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YamiVizziniX Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
#40776: Aug 17th 2016 at 9:24:01 AM

Probably, sorry. It just seemed odd that this is the single instance of a being in this whole show basically evil by nature rather than choice, and I wanted to get it out of my head.

There is no beginning. There is no end. There is only... Hooty.
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#40777: Aug 17th 2016 at 9:30:44 AM

Less choice and more circumstance; Peridot, Jasper, Eyeball, Lapis, and so on are in their own way all products of their society. I could easily see that extending throughout Gem society, even to the Diamonds themselves depending on how gem civilization came to be.

Karalora Since: Jan, 2001
#40778: Aug 17th 2016 at 9:50:06 AM

Probably, sorry. It just seemed odd that this is the single instance of a being in this whole show basically evil by nature rather than choice, and I wanted to get it out of my head.

It's kind of an inevitable quirk of Fusions being characters as well as metaphors for relationships.

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#40779: Aug 17th 2016 at 10:04:34 AM

Less choice and more circumstance; Peridot, Jasper, Eyeball, Lapis, and so on are in their own way all products of their society.
And what let them reason with Peridot and Lapis but not Jasper or Eyeball came down more to chance than moral character.

EDIT: Re-reading, I think the post was talking about Malachite, not Jasper.

edited 17th Aug '16 10:05:53 AM by thatother1dude

DS9guy Since: Jan, 2001
#40780: Aug 17th 2016 at 10:51:30 AM

I wonder how Jasper would have reacted if she found out Yellow Diamond was looking for her.

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#40781: Aug 17th 2016 at 10:55:20 AM

"Fuck off, you're not my REAL Diamond!"

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#40782: Aug 17th 2016 at 10:59:00 AM

She'd probably return without a second thought. Jasper believes in nothing more than the Gem heirarchy, and returning would allow her to inform YD what's become of "Rose Quartz" and the Crystal Gems.

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#40783: Aug 17th 2016 at 10:59:09 AM

[up][up][up][up] If anything it was the opposite of moral character that allowed Peridot to be reasoned with over Jasper and Eyeball; her cowardice is the whole reason she was willing to help the Ceystal gems initially, and whatever else you can say about Jasper, she's no coward, and the same goes for Eyeball.

edited 17th Aug '16 10:59:51 AM by CaptainCapsase

hcobb Since: Jan, 2001
#40784: Aug 17th 2016 at 1:19:07 PM

Peridot was created to figure out and fix things. Earth is just a big complex system she's been trying to figure out. At a certain point YD was just less interesting.

wild mass guess Amethyst shall go back in time and runtify herself.

BlueBlaze64 The Watcher on the Tower from Empire City Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Watcher on the Tower
#40785: Aug 17th 2016 at 1:31:35 PM

Holy moly! I leave this forum for two days of no new episodes, and there's more new pages than all of last week!

In regards to the Diamonds, I said before that the show would benefit for having a bare minimum of info on each of the Diamonds. Something like:

"Yellow was our strength, White was our intelligence, Blue was our voice, and Pink was our heart"

It's a good baseline to build information about them as the creators see fit. I'm still curious as to why exactly White Diamond hasn't even been mentioned yet. I don't know if it's building to some sort of big reveal, or if the creators simply forgot about her, and/or don't know what to do with her.

"The cruelest thing you can do to an artist is tell them their work is flawless when it isn't." -Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw
Austin Since: Jan, 2001
#40786: Aug 17th 2016 at 1:35:38 PM

I don't know if it's building to some sort of big reveal, or if the creators simply forgot about her, and/or don't know what to do with her.

There's a lot going on in the show, so my guess is they just haven't gotten to a point where they want to talk about her. I doubt she'll end up being any more important than the other Diamonds.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#40787: Aug 17th 2016 at 1:57:39 PM

Yellow Diamond is important because she's the one sending missions to Earth.

Blue Diamond has only been important in Garnet's flashbackstory episode. She's probably Lapis' Diamond but didn't/couldn't stop Yellow Diamond/Whoever from sending her back to Earth as an informant.

Pink Diamond has only JUST come up to verify the implications that something happened to her during the rebellion and that something was Rose. There are Homeworld Gems alive to this day that are salty about that.

White Diamond hasn't been relevant yet. If the murals mean anything, she's the oldest/most powerful of the Diamonds. A backwater failed colony probably falls heavily under Somebody Else's Problem for her.

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#40788: Aug 17th 2016 at 2:02:06 PM

White Diamond fought Rose during the rebellion. There's a mural of that.

And Homeworld lost the war. I doubt she's been shattered but I feel like there's a reason we haven't heard from her.

Oh really when?
SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#40789: Aug 17th 2016 at 2:04:49 PM

The Gem fighting Rose has a Gem on her chest. It's likely not White Diamond.

RokukeShiba Since: Nov, 2014
#40790: Aug 17th 2016 at 3:16:56 PM

ok ok How come the Government never sent anyone down to talk to the gems? :o

edited 17th Aug '16 3:20:46 PM by RokukeShiba

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.
#40791: Aug 17th 2016 at 3:18:21 PM

I think this is a topic better suited for the spoiler thread.

Oh God! Natural light!
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#40792: Aug 17th 2016 at 3:19:59 PM

That one hasn't aired yet.

Oh really when?
RokukeShiba Since: Nov, 2014
#40793: Aug 17th 2016 at 3:20:07 PM

sorry im unsure how to hide it ><

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#40794: Aug 17th 2016 at 3:21:17 PM

You could just remove the spoiler-tastic text through editing.

edited 17th Aug '16 3:21:53 PM by randomness4

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#40796: Aug 17th 2016 at 3:23:52 PM

It's still REALLY spoilery to know that an upcoming episode deals with the Government.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#40797: Aug 17th 2016 at 3:24:42 PM

It kinda do but not in the way you think.

Oh really when?
RokukeShiba Since: Nov, 2014
#40798: Aug 17th 2016 at 3:24:52 PM

There is? I never knew that o.o

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.
#40799: Aug 17th 2016 at 3:25:05 PM

[up][up][up] That does not happen, actually.

edited 17th Aug '16 3:25:20 PM by KarkatTheDalek

Oh God! Natural light!
RokukeShiba Since: Nov, 2014
#40800: Aug 17th 2016 at 3:38:23 PM

Eh sorry I think to much about it. I think it would be logical to give humans some Gem tech in case of another home world invasion since Roses army is all gone. Just hate the idea of humans being mostly useless when there is a threat to the world.


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