My own awakening to the toxicity of the achievement race came the way it does to many parents: via years of trying to keep up with it.
I sensed the problem in my home before I could name it. My daughters, Shelby and Jamey, were in middle school, and Zakary was in third grade. They were still children, in the essential sense of the word. They still played hide-and-seek, treasured their American Girl dolls, and relied on me to make their meals. But their lives had mutated into an adult-like state of busyness that gave our home the air of a corporate command center.
Twelve-year-old Jamey, for instance—who still wore braces and fit into children’s clothing sizes—would wake up before seven, cram in some extra studying over breakfast, and rush off to her school day, which lasted the usual seven hours. She’d go straight from there to a violin lesson or soccer practice, return home at six, and commence a daily homework marathon that took her well into the night. I’d see her hunched at her desk past eleven p.m., washed in the yellow lamplight, her long brown hair spilling over her books.
I theorized over the last couple days about the Gems having known Lapis was trapped in that mirror, but having watched both Mirror Gem and Ocean Gem and had some time to think, it just keeps getting darker, because I’ve come to the tentative conclusion that while Amethyst and Garnet knew, Pearl didn’t.
Think about how the three reacted to the news that Steven had woken up the gem in the mirror.
Garnet reacted with shock initially:
Then wariness:
Then she tries to take control of the situation and lies to Steven:
And, finally, rage, overpowering her love for Steven:
Then, take Amethyst. Initially, shock:
Then, most tellingly of the gems’ reactions, guilt:
Then the same wariness as Garnet:
Then rage herself, to a degree that freaks Steven out:
Now, Amethyst’s lack of a poker face combined with the extreme reactions she and Garnet have made me think that the pair knew who Lapis was (or at least that there was a dangerous gem sealed in the mirror) but it didn’t seem to add up. Why react that strongly to a prisoner? It may have been a justified imprisonment, to be fair, but they wouldn’t react this strongly unless they were the ones doing the imprisoning.
Now, that’s all fair enough. We’ve seen how dangerous Lapis was, and if Amethyst and Garnet had to imprison her, they had to imprison her. What is disturbing is that Pearl genuinely doesn’t seem to be aware that there’s an intelligent gem involved at all.
Initial reaction: shock.
Then, unlike Garnet and Amethyst, who immediately recover and act like they know what’s going on, confusion:
Then, dawning realization turning to horror:
And then the real kicker happens–this line right here:
“Garnet!” Amethyst hisses, “Do something!”
Who are they looking at in that shot? Are they looking at the mirror, the dangerous Gem they’re so afraid of? Are they looking at Steven, their innocent son, who’s the one in danger/ready to free Lapis right now?
No.
They’re looking at Pearl…
…because she’s putting the pieces together.
Look at the symbolism of the entire scene. Garnet and Amethyst are watching Pearl play out one of her neuroses, alternating between teasing her and trolling her. They are separate from Pearl in almost every shot in this room; together, they are watching Pearl act exactly as they expect, and doing nothing to correct the situation.
Here’s what I think happened: I think Garnet and Amethyst, with or without Rose, were involved in the imprisonment of Lapis. I’m not casting judgment on that; I don’t have enough information to conclude whether it was justified or not. Then–and this is what I am judging–then they gave the mirror to Pearl for safekeeping, knowing that she wouldn’t think enough of the mirror to try to talk to it, thinking it was just a device, something to use and store away as she saw fit. They gave it to Pearl because they knew she’d never think to free Lapis. They made Pearl her jailor without her knowledge or consent.
And that’s gonna make me leery of these two for a long time to come.
so i guess these to goobs are playing the game that makes my so happy,but even though that they are playing undertale theres been people in the comments below saying that their ruining the fandom and its going to end up like fnaf…..i dont know why would a fool even say something like that it seems so out of place and really out of character for those people,so insesure and worried that undertale is going to fall….well i haven’t seen any changes so i dont know what your talking about,don’t say its your opinion because its not its a negative insult that you try to hide in the so called opinion category well news for your buddy it does not work in my book,i don’t want to hear that kind of bullcrap,just stop blaming others and blame yourselfs your the cause of all the hatred that you don’t want to talk about,every little thing you made its all on you no one else so enough leave jack,mark or anyone that who plays this game out of this okay…(jack and mark i hope everything is going okay for you sorry for all the trouble thats been going on for you,for the best for all of us hope it gets better, loves and kisses from everyone in the community)
AngelMihe 
