Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25028999-20140801192152/@comment-24986099-20141011121433

Lilduders wrote: A theory that I love and read elsewhere is that Rose intentionally gave up her physical form to have Steven be half-gem and half-human. This was done to allow him to bridge the gap between Gem and human kind, as there seems to be an underlying conflict going on there, and being both Gem and human, he'd be the most likely to be able and do what Rose couldn't, which is connecting both species.

I can't really see there being a conflict between Gem and human kind. If there was we would know about it by now, especially since Beach City has been threatened countless times by Gem creations and--as far as we know--nobody even cares enough about it to defend themselves or take even the slightest action to be alert to these things.

If there's any conflict here it's between the Crystal Gems and the Gems from the other planet(s).