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* DeepSleep: In a constant state of this due to the gem missing parts of their body.


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* TheSlacker: Is constantly sleeping due to the gem missing parts of their body. However after being revived as a Lunarian in Chapter 96, they still sleep constantly, implying Padparadscha was always this way.
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* IJustWantToBeLoved: [[spoiler:After millions of years of isolation and a conversation with the first inhuman lifeform they've encountered, Phos finally realizes that they only rushed headlong into all of their plans because they just wanted to be love by everybody. Unfortunately, they only realize this after they've prayed everybody away.]]

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* IJustWantToBeLoved: [[spoiler:After millions of years of isolation and a conversation with the first inhuman lifeform they've encountered, Phos finally realizes that they only rushed headlong into all of their plans because they just wanted to be love loved by everybody. Unfortunately, they only realize this after they've prayed everybody away.]]
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* IJustWantToBeLoved: [[spoiler:After millions of years of isolation and a conversation with the first inhuman lifeform they've encountered, Phos finally realizes that they only rushed headlong into all of their plans because they just wanted to be love by everybody. Unfortunetely, they only realize this after they've prayed everybody away.]]

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* IJustWantToBeLoved: [[spoiler:After millions of years of isolation and a conversation with the first inhuman lifeform they've encountered, Phos finally realizes that they only rushed headlong into all of their plans because they just wanted to be love by everybody. Unfortunetely, Unfortunately, they only realize this after they've prayed everybody away.]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: Padparadscha is the only Gem not shown after [[spoiler:the Lunarians convert the entirety of the Gem population minus Phos into Lunarians.]] Whether this was significant or not remains to be seen, given how [[spoiler:reawakening Padparadscha has so far always happened at times of significance to advance Phos's personal plot.]]

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* AmbiguousSituation: Padparadscha is the only Gem not shown after [[spoiler:the Lunarians convert the entirety of the Gem population minus Phos into Lunarians.]] Whether this was significant or not remains to be seen, given how [[spoiler:reawakening Padparadscha has so far always happened at times of significance to advance Phos's personal plot. Eventually, ''The Party At the End'' revealed that Padparascha was converted, with their body being completely filled in as a result.]]
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* TheFashionista: Their role and attitude as the clothes designer.

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* TheFashionista: Their role and attitude as the clothes designer. They believe that everybody deserves to have cute clothes, and they can get inspiration for clothes from pretty much anything. [[spoiler:Naturally, when they get converted into a Lunarian, Beryl begins collaborating with the similiarly fashion-obsessed Quieta and her studio.]]
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* IJustWantToBeLoved: [[spoiler:After millions of years of isolation and a conversation with the first inhuman lifeform they've encountered, Phos finally realizes that they only rushed headlong into all of their plans because they just wanted to be love by everybody. Unfortunetely, they only realize this after they've prayed everybody away.]]

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* GirlinessUpgrade: [[spoiler:Following their conversion into Lunarians, almost all of the Gems end up wearing feminine clothing and sporting more feminine hairstyles. While the Gems are and were raised sexless and they have a mixture of masculine and feminine clothing, the feminization is somewhat justified given that the Lunarians simply see the Gems as women anyway.]]



* AffectionateNickname: Is often referred to as "Bluezo" by friends.
* IntrepidReporter: When revived as a Lunarian, Zoisite becomes a famous reporter and one half of a reporting power couple with the Lunarian Ladra. ''The Party At the End'' as a book is Zoisite meticulously photographing the last moments of Lunarian culture.




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* MrFanservice: Zoisite gets a lot of generous spreads of what appears to be a sexual encounter with their partner Ladra, including a full nude photo of them post-coitus.
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* TheShrink: [[spoiler:Some time after becoming a Lunarian, Rutile continues being a doctor but instead focuses on therapy. No one can get injured anymore, so it's the closest thing they can do.]]

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* TheShrink: [[spoiler:Some time after becoming a Lunarian, Rutile continues being a doctor but instead focuses on therapy. No one can get injured anymore, so it's the closest thing they can do. Apparently by the time of ''The Party At the End'', Rutile's theraputic skills have developed so well that depression levels across the Lunarian race decreased dramatically.]]

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* NaughtyIsGood: Behaves like a naughty child.

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* NaughtyIsGood: Behaves like a naughty child. Phos admits that their cocky and somewhat bratty attitude was annoying, but it made Morga fun to be around.



* BloodKnight: New!Goshenite shapes up to be this.



* SempaiKohai: The new Morganite and Goshe stick to Phos like glue after Phos wakes up again, and refer to Phos as "sempai".

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* SempaiKohai: The original Goshe played a quiet but nice senpai to Phos. The new Morganite and Goshe stick to Phos like glue after Phos wakes up again, and refer to Phos as "sempai".



* TotallyRadical: nuGoshe speaks like this post-time skip after spending centuries on the moon.


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!! The Second Goshenite
A Gem that was born 87 years after Phos went unconscious. A curious and upbeat Gem.
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* BloodKnight: New!Goshenite shapes up to be this.
* CoolBoard: When Goshe is brought to the Moon, the Gem takes a big interest in skateboarding and even becomes a professional boarder in the 220 years before the second Raid. ''The Party At the End'' establishes that Goshe has become famous for their boarding skills.
* TotallyRadical: nuGoshe speaks like this post-time skip after spending centuries on the moon.
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* KilledOffForReal: Likely, since [[spoiler:though they could be remade their head permanently belongs to Phos now, as Phos's head cannot be remade.]]

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* KilledOffForReal: Likely, since [[spoiler:though they could be remade their head permanently belongs to Phos now, as Phos's head cannot be remade. After all of the Lustrous became Lunarians, Lapis remained the only Gem that wasn't converted or even revived, making them the only permanent loss of their race.]]
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* IdenticalTwinIdTag: Generally, 33 has their braid on their right eye, and 84 on their left. It's such a slight difference that nobody really notices it, nor do they care, and the pair enjoy having others be confused. [[spoiler: 84 drops this on the moon, wearing their braid like a headband instead.]]

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* IdenticalTwinIdTag: Generally, 33 has their braid on their right eye, and 84 on their left. It's such a slight difference that nobody really notices it, nor do they care, and the pair enjoy having others be confused. [[spoiler: 84 drops this on the moon, wearing their braid like a headband instead.instead, and when 33 becomes a Lunarian they wear their hair in a long braid.]]
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* EtherealWhiteDress: Wears all white following [[spoiler:the return from the Moon]] and gives off an air of mystery to the other gems.

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* EtherealWhiteDress: Wears all white following [[spoiler:the return from the Moon]] and gives off an air of mystery to the other gems. In Chapter 95, [[spoiler: Phos has taken on an angelic appearance with the white "dress" now being a part of their body.]]



* MiseryBuildsCharacter: Replacement of lost body parts does this too, for Gems.

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* MiseryBuildsCharacter: Replacement of lost body parts does this too, for Gems. Much of Phos' character development is spurned on by either something bad happening to them, or something bad resulting from their actions. With each struggle they face and body part they lose, Phos symbolically becomes more human than any of the other species, most likely due to their capacity to change and evolve, for better or for worse. By Chapter 95, [[spoiler: Phos, now as an angelic creature that looks nothing like before, seems to have adopted a mellow, methodical demeanor completely antithetical to their younger selves, who were often overwhelmed by grief, fear, or rage.]]



* PhysicalGod: Gradually becomes incredibly powerful, even for Gem standards, with [[spoiler: the collection of new body parts. With the incorporation of Adamant's eye, Aechmea implies that they're on the way to becoming a more literal version of this trope, refering to Phos as the Divine.]]

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* PhysicalGod: Gradually becomes incredibly powerful, even for Gem standards, with [[spoiler: the collection of new body parts. With the incorporation of Adamant's eye, Aechmea implies that they're on the way to becoming a more literal version of this trope, refering referring to Phos as the Divine.]] As of Chapter 95, [[spoiler: Phos seems to have become this, or at least the closest thing to it, as being left alone for 10,000 years has changed their appearance to resemble some strange angel-like creature that resembles none of the three species, and they've been granted the ability to pray away all of the subspecies and allow them to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. Phos even notes that they have the capacity to make all of the species their thralls and [[AndIMustScream torture them forever]] for leaving them behind.]]
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* ShesGotLegs: Known for their slender, pretty legs, and wears a nice pair of kitten heels to fit.

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* LegFocus: Given the fact the Lustrous lack busts, butts, and bellies to derive {{Fanservice}} from, every one of them are designed with long, shapely, and notably quite feminine legs that frequently get plenty of MaleGaze involving them.



* [[ShesGotLegs They've Got Legs]]: And their outfits, one and all, seem to be designed to highlight it.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: ''Houseki no Kuni'' is probably the first you've ever heard of phosphophyllite. In real life, phosphophyllite is highly prized for its rarity, and as a result, it is too valuable to be broken up or cut on purpose without screwing up on account of its fragility.



* SeldomSeenSpecies: Both in terms of public knowledge and in real life. Red Diamonds are extremely uncommon to come by, even artificially.
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* KnifeNut: They use scalpels in battle the few times they fight.
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* [[IllGirl Ill Gem]]: The closest thing this series has to one. Since Padparadscha was born with large holes in their body, Rutile is constantly trying to find the right materials to keep them awake. In the meantime, Padparadscha sleeps in a casket in the infirmary, always close to Rutile.
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[[caption-width-right:185:[[labelnote:Click here to see Phos post-winter.]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4faeeb2e_7b81_4d76_b925_2a17a850dcdc.png [[/labelnote]]]]
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* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: Discussed. [[spoiler:Later chapters reveal that he was constructed by humans, with one of his primary functions to be to pray for the human souls otherwise not mourned by the living. Chapter 97, however, reveals that his creator and mother Professor Ayumu only ever imagined him as her son. Reneging on her plan to have him as the “bridge” between humanity and their successors, she instead requests that Adamant (and Phos) instead “burn the bridge.” One possible interpretation of this is that Ayumu wanted Adamant to ''defy'' this trope, instead letting the species of the future continue unburdened by the past. If it weren’t for the Lunarians, Adamant probably could have carried out this “order” successfully.]]
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* AIIsACrapShoot: [[spoiler:Was created to release human souls into the afterlife, but for some reason isn't completing the task. Prince believes he broke down over time, but is implied there is another reason Sensei has rejected the idea. When Phos flat out asks him to pray, he displays an error message and fails.]]

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* AIIsACrapShoot: [[spoiler:Was created to release human souls into the afterlife, but for some reason isn't completing the task. Prince believes Chapter 97 reveals he broke down over time, but is implied there is another reason Sensei has rejected the idea.was never intended to save humanity's souls by his own creator. When Phos flat out asks him to pray, he displays an error message and fails.]]



* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:He was always in on the plan to turn Phos into the new prayer machine and thanks Emna in the end for saving him.]]

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* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:He was always in on the plan to turn Phos into the new prayer machine and thanks Emna in the end for saving him. He was also never meant to save humanity's souls in his original programming, which had been changed by his creator.]]



* MysteriousPast: [[spoiler: Clearly has a past with the Lunarians, and is overall considerably older than the other Gems. It turns out he was created to pray for them but is unable to complete the task anymore.]]

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* MysteriousPast: [[spoiler: Clearly has a past with the Lunarians, and is overall considerably older than the other Gems. It turns out he was created to pray for them but is unable to complete the task anymore.after his creator changed his programming.]]
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* BareFistedMonk: Uses their fists rather than a sword during battle, usually aiming for the enemy's weak spot, such as Phos' original torso.

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[[caption-width-right:185:[[labelnote:Click here to see Phos [[spoiler: after becoming a human.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7treaphos.PNG]]]][[/labelnote]]

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* BodyHorror: They endure massive amounts of it throughout the story, and it gets even worse near the end, after they're [[spoiler:shattered and restored over 200 years later, having lost an eye, their body being mismatched, cracked and twisted, with liquid platinum and gold leaking from their remaining eye and their mouth, now twisted and jagged. Phos later absorbs Cinnabar into themselves, becoming a masculine figure that resembles Sensei.]]

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* BodyHorror: BodyHorror:
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They endure massive amounts of it throughout the story, and it gets even worse near the end, after they're [[spoiler:shattered and restored over 200 years later, having lost an eye, their body being mismatched, cracked and twisted, with liquid platinum and gold leaking from their remaining eye and their mouth, now twisted and jagged. Phos later absorbs Cinnabar into themselves, becoming a masculine figure that resembles Sensei.]]
** Even ''worse'' somehow after the [[spoiler:10 000 year timeskip, after which Phos has turned into something not resembling any of the races and vaguely angelic, with their face being sucked into their head.
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* TheShrink: [[spoiler:Some time after becoming a Lunarian, Rutile continues being a doctor but instead focuses on therapy. No one can get injured anymore, so it's the closest thing they can do.]]
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* BackFromTheDead: Were[[spoiler: for the most part, if not all, revived as Lunarians as of Chapter 95.]]

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* BackFromTheDead: Were[[spoiler: for Were [[spoiler:for the most part, if not all, revived as Lunarians as of Chapter 95.]]
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** Diamond, when referring to the younger gems as a collective, referred to them as " Otoutotachi " meaning " Younger Brothers ".

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** Diamond, when referring to the younger gems as a collective, referred to them as " Otoutotachi " 'otoutotachi' meaning " Younger Brothers ".'younger Brothers'.
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** Most gems seem to tend towards using the masculine [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns first-person pronouns]] of 'ore' and 'boku' to refer to themselves. The ones who don't, only three gems thus far, use the gender neutral " Watashi ", due to their more formal way of speaking.

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** Most gems seem to tend towards using the masculine [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns first-person pronouns]] of 'ore' and 'boku' to refer to themselves. The ones who don't, only three gems thus far, use the gender neutral " Watashi ", 'watashi', due to their more formal way of speaking.
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* MentalFusion: Possibly with Phos, as Lapis has had a very profound effect on Phos's mental state and [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil descent into moral ambiguity]].

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* MentalFusion: Possibly with Phos, as Lapis has had a very profound effect on Phos's mental state and [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil descent into moral ambiguity]]. [[spoiler:Chapter 96 confirms this to be the case, as Ghost metnions that Lapis was one of the few Gems who could not be revived as a Lunarian.]]
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: One of Yellow's deepest wishes is to be able to see their old Diamond friends (Pink Topaz, Green Diamond, Ruby, and Sapphire) again and be able to apologize. [[spoiler:The Lunarians make it possible to revive nearly every Gem, including those four, as Lunarians. They are all happy and united on the Moon, but Yellow is unable to enjoy their company due to trauma from the first Night Raid and a slowly deteriorating mental state making them despondant and senile.]]


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* TheFogOfAges: [[spoiler:Poor Yellow, some time after the second Raid, has begun to go senile. They're often forgetting things and have a very loose grip on time, where their old friends have to be the Gem's minders.]]
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* SickeninglySweethearts: With [[spoiler:Aechmea]]. The only problem with this is that Cairngorm has no genuine idea what kind of relationship they're in right now, seeming to like [[spoiler:Aechmea]] but not having the background to understand [[spoiler:what a "wife" is.]]

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* SickeninglySweethearts: With [[spoiler:Aechmea]]. The only problem with this is that Cairngorm has no genuine idea what kind of relationship they're in right now, seeming to like [[spoiler:Aechmea]] but not having the background to understand [[spoiler:what a "wife" is.]]]] They become genuinely more lovey-dovey as the centuries roll on.
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* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Bort's expression and resignation during their duel in the second Raid all but states that the Gem let Dia hit them. The mani smile Dia gives after getting hit themselves implies that they knew the win they wanted for so long wasn't truly earned.]]

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* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Bort's expression and resignation during their duel in the second Raid all but states that the Gem let Dia hit them. The mani manic smile Dia gives after getting hit themselves implies that they knew the win they wanted for so long wasn't truly earned.]]

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