Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26198832-20150313023659/@comment-26317134-20150416044318

couple of my fan theories plus some arguments.

greg said that rose was only able to save some of her closest friends. so amethyst is either one of rose's best friends, or was somehow able to escape the war in general.

jasper stated that she was at the first war. As rose's closest friends, the crystal gems were probably generals in the battle so jasper would know about them, and would know about amethystt regardless because she was evidently the (probably) sngular failure of the kindergarten.

what rose saved her friends from, i think, was a biological weapon that enraged gems/made them unable to act normally/erased their sentience. one two or all three of those. in monster buddies, the centipeedle first tried to take on a humanoid shape. if you watch REALLY carefully. a bit like ruby and sapphire were almost revealed when alexandrite defused. you can kinda for a frame see ruby and sappire's outlines before they fuse back in the middle of defusing.

the height of the gem might have to do with the number/power of abilities the gem has. steven is short, because he can't control his powers. he might grow with competence. amethyst is short because her abilities, though abundant, are a bit weak. garnet can generate electricity, withstand melting heat, etc... so she is tall. jasper has amethyst's abilities on a grander scale so she is tall. pearl can outright make a duplicate of herself that is able to fight (the training hologram), can store other gems in her gem, make holograms, and can fire lasers. peridot can use her hand to control technology by making a screen with her fingers, and has something to do with the robonoids.

rose quartz has a huge amount of abilities of incredible power. a bubble strong enough to withstand a spaceship crash, control of a plant army, a shield that is stronger than the bubble but is one directional, lion is probably some manifestation of her powers. the light cannons are probably a manifestion of her power (or were made for her by another gem/just made like normal weapons), she can heal gems, she can imbue a fountain with her healing powers, and some abilities probably havent been metioned yet. note: i have counted anything steven could do as a gem as one of rose's powers.