Talk:Corrupting Light/@comment-5343741-20160818025812

This is my personal take on corruption. We know that a gem's body is a physical projection, made of solid light. We know that during the attack of the Corrupting Light, most of the current crystal gems were protected by Rose's shield. We know that Lapis was in the mirror and had her gem cracked during the Corrupting Light, while Centipeetle was active, and was successfully corrupted. We know that fusion with a corrupted gem can risk corruption.

My assumption is that corruption is indeed much like how Garnet described it: a tear in the fabric of the mind. This leads me to believe that a gem's physical form is rather an extension of a gem's mind. I can support this idea based on the fact that the crystal gems'  physical forms have changed throughout history, with the biggest example being how they assumed a younger form during the time they met Greg.

I think when the  Centipeetle was corrupted by the light, the blast was strong enough to cause permanent deformities to her active form. Much like how a magnet can ruin the memories on electronics/hard drives. I think this was the reason that Lapis was not corrupted while she was inside the mirror. Her mind was dormant while she remained inside her gem, and her physical form is an extension of her mind, so there was no way she could have been affected, even if she was cracked or exposed.

In Jasper's case, where she was indirectly affected, it might be more difficult to explain if we are to assume my idea is right. Perhaps t he corrupted gem's deformities carried back to Jasper? Maybe Jasper's gem adopted the corrupted qualities of the corrupted gem when they unfused? Based on the Earthlings episode, many things could have caused the corruption, whether it was occuring the first time they fused, or the second time they tried to fuse but failed.