Talk:Obelisk/@comment-26840812-20160809161907/@comment-26462356-20160809162853

I think the idea was that the temple was the Gem's projection of a body.

So when Steven pulled the gem out he in effect 'poofed' the temple.

The problem with that is that there was all this material scatered about by the temple exploding, i.e. pieces of the temple, so that suggests the temple was a physical relic and not just a projection.

I tend to conclude that the temple was part a physical relic and part a Gem projection, though which was which we can't tell.

It also seems to me the physical part would have had to be constructed before the Rebellion ended. If it had been constructed after then Garnet or Pearl would have known about it, or Rose would have built it by herself in secret.