Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25539649-20150210205325/@comment-25539649-20150212020653

A man of questionable sanity wrote: I like the idea of a villian who isn't cold or ruthless, a gem who truly cares about their fellow gems and wants to  do anything they can to protect there species (a la general zod or since she's already here, the queen of blades) it's just that part of that means exploiting other planets like earth, I suspect the homeworld gems view other life forms like humans view animals, and that they think they still serve the greater good by serving themselves.

A darker take on this could be that Rose's rebellion could have been disastrous for Gem kind as a whole and while Rose was unaware of this having cut off earth from gem controlled space, damage to the gem homeworld or perhaps the loss of kindergarten could have wreaked havoc on there civilization (which might also explain why it's taken them so long to come back?) and so now the gems are finally turning there attention back to earth, vengeful for the percieved betrayl and despeate to rebuild. Interesting theory. Although I don't think that the homeworld gems view other species as animals. My theory is that when gems traveled through space for the first time, they discovered that the galaxy was filled with war and destruction. Shocked by this, the gems took over these war filled planets to promote peace and order. Now this alien races follow extremely harsh laws and regulations that, when broken, could lead to the death penalty. The CRYSTAL gems are trying to overthrow this tyrannical empire.