/f |
| Fandom: | Steven Universe |
| Canonical?: | canon |
| Prevalence: | popular |
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Ruby/Sapphire is a popular femslash pairing in the Steven Universe fandom between Ruby and Sapphire.
Canon
Ruby and Sapphire first met when they were sent to Earth as part of the diplomatic team sent to stop Rose's Rebellion, Ruby being among two other Rubies assigned to guard Sapphire. During Rose Quartz and Pearl's attack on the court, Ruby jumped forward to push Sapphire out of the way of Pearl's sword, accidentally fusing with her and forming Garnet for the first time. Being the first ever fusion of two different Gem types caused an uproar among the other Gems, and had Blue Diamond threaten to shatter Ruby for fusing with a member of her court. The pair fled to Earth.
While on Earth Ruby and Sapphire grew closer and eventually decide to fuse again. Garnet was found by Pearl and Rose shortly after forming. Upon being met with acceptance and not revulsion, Garnet began to bombard Rose with questions about the events and circumstances that allowed her to become Garnet, as well as her own feelings about existing as a fusion. Rose told her to "never question this," and said that she was already the answer to all her questions—love. Ruby and Sapphire's continued to existence as part of Garnet for the next thousand years, fighting Homeworld with the Crystal Gems to protect Earth.[1]
Fandom
After the season 1 finale where Garnet was raveled a fusion of Ruby and Sapphire, with Garnet representing their love for each other, Ruby/Sapphire quickly became one of the most popular ships in the fandom. The ship name "Rupphire" is used instead of the technically more correct "Garnet" for tagging purposes.[2]
Popular Fanon and Tropes
- Human AU
- Garnet being their daughter (typically in human AUs)
- Sleeping Beauty artistic influence
Fanworks
Fanfiction
- Love Overgrows a Rock by mautadite
- Unyielding Resonance by AeroCat
- going two by two by annperkinsface
- The Hidden Law Of A Probable Outcome by TheBlindBandit
Fanart
- falling by purpleorange
- i lov them by mimiadraws
- Rupphire with friends! by l-sula-l and jen-iii
- “I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream” by nightmaskart
- ♡ Gay ♡ by kira-97
Askblogs
- Ask the Family of Love, a human AU with Garnet as their daughter, background Polygems
Fanvids
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Archives and Communities
- Rupphire tag on Tumblr
- Ruby/Sapphire fanworks on Archive of Our Own
- Ruby/Sapphire search on FanFiction.Net