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For whatever of many possible reasons, it's implied that the Diamond Authority is missing ''at least'' Pink Diamond, and possibly White Diamond as well, and that Rose is connected to this. If the Rebellion began because of the Crystal Gems refusing to let the Kindergartens drain the energy from the Earth, that means Homeworld went without the power they planned to get and then immediately had to expend resources to fight an interplanetary civil war. Peridot says [[spoiler: that she doesn't have powers because of Homeworld's limited resources]], but Yellow Diamond is willing to send out search-and-rescue teams to recover a single, very powerful Quartz like Jasper. It suggests that mass-produced Gems like Rubies (who are apparently dumber than they were in Ruby and Sapphire's day) and Peridots are considered expendable, while Jasper, who is every bit the failure that Peridot is (minus calling Yellow Diamond a clod), is still too valuable to lose, either because she's too costly to produce or too powerful to leave in enemy hands.
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For whatever of many possible reasons, it's implied that the Diamond Authority is missing ''at least'' Pink Diamond, and possibly White Diamond as well, and that Rose is connected to this. If the Rebellion began because of the Crystal Gems refusing to let the Kindergartens drain the energy from the Earth, that means Homeworld went without the power they planned to get and then immediately had to expend resources to fight an interplanetary civil war. Peridot says [[spoiler: that she doesn't have powers because of Homeworld's limited resources]], but Yellow Diamond is willing to send out search-and-rescue teams to recover a single, very powerful Quartz like Jasper. It suggests that mass-produced Gems like Rubies (who are apparently dumber than they were in Ruby and Sapphire's day) and Peridots are considered expendable, while Jasper, who is every bit the failure that Peridot is (minus calling Yellow Diamond a clod), is still too valuable to lose, either because she's too costly to produce or too powerful to leave in enemy hands.hands.
[[WMG: Jasper's mission was to see if she could find Rose Quartz.]]
Peridot's check-up on the cluster was never treated seriously by anyone but her. Sending someone as powerful as Jasper with her doesn't make any sense unless the real target was Rose Quartz; additionally, this explains why they sent Jasper in particular (who had fought Rose before and had her own obsession with her.) As soon as she thinks Rose isn't there, Jasper dismisses the mission as a wasteful failure; when she has Steven and thinks she's ''captured'' Rose, she immediately starts returning home, abandoning everything else (despite Peridot's protests), saying that Rose is more important. The logical conclusion is that whatever Peridot thought, the only reason the higher-ups paid attention to what had happened was because they concluded that the disruption of Peridot's maintenance checks might have been caused by Rose Quartz and presented an opportunity to finally catch her. This is supported by the total disinterest her superiors show in Peridot herself; the mission was always Jasper being sent to find and capture Rose Quartz (either because Rose was important on her own, or because of a personal vendetta on the part of Yellow Diamond.) This also explains why Jasper was so harsh with Lapis; from her perspective, Lapis was concealing Rose Quartz herself and could very well have been a Crystal Gem sympathizer attempting to lead them into a trap.
[[WMG: Jasper's mission was to see if she could find Rose Quartz.]]
Peridot's check-up on the cluster was never treated seriously by anyone but her. Sending someone as powerful as Jasper with her doesn't make any sense unless the real target was Rose Quartz; additionally, this explains why they sent Jasper in particular (who had fought Rose before and had her own obsession with her.) As soon as she thinks Rose isn't there, Jasper dismisses the mission as a wasteful failure; when she has Steven and thinks she's ''captured'' Rose, she immediately starts returning home, abandoning everything else (despite Peridot's protests), saying that Rose is more important. The logical conclusion is that whatever Peridot thought, the only reason the higher-ups paid attention to what had happened was because they concluded that the disruption of Peridot's maintenance checks might have been caused by Rose Quartz and presented an opportunity to finally catch her. This is supported by the total disinterest her superiors show in Peridot herself; the mission was always Jasper being sent to find and capture Rose Quartz (either because Rose was important on her own, or because of a personal vendetta on the part of Yellow Diamond.) This also explains why Jasper was so harsh with Lapis; from her perspective, Lapis was concealing Rose Quartz herself and could very well have been a Crystal Gem sympathizer attempting to lead them into a trap.
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I'm just going on the fact that New York is "Empire City" and Pennsylvania is "Keystone", since their new names are nicknames in our world.
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I'm just going on the fact that New York is "Empire City" and Pennsylvania is "Keystone", since their new names are nicknames in our world.world.
[[WMG: Homeworld is in irrevocable decline because of the Rebellion.]]
For whatever of many possible reasons, it's implied that the Diamond Authority is missing ''at least'' Pink Diamond, and possibly White Diamond as well, and that Rose is connected to this. If the Rebellion began because of the Crystal Gems refusing to let the Kindergartens drain the energy from the Earth, that means Homeworld went without the power they planned to get and then immediately had to expend resources to fight an interplanetary civil war. Peridot says [[spoiler: that she doesn't have powers because of Homeworld's limited resources]], but Yellow Diamond is willing to send out search-and-rescue teams to recover a single, very powerful Quartz like Jasper. It suggests that mass-produced Gems like Rubies (who are apparently dumber than they were in Ruby and Sapphire's day) and Peridots are considered expendable, while Jasper, who is every bit the failure that Peridot is (minus calling Yellow Diamond a clod), is still too valuable to lose, either because she's too costly to produce or too powerful to leave in enemy hands.
[[WMG: Homeworld is in irrevocable decline because of the Rebellion.]]
For whatever of many possible reasons, it's implied that the Diamond Authority is missing ''at least'' Pink Diamond, and possibly White Diamond as well, and that Rose is connected to this. If the Rebellion began because of the Crystal Gems refusing to let the Kindergartens drain the energy from the Earth, that means Homeworld went without the power they planned to get and then immediately had to expend resources to fight an interplanetary civil war. Peridot says [[spoiler: that she doesn't have powers because of Homeworld's limited resources]], but Yellow Diamond is willing to send out search-and-rescue teams to recover a single, very powerful Quartz like Jasper. It suggests that mass-produced Gems like Rubies (who are apparently dumber than they were in Ruby and Sapphire's day) and Peridots are considered expendable, while Jasper, who is every bit the failure that Peridot is (minus calling Yellow Diamond a clod), is still too valuable to lose, either because she's too costly to produce or too powerful to leave in enemy hands.
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When people think of putting stuff together, combination is probably the first word that comes to mind.
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When people think of putting stuff together, combination is probably usually the first word that comes to mind.
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[[WMG: It's not just organic life that makes Earth special. Something about it's unharvested minerals of Earth itself encourages growth in Gems.]]
It gives...a song, a radiation. It's the reason Gems who stay there start becoming independent, it's why Peridot [[spoiler: Grew her magnetic powers when Homeworld said she couldn't.]]
It gives...a song, a radiation. It's the reason Gems who stay there start becoming independent, it's why Peridot [[spoiler: Grew her magnetic powers when Homeworld said she couldn't.]]
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[[WMG: The Earth culture and history in the show's universe is different from ours thanks to the presence of the Gems.]]
The existence of magical beings from outer space has impacted culture and religion. Basically, this show lives in an alternate Earth that is more than just "our world, except some magic women hang around".
* Half-Confirmed. WordOfGod is that the history is different for their Earth, and we've been shown the back of the dollar having a snake and diamond instead of the pyramid and eagle motifs, plus the state Steven lives in has a different name (and may be shaped differently as well). Whether this has to do with the Gems at all, or if so, how much, has yet to be stated.
* Notably, ''Historical Friction'' tells the tale of William Dewey seemingly crossing the Atlantic to start a settlement in the New World... 200 years ago, long after colonists had already arrived in the Americas and even after the United States declared its independence. This suggests that either European exploration of the area was significantly delayed, or that the "21st century" setting of the series is actually some time between the 1600s and late 1800s.
** Or William Dewey was a businessman who founded Beach City in the 19th century to make big bucks, and New World was simply an euphemism.
*** Rather unlikely, Pearl's play seemed to imply that him and his crew were the first humans to be seen on the continent in a long time due to Gem monsters making it too dangerous (see also the WMG wherein the corrupted gem monsters drove the early Native Americans to extinction shortly after the end of the [=CGs'=] war with homeworld).
The existence of magical beings from outer space has impacted culture and religion. Basically, this show lives in an alternate Earth that is more than just "our world, except some magic women hang around".
* Half-Confirmed. WordOfGod is that the history is different for their Earth, and we've been shown the back of the dollar having a snake and diamond instead of the pyramid and eagle motifs, plus the state Steven lives in has a different name (and may be shaped differently as well). Whether this has to do with the Gems at all, or if so, how much, has yet to be stated.
* Notably, ''Historical Friction'' tells the tale of William Dewey seemingly crossing the Atlantic to start a settlement in the New World... 200 years ago, long after colonists had already arrived in the Americas and even after the United States declared its independence. This suggests that either European exploration of the area was significantly delayed, or that the "21st century" setting of the series is actually some time between the 1600s and late 1800s.
** Or William Dewey was a businessman who founded Beach City in the 19th century to make big bucks, and New World was simply an euphemism.
*** Rather unlikely, Pearl's play seemed to imply that him and his crew were the first humans to be seen on the continent in a long time due to Gem monsters making it too dangerous (see also the WMG wherein the corrupted gem monsters drove the early Native Americans to extinction shortly after the end of the [=CGs'=] war with homeworld).
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[[WMG: When/if The Cluster hatches, it will be irredeemably insane.]]
Millions of gem shards, millions of fragments of various minds/consciousness all forced together into one monstrous (implied painful) form, silently suffering for 5,000 years. It being insane is not out of the question.
* Jossed. The Cluster isn't the paragon of sanity, but it's not so far gone that Steven can't reason with it. In the end, it ends up much more healthy when Steven convinces its components to be friends.
Millions of gem shards, millions of fragments of various minds/consciousness all forced together into one monstrous (implied painful) form, silently suffering for 5,000 years. It being insane is not out of the question.
* Jossed. The Cluster isn't the paragon of sanity, but it's not so far gone that Steven can't reason with it. In the end, it ends up much more healthy when Steven convinces its components to be friends.
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Millions of gem shards, millions of fragments of various minds/consciousness all forced together into one monstrous (implied painful) form, silently suffering for 5,000 years. It being insane is not out of the question.
* Jossed. The Cluster isn't the paragon of sanity, but it's not so far gone that Steven can't reason with it. In the end, it ends up much more healthy when Steven convinces its components to be friends.
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[[WMG: Somewhere in the gem empire, there is a planet used as a dumping ground for all the gem shards produced as a result of the Diamonds' lack of hesitance to have subordinates executed.]]
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[[WMG: Somewhere in the gem Gem empire, there is a planet used as a dumping ground for all the gem Gem shards produced as a result of the Diamonds' lack of hesitance to have subordinates executed.]]
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[[WMG: All the fusions will get songs, but it won't be in the show]]
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[[WMG: All the fusions Fusions will get songs, but it won't be in the show]]
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When people think of putting stuff together, combination is probably the first word that comes to mind.
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Cookie Cat attacking Steven in one of his speculations about his imminent demise in Future Vision involves him shouting "I never considered you might be evil", referencing his doubt regarding what the Crystal Gems are in light of Mirror Gem.
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Cookie Cat attacking Steven in one of his speculations about his imminent demise in Future Vision involves him shouting "I never considered you might be evil", referencing his doubt regarding what the Crystal Gems are in light of Mirror Gem.Gem.
[[WMG: In this world, San Francisco is Golden Gate.]]
I'm just going on the fact that New York is "Empire City" and Pennsylvania is "Keystone", since their new names are nicknames in our world.
[[WMG: In this world, San Francisco is Golden Gate.]]
I'm just going on the fact that New York is "Empire City" and Pennsylvania is "Keystone", since their new names are nicknames in our world.
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* The girl was basically caught in a MortonsFork, she could not disobey orders from her diamond. Neither did she want to harm the Earth or its inhabitants. Steven finding a way to not only pick a third option, by not fighting them, and re-directing their search-and-retrieve mission, makes her express extreme gratitude to him. The baseball game was a nice bonus.
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There are more gems out there amongst the humans, likely in various states of damage and corruption, and at least one of them is responsible for such things as the now limited Cookie Cats, the Crying Breakfast Friends cartoon show, the GUYS line of interactive dolls and the senseless, complicated kitchen game the Crystal Gems are playing at the beginning of The Test.
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There are more gems out there amongst the humans, likely in various states of damage and corruption, and at least one of them is responsible for such things as the now limited Cookie Cats, the Crying Breakfast Friends cartoon show, the GUYS line of interactive dolls and the senseless, complicated kitchen game the Crystal Gems are playing at the beginning of The Test.Test.
[[WMG: Cookie Cat Is Evil?]]
Cookie Cat attacking Steven in one of his speculations about his imminent demise in Future Vision involves him shouting "I never considered you might be evil", referencing his doubt regarding what the Crystal Gems are in light of Mirror Gem.
[[WMG: Cookie Cat Is Evil?]]
Cookie Cat attacking Steven in one of his speculations about his imminent demise in Future Vision involves him shouting "I never considered you might be evil", referencing his doubt regarding what the Crystal Gems are in light of Mirror Gem.
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But even then, it's about her. Maybe she wanted to return Greg's love, maybe she wanted to feel and give like humans do, but the creation of Steven was HER desire, her plan. She wanted so badly to feel and love that she ended up hurting everybody around her; Pearl, Amethyst, Greg, even her own self and son, Steven.
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But even then, it's about her. Maybe she wanted to return Greg's love, maybe she wanted to feel and give like humans do, but the creation of Steven was HER desire, her plan. She wanted so badly to feel and love that she ended up hurting everybody around her; Pearl, Amethyst, Greg, even her own self and son, Steven.Steven.
[[WMG: Maddening Creations.]]
There are more gems out there amongst the humans, likely in various states of damage and corruption, and at least one of them is responsible for such things as the now limited Cookie Cats, the Crying Breakfast Friends cartoon show, the GUYS line of interactive dolls and the senseless, complicated kitchen game the Crystal Gems are playing at the beginning of The Test.
[[WMG: Maddening Creations.]]
There are more gems out there amongst the humans, likely in various states of damage and corruption, and at least one of them is responsible for such things as the now limited Cookie Cats, the Crying Breakfast Friends cartoon show, the GUYS line of interactive dolls and the senseless, complicated kitchen game the Crystal Gems are playing at the beginning of The Test.
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Think about it for a second -- if Gems require the destruction of a planet in order to reproduce, why bother with Earth? Why not use an uninhabited planet, like Mars or Venus? Given Yellow Diamond's distaste for organic life, it seems possible Earth may have been *deliberately* targeted in order to remove humanity as a potential threat. Maybe Rose Quartz discovered this, and that was part of what led her to rebel.
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Think about it for a second -- if Gems require the destruction of a planet in order to reproduce, why bother with Earth? Why not use an uninhabited planet, like Mars or Venus? Given Yellow Diamond's distaste for organic life, it seems possible Earth may have been *deliberately* targeted in order to remove humanity as a potential threat. Maybe Rose Quartz discovered this, and that was part of what led her to rebel.rebel.
[[WMG: Rose's song, and the reason she had a child.]]
The song we've been getting during the credits is Rose's own song, a lamentation to Greg and perhaps Earth itself; she isn't human and she doesn't feel as though she is a "real person" as humans are. Her experiences on Earth and the new point of view on what gems are, including her much closer relationship with Greg, has showed her how monstrous gems really are, how ugly and empty they seem, and she can't help but believe that simply because she's one of them that she's just the same, despite how wrong she's been shown to be regarding gems being able to love since her departure.
"If I could, begin to be, half of what, you think of me, I could do about anything... I could even learn how to love."
She knows Greg, and arguably many humans and even her own followers, see her as this beautiful, elegant, statuesque goddess woman, an icon of perfection... but she knows she's not, and it hurts to think about, but it's the truth. She's not perfect and in fact she comes across a tad manipulative at times, though it's purely speculation at this point given we never got a present moment of her alive, just memories, flashbacks and recordings.
"When I see, the way you act, wondering when, I'm coming back, I could do about anything... I could even learn how to love... like you."
She feels as though her inner humanity is so close, especially seeing how Greg feels when she's not around, but she just can't bring herself to believe that she can love, not like humans do... enter Steven. As a gem Rose can't believe that she can feel and love for real. She saw the worst of gemkind, and may well have been part of it once upon a time, which is why she cannot believe gems feel the same way and with the same authenticity as humans, so out of desperation to feel that way and become capable of that she made a promise to Greg, and so she became Steven, whom loves sincerely the way his mother once desired to.
"I always thought I might be bad, now I'm sure that it's true, 'cause I think you're so good... and I'm nothing like you."
But even then, it's about her. Maybe she wanted to return Greg's love, maybe she wanted to feel and give like humans do, but the creation of Steven was HER desire, her plan. She wanted so badly to feel and love that she ended up hurting everybody around her; Pearl, Amethyst, Greg, even her own self and son, Steven.
[[WMG: Rose's song, and the reason she had a child.]]
The song we've been getting during the credits is Rose's own song, a lamentation to Greg and perhaps Earth itself; she isn't human and she doesn't feel as though she is a "real person" as humans are. Her experiences on Earth and the new point of view on what gems are, including her much closer relationship with Greg, has showed her how monstrous gems really are, how ugly and empty they seem, and she can't help but believe that simply because she's one of them that she's just the same, despite how wrong she's been shown to be regarding gems being able to love since her departure.
"If I could, begin to be, half of what, you think of me, I could do about anything... I could even learn how to love."
She knows Greg, and arguably many humans and even her own followers, see her as this beautiful, elegant, statuesque goddess woman, an icon of perfection... but she knows she's not, and it hurts to think about, but it's the truth. She's not perfect and in fact she comes across a tad manipulative at times, though it's purely speculation at this point given we never got a present moment of her alive, just memories, flashbacks and recordings.
"When I see, the way you act, wondering when, I'm coming back, I could do about anything... I could even learn how to love... like you."
She feels as though her inner humanity is so close, especially seeing how Greg feels when she's not around, but she just can't bring herself to believe that she can love, not like humans do... enter Steven. As a gem Rose can't believe that she can feel and love for real. She saw the worst of gemkind, and may well have been part of it once upon a time, which is why she cannot believe gems feel the same way and with the same authenticity as humans, so out of desperation to feel that way and become capable of that she made a promise to Greg, and so she became Steven, whom loves sincerely the way his mother once desired to.
"I always thought I might be bad, now I'm sure that it's true, 'cause I think you're so good... and I'm nothing like you."
But even then, it's about her. Maybe she wanted to return Greg's love, maybe she wanted to feel and give like humans do, but the creation of Steven was HER desire, her plan. She wanted so badly to feel and love that she ended up hurting everybody around her; Pearl, Amethyst, Greg, even her own self and son, Steven.
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Hence the scared yet grateful "Thank you" at the end. She was probably the one with the "periscope" for the ship; who saw Steven, Peridot, and Lapis in the barn, who realized that Lapis was the reason they crashed. What do you do when you are facing an enemy who could easily crush you; when your commander in chief will also likely crush you? And then suddenly that enemy...comes up with the DUMBEST alternative to killing you possible? You play along and hope your teammates don't ask the wrong questions. Even better, they give an excuse for the Rubies to not be on planet when either the Cluster destroys it, or if it doesn't, Yellow Diamond sends someone else to find out why. Rogue Peridot? Not in the orders. Crystal Gems found? Not in the orders. Why are they on Neptune? They were following a lead. Slim chance of working, but better than what they had.
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Hence the scared yet grateful "Thank you" at the end. She was probably the one with the "periscope" for the ship; who saw Steven, Peridot, and Lapis in the barn, who realized that Lapis was the reason they crashed. What do you do when you are facing an enemy who could easily crush you; when your commander in chief will also likely crush you? And then suddenly that enemy...comes up with the DUMBEST alternative to killing you possible? You play along and hope your teammates don't ask the wrong questions. Even better, they give an excuse for the Rubies to not be on planet when either the Cluster destroys it, or if it doesn't, Yellow Diamond sends someone else to find out why. Rogue Peridot? Not in the orders. Crystal Gems found? Not in the orders. Why are they on Neptune? They were following a lead. Slim chance of working, but better than what they had.had.
[[WMG: The Gems deliberately targeted Earth for destruction because it hosts organic life.]]
Think about it for a second -- if Gems require the destruction of a planet in order to reproduce, why bother with Earth? Why not use an uninhabited planet, like Mars or Venus? Given Yellow Diamond's distaste for organic life, it seems possible Earth may have been *deliberately* targeted in order to remove humanity as a potential threat. Maybe Rose Quartz discovered this, and that was part of what led her to rebel.
[[WMG: The Gems deliberately targeted Earth for destruction because it hosts organic life.]]
Think about it for a second -- if Gems require the destruction of a planet in order to reproduce, why bother with Earth? Why not use an uninhabited planet, like Mars or Venus? Given Yellow Diamond's distaste for organic life, it seems possible Earth may have been *deliberately* targeted in order to remove humanity as a potential threat. Maybe Rose Quartz discovered this, and that was part of what led her to rebel.
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[[WMG: A track in the Season 3 finale will be called "Night Drive 3".]]
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[[WMG: A track in the Season 3 finale will be called "Night "[[RecurringRiff Night Drive 3".3]]".]]
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[[WMG: Yellow Diamond will be a CompleteMonster.]]
Considering the possibility that she was behind the Cluster experiments and other atrocities, she could be a contender for the most depraved character in the series.
Considering the possibility that she was behind the Cluster experiments and other atrocities, she could be a contender for the most depraved character in the series.
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[[WMG: Yellow Diamond will be a CompleteMonster.]]
Considering the possibility that she was behind the Cluster experiments and other atrocities, she could be a contender for the most depraved character in the series.
Considering the possibility that she was behind the Cluster experiments and other atrocities, she could be a contender for the most depraved character in the series.
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* And that human will be [[spoiler: [[WhosLaughingNow Ronaldo]]]]
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* And that human will be [[spoiler: [[WhosLaughingNow Ronaldo]]]]Ronaldo.]]]]
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[[WMG: Yellow Diamond will be a CompleteMonster.]]
Considering the possibility that she was behind the Cluster experiments and other atrocities, she could be a contender for the most depraved character in the series.
Considering the possibility that she was behind the Cluster experiments and other atrocities, she could be a contender for the most depraved character in the series.
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[[WMG: Doc Ruby KNEW they were on a suicide mission, she also realized what the Crystal Gems were doing.]]
Hence the scared yet grateful "Thank you" at the end. She was probably the one with the "periscope" for the ship; who saw Steven, Peridot, and Lapis in the barn, who realized that Lapis was the reason they crashed. What do you do when you are facing an enemy who could easily crush you; when your commander in chief will also likely crush you? And then suddenly that enemy...comes up with the DUMBEST alternative to killing you possible? You play along and hope your subordinates don't ask the wrong questions. Even better, they give an excuse for the Rubies to not be on planet when either the Cluster destroys it, or if it doesn't, Yellow Diamond sends someone else to find out why. Rogue Peridot? Not in the orders. Crystal Gems found? Not in the orders. Why are they on Neptune? They were following a lead. Slim chance of working, but better than what they had.
Hence the scared yet grateful "Thank you" at the end. She was probably the one with the "periscope" for the ship; who saw Steven, Peridot, and Lapis in the barn, who realized that Lapis was the reason they crashed. What do you do when you are facing an enemy who could easily crush you; when your commander in chief will also likely crush you? And then suddenly that enemy...comes up with the DUMBEST alternative to killing you possible? You play along and hope your subordinates don't ask the wrong questions. Even better, they give an excuse for the Rubies to not be on planet when either the Cluster destroys it, or if it doesn't, Yellow Diamond sends someone else to find out why. Rogue Peridot? Not in the orders. Crystal Gems found? Not in the orders. Why are they on Neptune? They were following a lead. Slim chance of working, but better than what they had.
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[[WMG: Doc Ruby Eyeball KNEW they were on a suicide mission, she also realized what the Crystal Gems were doing.]]
Hence the scared yet grateful "Thank you" at the end. She was probably the one with the "periscope" for the ship; who saw Steven, Peridot, and Lapis in the barn, who realized that Lapis was the reason they crashed. What do you do when you are facing an enemy who could easily crush you; when your commander in chief will also likely crush you? And then suddenly that enemy...comes up with the DUMBEST alternative to killing you possible? You play along and hope yoursubordinates teammates don't ask the wrong questions. Even better, they give an excuse for the Rubies to not be on planet when either the Cluster destroys it, or if it doesn't, Yellow Diamond sends someone else to find out why. Rogue Peridot? Not in the orders. Crystal Gems found? Not in the orders. Why are they on Neptune? They were following a lead. Slim chance of working, but better than what they had.
Hence the scared yet grateful "Thank you" at the end. She was probably the one with the "periscope" for the ship; who saw Steven, Peridot, and Lapis in the barn, who realized that Lapis was the reason they crashed. What do you do when you are facing an enemy who could easily crush you; when your commander in chief will also likely crush you? And then suddenly that enemy...comes up with the DUMBEST alternative to killing you possible? You play along and hope your
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[[WMG: A future FusionDance song (Possibly involving Steven and/or Peridot) will be called "Combination".]]
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[[WMG: A future FusionDance song (Possibly involving Steven and/or Peridot) will be called "Combination".]]]]
[[WMG: The Ruby 5 team was on a suicide mission.]]
This couldn't possibly be one of the most impressive crack teams of commandos that Yellow "head of the armies of Homeworld" Diamond had. Yellow Diamond expected Earth to die any day from the cluster anyways; but she had to show some sign to retrieve Jasper. So she sends the 5 most [[IndividualityIsIllegal individual]] Rubies she had. They had brown hair and distinct personalities; very different from the trio our Ruby was in in ''The Answer''. If they died with the Cluster, they were expendable. If they found Jasper, well, she and they would not have fit in the ship at the same time and...well, they were expendable.
[[WMG: Doc Ruby KNEW they were on a suicide mission, she also realized what the Crystal Gems were doing.]]
Hence the scared yet grateful "Thank you" at the end. She was probably the one with the "periscope" for the ship; who saw Steven, Peridot, and Lapis in the barn, who realized that Lapis was the reason they crashed. What do you do when you are facing an enemy who could easily crush you; when your commander in chief will also likely crush you? And then suddenly that enemy...comes up with the DUMBEST alternative to killing you possible? You play along and hope your subordinates don't ask the wrong questions. Even better, they give an excuse for the Rubies to not be on planet when either the Cluster destroys it, or if it doesn't, Yellow Diamond sends someone else to find out why. Rogue Peridot? Not in the orders. Crystal Gems found? Not in the orders. Why are they on Neptune? They were following a lead. Slim chance of working, but better than what they had.
[[WMG: The Ruby 5 team was on a suicide mission.]]
This couldn't possibly be one of the most impressive crack teams of commandos that Yellow "head of the armies of Homeworld" Diamond had. Yellow Diamond expected Earth to die any day from the cluster anyways; but she had to show some sign to retrieve Jasper. So she sends the 5 most [[IndividualityIsIllegal individual]] Rubies she had. They had brown hair and distinct personalities; very different from the trio our Ruby was in in ''The Answer''. If they died with the Cluster, they were expendable. If they found Jasper, well, she and they would not have fit in the ship at the same time and...well, they were expendable.
[[WMG: Doc Ruby KNEW they were on a suicide mission, she also realized what the Crystal Gems were doing.]]
Hence the scared yet grateful "Thank you" at the end. She was probably the one with the "periscope" for the ship; who saw Steven, Peridot, and Lapis in the barn, who realized that Lapis was the reason they crashed. What do you do when you are facing an enemy who could easily crush you; when your commander in chief will also likely crush you? And then suddenly that enemy...comes up with the DUMBEST alternative to killing you possible? You play along and hope your subordinates don't ask the wrong questions. Even better, they give an excuse for the Rubies to not be on planet when either the Cluster destroys it, or if it doesn't, Yellow Diamond sends someone else to find out why. Rogue Peridot? Not in the orders. Crystal Gems found? Not in the orders. Why are they on Neptune? They were following a lead. Slim chance of working, but better than what they had.
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[[WMG: A track in the Season 3 finale will be called "Night Drive 3".]]
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[[WMG: A track in the Season 3 finale will be called "Night Drive 3".]]
[[WMG: A future FusionDance song (Possibly involving Steven and/or Peridot) will be called "Combination".]]
[[WMG: A future FusionDance song (Possibly involving Steven and/or Peridot) will be called "Combination".]]
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[[WMG: A track in the Season 3 finale (Whether it'll be a multi-parter or not) will be called "Night Drive 3".
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[[WMG: A track in the Season 3 finale (Whether it'll be a multi-parter or not) will be called "Night Drive 3".
[[WMG: A track in the Season 3 finale (Whether it'll be a multi-parter or not) will be called "Night Drive 3".
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Nevermind! This goes better in Greg's part of the WMG/Beach City section
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Since it's been shown in additional scenes that Steven was the one who made the opening song, this could be touched upon soon with him either rewriting the opening or writing a new song that includes Peridot.
[[WMG: Greg and Amethyst were in a brief relationship after Rose died]]
Maximum Capacity states that they used to spend a lot more time together in the past and their interactions in that episode could be read as people who had previously been in a fling that ended badly. I suspect that they fell into a relationship together due to their mutual grief over Rose and then that relationship kinda blew up on them because that's kinda what these relationships ''do''. Garnet and Pearl never really knew what was fully going on because Amethyst doesn't like opening up to them necessarily, and because Garnet and Pearl don't really know how to relate to Greg (Plus Pearl doesn't really ''like'' Greg, but still...)
[[WMG: Greg and Amethyst were in a brief relationship after Rose died]]
Maximum Capacity states that they used to spend a lot more time together in the past and their interactions in that episode could be read as people who had previously been in a fling that ended badly. I suspect that they fell into a relationship together due to their mutual grief over Rose and then that relationship kinda blew up on them because that's kinda what these relationships ''do''. Garnet and Pearl never really knew what was fully going on because Amethyst doesn't like opening up to them necessarily, and because Garnet and Pearl don't really know how to relate to Greg (Plus Pearl doesn't really ''like'' Greg, but still...)
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Since it's been shown in additional scenes that Steven was the one who made the opening song, this could be touched upon soon with him either rewriting the opening or writing a new song that includes Peridot.
[[WMG: Greg and Amethyst were in a brief relationship after Rose died]]
Maximum Capacity states that they used to spend a lot more time together in the past and their interactions in that episode could be read as people who had previously been in a fling that ended badly. I suspect that they fell into a relationship together due to their mutual grief over Rose and then that relationship kinda blew up on them because that's kinda what these relationships ''do''. Garnet and Pearl never really knew what was fully going on because Amethyst doesn't like opening up to them necessarily, and because Garnet and Pearl don't really know how to relate to Greg (Plus Pearl doesn't really ''like'' Greg, but still...)Peridot.
[[WMG: Greg and Amethyst were in a brief relationship after Rose died]]
Maximum Capacity states that they used to spend a lot more time together in the past and their interactions in that episode could be read as people who had previously been in a fling that ended badly. I suspect that they fell into a relationship together due to their mutual grief over Rose and then that relationship kinda blew up on them because that's kinda what these relationships ''do''. Garnet and Pearl never really knew what was fully going on because Amethyst doesn't like opening up to them necessarily, and because Garnet and Pearl don't really know how to relate to Greg (Plus Pearl doesn't really ''like'' Greg, but still...)
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[[WMG: Greg and Amethyst were in a brief relationship after Rose died]]
Maximum Capacity states that they used to spend a lot more time together in the past and their interactions in that episode could be read as people who had previously been in a fling that ended badly. I suspect that they fell into a relationship together due to their mutual grief over Rose and then that relationship kinda blew up on them because that's kinda what these relationships ''do''. Garnet and Pearl never really knew what was fully going on because Amethyst doesn't like opening up to them necessarily, and because Garnet and Pearl don't really know how to relate to Greg (Plus Pearl doesn't really ''like'' Greg, but still...)
[[WMG: Greg and Amethyst were in a brief relationship after Rose died]]
Maximum Capacity states that they used to spend a lot more time together in the past and their interactions in that episode could be read as people who had previously been in a fling that ended badly. I suspect that they fell into a relationship together due to their mutual grief over Rose and then that relationship kinda blew up on them because that's kinda what these relationships ''do''. Garnet and Pearl never really knew what was fully going on because Amethyst doesn't like opening up to them necessarily, and because Garnet and Pearl don't really know how to relate to Greg (Plus Pearl doesn't really ''like'' Greg, but still...)
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* Okay nevermind, Empire City's a mix of New York, Las Vegas, and Paris.
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The metallic race are actually the ''good guys'' in the war, trying to save the universe from the Gems attempts at domination.
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I'm just going on the fact that New York is "Empire City" and Pennsylvania is "Keystone", since their new names are nicknames in our world.
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[[WMG: Steven will rewrite the opening to include Peridot.]]
Since it's been shown in additional scenes that Steven was the one who made the opening song, this could be touched upon soon with him either rewriting the opening or writing a new song that includes Peridot.
[[WMG: Steven will rewrite the opening to include Peridot.]]
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I'm just going on the fact that New York is "Empire City" and Pennsylvania "Keystone", both being state nicknames.
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[[WMG: In this world, Las Vegas is "Silver City".]]
I'm just going on the fact that New York is "Empire City" and Pennsylvania "Keystone", both being state nicknames.
[[WMG: In this world, Las Vegas is "Silver City".]]
I'm just going on the fact that New York is "Empire City" and Pennsylvania "Keystone", both being state nicknames.
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* Jossed. The Cluster isn't the paragon of sanity, but it's not so far gone that Steven can't reason with it. In the end, it ends up much more healthy when Steven convinces its components to be friends.
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* Japan never went to war with the USA due to an oil embargo that they were pushing as a result of them supporting the Axis states. The existence of various anime and video games seen in the background of the show implies some form of cultural shift during the 20th century, however.
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* Japan never went to war with the USA due to an oil embargo that they were pushing as a result of them supporting the Axis states. The existence of various anime and video games seen in the background of the show implies some form of cultural shift during the 20th century, however. It is also likely that Korea and Manchuria are still under Japanese occupation.
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* Due to the lack of the second World War, the Manhattan Project never happened, the atomic bomb was never invented, and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki never occurred. This means that there was no UsefulNotes/ColdWar or nuclear arms race. This means that franchise based around nuclear war and its effects, such as {{Franchise/Fallout}}, Franchise/MadMax, and {{Franchise/Godzilla}} don't exist in this universe. This also means the RaygunGothic aesthetic never took off.
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* Due to the lack of the second World War, the Manhattan Project never happened, the atomic bomb was never invented, and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki never occurred. This means that there was no UsefulNotes/ColdWar or nuclear arms race. This means race, and that franchise based around nuclear war and its effects, such as {{Franchise/Fallout}}, Franchise/MadMax, and {{Franchise/Godzilla}} don't exist in this universe. This also means the RaygunGothic aesthetic never took off.
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Instead, they'll make a soundtrack with songs sung by the fusion gems. Highlights will include a soft lullaby for Opal, a [[VillainSong menacing]] BoastfulRap for Sugilite, a flashy Broadway-worthy number for Sardonyx, a happy, possibly Disney-like tune for Stevonnie and possibly a chorus featuring all of them together.
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Instead, they'll make a soundtrack with songs sung by the fusion gems. Highlights will include a soft lullaby for Opal, a [[VillainSong menacing]] BoastfulRap for Sugilite, a flashy Broadway-worthy number for Sardonyx, a happy, possibly Disney-like tune for Stevonnie and possibly a chorus featuring all of them together.together.
[[WMG: The leaks are CN's misguided attempt at hyping the show.]]
Why not?
[[WMG: The leaks are CN's misguided attempt at hyping the show.]]
Why not?
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[[WMG: Pearl is Rose's scabbard.]]
It's a metaphor. For how Pearl was Rose's closest friend and confidant.
* Pearl has been like an empty scabbard ever since Rose left. [[TearJerker Auhauhauhau.]]
[[WMG: The Earth culture and history in the show's universe is different from ours thanks to the presence of the Gems.]]
The existence of magical beings from outer space has impacted culture and religion. Basically, this show lives in an alternate Earth that is more than just "our world, except some magic women hang around".
* Half-Confirmed. WordOfGod is that the history is different for their Earth, and we've been shown the back of the dollar having a snake and diamond instead of the pyramid and eagle motifs, plus the state Steven lives in has a different name (and may be shaped differently as well). Whether this has to do with the Gems at all, or if so, how much, has yet to be stated.
* Notably, ''Historical Friction'' tells the tale of William Dewey seemingly crossing the Atlantic to start a settlement in the New World... 200 years ago, long after colonists had already arrived in the Americas and even after the United States declared its independence. This suggests that either European exploration of the area was significantly delayed, or that the "21st century" setting of the series is actually some time between the 1600s and late 1800s.
** Or William Dewey was a businessman who founded Beach City in the 19th century to make big bucks, and New World was simply an euphemism.
*** Rather unlikely, Pearl's play seemed to imply that him and his crew were the first humans to be seen on the continent in a long time due to Gem monsters making it too dangerous (see also the WMG wherein the corrupted gem monsters drove the early Native Americans to extinction shortly after the end of the [=CGs'=] war with homeworld).
[[WMG: A human will attempt to gain Gem powers.]]
By shoving an inert or corrupted gem into their own body, resulting in a horrific human/gem fusion monster.
* And that human will be [[spoiler: [[WhosLaughingNow Ronaldo]]]]
** Most likely on the above post. If, for some reason, its not [[spoiler: Ronaldo]], I would put [[spoiler: [[TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong Lars]]]] as the next candidate. With [[spoiler: Ronaldo and Sadie]] as his "caretakers".
* Alternatively, [[spoiler: Peridot]], after seeing Steven immunity to Gem technology, is going to try to discover how that would be possible by trying to create a gem/human hybrid by other means
[[WMG: Not only are snake people real, but they're responsible for corrupting Gems, transforming them into Gem Beasts.]]
* Could be. Or maybe the snake people are corrupted gems. Or maybe the snake people are actually the gem society that the earthbound gems are hiding from.
* What if the sneople [[{{Precursors}} created the Gems]]?
[[WMG: The Lion Lickers are a metaphor for an enemy of the gems. An enemy that is a society of sapient metals.]]
Cookie Cat is a metaphor for the Crystal Gems, if not gemkind as a whole. The very first episode Cookie Cat foreshadowed that the Crystal Gems came from space, fleeing an intergalactic war.
And we also have the Lion Lickers. The imitation Steven hates. We were told Cookie Cat could not compete with Lion Lickers. As such, the Lion Lickers won.
Now, do you recall the bubble inside Lion's mane? And how it had a bismuth, which is considered a METAL, not a gemstone?
The point is that the Lion Lickers are foreshadowing another alien society based on metals. The Gems were in a war against them (and might still be) and it looks like the gems lost or were losing. And so, a force of gems came to Earth for a plan to create an army. But Rose saw what the plan would do to the Earth. A faction of gems who opposed the plan formed around her and fought the loyalist gems.
Lion himself might be a member of that very metallic race since it's known he's not a gem and also obviously not a normal lion. He may very well be a [[StealthPun Pink Bismuth.]]
Like the Gems they will also be musically inclined, however all their songs will be influenced by [[IncrediblyLamePun Heavy Metal.]]
[[WMG: Kindergarten gems all share a cat motif.]]
More of an observation of artistic choices. Going off the theory that Jasper is also a kindergarten gem grown like Amethyst, both happen to share some very catlike characteristics. Amethyst has her distinct cat smile, huge mane of hair, and called herself the Purple Puma. Jasper's own white mane, her color scheme, and the stripe markings on her skin, along with her eyes and some of her expressions almost make her look more like a humanoid tiger than an anthropomorphic gem crystal. This could be something common with all kindergarten gems.
[[WMG: The real name of Homeworld]]
I don't believe that Gem's planet is just named "Homeworld". To continue with the geology theme, Homeworld will be revealed to be name "Geode".
* Its name could also be [[MeaningfulName a gem methodologically related to]] the cycle of life, Earth, the origin of life, or even {{God}}. Of course, giving the planet the name of a gem could imply [[GeniusLoci that it's, well, a Gem.]]
* Partly {{Jossed}}, but atill possible. We already had a Geode, the barrier that was holding the storm.
[[WMG: The magic storm contained in the geode seen in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E27HouseGuest "House Guest"]] was a Weapon of Mass Destruction sent by the Homeworld Gems during the war.]]
It could even be the thing that corrupted into monsters all of the Gems on earth that weren't already broken, being used to power artifacts, or protected by Rose's shield.
[[WMG: One day, Rebecca Sugar was smoking weed with Peter Browngardt and this gave them the idea to come up with the Steven Universe/Uncle Grandpa crossover]]
Well this is probably how Peter Browngardt came up with his other weird ideas on his shows "Uncle Grandpa" and "Secret Mountain Fort Awesome".
[[WMG: The uncle Grandpa episode was technically Canon]]
These even actually happened to Steven and the Gems, it just their memories were wiped by the reality warping Uncle Grandpa to fulfill his promise of it being non canon.
* "Reformed" possibly supports this, as Amethyst is inexplicably shown to still have Pizza Steve's glasses. She likely has no recollection whatsoever of where she got them from but keeps them anyway because they look cool.
[[WMG: Why do the crystal gems in Story for Steven look younger?]]
It make no sense that they would, considering they are basically immortal beings.
* The theory is that at some point after Steven birth they chose to take on more adult appearances to give themselves more legitimacy as Steven's surrogate guardians.
[[WMG: There will be an acoustic or maybe ukulele version of the "Mirror Gem" theme.]]
The theme must be specifically subtitled "(piano version)" for a reason...
[[WMG: Changes for Russian television]]
To avoid breaking Russian laws, [[HideYourGays Ruby and Sapphire will be stated to be sisters]][[note]]In case you didn't know, they're the same mineral with impurities.[[/note]] or [[ShesAManInJapan Ruby will be given a male voice]].
[[WMG: A second type of fusing exists]]
A gem who's retreated into her gem can be taken in by a healthy gem. This grants the second gem a lesser power boost, access to weaponry and a modified design.
* Somewhat confirmed in Keeping It Together: The gem fusions seemed to have their gems ''welded together''. The resulting thing was not pleasant.
[[WMG: Li'l Butler is Yellow Diamond]]
* This theory is spoiler-heavy*
We know very little about Yellow Diamond, other than the fact that he's higher in power than Jasper or Peridot. My theory is that Yellow Diamond and Li'l Butler are one and the same; Randy Anderson is a fake alias. The show is presented as a sitcom, but is actually a reality show.
So, let's take a look at the intro. "An orphan boy with sass and pep"- let's stop there. We don't know his parents, the circumstances of his birth are a mystery: he didn't have one. He's a gem. So, we can't see the gem anywhere on Li'l Butler's body, right? Well, we can't see much in the first place. He's wearing a suit. It could easily be a situation like Steven or Amethyst's, where he covers his gem with his clothing. Next, we'll look at his family: they're a stereotypical rich sitcom family, right? Chances are, they wouldn't just take in a baby like that, would they?
The intro also mentions that "We cleaned his face of dirt and leaves". It only mentions his face, but chances are they washed him properly. Now, if he IS a gem, they'd see his gem on him. A yellow diamond. They kept him around because they wanted to sell the gem and become even richer. Of course, that couldn't have happened, seeing as the gem is the actual character and the body is a physical form they take. Unless he changed their minds. "Teach us lessons 'bout ourselves". They're not referring to average sitcom lessons learned, but the lesson that the family learns throughout the story; they love Li'l Butler for who he is, not the gem that he has.
Next, we'll look at his motives; WHY would someone with that high of a rank do something so pointless? To defeat the Crystal Gems. Of course that seems ridiculous, but hear me out:
Who do we see watching the show? Greg and Amethyst. When watching, they're utterly entranced by it. It's not just because they love the show, it's because they're being hypnotized. Notice that when Greg hears the fireworks, he snaps out of it. It's because he's being freed by the power of love; he loves Steven and didn't want to let him down. Amethyst, still entranced by the show, does one of the worst things that she has done on the show to date; she shape-shifts into Rose's form to hurt Greg. What does any of this have to do with Yellow Diamond's plan? He figured that, rather than fight the Crystal Gems, he'd try to find a simpler method, one that wouldn't risk any gem warriors; he'd make them crush themselves. The show brings out the worst in people, as evidenced by Amethyst's actions. He knew that sitcoms would be ridiculously popular and watched by millions; if humans kept experiencing these negative emotions toward each other, they'd destroy each other.
So, if this was his plan, what stopped him? He was found out. Of course, that leaves an obvious plot-hole: who could have stopped him? It couldn't have been any of the gems, seeing as they don't know of his existance... I mean, it's not like the gems have someone who's not around any more that would have kept secrets... oh dear. That's right, Rose Quartz found him out. Rather than do something like resort to violence, she went with a simpler option. Many people have noticed that the premise of Li'l Butler involves a child becoming the family's butler. That's not the most morally sound premise you could ever hear. Rose could have reported the show and gotten it cancelled. So, plan destroyed, Yellow Diamond fled to Homeworld and, for safety, destroyed the Homeworld warp, so he could come back when he had stronger weapons to ensure as few lost warriors as possible. If he's anything like Jasper, violence probably isn't a concern, but in Greg's words, "there's no such thing as a good war". Of course, Rose keeping secrets isn't enough to justify it alone, so why wouldn't she tell? Well, with the homeworld warp destroyed, she probably just didn't perceive him as a threat any more, so she decided to let him get away with no one being any the wiser.
There's still a problem with the idea that the TV show hypnotized people; why didn't it hypnotize Steven? Well, when he first watches, it begins to, you can see him getting sucked in. The reason he's able to fight it off is his love for the gems; he's grounded from TV. He won't break that promise. Now, we also know that Pearl at the very least knows of the show's existance. So, why doesn't it have a hold on her? She calls it "That obnoxious show (paraphrasing)" and mentions that they'd watch it over and over and over, which opens a few gates. There are two that I see it could be. Either she knows it exists, but hasn't watched it (Completely reasonable; Pearl looks down on humans, so her calling it stupid without watching it isn't out of the question. Either that or she believes TV in general to be stupid, which isn't much of a stretch either) or she DID watch it. We know that she was extremely close to Rose, knowing more of her secrets than the other gems. We also know that Rose didn't share EVERYTHING with her, but up until Rose's Scabbard, she thought that she did. So here's how I see it; Pearl gets addicted to the show too, but she sees that Rose has a problem with it. Rose, covering her tracks, tells Pearl that she either has a problem with it or simply isn't fond of it. Pearl's undying love for Rose would be enough to get her to stop watching. As for her calling it that obnoxious show, she'd probably hold a grudge; she got addicted to something that Rose didn't like, she probably resents the show's existence for catching her off-guard like that. As for Garnet, she'd know not to watch it in the first place; she has future vision. That said, if she had future vision, why wouldn't she be able to see the negative effects? Probably the length of time; we don't know how far ahead her future vision goes. Chances are she could only see a certain point ahead, with herself getting addicted too.
Next, let's look at his appearance. I've covered the missing gem, but of course, there's one thing that's seriously amiss; we know that the colour of a gem's skin is the same as that of their gem, so Yellow Diamond would have to be yellow, right? Well, think about this from the point of view of the people making the TV show. They watch the show and they get hooked, but there's a problem; the network probably already has a sitcom starring a yellow family that get themselves into wacky hijinx and hate their neighbours. So, they edited each episode to change the colour of his skin. Of course, this would be fairly heavy on the people making it, which gives a smidge more support to the show getting cancelled; just like in ALF, it was too much work for the cast.
Next, his body shape. The notion of a child working so efficiently is odd to say the least... unless, of course, said child had shape-shifted. That's right, Yellow Diamond shape-shifted into Li'l Butler. That explains everything unaccounted for in his appearance... except the scowl. Seriously, if he has so much "sass and pep", why can't he crack a smile? Well, on top of all of the work, it's demeaning as heck. From a great gem leader to playing a child butler in a family TV show. He has every reason to be ticked off.
One last issue; gender. The gems are genderless, whereas Li'l Butler is clearly a male... right? Well, again, the gems are genderless. He could easily just identify as a male.
So, we've covered his skin, his appearance and body structure, his gender, his gem, his motives, his plan, his departure and the show's cancellation.
[[WMG: The Crystal Gem temple is like a miniature version of whatever Peridot's Hand-Ship and the Red Eye came from]]
This came from a sudden realization that I had. It's heavily implied that the Crystal Gem temple is alive, seeing as it has a heart and whatnot. But what else does the Crystal Gem Temple have? Veins.
What does Peridot's Hand-Ship have? Veins.
So, what if the Crystal Gem temple is a long-unused ship or whatnot? It's possible that, when the Gems first invaded Earth, the Crystal Gem temple was "docked" for the Galaxy Warp.
If this theory is true, then why does the temple seem to be made out of rock? Well, maybe, since the series is 6000+ after the war, the cliff grew ''around'' the temple, and it was later carved into the giant woman that it resembles today. If we're also going into the theory that the temple is meant to resemble the fusion of Pearl, Garnet, Amethyst, and Rose, then it's possible that the rock grew around the temple originally, but was modified to look like the fusion. After all, some hands made of pure stone are missing.
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[[WMG:The gemstones on Earth are unhatched Gems]]
If the Homeworld Gems wanted to use earth to harvest more Gems, what if some of the gemstones never got around to becoming full-on Gems? Thus, they became nothing more than shells.
[[WMG: Crying Breakfast Friends [[DarkFic Dark Fics]] are about them committing suicide]]
It's a show about crying breakfast items... Dark Fics tend to take the series in bad places... do the math...
[[WMG:The Kindergarten literally sucked out Earth's life force to create Gems.]]
This W.M.G. is coming from the Gems' insistence that if the Kindergarten were to be reactivated, all life on Earth would be destroyed. Look at the environment of the Kinergarten: Everything is gray and lifeless. There are no trees, let alone a few shrubs. There's no life anywhere.
As it's already been pointed out, the machines in the Kindergarten look like bacteriophages. Bacteriophages inject their DNA into cells, and use the cell's life to make more bacteriophages. When the new bacterophages burst from the cell, the cell is killed. Just look at how many holes are in the cliffs at the Kindergarten.
I'm not sure if they're going to have a name for this "life force" or anything, but my guess is that it's what keeps the plants and animals on earth living.
[[WMG:Alternatively, the Kindergarten process is toxic to other life.]]
For a more scientific explanation, it is possible that the Kindergarten doesn't actively drain life but sterilizes the area as a side-effect, much like many organisms produce poison as a result of their natural processes. (Plants' photosynthesis for instance.) This is a more optimistic interpretation, since it would mean that the gem empire does not necessarily have to colonize inhabited planets to make new gems. (If they did, that would raise serious ethical questions about why Rose was so invested in saving one planet while leaving all the other colonies to rot.)
[[WMG: There are no crystalized minerals left on Earth after the early Kindergartens.]]
IE, there are no gemstones, period, and modern humans have no concept of what gems are besides a phonetic name used by Steven's aunt-sisters. Two characters wearing jewelry (Lars' earrings and Vidalia's wedding band) only have gold. There is a diamond on the dollar bill, but that's as bizarrely symbolic in the Steven Universe Universe as the Pyramid Monster / Eye of Providence is in ours. Vidalia isn't stupid, and her "That's what you are, a rock, right?" question is also indicative of mineral gemstones not existing to humanity.
* It's phase 2 of the Kindergarten that's so dangerous. After the initial tractor beam (which still caused major shifts in the teutonic plates), they'll start sucking up pre-crystalized minerals and process them to become gems. This process isn't picky, sucking carbon, chromium, iron, etc. out of any life on Earth would be easier than straight through the mantle anyways. This is what Rose Quartz rebelled against, what caused Amethyst to be "overcooked" and would cause Earth to be "janked."
[[WMG: There will be a "full" version of the opening theme eventually, with each Crystal Gem providing their own verse.]]
It may not be in the actual show though, since it would be fairly lengthy. We already have Steven's verse (from the pilot) and POSSIBLY Garnet's (from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8Vp7XgqcUM) that I'm aware of. I'm aware of the fact that what Estelle sings in that video before the opening lyrics is from one of her actual songs (Conqueror), but they seem almost ''too'' tailored to Garnet to not be a coincidence. She could easily co-write lyrics with Rebecca for this purpose. If this happens, it will likely be co-produced by Estelle and Aivi/Surasshu as a mash-up of their styles. (Maybe this is just me ''really wanting it to happen'' but it's not as unlikely as you'd think, given the rather forward approach to musical production that this show has exhibited so far.)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VE2HY0OxJQk Kind of happening.]] Not exactly what I was expecting to happen, but you know what, this is actually a million times better. Because of course it is. Rebecca, you bloody wizard.
[[WMG: The three toys on the window sill are vague analogies for the Crystal Gems.]]
Pikamoogle is obviously Garnet, being made from two small cute things. Sanic might be Amethyst, for the spin dash and "overcooked runt". What is Gitaroo man implying about Pearl?
[[WMG: Rose was the inspiration for the fairy tale "Rapunzel".]]
Perhaps she spent some time in Europe during medieval times (maybe some Gem monsters attacked there?) and people noticed her gentle nature, her long hair, and her healing tears--in the older version of the tale, the Rapunzel's prince is blinded and she restores his vision with her tears. Maybe Rose fell in love with a man and did just that for him...foreshadowing what her son would one day do for Connie.
[[WMG: Alternately, as a more meta theory, Rapunzel was a partial inspiration for Rebecca Sugar to create Rose Quartz.]]
[[WMG: One of the Diamonds will be voiced by Rebecca Sugar herself.]]
[[WMG: On the implications of the fact that World War II never happened.]]
WordOfGod from Matt Burnett says that the Second World War [[https://twitter.com/mcburnett/status/637119719703576576 never happened]] in the world of Steven Universe. There are several things that would have to occur for this to be true, and several causes of those events.
Firstly, there's the matter of the symbol of the Nazis, the Swastika. If we take [[http://stevencrewniverse.tumblr.com/post/78156709869/from-storyboard-artist-joe-johnston-some this animatic]] from Giant Woman into account, we can presume that the symbol does exist in the universe, but for [[NoSwastikas out of universe reasons]], it can't be shown in the show. So, with the fact that the Nazis never came to power, it would probably be more acceptable to show in this universe. By extension, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_salute Roman Salute]], which was used to do things like say the Pledge of Allegiance in America prior to World War II, may still be in use.
Secondly, for World War II to never happen, World War I must also not have happened, as the economic crisis in Germany as a result of war reparations is one of the main factors to UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler rising to power. This could mean several things:
* Archduke Franz Ferdinand was never assassinated. However, this must also mean that an attempt was never made on his life in the first place- an attempted assassination, even one that was unsuccessful, would still likely have meant war. This would be especially true if Gavrilo Princip was successful in wounding, but not killing, the Archduke and his wife, or if an attempt was made on their lives later in the day.
* Austria-Hungary was on better terms with Serbia and the Slavic States in this universe than in ours, and may not have attempted to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina, leaving the Serbs in peace.
* Serbian nationalism, one of the main reasons behind the assassination of Ferdinand, may not have taken off for various reasons, such as the idea being quelled by Austria-Hungary, or people seeing what violent lengths the Black Hand movement were willing to go to to achieve their goals.
* The AlienSpaceBats that the Crystal Gems are intervened directly and stopped the conflict, possibly due to Garnet's future sight seeing the results of the war.
** Alternatively, if World War I ''did'' happen, it ended with the Allied Nations aiding Germany's economic repair, as they did after the second World War, instead of hindering it and causing the economic crisis in the first place. Possibly due to [[AllLovingHero Rose Quartz's]] influence.
Thirdly, there are implications as to what this means for the geopolitical, technological and cultural state of the world.
* Israel is most likely not a country, as its formation was spurred by the effects of the Holocaust in World War II.
* Japan never went to war with the USA due to an oil embargo that they were pushing as a result of them supporting the Axis states. The existence of various anime and video games seen in the background of the show implies some form of cultural shift during the 20th century, however.
** The Roaring Twenties as a result of wartime prosperity never happened, and therefore the Great Depression may not have occurred.
* No Second World War means the following pieces of media don't exist:
** VideoGame/CallOfDuty
** {{VideoGame/Wolfenstein}}
** VideoGame/MedalOfHonor
** Film/SavingPrivateRyan
** Film/IngloriousBasterds
** {{Film/Casablanca}}
** Literature/TheManInTheHighCastle
** Literature/SlaughterhouseFive
** Literature/CatchTwentyTwo
** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica (And possibly more Marvel Comics- though the fact that Steven has been seen [[http://asiancartercosplay.tumblr.com/post/124383508158/when-captain-universe-throws-his-mighty-shield throwing his shield similar to the way Cap does]] indicates that another shield-throwing character may exist in media.)
** {{ComicBook/Watchmen}} (See the section regarding the Cold War below)
** Any number of works about the Holocaust.
* The modern computer, along with the concept of artificial intelligence, may have taken much longer to develop- after all, a lack of war meant a lack of need for Creator/AlanTuring to develop his Cryptographic Bombe at Bletchley Park, meaning ENIAC was harder to develop. Turing also came up with the TuringTest, which led to the creation of the concept of AI in science fiction.
* Due to the lack of the second World War, the Manhattan Project never happened, the atomic bomb was never invented, and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki never occurred. This means that there was no UsefulNotes/ColdWar or nuclear arms race. This means that franchise based around nuclear war and its effects, such as {{Franchise/Fallout}}, Franchise/MadMax, and {{Franchise/Godzilla}} don't exist in this universe. This also means the RaygunGothic aesthetic never took off.
* The lack of a Cold War also means the space race may not have happened, which might mean that the United States never set foot on the moon, meaning it might not have a space program period. However, as we see in the episode Keep Beach City Weird, there is still some interest in space and the existence of alien life, most likely spurred on by the existence of the Crystal Gems themselves.
* The Cold War never happening means that the following nationstates never formed:
** North Korea
** East and West Germany
** The various Soviet Satellite States
** Communist Vietnam
** Communist China
* The Bosnian Genocide may not have occurred.
* The September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks never happened, and therefore, the current Middle Eastern War is not a thing. The justification here is that the fracturing of the Middle East as a result of the first two World Wars led to the instability in the region, which made it easier for extremist groups to form.
* Due to weakened continental plates, and a Gem facility being in the area, the TheTunguskaEvent was hundreds of times worse. Most of central Russia became a large hole to be filled up by the Arctic Sea.
* Canada was not populated by the French and the British, but rather the French and Greenland. (Hence a green maple leaf on their flag.) Greenland, by the way, in the Steven Universe really is green. And Iceland is mostly ice.
[[WMG: Flash mobs are banned on Homeworld because of the possibility of accidental mass fusion.]]
Just because it sounds absolutely hilarious.
[[WMG: The creator of the Gems originally meant for Fusion to be what Garnet is - a physical manifestation of love. However, due to the racial/caste segregation imposed by the corrupt Diamonds, Gems were only allowed to Fuse with other Gems of their same kind. The original intent was completely lost to all Gems, except Rose Quartz, which is why she was so adamant that Garnet never question who and what she is.]]
Rewatching The Answer, it seems Rose knew far more about what was going on with Garnet than anyone. Rose's insistence that Garnet should never question who, what, or why she is, not only mirrors Garnet's own "You... are an EXPERIENCE!" statement to Stevonnie, but also suggests that Rose knew ''exactly'' why Ruby & Sapphire fused ("Love," as Garnet said herself), and left it up to them to figure it out themselves (probably, again, like how Garnet is letting Connie and Steven figure out and admit that they love each other themselves). Rose, after all, was all about love.
Since Rose seems to understand immediately that Ruby's & Sapphire's love let them fuse, it's very possible that she has knowledge of Gem nature that other Gems don't. Not only does this suggest that the intent from the very beginning was for Fusion to be like a wedding - a permanent joining of two beings into one - rather than a weapon as other Gems like Jasper and Peridot see it, but it also suggests that Rose may know far more about the origins of the Gems than anyone, save perhaps the [[BigBad Diamonds]], who are possibly ALSO privy to that information. It's possible, even, that Rose is one of the original Gems, or learned from an original Gem.
[[WMG: Pink Diamond was Rose's Teacher, and Stood Against Yellow and Blue Diamond]]
We now know of 2 Diamonds - Yellow and Blue - thus all-but confirming the "Yellow/Blue/Pink Diamond Triumvirate" theory.
But while Yellow and Blue were totalitarian lords over the other Gems, Pink, like Rose, was sympathetic to the plights of all living beings, and shared secret knowledge of the Gems' origins with her disciple, Rose Quartz.
If Rose herself is an anomaly - a pacifistic Quartz, unlike the zealous warmongers that Quartzes, like Jasper, are attested to be (according to Peridot) - it's possible that Pink decided to pass onto her the secret origin of the Gems, the true purposes of things like Fusions, etc.
* From a meta standpoint, this has a lot of precedent - the thematic parallels between Steven Universe and Gen 1 {{Transformers}} is notable; the Gems, in many ways, are basically gender-flipped analogs of the Autobots, with a Jewel motif rather robotic, while Homeworld and Corrupted Gems are not unlike Decepticons. Accordingly, then, it would make sense that Pink Diamond may well be the Sentinel Prime to Rose's Optimus, and would have passed on the arcane history of the Gems and their creator.
* this theory seems to be further supported by the fact that, over time, the symbol of the Great Diamond Authority notacibly changes; On structures built prior to the Rebellion, the symbol consists of four diamond shapes: one yellow, one blue, one white and one pink; so four leaders. On modern structures, the pink symbol has been removed however, leaving only the yellow, blue and white shapes (now in the form of overlapping triangles), suggesting that the Authority has been reduced in membership from four to three during that time. This could very well be because Pink Diamond, like her disciple Rose, rebelled against the other gems and is now either destroyed or leading another rebellion fraction on some other planet.
[[WMG: The creator of the Gems was a goddess or [[WizardsFromOuterSpace all-power sorceress]] with command over gemstones, known as Crystal, and her departure millennia from the Gems is what caused the Gems to fall to autocratic rule by the Diamonds]]
Given the {{Shoujo}} nature of the show, it wouldn't be surprising to learn that the Gems were created by some lonely galactic deity or wizardess.
Because they were inorganic, they weren't able to reproduce naturally. Therefore, she not only created a means for Gems to be grown from mineral-rich planets, but also granted them the ability to Fuse, as a way for 2 Gems to show ultimate love for one another by joining together to create an entirely-new being, as an analog of birth.
She created the first Gems. Then, she created the three Diamonds - Pink, Blue, and Yellow - tasked them with watching over the other Gems as their protectors, and granted each of them part of her own power, in order to carry out their duties. However, the Diamonds, as a price for receiving equal parts of Crytal's power, were left without the ability to Fuse, and thus could never become more powerful than they already were.
Thereafter, she disappear, died, or perhaps became the Gem Homeworld itself.
With Crystal gone, the Gems were free to live and develop. But over time, the Diamonds, or at least Blue and Yellow, became corrupt and obsessed with power. Rather than protecting the other Gems, Blue and Yellow subjugated them, destroying all Cross-Gem Fusions, forbidding other Gems from Fusing with any members other than their own archetypes (for fear of powerful Fusions rising against the Diamonds), destroyed all bits of knowledge about the nature & capabilities of Fusion, and created a stringent hierarchy & caste system, with the Pearls at the bottom as mass-produced slaves, Quartzes as the military leaders, & the Diamonds, of course, as the undisputed rulers of Gem society.
The Diamonds, then, began to expand their Empire to all reaches of Homeworld, draining it of all its natural resources in an obsession with spreading Gem life farther and farther outwards, seeing Gem-kind as absolutely superior to all other forms of life, eventually spreading beyond Homeworld and onto other planets.
Pink, appalled at her sisters' lust for power, but helpless to fight against both of them, drew away into isolation, her power slowly fading over time. After many eons, however, she found an extremely strange anomaly: a Quartz named Rose Quartz who, unlike her sister Quartzes, loathed fighting, admired life of all kinds, and sought peace & love. Pink took Rose under her tutelage, and secretly revealed to her the creation of the Gems by Crystal/Jewel, the long-lost truth of Fusion's mechanics and intent, and the vision that Crystal had had for them. After teaching Rose all this, Pink was either destroyed by her sisters or faded away - her magic depleted.
This left Rose as the sole being, other than Blue and Yellow Diamonds, with the knowledge of the truth of the Gems, their Creator, and their intended destiny. Following Pink's will and ideals, now Rose's own, was a major motivation in Rose's uprising against Yellow and Blue when they announced their intention to colonize the Earth, and eradicate all life therein, in order to strip it of its resources.
[[WMG: The Native Americans were wiped out by corrupted gem monsters]]
Doubles as FridgeHorror. We've never actually seen any Native American looking characters in the show. In this version of history, when the first European settlers came to America, they were attacked by a giant gem monster, and only survived due to the intervention of a Crystal Gem fusion. (Note that these settlers never seemed to encounter any Native Americans.) The [=CGs=] then warned them not to stay because the continent was heavily infested with deadly monsters. They stayed anyway and were able to survive, but by that point the monster population was much lower than its initial peak due to a few thousand years of the [=CGs=] "poofing" and bubbling as many as they could. The fact that both known Kindergartens were on the continent probably has something to do with why it had so many gem monsters. In any case, when the event that initially caused gem corruption occurred, North America was overrun by an unmanageably large number of gem monsters, which drove the early Native Americans to extinction.
* But the state of Kansas still has the same name. Kansas is a Sioux word. So Native Americans couldn't have been completely wiped out.
** That's a good point. Which raises the question though: if the Native Americans were still around and thriving, why did the [=CGs=] try to deter William Dewey and his crew from coming to the North America on the basis of the continent being too dangerous for humans?
[[WMG: If this weren't intended as a family-friendly show, the gems would probably use "Oh Schist!" as an expletive.]]
Because mineral puns.
[[WMG: Camp Pining Hearts is this world's version of WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland]]
Seriously, think about it. They're both {{Teen Drama}}s set in a camp in Canada, that puts groups of teenagers on teams against each other. There's romantic subplots, but also some emphasis on physical challenges, such as the three-legged race. Peridot's shipping of Percy with Pierre because they make the strongest team and rejecting OfficialCouple Percy and Paulette suggests that, having no exposure to either concept prior to watching this show, she failed to understand the distinction between a romantic relationship and a reality show alliance, both of which would have been going on in this kind of camp.
[[WMG: Somewhere in the gem empire, there is a planet used as a dumping ground for all the gem shards produced as a result of the Diamonds' lack of hesitance to have subordinates executed.]]
Because they've probably been in the habit of doing such executions long before the gem mutants or the Cluster were conceived of, and they probably didn't use all that they had (relying primarily on Crystal Gems from the war rather than importing shards). And since bubbling them would be seen as too humane for condemned "criminals", they're probably set loose to manifest writhing body parts, and entire pits full of these are probably pretty hellish looking.
They may occasionally return to this planet to retrieve some shards for use in experiments or to power [[PoweredByAForsakenChild gem tech]].
[[WMG: The impenetrable outer hull on the hand-shaped ship that Peridot and Jasper came to earth in is the result of 5000 years worth of R&D focused on trying to replicate the power of Rose's shield.]] It's not clear if they succeeded fully, but they clearly at least came close enough to be able to shrug off every long-distance weapon the [=CGs=] had at their disposal, both Rose's old Light Cannons and Opal's arrows.
[[WMG: The lyrics over the ending themes are part of a song written by Rose for Greg. ]] they are as follows. [[spoiler: If I Could begin to be half of what you think of me, I could do about anything. I could even learn how to love like you. ]] And
[[spoiler:I always thought I might be bad. Now I'm sure that it's true. 'Cause I think you're so good, and I'm nothing like you.]]
[[WMG: The way Fusions work was somewhat influenced by Communications classes that Rebecca Sugar took in college]]
A common metaphor used in Communications classes (which, in my own experience, a few of which are often mandatory even for non-majors), is to liken every relationship between two people (for whatever purpose) to a "spiritual child" of the two people involved. (see [[http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/007248392x/student_view0/glossary.html here]].) If the relationship is good, the child will be strong and healthy (like Garnet) but if the relationship is bad, the child will be deformed and hideous (like Malachite). I'm guessing Rebecca Sugar picked up this metaphor in college and when coming up with the mechanics of Gem Fusion in her show, she later had the idea to [[LiteralMetaphor literalize]] this metaphor.
[[WMG: When/if The Cluster hatches, it will be irredeemably insane.]]
Millions of gem shards, millions of fragments of various minds/consciousness all forced together into one monstrous (implied painful) form, silently suffering for 5,000 years. It being insane is not out of the question.
[[WMG: All the fusions will get songs, but it won't be in the show]]
Instead, they'll make a soundtrack with songs sung by the fusion gems. Highlights will include a soft lullaby for Opal, a [[VillainSong menacing]] BoastfulRap for Sugilite, a flashy Broadway-worthy number for Sardonyx, a happy, possibly Disney-like tune for Stevonnie and possibly a chorus featuring all of them together.
It's a metaphor. For how Pearl was Rose's closest friend and confidant.
* Pearl has been like an empty scabbard ever since Rose left. [[TearJerker Auhauhauhau.]]
[[WMG: The Earth culture and history in the show's universe is different from ours thanks to the presence of the Gems.]]
The existence of magical beings from outer space has impacted culture and religion. Basically, this show lives in an alternate Earth that is more than just "our world, except some magic women hang around".
* Half-Confirmed. WordOfGod is that the history is different for their Earth, and we've been shown the back of the dollar having a snake and diamond instead of the pyramid and eagle motifs, plus the state Steven lives in has a different name (and may be shaped differently as well). Whether this has to do with the Gems at all, or if so, how much, has yet to be stated.
* Notably, ''Historical Friction'' tells the tale of William Dewey seemingly crossing the Atlantic to start a settlement in the New World... 200 years ago, long after colonists had already arrived in the Americas and even after the United States declared its independence. This suggests that either European exploration of the area was significantly delayed, or that the "21st century" setting of the series is actually some time between the 1600s and late 1800s.
** Or William Dewey was a businessman who founded Beach City in the 19th century to make big bucks, and New World was simply an euphemism.
*** Rather unlikely, Pearl's play seemed to imply that him and his crew were the first humans to be seen on the continent in a long time due to Gem monsters making it too dangerous (see also the WMG wherein the corrupted gem monsters drove the early Native Americans to extinction shortly after the end of the [=CGs'=] war with homeworld).
[[WMG: A human will attempt to gain Gem powers.]]
By shoving an inert or corrupted gem into their own body, resulting in a horrific human/gem fusion monster.
* And that human will be [[spoiler: [[WhosLaughingNow Ronaldo]]]]
** Most likely on the above post. If, for some reason, its not [[spoiler: Ronaldo]], I would put [[spoiler: [[TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong Lars]]]] as the next candidate. With [[spoiler: Ronaldo and Sadie]] as his "caretakers".
* Alternatively, [[spoiler: Peridot]], after seeing Steven immunity to Gem technology, is going to try to discover how that would be possible by trying to create a gem/human hybrid by other means
[[WMG: Not only are snake people real, but they're responsible for corrupting Gems, transforming them into Gem Beasts.]]
* Could be. Or maybe the snake people are corrupted gems. Or maybe the snake people are actually the gem society that the earthbound gems are hiding from.
* What if the sneople [[{{Precursors}} created the Gems]]?
[[WMG: The Lion Lickers are a metaphor for an enemy of the gems. An enemy that is a society of sapient metals.]]
Cookie Cat is a metaphor for the Crystal Gems, if not gemkind as a whole. The very first episode Cookie Cat foreshadowed that the Crystal Gems came from space, fleeing an intergalactic war.
And we also have the Lion Lickers. The imitation Steven hates. We were told Cookie Cat could not compete with Lion Lickers. As such, the Lion Lickers won.
Now, do you recall the bubble inside Lion's mane? And how it had a bismuth, which is considered a METAL, not a gemstone?
The point is that the Lion Lickers are foreshadowing another alien society based on metals. The Gems were in a war against them (and might still be) and it looks like the gems lost or were losing. And so, a force of gems came to Earth for a plan to create an army. But Rose saw what the plan would do to the Earth. A faction of gems who opposed the plan formed around her and fought the loyalist gems.
Lion himself might be a member of that very metallic race since it's known he's not a gem and also obviously not a normal lion. He may very well be a [[StealthPun Pink Bismuth.]]
Like the Gems they will also be musically inclined, however all their songs will be influenced by [[IncrediblyLamePun Heavy Metal.]]
[[WMG: Kindergarten gems all share a cat motif.]]
More of an observation of artistic choices. Going off the theory that Jasper is also a kindergarten gem grown like Amethyst, both happen to share some very catlike characteristics. Amethyst has her distinct cat smile, huge mane of hair, and called herself the Purple Puma. Jasper's own white mane, her color scheme, and the stripe markings on her skin, along with her eyes and some of her expressions almost make her look more like a humanoid tiger than an anthropomorphic gem crystal. This could be something common with all kindergarten gems.
[[WMG: The real name of Homeworld]]
I don't believe that Gem's planet is just named "Homeworld". To continue with the geology theme, Homeworld will be revealed to be name "Geode".
* Its name could also be [[MeaningfulName a gem methodologically related to]] the cycle of life, Earth, the origin of life, or even {{God}}. Of course, giving the planet the name of a gem could imply [[GeniusLoci that it's, well, a Gem.]]
* Partly {{Jossed}}, but atill possible. We already had a Geode, the barrier that was holding the storm.
[[WMG: The magic storm contained in the geode seen in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E27HouseGuest "House Guest"]] was a Weapon of Mass Destruction sent by the Homeworld Gems during the war.]]
It could even be the thing that corrupted into monsters all of the Gems on earth that weren't already broken, being used to power artifacts, or protected by Rose's shield.
[[WMG: One day, Rebecca Sugar was smoking weed with Peter Browngardt and this gave them the idea to come up with the Steven Universe/Uncle Grandpa crossover]]
Well this is probably how Peter Browngardt came up with his other weird ideas on his shows "Uncle Grandpa" and "Secret Mountain Fort Awesome".
[[WMG: The uncle Grandpa episode was technically Canon]]
These even actually happened to Steven and the Gems, it just their memories were wiped by the reality warping Uncle Grandpa to fulfill his promise of it being non canon.
* "Reformed" possibly supports this, as Amethyst is inexplicably shown to still have Pizza Steve's glasses. She likely has no recollection whatsoever of where she got them from but keeps them anyway because they look cool.
[[WMG: Why do the crystal gems in Story for Steven look younger?]]
It make no sense that they would, considering they are basically immortal beings.
* The theory is that at some point after Steven birth they chose to take on more adult appearances to give themselves more legitimacy as Steven's surrogate guardians.
[[WMG: There will be an acoustic or maybe ukulele version of the "Mirror Gem" theme.]]
The theme must be specifically subtitled "(piano version)" for a reason...
[[WMG: Changes for Russian television]]
To avoid breaking Russian laws, [[HideYourGays Ruby and Sapphire will be stated to be sisters]][[note]]In case you didn't know, they're the same mineral with impurities.[[/note]] or [[ShesAManInJapan Ruby will be given a male voice]].
[[WMG: A second type of fusing exists]]
A gem who's retreated into her gem can be taken in by a healthy gem. This grants the second gem a lesser power boost, access to weaponry and a modified design.
* Somewhat confirmed in Keeping It Together: The gem fusions seemed to have their gems ''welded together''. The resulting thing was not pleasant.
[[WMG: Li'l Butler is Yellow Diamond]]
* This theory is spoiler-heavy*
We know very little about Yellow Diamond, other than the fact that he's higher in power than Jasper or Peridot. My theory is that Yellow Diamond and Li'l Butler are one and the same; Randy Anderson is a fake alias. The show is presented as a sitcom, but is actually a reality show.
So, let's take a look at the intro. "An orphan boy with sass and pep"- let's stop there. We don't know his parents, the circumstances of his birth are a mystery: he didn't have one. He's a gem. So, we can't see the gem anywhere on Li'l Butler's body, right? Well, we can't see much in the first place. He's wearing a suit. It could easily be a situation like Steven or Amethyst's, where he covers his gem with his clothing. Next, we'll look at his family: they're a stereotypical rich sitcom family, right? Chances are, they wouldn't just take in a baby like that, would they?
The intro also mentions that "We cleaned his face of dirt and leaves". It only mentions his face, but chances are they washed him properly. Now, if he IS a gem, they'd see his gem on him. A yellow diamond. They kept him around because they wanted to sell the gem and become even richer. Of course, that couldn't have happened, seeing as the gem is the actual character and the body is a physical form they take. Unless he changed their minds. "Teach us lessons 'bout ourselves". They're not referring to average sitcom lessons learned, but the lesson that the family learns throughout the story; they love Li'l Butler for who he is, not the gem that he has.
Next, we'll look at his motives; WHY would someone with that high of a rank do something so pointless? To defeat the Crystal Gems. Of course that seems ridiculous, but hear me out:
Who do we see watching the show? Greg and Amethyst. When watching, they're utterly entranced by it. It's not just because they love the show, it's because they're being hypnotized. Notice that when Greg hears the fireworks, he snaps out of it. It's because he's being freed by the power of love; he loves Steven and didn't want to let him down. Amethyst, still entranced by the show, does one of the worst things that she has done on the show to date; she shape-shifts into Rose's form to hurt Greg. What does any of this have to do with Yellow Diamond's plan? He figured that, rather than fight the Crystal Gems, he'd try to find a simpler method, one that wouldn't risk any gem warriors; he'd make them crush themselves. The show brings out the worst in people, as evidenced by Amethyst's actions. He knew that sitcoms would be ridiculously popular and watched by millions; if humans kept experiencing these negative emotions toward each other, they'd destroy each other.
So, if this was his plan, what stopped him? He was found out. Of course, that leaves an obvious plot-hole: who could have stopped him? It couldn't have been any of the gems, seeing as they don't know of his existance... I mean, it's not like the gems have someone who's not around any more that would have kept secrets... oh dear. That's right, Rose Quartz found him out. Rather than do something like resort to violence, she went with a simpler option. Many people have noticed that the premise of Li'l Butler involves a child becoming the family's butler. That's not the most morally sound premise you could ever hear. Rose could have reported the show and gotten it cancelled. So, plan destroyed, Yellow Diamond fled to Homeworld and, for safety, destroyed the Homeworld warp, so he could come back when he had stronger weapons to ensure as few lost warriors as possible. If he's anything like Jasper, violence probably isn't a concern, but in Greg's words, "there's no such thing as a good war". Of course, Rose keeping secrets isn't enough to justify it alone, so why wouldn't she tell? Well, with the homeworld warp destroyed, she probably just didn't perceive him as a threat any more, so she decided to let him get away with no one being any the wiser.
There's still a problem with the idea that the TV show hypnotized people; why didn't it hypnotize Steven? Well, when he first watches, it begins to, you can see him getting sucked in. The reason he's able to fight it off is his love for the gems; he's grounded from TV. He won't break that promise. Now, we also know that Pearl at the very least knows of the show's existance. So, why doesn't it have a hold on her? She calls it "That obnoxious show (paraphrasing)" and mentions that they'd watch it over and over and over, which opens a few gates. There are two that I see it could be. Either she knows it exists, but hasn't watched it (Completely reasonable; Pearl looks down on humans, so her calling it stupid without watching it isn't out of the question. Either that or she believes TV in general to be stupid, which isn't much of a stretch either) or she DID watch it. We know that she was extremely close to Rose, knowing more of her secrets than the other gems. We also know that Rose didn't share EVERYTHING with her, but up until Rose's Scabbard, she thought that she did. So here's how I see it; Pearl gets addicted to the show too, but she sees that Rose has a problem with it. Rose, covering her tracks, tells Pearl that she either has a problem with it or simply isn't fond of it. Pearl's undying love for Rose would be enough to get her to stop watching. As for her calling it that obnoxious show, she'd probably hold a grudge; she got addicted to something that Rose didn't like, she probably resents the show's existence for catching her off-guard like that. As for Garnet, she'd know not to watch it in the first place; she has future vision. That said, if she had future vision, why wouldn't she be able to see the negative effects? Probably the length of time; we don't know how far ahead her future vision goes. Chances are she could only see a certain point ahead, with herself getting addicted too.
Next, let's look at his appearance. I've covered the missing gem, but of course, there's one thing that's seriously amiss; we know that the colour of a gem's skin is the same as that of their gem, so Yellow Diamond would have to be yellow, right? Well, think about this from the point of view of the people making the TV show. They watch the show and they get hooked, but there's a problem; the network probably already has a sitcom starring a yellow family that get themselves into wacky hijinx and hate their neighbours. So, they edited each episode to change the colour of his skin. Of course, this would be fairly heavy on the people making it, which gives a smidge more support to the show getting cancelled; just like in ALF, it was too much work for the cast.
Next, his body shape. The notion of a child working so efficiently is odd to say the least... unless, of course, said child had shape-shifted. That's right, Yellow Diamond shape-shifted into Li'l Butler. That explains everything unaccounted for in his appearance... except the scowl. Seriously, if he has so much "sass and pep", why can't he crack a smile? Well, on top of all of the work, it's demeaning as heck. From a great gem leader to playing a child butler in a family TV show. He has every reason to be ticked off.
One last issue; gender. The gems are genderless, whereas Li'l Butler is clearly a male... right? Well, again, the gems are genderless. He could easily just identify as a male.
So, we've covered his skin, his appearance and body structure, his gender, his gem, his motives, his plan, his departure and the show's cancellation.
[[WMG: The Crystal Gem temple is like a miniature version of whatever Peridot's Hand-Ship and the Red Eye came from]]
This came from a sudden realization that I had. It's heavily implied that the Crystal Gem temple is alive, seeing as it has a heart and whatnot. But what else does the Crystal Gem Temple have? Veins.
What does Peridot's Hand-Ship have? Veins.
So, what if the Crystal Gem temple is a long-unused ship or whatnot? It's possible that, when the Gems first invaded Earth, the Crystal Gem temple was "docked" for the Galaxy Warp.
If this theory is true, then why does the temple seem to be made out of rock? Well, maybe, since the series is 6000+ after the war, the cliff grew ''around'' the temple, and it was later carved into the giant woman that it resembles today. If we're also going into the theory that the temple is meant to resemble the fusion of Pearl, Garnet, Amethyst, and Rose, then it's possible that the rock grew around the temple originally, but was modified to look like the fusion. After all, some hands made of pure stone are missing.
Please share your thoughts!
[[WMG:The gemstones on Earth are unhatched Gems]]
If the Homeworld Gems wanted to use earth to harvest more Gems, what if some of the gemstones never got around to becoming full-on Gems? Thus, they became nothing more than shells.
[[WMG: Crying Breakfast Friends [[DarkFic Dark Fics]] are about them committing suicide]]
It's a show about crying breakfast items... Dark Fics tend to take the series in bad places... do the math...
[[WMG:The Kindergarten literally sucked out Earth's life force to create Gems.]]
This W.M.G. is coming from the Gems' insistence that if the Kindergarten were to be reactivated, all life on Earth would be destroyed. Look at the environment of the Kinergarten: Everything is gray and lifeless. There are no trees, let alone a few shrubs. There's no life anywhere.
As it's already been pointed out, the machines in the Kindergarten look like bacteriophages. Bacteriophages inject their DNA into cells, and use the cell's life to make more bacteriophages. When the new bacterophages burst from the cell, the cell is killed. Just look at how many holes are in the cliffs at the Kindergarten.
I'm not sure if they're going to have a name for this "life force" or anything, but my guess is that it's what keeps the plants and animals on earth living.
[[WMG:Alternatively, the Kindergarten process is toxic to other life.]]
For a more scientific explanation, it is possible that the Kindergarten doesn't actively drain life but sterilizes the area as a side-effect, much like many organisms produce poison as a result of their natural processes. (Plants' photosynthesis for instance.) This is a more optimistic interpretation, since it would mean that the gem empire does not necessarily have to colonize inhabited planets to make new gems. (If they did, that would raise serious ethical questions about why Rose was so invested in saving one planet while leaving all the other colonies to rot.)
[[WMG: There are no crystalized minerals left on Earth after the early Kindergartens.]]
IE, there are no gemstones, period, and modern humans have no concept of what gems are besides a phonetic name used by Steven's aunt-sisters. Two characters wearing jewelry (Lars' earrings and Vidalia's wedding band) only have gold. There is a diamond on the dollar bill, but that's as bizarrely symbolic in the Steven Universe Universe as the Pyramid Monster / Eye of Providence is in ours. Vidalia isn't stupid, and her "That's what you are, a rock, right?" question is also indicative of mineral gemstones not existing to humanity.
* It's phase 2 of the Kindergarten that's so dangerous. After the initial tractor beam (which still caused major shifts in the teutonic plates), they'll start sucking up pre-crystalized minerals and process them to become gems. This process isn't picky, sucking carbon, chromium, iron, etc. out of any life on Earth would be easier than straight through the mantle anyways. This is what Rose Quartz rebelled against, what caused Amethyst to be "overcooked" and would cause Earth to be "janked."
[[WMG: There will be a "full" version of the opening theme eventually, with each Crystal Gem providing their own verse.]]
It may not be in the actual show though, since it would be fairly lengthy. We already have Steven's verse (from the pilot) and POSSIBLY Garnet's (from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8Vp7XgqcUM) that I'm aware of. I'm aware of the fact that what Estelle sings in that video before the opening lyrics is from one of her actual songs (Conqueror), but they seem almost ''too'' tailored to Garnet to not be a coincidence. She could easily co-write lyrics with Rebecca for this purpose. If this happens, it will likely be co-produced by Estelle and Aivi/Surasshu as a mash-up of their styles. (Maybe this is just me ''really wanting it to happen'' but it's not as unlikely as you'd think, given the rather forward approach to musical production that this show has exhibited so far.)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VE2HY0OxJQk Kind of happening.]] Not exactly what I was expecting to happen, but you know what, this is actually a million times better. Because of course it is. Rebecca, you bloody wizard.
[[WMG: The three toys on the window sill are vague analogies for the Crystal Gems.]]
Pikamoogle is obviously Garnet, being made from two small cute things. Sanic might be Amethyst, for the spin dash and "overcooked runt". What is Gitaroo man implying about Pearl?
[[WMG: Rose was the inspiration for the fairy tale "Rapunzel".]]
Perhaps she spent some time in Europe during medieval times (maybe some Gem monsters attacked there?) and people noticed her gentle nature, her long hair, and her healing tears--in the older version of the tale, the Rapunzel's prince is blinded and she restores his vision with her tears. Maybe Rose fell in love with a man and did just that for him...foreshadowing what her son would one day do for Connie.
[[WMG: Alternately, as a more meta theory, Rapunzel was a partial inspiration for Rebecca Sugar to create Rose Quartz.]]
[[WMG: One of the Diamonds will be voiced by Rebecca Sugar herself.]]
[[WMG: On the implications of the fact that World War II never happened.]]
WordOfGod from Matt Burnett says that the Second World War [[https://twitter.com/mcburnett/status/637119719703576576 never happened]] in the world of Steven Universe. There are several things that would have to occur for this to be true, and several causes of those events.
Firstly, there's the matter of the symbol of the Nazis, the Swastika. If we take [[http://stevencrewniverse.tumblr.com/post/78156709869/from-storyboard-artist-joe-johnston-some this animatic]] from Giant Woman into account, we can presume that the symbol does exist in the universe, but for [[NoSwastikas out of universe reasons]], it can't be shown in the show. So, with the fact that the Nazis never came to power, it would probably be more acceptable to show in this universe. By extension, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_salute Roman Salute]], which was used to do things like say the Pledge of Allegiance in America prior to World War II, may still be in use.
Secondly, for World War II to never happen, World War I must also not have happened, as the economic crisis in Germany as a result of war reparations is one of the main factors to UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler rising to power. This could mean several things:
* Archduke Franz Ferdinand was never assassinated. However, this must also mean that an attempt was never made on his life in the first place- an attempted assassination, even one that was unsuccessful, would still likely have meant war. This would be especially true if Gavrilo Princip was successful in wounding, but not killing, the Archduke and his wife, or if an attempt was made on their lives later in the day.
* Austria-Hungary was on better terms with Serbia and the Slavic States in this universe than in ours, and may not have attempted to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina, leaving the Serbs in peace.
* Serbian nationalism, one of the main reasons behind the assassination of Ferdinand, may not have taken off for various reasons, such as the idea being quelled by Austria-Hungary, or people seeing what violent lengths the Black Hand movement were willing to go to to achieve their goals.
* The AlienSpaceBats that the Crystal Gems are intervened directly and stopped the conflict, possibly due to Garnet's future sight seeing the results of the war.
** Alternatively, if World War I ''did'' happen, it ended with the Allied Nations aiding Germany's economic repair, as they did after the second World War, instead of hindering it and causing the economic crisis in the first place. Possibly due to [[AllLovingHero Rose Quartz's]] influence.
Thirdly, there are implications as to what this means for the geopolitical, technological and cultural state of the world.
* Israel is most likely not a country, as its formation was spurred by the effects of the Holocaust in World War II.
* Japan never went to war with the USA due to an oil embargo that they were pushing as a result of them supporting the Axis states. The existence of various anime and video games seen in the background of the show implies some form of cultural shift during the 20th century, however.
** The Roaring Twenties as a result of wartime prosperity never happened, and therefore the Great Depression may not have occurred.
* No Second World War means the following pieces of media don't exist:
** VideoGame/CallOfDuty
** {{VideoGame/Wolfenstein}}
** VideoGame/MedalOfHonor
** Film/SavingPrivateRyan
** Film/IngloriousBasterds
** {{Film/Casablanca}}
** Literature/TheManInTheHighCastle
** Literature/SlaughterhouseFive
** Literature/CatchTwentyTwo
** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica (And possibly more Marvel Comics- though the fact that Steven has been seen [[http://asiancartercosplay.tumblr.com/post/124383508158/when-captain-universe-throws-his-mighty-shield throwing his shield similar to the way Cap does]] indicates that another shield-throwing character may exist in media.)
** {{ComicBook/Watchmen}} (See the section regarding the Cold War below)
** Any number of works about the Holocaust.
* The modern computer, along with the concept of artificial intelligence, may have taken much longer to develop- after all, a lack of war meant a lack of need for Creator/AlanTuring to develop his Cryptographic Bombe at Bletchley Park, meaning ENIAC was harder to develop. Turing also came up with the TuringTest, which led to the creation of the concept of AI in science fiction.
* Due to the lack of the second World War, the Manhattan Project never happened, the atomic bomb was never invented, and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki never occurred. This means that there was no UsefulNotes/ColdWar or nuclear arms race. This means that franchise based around nuclear war and its effects, such as {{Franchise/Fallout}}, Franchise/MadMax, and {{Franchise/Godzilla}} don't exist in this universe. This also means the RaygunGothic aesthetic never took off.
* The lack of a Cold War also means the space race may not have happened, which might mean that the United States never set foot on the moon, meaning it might not have a space program period. However, as we see in the episode Keep Beach City Weird, there is still some interest in space and the existence of alien life, most likely spurred on by the existence of the Crystal Gems themselves.
* The Cold War never happening means that the following nationstates never formed:
** North Korea
** East and West Germany
** The various Soviet Satellite States
** Communist Vietnam
** Communist China
* The Bosnian Genocide may not have occurred.
* The September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks never happened, and therefore, the current Middle Eastern War is not a thing. The justification here is that the fracturing of the Middle East as a result of the first two World Wars led to the instability in the region, which made it easier for extremist groups to form.
* Due to weakened continental plates, and a Gem facility being in the area, the TheTunguskaEvent was hundreds of times worse. Most of central Russia became a large hole to be filled up by the Arctic Sea.
* Canada was not populated by the French and the British, but rather the French and Greenland. (Hence a green maple leaf on their flag.) Greenland, by the way, in the Steven Universe really is green. And Iceland is mostly ice.
[[WMG: Flash mobs are banned on Homeworld because of the possibility of accidental mass fusion.]]
Just because it sounds absolutely hilarious.
[[WMG: The creator of the Gems originally meant for Fusion to be what Garnet is - a physical manifestation of love. However, due to the racial/caste segregation imposed by the corrupt Diamonds, Gems were only allowed to Fuse with other Gems of their same kind. The original intent was completely lost to all Gems, except Rose Quartz, which is why she was so adamant that Garnet never question who and what she is.]]
Rewatching The Answer, it seems Rose knew far more about what was going on with Garnet than anyone. Rose's insistence that Garnet should never question who, what, or why she is, not only mirrors Garnet's own "You... are an EXPERIENCE!" statement to Stevonnie, but also suggests that Rose knew ''exactly'' why Ruby & Sapphire fused ("Love," as Garnet said herself), and left it up to them to figure it out themselves (probably, again, like how Garnet is letting Connie and Steven figure out and admit that they love each other themselves). Rose, after all, was all about love.
Since Rose seems to understand immediately that Ruby's & Sapphire's love let them fuse, it's very possible that she has knowledge of Gem nature that other Gems don't. Not only does this suggest that the intent from the very beginning was for Fusion to be like a wedding - a permanent joining of two beings into one - rather than a weapon as other Gems like Jasper and Peridot see it, but it also suggests that Rose may know far more about the origins of the Gems than anyone, save perhaps the [[BigBad Diamonds]], who are possibly ALSO privy to that information. It's possible, even, that Rose is one of the original Gems, or learned from an original Gem.
[[WMG: Pink Diamond was Rose's Teacher, and Stood Against Yellow and Blue Diamond]]
We now know of 2 Diamonds - Yellow and Blue - thus all-but confirming the "Yellow/Blue/Pink Diamond Triumvirate" theory.
But while Yellow and Blue were totalitarian lords over the other Gems, Pink, like Rose, was sympathetic to the plights of all living beings, and shared secret knowledge of the Gems' origins with her disciple, Rose Quartz.
If Rose herself is an anomaly - a pacifistic Quartz, unlike the zealous warmongers that Quartzes, like Jasper, are attested to be (according to Peridot) - it's possible that Pink decided to pass onto her the secret origin of the Gems, the true purposes of things like Fusions, etc.
* From a meta standpoint, this has a lot of precedent - the thematic parallels between Steven Universe and Gen 1 {{Transformers}} is notable; the Gems, in many ways, are basically gender-flipped analogs of the Autobots, with a Jewel motif rather robotic, while Homeworld and Corrupted Gems are not unlike Decepticons. Accordingly, then, it would make sense that Pink Diamond may well be the Sentinel Prime to Rose's Optimus, and would have passed on the arcane history of the Gems and their creator.
* this theory seems to be further supported by the fact that, over time, the symbol of the Great Diamond Authority notacibly changes; On structures built prior to the Rebellion, the symbol consists of four diamond shapes: one yellow, one blue, one white and one pink; so four leaders. On modern structures, the pink symbol has been removed however, leaving only the yellow, blue and white shapes (now in the form of overlapping triangles), suggesting that the Authority has been reduced in membership from four to three during that time. This could very well be because Pink Diamond, like her disciple Rose, rebelled against the other gems and is now either destroyed or leading another rebellion fraction on some other planet.
[[WMG: The creator of the Gems was a goddess or [[WizardsFromOuterSpace all-power sorceress]] with command over gemstones, known as Crystal, and her departure millennia from the Gems is what caused the Gems to fall to autocratic rule by the Diamonds]]
Given the {{Shoujo}} nature of the show, it wouldn't be surprising to learn that the Gems were created by some lonely galactic deity or wizardess.
Because they were inorganic, they weren't able to reproduce naturally. Therefore, she not only created a means for Gems to be grown from mineral-rich planets, but also granted them the ability to Fuse, as a way for 2 Gems to show ultimate love for one another by joining together to create an entirely-new being, as an analog of birth.
She created the first Gems. Then, she created the three Diamonds - Pink, Blue, and Yellow - tasked them with watching over the other Gems as their protectors, and granted each of them part of her own power, in order to carry out their duties. However, the Diamonds, as a price for receiving equal parts of Crytal's power, were left without the ability to Fuse, and thus could never become more powerful than they already were.
Thereafter, she disappear, died, or perhaps became the Gem Homeworld itself.
With Crystal gone, the Gems were free to live and develop. But over time, the Diamonds, or at least Blue and Yellow, became corrupt and obsessed with power. Rather than protecting the other Gems, Blue and Yellow subjugated them, destroying all Cross-Gem Fusions, forbidding other Gems from Fusing with any members other than their own archetypes (for fear of powerful Fusions rising against the Diamonds), destroyed all bits of knowledge about the nature & capabilities of Fusion, and created a stringent hierarchy & caste system, with the Pearls at the bottom as mass-produced slaves, Quartzes as the military leaders, & the Diamonds, of course, as the undisputed rulers of Gem society.
The Diamonds, then, began to expand their Empire to all reaches of Homeworld, draining it of all its natural resources in an obsession with spreading Gem life farther and farther outwards, seeing Gem-kind as absolutely superior to all other forms of life, eventually spreading beyond Homeworld and onto other planets.
Pink, appalled at her sisters' lust for power, but helpless to fight against both of them, drew away into isolation, her power slowly fading over time. After many eons, however, she found an extremely strange anomaly: a Quartz named Rose Quartz who, unlike her sister Quartzes, loathed fighting, admired life of all kinds, and sought peace & love. Pink took Rose under her tutelage, and secretly revealed to her the creation of the Gems by Crystal/Jewel, the long-lost truth of Fusion's mechanics and intent, and the vision that Crystal had had for them. After teaching Rose all this, Pink was either destroyed by her sisters or faded away - her magic depleted.
This left Rose as the sole being, other than Blue and Yellow Diamonds, with the knowledge of the truth of the Gems, their Creator, and their intended destiny. Following Pink's will and ideals, now Rose's own, was a major motivation in Rose's uprising against Yellow and Blue when they announced their intention to colonize the Earth, and eradicate all life therein, in order to strip it of its resources.
[[WMG: The Native Americans were wiped out by corrupted gem monsters]]
Doubles as FridgeHorror. We've never actually seen any Native American looking characters in the show. In this version of history, when the first European settlers came to America, they were attacked by a giant gem monster, and only survived due to the intervention of a Crystal Gem fusion. (Note that these settlers never seemed to encounter any Native Americans.) The [=CGs=] then warned them not to stay because the continent was heavily infested with deadly monsters. They stayed anyway and were able to survive, but by that point the monster population was much lower than its initial peak due to a few thousand years of the [=CGs=] "poofing" and bubbling as many as they could. The fact that both known Kindergartens were on the continent probably has something to do with why it had so many gem monsters. In any case, when the event that initially caused gem corruption occurred, North America was overrun by an unmanageably large number of gem monsters, which drove the early Native Americans to extinction.
* But the state of Kansas still has the same name. Kansas is a Sioux word. So Native Americans couldn't have been completely wiped out.
** That's a good point. Which raises the question though: if the Native Americans were still around and thriving, why did the [=CGs=] try to deter William Dewey and his crew from coming to the North America on the basis of the continent being too dangerous for humans?
[[WMG: If this weren't intended as a family-friendly show, the gems would probably use "Oh Schist!" as an expletive.]]
Because mineral puns.
[[WMG: Camp Pining Hearts is this world's version of WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland]]
Seriously, think about it. They're both {{Teen Drama}}s set in a camp in Canada, that puts groups of teenagers on teams against each other. There's romantic subplots, but also some emphasis on physical challenges, such as the three-legged race. Peridot's shipping of Percy with Pierre because they make the strongest team and rejecting OfficialCouple Percy and Paulette suggests that, having no exposure to either concept prior to watching this show, she failed to understand the distinction between a romantic relationship and a reality show alliance, both of which would have been going on in this kind of camp.
[[WMG: Somewhere in the gem empire, there is a planet used as a dumping ground for all the gem shards produced as a result of the Diamonds' lack of hesitance to have subordinates executed.]]
Because they've probably been in the habit of doing such executions long before the gem mutants or the Cluster were conceived of, and they probably didn't use all that they had (relying primarily on Crystal Gems from the war rather than importing shards). And since bubbling them would be seen as too humane for condemned "criminals", they're probably set loose to manifest writhing body parts, and entire pits full of these are probably pretty hellish looking.
They may occasionally return to this planet to retrieve some shards for use in experiments or to power [[PoweredByAForsakenChild gem tech]].
[[WMG: The impenetrable outer hull on the hand-shaped ship that Peridot and Jasper came to earth in is the result of 5000 years worth of R&D focused on trying to replicate the power of Rose's shield.]] It's not clear if they succeeded fully, but they clearly at least came close enough to be able to shrug off every long-distance weapon the [=CGs=] had at their disposal, both Rose's old Light Cannons and Opal's arrows.
[[WMG: The lyrics over the ending themes are part of a song written by Rose for Greg. ]] they are as follows. [[spoiler: If I Could begin to be half of what you think of me, I could do about anything. I could even learn how to love like you. ]] And
[[spoiler:I always thought I might be bad. Now I'm sure that it's true. 'Cause I think you're so good, and I'm nothing like you.]]
[[WMG: The way Fusions work was somewhat influenced by Communications classes that Rebecca Sugar took in college]]
A common metaphor used in Communications classes (which, in my own experience, a few of which are often mandatory even for non-majors), is to liken every relationship between two people (for whatever purpose) to a "spiritual child" of the two people involved. (see [[http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/007248392x/student_view0/glossary.html here]].) If the relationship is good, the child will be strong and healthy (like Garnet) but if the relationship is bad, the child will be deformed and hideous (like Malachite). I'm guessing Rebecca Sugar picked up this metaphor in college and when coming up with the mechanics of Gem Fusion in her show, she later had the idea to [[LiteralMetaphor literalize]] this metaphor.
[[WMG: When/if The Cluster hatches, it will be irredeemably insane.]]
Millions of gem shards, millions of fragments of various minds/consciousness all forced together into one monstrous (implied painful) form, silently suffering for 5,000 years. It being insane is not out of the question.
[[WMG: All the fusions will get songs, but it won't be in the show]]
Instead, they'll make a soundtrack with songs sung by the fusion gems. Highlights will include a soft lullaby for Opal, a [[VillainSong menacing]] BoastfulRap for Sugilite, a flashy Broadway-worthy number for Sardonyx, a happy, possibly Disney-like tune for Stevonnie and possibly a chorus featuring all of them together.
