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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#40626: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:15:38 PM

[up][up] Yes, and she was aware of her surroundings, which means that it's not completely impossible for her to know human languages, which is why the other homeworld gems are better examples.

[up] That's not quite the point; while I agree that she probably wouldn't know human languages, her circumstances at least leave an opening for that possibility; the other homeworld gems are the ones that pretty much require the gems to have omniglot powers.

edited 16th Aug '16 4:17:01 PM by CaptainCapsase

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#40627: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:16:37 PM

Except we have no reason to believe she was ever around any humans while she was in the mirror. Pearl had her stored in her gem.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#40628: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:16:47 PM

Steven might not have the language powers. He's only half gem.

Oh really when?
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#40629: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:18:03 PM

[up] How would he be able to understand Peridot then in the numerous cases where she had no reason to be speaking English? (her personal logs being the biggest offender)

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#40630: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:18:16 PM

Something else, if Blue Diamonds Gems are supposed to be diplomats, I wonder how far the Gem influence goes besides just colonizing and destroying planets.

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#40631: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:19:54 PM

[up] Maybe the reason the Diamonds want the cluster so badly is to use it against a rival spacefaring empire? Perhaps even one which has the upper hand against them presently?

edited 16th Aug '16 4:22:44 PM by CaptainCapsase

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#40632: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:20:02 PM

Maybe some sort of backwards universal translator. Gems speak and everyone can understand them.

Oh really when?
SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#40633: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:22:10 PM

[up][up][up]

wild mass guessGems do have diplomatic relationships with other races, but only to betray them later.wild mass guess

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#40634: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:24:03 PM

Speaking of the Cluster, Yellow Diamond knows that it was supposed to have been close to hatching. Eventually, she's going to send someone to check up on that, and that could introduce are new threat.

SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#40635: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:24:48 PM

Gem Script

Russian Cursive

Coincidence?

edited 16th Aug '16 4:25:14 PM by SalFishFin

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#40636: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:30:29 PM

[up][up] I mean, given that Peridot has openly committed treason, Jasper is MIA, and the Ruby team sent to ascertain her status is also missing, I imagine that's going to happen sooner than later, and I wouldn't be surprised if the homeworlders come in force.

wild mass guess The season 4 finale will involve homeworld gems coming in force, with a small but still overwhelming expeditionary force showing up at Earth. The Crystal Gems attempts to fight back end in a Curb-Stomp Battle, and just when it seems all is lost, our heroes get some help from everyone's favorite non-malicious monster (the Cluster and perhaps the other cluster gems), forcing the homeworlders to retreat. Unfortunately, the Diamonds are now perfectly aware that the Crystal gems are still alive, and that the Cluster is currently bubbled.wild mass guess

edited 16th Aug '16 4:41:54 PM by CaptainCapsase

hcobb Since: Jan, 2001
#40637: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:38:21 PM

How do the puns and wordplay work in the original Gem language?

That's none of our Bismuth.

SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#40638: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:42:04 PM

Gem language probably influenced human language at some point in the 5,000+ years of post-war. Humans finding Gem artifacts and whatnot.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#40639: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:43:07 PM

There is that one big ass hole in Russia. And that theory that Pink Diamond was born there.

The hole is around where the Mir Mine exists in our world.

Oh really when?
darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#40640: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:43:42 PM

I think bringing up the writing just introduces some elements that would be harder to explain away with a Hand Wave, but it was a nice little reveal for the individual episode's plot with Centi.

SmartGirl333 New account is voidify Since: Nov, 2014
New account is voidify
#40641: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:44:09 PM

Russia tried to erase the space lesbians, so the space lesbians erased russia

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#40642: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:44:10 PM

wild mass guessThe season 4 finale will involve homeworld firing the corruption wave again

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#40643: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:44:38 PM

also,they have a really imaginative name for their home planet

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#40644: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:51:55 PM

Something that bothers me is how different earths geological history is. In our world. West Africa started to split off from Africa, but stopped. In Steven Universe, West Africa remained attached to South America when it split off. And wtf happened with Australia ? How do humans exist???

edited 16th Aug '16 4:52:25 PM by Xopher001

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#40645: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:57:50 PM

[up] Gems did it.

wild mass guess Steven universe is, in fact, set thousands of years in the future. The Gem invasion and subsequent civil war sent humans back to the stone age, and we've only now recovered to modern levels of technology.wild mass guess

edited 16th Aug '16 4:59:17 PM by CaptainCapsase

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40646: Aug 16th 2016 at 4:59:02 PM

The same reason humans are able to survive any type of global change in post-apocalyptia.

Except this change happened way before life existed...

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#40647: Aug 16th 2016 at 5:00:05 PM

In Steven Universe, West Africa remained attached to South America when it split off. [...] How do humans exist???
Why would that matter when it comes to humans existing? Modern humans came out of South EAST Africa.

Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#40648: Aug 16th 2016 at 5:00:26 PM

Gems didn't arrive on earth until several millennia ago. These geological differences would have been set in motion 250 million years ago, likely before even gems existed

It matters because of all the major changes in evolution that would cause! There were groups of animals isolated from eachother when South America split off from Africa. Not to mention the affect on global climate! For crying out loud, North America isn't connected to South America ! That's a big freaking deal!

edited 16th Aug '16 5:02:51 PM by Xopher001

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#40649: Aug 16th 2016 at 5:01:49 PM

[up] Considering how advanced their geoengineering technology is, it's entirely possible they deliberately were moving continents around for whatever reason.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40650: Aug 16th 2016 at 5:01:55 PM

Much older than any human, indeed.

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