Talk:Blue Diamond/@comment-26677518-20160107061547/@comment-27567839-20160108061851

based off of the reactions of the gems, and the effect, I would say you can consider the offence to be on par with homosexuality. There are places even now where if there is even the slightest hint, you are put to death. And that was common in the old days. Only same sex is permitted as 'natural'. Well it's the same here only they consider fusing with your own gem type to be 'natural' and mixed gem fusions to be a horrible crime. Just look at their reactions to something that, in our minds, is so minor. To them it's a messed up crime against nature. Since Sapphire was of a higher rank, and Ruby initated it, Ruby was seen as the one at fault. And since she was just a lowely common guard, she was the one to be put to death. Sapphire likely would have been scolded but eventually forgiven.