Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4224349-20150108233407/@comment-233389-20150112020625

Kman134 wrote: Gnx486 wrote: Thinking back to the engravings on that temple in Serious Steven. I think the term Pearl used in "Space Race", about "gem-controlled planets", was completely literal. Maybe the gems are some sort of empire, and the Crystal Gems are a rebellion led by Rose Quartz that thought subjugation was wrong. I agree; it would make a lot of sense what with the gem-turned-monsters, the battlefield in "Serious Steven", and the destroyed warp-pads leading to the gem homeworlds.

However, I don't think it's like a "rebellion against the evil galactic empire" scenario like in Star Wars, but more like an "Ancient civil war between two, or three, factions over good and evil" scenario like in transformers. Think about, what if the Crystal Gem aren't the only group on earth; what if there are other members of the Crystal Gems out in space fighting against the so-called "Gem Empire", or "Decepti-gems", and living on other worlds they are protecting, as well, and/or liberating worlds subjugated by the empire. This is along the lines of what I was thinking. But... I keep thinking about Centipeetle. It didn't have a cracked gem, but it was corrupted. Maybe the problem is something more than just ideology?