Pink Tourmaline (VampireMeerkat)

Pink Tourmaline is the redesigned Spinel.

The original was thought to look "uninspired and not threatening enough" in the trailers then released, spawning the idea for the more villainous Tourmaline.

Artwork was first released on July 20, 2019 at Tumblr. Created by VampireMeerkat.

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Personality
Tourmaline can present herself as bouncy and inoffensive or uncooperative and violent. Like the original villain, she used to be close to Pink Diamond.

Tourmaline's kind is rare and only ever functioned as personal bodyguards for young Diamonds. She loyally served Pink, not dissimilar to Pearl, but was ordered to stay in Homeworld after Pink was given her first colony. Tourmaline's powers are all about absorbing and destroying life, and since she was quick to take offense to people approaching her or her mistress, Pink didn't want her around on Earth.

She came back to destroy the planet and the company Pink replaced her with as revenge, and is a villain that can't be reasoned with.

Powers
Tourmaline's body functions similarly to the planet sucking devices the gem race used during their initial takeover of Earth. She's unusual in the sense she can make her already developed gemstone grow stronger when sucking up the life force of objects and other living beings. The spikes in her hands only need to make contact with something in order for this process to happen.

Besides this ability, she has spikes all over her body she can push out and extend seemingly forever, making it hard to get near her.

Appearance
Tourmaline's regular appearance makes her look approachable and cute. She's made out of round, balloony shapes and is tall for a non-diamond and non-fusion. These long limbs tend to make her fast and nimble. When using her spikes, her outfit always gets damaged and give her a feral look.

She wears some kind of chest armour that opens up in four pieces, heart-shaped gloves, heart-shaped boots, and has two big pigtails that also resemble this shape. Her main colour is pink and she has an upside down heart gemstone in her chest. The pupils in her eyes are upside down hearts as well, but flip right side up when she's angered.

Trivia

 * The original villain's gem type, spinel, was not revealed when Pink Tourmaline was conceived.