Talk:Corrupted Gems/@comment-3965346-20151004013636/@comment-26512843-20151028044847

This is literally exactly what I was pondering as I began reading this.

The problem with that theory, though, is that Lapis Lazuli's gem was cracked. The corrupted gemstones don't have cracks in them. Perhaps, since, as far as we know, Gems are immortal, they have lived for such a long time that their higher dimensional forms (Pearl mentions that her physical form is a projection from her gemstone that allows her to interact with this dimension, if I recall correctly) themselves have cracked. Or perhaps their minds have been broken.

On the other hand, the Crystal Gems seem to be convinced that they can heal the corrupted gems, which makes the 'broken mind' theory much less likely.