Assumption made: They were bubbled after the shattering, that's what the idea was.
But it didn't happen like that.
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The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.That's some real bad Garnet fan-art...
But it looks amazing.
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Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.I suspect bubbling is one of those things, like fusion, that any gem can do, but maybe one that not all gems would think to do.
For the Famethyst and their odds of rebelling... well, even if she was overall a loyal Homeworld gem, keep in mind that buff Jasper was all fine with treating Yellow Diamond's commands as suggestions rather than requirements (compare Peridot's pre-Heel–Face Turn reaction to YD). The Earth quartzes may be positively inclined towards Blue Diamond, but they're not necessarily hardwired to be loyal to her. And it's an open question as to whether or not they'd more associate BD with "the Diamond that saved us" or "the Diamond that stuck us under Holly Blue Agate." If they're more inclined to think the latter, maybe they'd find it easier to rebel.
And lest we forget, even gems that start extremely dedicated to the Diamonds might rebel in the right circumstances. Peridot is the obvious example, but she wasn't the first. Ruby and Sapphire were, up until the events shown in flashback in "The Answer," extremely loyal to Blue Diamond. In fact, Ruby remained loyal longer than Sapphire did - Ruby was panicked that Sapphire grabbed her and ran, and her thoughts immediately upon descending to Earth was to get Sapphire back to BD, even though it would mean being shattered. Sapphire basically had to sell Ruby on avoiding a known suicidal action - that's pretty hardcore loyalty. And yet, obviously, Ruby did overcome that previously held loyalty (I think she would have ran off in seclusion rather than join the Crystal Gems if she had not).
Also, for what it's worth, it's also obvious that Rose Quartz had to overcome her own built-in loyalty to Pink Diamond (it's one thing to rebel; it's another to kill the one you're meant to be loyal to), and Pearl probably did as well (unless Crystal Gem Pearl was made for Rose Quartz, which isn't outside the realm of possibility, though her comment in "Adventures in Light Distortion" about when she saw the human zoo suggest otherwise). In short, given that the premise of the show requires that gems have overcame loyalty to the Diamonds that made them, I don't think it's far-fetched to say that the Famethyst could potentially rebel against the Diamond that merely adopted them.
Reminder: Offscreen Villainy does not count towards Complete Monster.As far as the line "why would you want to employ her subjects that destroyed her?"
I took that to mean that the Blue Diamond may have entertained the notion of releasing and reassigning the remaining Rose Quartzes, but refrained from doing so because of Yellow Diamond's objections. The gems being perpetually bubbled is from that POV presumably due to the Diamonds being at an impasse over what to do about them.
On the other hand, Blue Diamond has done something to actually earn the loyalty of the Famethyst compared to most gems who are simply hardwired to be loyal to their Diamonds; that may very well count for something.
edited 10th Feb '17 8:53:35 AM by CaptainCapsase
It might not be earned loyalty so much as "Blue's better than the alternative." They're all presumably veterans, but didn't even blink when a Pearl wearing the Crystal Gem symbol walked right into the Zoo. I wonder if any of them recognized Garnet- they seemed surprised, but only because a fusion appeared, not Garnet the Crystal Gem.

Yes, quite shocking, indeed.
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