I originally thought Lapis had informed the home world gems of the crystal gem's survival. That would be the reason Peridot was sent to reactivate kindergarten. Otherwise, I can't think of a reason they home world gems would wait 6000 years to reinvestigate the earth. Of course there's also the chance Peridot isn't involved with home world and is working for another group.
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I originally thought Lapis had informed the home world gems of the crystal gem's survival. That would be the reason Peridot was sent to reactivate kindergarten. Otherwise, I can't think of a reason they home world gems would wait 6000 years to reinvestigate the earth. Of course there's also the chance Peridot isn't involved with home world and is working for another group.
I love how Steven just assumes Peridot is someone he can have a friendly chat with. Poor guy really has no idea just how dangerous the world can be.
Peridot's recent activity with Earth might be because the crystal gems destroyed her Red Eye probe and she wanted to check out what was going on.
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Peridot's dialog also suggested that she/her superiors believed Gems were long extinct on Earth. So they knew it'd been a long time since contact was made.
Pearl suggested there were many Gem controlled words, not just their homeworld. Perhaps the Gem civilization covers the galaxy and they only recently decided to restart development on an old former colony (from their perspective) known as Earth.
Pearl suggested there were many Gem controlled words, not just their homeworld. Perhaps the Gem civilization covers the galaxy and they only recently decided to restart development on an old former colony (from their perspective) known as Earth.
She didn't seem to realize the red eye was destroyed until Pearl mentioned it. Not that it matters. Peridot's surprise at the crystal gem's presence just has me wondering what Lapis is up to.
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Via: Google search. Garnet is not a single mineral, but describes a group of several closely related minerals. Garnets come in a variety of colors and have many different varieties. However, the most widely-known color of Garnet gemstones is dark red.
Pretty much confirms it along with the leak. Dark Blue and Red would be perfect to fuse into one gem.
Pretty much confirms it along with the leak. Dark Blue and Red would be perfect to fuse into one gem.
Long Promo for Thursday's double feature online:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbsG5BGHSd4
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who gave that child a black eye?
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MisterGrey3000
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And there it is.
Looks like one of the 2 figures you see for a brief second after Alexandrite splits apart. Also that garnet hair and gloves...
googleplex
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Obscured eyes, squarish face, round shoulders... that one half of Garnet isn't it?
I'm really hoping the Garnet is a fused gem theory isn't true.
I'm really hoping the Garnet is a fused gem theory isn't true.
The one(s) for Thursday.
Oh come on, the evidence is like irrefutable. It's like people that were denying inhumans in Agents of shield.
googleplex
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I'm not saying it isn't true, I just don't like the ideal. I think it takes away from garnet as a character.
I still don't see how that's the case. What does she lose by being a fusion? There is so much interesting internal struggle by her living as a fusion for so long. Garnet will always be Garnet.
Fimbulvetr
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Also, it's pretty easy to assume that the statue their house is built on was based on all four(
5?
Like I'm assuming Ruby and Sapphire both have complete knowledge of their experience as Garnet. Hell, just typing that out makes me realize why Garnet is so happy that Steven fused with Connie. She loves being a fusion. As two separate gems, they will remember interacting with all these people, but now their motivations are somewhat different. All those times they had with Steven, Steven didn't have with them. He had it with Garnet, and that creates an interesting tension.
Based on the credits it seems Malachite might be a fusion of Jasper and Lapiz.
I think Im gonna lose track of who has fused with who and who they form when they are fused. I wonder if they'll set a limit on the number of gems in a fusion.
As for Garnet
I'd love it if they introduced a different type of quartz though
As for Garnet
I'm curious if she really is a fusion already. If the theory is that she is a fusion of Sapphire and Ruby then that would surprise me since I would expect them to use names of types of garnet and I don't think either of those gems are.
I'd love it if they introduced a different type of quartz though
MisterGrey3000
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I was kind of hoping Malachite might be a healed/un-corrupted version of the Centipeedle though. :<
Serves me right for getting too excited before properly taking it all in.
Serves me right for getting too excited before properly taking it all in.
Either way Thursday is going to be a whole lot of fun...at this point Garnet being a fusion gem seems very likely; I can't wait to see what is done with the two characters that make her up if this ends up being the case.
Holy hell.
They're both credited for the same role because they'll be speaking together simultaneously, instead of Malachite having its own voice. And YES, Lapis confirmed to make an appearance.
Pulling out all the stops.
Kai Dracon
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if she is a fusion, I wonder if there is a particularly special reason why she has remained fused so long. I recall a notion that one of Garnet's gems may be damaged, to the point it can't be repaired. And the other half of Garnet fused, and stayed fused, to save the other gem.
Admiral Woofington
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I honestly don't mind as that would mean that instead of 3 gems that love Steven as a little bro there are four. Steven building his gem family army. Heck Lapis doesn't seem to hate him either.
googleplex
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Because if Garnet is just a fusion of two other characters then she ceases to be a unique individual and she just becomes a Gestalt of two actual people. The same why I don't I really consider Opal or Sugilite as characters on the show just amalgams of Pearl/Amethyst and Amethyst/Garnet respectively.
It also seems to brake the internal logic of of the show. All Fusions that we've seen all have multiple limbs and their weapons are combination of two other weapons.
But I'm willing to keep an open mind and hope Rebecca Suger has something clever planed other then she just a fused Gem.
It also seems to brake the internal logic of of the show. All Fusions that we've seen all have multiple limbs and their weapons are combination of two other weapons.
But I'm willing to keep an open mind and hope Rebecca Suger has something clever planed other then she just a fused Gem.
And it also might be a little confusing since I believe it was mentioned that they begin to "lose themselves" when fused too long. Garnet looks a little small for a fusion, barring the size of a human/gem fusion combo. But anything can happen.
I wonder if this even needs to be spoiler tagged. lol
I wonder if this even needs to be spoiler tagged. lol
Clips/synopses for this week's episodes: http://www.toonzone.net/2015/03/cli...steven-universe-transformers-robots-disguise/
Full Disclosure though...
Full Disclosure though...
poor Steven's going to lose his innocence this week.
So many new clips. Must resist watching them.
AlexMeloche
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Oh god I have too many things to do next week to be able to watch those. D:
Admiral Woofington
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yeah
looks like he will be learning about the other gems and how his team has betrayed the regular gems or something. Poor Steven will learn that eveything isn't awesome
I don't think anybody dislikes steven. He's like the chicken soup for all their emotional turmoil.
The stevonnie and sugilite episodes made it pretty clear that fusions are unique individuals.
Well... DISCUSSION BASED ON FUTURE CLIPS
Considering Garnet seems to be the fusion of two kids(?) (based on Sapphire's size) it makes sense that they would form a slightly smaller (yet still incredibly tall) fusion ala Stevonnie. As far as Garnet being 'less of a character', I'd strongly disagree. Garnet seems to be the biggest enigma. Heck one episode is dedicated to the rest of the cast guessing what she does on her solo outings. Revealing Garnet as a fusion actually opens up a whole slew of stories for her which she has been sorely lacking even in the more character heavy season 2 (with the only true Garnet character episode being Future Vision). With Garnet being a (kid?) fusion opens up a whole new slew of story possibilities for Steven and the gems. What does it mean for her leader role? How will Steven interact with Garnet. Will Amethyst and Pearl still trust Garnet if they didn't know. Why did Garnet fuse in the first place. There are tons of possibilities.
As far as Garnet being an amalgam of Ruby and Sapphire, we know for sure she has a red, blue and purple (red and blue mixed) eye and she may be hiding her arms but who knows if Ruby even has arms. Even then Stevonnie didn't have extra arms when she fused. It could just be unique as KiN0 said.
As far as Garnet being an amalgam of Ruby and Sapphire, we know for sure she has a red, blue and purple (red and blue mixed) eye and she may be hiding her arms but who knows if Ruby even has arms. Even then Stevonnie didn't have extra arms when she fused. It could just be unique as KiN0 said.
Oh there you are. And still airing at 5pm I see... that just leaves Story for Steven, unless that's Full Disclosure in disguise.
About Jail Break's preview:
I didn't notice the screams until the second rewatch. Sounds like the Gems are being tortured? How dark is this going to get?
Admiral Woofington
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The show is starting to get dark. I'm liking this direction lol.
Oh there you are. And still airing at 5pm I see... that just leaves Story for Steven, unless that's Full Disclosure in disguise.
About Jail Break's preview:I didn't notice the screams until the second rewatch. Sounds like the Gems are being tortured? How dark is this going to get?
Well that left me wanting more... D:
[despair intensifies]
Oh there you are. And still airing at 5pm I see... that just leaves Story for Steven, unless that's Full Disclosure in disguise.
About Jail Break's preview:I didn't notice the screams until the second rewatch. Sounds like the Gems are being tortured? How dark is this going to get?
googleplex
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Garnet made the point that Stevonnie wasn't an individual but an experience.
Black-Wind
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I take her saying that more-so in the way that a Fusion is a temporary "experience" that is expected to end and that Stevonnie shouldn't get wrapped up in thinking about it too hard and enjoy it.
Sugilite was fused for like a day or so (too long according to Pearl) and she out-right rejects the notion of defusing because she then sees herself as an individual and that being separated takes that away. Now, the internal goings on that result in that? Not sure. Maybe Sugilite's individual persona grew to over-ride them. Maybe Garnet and Amy started to think of themselves AS Sugilite, meaning that they effectively lost themselves as individuals and started to think of them-self as just HER.
Either way Stevonnie and Sug show that Fusions have individual personalities.
Yeah, I guess she could be that size for two gem fusion. I just assumed that 3 eyes were just unique to her randomly for future vision. And I assumed gems would be larger even for child fusions. The Stevonnie fusion size made sense to me just because I thought that being mostly human that they were small. I still think she is an individual when fused and I agree that it would open a lot of good story points if she really is.
Yeah, could be ruby has no arms or one of the two has one good eye so thats where the 3 eyes comes from. Really interesting stuff.
Yeah, could be ruby has no arms or one of the two has one good eye so thats where the 3 eyes comes from. Really interesting stuff.
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