Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25858307-20150409220541/@comment-24986099-20150409231750

Oka&amp;Lion wrote: Maybe the gems look how old they feel. I can totally see where you're coming from. Amethyst has always been the youngest Gem in the Crystal Gems and with Garnet, Rose, and Pearl there to protect her she could let herself be more vulnerable. Of course, Amethyst has always been an avid shapeshifter and could easily up her size when the situation requires but she also seems to be a pretty agile fighter and her small size could totally help her with that.

Also, with the last big threat to the Crystal Gems being over and done with, I could totally see the other Gems defaulting to more 'blend-in-able' wear to keep them from drawing attention to themselves because they want as little to do with humans as possible.

Of course the Gems can look as old as they feel because they are able to change the shape of their bodies almost whenever they want but I feel like their 'default' forms were able to be more for style and personal choise than for combat purposes.