Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24917712-20150212154926

I've been seeing alot of the Crystal Gems are "bad guys", that they're rogues. While it's somewhat true the Crystal Gems aren't exactly criminals.

The Crystal Gems fought a war with " Home World Gems " and won. What was the war over? Sucking away the Earth's resources. The Crystal Gems  felt that it wasn't right doing so, simply because to them, Earth was a planet, like theirs, and that there should be equality for all. In order to make sure No  Home World Gems came looking for them, they destroyed the warps to other planets. The only  one feeling remorseful about it was Pearl.

Pearl was more of a strict person when the series started. But in Space Race, she dared ventured to the wild side and took Steven along, knowing that Greg wouldn't appreciate that. She missed Home World even though she knew what they did. This leads me to believe Pearl has conflicted feelings towards "Home World" but I digress.

Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl are believed to be extinct by "Home World" gems, otherwise Peridot wouldn't have came to do a maitenence check on Earth. They're planning to dig the Earth out completely, feeling that since the Gems,or rather maybe Rose, isn't here anymore, there's nothing in their way.

 Home World Gems know nothing about Steven. It would be a epiphany if they found out about him. Maybe in Jailbreak, the Gems are protecting Steven because since there aren't any humans on Home World, this would make Steven a target, for studying and doing experiments on. The Gems don't want to lose Steven as well as humanity. 