Talk:Pearl/@comment-26202330-20150315184443/@comment-26202330-20150315195418

I'm certain she could've done something. I'm not trying to excuse her behavior, but as I mentioned she was probably have the Gem version of a mental breakdown at that point - once she saw Steven fall she might've thought he was dead for sure and just slumped down on the spot in grief/blaming herself.

Also - yup the human form in "Monster Buddies" was something I noticed early on. As soon as Pearl mentioned that the the Gem Monsters are corrupted Gems in "Ocean Gem", I started thinking about how the Gem Monsters are most likely survivors from the Crystal Gem rebellion that somehow got corrupted afterwards.

Personally I have two theories:


 * The Kindergarten did something to Earth making it dangerous for Gems to be on the planet (perhaps the Gems abandon a planet once they've created enough Gems because of corruptive "radiation" being a leftover of the process)


 * The rebellion unleashed something, perhaps a big magical spell, that "tainted" the Earth making it dangerous for Gems to be on the planet.