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* [[spoiler:Partially Confirmed. Pink orchestrated the rebellion, but she didn't order Rose to shatter her. She ''was'' Rose.]]

[[WMG: Why do the crystal gems in Story for Steven look younger?]]

[[WMG: Crying Breakfast Friends [[DarkFic Dark Fics]] are about them committing suicide]]

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: The three toys on the window sill are vague analogies for the Crystal Gems.]]

* 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.

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.

[[WMG: Camp Pining Hearts is this world's version of WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island]]

[[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. 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 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.

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.]]

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.

* The shorts. The main reason we got a new intro in the first place was because it was part of a short (specifically "We Are The Crystal Gems"). Making this stuff uses money, and seems like a bad idea to use it on an intro rather than an episode. ''But,'' since all the shorts count as a full episode, they ''can'' use money on making a new intro, as long as it fits the time of a short. As for why Season 6? There were no shorts for Seasons 1 and 3, so it can be assumed that shorts will only happen during even numbered seasons, and since Season 4's shorts have already been released, Season 6 is the next best bet. On a another matter entirely, "We Are The Crystal Gems" covers the full theme, not just the intro, so a sequel to that short would require a major rewrite to the first verse and "I will fight for" lines, considering all that's happened (and will happen, since the new intro would take place four seasons after the first one).

[[WMG: That was actually Rose in ''Storm In The Room'']]

In "The Answer," Blue Diamond is shown to be a fantasy homophobe by ordering Ruby to be shattered; she also doesn't seem to care at all for the humans of Earth. She also appears to be very emotionless, whereas in "That Will Be All" and the rest of the human zoo arc, she is constantly weeping and seems to have been in romantic love with Pink Diamond. The reason she's changed so much? Because she isn't Blue Diamond at all. The original Blue Diamond was shattered soon after Ruby and Sapphire first fused, and Pink Diamond was the one who insisted that she be remade (hence new Blue Diamond's obsession with her- Pink Diamond is the only reason that she exists). This also explains the changes in color palettes between first!Blue Diamond and now!Blue Diamond.

* You are overthinking. Different color palette is purely stylistic: Ruby and Sapphire also had different color scheme in this segment, so did Pearl and Rose. And the reason why Blue Diamond seems so different in this episode? Because it was told from Garnet's point of view. Of course Blue Diamond in her story would be presented as cold-hearted bitch with no redeeming qualities. This is how Garnet sees her.

[[WMG: The new ending theme (post-Love Like You) is either:]]

Shapeshifting is an ability gems have. We clearly saw Amethyst pretend to be Jasper at one point, showing that even shifting into other gems is possible. As such, it's reasonable that a diamond would be able to do the same. Rose Quartz and Pink Diamond share the location of their gems. It's also implied that Pink Diamond is something of an irregularity among the Diamonds. Her gem is upside down and has a completely different shape than the gems of Blue or Yellow, and it's also in a different location. Plus if Stevonnie's dream in Jungle Moon is any indication, she is also likely much smaller than the others. She's shown to not be taken seriously and appears in a lot of ways to not be as important. She's different from her fellow diamonds, which could give her some insight and empathy regarding the gems who are viewed as "defective" and may have led to her starting a group for them in an attempt to help them and give them somewhere to go. It's also noted in the few flashbacks we've seen that Rose Quartz and Pink Diamond aren't portrayed together at the same time. In addition, in the noted flashback of the Gems (sans Rose) fighting Pink Diamond, Pink is shown to be wielding gem disruptors as weapons instead of any actual notable weapon of her own. Maybe it's because she's a diamond or as good as an off color, but it could be because the weapons she could form were already recognizable as being those of Rose. It could also explain why no one saw Rose Quartz before Pink was shattered, because Pink shifted into Rose Quartz and faked her own death, meaning that Rose would only have appeared AFTER Pink disappeared and was thought to be killed. As to why? Well, Earth may be considered Pink's colony, but the other diamonds had been taking to hollowing out planets for their resources, and Peridot even pulled up plans for what the intention was for Earth--which involved decimating the already existing life on it. Remember, this is Pink's first planet. She likely would have been highly curious to see what was there, which was pretty evident given her creation of the Zoo for humans in the first place. What if at some point after Pink went there, she had come to like the planet how it was and didn't want to harvest it? But of course, she couldn't really go against the other diamonds either since one of them would likely just end up taking over from her if she refused and doing away with the organics regardless. This would make a gem-led resistance against her very useful, and would would also explain why she made such little progress fighting back against them if she really wasn't trying.

*** [[spoiler: Confirmed; the Rose Quartz that "shattered" Pink Diamond and whom Eyeball saw was actually Pearl using shapeshifting.]]

* The colonization of the universe by the diamonds was simply to perpetuate this goal of hers, with Yellow no longer caring about resources or potential, White has decreed the universe's remaining resources are negligible. The series is "on the eve" to her [[OneWingedAngel ascension into goddesshood]], the final confrontation has her use her own weapons to become a [[{{Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla}} gigantic crystalline monster]] that seeks to absorb all of her "children" back into her.

* It is implied that Lapis used to be a member of Blue Diamond's court, and Lapis disappeared into space at the end of "Raising the Barn". Blue Diamond will ask Lapis, "What is worth protecting on Earth?" and Lapis will show her a complete box set of "Camp Pining Hearts". This will play an important role in Blue Diamond's eventual HeelFaceTurn.

Alone, neither factor is enough to revive the shattered--just grafting the shards back into their original shape would just leave a Gem that's still cracked beyond functioning, and just trying to heal the shards back together wouldn't work either as they're too split apart. But put the shards back together into one piece and ''then'' heal the cracks, then the Gem can be made whole again.

[[WMG: Yellow Diamond and Ms.Maheswaran will interact.]]

[[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.
* Partly {{Jossed}} by "That Will Be All".

[[WMG: One of the Diamonds will be voiced by Rebecca Sugar herself.]]

[[WMG: The series will end revealing it to be framed around Steven recounting his life story to his therapist.]]
At which point, his therapist will begin diagnosing him on the assumption that all the fantasy elements were just Steven's imagination helping him cope with the struggles of his life. Insulted that his therapist things he's just making all the Gem stuff up, Steven summons his shield to prove it's all real.

[[White Diamond's Pearl is directly mind controlling White Diamond herself.]]

** Would make sense, since the original Hermaphrodite from GreekMythology was essentially a fusion.

The UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn and UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast were worldwide successes, and the UsefulNotes/GameCube (or "Dolphin," as it is called in the world of SU) was the last console UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo}} made, which is why Steven has a [=GameCube=] and UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 but no UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} or later system.