a-centipeetle:

ramblingcj:

faelapis:

moddinginfinity:

faelapis:

beta just freakin’ confirmed every single aspect of my jasper backstory theory and it was sooo much exposition but it was also SO GOOD.

to summarize:

• she’s bigger than other quartzes / a “perfect” quartz
• SHE 👏 WAS 👏 MADE 👏 ON 👏 EARTH 👏
• she’s told peridot her backstory!!
• she was made mid-war!!! 
• she was thrust into battle as a newborn!!!! 
• she’s only 500 years older than amethyst!!!!!! 

who’s ready for some gotdamn child soldier angst. cause i’m not. but i’m just so, so happy this is all confirmed now. 

she was literally born to fight the crystal gems and thrust into a war as a newborn. of course she hates rose. 

“Which way to the baby war?”

^ exactly.

Originally posted by jakethemailman

Wait, how was it confirmed that she told Peridot her backstory? I just assumed Peri knew because she had been given information about the Kindergartens on Earth and Jasper is famous on Homeworld. Did I miss something? 

Also, wasn’t Amethyst made 500 years after the war? Which was 5500 years ago? Making her about 4000-4500 years old? If Jasper was made mid-war, then she’d be 2000-3000 years older than Amethyst. Or somehing like, I suck at math. 

I mean, I’m not against any of these being correct. I definitely view Amethyst and Jasper as mirrors of each other, so them being closer in age would just be another layer.  

amethyst emerged 500 years after the surrounding quartzes. (and after the war was over) the war lasted for 1000 years and jasper was born a the mid point (she’s about 5,500 years old, incubation/the first quartz emerging would be about 6,000 years old) 

so depending on if the surrounding quartzes were emerging in the middle of the war or later in the war, jasper is at least 500 years older than amethyst, and at most 1,000 years older. but I’m guessing it’s either 500 or close to 500. because if she was 1,000 years older those quartzes would be born and then would immediately have to evacuate lol. 

and 500 years older that would mean the beta quartzes and the last of the prime quartzes would be emerging at the same time. and that would have really boost their numbers (which was the point of the beta kindergarten in the first place) and as a bonus the beta quartzes are some nice canon fodder to buffer loses of their new high quality prime quartzes.

But wait, there’s more. Periodot mentioned that the beta kindergarten was used in a pinch as in they didn’t have much choice so by the time they started using the beta kindergarten, the alpha kindergaten was already used up (save amethyst) so depending on the incubation period of quartz soldiers, amethyst could actually be OLDER than jasper. Or jasper would be less than 500 years older than her.