Talk:Sexy Beast/@comment-26199450-20150313080421/@comment-26270533-20150418230831

as good as this sounds, yes, shapeshifting was involved in Rose's pregnancy, but it was confirmed by one of the show's writers (either Matt or Ian but I'm having trouble remembering which) that she shapeshifted a womb so she COULD give physical birth to Steven. That's why they couldn't exist at the same time. The reason why the Gems are so worried about Steven getting hurt is because he's half human, and since his body is physical and not an illusion (as Pearl puts it), retreating to his Gem may not be an option. If he gotbadly injured, it may be more likely that he'd die from the injury (or recover slowly, depending on the severity of the injury) rather than retreating to his gem