It’s no secret that recent events have begun to make people paint Rose in a… different light. Matt Burnett even hinted at something incredibly dark and foreboding that has been foreshadowed throughout the entire show so far.
Recently in the episode “Keeping It Together” we learned that a host of terrifying force-fusion experiments on innocent gems took place deep below the Kindergarten. After discovering the monstrosities, Garnet nearly has an existential crisis.
But I think Garnet is dead wrong. Not only did Rose Quartz know, but she was the original mastermind behind these Dr. Frankenstein-esque experiments.
First, let’s look at the terminal used to activate the chamber.
The terminal features a diamond on the palm and is left-handed. There is a similar terminal that was featured earlier in Lion 2: The movie.
It features Rose’s emblem, but more importantly, is also left-handed.
In Sworn To The Sword we saw a flashback of Rose Quartz in battle.
Rose Quartz is wielding her sword in her left hand. Rose Quartz is left-handed.
Next, let’s look at the state of the gems used in the experiments.
Forcibly glued together. As far as we know, the gems don’t have access to current technology like the goop used to restore the gem warps. That doesn’t rule out another factor though: Rose’s tears.
A cracked gem, sealed using the power of Rose’s gem. We know it’s possible for gems to be glued together without the use of Peridot’s robonoids.
What about Peridot? In The Return she said the mission was to “check on the cluster”, implying that someone had been toying with these gems far earlier than Peridot was around.
In Marble Madness when Peridot first reveals the tubes housing the gem fusions, she was reactivating them, implying they had been there far earlier.
The last two points I’m about to make are the most chilling. In Keeping It Together Garnet said the gems that were broken into pieces were buried, most likely by the Crystal Gems.
Only Rose and the Crystal Gems knew where these shards were. It would be very easy for her to hide a few of them to use for later experiments.
Lastly, every single forced fusion in the Kindergarten took the form of a hand, foot, arm, or leg.
The bubble in Secret Team happened to contained a variety of gem body parts like arms and legs.
It was a Rose Quartz bubble.
This fucked me up
I’m here for this
Okay, here’s my theory. Rose knew the homeworld gems would return eventually. So she started to recreate the clusters she was originally making. When they were all failures, she just scrapped it all together and left them where they stand save the one she had to contain. Knowing that time was running out, she needed a weapon that would be immune to whatever gem destabilizing technology the homeworld might have. A weapon that would fool everyone. A weapon that is both gem and earth. Steven.
Is me or Jasper once hold someting that looke like an musical instrument??
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Its probably you. her gem weapon is a helmet and her physical weapon is a gem destabilizer.
idk why ppl consider lapis to be like part of a “trio” with jasper and peridot when she was their prisoner and hates/is terrified of both of them and isnt on their side but whateverrrrrrrr………….
You know when people make theories about shows and it’s all fun and people are like “if this is true, I’m gonna laugh?” I don’t think I will be laughing at this one if it’s confirmed
In a lot of the SU episodes rose doesn’t show her eyes? It makes her look… Almost evil? Like legit? Even in the extended theme thing she doesn’t show her eyes and it’s just??? It did the same thing with pearls projection in Sworn To The Sword
the people who try to deny that rose looked sinister are ignoring that the crew purposely put lots of expression in their drawings to get a feeling across in the show, for example, rose is hunched over steven, grinning, eyes hidden and all, is supposed to look sinister/evil
if they wanted to make her look.. not sinister, she would have her back straight, eyes visible but closed, and a peaceful smile
just look at the difference, this was obviously intentional
I fucking KNEW she looked sinister I fucKing KNEW It
Jasper commented that Rose was a great tactician. When they were stranded on earth, it’s possible she knew homeworld would advance beyond anything they could dream. There is the theory floating around that steven wasn’t just a symbol of her union with the humans but also a weapon against homeworld for when they invade. A half gem, half human. Completely immune to and gem destabilizing technology. Rose planned for homeworld to invade again. And she made sure she was prepared.
What if Steven decides he wants to go to school? Like, its September and Connie has to go back to school and Steven’s like “well, if Connie’s going i want to go too.” Think of the possibilities:
–Steven and Connie riding in every day on Lion
–Steven not understanding why he has to STAY SEATED for so long
–Steven frowning during history lessons because “thats not how Pearl said it was”
–Steven making friends by telling stories about Gem stuff during recess (no one believes him until the Gems show up to pull him for a mission)
–the Crystal Gems trying (and failing) to make sack lunches for Steven in the mornings, so eventually Mr. Maheswaran takes pity and packs one for him along with Connie’s
–PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES WITH ALL THREE GEMS AND GREG
–the principal becoming more and more frustrated every time the Gems pull Steven out to go on missions but being too intimidated by them to do anything about it
ok but you’re missing the most important possibility: pta mom garnet
all the obnoxious soccer moms have gotten very very quiet since garnet started attending the pta meetings…
garnet voice: fight me helen
BUt no, imagine Ruby and Sapphire joining him later on when things become problematic at school because they are kid moms
when pearl launched herself at peridot she went directly for the gem
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