Have you seen the “unaired” pilot episode? The one in a totally different art style with different character designs? The gems have bands around them that seem to denote status, I’ll say no more.
I wasn’t sure it was a spoiler…the book is written for kids from Steven’s point of view, like a guide to the show by the show runner. I found it annoying they are putting out info that way. Sorry.
There are some official short animations on CN home page that cover how gems are made also.
EDIT:When I found out here there was an online only extended opening I went looking and found a lot of non-aired stuff, sorry but I mean anything not shown on TV is a spoiler?
Regarding Amethyst’s size- there’s nothing to indicate that size can’t be changed during regeneration. Amethyst could easily have been created at one size under Homeworld’s plan. Then when her behavior gets her poofed, maybe at some point after she learned about humans, she could easily choose to regenerate in a smaller form. This could be conscious, to try to be more like humans, or subconscious, showing her lack of confidence in herself. Then as she gained more confidence, probably at some point when Steven is at most a toddler, Amethyst steps up and moves into her “grown up size” after getting poofed. This is a theory only, and it’s probably totally wrong.
Decent theory but now we know … she “should” be a much bigger warrior but was probably in the ground too long. Not sure if they meant for us to perceive flashback Amethyst as smaller rather than just younger and more immature.
Meanwhile they are spending a lot of show telling energy on Peridot’s growth and gradual connection building.
I fear they are setting up a twist here, where we assume Peridot will betray them to homeworld but she doesn’t and instead Amythyst does instead feeling betrayed by the team.
Honestly how old is Steven anyway? 8-10? Maybe before it was ok, but now that homeworld is paying attention to earth again Greg and the gems need to sit him down and tell him everything they know, doing otherwise is crazy. Embarrassment at being a former slave or having a socially disapproved sexuality could hurt Steven badly, I’m kinda glad this isn’t a more “realistic” show because that could end bad.
I started watching this show a few weeks ago thanks to this thread and binge-watched the entire series over the weekend. It’s been a while since a cartoon has impressed me this much, although if I started from the beginning, I probably wouldn’t have liked it as much.
Amethyst spent too long incubating in the ground and came out a lot smaller than than she was engineered to be. Also, she emerged all alone in the kindergarten and was stranded there for who-knows-how-long before Rose and the Crystal Gems found her and took her in. Also, according to “Too Many Birthdays”, gems are as old as they feel they are. With Rose as a mother figure and being the literal baby of the group, Amethyst was content to remain a child. At some point, she matured into her present form (which in body language, posture, and attitude is entirely adolescent), either because she had to grow up a little after Rose’s death, or perhaps because she was hanging around humans like Vidalia enough that it was awkward to be a little kid.
Can anyone spoil the last few minutes of “Too Far” for me? It hasn’t shown up in my iTunes Season pass and on my Cable On Demand cuts out when Peridot saves Amethyst from the runaway drill.
IIRC-
Well… the sexual tension between the two is pretty thick at that point.
Amethyst thanks Peridot but coyly still calls her a “nerd” over her shoulder as she walks that short bootie away. Steven ask Peridot how she feels and she says “I feel… cool.”
New episode aired tonight as part of a weeklong Steven Bomb. “The Answer” has Garnet telling the story of how Ruby and Sapphire met and joined the Crystal Gems. It’s told in a somewhat stylized style, with the already-known characters (Ruby, Sapphire, Garnet, Pearl, Rose Quartz) with their regular designs and voices and the incidental characters and background done in silhouette with Garnet provides their voices along with the narration.
Interesting points:
-Blue Diamond is in this episode, but we don’t see her (hidden behind a veiled palanquin) or hear her (Garnet provides the voice in her story). We see her Pearl, though.
-Sapphire was a high ranking gem and a member of Blue Diamond’s court, which explains her frou-frou princess dress and opera gloves.
-Sapphire was summoned to Earth in the early days of the rebellion specifically to provide her future vision. She came with three Ruby bodyguards, one of which was our Ruby.
-Sapphire’s initial prophecy was that the Crystal Gems would attack their present location (The Sky Arena), and would be defeated, ending the rebellion, but only after a certain number of gems, including two Rubies and Sapphire herself, were destroyed. Sapphire is very fatalistic about this.
-Rose and Pearl sure know how to make an entrance and fight. Rose takes down the fused Rubies with one shot, and Pearl takes out several larger gems and is prepared to cut down a passive Sapphire before Our Ruby intervenes by jumping to protect Sapphire and ends up fusing with her accidentally, invalidating her earlier prophecy.
-Confirmed that, while fusion among gems of the same type is common on Homeworld, fusion with a different type of gem is seen as anathema. Blue Diamond actually sentences Ruby to death for daring to fuse with a high status gem, which causes Sapphire to flee with Ruby and defect.
-Everything about Ruby and Sapphire in the is ep is awesome.