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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#36901: Aug 1st 2016 at 5:51:50 PM

Safest way seems to be the way Garnet does it. Squeeze them until they pop.

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#36902: Aug 1st 2016 at 5:53:01 PM

[up][up]The stones seem much more fragile than their projected bodies. Amethyst can jump and land from like a thousand feet with no problem, but a smaller fall cracked her gem when it landed on a rock. Lapis' stone cracked just from someone stepping on it.

Safest way seems to be the way Garnet does it. Squeeze them until they pop.
I'm sure Peridot is very thankful for Garnet's consideration.

edited 1st Aug '16 5:54:18 PM by thatother1dude

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#36903: Aug 1st 2016 at 5:56:20 PM

Meh. Jasper's way seems pretty good though. Can't really squeeze a giant dog beast when you're half it's size. Just pulling it out worked quickly and efficiently.

xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#36904: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:00:17 PM

I'm sure Peridot is very thankful for Garnet's consideration.
LOL

I know you're joking, but apparently Peridot didn't even notice, because when she woke up she didn't remember. Must have been pretty quick and painless.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#36905: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:00:17 PM

She could've gone all Hat of Discipline against it in a headbutting match. Would've loved to see that.

Collen the cutest lizard from it is a mystery Since: Dec, 2010
the cutest lizard
#36906: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:02:37 PM

Well, yeah, their bodies are made of light, but their gems are solid rock. They only seem to "poof" when they're unable to keep their form together.

Gave them our reactions, our explosions, all that was ours For graphs of passion and charts of stars...
WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#36907: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:08:19 PM

Is Steven the only one who can make economy sized bubbles? Because I've only ever seen the other Gems use the bubble ability to contain poofed Gems. And this episode has an instance where Pearl really should have used her bubble power, if she had any.

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#36908: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:09:32 PM

Is Steven the only one who can make economy sized bubbles?
Yes. The bubbles the other Crystal Gems make just prevent regeneration. They aren't even durable; Steven popped Centipeetle's at first by accident.

edited 1st Aug '16 6:10:51 PM by thatother1dude

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#36909: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:12:21 PM

I'm 100% sure Jasper wants to use the corrupted gems to get stronger, the question is how:

  • Tame them to make an army. I don't see that as likely; Jasper is far more interested in personal power. She's certainly already lead gems into battle before, so leading beasts shouldn't seem that big a deal to her.
  • Tame them to get them to fuse with her. Not sure if corrupt gems are able to fuse, though that giant bird might have been a fusion (the gems in its stomach were bubbled, but when it full body was destroyed, it also has a series of identical gem that reformed smaller bodies). If she realized Lapis is never going to fuse with her again, this may be her only option while still on Earth.
  • Force them to fuse with her. Not sure if this is possible, but Lapis did prevent a fusion from splitting by force. If it is possible, then Jasper may have just gone for corrupted gems because they're weaker than Lapis. At the moment, anyway.
  • Shatter them and merge the shards with her still in-tact stone to make a cluster she thinks she can control. Sounds metal as hell, but unlikely, as cluster seem to take hundred or thousands of years to form. Jasper would also need a way to poof herself, bury herself when she's still in gem form, then take herself back out. And she probably would have shattered the gems on the spot if she wanted shards, then she wouldn't have to worry about regeneration.
  • Grind them into dust and snort it.

In any case, I think Jasper's rank and experience during the rebellion taught her something about the corrupted gems that no one else on Earth knows.

Speaking of which, whatever Jasper's doing, she's going to have to find some way to keep the corrupted gems from reforming. I suppose she could just carry them in a bag and re-poof them habitually, but that seems impractical.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#36910: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:14:25 PM

I already know what's gonna happen.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#36911: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:16:17 PM

[up]Yes, I know the end result from the spoiler thread. But I don't know how.

edited 1st Aug '16 6:16:39 PM by thatother1dude

xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#36912: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:16:41 PM

Speaking of which, whatever Jasper's doing, she's going to have to find some way to keep the corrupted gems from reforming. I suppose she could just carry them in a bag and re-poof them habitually, but that seems impractical.
She could kidnap Pearl and try to force her to hold them in her gem's apparent storage space, but that also seems impractical. Still totally in-character for her to underestimate Pearl though, considering.

Collen the cutest lizard from it is a mystery Since: Dec, 2010
the cutest lizard
#36913: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:17:28 PM

Maybe she wants to "harvest" them, whatever that entails.

Gave them our reactions, our explosions, all that was ours For graphs of passion and charts of stars...
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#36914: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:17:46 PM

Gem Harvest isn't airing this season, though.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#36915: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:19:12 PM

And I thought I had already been spoiled because I knew about, that one thing. Now it turns out there's a separate thing that I know nothing about. This actually makes me feel better.

xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#36916: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:20:08 PM

[up][up] They don't do end of season arcs anymore remember? They said on twitter they just do what they want whenever now. Not unlikely the leftovers from Jasper's plan could spill into the 4th season.

edited 1st Aug '16 6:20:58 PM by xanderiskander

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#36917: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:21:05 PM

They don't do end of season arcs anymore remember?
They're still ending the season with something climactic, though.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#36918: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:22:16 PM

This current season is ending with a three parter and then one more episode that I'm assuming is an epilogue. Something big should be going on.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#36919: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:31:59 PM

Gem Harvest isn't airing this season, though.
I think I should point out that "Gem Harvest", "Tiger Philanthropist", and "Last One Out of Beach City" had their titles leaked last August, then we've heard nothing else about them. Any one of them may have been renamed, push back pending a rewrite, or scrapped entirely.

edited 1st Aug '16 6:32:30 PM by thatother1dude

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#36920: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:33:29 PM

Grind them into dust and snort it.

I vote that one.

I mean, we do know that it's possible for Gems reduced to dust to remain alive and powerful in a horrific, twisted way - it's where the thing from Together Breakfast came from.

edited 1st Aug '16 6:35:21 PM by KnownUnknown

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#36921: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:34:18 PM

Maybe she's gonna sell them to someone from RWBY?

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#36922: Aug 1st 2016 at 6:35:28 PM

[up][up]But then the dust would more likely take control of her.

hcobb Since: Jan, 2001
#36923: Aug 1st 2016 at 7:23:12 PM

wild mass guess The next gem Jasper will Fuse with will be her first big obsession. The one gem she's always measured herself against. The one gem she could never have. Rose.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#36924: Aug 1st 2016 at 7:43:26 PM

[up][up] That's probably going to happen anyway, if her plan really is to fuse with them or graft them into her in some way to become more powerful.

I wouldn't be surprised if she honestly doesn't care any more. She didn't seem to mind the idea in regards to becoming Malachite, a state where until the end she had to fight to have even short bursts of control - she's so broken and obsessed that she wants to lose herself in that strength and domination.

Now that I think about it, her outlook is looking more and more like a far more negative reflection of Ruby and Sapphire's.

edited 1st Aug '16 7:46:51 PM by KnownUnknown

JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#36925: Aug 1st 2016 at 7:46:34 PM

I really like where Jasper's character arc is going. I figured that, post-Malachite, Jasper would still be fighting on behalf of Homeworld and the Diamonds, even though she can't win against all the Crystal Gems, and the Diamonds would sacrifice her without hesitation. And eventually, she'd have a heart-to-heart with the Crystal Gems, and realize that the Diamonds don't deserve her loyalty and that true strength comes from within or some damn thing.

Instead, Jasper's apparently cut all ties to Homeworld. She hasn't shown any concern about contacting Yellow Diamond. She's gone fusion-crazy, beyond simply looking for a power boost. She doesn't just miss the strength increase, but the fun aspects like flight as well. She misses sharing a head with Lapis (also: possibly a masochist). Jasper's like a crazy fun-house mirror to the Crystal Gems, embracing similar values in selfish and unhealthy ways.

I figured when Homeworld attacks, the Crystal Gems would have to convince Jasper to join forces. Now I'm thinking it would be the opposite: a dangerous loose-cannon Jasper trying to talk the skeptical Crystal Gems into teaming up against those killjoys from Homeworld.


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