Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4224349-20150312200851/@comment-4910042-20150312220521

Half of the fandom called it, but still, it's awesome to see it confirmed: Garnet has indeed been a fusion this whole time. I find it quite interesting  to see just how close Ruby and Sapphire are. Actual rubies and sapphires are the same mineral, corundum, but they have different trace elements that make them red or blue (there are other colors as well). Maybe Ruby and Sapphire are the Gem equivalent of twins, thus making them very in sync with each other? Thousands of years fused together probably only added to that bond.

These were indeed incredible episodes. A serious threat, with Steven coming through and saving the day in a believable way. Many things revealed, a few more questions raised, Garnet singing, Lapis's sacrifice...yeah, I have a new favorite episode in Jail Break. :D

Poor, poor Lapis. It's not quite dying, but it's close enough. I kind of suspected that once it seemed that neither Garnet, Amethyst, or Pearl would die, it would be her. I even saw her taking Jaspar with her. This way, though, there is a chance she could come back, though it would also mean releasing Jaspar.

Various minor things intrigue me: Jasper called Pearl "a defective Pearl." Does that mean that there are indeed other individual Gems that share the same name and type? Do they look exactly alike? It would be strange for there to be only one Gem per gemstone. Sure, there are thousands of rocks and minerals that are considered gemstones, but there would have to be billions of individuals to run an empire.

Jasper seems to consider Steven an abomination of sorts. It's bad enough that Rose is the leader of a rebellion; I imagine creating an organic life form-Gem hybrid only makes it worse.

I'm guessing Yellow Diamond is part of the Great Diamond Authority. Is she the leader, or maybe just one of a council?

Peridot is still at large. I'll bet the next season will involve her trying to contact Homeworld to bring more than two two extra Gems to Earth, maybe even an army. Things were bad enough with just Jasper and that hand ship. We'll just have to wait and see.