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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.
edited 1st Aug '16 5:54:18 PM by thatother1dude
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.
edited 1st Aug '16 6:32:30 PM by thatother1dude
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
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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
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.

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