That was also implied in the episode.
She told them everything...except for Steve bein' human/gem.
edited 28th Apr '16 10:31:32 PM by randomness4
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Lapis doesn't move the entire time once they get off the ship.
Perfectly still between P-dot and Jasper.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.I want to learn about Gem culture. Not just what gem type does what job and how many planets they've colonized. I want to know what their culture is like. Do they have any holidays? What are the stories they grow up hearing? What kind of relationships do they have with each other? And I know Peridot had never heard of music, but there's never been a culture in the history of ever than didn't have music. Even animals have it. I want to hear gem music. I want Homeworld to get the treatment the Fire Nation did in the Avatar. Diverse people with a rich culture that just happen to have horrible leadership.
I think the only culture they'd have would be focused around their work. There's statues, and murals in honor of the diamonds, and beautiful architecture, and stuff like that. But recreational culture like music they wouldn't have time for, because they don't have time to relax. They just have their work, and that's their life.
The gems seem to be directed wholly toward colonization and growth. Peridot did have admiration for the completed colony, so they probably have art appreciation, at least art that idolizes their Diamonds.
They have dance though, so that must mean something.
You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stayThey serve their purpose and nothing else matters.
Work, expand, Worship, repeat.
Until everything is Gem.
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You wanna sympathetic-a-size the bad guys?
We don't know how all gems fuse, dancing is the CG's way of synchronization.
edited 29th Apr '16 3:00:01 PM by randomness4
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.![]()
They did the same thing in Avatar and it worked beautifully. Not to mention it's much more realistic than Always Chaotic Evil
@Cail: I really do hope we get to see more of Gem culture, too. I definitely want the show to explore Homeworld at some point. I'd like to know what it's like to grow up a Gem on Homeworld, what their society is like, do they have a belief system, etc. It'd be cool to learn about.
When we're done, there won't be anything left.
x5 If they can manage to believeably show a side to HW Gems that isn't just Work, expand, Worship...then maybe, I'll agree.
Randomness is still neutral.
edited 29th Apr '16 3:31:00 PM by randomness4
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Gem society obviously seems like an allegory for Monarchy in general, the British Empire and the American Revolutionary War to me, with maybe a dash of Communism and 1984 mixed in. Their society is ruled by a monarch who is seen as god-like, and all powerful, that the Crystal Gems want to get away from. Only their brand of Monarchy is much more extreme, bureaucratic, and modernized. And the Crystal gems rebelling seems to be inspired by the revolutionary war, only on a galactic scale.
edited 29th Apr '16 3:44:36 PM by xanderiskander
Can it really be called Galactic scale if it's just about one planet?
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.I spent a lot of time in my chem lab staring at the hazard diamond, and they’re staying very true to the metaphor so far. Somethings under the yellow diamond include “unstable,” “explosive,” and the most interesting, “May detonate if shocked or heated.” YD was pretty shocked by what Peridot said to her, and then detonated the communicator. The Blue Diamond warns against things that are toxic and instructs that people wear googles or face masks at all times. And BD and her subjects all cover their eyes.
The red diamond (or Pink Diamond) warns against flammability. One of the reasons I can’t really see Rose and Pink Diamond is because I can’t see her fitting that metaphor. And if they start pulling out of nowhere that she’s associated with fire somehow it would seem a bit forced. The one way I could see that working is if they went with combustion. "Requires moderate heating to ignite" Rose had too much of Homeworld's shit so she combusted and started a rebellion. Maybe, I don't know. Time will tell I guess.
I can’t wait to see what they do with this metaphor. It will make the 3-6 hour chem labs I have more exciting.
edited 29th Apr '16 7:22:16 PM by Cailleach
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The white diamond is for specific types of hazards. It's like the miscellaneous list. The main ones being that the chemical is an oxidizer, an acid, an alkali, corrosive, cannot make contact with water, or emits radiation. I have no idea what to make from that one since the all of those warnings are so different from each other.
edited 29th Apr '16 7:22:49 PM by Cailleach
Funny, last time I brought up the fire diamond
I was pointing out that I didn't see any resemblance (P.S. the fire diamond has also been out of date with international codes for a couple years).

I think one of the Crewniverse people said Lapis was interrogated in between The Return and Jailbreak. There has to have been some reason for Peridot to know about Steven healing Lapis's gem.
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?