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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#38501: Aug 7th 2016 at 2:25:09 PM

Heh I know for sure who Centi is. I won't say it if anyone doesn't want to know, but it's pretty obvious from recent episodes.

DaftPunch hiya, the name's scout. from lesbian Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
hiya, the name's scout.
#38502: Aug 7th 2016 at 2:34:24 PM

I wanna know

but of course I've only watched a max of 15 episodes of this show in my life

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RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#38504: Aug 7th 2016 at 2:40:42 PM

That's quite the thing to say.

Consider Randomness curious as well.

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#38505: Aug 7th 2016 at 2:40:42 PM

Bismuth mentioned attacking a Nephrite who was piloting a ship and Nephrite is green. Is that who you're talking about?

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#38506: Aug 7th 2016 at 2:42:04 PM

[up]x5 Are you referring to the conversation Bismuth had with Pearl about that ship?

edited 7th Aug '16 2:42:24 PM by AlleyOop

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#38507: Aug 7th 2016 at 2:44:45 PM

I'm thinking that might be the case. It's not necessarily Centipeetle, but Nephrites could easily have the role of ship pilots/captains.

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RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
True colors
#38508: Aug 7th 2016 at 2:48:14 PM

Originally I thought Centipeetle was a part of the construction class, but that turns out to be the role of Bismuths.

The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#38509: Aug 7th 2016 at 2:49:44 PM

But it was a ship captain...

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RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
True colors
#38510: Aug 7th 2016 at 2:51:13 PM

But the reason she came here in the first place was to help with the construction of the colony.

The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.
darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#38511: Aug 7th 2016 at 2:56:36 PM

Yeah, I think she's Nephrite. Her coloring matches, in gemstone mythology among many other things, they're associated with enduring pain, fatigue, mental clarity, inspiring dreams to others, and most importantly of enduring infections. Also, along with that quote, her flashback and the ship match up with what Pearl said in "Friend Ship" that those were the first to scout and land on Earth before the war, even before Warp Pads were built.

Since she has the same crew of corruption, it's a safe bet, though not a full one yet, that they're also of the same type. Which means it's fair to say Nephrites are scouting parties and pilots.

Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
Nyanpasu~
#38512: Aug 7th 2016 at 3:10:30 PM

I would like to be a Nephrite.

Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#38513: Aug 7th 2016 at 3:59:44 PM

I saw Centipeedle's Gem's function as being less captains in general and more as colonists and explorers - kind of like those scout units you make early on in 4X games. Their job is to scout out new planets and make early settlements for later expansion.

It fits pretty well, especially since going by what we see Centi's backstory they can fight but clearly aren't made for it.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#38514: Aug 7th 2016 at 4:04:26 PM

I think that goes for most Gems.

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#38515: Aug 7th 2016 at 4:12:15 PM

I found a lovely cover of "Both of You".

edited 7th Aug '16 4:13:12 PM by darkabomination

JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#38517: Aug 7th 2016 at 4:48:46 PM

I read this and I'm wondering if the situation is less oops-Rose-forgot-about-Bismuth and more oh-shit-what-if-Garnet-and-Pearl-think-Bismuth-was-right?

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#38518: Aug 7th 2016 at 4:51:38 PM

As if Pearl would go against anything Rose decided. Garnet is a tougher fit but I get the feeling she'd trust her judgement on things as well.

But at the time they were discussing this, it was more than just those two.

Mr.Badguy Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#38519: Aug 7th 2016 at 4:53:13 PM

I think it's a combo of protecting Bismuth's reputation, hiding a more permanent solution to Homeworlders from the Crystal Gems in case they want it, and then at some point protecting herself from her own mistake of keeping Bismuth locked up for way longer than she needed to.

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Funny but not helpful
#38520: Aug 7th 2016 at 4:57:21 PM

I want to believe that Rose popped into Lion to store some stuff one day and saw the Bismuth bubble and just had a moment where she froze and thought shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#38521: Aug 7th 2016 at 5:19:39 PM

Well yeah, when she put that tape in, she saw the bubble. In fact, probably almost every time she went in there, she had to see Bismuth, locked in that moment of hatred. I get the feeling that really ate at her for thousands of years.

Imagine the anxiety of that, when us humans find habits and avoidance hard to break.

Also my friend pointed something interesting out. What if Bismuth didn't know the Gems still had partial consciousnesses? It probably wouldn't have stopped her, but only folks like Steven, Rose, and the modern Crystal Gems have interacted with these shards long enough to see that they're more than a battery, they're living things stuck in eternal hell.

Poor Bismuth, she'd have gone nuts if Steven would've taken her to the Cluster.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#38522: Aug 7th 2016 at 5:39:36 PM

Getting shattered and dying need further explanation...because seriously, Gems should know when they die and what happens when they get shattered.

If Gem shards still retain partial consciousness...there has to be a reason for it, it can't happen every time. If it does happen every time, Bismuth should've known that and her Sexy weapon should've been built around that knowledge.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#38523: Aug 7th 2016 at 5:47:50 PM

there has to be a reason for it, it can't happen every time.
If your neurons required no nutrition and your brain was split into pieces, the individual parts would continue to function to some degree.

If it does happen every time, Bismuth should've known that and her Sexy weapon should've been built around that knowledge.
What makes you think she doesn't? Pearl said shards were used to make Animated Armor a long time ago—there's no way she was talking about after the rebellion.

edited 7th Aug '16 5:49:24 PM by thatother1dude

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#38524: Aug 7th 2016 at 6:05:00 PM

Together they form a conscious being, apart they're just zombies

If she did know about the leftover consciousness, then I'm assuming she planned on collecting those scattered limbs and melting them.

Still...should've had a better weapon.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#38525: Aug 7th 2016 at 6:16:17 PM

I wonder if by change they could collect all the shards of a shattered gem, could Steven heal them, or if it's just one of those things of once it's done, that's it.


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