Understood, those heartstrings are being played like a fiddle by "Steven Universe".
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edited 28th Jul '16 1:46:24 AM by Malco
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Don't sleep, watch SU instead.
4:30 AM isn't SUPER late for me...but insomnia is rough, especially feels-related insomnia.
Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.So far, I'm getting the impression that it's mostly the Diamonds who are evil, and the rest of the Gems are just taught to always obey them without question. Looking at Peridot's character development and how even our beloved Crystal Gems struggle to relate to humans, it makes me think that many Gems have a narrow perception, and it's difficult for them to adapt to new ways of thinking. Jasper clearly loves what she does, but I could see most Gems as just doing what's expected of them, and rarely questioning if what they're doing is wrong.
I wonder how many corrupted Gems are still wandering around. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aside from the ones that wandered out of the Kindergarten, I don't think we've had the Gems dealing with a random monster attack in like, ever.
Those are fusion mutants...not corrupted gems.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.I just can't stop thinking about how Rose felt about all this. She was the leader of the rebellion. From how fast the weapon seemed to work, she probably only had a few seconds to react, shielding everyone in the vicinity including herself. So she didn't really have a choice. But from a completely objective standpoint.. I don't know how it works on Homeworld, but on Earth a leader saving themselves instead of their people is the epitome of a jerk move. Obviously she didn't have a choice, but she had plenty of time to look back on that through a lens of extreme guilt
Not to mention that she caused the Rebellion in the first place. She wasn't in the wrong for rebelling (seemingly) but if she never started the Rebellion this wouldn't have happened. She's in a way responsible for all this. The destruction of almost her entire army, with some Homeworld soldiers thrown in. And she survived.
She's not to blame for any of this of course (Probably) That was the Diamonds' fault. But can you imagine the survivor's guilt
"Rose": That's a good thing.
With no hesitation. She probably did felt very bad about it, but the positives were worth it...Earth survived. As well as cross-bred child was born as a result.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.It's probably more comparable to computer data being corrupted by magnets. In this case space magnets, for space rocks. Their gems might even be advanced computers, basically.
Sapphire's future vision in particular could make her like a very advanced quantum computer that can visualize all possible universes.
Also not unusual the creators of the gems would have a fail safe option if their creations go rogue.
edited 28th Jul '16 11:05:12 AM by xanderiskander
Did some searching, and found something about resonant frequency. Basically, for every object, there is a frequency at which the object will produce the maximum amount of vibration. It's the same principle that can make a wine glass break with the right kind of sound. It's only at the right frequency that it will vibrate enough to the point that it will break.
So, theoretically, there is a frequency at which a Gem would oscillate to the point where it may suffer internal damage. Maybe the Diamonds were able to find out what this frequency is, and kept it as a secret "last resort" weapon. Maybe they thought the frequency would be enough to shatter the Gems it hit, but it wasn't.
"The cruelest thing you can do to an artist is tell them their work is flawless when it isn't." -Ben "Yahtzee" CroshawFrom what we can tell though it's not damaging their gems specifically, because it didn't affect gems like Lapis who were placed in objects. Well, at least not physically. It seems to only have affected gems who were formed at the time.
I don't think they're going to do a big explanation for this to be honest. This isn't the type of show to do word dumps. They'll say what it's limits are, and what it does, but no more than that.
edited 28th Jul '16 11:44:02 AM by xanderiskander
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Vibrating a system at resonant frequency really hard just makes it break.
This
further lowered the chances of tonight's episode being all lighthearted.
So I've decided to try rewatching the whole series from the beginning. It's been a long time since I sat down and really watched most episodes, so it's long overdue. It'll be fun to pick up all the bits of foreshadowing, and hopefully I'll notice something that hasn't been revealed yet. If nothing else, it sounds like some heavy stuff is coming, so it'll be good to refresh my memory.
Notes about Gem Glow.
1) Centipeetles were the first Gem monster we saw. 2) Pearl is the one who first refers to them by name. 3) I had forgotten this, but Centipeetles create spawn that don't have Gems, and the original is referred to as a "mother". They killed Centi's babies, man. :(
This episode was very emotional. Poor Centi, the fact that her crew waited for her was beautiful. Homeworld was trying to corrupt the gems that were in the rebellion not their own army because that would be stupid, notice that Centi got orders to retreat she just never made it. I remember Greg saying that when it all happened Rose could only save a few of her friends and that if it wasnt for her shield he wouldnt know what would had happened then, so everything was very sudden, probably because they were losing pretty bad to retort to such an horrible method and wanting to do it that fast that some crews couldnt even made it. The gems use sound related things all the time, Centi was refering to what happened like a song so corrupted gems can maybe go back to normal with a song as well? All I know is that Patti Lupone is listed in the credits of an upcoming episode, can you imagine YD using a song agaisnt the C Gs?
edited 28th Jul '16 12:36:02 PM by galaxydreams
I think we must consider the possibility that the corrupter is one of the Diamonds' gem weapon. The way Pearl says "damage from the Diamonds" leads me to think that this is something only the Diamonds can do, as opposed to a machine built by Homeworld that any (qualified) gem can operate, or else she could have just said "damage from Homeworld." The Diamonds being that freaking powerful without the need for any sort of technology would certainly deter dissent from their subjects.
I'm still for Patti LuPone's booming voice in the distance being the cause of corruption. That would be so badass

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Siblings?
edited 28th Jul '16 1:16:17 AM by randomness4
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