Phosphophyllite

Phosphophyllite, also known as Phos, Pospoppylickalick and Piece of Slag, is the main protagonist from the Land of the Lustrous series.
== Charactah Account ==
Starts the story as a vain and weak gem that brings trouble for everyone, until the moment the gem gets the job of writing a Natural Encyclopedia. Phos' inclusions have the ability of maintaining themselves and Phos' consciousness no matter how many fragments the gem loses.
Phosphophyllite is unique in being the only Gem to exhibit vast personality changes over time. Phos was initially clumsy, spoiled, and had a flexible way of thinking. They talked big about themself, but were actually aware that they were useless. Prior to their many changes, they hid their frustrations by acting naggy and spoiled. They were the only Gem who talked back at Kongo-sensei. Despite their overall lack of ability, they were eager to fight because they loved Kongo-sensei and wanted to help him just as all the other Gems do. Even though Phos desired to join the battle, the first job they got after 300 years of unemployment was being a scholar and making a natural history encyclopedia. Phos disliked this job from the beginning and had a very difficult time completing it even with the aid of other Gems. They didn’t like hard work but were willing to do it in order to be useful. Phos had a habit of saying, "I'll do better next time", although they didn’t always accomplish that.
Phosphophyllite tends to do reckless things, and has on many occasions disobeyed Kongo-sensei, more so as time went on. An example of this is when she followed Ventriscous into the ocean. Because of the way the Gems view life, Phos accepted Ventriscous’ reason for her betrayal even though they could have been captured by the Moon People. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Land of the Lustrous
* Land of the Lustrous PV
=== Manga ===
* Land of the Lustrous
== Trivia ==
* Phosphophyllite is mentioned to have a strong connection with their own inclusions, which allow their memories and personality to be kept more intact even if they lose pieces of themself.
* Since Gems are mostly inorganic matter, change isn't something that normally happens to them, but Phosphophyllite has undergone many physical changes throughout the story, so much so that more than half of their original body has been replaced by new parts. The series toys with the idea of a Ship of Theseus, a philosophical thought experiment that asks whether an object is still the same if parts of it are placed bit by bit until eventually none of the original parts remain.
* Ironically, in the beginning, it was suggested by Diamond that Phos change themself to improve, though Diamond meant this more in a behavioural way. But it became more physical as well.
* From chapter 21 onwards, the agate pattern on their legs was masked by the powder because Phos wanted to stand out less. The agate also displays patterns similar to fire agate.
* Many of the pieces Phosphophyllite has lost coincide with the idea of the Seven Treasures of Buddhism. As it currently stands, the only piece Phos does not yet have is "carnelian".
* The collaboration with TASAKI features a Phosphophyllite necklace that has 18K white gold, a South Sea pearl on the left, and a teardrop-shaped phosphophyllite gem on the right.
* At some point, Phos had arms made of gold-platinum alloy attached to their body to replace their lost arms. Since it was too heavy for their brittle body to lift, the alloy spread and wrapped around Phos' body like a net or lattice, strengthening it. This may be a reference to Kintsugi, the Japanese technique of repairing broken pottery with lacquer that has been mixed with gold, silver, or platinum. This technique is used to embrace the flaws of the broken object rather than disguising it.
* Their nickname, Phos, is the name for a genus of sea snails.
* Their change in behaviour after losing Antarcticite appears to be similar to the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, in which the person can develop insomnia, flashbacks, low mood, self destructive behaviour, and occasional aggressiveness. It's possible that each of the Gems suffer from a varying degree of it due to constantly being under the threat of attack and loss. However, a professional diagnosis is needed and the fact that Gems are not good at treating mental health issues is possibly making it worse.
** Their continuous low mood, guilt-ridden and self-harming behaviour, and being unable to gain much joy in life following Antarc's are also among the numerous symptoms found in depression, although these symptoms could relate to grief also.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Phosphophyllite at Houseki no Kuni Wiki
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