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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#33676: Jun 22nd 2016 at 2:16:43 AM

It's a good thing Stephen conveniently never played the pronoun game with good ol', "reliable" ol' Centipeedle creature.

Wouldn't it have been...moderately droll...to have the Centipede creature be a male gem. It looks male-ish enough.

edited 22nd Jun '16 2:23:45 AM by randomness4

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SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#33677: Jun 22nd 2016 at 6:08:33 AM

I feel like Centipeedle ws some kind of Quartz, if only because of the wild mane of hair.

Also I want to see Rose doing the Quartz Spin Dash because it would look absolutely ridiculous given her curls.

DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
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#33678: Jun 22nd 2016 at 6:49:09 AM

[up] Me, too. Rose's Spin Dash would be hilarious.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#33679: Jun 22nd 2016 at 7:13:26 AM

I'm thinking...a more accurate version of Tails' spindash, where the curls stick out of the ball, but also rotate with it instead of being detached from the butt of the fox.

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InAnOdderWay Since: Nov, 2013
#33680: Jun 22nd 2016 at 7:20:24 AM

Still sort of think the idea of male gems is a bit silly, though I suppose it is possible. The Crewniverse certainly could do it, but should they? I don't know, it just seems like an appeal to relatability in a show where, despite many of the cast's alien quirks and such, everyone can usually find at least one character who they can empathize with.

A theoretical Bismuth gem would be a somewhat more distinct possibility, though I think they'd edge more for a gender neutral character than an explicitly male character.

SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#33681: Jun 22nd 2016 at 7:27:38 AM

The Crewniverse has said that Steven is the only male Gem, repeatedly.

InAnOdderWay Since: Nov, 2013
#33682: Jun 22nd 2016 at 7:28:55 AM

I mean I suppose there IS the question of why all gems share a feminine appearance, though since they predate humanity and also Earth itself it's more a question of why human females resemble gems.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#33683: Jun 22nd 2016 at 7:34:01 AM

That was actually a joke, mang.

Centipeedle is an "it" through and through.

edited 22nd Jun '16 7:41:32 AM by randomness4

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Cailleach Studious Girl from Purgatory Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
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#33684: Jun 22nd 2016 at 7:57:46 AM

Gems don't even have a concept of gender. They have one pronoun because that's all they need. Gender identity isn't really a thing that exists to them, as far as we know. Gems living on Homeworld would have no way to know that there even is a concept of two different genders

InAnOdderWay Since: Nov, 2013
#33685: Jun 22nd 2016 at 8:13:41 AM

Technically they only have one gender, sure, but they are addressed and respond to female pronouns. They identify as female, at least from a human perspective.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#33686: Jun 22nd 2016 at 8:22:55 AM

They use the pronouns, they do. Conveniences ahoy.

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DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
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#33687: Jun 22nd 2016 at 8:25:30 AM

IIRC, in an AMA, Rebecca Sugar said that they picked feminine pronouns pretty arbitrarily. Not sure how they all decided to go by female pronouns, but they saw two options, and decided to go with the feminine pronouns. Or something. It's supposed to be like all the One Gender Races that go purely by masculine pronouns, I guess.

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InAnOdderWay Since: Nov, 2013
#33688: Jun 22nd 2016 at 8:34:27 AM

I can understand that, but I can't also help but look at the show's depictions of concepts like femininity and gender and think that they knew what they were doing when they decided to go with female as the "default" gem "gender".

They could have gone with all male pronouns, but knowing the show, knowing what it does, and knowing what it stands for in many cases, I really doubt they would have.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#33689: Jun 22nd 2016 at 8:37:39 AM

All male pronouns is the norm for these single gendered species, nobody wants the norm.

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#33690: Jun 22nd 2016 at 8:42:26 AM

[up][up] Oh, yeah, absolutely. I don't doubt that the Crewniverse picked feminine pronouns deliberately, considering how... subversive, I guess? Or progressive... the show is. When I said "they", I was referring to the Gems In-Universe.

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hcobb Since: Jan, 2001
#33691: Jun 22nd 2016 at 8:53:18 AM

wild mass guess Diamonds modeled their gender association on that of queen bees (quite possibly an analogue from an insect species in their own galaxy) with the role of drones carried out by robotic injectors.

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#33692: Jun 22nd 2016 at 9:45:50 AM

Yeah, I highly doubt making gems all female wasnt deliberate as this show is so adverse to some things but as other said, in-universe them being female is more a human perception of them that anything else

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#33693: Jun 22nd 2016 at 10:17:30 AM

So there's this triangle pattern that everyone's been noticing, right? I just noticed that it's in that Red Eye thing from way early in the series.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#33694: Jun 22nd 2016 at 10:22:42 AM

The Tri-force?

It's insignificant, only focus on da diamonds.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#33695: Jun 22nd 2016 at 10:45:38 AM

good thing Stephen conveniently never played the pronoun game with
No, Steven called Centipeetle "her".

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#33696: Jun 22nd 2016 at 10:58:20 AM

It all tends to glaze over, that's...dumb.

I didn't hear it originally...or during the many re-watches that come from sources.

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unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#33697: Jun 22nd 2016 at 1:25:02 PM

"So there's this triangle pattern that everyone's been noticing, right? I just noticed that it's in that Red Eye thing from way early in the series. "

Is ether a diamond thing or bill cyher made a deal with homeworldevil grin

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lycropath Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#33698: Jun 22nd 2016 at 3:19:41 PM

The crewniverse also have said that its perfectly possible for any gem to take a male form if they so wished to after returning from being poofed.

I'm not sure if returning from being corrupted would count as a similar process.

InAnOdderWay Since: Nov, 2013
#33699: Jun 22nd 2016 at 3:36:52 PM

Again, they (the gems) very well could. I just don't think they (the Crewniverse) would, and if they did they'd probably play it off closer to gender-neutral than straight out male. It's a show that takes a lot of pride in its positive depictions of gender and sexuality, so I'm not sure if they'd go for a straight out answer on something like that.

On the flip side, there are some fucking awesome ideas for male-voiced fusions. Mr. Multiverse (Steven and Greg) being voiced by Jack Black is one of my all time favorite ideas for anything ever.

Also, triangles mean New Diamond Authority. Three points, three sides, three Diamonds. They also play into the show's aesthetic somewhat, which is cool I guess.

lycropath Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#33700: Jun 22nd 2016 at 3:39:23 PM

On the flip side, there are some fucking awesome ideas for male-voiced fusions. Mr. Multiverse (Steven and Greg) being voiced by Jack Black is one of my all time favorite ideas for anything ever.

I have never wanted anything more than this.


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