Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25858307-20150409220541/@comment-26271781-20150409233512

Sharayna wrote: 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. That isn't exactly what I meant. Steven didn't change of his own free will in so many birthdays. I was saying that maybe they felt secure and happy when Rose was around, like children with their mother. They felt young, and maybe that affected their forms, in some way. After Rose turned into Steven, they probably felt like they had to be strong for Steven, like Rose had been strong for them. They felt like they had to take care of him, and Rose was gone. Rose almost seemed like a mom to them in this episode. They felt older without her, and they also had a new creature to take care of. This is just what I think, of course.