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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#56126: Jul 8th 2018 at 11:41:01 AM

A gem's clothes are part of their body. Why only go halfway?
That's the question that started this whole discussion: All of them but Peridot can shapeshift to change clothes, but in several cases (Bismuth's armor, Ruby's cowboy outfit) it's implied they did not.

even without weird Homeworld standards
This brings up an interesting question: Cross-caste fusion is taboo, but how does that work with similar caste? Rubies are explicitly considered too different from pearls and sapphire, but what about, say, a sapphire and padparascha or a jasper and carnelian?

And finally, Ruby's dress would have burst into flames when she did.
Well, that's a new point, but even if her dress isn't Hard Light, that doesn't make it mundane.

Edited by thatother1dude on Jul 8th 2018 at 1:41:52 PM

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#56127: Jul 8th 2018 at 11:52:46 AM

I got the impression it was cross-Gem fusion, not cross-caste. That's why Rhodonite and Flourite are "defective".

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#56128: Jul 8th 2018 at 12:13:44 PM

[up][up][up] There's an issue in the comics where Stevonnie defuses while wearing a tux, and Steven and Connie are wearing parts of the outfit. It'd be like that, but in reverse.

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HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
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#56129: Jul 8th 2018 at 12:50:22 PM

The armour is easily explainable, too: they wear it for the same reason they use weapons - they can't make them out of their bodies.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#56130: Jul 8th 2018 at 12:56:58 PM

They finally used the upgraded weapons from Bismuth...

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#56131: Jul 8th 2018 at 12:58:25 PM

It would have felt kind of awkward to use gifts from somebody you then had to lock up for attempting to kill a child

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#56132: Jul 8th 2018 at 1:00:16 PM

In some people's mind...

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#56133: Jul 8th 2018 at 1:00:37 PM

Apparently in the Crystal Gems' minds.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#56135: Jul 8th 2018 at 1:03:44 PM

I mean...that's how it should've been, pretty much.

Drive it on home, foils.

They honestly looked smaller than the last time they appeared...stupid perspective shots.

Edited by randomness4 on Jul 8th 2018 at 1:04:18 AM

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HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
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#56136: Jul 8th 2018 at 1:14:17 PM

The only reason Yellow even got involved is because some utter asshole dropped a spaceship on Blue.

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#56137: Jul 8th 2018 at 1:26:04 PM

Based on his speech at the wedding, it looks like Steven is still unsure if Onion is human.

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#56138: Jul 8th 2018 at 1:36:59 PM

[up][up] It's not like a giant red hand grabbed her yellow hand ship and smacked it on top of her sister's blue hand ship that ended up crashing on top of her.

It makes me wonder if Yellow would actually be more dangerous if she fought the cluster herself. Her lighting can one-shot any gem right?

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#56139: Jul 8th 2018 at 1:40:57 PM

Probably...not.

That seems UP. Since she's only done it on smaller gems and it seems ridiculous to say that when every other gem is smaller than her.

So nevermind, just has yet to be seen.

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#56140: Jul 8th 2018 at 2:04:28 PM

the look on their faces

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#56141: Jul 8th 2018 at 2:12:37 PM

We've known for a long time that Amethyst stayed in the ground too long, but I didn't realize just how long. She was supposed to emerge the same time Pink began her charade as Rose, and she didn't actually emerge until after the war had finished. How long is a Gem supposed to take to emerge? A few years? Because it seems Amethyst was in the ground for a thousand times longer than she was supposed to.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#56142: Jul 8th 2018 at 2:14:53 PM

They said awhile back that Amethyst stayed in the ground 500 years longer than she was supposed to.

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#56143: Jul 8th 2018 at 2:17:45 PM

But the war lasted over 1000 years. According to this timeline she was in the ground for 2000 years too long.

Edited by WillKeaton on Jul 8th 2018 at 3:18:38 AM

ObligatorySarcasm Since: Aug, 2016
#56144: Jul 8th 2018 at 2:21:01 PM

I liked how while it was most likley due to the combined group effort, Blue falls onto her knees after Steven's attack. Guess the best way to scratch a diamond is with another diamond.

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fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
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#56145: Jul 8th 2018 at 2:23:46 PM

Makes me wonder if they will ever touch on Pink's size. She is supposedly defective right?

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#56146: Jul 8th 2018 at 2:25:03 PM

I don't buy the idea that Pink was defective, since White also bigger than Blue and Yellow.

Edited by SilentColossus on Jul 8th 2018 at 2:24:57 AM

Dr.XXX The Mad Doctor Since: Aug, 2014
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#56147: Jul 8th 2018 at 2:25:58 PM

Considering Blue Diamond's remarks on the nature of corruption and how it was intended to grind every gem on the surface to dust, it only leads to a few conclusions:

  • The lack of Pink Diamond in the Diamond Authority's attempt to wipe out the their rebels and subjects led to an incomplete spell for lack of a better term, leading to corruption, hence why Steven's healing spit only partially undid corruption for only a diamond could undo another diamond's work. In turn, it would take all four or three of the four Diamonds to undo it.
  • Three Diamonds was significant enough to shatter every single one, but one or more Diamonds wanted the rogue subjects to suffer, leading to deliberately altering a portion/holding back to create corruption. This would call for more drama, as this would be an alien illness for the Diamonds to remedy.
  • The Diamonds had no idea what they were doing due to being hellbent on killing rebels that they acted impulsively.
  • White Diamond is evil and is somehow the root cause of it.

You can tell which theories I put the most effort into because I'm willing to buy into those more.

Edited by Dr.XXX on Jul 8th 2018 at 5:26:13 AM

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#56148: Jul 8th 2018 at 2:35:29 PM

Pink was smaller than Blue and Yellow, but still much larger than any other Gem we've seen.

HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
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#56149: Jul 8th 2018 at 2:40:12 PM

I've mentioned before that we don't know anything about how Diamonds work - they may actually mature like humans do.

Having the other gem types ome out fully formed just makes sense.

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ObligatorySarcasm Since: Aug, 2016
#56150: Jul 8th 2018 at 2:44:40 PM

I don't think Pink is defective. Her size could be porportional to Yellow and Blue compared to their sizes to White, whom is at least confirmed to be bigger. The biggest is at the top of the four diamond symbol, the two below that one are smaller but the same size to each other as they are across from each other and the lowest is the smallest. Its like taking the 4 diamond symbol and tilting it with the top towards you and the bottom away. Perspectively, the top (white) is bigger while the bottom (pink) is smaller.

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