Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26233810-20150109184716/@comment-6976112-20150123223812

I'd like to expand on Captian Picky's theory only slightly. There is a gem battlefield that is shown in episode eight "Serious Steven." I do believe that they were there in search of more minerals but there was already a strong gem pressence on earth due to the many warp pads and temples. What if there was a schism between the gems already on the planet? I suggest this based on the evidence shown in with the battlefield. The strawberries and the abundance of life may be placed there by Rose to heal it over. As shown in the puzzle temple of that episode, there was a battle between Rose and another force, possibly Diamond.

The "monsters" or corrupted gems are shown or mentioned in almost every episode. Some have varying forms and abilities. In episode twenty-three "Monster Buddies," Steven is bubbled back to the temple in order to protect him. He falls from the bubble and pops another containing the centipeedle from the first episode. As we saw with Pearl reforming in episode sixteen "Steven the Sword Fighter," the gem takes a human form before assuming it's monster form. Through out this episode, you see the newly reformed gem and Steven forming a friendship. At the end, it freaks out at the sight of Garnets gauntlets. Oh but, craziedork, that means that it must have fought Garnet in the past and became corrupted! No, it is afraid of all the gem's weapons due to the fact it was defeated by all three at the end of the first episode. So CaptainPicky's theory on how they retain memory is easily true. I can further prove it by examining the monster shown in the first appearance of Connie in episode seven "Bubble Buddies." The monster is shown after Connie and Steven fall into the ocean with his bubble and is shown eating a glowing red seaweed. With the worm possibly retaining some of it's memories, it could have had a memory with glowing red things after it was shown chasing after the glowing red arm band that Connie had.

However, there are a few monsters who are shown being "drawn" to the temple. For what reason? Why would the monsters actively seek out this temple in particular? I don't believe them to be actively hostile, maybe they're in search of help and that is all they remember from their previous form. Perhaps they remember that being where the leader of the Gem war was stationed. Who knows? Anywho, I thought I would add a few points to his theory but add a little more onto the monsters.