Everyone seems to be taking this theory the wrong way.
“NO! SHE’S NOT BLIND! If she was she wouldn’t have seen Steven or Lapis!”
Has anyone considered this: Maybe she’s not completely blind?
I mean:
She didn’t seem to realize right away that Steven was actually out of his cell. However, you could dismiss this with the excuse that she was too distraught to notice.
The famous scene: When Steven tries to introduce himself, she shouts “I can’t see!” & listens for Sapphire’s singing before making a choice on where to go. Yes, I can see why people would think that was related to future vision, but I find that it fits better to relate it to impaired vision.
When Sapphire stops singing, she immediately gives up on trying to find her until she hears her start up again.
Why would she stop if she had perfect 20/20 vision? You can still look for someone with clear vision. There’s no other reason for her to stop looking. She even tries to prompt the singing again by shouting out to her. If her vision was 20/20, she probably would want to keep quiet so she isn’t caught out of her cell until reformed, no matter how desperate. Yes, they were distraught, but Garnet is all about stealth, so presumably the gems who make up her would be about stealth to some extent, too.
She didn’t realize right away that Lapis wasn’t Sapphire, which leads me to believe she can see vague shapes. I can see how, with very impaired vision, Lapis could appear like Sapphire.
I’d like to expand on that.
Here’s Lapis with 20/20 vision:
Now here’s Lapis with my idea of Ruby’s impaired vision:
Consider the following:
With impaired vision, it’s hard to tell that that’s not Sapphire
Sapphire reformed as well, so she has a new outfit that Ruby may not be able to predict.
Her reaction to seeing Sapphire
Do you notice how she hesitates & waits for the other one to react? She’s not entirely sure if she’s seeing Sapphire. She thinks that she sees someone who could possibly be her, but she seems to kind of wait for confirmation? Like as if it’s really her, she would let her know in some way (as she did).
As far as we know, Ruby can most definitely see at least shapes. There really isn’t evidence (as far as I know) behind whether or not she can see colors.
Please stop fighting this theory, guys. I see a lot of people who are against this theory being really angry about it, which really sucks. Wouldn’t it be cool to have a disabled gem fused with Garnet? Don’t treat Ruby’s blindness like as if it’s a really bad, disgraceful thing. Who knows–if it is true, I’m sure Crewniverse could do a lot with it.
Maybe that’s why garnet wears eyewear and it’s not just to hide her third eye
