But again, none of this matters, as Peridot clearly thinks she is capable of fusion, and I don't see why she would be wrong about that.
I wonder if one episode will acknowledge that Steven has these earrings that tell him to do stuff and he has a hard time getting them off. More of a B-plot than an A-plot but it might still happen. Does Steven have pierced ears now? And if so do you think they'd acknowledge it? Will we see him wear earrings every now and again? Will Connie be jealous?
edited 7th Feb '17 4:55:34 PM by WillKeaton
I figured the signal from the zoo is too far away for it to bother Steven. He still should get the tag removed though.
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.That is very unlikely. Putting clip-on earrings on creatures with hands isn't going to work out. True the rest of the Zoomans are used to it. But not the newcomers.
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.Well, that doesn't seem likely to happen...
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Given how Steven reacts in pain, or at least discomfort, when they're put on, and how the "fingers" put them on from both sides, I assume they're piercings. (I actually thought he briefly wore earrings in Sadie's Song, but, whoops, nope.)
I do feel like the earrings and the "little voice" are prime candidates for future developments, though. It could well be that their function is only to transmit sound as instructed by a simple(?) AI housed in the Zoo, which would leave Steven and Greg's earrings far out of range... But I'm not convinced that whatever pseudo intelligence the "little voice" is isn't just contained within the earrings themselves. It feels like either option is equally plausible, and, with that being equal, it seems significant that the earrings weren't just discarded earlier if they're not going to come up again.
But then, this show doesn't actually perfectly follow Conservation of Detail; Just mostly. There's room for a world-building feature to not necessarily be a plot hook.
Can WMG.Steven Universe Steven And Gems be changed to WMG/StevenUniverseStevenAndTheCrystalGems? The former title makes it sound like it talks about other Gems besides the Crystal Gems.
Jawbreakers on sale for 99¢Hrm... keep in mind that even old gem technology like the Wailing Stone could still be reached and interacted with by modern gem tech (which is how Lapis was able to send a warning in "The Message"). And those earrings are modern tech. I wouldn't put it past Homeworld to be able to track them if need be. I don't think the Diamonds are coming just yet via those earrings - they wouldn't know to even look at the moment. That said, Holly Blue probably has just as much access to track those earrings, and she certainly has a reason to want revenge on the Crystal Gems. Heck, she could even be selective in how to approach Blue Diamond about it - if she volunteers to go to Earth to get specimens, BD probably would agree, and Holly Blue could pursue a vendetta on the sly as long as she tries to pick up some extra humans while she's at it. So that's my guess - the Homeworld gem that tracks the Crystal Gems via the earrings will be Holly Blue Agate.
For how smart Rubies are then and now... I mean, the Rubies that got poofed in "The Answer" were still pretty dumb and overly vainglorious. Heck, for that matter, the then-future Crystal Gem Ruby wasn't too much better in that episode; I think subsequent episodes show that being fused with Sapphire as part of Garnet for so long has really helped Ruby become more intelligent and clever. Not only that, but Steven's influence has helped as well - go back to "Cry For Help" and "Keystone Motel," and compare how Ruby handled her frustrations then versus how she handled them in the "Out Of This World" bomb. Sure, it helped that it was pretty obvious that Sapphire was on the same page as Ruby in "Out Of This World," but even beyond that, could you imagine Ruby back in Keystone Motel staying in character nearly as well as she did in the bomb?
All in all, I think Amethyst hit it pretty solidly in "Hit The Diamond" - Rubies are pretty dumb, outside of any circumstance that would push a Ruby to grow.
Reminder: Offscreen Villainy does not count towards Complete Monster.Back on that point last being discussed: As far as the Famethyst goes, while they may not be particularly loyal to Holly Blue (to put things mildly) or to Homeworld in the abstract, I suspect they're far more loyal to Blue Diamond seeing as she's apparently the one that ordered they be kept in service despite their defects. That makes a full on Heel–Face Turn for them seem somewhat unlikely to me unless Blue Diamond herself comes along with them.
Which really just enforces how wasteful and uncaring Yellow is. Sure Blue's become a hoarder of the worst possible kind with hundreds of peoples' lives both Gems and humans, but at least she spared them. Yellow just wants them gone, the Earth, the Quartz soldiers, even all the perfectly fine, non-defective ones, every Rose Quartz in existence...
Yellow is basically trying to drag Blue out of grieving because she's meant to lead her court,in the most heavy handed way possible,but I don't think Yellow would throw the away the gems produced on Earth,with their resource shortages she probably recognises that they need all the gems they can get,she is after all the military leader and she's thinking in military terms.
Obviously with the exception of the Rose gems,which she wants to eradicate because they are a continual reminder of the rebellion
I do agree that Yellow would most likely dispose of the zoomans though
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Yellow didn't seem to care about losing the Earth and all its potential resources. That was the whole reason Peridot turned on her, she wasn't being objective. Had she been thinking from a proper military perspective, Peridot might have swayed her. No guarantee, obviously, but Yellow didn't even consider it.
edited 9th Feb '17 10:47:37 AM by sgamer82
I'll concede that Yellow probably intended to convince Blue to shatter the Rose gems,then go something like
"There! that was'nt so was it!Now you can start on the rest of them!"
But the way I heard it it sounded like she just wanted to remove the Rose Gems
They didn't bubble the Rose Quartz gems...
Also, that's really not making sense...
Beyond petty of YD...
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If Homeworld could just not put resources into fusion then Gems like Sapphires and Pearls wouldn't be able to fuse at all.
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.