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Marhawkman wrote: It's possible the homeworld gems left Earth alone for so long because they thought the Crystal gems were all DEAD or corrupted. Maybe the War was such a pyrrhic victory that neither side really won anything? The Crystal gems were almost wiped out, and the HW gems took massive casualties and lost their bases on Earth?

That, seems pretty plausible actually. The Crystal Gems won in the sense that they kept the homeworld from destroying earth, but all died or became corrupted afterward so it may have been a win/lose on both sides.