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Post by petitpalmier on Jan 18, 2019 3:56:38 GMT -8
Steven has now gone to Homeworld to try to convince the diamonds to help him heal the corrupted gems. But even if the corrupted gems are healed, a big consequence of gem war remains - the Cluster. So the question is, what should be done with it? It's currently buried inside Earth's mantle, and removing it would probably destroy the planet, or at the very least result in some extreme tectonic activity. But leaving it as is feels wrong - the gems forming the Cluster were broken and forced together and while Steven has helped them find some measure of peace, it's hardly a permanent solution. We've seen how painful and horrible the forced artificial fusion of gem shards are. So what can Steven and the Crystal Gems do for the Cluster? Could it be extracted little by little? Can gem shards be healed and reassembled? Would they even want to be?
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Post by Turquoise (Ree) on Jan 20, 2019 22:07:02 GMT -8
There are so many shards in the cluster, and we don't know that all the pieces of any given gem can be found in there. The kindest thing is probably to keep it in stasis in a bubble, at least for now. Maybe someday Steven will have the ability to piece shards of the same gem together, and they can see what they can do from there? It would certainly be an undertaking, though. Possibly a recover project spanning centuries, if not eons.
This isn't the first time they've come across random shards, either. There was an episode (Secret Team) where one of Rose's bubbles contained a handful of fragments. There was another episode with a painting made of crushed gemstones (revealed by Word of God). Garnet had to just burn this and put the gem(s) out of their misery. Would they have to burn away the cluster too, so those gems can be put to rest?
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