Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26011459-20150116034559

On corrupted gems, or gem monsters as I've taken to calling them:

I think the corrupted gems could be either aftermath from a war/rebellion that Rose started, but more likely I think it's that the gem corruption is roughly equivalent to humans' mental diseases. It seems to be a state of mind, almost, and the Gems are either aware or hopeful that they can bring them back. This is the most logical theory, that Earth is perhaps being used as a ward for the corrupted gems the Gems on the homeworld have given up on. However, there's another theory I feel is interesting (albeit rather unfounded).

It isn't a huge stretch to say that Diamond is the leader of the Gem society (or a member of a council made up of precious gemstones), seeing as what we know about the Great Diamond Authority. It's also l ikely that's who Rose was fighting in that one mural in the Pyramid Temple. However, since the Crystal Gems (those we know of on Earth) are basically terrified of them now, I doubt Diamond's all that nice. So, making a huge logical leap here, what if the rulers of gem society punish gems who've rebelled or somehow screwed up by making them into corrupted gems and sending them to planets like Earth to live out the rest of their tortured existence? If Rose, Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl were sent as overseers, and they ended up falling in love with the planet as at the very least Rose did, they wouldn't want these gem monsters running amok and destroying much of human civilization. Think about it, have you ever seen any human settlement other than Beach City or a vague mention from Connie of where she's lived before? Probably, but I'm not searching through episodes to find it.

That theory, while a wild conjecture, as most theories at this stage in the show will be, explains the presence of gem monsters and the Crystal Gems themselves, as well as their animosity towards the rest of Gem society. It would then figure that the gems are only taking care of Steven out of love for Rose and the human race, and he isn't chosen for some "great destiny" - which would really be a bit disappointing for this show.

Overall, while I'm sure almost all of this is wrong, I do believe I have a couple of good points, and I tried to string the rest along as well as I could. Feel free to poke holes in anything I've said here. In fact, please do. It's so much fun making up and developing ideas about SU this whole world is so fascinating oh my goodness.

I'm also very new to wikis - this is my first post ever - so if this is formatted wrong in any way, please let me know and I'm sorry. I'm just so excited guys this is such a great show aaah

tl;dr

-corrupted gems could be aftermath of a war/rebellion Rose created to protect earth

-they could be akin to mental patients the gem society has given up on and sent to earth, the crystal gems protect humanity from them

-Diamond could be the ruler of the gem society somehow, and gem corruption is a punishment 