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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#46376: Feb 2nd 2017 at 5:34:51 PM

The way the Rubies talked about Jasper in "Back to the Moon" it seemed like Jasper was a minor celebrity and/or a war hero. I don't think she was given a crap job like the Earth Amethysts and the other assorted Beta gems. Yellow Diamond chose this Jasper to check on the Cluster because she had faith in her abilities.

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
#46377: Feb 2nd 2017 at 5:47:52 PM

Missed the last two episodes live, luckily caught them on DVR.

The human zoo episode was nice, and the Zoomans were so adorable! It really shows how people will act when their little world is all they know. I honestly thought it would go the way of The Island, and "The Choosening" would be them being brought to the main station to be dissected or forced to fight to the death something.

But "That Will Be All" was by far the best episode of the block. YD's song was great. Her voice had some real weight to it, and it actually humanized her and Blue (ironically). But really, I'm just glad we got some development on the Diamonds, and the Gems in general. It may sound like I'm moving the goalposts, but now I'm really curious as to the status of White Diamond, and why there's been not so much as a mention of her. White is still part of the new DA emblem, so is what she does completely removed from the others, or do the writers simply not know what do with her?

Looking at the next episode The New Crystal Gems It seems like it'll be a combination of A Day in the Limelight and a Lower-Deck Episode, which will be nice. Will it be the first episode not from Steven's perspective, or do you think they'll find some way for Steven to be seeing it?

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46378: Feb 2nd 2017 at 5:50:08 PM

They can't not know what to do with a character not yet introduced...

Unless introducing the character is what they don't know how to do yet.

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#46379: Feb 2nd 2017 at 5:50:12 PM

I always assumed Jasper was never at the zoo and was swept up by Yellow Diamond and sent off to do other things.

Oh really when?
Whowho Since: May, 2012
#46380: Feb 2nd 2017 at 5:52:58 PM

"Your job Jasper is to bench press me while I giggle to myself with school girl glee." ~ Yellow Diamond.

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
#46381: Feb 2nd 2017 at 6:01:42 PM

They can't not know what to do with a character not yet introduced...

Unless introducing the character is what they don't know how to do yet.

That's what I think is the case. The showrunners are not quite sure yet how White Diamond figures into the plot, or what they want the Crystal Gems and the Diamonds to think of her. So as of now, it's like she doesn't exist.

edited 2nd Feb '17 6:02:14 PM by BlueBlaze64

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SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#46382: Feb 2nd 2017 at 6:03:35 PM

I'm about 99% sure that in The New Crystal Gems Connie just tells him about it, like a Greg flashback.

And I'm sure they know what to do with White, but she simply is not relevant yet.

edited 2nd Feb '17 6:05:29 PM by SilentColossus

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#46383: Feb 2nd 2017 at 6:04:26 PM

[up][up][up][up][up][up] They could do it by having Connie tell it to Steven, like with the flashback episodes, or An Indirect Kiss.

Edit: Shoot, Silent beat me to it.

edited 2nd Feb '17 6:06:07 PM by Crossover-Enthusiast

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#46384: Feb 2nd 2017 at 6:04:27 PM

Wonder if Steven will try and make her sing it

RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#46386: Feb 2nd 2017 at 6:37:08 PM

Can we talk about the Diamond's plans for the future? You know, where Blue was all like, "The window for preserving Earth specimens is closing," and then Yellow was all like "there's still time." I predict this season's finale will be one, or possibly both of them, arriving on Earth and kidnapping a bunch of humans for the zoo.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46387: Feb 2nd 2017 at 6:41:19 PM

The Diamondo get defeated while they try to get more humans...

The steal the humans everyone else doesn't care about...

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JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#46388: Feb 2nd 2017 at 7:00:51 PM

Yeah, I'm expecting an invasion. wild mass guessThe Crystal Gems are going to need more muscle, so they start recruiting allies: Bismuth, the disgruntled and abandoned Amethyst guards at the Zoo, maybe even "taming" corrupted Gems.wild mass guess

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#46390: Feb 2nd 2017 at 7:07:57 PM

I think the biggest question is "How can they face a series of abductions without things getting ridiculously public?" As I stated in the spoiler thread, there's no reason Homeworld would go to Beach City specifically.

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#46391: Feb 2nd 2017 at 7:28:45 PM

Saying the showrunners don't know what to do with White Diamond so they just don't have her around is pretty presumptuous. The show's been largely planned out from the beginning, and they plan storyboards and recordings way ahead of where we are now. There's a reason why she wasn't mentioned.

Yinyang107 from the True North (Decatroper) Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
#46392: Feb 2nd 2017 at 7:31:48 PM

So the last two episodes aired. Thoughts:

  • F-3 (at the Choosening) looks like Bembo.
  • Not a fan of this song, but I guess they can't all be winners.
  • Oh look, Garnet fuses and wins a fight at the end of a very dramatic episode. Where have I seen that before?
  • I like how Yellow Diamond's armship has a clenched fist, and Blue's is open. Really captures their personalities.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#46393: Feb 2nd 2017 at 7:33:22 PM

[up] Garnet won with Cherry Tapping. That's hardly a fight.

edited 2nd Feb '17 7:33:48 PM by sgamer82

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#46394: Feb 2nd 2017 at 7:34:08 PM

It took until episode 74 to see Blue Diamond stylized in a flashback.

It took until 77 to see Yellow Diamond.

It took until 101 to finally confirm that Pink Diamond existed and wasn't Rose Quartz. And also implied and then explicitly confirmed next episode that Rose shattered her.

It took until 114 to see Blue Diamond in person.

Patience.

edited 2nd Feb '17 7:35:22 PM by Bocaj

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46395: Feb 2nd 2017 at 7:37:07 PM

[up][up][up]Song = Uniform

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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#46396: Feb 2nd 2017 at 7:43:41 PM

As far as the speculation goes regarding Blue Diamond pulling a Heel–Face Turn, I don't think it's impossible, at least to the point of an Enemy Mine, since she clearly would spare the Earth if it was up to her (and she'd probably jump at Peridot's suggestion about making use of the Earth's resources in a manner that doesn't obliterate to biosphere), but there's going to be a great many hurdles that would need to be overcome. First and foremost being coming to understand that Steven and Rose Quartz aren't the same being, and then on the Crystal Gems' side, Garnet being willing to move past the fact that Blue Diamond ordered half of her shattered.

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#46397: Feb 2nd 2017 at 7:55:57 PM

Plus taking part in the Corruption bomb/song. Until she can apologize to Centipeedle and her crew for what she's done, I don't think she can be forgiven so easily. A lot of Tumblr posts went so far to suggest Garnet was exaggerating or evne outright lying about Ruby's threat of shattering. And yet, as soon as she got wind that she didn't order a Sapphire to go to Earth, her weepy state was gone and she was serious again.

yes she's a grieving sister, but she's still a Diamond, responsible for the Homeworld empire. And even for all of Pink's traits we're learning about, she still would've left Earth a baren colony devoid of life.

Still, until we see that flashback of Pink and Rose interacting, significantly the two most mysterious characters in the series behind White Diamond, we can't say for sure.

GreatT HOT DOG Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
HOT DOG
#46398: Feb 2nd 2017 at 8:07:07 PM

[up][up] BD COULD realize her error on having demanded Ruby be shattered, if she realized how much they care for one another. If she understands that if she tried to take away Ruby, that'd be like how Pink Diamond was taken away from her.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#46399: Feb 2nd 2017 at 8:35:21 PM

So what the fuck kind of Gem is a Carnelian anyway?

Its the little red one hanging out with all the Amethysts & Jaspers right?

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#46400: Feb 2nd 2017 at 8:37:27 PM

It's a gem very similar to jasper—enough that some languages may have one word for both.


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