overlord-flinx:

A Take Away From the Movie

What I continue to find fascinating that is very well built upon in this movie is the extent to how much the Diamonds and their authority had completely underestimated their gem designs. A sapphire can tell you what a war’s for, a Lapis terraforms, so on and so on; but we can now add that a Spinel is meant to be a sentient My Best Friend™.

And yet, the second those playful, stretching capabilities are applied to combat, it can decimate a fusion, a combat gem, and a combat butler like it’s nothing. Granted, like Amethyst said, they were rusty and on the run back they managed to fend her off; but again, think about that.

Spinel had been motionless for 6000 years and never had genuine combat training. Something with that much latent combat proficiency was left to be a Tickle-Me-Elmo for the elite of the elite.

Ultimately, my point being that Homeworld unknowingly weakened their every conquest by being so shortsighted; for better and for worse.