Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-5642360-20161221153042/@comment-26202330-20170102172126

Andrias&#039;sMalachite wrote: Strong In The Real Way wrote: Ronaldo Smith wrote: Strong In The Real Way wrote: NETGEAR57 wrote: What to you guys think the Homeworld structures will look like? Same as on Earth, but less Rose Quartz statues. One thing I've wondered about is that, because Gem's bodies are illusions, they are not affected by the weather. Therefor they do not need buildings for their primary purpose, which is sheltering the builders.

There are other secondary uses for buildings, mainly sheltering the possessions of the builders.

So I can imagine that the Gems might have Labs, Offices, and so on, places that are built for working in so that the artifacts used are protected from weather. Also fortifications would make sense. However it does not make sense for the Gems to build homes. Instead they would merely need storage facilities for their belongings (Amethyst's room being a perfect example). Most of it is probably decorative, and more importantly, ceremonial in nature. Temples and shrines and stuff. Gems are also the self-worshipping types to erect statues of themselves. I mean, even Rose who is supposed to be so humble and stuff still is depicted friggin' everywhere! Rose-worship by the Crystal Gems even rivals Diamond-worship by Homeworld Gems, heh. Man it would be so great to see a temple dedicated to the worshipping of the Diamonds.

Plus, if you're right, why is the temple shaped like the fusion of Rose, Pearl, Garnet and AMETHYST, who wasn't here at the time of the war ? why would the CGs bother to build such a thing ? Because Gems love themselves a whole lot, I guess. They build all these temples and shrines, but they seemingly have no religion to speak of. Well, they apparently have a "Moon Goddess" but she seems more like a celebrated mythological figure than an actual goddess they believe in and worship,  IMO.

Instead these structures are either dedicated to individual Gems (most of the time a single Diamond or the entire Diamond Authority. Or in the case of the Crystal Gems to their "Diamond", Rose) or Gems as a whole. I mean, even the moon base which was a scientific/military installation rather than a cultural site was decorated with lots of Gem art celebrating their Diamonds.

I guess they just got Ozymandias-fever.