I think there has to be more alien species. Maybe not going as far as some and saying that there is a bigger threat out there (though I do really like the idea), but YD's disdain for organic life doesn't sound like it started with Earth.
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Defending Earth via a guerilla war is a very different game than actually invading Homeworld. I imagine the Crystal Gems would typically try to avoid open confrontation unless they had no choice, and if they were actually to invade Homeworld they would have to, and things would end poorly.
They could shatter Pink Diamond because she was on the planet, defending her colony. The other Diamonds may also have been in the system, but I doubt they spent most of the war physically on Earth.
Anyway, I would be completely flabbergasted if humans and gems are the only intelligent species. The gems are designed for war and conquest, which makes no sense if the only species they encountered were humans.
edited 15th Jan '17 6:13:52 PM by SilentColossus
Or at least if not, they're the answer to the Suniverse's Fermi Paradox.
The only doubt about this is it'd be pretty late in the series now to introduce more aliens.
edited 15th Jan '17 6:20:56 PM by darkabomination
There were probably a few other sentient species crushed by Homeworld, but I think there has to be some sort of advanced life form that was in conflict with the Gems at one point. Although they could have been encountered early on in Homeworld's life, thus spurring a warlike conquest kick that never that they never fell out of.
Me and my friend's collaborative webcomic: Forged MenI wouldn't be surprised if they did. Homeworld is an expansionist, colonialist empire. Whether or not the Diamonds are sympathetic is up for grabs (Leak spoilers we can talk more about that in the leak thread.) but they're still villains.
Homeworld had no reservations about destroying the Earth and humanity. I doubt any other species or planet would be treated differently.
edited 15th Jan '17 7:27:04 PM by SilentColossus
OK, so I browsed some Steven Universe related videos, and I ended up getting videos recommended to me by some guy who seems to be mocking the show a lot or something. There's some video he did that keeps getting recommended the most called "The Boundless Tolerance of the Steven Universe fandom", and I think we can tell what it's about at a cursory glance.
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?Thinking it over, what Eyeball said about Rose's healing making all the difference probably wasn't true—it really just sounds like an excuse for Homeworld underperforming compared to the Crystal Gems.
Lapis and Peridot both tried to kill Steven (and Connie in the former case) in cases where they were not at all threatened by them. Can you imagine their characters being the same if they succeeded?
edited 15th Jan '17 7:40:40 PM by thatother1dude
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The Peridot Gem was communicating from a HW base...she really had no reason to attack young Steven...
No, but Peridot's antics throughout make her less threatening and less "villainous", to an extent. Peridot rapidly descends into Harmless Villain, especially after Jasper and the ship are lost. She is also a very small cog in the system; I typically do not like using Just Following Orders or Culture Justifies Everything as excuses, but these actions do show the attitudes instilled by Homeworld and thus, the Diamonds.
Humans or "Stevens" are an infestation in the Kindergarten like cockroaches or ants, and must be removed. Peridot is very casual about it, as well. Even if she has never done it herself, she is likely informed on how to handle an infested Kindergarten.
edited 15th Jan '17 9:16:52 PM by SilentColossus
I hope you don't mean throughout the rest of that scene...because that was just her being understandably shocked at Gems being there.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.The Cluster experiments were apparently done by a few gems (and we're unlikely to see who; it was pretty significant that Peridot did not meaningfully participate in it) under the Diamonds orders. The Diamonds seemingly corrupted gems personally.
If the gems have already completely annihilated multiple sapient species... well, then what? It's a bit of a karmic dead end. It would mean an indeterminately large portion of the gems bear the weight of atrocities that can't be meaningfully atoned (or accounted) for.
And I'm not saying they couldn't have, just that the show may avoid making such a thing explicit.
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> If Homeworld haven't had a previous rebellion or encountered other lifeforms that were a threat to gems, why are so many of them dedicated to fighting?
The show hasn't gone for a prophesy approach but,you have gems that can see the future (sapphires) so it could be linked to how they see the future,chances are there were supposed to be countless threats to their empire but the gems just conquer them before the threat emerges,their empire is basically unstoppable because they always know what threat is coming and where,
edited 16th Jan '17 12:08:21 PM by Ultimatum
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverInstead of Uncle Grandpa, Steven meets Discord
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Eyeball said Rose's healing was capable of "keeping her small army in contention with the superior forces of Homeworld." Until there's evidence to the contrary, I'm assuming Homeworld were genuinely unable to defeat the rebellion without the corruption wave, Rose killing Pink Diamond was not a fluke, and Bismuth's goal to destroy all the Diamonds was more than a pipe dream.