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Marhawkman wrote: I like the corruption hypothesis. But there's no reason to think it occurred years or even months after they were created. It may have been almost immediate in some cases. But... going back to the question about gems "dying". Maybe it's about the mind? Perhaps gems with bodies are only those who can think like a person? And being corrupted makes then stop thinking straight? Right that may be another reason why the Crystal Gems were so against the kindergarden, not only was it damaging to Earth but the process ended up creating faulty gems!

And that's a good theory on bodies, they might even forget how to create a physical form of their own magic all together! And also for the latter, take Centipeetle for example: After being debubbled it took on a human form for a second, but then transformed into its famous monster form. Whatever corupting force is there is keeping it from remembering its ability to make a human construct. Whether this was by gem warfare or faulty construction, time will tell.