Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26447369-20150602054134/@comment-26121490-20150612063145

In all honesty, I think this is just one of those things like the whole Pearl "I love pie! Oh wait, I hate food! It's disgusting!" thing where they decided it would be cool/interesting to do something that is not entirely in line with the previous continuity. Of course, like in any magical universe, there is so much we don't know or aren't told that pretty much anything is possible AND explainable, ultimately. For example, I think most of the above explanations would fit the continuity just fine if the writers chose to explain why Malachite didn't defuse.