Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26189598-20150411152007

From what we've seen from the show so far, the Homeworld Gems' reason for coming to Earth was to suck the life out of it to create more gems through the use of Kindergartens. Some people believe that it was so they could create more of there own so they could have enough gems to spread across the Universe. However, I have a theory that could potentially be the most important plot point of the series, and could cast the Homeworld Gems' in a whole different light. After all, Rebecca Sugar did state that Steven Universe would not have any villains in the traditional sense, and any reason other than the one I'm about to state would automatically make the Homeworld Gems fall into that category. My theory states that the Homeworld Gems' built the Kindergartens to save their species. We don't know how natural gems came into existence, but due to gemology being one of the show's key themes, the most likely reason is they came into being like real gemstones, forming from chemical reactions within the magma in their planets' crust and mantle before rising to the surface to live their lives and take their first steps (the last bit of the sentence only applies to Steven Universe gems obviously.) Since the process for creating real gemstones involves thousands if not millions of years of heat and pressure underneath the Earth's surface, it's very likely that there was a point in gemkind where the Homeworld stopped "giving birth" to new gems. The gems wouldn't think too much of it because they had more than enough people (presumably 20,000-40,000) to contribute to their civilization. But then, an impurity-based plague had struck the Homeworld and started corrupting the gems into monsters that would go on to corrupt other gems. The gems, finally got the corrupted gem threat under control. In the aftermath, only a couple hundred gems remained, which left gemkind in a state of suffering and societal decay. Since we know that Rose Quartz couldn't cure the corrupted gems, the Homeworld Gems, after a period of research realized that the only way to regain their lives and well-being was to artificially create gems to replace their corrupted people, through the use of the life-sucking Kindergartens. However, Rose Quartz saw a non-destructive alternative involving humanity that was the best compromise for both her people and Earth's life. So, she and her followers tried to convince the Homeworld Gems to take a less-deadly approach, and instead look towards mankind for the solution. The Homeworld Gems couldn't comprehend Rose's view of humans. They were disappointed and angered at her and her followers because they felt like they were denying their own people's survival for the well-being of lesser lifeforms that would never be able to achieve what gemkind had, so they saw Rose as delusional and a potential threat to their species. It wasn't until Rose's rebellion shut down the Kindergartens that their fears were confirmed, and war was declared. Having lost the battle for Earth through traditional tactics (clashing armies) the Homeworld Gems decided to retreat to their ships and bombard Earth with corruption-related agents that turned most of Rose's soldiers into monsters. They would then return to the planet 5,000 years later with advanced technology like gem destabalizers to defeat the monsters when the corruption had spread to most if not all of the gems on Earth. This would explain why most of Rose's armies are corrupted despite winning the war against the Homeworld. After millennia of searching for a suitable human for her plan, Rose Quartz met Greg Universe who would then impregnate her with Steven (not that she didn't love Greg) with the intent of surpassing her in the areas she could not, and more importantly, restoring gemkind by healing the corrupted and thus put an end to the Homeworld's destructive means for a better future.

Taking all that into consideration, are the Homeworld Gems truly evil? There's no denying the attrocities they've been confirmed and implied to have commited, but perhaps, it was for the greater good of their species. Which means their methods are insignificant in the eyes of salvation.

What do you think?  