thenerdbeast
With Sworn to the Sword I feel several different fan theories have gotten some more validation.
The Rose Diamond Theory: On the arena entrance we see an insignia with four diamonds.
A yellow one, a white one, a blue one and most importantly a pink one. Since this were some of the earliest gem battles occurred on Earth, this means that this insignia pre-dates the great war.
The Gem Caste theory/Defective Pearl theory:
“Deep down, you know you weren’t built for fighting”
Pearl was not intended to see battle, and she might be “defective” for wanting to do so.
Not only that we see this beast in Pearl’s flashback:
This gem looked suspiciously like Jasper, but as we know from Jasper’s word’s in “The Return”, she never met Rose Quartz or any of the Crystal Gems face to face. This leaves me to believe this is a kindergarten gem, perhaps a perfectly made Amethyst, seeing as we have noticed similarities between them in the past. This adds more fuel to the gem caste theory.
The Human Allies theory/Multiple Gem Wars theory: Pearl mentions how she learned of knighthood from humans. Human knights didn’t exist until thousands of years after The Battle of the Strawberry Fields, which was said to have taken place 5000 years ago. For Pearl to have been a true knight fighting for Rose this means there must have been at least one battle after knighthood was invented.
Not only that here is a fact that she acknowledged that actually learned something from humans. Pearl may have fought for Earth, but lets be honest she doesn’t think much of humans, so these humans must have meant something to her. Who could these “important” humans be? Likely human allies, who fought and died alongside the Crystal Gems defending Earth.
Think about the Armor of the Fallen. Gems normally don’t wear armor, since they can regenerate. Not only that these suits of armor seem to be all a similar size, when we have seen Gems Vary greatly in shape and size. These were all worn by humans, not Gems. These sets also come from multiple cultures and time periods, suggesting humans have fought alongside the Gems on multiple occasions, likely to defend Earth from multiple wars.
This has only been day one of Steven Bomb 2.0, and I am already left breathless.
