Okay, so. In the episode they had hinted at Jasper's return. When Lapis and Steven were flying through the forest, a diamond, ORANGE, leaf was caught in his mouth, symbolizing saliva, and the leaf had cracks in it. And then he says. Look! This leaf changed Summer into Fall. Now we know when Jasper will come around. At the end of Summer of Steven. And we also know why her face is hidden. It has to be cracked, like AJ said.
+WhatEver we need to get the Ronaldo army here, cause this is a conspiracy of the snake people that secretly run the show to brain wash us with emotions. We must resist.
Since Lapis seems to be able to recite her past experiences, both in physical form and in the Mirror, I think she may have been a reporter. That is why she went to Earth.
+Baldemoto That's what I'm thinking too. Like, someone who goes around recording stuff to use in Homeworld propaganda. I'm putting together a theory about it.
AJ Universe I think Lapis and Peridot will fuse. Here is my view of it. Peridot and Lapis are taking a casual walk and what they dont know is *every* step they're taking is actually leading to a fusion Peridot says "Hey, we're becoming better friends" *Peridot's gem glows Lapis says "I know." *Lapis's gem glows *they fuse
Wait if the blast is what corrupted the gems on Earth then doesn't that mean Lapis being in the mirror save her from sharing that fate when she was left behind?
I looked back at the episode and I don't think it is. I think the Crystal Gems would have treated the super weapon that killed/corrupted all their friends and allies more gravely.
You know something I've been thinking is can fusions like garnet and opal exists without being a fusion? like can garnets only be made by a ruby and sapphire fuseing together or can they be made like all the other gems out there? would they look the same if they did or signifactly different? hmm what are your thoughts on the matter
I think that the fusions have to be fusions, but if they were made another way (something like the prototypes for the cluster) the main difference would be only having one gem instead of two...
+Jonathan Hall the "pattern" would be the bigger the gem the stronger they are? -Sapphire and Peridot are not fighter gems, and they're the size of a child, Ruby is a low level soldier so she's probably weak too. -Lapis and Pearl seem average-human size and are rather strong but neither is a battle-oriented gem. -Rose, Jasper and Amethysts are quartz, so they have battle strength and are taller in height (Amethyst is just defective, that's why she's chibi). And then we enter fusions which seem to get stronger the bigger they are. Garnet being the smallest fusion and she still just barely won against Jasper who's not a fusion. That's probably why Alexandrite -despite being a 4 gem fusion - still had troubles with Malachite, who's a 2 gem fusion. Because the gems that made her up are statistically weaker.
I know it the wrong episode but how many of you guys think Steven might be able to call on the Cluster to in small ways when the inevitable home world invasion comes. The crystal gems need a huge trump card in order to fight Yellow Diamond and her army. Thanks to Steven their ranks have grown but they still need a lot more help for the coming war. Steven has shown that his powers are growing so how long do think it will be when he starts healing corrupted gems so that they can take part in the fight. I get the feeling that in the end of the show gems will start living on earth along with the humans. That's just what I think, how about you?
That's pretty much where this is going. Stevens gonna unite both races and instill peace. In other words, he's gonna achieve what Rose couldn't manage to.
if you look at 4:44 you can see in the lower left corning a gem that appears to be a Ruby, and if you look up one and to the right there is a Peridot. then if you look at the lower right corner and look up three gems it looks like a Pearl. also if you look at it those gems are on of the last for their eyes to disappear. not sure if I'm looking into this too much but hey that's what i do. also in "The Answer" a lot of those silhouettes seems to appear in this scene too. Again not sure if I'm looking into this too much.
I'm interested to find out where Bismuth stands in Homeworld's Hierarchy if it even has a standing there (meaning they don't exist on Homeworld) I mean Rose has one bubbled, but we don't see any others bubbled else where, so does this make Bismuth one of a kind and a creation of Rose or a advanced Soldier made by Homeworld to counter Cross Gem Fusion or something else, and the reason why we haven't seen anymore bubbled Bismuth is because of their strength most survived and went back to Homeworld at the end?
NJ isn't as bad as everyone says it is, everybody thinks of Newark when they think of NJ. They forget the coast and suburbs which aren't nearly as bad.
+Random George yeah I don't take it personally. All of the "best" and most talked about states usually have the worst things about them talked about the most. Usually the coastal states that are heavily populated and have a lot of tourist. Jersey, New York and Cali's "hoods" and their pollution and floridas sex offenders and racists. The states in the middle are waste lands as far as I know 🤗
I HAVE A THEORY!!!!!!!!!!! remember when Steven said that the (ORANGE) leaf had changed colors and that soon, all of the other leaves would change??? well, i theorize that the orange leaf is jasper and Steven refers to many other gems (the other leaves) changing in the future. I know, it seems a little far fetched but I really feel like it is foreshadowing something here guys:) They wouldn't simply leave so much background detail and so much dialogue to just some measly statement, it must have meaning. Just like when Steven explained how Lapis would "come home to a wacky roommate". that will be occurring in barn mates so, it proves that they certainly did/are foreshadowing stuff in this episode.
+Mbwer123d That's really interesting! I think the leaf could also represent Lapis's healing relationship with Earth (since it was in Steven's mouth and Steven has/had healing spit)
+Evren Everest well, I have an idea built on my first one. Who killed the leaf shaped when it is in front of her face. Knows how it looks like jaspers gem. But also notice how when it came out of Steven's mouth it was looking cracked. yes because of the fall season but, because it showing that jaspers gem may be cracked since it also has a correlation between the same size and look of her gem. But what is funniest is, that it came out of the Stevens mouth. Maybe, Stephen will end up healing jaspers cracked gem. 🤔🤔🤔
Nice review man! Seeing Lapis hold the leaf reminded me of that show "Camp Pining Hearts" Peridot was watching in "Logdate 7 15 2," but maybe I'm over excited for next week's episode.
GREAT REVIEW!!! Seriously, I loved it!!! :D Lapis is one of my favourite characters and I agree, they did really well with her characterisation on this one.
I think bismuth was a crystal gem. The one in episode 3. It's a slight possibility. Lapis might of Ben poofed by a crystal gem bismuth or homeworld bismuth. I don't know, but if bismuth was on rose's side I can now see why bismuth was bubbled and hidden in lions main. Look at bismuth's expression. That looks like someone who takes way too much joy in killing other gems. A gem that enjoys a challenge in a fight and to find good excuses to fight other gems weak or strong. Here's my theory on bismuth and why she's in lion's main in roses bubble. She used to be part of homeworld's army/side wishing and wanting a challenge to fight and also kill. What better challenge then other gems. So Rosie's rebellion comes along. Giving her the best excuse/opportunity to fight strong, weak, and kill gems. Gems such as the diamonds and other high ranking/strong gems she didn't have a excuse to fight and kill. So the war begins. Bismuth goes psycho killer on homeworld gems including lapis.
Either in the middle or end of the war rose notices bismuth's killer nature. Bismuth probably also injured friendlies along the way. Deeming her to much of a threat to both sides rose poofed and bubbled bismuth and hid her away. She probably really strong to. I know I'm making a huge asumption on this, but it's what I think when I see that gem poofing lapis and compare it to bismuth.
I'm really glad to hear your analysis, I thought the episode was beautifully done and was shocked when I logged on online to see how many people hated it so much. Most of the criticisms I saw was that it didn't explain anything, it was unnecessary, a filler, where the heck is Jasper, Lapis sucks blah blah blah. But the story was done so well! I am so, so excited to see more of Lapis and how she interacts with the other CG's.
This was an amazing episode! In this episode and others, I notice more of Lapis's affinity toward Steven. I'm glad she trusts him. The next few episodes are also excellent!
OMGOMGOMGOMG! I didnt even notice that explosion when I was watching it! Your theories on this episode are amazing, mint, and make heaps of sense! Wow! Holly shit Im so excited to see if what your saying about roses shield and corrupted gems is true! I hope so! Great review!
this is such an in your face moment for me towards everyone who said lapis was evil because she lashed out and embraced malechite and stole the ocean but shes not. and i knew it from the first moment i saw her (the 5 seconds after she got released from the mirror before she went insane) i saw she could be caring she was just misunderstood because she had a very very VERY shitty time on earth
+Big B I always saw her as more of a gray character who *could* be sympathetic if only we were shown more of her story, and I was right. She does hold a lot of anger but it's justified, and at her core she is a good person
no t cool i sorta see her as a young and naive gem like peridot just much more emotionaly unstable. But still scared of what she doesnt know deep down. And she was gray but there were some moments albeit extremely short where you could actually feel who she really was like right after she was released from the mirror before the gems attacked her and after steven heals her gem
In the episode where Garnet almost unfuses because of her horror in seeing forced fusion experiments, she specifically refers to the gem shards as Crystal Gems and that they buried most of them, but those were the ones they couldn't find. They bubbled the ones that were cracked and corrupt and berried the ones that appeared too shattered to save. She recognized the experiments as fallen allies. If all or most of the corrupted gems and experiments are fallen Crystal Gems, that means they have a room full of Gems they once knew and fought beside right in the temple. There's the explanation for why Rose tried so hard to help them and why they bother bubbling and keeping them in the first place. If Steven can find the way to reverse corruption of a gem, which I think boils down to counseling and compassion (possibly combined with Stevens psychic and healing abilities) maybe they will aventually be able to revive the original Crystal Gem army. And if the graves with the remaining shards can be dug up, maybe the experiments and even the cluster can be pieced back together again and saved.
+AJ Universe I have a muse you might want to think about. The cluster was bubbled, hence trapping all of the gem shards inside to "talk". But, all the shards seems to want to do is to form a coherent body. So, what if a handful of the shards decided to form as a fractured state, and then fuse together into one functional composite gem? Some people believe that this could not happen, as most of the semi-functional shard fusions are mutants. But, the mutants are not fully functional only because they are forced fusions. So, I began to wonder could gem shards CHOOSE to fuse into one functional gem?
Could there be more Diamonds? Could there perhaps be a Black, Red, Orange, Grey, Brown, or Green Diamond? Perhaps ones that have been shunned/blotted out like Pink Diamond, or maybe come to be through fusion? If pink diamond was simply cut out of the picture (the Diamond Emblem changing from a 4-sided diamond to a triangle)
I love that Peridot decided to stay at the barn and make it her new home. And Lapis being her roomy is going to be a delight to watch. I hope the barn becomes a 2nd Crystal Gems base. Then Steven can go on missions with Peri and Lapis and take on more of a leadership role with those two like Garnet has with Amethyst and Pearl.
A question about Lapis's mirror powers; how do we know she had them to begin with? It is possible that being placed in the mirror, and for so long, imprinted the magic of the mirror onto Lapis, giving her new abilities. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
I just watched the barn mates preview, you know with the present peridot was giving lapis. Well it would make sense if peridot gave lapis a voice recorder thing, the same one she has. this would explain why its broken on the ground from the leak about the homeward ship
Utterly beautiful episode. I'm wondering if the way they did some of the parts of the flight scene might have been a reference to another work, it was certainly reminiscent of the British animation The Snowman at times but I'd need to see them in close proximity to check, and they tend to lean towards anime and gaming when doing direct references in the animation and design work so I doubt it's a reference to the key set piece of that work. Speaking of design work - Empire City looks /gorgeous/.
I have a headcanon that Lapis is the Gem equivalent of a historian or a reporter, specifically for Blue Diamond (who you explained to be in charge of culture and everything, and when I think of culture I think of the history of it). She has the ability to recall information on a mirror-like surface, whether it be water or an actual mirror, but only information that she has personally seen. I am guessing Blue Diamond sent Lapis to Earth to record what Earth is like--possibly look for weaknesses, strengths, organic life, etc--but I'm sure Lapis wasn't prepared to record a brutal rebellion/war between Homeworld and the Crystal Gems. Maybe she had recorded battles in the past, of the Homeworld Gems conquering other planets, but nothing like this. She tried to escape, but when Bismuth poofed her I'm guessing she was left on the battlefield as a fallen gem. When someone recognized her as Lapis Lazuli (maybe all Lazulis have this sort of recalling power?) she was trapped as a Crystal Gem and, well, that's history. Earlier in the episode, Steven said something along the lines of "I feel like I only get to see you when something bad is happening," and Lapis kind of smiled and said, "Yeah, that's pretty much me." This line really caught me, because she probably IS like a reporter where she has to travel to the scene, look upon all the horrors, record them within her gem/recalling power, and then travel back to Blue Diamond's court to report back to her Diamond and see where she needs to go next. Thoughts? Speculations? I would love to get a discussion going about this!
I thought the huge blast near the end of Lapis's flashback was the ships quickly flying away from the Earth, as if to "blast away", but your explanation of it being an explosion sounds better. Something I would like to point out about that blast, is that it sounds like Blue Diamond's and Yellow Diamond's theme song (both songs are very similar), and then I noticed that the colors of the blast are Yellow, White, and Blue (Maybe a turquoise or a green-blue?). I think this does resemble the Diamond Authority, and if I'm right about that, it might set another (or the first) exact point where Pink Diamond was not part of the Diamond Authority.
+Liam Biniares At least it's the funny, awkward, style of cliffhanger rather than the big dramatic sort of cliff hanger. More Jail Break into Full Disclosure than The Return into Jail Break.
didn't quite get the part about the explosion/corrupted gems/steven's ability? also, on the subject, a video about corrupted gems vs. gem shards would be super duper helpful :)
just listen to the explosion of the "bomb". it a has the same sound effects as the ost "yellow diamond", so its clear that is was something from homeworld and the diamonds.
I agree with you 100% about that bright flash being the last ditch effort on the part of the Diamond's to destroy what was left of the Crystal Gems on Earth.
I liked the theory that the light was the thing from what Rose saved the other Crystal Gems (it also helps to explain why so few remained). But after you said it, I don't think they just misscalculated, after all they could have escaped used it, comed back and wiped anything that remained. It seens more plausible to me that the creation of corrupted gem was expected, and because it would result in world full of dangerous creatures, they decided to "do the cluster", flee and wait until they had their experiment done. Anyway, great videos! The ideas tha you bring are always well constructed. Congrats
It was so simple but in its simplicity, it told so much. I was psyched for Lapis' return and honestly I'm kind of excited to see her interactions with Peridot because it is a clash of the opposites. Future vs Past. Logic vs Emotion- it's gonna be great!
I want to know how many crystal gems there actually were. Was it just rose, pearl and garnet fighting this massive war or did they have a whole army of crystal gems?
Are we going to see the Lunar Sea Spire again? That would be interesting with Lapis here now. Maybe she'll fix it and want to live there or something..?
You did, and her gem is distinctly visible in that shot. That's how we know she was there, and that she was most likely a part of Blue Diamond's court.
I thin lapis didnt reach the homeworld and was traped by jasper in the way there cause yellow diamond has no idea about the crystal gems,and peridote said it was a mission to go and check the progress of the cluster and jasper was there to check out on her.
Holy cow, i just now realized you're wearing a Portland shirt. Portland SU fans represent! I *loved* this episode. Thanks for pointing out the flash- will this become a theory video?
I just watched Same Old World, Barn Mates, Hit The Diamond and Steven Floats those episode are all leaked I'm gonna watch them when they release anyway cause they were awesome.
I loved how, as they were flying over Jersey and had a shoe thrown at them, they both blew raspberries into their palms. It's a reference to summer beach buddies and I love that they are building her (Lapis) character from that and not just creating something from scratch.
before this episode i never got why people loved lapis so much now that she has a proper episode without being under the sea or imprisoned in a mirror. always some kind of crisis its nice to see her personality shine a bit more
i feel like weapon let lose after homeworld left may have something to do with the geode. its power seems obvious by all the destruction surrounding it reminiscent of an atomic blast. with all that it seems like more of a weapon then a power source for anything.
Wait so if the explosion was meant to take out all the gems could the blast site be located above, what we know as Russia. It seems so since when given a map of the world there's juts a massive hole in Russia that doesn't seem like it was purposely made since I'd be far to resource intensive. Just an idea.
I don't think the flash was meant to actually destroy them but meant to corrupt them. My theory is that it sent out a electromagnetic pulse corrupting the data on the gemstones (of the remaining crystal gems). Rose was only able to protect Garnet and Pearl with her shield.
I'm pretty sure that Bismuth is a crystal gem, Lapis' colour scheme and outfit shows prominent blue diamonds who we know was recognised on earth as an enemy of the CG. I feel like Lion fits into this puzzle somewhere but I can't really get my head around it, Lion holds Bismuth who poofed Lapis (we think) and the only time we see him in this episode he seems to be guarding the barn but when Lapis wakes up he vanishes. Interesting.
How the hell did Lapis not get corrupted along with the other remaining gems on Earth? It seems the Crystal Gems found her much later, so they couldn't ve been what protected her. Maybe the Galaxy Warp, itself, was protected? Maybe whatever the Doom was, it did not affect broken gems (Lapis was cracked at this point)? We do see a lot of gem shards and small cluster experiments, but I'm not sure how to tell if they are corrupted on top of being broken to pieces. So much new info in that episode!
Jaron Cook The real world object that I show next to the bubbled Gem in this video is a Bismuth crystal. It's not her name for sure, but it's the only crystalline mineral which fits the appearance of her gem.
So that's why Lapis' eyes were all reflecty bc while she was in the mirror, using her mirror powers, her gem was cracked. Causing kinda like a frozen or buffering mode. After all she was able to reflect the crystal gems and fight them
Just wanted to say at 3:53 you can see that a jasper gem soldier only has a basic spear and the others (including "bismuth") were fighting with their bare hands. This further proves your gem weapons theory.
+Jaron Outlaw not likely the more logical answer is its some combined diamond power as the flash was blue, yellow and white plus there was the diamond theme song play at that moment
This episode was soo good. So many questions about the lapis` past was answered but so many questions were brought as a result! Ehhh I can't wait for next week's episode!!!
What is this 'Bismuth' stuff you're talking about? I don't remember them ever bringing that up before. Was this in a certain episode? If you have a review about it can you link it for me? Thank you!
AJ- Don't you think the time gap between the two-gem rebellion seen in "The Answer" and the all-out chaotic civil war in this episode would be a bit much for a "brief visit"? Granted , gems perceive the passing of time much differently, but I thought Lapis looked too surprised by what was going on to have been on Earth for the entire time. I guess that comes back to what Lapis' role and function in the Gempire was. I always thought it was a combination of hydrokinetic terraforming of colony worlds (I'm betting she's the one who turned Siberia into a lake) and interstellar exploration looking for new colony worlds. Both functions would be in Blue Diamond's domain. Maybe after helping establish a colony on the outer edge of the Gempire, Lapis would use it as a base for exploring into uncharted space? She could have been on Earth at the time of "The Answer", then left Earth to explore for a period and come back , not knowing the the Rebellion had grown into a full scale war.
I wonder how she was placed in Peridot and Jasper's captivity? Did she make it all the way back to home world, and why was she arrested even then? Maybe Barn Mates will reveal that.
It really touched my heart that Peri decided that she wanted to stay in the barn. episodes ago, I wondered where she would go in the temple after everything. I think that the barn is better for her because that's where the majority of her character development took place. She has such a deep connection to that barn. I'm excited to see how everyone interacts between the two Crystal Gem homes. #slumberparty !
I like this episode cause it adds to Steven helping others emotionally I guess that's how Rose was she would make others see the good that comes out of bad and I guess lapis is starting to find her self all over again as she chooses a home and tells her stoy
i think it's obvious who that Rainbow haired gem was. It was Onion!
+MrCrappyProduction I dunno. It looked like the Rainbow-haired Gem has ears.
AJ Universe You're right. How could i have been so blind? It's Ronaldo!
***** Hmm. Could be. But could Ronaldo really defeat anyone ever, let alone a Gem? I'll have to look deeper into this theory.
+MrCrappyProduction No you are wrong it is a Onion Ronaldo fusion
Joshua Lopez That would explain everything!
I REALLY wanted Lapis to stay. and I'm still waiting for Peridot to put that star somewhere.
It'll probably happen when she next gets poofed, for some reason or another.
+Undernet and then,the pisode aired,and both stayed,yay
Okay, so. In the episode they had hinted at Jasper's return. When Lapis and Steven were flying through the forest, a diamond, ORANGE, leaf was caught in his mouth, symbolizing saliva, and the leaf had cracks in it. And then he says. Look! This leaf changed Summer into Fall. Now we know when Jasper will come around. At the end of Summer of Steven. And we also know why her face is hidden. It has to be cracked, like AJ said.
+WhatEver wow i never noticed that
Omg this is a great theory did you time travel and watch the episode then put the clues together if this is right you are a god because just wow
^SCREAMS^
THIS SHOW OMG
xD. I saw a tiny theory of it on tumblr, and then I re-watched the episode, and heard Steven's dialogue and I was like. CONSPIRACY.
+WhatEver we need to get the Ronaldo army here, cause this is a conspiracy of the snake people that secretly run the show to brain wash us with emotions. We must resist.
When i saw the episode, the end Killed me, i was like OHHH SHIT
+SirTangerine Poor Steven got caught in the trap.
**IT'S A TRAP**
+SirTangerine a very adorable trap !
You monster, spawning all those mutant tangerines.
+IMROFLO You could say i'm the Cluster of tangerines
Since Lapis seems to be able to recite her past experiences, both in physical form and in the Mirror, I think she may have been a reporter. That is why she went to Earth.
+Baldemoto That's what I'm thinking too. Like, someone who goes around recording stuff to use in Homeworld propaganda. I'm putting together a theory about it.
+Baldemoto that sounds plausible
+AJ Universe HI
Frisk The Human Of Epic Awesomeness hello
AJ Universe
I think Lapis and Peridot will fuse.
Here is my view of it.
Peridot and Lapis are taking a casual walk and what they dont know is *every* step they're taking is actually leading to a fusion
Peridot says
"Hey, we're becoming better friends"
*Peridot's gem glows
Lapis says
"I know."
*Lapis's gem glows
*they fuse
Ahhhhhh I was waiting all day for this vid!! I love watching these!!
Same
+The Doodled Anchor me too :)
ditto
I've been waiting for your review! I love hearing your opinions.
Wait if the blast is what corrupted the gems on Earth then doesn't that mean Lapis being in the mirror save her from sharing that fate when she was left behind?
I guess, yeah
+TheSkyrider27 But she wouldn't have been left behind if she wasn't in the mirror.
Do you think the weapon in the flashback is the shooting star?
Dude.... Brilliant!
+Brian McLain What are you referring to exactly?
The shooting star from the Episode Winter Forecast. Is that what blows up in Lapis's flash back?
I don't think the shooting star would be that powerful.
I looked back at the episode and I don't think it is. I think the Crystal Gems would have treated the super weapon that killed/corrupted all their friends and allies more gravely.
You know something I've been thinking is can fusions like garnet and opal exists without being a fusion? like can garnets only be made by a ruby and sapphire fuseing together or can they be made like all the other gems out there? would they look the same if they did or signifactly different? hmm what are your thoughts on the matter
I think that the fusions have to be fusions, but if they were made another way (something like the prototypes for the cluster) the main difference would be only having one gem instead of two...
+xX_RawFish_219_Xx
well maybe natural alexandrite is smaller or maybe some gems are taller then diamonds there hasn't been an real pattern with height
+Jonathan Hall well, actually, there has been a pattern with height.
+doge doge
has there? I haven't seen one
+Jonathan Hall the "pattern" would be the bigger the gem the stronger they are?
-Sapphire and Peridot are not fighter gems, and they're the size of a child, Ruby is a low level soldier so she's probably weak too.
-Lapis and Pearl seem average-human size and are rather strong but neither is a battle-oriented gem.
-Rose, Jasper and Amethysts are quartz, so they have battle strength and are taller in height (Amethyst is just defective, that's why she's chibi).
And then we enter fusions which seem to get stronger the bigger they are. Garnet being the smallest fusion and she still just barely won against Jasper who's not a fusion. That's probably why Alexandrite -despite being a 4 gem fusion - still had troubles with Malachite, who's a 2 gem fusion. Because the gems that made her up are statistically weaker.
so excited for the new episodes! Thanks for taking time to review it, keep up the good work aj
I know it the wrong episode but how many of you guys think Steven might be able to call on the Cluster to in small ways when the inevitable home world invasion comes. The crystal gems need a huge trump card in order to fight Yellow Diamond and her army. Thanks to Steven their ranks have grown but they still need a lot more help for the coming war. Steven has shown that his powers are growing so how long do think it will be when he starts healing corrupted gems so that they can take part in the fight. I get the feeling that in the end of the show gems will start living on earth along with the humans. That's just what I think, how about you?
+Transhuman Hivemind he going to pull out his sword and do the entire lich king cinematic from wow and sum the cluster XD
In the end? I don't know
That's pretty much where this is going. Stevens gonna unite both races and instill peace. In other words, he's gonna achieve what Rose couldn't manage to.
if you look at 4:44 you can see in the lower left corning a gem that appears to be a Ruby, and if you look up one and to the right there is a Peridot. then if you look at the lower right corner and look up three gems it looks like a Pearl. also if you look at it those gems are on of the last for their eyes to disappear. not sure if I'm looking into this too much but hey that's what i do. also in "The Answer" a lot of those silhouettes seems to appear in this scene too. Again not sure if I'm looking into this too much.
I noticed that bismuth thing too! So glad to see you noticing something that I noticed too :)
I'm interested to find out where Bismuth stands in Homeworld's Hierarchy if it even has a standing there (meaning they don't exist on Homeworld) I mean Rose has one bubbled, but we don't see any others bubbled else where, so does this make Bismuth one of a kind and a creation of Rose or a advanced Soldier made by Homeworld to counter Cross Gem Fusion or something else, and the reason why we haven't seen anymore bubbled Bismuth is because of their strength most survived and went back to Homeworld at the end?
Staahp talking about ma state ya mook
NJ isn't as bad as everyone says it is, everybody thinks of Newark when they think of NJ. They forget the coast and suburbs which aren't nearly as bad.
+Random George yeah I don't take it personally. All of the "best" and most talked about states usually have the worst things about them talked about the most. Usually the coastal states that are heavily populated and have a lot of tourist. Jersey, New York and Cali's "hoods" and their pollution and floridas sex offenders and racists. The states in the middle are waste lands as far as I know 🤗
Sad but true
i always hated when they do that too
+Deion Does not wastelands just full of corn lol
YOURE SO GOOD AT MAKING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. I believe everything you said ;-;.
+Michelle Cruz *belivevilbeilive
one of the silhouettes has a single eye in the mouth area, centipeetle???
I HAVE A THEORY!!!!!!!!!!! remember when Steven said that the (ORANGE) leaf had changed colors and that soon, all of the other leaves would change??? well, i theorize that the orange leaf is jasper and Steven refers to many other gems (the other leaves) changing in the future. I know, it seems a little far fetched but I really feel like it is foreshadowing something here guys:) They wouldn't simply leave so much background detail and so much dialogue to just some measly statement, it must have meaning. Just like when Steven explained how Lapis would "come home to a wacky roommate". that will be occurring in barn mates so, it proves that they certainly did/are foreshadowing stuff in this episode.
+Mbwer123d That's really interesting! I think the leaf could also represent Lapis's healing relationship with Earth (since it was in Steven's mouth and Steven has/had healing spit)
+Evren Everest man, his saliva, I didn't think of that one, that's good too!!!
Yours is pretty great too! :)
Mbwer123d Have any more theories?
+Evren Everest well, I have an idea built on my first one. Who killed the leaf shaped when it is in front of her face. Knows how it looks like jaspers gem. But also notice how when it came out of Steven's mouth it was looking cracked. yes because of the fall season but, because it showing that jaspers gem may be cracked since it also has a correlation between the same size and look of her gem. But what is funniest is, that it came out of the Stevens mouth. Maybe, Stephen will end up healing jaspers cracked gem. 🤔🤔🤔
Nice review man!
Seeing Lapis hold the leaf reminded me of that show "Camp Pining Hearts" Peridot was watching in "Logdate 7 15 2," but maybe I'm over excited for next week's episode.
GREAT REVIEW!!! Seriously, I loved it!!! :D Lapis is one of my favourite characters and I agree, they did really well with her characterisation on this one.
I think bismuth was a crystal gem. The one in episode 3. It's a slight possibility. Lapis might of Ben poofed by a crystal gem bismuth or homeworld bismuth. I don't know, but if bismuth was on rose's side I can now see why bismuth was bubbled and hidden in lions main. Look at bismuth's expression. That looks like someone who takes way too much joy in killing other gems. A gem that enjoys a challenge in a fight and to find good excuses to fight other gems weak or strong. Here's my theory on bismuth and why she's in lion's main in roses bubble. She used to be part of homeworld's army/side wishing and wanting a challenge to fight and also kill. What better challenge then other gems. So Rosie's rebellion comes along. Giving her the best excuse/opportunity to fight strong, weak, and kill gems. Gems such as the diamonds and other high ranking/strong gems she didn't have a excuse to fight and kill. So the war begins. Bismuth goes psycho killer on homeworld gems including lapis.
Either in the middle or end of the war rose notices bismuth's killer nature. Bismuth probably also injured friendlies along the way. Deeming her to much of a threat to both sides rose poofed and bubbled bismuth and hid her away. She probably really strong to. I know I'm making a huge asumption on this, but it's what I think when I see that gem poofing lapis and compare it to bismuth.
What do u guys think? Was my theory good, bad, and is it understandable?
Love it!!
+Bryce Witte I think it was pretty clear that a homeworld gem poofed Lapis. She was mistaken for a crystal gem and put in the mirror for that reason.
+The Gray Pet that was after she was poofed.
I'm really glad to hear your analysis, I thought the episode was beautifully done and was shocked when I logged on online to see how many people hated it so much. Most of the criticisms I saw was that it didn't explain anything, it was unnecessary, a filler, where the heck is Jasper, Lapis sucks blah blah blah. But the story was done so well! I am so, so excited to see more of Lapis and how she interacts with the other CG's.
This was an amazing episode! In this episode and others, I notice more of Lapis's affinity toward Steven. I'm glad she trusts him. The next few episodes are also excellent!
OMGOMGOMGOMG! I didnt even notice that explosion when I was watching it! Your theories on this episode are amazing, mint, and make heaps of sense! Wow! Holly shit Im so excited to see if what your saying about roses shield and corrupted gems is true! I hope so! Great review!
this is such an in your face moment for me towards everyone who said lapis was evil because she lashed out and embraced malechite and stole the ocean but shes not. and i knew it from the first moment i saw her (the 5 seconds after she got released from the mirror before she went insane) i saw she could be caring she was just misunderstood because she had a very very VERY shitty time on earth
#lapislove
Umh. I read nothing with anyone having on lapis...
+Big B I always saw her as more of a gray character who *could* be sympathetic if only we were shown more of her story, and I was right. She does hold a lot of anger but it's justified, and at her core she is a good person
no t cool i sorta see her as a young and naive gem like peridot just much more emotionaly unstable. But still scared of what she doesnt know deep down. And she was gray but there were some moments albeit extremely short where you could actually feel who she really was like right after she was released from the mirror before the gems attacked her and after steven heals her gem
In the episode where Garnet almost unfuses because of her horror in seeing forced fusion experiments, she specifically refers to the gem shards as Crystal Gems and that they buried most of them, but those were the ones they couldn't find. They bubbled the ones that were cracked and corrupt and berried the ones that appeared too shattered to save. She recognized the experiments as fallen allies. If all or most of the corrupted gems and experiments are fallen Crystal Gems, that means they have a room full of Gems they once knew and fought beside right in the temple. There's the explanation for why Rose tried so hard to help them and why they bother bubbling and keeping them in the first place. If Steven can find the way to reverse corruption of a gem, which I think boils down to counseling and compassion (possibly combined with Stevens psychic and healing abilities) maybe they will aventually be able to revive the original Crystal Gem army. And if the graves with the remaining shards can be dug up, maybe the experiments and even the cluster can be pieced back together again and saved.
I really love your analysis abilities, very entertaining! Good job. :)
Happy Lapis is best Lapis!!!!
sounds like they flashed the drives. A giant flash of light that 'reset' all the data in the gems.
+AJ Universe I have a muse you might want to think about. The cluster was bubbled, hence trapping all of the gem shards inside to "talk". But, all the shards seems to want to do is to form a coherent body. So, what if a handful of the shards decided to form as a fractured state, and then fuse together into one functional composite gem? Some people believe that this could not happen, as most of the semi-functional shard fusions are mutants. But, the mutants are not fully functional only because they are forced fusions. So, I began to wonder could gem shards CHOOSE to fuse into one functional gem?
Could there be more Diamonds? Could there perhaps be a Black, Red, Orange, Grey, Brown, or Green Diamond? Perhaps ones that have been shunned/blotted out like Pink Diamond, or maybe come to be through fusion?
If pink diamond was simply cut out of the picture (the Diamond Emblem changing from a 4-sided diamond to a triangle)
I love that Peridot decided to stay at the barn and make it her new home. And Lapis being her roomy is going to be a delight to watch. I hope the barn becomes a 2nd Crystal Gems base. Then Steven can go on missions with Peri and Lapis and take on more of a leadership role with those two like Garnet has with Amethyst and Pearl.
lapis smiles more in that one episode than she has in all her prior appearances
and probably barn mates too
This seems to be one of your better reviews. Amazing job!
A question about Lapis's mirror powers; how do we know she had them to begin with? It is possible that being placed in the mirror, and for so long, imprinted the magic of the mirror onto Lapis, giving her new abilities. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
did anyone notice how steven said "Oh boy." at the end, a throw back to Greg saying "Oh boy" at the end of Keystone Motel?
I love your videos!! I can't wait for Barn Mates :O
Hey you noticed that he used the hot dog satchel from that short when he was unboxing it.
I just watched the barn mates preview, you know with the present peridot was giving lapis. Well it would make sense if peridot gave lapis a voice recorder thing, the same one she has. this would explain why its broken on the ground from the leak about the homeward ship
Does anyone else sees Onion on top of the big donuts shop in the intro ?
(makes me laught everytimes)
It appears that "We need to talk" (or 80's Pearl) Regeneration Pearl found lapis' mirror.
Did anyone notice that the burst in the sky after the homeworld gems fled, had the same colors as the surviving diamonds?
Utterly beautiful episode. I'm wondering if the way they did some of the parts of the flight scene might have been a reference to another work, it was certainly reminiscent of the British animation The Snowman at times but I'd need to see them in close proximity to check, and they tend to lean towards anime and gaming when doing direct references in the animation and design work so I doubt it's a reference to the key set piece of that work.
Speaking of design work - Empire City looks /gorgeous/.
I have a headcanon that Lapis is the Gem equivalent of a historian or a reporter, specifically for Blue Diamond (who you explained to be in charge of culture and everything, and when I think of culture I think of the history of it). She has the ability to recall information on a mirror-like surface, whether it be water or an actual mirror, but only information that she has personally seen.
I am guessing Blue Diamond sent Lapis to Earth to record what Earth is like--possibly look for weaknesses, strengths, organic life, etc--but I'm sure Lapis wasn't prepared to record a brutal rebellion/war between Homeworld and the Crystal Gems. Maybe she had recorded battles in the past, of the Homeworld Gems conquering other planets, but nothing like this. She tried to escape, but when Bismuth poofed her I'm guessing she was left on the battlefield as a fallen gem. When someone recognized her as Lapis Lazuli (maybe all Lazulis have this sort of recalling power?) she was trapped as a Crystal Gem and, well, that's history.
Earlier in the episode, Steven said something along the lines of "I feel like I only get to see you when something bad is happening," and Lapis kind of smiled and said, "Yeah, that's pretty much me." This line really caught me, because she probably IS like a reporter where she has to travel to the scene, look upon all the horrors, record them within her gem/recalling power, and then travel back to Blue Diamond's court to report back to her Diamond and see where she needs to go next.
Thoughts? Speculations? I would love to get a discussion going about this!
I thought the huge blast near the end of Lapis's flashback was the ships quickly flying away from the Earth, as if to "blast away", but your explanation of it being an explosion sounds better. Something I would like to point out about that blast, is that it sounds like Blue Diamond's and Yellow Diamond's theme song (both songs are very similar), and then I noticed that the colors of the blast are Yellow, White, and Blue (Maybe a turquoise or a green-blue?). I think this does resemble the Diamond Authority, and if I'm right about that, it might set another (or the first) exact point where Pink Diamond was not part of the Diamond Authority.
DAMN YOU CLIFFHANGERS!
+Liam Biniares At least it's the funny, awkward, style of cliffhanger rather than the big dramatic sort of cliff hanger. More Jail Break into Full Disclosure than The Return into Jail Break.
didn't quite get the part about the explosion/corrupted gems/steven's ability? also, on the subject, a video about corrupted gems vs. gem shards would be super duper helpful :)
just listen to the explosion of the "bomb". it a has the same sound effects as the ost "yellow diamond", so its clear that is was something from homeworld and the diamonds.
I agree with you 100% about that bright flash being the last ditch effort on the part of the Diamond's to destroy what was left of the Crystal Gems on Earth.
I liked the theory that the light was the thing from what Rose saved the other Crystal Gems (it also helps to explain why so few remained).
But after you said it, I don't think they just misscalculated, after all they could have escaped used it, comed back and wiped anything that remained. It seens more plausible to me that the creation of corrupted gem was expected, and because it would result in world full of dangerous creatures, they decided to "do the cluster", flee and wait until they had their experiment done.
Anyway, great videos! The ideas tha you bring are always well constructed. Congrats
It was so simple but in its simplicity, it told so much. I was psyched for Lapis' return and honestly I'm kind of excited to see her interactions with Peridot because it is a clash of the opposites. Future vs Past. Logic vs Emotion- it's gonna be great!
I want to know how many crystal gems there actually were. Was it just rose, pearl and garnet fighting this massive war or did they have a whole army of crystal gems?
Are we going to see the Lunar Sea Spire again? That would be interesting with Lapis here now. Maybe she'll fix it and want to live there or something..?
What episode explain that Rose protected the Cyrstal Gems with her child??
*chield?
+TheJamieKeely shield and that is the return
The idea of the explosion creating the corrupted gems is actually pretty awesome😱
I'm amazed at how much you pick up on when watching these episodes with the corrupted gems and bismuth. I would have never realized that. Mind blown
I love your analysis and am subscribing.
I believe I saw Lapis on earth (as a silhouette ) when Garnet was first fused
You did, and her gem is distinctly visible in that shot. That's how we know she was there, and that she was most likely a part of Blue Diamond's court.
+Mohammad Lazuli Woah
I thin lapis didnt reach the homeworld and was traped by jasper in the way there cause yellow diamond has no idea about the crystal gems,and peridote said it was a mission to go and check the progress of the cluster and jasper was there to check out on her.
Holy cow, i just now realized you're wearing a Portland shirt. Portland SU fans represent!
I *loved* this episode. Thanks for pointing out the flash- will this become a theory video?
I just watched Same Old World, Barn Mates, Hit The Diamond and Steven Floats those episode are all leaked I'm gonna watch them when they release anyway cause they were awesome.
I loved how, as they were flying over Jersey and had a shoe thrown at them, they both blew raspberries into their palms. It's a reference to summer beach buddies and I love that they are building her (Lapis) character from that and not just creating something from scratch.
Hmm, I always thought of the whole "Roses Shield protected her closes allies thing" as more of a metaphor....
+Iziash Suklan (Jason) That's what they want you to think. *dun dun duuuun*
Anyone else notice how when it showed the silhouette thing of the eyes from homeworld gems disappearing, the last gem left only had one eye?
I think that the flash was the Home world gems dropping the Geode
Question, do you think peridot is able to repair the broken warp pads?
before this episode i never got why people loved lapis so much
now that she has a proper episode without being under the sea or imprisoned in a mirror. always some kind of crisis
its nice to see her personality shine a bit more
i feel like weapon let lose after homeworld left may have something to do with the geode. its power seems obvious by all the destruction surrounding it reminiscent of an atomic blast. with all that it seems like more of a weapon then a power source for anything.
Wait so if the explosion was meant to take out all the gems could the blast site be located above, what we know as Russia. It seems so since when given a map of the world there's juts a massive hole in Russia that doesn't seem like it was purposely made since I'd be far to resource intensive. Just an idea.
With the explosion that you theorize corrupted the gems (one i agree with), how come lapis wasn't corrupted? Because she was on the mirror?
+inndi That's what I think. Or maybe because her gem was damaged. Somehow damage to the information on her gem kept it from being corrupted as well.
that sounds plausible. Do you think bismuth would be corrupted at this point? Depends whether the corruption bomb can get through bubbles a suppose
this video made my day☺ keep them coming!
Wasn't the Galaxy Warp destroyed in Winter Forecast?
The Earth changing Gems for the better, this motif is going to grow ever more important as the show progresses I'll bet.
I don't think the flash was meant to actually destroy them but meant to corrupt them. My theory is that it sent out a electromagnetic pulse corrupting the data on the gemstones (of the remaining crystal gems). Rose was only able to protect Garnet and Pearl with her shield.
I'm pretty sure that Bismuth is a crystal gem, Lapis' colour scheme and outfit shows prominent blue diamonds who we know was recognised on earth as an enemy of the CG.
I feel like Lion fits into this puzzle somewhere but I can't really get my head around it, Lion holds Bismuth who poofed Lapis (we think) and the only time we see him in this episode he seems to be guarding the barn but when Lapis wakes up he vanishes. Interesting.
How the hell did Lapis not get corrupted along with the other remaining gems on Earth?
It seems the Crystal Gems found her much later, so they couldn't ve been what protected her. Maybe the Galaxy Warp, itself, was protected? Maybe whatever the Doom was, it did not affect broken gems (Lapis was cracked at this point)? We do see a lot of gem shards and small cluster experiments, but I'm not sure how to tell if they are corrupted on top of being broken to pieces.
So much new info in that episode!
that starburst was white blue and yellow much like previously seen motifs.
Home World probably treated Lapis like a prisoner because they still thought she used to be a crystal gem.
How many times do you watch an episode before you make a review of it? I didn't catch most of this on my first watch!
+Abigail Hopkins Twice, if I have time.
+AJ Universe why is bismuth in lions mane
+AJ Universe and how do you know the jems name is bismuth
Jaron Cook The real world object that I show next to the bubbled Gem in this video is a Bismuth crystal. It's not her name for sure, but it's the only crystalline mineral which fits the appearance of her gem.
+AJ Universe I just can't freakin wait until next week for barn mates to come out
So that's why Lapis' eyes were all reflecty bc while she was in the mirror, using her mirror powers, her gem was cracked. Causing kinda like a frozen or buffering mode. After all she was able to reflect the crystal gems and fight them
has anyone spoken about the colors of the explosion after the home world gems left?
Just wanted to say at 3:53 you can see that a jasper gem soldier only has a basic spear and the others (including "bismuth") were fighting with their bare hands. This further proves your gem weapons theory.
could the flash have something to do with the geode from "Houst Guest"?
+Jaron Outlaw not likely the more logical answer is its some combined diamond power as the flash was blue, yellow and white plus there was the diamond theme song play at that moment
Now Lapis and Peridot just need Mas y Menos and they can form the Crystal Gems East
This episode was soo good. So many questions about the lapis` past was answered but so many questions were brought as a result! Ehhh I can't wait for next week's episode!!!
Where are the gems before they warp in the intro sequence?!
+Gardians Games I'm looking into that.
Lol maybe that'll make up for my stupid question about garnet earlyer
What is this 'Bismuth' stuff you're talking about? I don't remember them ever bringing that up before. Was this in a certain episode? If you have a review about it can you link it for me? Thank you!
Bismuth is the gem that's bubbled in Lions mane in 'Lion 3: Straight to Video' their name, AJ did a video on it a while ago.
Thanks! I'll check it out :)
AJ- Don't you think the time gap between the two-gem rebellion seen in "The Answer" and the all-out chaotic civil war in this episode would be a bit much for a "brief visit"? Granted , gems perceive the passing of time much differently, but I thought Lapis looked too surprised by what was going on to have been on Earth for the entire time.
I guess that comes back to what Lapis' role and function in the Gempire was. I always thought it was a combination of hydrokinetic terraforming of colony worlds (I'm betting she's the one who turned Siberia into a lake) and interstellar exploration looking for new colony worlds. Both functions would be in Blue Diamond's domain. Maybe after helping establish a colony on the outer edge of the Gempire, Lapis would use it as a base for exploring into uncharted space? She could have been on Earth at the time of "The Answer", then left Earth to explore for a period and come back , not knowing the the Rebellion had grown into a full scale war.
I have a theory bismuth is a metal gem so what if instead of bismuth it is a quarts which has the hoper effect what do u think look it up
I wonder how she was placed in Peridot and Jasper's captivity? Did she make it all the way back to home world, and why was she arrested even then? Maybe Barn Mates will reveal that.
when I saw this on tv lapis and peridot had giant hair
It really touched my heart that Peri decided that she wanted to stay in the barn. episodes ago, I wondered where she would go in the temple after everything. I think that the barn is better for her because that's where the majority of her character development took place. She has such a deep connection to that barn. I'm excited to see how everyone interacts between the two Crystal Gem homes. #slumberparty !
I like this episode cause it adds to Steven helping others emotionally I guess that's how Rose was she would make others see the good that comes out of bad and I guess lapis is starting to find her self all over again as she chooses a home and tells her stoy
So wait when homeworld gems prepare for war they will bring a mirror?????
Sh take a look at the shape of the flash of light then go back to message received and look at the shape the explosion the communicator makes
HERE,HERE EVERYBODY , what are we talking about (quoted from peridot )
Thanks for the video AJ I really get the sense that the bismuth theory is true as well as I have many theories to discuss that requires your opinion
I watched hit the diamond aka humans vs the rubies lol
just so you know the other gems around bismuth where jaspers with a gem on their nose with a helmet just like the jasper we know today.