Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25365147-20150419000436/@comment-26341151-20150424204447

How corruption happens, and then how it is undone, depends on whether we believe that the gem itself is corrupted, or that its just the translation of that gem onto a physical form that is corrupted, similar to how Amethyst was glitchy when her gem cracked.

We also have to consider the fact that the Centipetle came out of the gem as the same monster, if a younger version, in Monster Buddies, which might mean the gem itself is corrupt, since any other time a gem has reformed they have looked similar to before.

That, or due to the corruption, the gem cannot express themselves as the intented form, only as this disconnected monster. The rage and confusion of this may translate into this monster and cause its aggressive nature, all while the true gem is trappd inside and unable to communicate. The form the monster takes is probably in relation to the personality of the original gem, explaining why it always appears similar whenever reformed?

Idk, I've always considered the 'soul' of the gems to be like coding and electircal signals, much like the part of our brain housing our personalities. But it could be that the gem souls are more corruptable, being not made or the same stuff as humans. Possibly the same reason the Gem Destabiliser doesn't affect Steven?

The question remains though, is the corrupton an 'emotional' issue, or a physical one?