> And also. I sure hope we learn something about the temple at some point.
Originally (I think it might have been in the pilot,or in the artbook,I can't remember) the Crystal Temple was called the Crystal Palace,and now that we know Rose was Pink Diamond I think it's safe bet that the temple was originally Pink's residence while she was on Earth,and when the Crystal Gems took over it it's appearance was massively modified to remove any trace of it's original owner
Edit:I wonder if the appearance of the temple wasn't shaped by the heart,like a literal change of heart from Homeworld to Crystal Gems
edited 30th May '18 7:56:54 AM by Ultimatum
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverSo they changed the statue from a big Pink Diamond to the Fusion of all of them? That'd be neat and sweet.
...Though now that I think about it, it most likely wasn't the case, as Amethyst was found way after the war and there's no way Rose, Garnet and Pearl would keep something like that for that long.
Jawbreakers on sale for 99¢There is a reason why Amethyst's backstory is probably coming after the major reveal,most likely because of how Rose found her and why Amethyst' joined them,as one of Pink's own Gems she was probably programmed to follow someone after emerging,and with Rose she was probably the first person Amethyst met after being alone for so long
Though I do wonder if Rose and co had to earn her trust the hard way or whether Amethyst willingly went with them because of a 'feeling' she had that she was meant to go with Rose not fully understanding why,just that she had to go with them
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverIn a way I could almost see the reveal making Amethyst love Rose more. Rose always encouraged her, told her she was good as she was, and loved her. The reveal means all of that came not just from a random gem she admired, but from her Diamond, the gem she was made to serve.
edited 30th May '18 11:03:38 AM by sgamer82
@Ultimatum: I wouldn't assume that stuff about a gem's loyalty being inborn, but would like an idea of a gems' general knowledge when they're created.
Narrative, knowing why Pearl felt so ashamed about the Kindergarten, and that Rose probably felt similarly, showing them meeting Amethyst could be pretty meaningful.
Like you've said before, all these things can be interpreted in a different way. Rose considered Homeworld her "home planet" regardless of where she was made (despite Amethyst and Jasper doing otherwise). Rose's junkyard wasn't a secret. Rose's power turned Lion and Lars the same color as Pink Diamond because she was Pink Diamond's gem.
None of those things had to be resolved, but an answer to this season's major mystery which explains them is worthy of consideration.
edited 30th May '18 8:20:29 PM by xanderiskander
Yeah, she was in the Kindergarten alone for awhile, then they found her. There's never been anything super interesting implied there. They could make a story about why they in the Kindergarten in the first place, but you don't really need that to understand Amethyst's history.
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"More interesting" is highly subjective. You can't just throw that out as a reason we may get more with Pearl and Garnet, when the simplest answer is just that they're both more connected to what's been going on than Amethyst is.
edited 31st May '18 9:13:13 AM by LSBK
She's gotten finishing closure on her arc too after meeting her family of Zookeepers. Actually, if anything, revisiting the Zoo would probably have more to expand on than focusing on her past.
Steven might pretty much have the authority to set all the Amethysts and Zoomans free at this point.
Eh, it's not really that subjective that Garnet and Pearl have more meat to their stories than Amethyst does.
edited 31st May '18 9:13:50 AM by xanderiskander
@55139 If it was a hard-and-fast rule that an audience member will have more interest on a character that gets the focus, we never would have had the Ensemble Dark Horse trope. Or, for that matter, the Creator's Pet trope (not that I think the latter applies here, mind you). A creator can hope that the audience will be more interested in the characters that you give greater focus to, but it's never a guarantee.
For possible focus on Amethyst... eh, I think one episode that focuses on her digesting the news would be alright, but I don't think we need much more than that. It's just like how we didn't need that much focus on her reaction to Bismuth - to some extent, this deals with things that she wasn't there for, so in some ways she just doesn't have as much stake in it all.
Reminder: Offscreen Villainy does not count towards Complete Monster.
Basically this. Amethyst's role has always been to give a different perspective from Garnet and Pearl because she's not a Homeworld Gem, and has never had experience with much of what has been going on. That there's an actual reason she wouldn't have as much involvement with this part of the story doesn't means she's inherently "less" interesting or that Pearl and Garnet are more involved with this because they're "more" interesting.
A person can certainly be more interested in things with Garnet and/or Pearl than with Amethyst, but that doesn't mean that's why things have happened the way they have.
edited 31st May '18 10:52:30 AM by LSBK
I think the next possible phase for Amethyst's character is "Amethyst as leader/authority figure/mom". She's always kind of been a junior figure in the team, but now she's had time to grow and deal with her issues. Meanwhile, Pearl's had to deal with her shortcomings and her poor behavior towards others, and Garnet's having her world turned upside down.
Amethyst did pretty well helping Peridot adjust to life on Earth, and she's less abrasive than she was at the beginning of the show. If, say, Jasper comes back, or the Famethysts, Amethyst would be good at helping them find their footing. If Garnet and Pearl are having personal crises over the thousand year lie, Amethyst is capable of pulling it together (probably with some help from Steven).

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