[OOC] We Are the Crystal Gems

[pyroman]

@RaijinslayerEh, it was on the spot and off the top of my head, but yeah, that it seems pretty unlikely.

[Raijinslayer]

@Kronshi Okay, I know this is really nit-picky of me, but what sense would it make for Bloodstone, the commander of the Homeworld forces, to go and retrieve the scattered shards of a dead gem, when the experiment can be performed without taking the unnecessary risk. it just seems like an unneeded complication to the process. I din't really see any Military officer taking that level of risk for something as inconsequential as preference of methods.

[Akayaofthemoon]

I still think that the corrupted gems were made with a virus in their DNA seeing as how the injectors are shaped like viruses and if all else that they didn't get the nutrients they need to be able to preform a normal body

[Akayaofthemoon]

@Raijinslayer

Well what if Tiger Eye was important to Blood? I can see Blood wanting to keep pieces of people he found close to maybe save them in some way or another. After all, he said that he could have destroyed Aqua when he first wounded Aqua in battle so bad she had to go in her gem. It isn't far fetched that he couldn't stand to see Tiger Eye just be pieces on the ground so he saved a few

[Loony]

@Akayaofthemoon

That's going to get really feelsy really quickly for Bloodstone if Mars joins Aquamarine.

[Kronshi]

@Raijinslayer Well the experiment can't be performed without at least some shards to base the new gem off of. Blood would probably be at the front lines anyways and if one of his soldiers were injured he would most likely run to his aid and if said soldier died then Blood would gather his shards since during the middle of the war is when Blood started his experiments.

Edit: And what Akaya said is a good point. Blood wouldn't be able to let a friend, a loyal soldier, to just sit there in pieces.

[Raijinslayer]

@KronshiCommanders rarely ever go to the front lines, much too risky, but if that was the case then it would make much more sense. Main reason I was pushing so hard for corrupted Tiger's Eye was A) It would be an awesome way to intro the concept to the new gems if Aqua/Blood recognized the monster by it's gem, 2) It would definitely effect Mars quite a bit to see what he came from degraded to such a horrifying state, 3)I've had an idea for a corrupted version of Mars in my head for a while, and wanted to involve it in the story some how, but without having to essentially kill off my Gem character.

[Akayaofthemoon]

@Loony

Yeah it probably will but I had to say it since my thought seemed to be pretty valid T.T

[Kronshi]

@Raijinslayer Even though Blood may not seem like it, he was a leader not a boss. He would fight right alongside his allies. That was one of the main things he didn't like about Rose is that she let the other gems, like Pearl, do the fighting for her.

[Raijinslayer]

@Kronshi A respectable, if strategically flawed, way of doing things. Anyway, will Corrupted Gems ever become a thing in the near future, or is it just going to be a rest period of training and misadventures.

[Loony]

@Akayaofthemoon
I'm glad I changed Eve's post then because owch if I went with one of the (many) other ideas for how Eve would've reacted, Sodalite would be really hurt. Not that this post has Sodalite get off the hook easy, but still. Feels. I tried to avoid them for your sake, as well as keeping with Eve's character.

[Kronshi]

@Raijinslayer Well after the time skip we plan on bringing in a corrupted gem. But that's all I can tell you.

[Raijinslayer]

Okie-Dokie, just glad to know ones coming. Mars is going to have some fun when he wakes up.

[Akayaofthemoon]

@Loony

lol thank you for trying to save me feels but really some feels are needed T.T I am going to have to do Howlite's death.... so many feels

[Loony]

Oh my god, don't tell me this corrupted gem is Howlite.

[Kronshi]

@Loony No but .... I've said to much.

[Akayaofthemoon]

You will have to wait and see >:)

Nevermind...I am not that evil plus I don't think that is how corrupted gems are made XD it is not Howlite that is all I will say

[Loony]

@Akayaofthemoon
Thank god it's not Howlite.

Either way, a lot of the ways I planned on Eve to react felt really out of character. I'm still not too happy with the current idea but you guys have waited long enough and it's the best of the ones I've come up with.

Seriously, do you have any idea how many versions there was of this post? Oh my god, there were so many variations, and a bunch of them sucked. I don't know if this is poop brain or writer's block, but uhg. One was super cute (with Eve actually being more confused than pissed and slightly touched by the 'us' comment and trying to convince Reggie to join, but this flied against Eve's emotional state and established demeanour and I knew I had to ease her into her calm and couldn't have this), another could've ended very badly (Eve's emotions don't cool down and she snaps at Bloodstone, and considering how her hogwash comment went with him, it wouldn't end well, but I know Current Eve is different from Altiverse Eve and anger just doesn't stay with her long enough to do this), one had Eve pull off another nope and just be like 'Screw this, turns out everyone is either batshit insane, untrustworthy, both, or Emerald,' and for a long time this was the one I was going with, but it felt wrong to have Eve leave Reggie there, as in her eyes, she was responsible for his position and he's unsafe there. One even had snap ridiculously at Sodalite to the point where Emerald would seen level-headed and had her her accept Bloodstone's earlier offer to join him because of Sodalite's comment and Reggie's offer, but I knew she'd be too confused by Bloodstone and not close enough to Reggie to pull that off. It was...It was a hard scene to write up. I eventually felt this was the most natural way for Eve to react, and even then it was still hard to write.

As for what this scene is? Tonight, it shall finally be revealed, the extremely delayed Eve post that was way harder to write than it should've been and took way more long than acceptable, but you guys somehow amazingly forgave and was okay with (seriously, holy shit I'm so sorry it took so long, and thank you for waiting you're all amazing anfkndkf I feel like trash for delaying you all so long).

[pyroman]

@Loony

[Akayaofthemoon]

@Loony

We love you Loony and we are all excited to see Eve's post. Sorry you had to write so many versions >.<