User:PaintspotInfez/Water Bear

The Water Bear is a corrupted Gem that made her debut in "Love Letters".

Appearance
The Water Bear has a light-blue, barrel-shaped body with three similarly colored pairs of short stubby legs on her sides. Each leg is equipped with four finger-like appendages. Her entire body mass, aside from her gemstone, is composed of a gelatinous substance. Her gemstone is located on her face and resembles a single eye. The gem is lavender-violet.

History
In "Love Letters", the Water Bear presumably attacks Garnet during her search for Malachite in the ocean, and is brought up the surface. For unknown reasons, she is thrown back into the water instead of being poofed and bubbled.

Trivia

 * She seems to be based on a tardigrade.
 * Tardigrades can live for a long time without nourishment, usually up to 30 years. They are also extremely durable as they can survive in the vacuum of space by entering a state of suspended animation.
 * Tardigrades are so small that they are barely visible to the human eye.
 * Another name for tardigrades is "Water Bears."
 * Another Water Bear appears in "Earthlings", however her gemstone is teal rather than lavender-violet and has a sea-foam green body instead of a light-blue one. Because of their similarities, they may be the same Gem type.

Official Artwork
Monstruo Gema Tardigrada