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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46526: Feb 9th 2017 at 4:05:42 PM

Yes, quite shocking, indeed.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46528: Feb 9th 2017 at 4:11:43 PM

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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SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#46529: Feb 9th 2017 at 4:13:39 PM

Or there are other pink types of gems that bubbled them. Though I like the idea of Pink doing it at the start of the rebellion.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#46530: Feb 9th 2017 at 4:16:55 PM

Does their color matter? I know Peridot bubbled in green, but all the Crystal Gems bubble in pink, don't they?

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46531: Feb 9th 2017 at 4:21:30 PM

No they don't.

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RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
True colors
#46532: Feb 9th 2017 at 4:22:06 PM

Nope. Garnet's bubbles are red, Steven's Pink, Pearl's is white, Amethyst's is purple, Peri's are green.

The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#46533: Feb 9th 2017 at 4:42:04 PM

I'd be kind of surprised if any of the existing Diamonds are capable of bubbling gems.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#46534: Feb 9th 2017 at 4:48:23 PM

not again!

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#46535: Feb 9th 2017 at 4:51:33 PM

Oh god damn it, Peridot took over Cartoon Network's Twitter.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#46537: Feb 9th 2017 at 5:21:08 PM

I'd be kind of surprised if any of the existing Diamonds are capable of bubbling gems.

Yellow was able to move them around as she was singing, so she has some measure of control over them. Also, even half-gems like Steven and Era 2 Peridots can make bubbles, so it can't be that hard.

Crossover-Enthusiast from an abaondoned mall (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#46538: Feb 9th 2017 at 5:57:58 PM

Welp, guess what I made my new icon.

Jawbreakers on sale for 99¢
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46539: Feb 9th 2017 at 6:15:22 PM

That's some real bad Garnet fan-art...

But it looks amazing.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#46540: Feb 9th 2017 at 6:17:00 PM

even half-gems like Steven and Era 2 Peridots can make bubbles, so it can't be that hard.
The way Peridot learned makes me think it's not a question of power, but mindset.

JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#46541: Feb 9th 2017 at 7:56:48 PM

True, but even the Diamonds have loved ones that they want to keep safe.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46542: Feb 9th 2017 at 8:21:16 PM

Which would just be the other Diamondo...so it'd be useless.

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32_Footsteps Think of the mooks! from Just north of Arkham Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Think of the mooks!
#46543: Feb 10th 2017 at 8:35:15 AM

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.
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#46544: Feb 10th 2017 at 8:49:21 AM

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.

[up] 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

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#46545: Feb 10th 2017 at 12:56:05 PM

Whatever happens now, it's pretty clear shattering the Diamonds is off the table. Bubbling, well that's about the closest we have here to court martialing.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#46546: Feb 10th 2017 at 1:14:47 PM

[up][up]I just figured it was "why keep around the gems who killed our sister diamond?"

Yellow wanted to shatter every Rose Quartz for our Rose's actions.

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#46548: Feb 10th 2017 at 1:23:52 PM

If your in your in the US 7 pm

Which is like 3 am where I am

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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.
#46549: Feb 10th 2017 at 1:31:52 PM

[up][up] 7:00 PM EST.

[nja]

edited 10th Feb '17 1:32:09 PM by KarkatTheDalek

Oh God! Natural light!
JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#46550: Feb 10th 2017 at 1:53:32 PM

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.

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.


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