This
may the first time I've seen someone admit to pirating a show that they worked on.
Thank you, biology major, for kicking down media sexism. This is not meant to be sarcastic, but it sounds too ridiculous to pothole to Sincerity Mode.
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Are you referring to reproduction?
edited 23rd Jun '16 3:09:29 AM by randomness4
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.I think it's less sexism and more just Acceptable Breaks from Reality. Like fact that Garnet has British accent, instead of having one that doesn't exist on Earth.
So that doesn't actually apply to the Gems at all.
Alright.
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Of course one can't, that type of thing isn't very common to begin with.
edited 23rd Jun '16 3:35:51 AM by randomness4
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Let me be clear as to the abilities that Steven himself has shown:
Generic Gem abilities:
- Activate gem tech such as the warp gates, including the gate woven into Lion's mane (which he shared space in with Peridot in Great, so this is generic.)
- Bubble poofed gems.
- Send his own bubbles back to the basement. (This may be activation of a special gate there rather than the ability to generate warps on his own.)
Abilities that are associated with Rose, and might just be Rose doing them when Steven says please:
- Float, negating gravity on things larger than he could reasonably carry.
- Activate her shield and bubble.
- Remote empathy/telepathy with gem lifeforms. (Unclear how much of this Rose herself did. Garnet has noted that Steven is better at this than Rose was. c.f. The Centipeetle, chats with Lapis while she was fused up and under the ocean.)
- Heal gem lifeforms and tech. (Gem tech might just be gem lifeforms.)
- Transform and control organic life forms. (Her vines, his watermelons, Connie, his own form.)
Abilities that seem specific and new to Steven himself:
- Resist standard gem disruption effects. (As seen in Jail Break. Seems to be related on his straddling two incompatible domains of life.)
- The disruption blast he used on the water clones in Ocean Gem.
- Fuse with Connie. (Rose was said to have tried and failed with Greg.)
It's the actual definition. It is a biological concept, so the biological definition is the valid one.
This applies to everything. Including robots and computer programs.
Biology refers to how something functions, among other things.
edited 23rd Jun '16 5:37:23 AM by randomness4
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Gems are the most similar to viruses in terms of how they "replicate", and I think I've heard of viruses being referred to mother and daughter viruses.
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Biological =/= organic. Biology is the study of life. So, for instance, if we encountered a nitrogen-based species, they wouldn't count as organic, but they'd still be biological, since they're alive, and can be studied from a biologic perspective. Though I guess that would raise the question of whether or not Gems count as alive. I think independent reproduction is a requirement for being alive, so Gems may not actually count. They're similar to viruses, like I mentioned, and viruses don't count as alive. But we still study viruses in biology, and we apply biological concepts to viruses, so that may not matter that much.
edited 23rd Jun '16 5:51:36 AM by DeathsApprentice
When we're done, there won't be anything left.

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Meh, having a male gem woundt take anything of that away(it seen a very zero sum thng going on) but I dont think they can be male just change outfit
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