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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#32201: May 24th 2016 at 3:21:43 PM

I mean, Pearl is one of my least favorite characters in this series, but there's a line. As in, picking up a mirror isn't evil just because it contained a sapient being, which Pearl had no way of knowing.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#32202: May 24th 2016 at 3:22:30 PM

He's taking Lapis' side, for some reason...this is including not trying to understanding all the details.

Also Lapis split the Ocean for Steven...because she's nice like that.

edited 24th May '16 3:31:31 PM by randomness4

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Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#32203: May 24th 2016 at 3:33:38 PM

There remain a bunch of lingering questions, to be sure. Such as: why did none of them, upon seeing the cracked gem, try to take it to Rose (or her fountain, depending on the timeframe). Or why didn't they use a bubble?

Of course, you could just as well ask such questions of the shards that became Frybo, or the desert glass.

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RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
True colors
#32204: May 24th 2016 at 3:38:59 PM

Their logic was that they wouldn't use a living Gem to power s mirror and hadn't considered that Homeworld would do that. Dead Gems are beyond me the point of healing or else there would be far more Crystal Gems around.

And they aren't opposed to using dead Gems for power sources.

edited 24th May '16 3:40:47 PM by RhymeBeat

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#32205: May 24th 2016 at 3:44:20 PM

Direct Quote-icle.

Pearl: How could I have known the Gem contained in that mirror would be so powerful?

[up]What really counts as dead? For Gems.

edited 24th May '16 3:45:04 PM by randomness4

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Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#32206: May 24th 2016 at 3:52:38 PM

I'm not sure whether or not fully dead is a thing for gems. Potentially horrifying though that may sound. Like, if that one word of god thing is right, and the painting in Together Breakfast was given its power and life due to Gem dust in the paint, that means not even being reduced to powder is enough.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#32207: May 24th 2016 at 3:58:38 PM

It's weird.

Unless they're dealt with, being shattered just reduces their mentality to find other shard and become complete.

But if a single shard is placed inside a "thing" then the "thing" becomes a sentient being that mindlessly follows the commands of another.

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Collen the cutest lizard from it is a mystery Since: Dec, 2010
the cutest lizard
#32208: May 24th 2016 at 4:01:37 PM

Being a gem is suffering.

Gave them our reactions, our explosions, all that was ours For graphs of passion and charts of stars...
honeyishrunkmyself Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#32209: May 24th 2016 at 4:44:09 PM

Lapis had an cracked gem, and it was like that when pearl found it. She probably thought that since she has cracked for so long, that she would have been too much trouble to wake up.

Also Pearl being still like an homeworld gem is stupid, because Peridot says that pearls are to only stand still and look pretty, not fight with swords and spears and stuff. Thats Quartz stuff.

Also she probably thought that it would have been an homeworld gem. She was right on that account.

edited 24th May '16 4:44:46 PM by honeyishrunkmyself

xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#32210: May 24th 2016 at 4:55:03 PM

Amethyst is my least favorite, because her backstory is the least interesting, it's basically same as every other gem who was ever born, except she feels bad about it. I can't see anywhere they could go with her back story, really.

Pearl's personality and backstory is more interesting to me, and I think they could take it somewhere.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#32211: May 24th 2016 at 5:01:49 PM

Except...she was born "wrong."

You probably meant something else though.

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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#32212: May 24th 2016 at 5:04:03 PM

She feels bad that she was born in a kindergarten. When every freaking gem was born in a kindergarten somewhere.

Then they made it about Peridot calling her short. *rolls eyes*.

I really don't care.

edited 24th May '16 5:05:49 PM by xanderiskander

Keybreak (Long Runner)
#32213: May 24th 2016 at 5:09:14 PM

Amethyst is the last gem made on Earth, and she was deformed. So she acts like the baby of the group.

I think Pearl needs some more backstory because she spent the most time with Rose, and she's one of a customizable set. That deserves exploration.

edited 24th May '16 5:09:23 PM by Keybreak

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#32214: May 24th 2016 at 5:11:15 PM

Requires an origin episode to counter statement of absolute.

[up][up]Shorter and...weaker. We gotta cover all bases.

She feels bad about her kindergarten birth because the Crystal Gems treat it as if it was a bad thing.

edited 24th May '16 5:13:04 PM by randomness4

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Collen the cutest lizard from it is a mystery Since: Dec, 2010
the cutest lizard
#32215: May 24th 2016 at 5:14:51 PM

The reason why Amethyst was upset about it is because the Kindergarten would've "janked" the Earth if it had been allowed to stay active. She's a Crystal Gem, which means she's sworn to protect the Earth, but her entire existence is the result of something that would've destroyed it.

Gave them our reactions, our explosions, all that was ours For graphs of passion and charts of stars...
xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#32216: May 24th 2016 at 5:17:58 PM

I reiterate. I understand all that. I still really don't care. Her character arc is extremely superficial and boring, and leads absolutely nowhere. It's pretty much the definition of first world problems in terms of blandness.

edited 24th May '16 5:21:50 PM by xanderiskander

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#32217: May 24th 2016 at 5:22:32 PM

Her story is pretty much over...so it's already at that road to nowhere.

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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#32218: May 24th 2016 at 5:22:53 PM

Exactly. That's my point.

They just kind of made her feel bad about herself and had nowhere to go with it. Except to do it again the same way with a slight difference in another ep. While Pearl, and Garnet have elements they could build upon.

edited 24th May '16 5:30:07 PM by xanderiskander

Austin Since: Jan, 2001
Keybreak (Long Runner)
#32220: May 24th 2016 at 5:39:13 PM

So Amethyst needs some new plot behind her. Make her meet a proper Amethyst. Have her bond with Jasper. There's plenty she can still do.

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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#32221: May 24th 2016 at 5:43:43 PM

[up][up] The only thing I remember being confirmed about Summer of Steven is that it starts in June.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#32222: May 24th 2016 at 6:20:54 PM

Amethyst can have issues about more than one thing.

Jasper's Undertale run ends.
Jasper's redemption arc.
Another Jasper redemption arc.
Always angry.
Some setting tweetails.
Various Amedots. Also Peridot's hair is a star.

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#32223: May 24th 2016 at 6:25:19 PM

The thing about Amethyst is that after watching the episode I thought, "If my birth was the result of a rape, how would I feel about myself?" And honestly, I still have no idea. But I do think that Amethyst's reaction was, at the very least, realistic.

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AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man
#32225: May 24th 2016 at 6:45:32 PM

STEVEN WILL FUSE WITH LAPIS THUS FULLFILLING ZACH CALLISON'S DESIRE TO BE A WATERBENDER!

As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.

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