Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26265801-20150409011615

So the only known survivers of the gem war are the Crystal Gems, Lapis, and Jasper. This doesn't make very much sense. Jasper is about an equal match to Garnet, who is stronger than Amethyst and Pearl. While we don't know how strong Rose is, she probably could of beaten Jasper in a fair, one on one fight. What I'm getting to is, if there were a few more Homeworld Gems of equal strength to Jasper they could of pushed their way to victory. So why didn't they? Well, what if the Crystal Gem's numbers weren't so low at the end of the war?

While telling Steven about the Gem war, Greg says "In the end, your mother could only save a handfull of her closest friends. If it weren't for her shield, man, I don't know."

What is so special about this? The second sentence. If it weren't for her shield. So we know the only reason Rose, Pearl, Amethyst, and Garnet lived is her shield. That is... kinda odd. I mean, a shield only protects for one direction. I mean, if the war ended on the Gem Battlefield the Homeworld Gems could of just kept on fighting. But what if that wasn't quite how the war ended, with them fighting on a battlefield?

Now, back a few episodes to Marble Madness. Peridot says "A gem!? Ah, more? But the Red Eye didn't report the presence of any Gems on this planet." "You what? But the records say that the Gems were wiped out on Earth"

The Homeworld Gems didn't even know that Gems were left on Earth. That means the war likely didn't end with after the battle at the Gem Battlefield. How did it end? Well lets go way back to Serious Steven. Why? This is when we first saw the Gem Battlefield. What does it look like? Strawberries. A lot of them. No, I mean A LOT. Almost no other plant life, just strawberries and grass. I'm no geologist, but that is a bit odd.

So, what am I getting at? The Crystal Gems won on the Gem Battlefield, and there were more than four of them. Jasper and the other Homeworld Gems fled. They didn't just leave them to live off their lives though. They flew off in their ships, warmed up their guns, and bombarded the Gem Battlefield. Lets assume they used Laser Light Cannons, like the one's Rose owns. Those take a bit to warm up. Possibly enough time for Rose to find Amethyst, Pearl, and Garnet and put up her shield. The Laser Light Cannons would hit, and all the other Gems and the plantlife would be dead. The Homeworld Gems would think them all to be dead and fly off home, planning to use the warps to get back to Earth probably. Rose, haveing control over plantlife, would probably try fix the Gem Battlefield. Thus, the strawberries. 