Thread:Iudexkoo/@comment-3560963-20150209015620/@comment-28584561-20150209113156


 * sigh* Before I give you my rebuttal, let me address this first.

"In conclusion, it's this kind of shortsightedness is what I'm trying to get rid of with my blog. I'm so sick of people trying to justify a tired cliche of the Crystal Gems being evil! Also, I'm telling you this here because my blog post won't let me reply."

You do realize you are equally shortsighted? You are sick of people having their own opinions on matters that don't coincide with yours. The sword cuts both ways. You're tired of the tired cliche that the CGs are evil, but another tired cliche is the apparent extraterrestrial saviours are good and will do no harm. Mind you, I see that the Homeworld gems are evil but I also see the view of the homeworld gem's views on the CG. I look at both side of the coins. You only like to look at one because looking past the shadow of a doubt is too far to try to understand. I took the stand to defend the Homeworld Gems because you weren't giving them a chance to actually fully show their true colors, you are judging them by their short appearances and events that could be justified.

"So what? By that logic, Captain Planet's evil for stopping megalomaniacs from taking over the world and destroying the environment."

Technically, yes he is, in a world where good is bad and bad is good, CP would be considered evil. Also considering he isn't from another planet but from earth, there isn't really anyone who deems him as evil as most of the villains of the show are from the same planet as him. Also, your analogy is sorely lacking points. Here's what's wrong with your analogy, Captain Planet is from earth, he saves the earth from harm, CP's people (humans) see him as a hero; the Crystal Gems aren't from earth (save maybe Amethyst) but they save the earth, the inhabitants of earth see them as heroes but what about amongst their people (Gems)? Are they still considered heroes?

"It's been said by multiple episodes that, Crystal Monsters or not, other Gems are callous, insensitive jerks towards other forms of life, only caring about themselves. If Peridot and Lapis are of any indication, they'll do anything to fufill their needs, even at the cost of destroying sentient life. Lapis for example took and entire ocean and potentially disrupted the Earth's climate just because she "wanted to go home". And Peridot's equally as guilty since she practically left her robots for dead at the warp pad because the "site may have been comprimised".

The key here is self-preservation. Your whole argument revolves around how the people of earth see the Gems. For all we know the Gems could be a dying race and needed to gather some resources from other planets. Lapis did all those things because she wanted to go home. She said herself "I never believed in this place", this would indicate that Lapis was sent to do something on earth, protect maybe? And was ultimately trapped inside the mirror for glob knows who, for eons maybe, and was left alone all that time and only used as a tool. She was also broken, when Amethyst gem was broken there were times when she actually looked like she was in pain, now imagine how Lapis felt having her gem broken for years and years with no one to help her fix it, mind you, Rose was still alive at this point. And when Steven talked to her atop the water elevator she actually showed emotion no "megalomaniac" would show. She felt sadness, hurt, betrayal, and regret. And when Steven healed Lapis, she actually said thank you and left. If she wanted, she could've destroyed the earth in an instant because even when she was broken she easily defeated the CGs and had total control of the vast majority of the ocean, what now if she was fully healed? In Peridot's case, a compromise of a system is a big deal. How could she left her robots for dead when they weren't even alive or showed any sentience outside from being programmed tasks? She could've gathered all of them and cleaned them manually but a compromise is a big deal, she didn't take any type of risk that could potentially be a threat to her people.

"So that gives them an excuse to suck Earth dry of...whatever the heck they're after for their own ends? Yeah, REAL subjective! YEAH, SERIOUSLY! I repeat; the other Gems are jerks! Who cares if they see giving a crap about billions, if not trillions of life forms is wrong? And are you seriously telling me it's a LAW to destroy planets for their resources? By that logic, the military in Avatar was always in the right because they wanted that MacGuffin element! "

The natural world is a harsh environment. Our laws don't affect the homeworld gems and their laws don't affect us but they have the upper hand. It all a bilogical arms race, it's an eat or be eaten universe. They see humans as inferior (even Pearl agrees) in the same boat that we see them as monsters. It's not a law to destroy planets but if it's a need, then it's an entirely different matter. In Avatar, the military's cause was good but their means weren't.

Finally, as I've said I see the Homeworld Gems as borderline bad. They have yet to show their true colors. And if they do infact reveal as pure evil, then I will accept that. I won't cling to a theory that's already been concretely debunked. And you keep fighting off the people who see the Crystal gems as evil because in your eyes they are good, and people who think otherwise are wrong. What ever happened to the saying "Innocent until proven guilty"?