Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-15984194-20150311065749

Here is a hypothesis, that Rose's rebellion was part of a larger series of rebellions across the gem colonies. This civil war was followed by reactionary change in the home world that turned it into a more repressive and technocratic place, and the arrival of Peridot is part of a larger campaign to retake the former colonies. It has been referred in the show that the gem home world had "colonies", and thus that the gems had set up colonies on more than just earth. When Peridot arrives she comes in a stern, operative manner, and in her next appearance further reveals herself as a technocrat. The type of person you would send for a technical, yet not unique task. When seeing the crystal gems she says that she didn't expect for there to be gems on this planet. Which implies that there were other planets that they would expect gems to be on. If it is the case that there were multiple rebellions on different colonies, that would help to explain the sending of a single technocrat to reestablish connection to earth. where if earth were the only rebel planet they likely would have sent a larger and more commanding force. Rose may very well have been influenced by a larger anti-imperialist movement within the gem population. In our history there are examples of anti-imperialist movements arising in the imperialist countries being opposed. If a larger movement had helped inspire Rose to launching her rebellion it could have inspired rebellions in various other gem worlds within a similar period of time. If such a widespread rebellion occurred across the gem colonies the shock of it could have produced a reactionary movement in the home world that resulted in an ultra imperialist and genocidal mentality. sort of like how the shock of losing world war I inspired the beginnings of the Nazi's. The home world's war effort to defeat the rebelling colonies could have inspired rapid advances in technology and industrialization, and the development of a larger bureaucratic system. Similar to the Union U.S. in the American Civil war. Hence Peridot's use of advanced technology and reporting to superiors. This would help to explain Lapis Lazuli in the "the message". Lapis in her first appearance states that she never cared for earth, yet in her latest appearance indicates her displeasure for how the home world has changed and warns them of the coming attack. Lapis may have been a nativist and traditionalist; preferring the culture of the home world and not caring about the colonies, either as a protect or an imperialist. Thus after being trapped on a colony she had never wanted to be on she returns to a home world that has changed, and thus is displeased, and not caring for the imperialist matter is willing to send a warning of the coming invasion. If this scenario is the case then, when Peridot, reported to her superiors, her superiors (being veterans of fighting campaigns to take back other former colonies) took the news more seriously and decided to send a large invasion force to stamp out the threat. 