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Steven Universe Theory - Can All Gems Bubble Other Gems?
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I believe the reason why the bubbled gems teleport to their home base is because of the crystal heart. I believe it was created/designed to bring the bubbled gems back to where it is at and the tubes/veins that it's connected to.
+killerharper The Crystal Heart is connected to the entire temple, not just the Burning Room, and yet Gems never get transported to any other part of the temple. The Crystal Heart is much more likely just the temple's power source.
+AJ Universe hmmmm ok. lol
+AJ Universe but it is shown that the crystal gems are [somehow] connected to the crystal heart with there doors so maybe if a gem is connect to the heart they can bubble other gems or something like that
+AJ Universe as you say the Crystal Heart is probably a power source but it could be that it gives off a unique signal that is used as some kind of teleport beacon and the reason they don't always teleport the bubble is because they are out of the signals reach.
true
But that video description though.
WUUUT?! Other people that actually read the description?!
+Vigor The Sloth They tell a story the video does not. :^)
ARegularPanda so true it moves me ;-;
+Vigor The Sloth I do most of the time
in fact, when I write a comment that would make no sense to someone who hasn't read the description, I put (reads description) at the very start of the comment
Today's episode answered this theory weirdly
+That Supportive Guy yep
true
agreed
+livvi3love That's a nice point.
+livvi3love Steven was seen bubbling gems first before those gems did, so it could also be a "see and learn" thing.
Perhaps the bubble tech requires a heart of a temple to function - something that wouldn't be on an interstellar ship. Also perhaps the heart of the temple provides the power and direction for this force, powered by geothermal energy. Since Steven has a "room" in the temple perhaps he is tied to the power of that Temple. (stopping others from bubbling things into your home) I suspect that the range of the bubble ability for each temple would be limited.
I also noted that Peradot recognized the heart of the temple as a harvesting area and she didn't seem to confused about how she got where she was. So perhaps this is not unknown to HomeWold Gems, but not something that they'd have with them. (Like an invading army doesn't bring a subway system with them)
+Greg The bubble room isn't in the same room as the crystal heart. I think Peridot saw all the other gems and assumed she was being held captive. Some of those gems are shattered, maybe she thought they were all dead.
+Greg thats what I was thinking
when pearl charged at peridot in the episode "Friend Ship", peridot grabs her with holo-bubble tech. when pearl was in this, she couldent move. In "Catch and Release" peridot does the same thing to Steven but he seems more coherent than pearl was.
I see a lot of people dismiss this theory with Gem Drill was recently released.
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I still see this as a possible theory as the cluster didn't know what bubbling was before Steven had showed them.
Until Steven shows them bubbling other gems, the cluster decided to imitate Steven and start bubbling themselves since they didn't want to destroy the earth.
Although I must say that it seems Bubbling is a natural thing for gems but because many gems are withheld info, they don't really know about themselves or what they can do. Instead, they just follow orders and maybe they will find out about themselves, weapons and what not.
+Auris Flown I totally agree with you but it could also be an ability that became obsolete on home world after the gem war. Knowing that the race advanced so much that maybe bubbling was viewed as primitive. With the use of more technology it might have became more useful to keep the gem conscious instead of bubbling them. Like Perry we still don't know if she can summon a weapon, bubbling might be one concept that a gem has to be able to learn themselves.
+Auris Flown seems plausible, Peridot's speeches and a few of the Ruby/Sapphire flashbacks are the shining example that gems rarely do or say anything out of the reason they were created for. It's basically like saying all humans have the ability to kick a ball, but only the ones that join a football team 'can' kick one (or ever even find the need to)
Well, I believe that they were all fallen crystal gems, so they already knew of it, via Rose.
+Socks, shoes, and hats not exactly, wasn't the cluster broken gems that home world forcefully fused together?
My memory isn't exactly 100% but wasn't it after the war, that rose wanted to save the corrupted gems but didn't know how, so they started bubbling them to protect them and hope for a way to make them un-corrupted?
It would mean that it wasn't until after the war that rose learned how to bubble gems and the cluster was the broken gems from the war that went missing or were left behind.
+Auris Flown It's understandable to think that the cluster was made after the war but I think it was said that the crystal gems where the only gems left on earth after the war. I think the cluster was the reason for the rebellion. Knowing that the earth would be destroyed and that innocent gems were being broken for these horrible experiments would be enough to cause a war.
I agree, I think homeworld gems could learn how to bubble gems but just don't know how.
in one of your previous videos, you theorized that pink diamond (owner of rose quartz) was in charge of building kindergartens. what if the bubbling technique was only meant for pink diamond's gems so that they can use it to "harvest" the gems
(as peridot said) or to use it in some way that's related to growing gems.
but neither ruby nor sapphire were part of pink diamond's court and garnet can bubble gems
+Maxground600 We actually have no idea which one of the Diamonds is Ruby's Diamond. She is not from BD court for sure cuz BD was really pissed when Ruby fused with "member of her court" so it's possible for Ruby to be part of PD's court.
+PotatoJuice TomatoJuice Ooo, that's interesting. We still don't really know what they inject into the ground at the Kindergartens. Fragments of shattered gems perhaps? To visit a darker place...
Maxground600 Like garnet, it's also possible for rose to pass down her power to other gems. That could also be a reason why pearl, amerhyst and garnet are able to buble poofed gems.
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Apparently they all can, even when shattered as it was seen in "the gem drill" as steven had been awoken by our lovely peridot and he helped the cluster bubble each other to make one massive bubble.
Turns out your theory proves true in an episode about trauma and dismemberment
+Zynora Lowery
Actually, Gem Drill proves that bubbling is a natural gem ability that they can all just do whenever. Steven's body-sized bubble might be different, but still, it's completely confirmed that gems can bubble even if they're not themselves formed. This probably explains why the prison cells exist to begin with because, while bubbling does stop gems from moving or forming or thinking in some cases, it's far from a perfect solution and the last thing they would want would be for the gems to just bump around and get free. And, since they already have the cells, there's not really any reason to bubble the gems on top of locking them away since the destabilizer field is more or less fool proof (with the exception of Steven, that is.)
as seen in the new episode it seems every gem is able to bubble other gems but probably not all gems know about it. i like the idea that it was something rose quartz came up with which explains why jasper (being a gem that's been around since the war or longer) didn't bubble the others when she had the chance.
Also I saw in the comments here that we never seen amethyst make bubbles so it could be that kindergarten gems can't do it for some reason? i dunno.
Maybe when a bubble is transported, it goes to the nearest hub location, like the crystal gem's temple.
Meaning that missions that Garnet and some of the other gems do, may lead them to places that are to far away from the temple to reliably transport bubbled gems back to it.
Also since the bubbles don't react to gravity, putting them on a fast moving ship isn't doable since they'll just bump into a wall and pop if the ship starts moving.
+AJ Universe maybe all gems have access to the bubbling ability but is not made with the knowledge to use the that ability I think this because peridot when UN bubbled by Steven she seems to recognize that she is as a place of harvest meaning she's seen one or heard of what a place of harvest looks like and you have to remember home world gives purpose to gems why would Jasper a warrior need to bubble a gem when she could just smash the gem I know amethyst can bubble even though she is a warrior but she is a defect and was most likely trained by the gems to be able to bubble thx for reading
+Kudo Burns While I see what you mean, I think that Peridot would understand that the bubbles are a way to keep the poofed gems captive. She doesn't have to know exactly what it is.
+AlexGames I understand but if you made Hamburgs on a grill for your whole life then you went to your friend's house and they cooked a hamburger on a stove and you did not even know that was possible you would probably be shocked and confused because you did it one way for so long. That's the same for peridot and bubbles if she had a way to keep gems captive she would not know about a bubble because she never seen or heard of one before so for all that she knows they could be going threw a healing process or training in there gem
That may be, but I think that Peridot being quite intelligent she would quite easily combine her knowledge with expactancies and through that understand that the bubbles are there to be a prison. I mean, she knows that she is captured, she knows that a gem is incapacitated when poofed. She is seeing many poofed gems in the place she knows to be a captive in. She combines and knows.
+AlexGames yeah
I could swear that steven has bubbled things and sent them to the temple. I double checked it was the first time in Centipeetle.
+Chaz4short Yeah, he has.
+AJ Universe So in the video were you referring to the differences between the bubble they use to bubble gems and Stevens defensive bubble while acknowledging that Steven could do both? If so I missed that. I got the impression that you thought Steven couldn't send bubbles to the temple.
Chaz4short I specifically pointed out that he can do both in the video.
aj, that was really cool. i love watching your tgeories they're really cool. three more days until the new episodes and i bet you're as psyched about it as i am (if not moreso).
I really appreciate your theory videos! They're very well scripted and thought-out with substantial and logical evidence, and they must be a great tool of personal construction and expression for you! Keep it up my dude.
Good video, the only thing that gives me pause about your idea is why Peridot seemed to see a room full of bubbled gems and immediately think she was about to be harvested. If HW gems can't bubble why would she jump right to that conclusion rather than being initially just plain confused by a room full of gems inside glowing energy orbs?
+Vontux It seems that HW is aware of bubbling, but they use it for a much different purpose, maybe as a precursor for death to the gem. The CG would then adapt that technique for keeping corrupted gems in stasis until a cure could be found.
this makes sense, since home world sometimes neglects a gems natural powers
That's a good point.
I've never even thought of this. This is why I love watching your videos you bring up some excellent points.
Now that we know Peridot can bubble gems too (and now that we know, Peridot was surprised she could do it and didn't know how to poof it off), it really ties this one in with the "Why did Homeworld Lie to Peridot" video you made recently. I'm not sure if Homeworld lied to their new gems to make them feel inferior and incapable of revolt, like you suggested. But now it IS clear, that they CAN do things, and that they DO have powers similar to the gems pre-war. But they were just never made aware.
I think bubbling is a universal skill like shapeshifting, all gems can do it, but they're not all equally good at it.
It's no longer really plausible to say that other gems can't bubble because
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the cluster bubbles itself.
Sure, maybe steven "taught" it to bubble itself then, but that just seems really implausible.
They were all once crystal gems, so they already knew how.
+Socks, shoes, and hats the cluster shards weren't ever confirmed to be crystal gems, were they??
When Garnet first saw the fusion experiments she said it was punishment for the rebellion and when Steven told the Cluster that forming would destroy the Earth it chanted "No, no, no..." so it could be assumed they were on the Rebel's side in the first place if it remembered that destroying Earth is a bad thing.
It may not be 100% rebels since the homeworld gems confused Lapis for a rebel and she wasn't even broken into shards but it would probably be mostly rebels.
I don't think Pearl and Amethyst were poofed by Jasper. Their outfits would've changed, and at that point Jasper had an unconscious Steven. They would've done anything if she threatened to use the Gem Destabilizer on him.
Their outfits only change if they want them too.
AJ Universe And the last time Pearl was poofed, it took her 2 weeks to reform.
ztslovebird Because she was changing her design. If a Gem chooses not to change their outfit/hair/etc. they can reform in minutes.
AJ Universe But the last time that happened, Amethyst had feet for hands.
ztslovebird Because she reformed in seconds, not minutes.
well, we just got out answer. they can.
It could just be that the Homeworld Gems didn't know how to bubble gems...
Actually a gem can not regenerate if it is surrounded by anythung smaller than its body. It does not matter if it is a bubble or not
+Calin Nita Interesting point. Can be argued though. For one, why did Jasper and Peridot not just put the Crystal Gems' poofed gems in a box. Also, gems are always surrounded by something, unless they're floating in space. Air, obviously, gives way when a gem regenerates, but where's the limit to that? Would a shoebox prevent a gem from regenerating? Or even a steel box? Gems a crazy strong and resilient.
Was that info from the shorts? Or did they say it also somewhere in the series? I can't remember right now.
i think the bubbles have air pressure in them
shoeboxes don't have a lot of air pressure, so I doubt it'd work, and that the gem would regen anyways
The Toontastic Toon Soo, there is a line somewhere in there. Gems can't regenerate when surrounded with some value of pressure.
And to get more nit picky, wouldn't a very high pressure affect Steven when he ended up in a bubble? We know he can't regulate his body's physical attributes like the other gems can (did not compensate for the Moon's gravity, for example). So maybe it's not a very high pressure at all.
+Youlia Hadzhidimova this fact was presented in the shorts. You can watch them here kisscartoon.me/Cartoon/Steven-Universe-Shorts
Idk but if anyone knows tell me. I have not seen Amethyst bubble anything or any gem. But if she did I probably missed it.😐
+Abdul Anderson We've never seen her bubble anything, but you can see some of her bubbles floating around in the burning room.
I don't think that Pearl and Garnet don't exactly trust her to bubble. She seems to want to want to keep them as trophies.
+Bryce Witte Not really they show many times in the series examples of trust, they let her look after peridot when they went to kindergarten, when steven was learning to use his weapon, and some others, they trust her plenty she is just a messy character lol.
oooh thanks
It seems like Homeworld uses artifical weapons/technology and that the crystal gems use their gems or at least the power of their gems.
This makes me wonder what Peridot meant when she said "You're going to harvest me?" when she saw the gem bubbles.
could it be that she said that because she doesn't know how bubbling works or what it is? or maybe because she DOES now what it is.
+Lukana Octo I think AJ already did a theory on that, if not him I know someone else did. Basically homeworld harvests 'unwanted' gems by smashing them with the plan of putting them into 'clusters'
Yes they can proved in gem drill
Oh wait is that spoilers
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+DPCM ! YOU SPOILED THE SHIT OUTTA ME
It doesn't spoil what happened, it just gives a bit of insight on what happened.
At least I don't think it's a spoiler 😂😂
we found out peridot can bubble so now I'm just like meh
I'm trying to figure out when I said that she couldn't.
+AJ Universe u implied that the crystal gems are the only ones able to bubble but I come to the concept that it has something to do with emotions of some kind or a feeling of security or a place to call home a true home unlike home world
+xavier cantu gramur gud 😛
xavier cantu No, I said, explicitly, that I think that the Crystal Gems are the only ones who KNOW HOW to bubble, but that any Gem can do it once they discover how.
I'm no theorist but I will take ur word and I give u my respect for replying to ur sub's love ur theory's❤
Maybe the temple is like an anchor, seeing how they only send things to one room. That's the only reason I can think of for why they can teleport the bubbles.
all gems can bubble but keeping a bubble takes energy as we saw in the last ep where steven just bubble 5 gems and he felt tired [lets forget later he bubble an entire cluster, rose gem is probable super powerful because the bubble is "pinkish" that means Steven put a lot of his energy on it)
we agree bubble take energy from the gems but as soon the bubble is teleported is the temple in charge of powering up the bubbles, as we saw in jail brake jasper or peridot bubble the gems why? when you are in a ship you want to save energy as much as posible, so we can assume bubble are in terms of energy more expensive than the jails
Hey AJ this was a great theory but it was wrong sadly but at least your home world lied to peridot was right
How has this been proven wrong?
+AJ Universe in "the kindergarten kid" peridot (an era 2 homeworld modern gem) bubbled a corrupted gem and sent it to the barn
TestSubject9B Yeah, and?
AJ Universe
Then homeworld gems _CAN_ buble. It's not like Peri got a training session.
Arkin Sol Not that we saw. I never said that Homeworld Gems can't bubble, just that they don't know how.
you see with the bismuth part, i believe that bismuth may have been a previous crystal gem, who was bubbled for an unknown reason by rose, but wasn't sent back to the temple for the reason that they were a crystal gem. (maybe broken and never fixed?)
also your "passing on of powers" part is very interesting.
Yes, she was a Crystal Gem, and I believe Garnet or Pearl (or maybe even Bismuth herself) said that Rose bubbled her because she couldn't control her emotions.
+daniel stoneham my comment was before bismuth was introduced.
Oh oops sorry I didn't look at the date.
In the middle of watching this, the timer for the stove beeped. And I was like, "Crap! I forgot to stir the mac and cheese!" I ran in there as fast as I could. I stirred the mac and cheese as fast as I could. Boiling water splashed on my thumb. Usually, I find pain a little funny, but this time, "OW! CRAP!" Now my thumb really hurts from burning it with hot water. it has a big red mark on it.
+Datevilnacho That sucks. I'm sorry.
+AJ Universe Teleporting bubbles may be distance related. The times they bring it back through the warp pads may be just because - out of range. We just don't know what that range is...
Alternatively... Some times they may transfer the bubble into the gem's internal space, and they deposit them once they are in range.
Finally. Maybe Steven doesn't know that his force-bubble is the same thing as the mini-bubbles...
Also notable, when Peridot reformed in the Temple basement she didn't seem to understand the whole bubbling thing as the Crystal Gems do it. Her words were "You're going to HARVEST me!?"
this makes a lot of sense actually because Rose is theorized as a Diamond as from what we know diamonds are super powerful, can bend the fabrics of time and space, etc...so the idea of her using her powers to create a way of imprisoning enemy gems without shattering them is ingenious...also remember Rose is somewhat of a pacifist and has a great deal of love and respect for all living things. So maybe out of compassion instead of killing the gems...the bubbles that she most likely created would put them in a stasis where they have no consciousness as to what is happening around them. Great theory AJ 👍👏👏👏👏
I'm glad that you shared this theory, even tho the episode that had bismuth in it disproved some stuff, you guys were right about her name.
+AJ Universe
How do these assertions hold up post- Super Watermelon Island / Gem Drill? We've now seen that gems can be unconscious but not poofed, and we've seen gem shards use bubbling abilities that seem to preserve their free thought, therefore not putting them in stasis. Any immediate reconciliations worth making?
+Jack Miller
I think the unconscious Lapis and Jasper could be a rare condition caused by extreme mental trauma. Normally gems poof because of stress on their body, not their mind. This time it was more of the other way around. Lapis and Jasper had lost so much to fighting one another, Malachite, and Alexadrite that it was their minds, not their bodies that were exhausted. Remember how Amethyst and Garnet acted after Suglite had poofed?
As for the power of bubbling, I think it still did come from Rose. I think it was an artifact that Rose created and left behind like her water fountain that heals gems. In this case the bubbling is a power granted by being attuned to the Temple. It is not so much a technique you so much learn as that you are granted access to. It is kind of like firing bullets. It is technique you have to learn because just having a gun and bullets is not enough to know that it is possible. Loading and aiming properly must be learned. But you still have to have access to the gun to fire the bullets.
In the case of the Cluster, the access was granted and bubbling demonstrated by Steven, who in turn had it granted and demonstrated by Garnet.
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I think that you could actually explain why the gems are sometimes seen carrying the bubbles (though that still doesn't mean it's for any reason other than aesthetics), it could be more of a precautionary measure to make certain that the more powerful gems don't pop, it could be that teleportation might have some slight risks when it comes to certain gems.
+Cassie Reno Perhaps the can only warp some bubbles at certain distances?
Ethan Sullivan That too.
Or that there's a range to it, like you have to be within a certain distance from the temple.
I always thought that all Gems can create bubbles. Homeworld just abandoded the practice because it's archaic and their new things are just more... efficient? I mean, with a bubble, another gem can interact with the bubble and break it. Wtih those jail laser walls? Not so much, since it seems to hurt all gems.
And when the enemy is not in a stasis, it also works as a form of psychological warfare?
i assumed every gem can bubble but it needs a direct source of power to maintain stasis. i believe the home base provide that power allowing the crystal gems to bubble without straining themselves. jasper may have used bubbles to transport them to their cells but saw no reason to do so once they were secured they couldn't have escaped if it wasn't for stevens non traditional form
+daniel “Jellal fernandez” santiago Don't you remember when steven tried to get pearl to eat, but she said they get all there energy from there gems? I don't think they would strain from this. And also if jasper could bubble gems, why didn't she just do that when sapphire was singing, to stop her from being annoying
Jamie Universe using magic and powers would cause a constant drag and fatigue they receive all their energy from within there gems similar to how wizards have a constant magic level but as they use it they become weaker. so i feel like that jasper wouldn't bubble her since she's not practised in bubbling and while annoying it would have needlessly stressed herself physically for what a few moments of silence
+daniel “Jellal fernandez” santiago I guess it can really go either way
Its probably one of those things that the gems changed about themselves to fit their needs, like AJ said in one of his other videos about gem weapons, before gems didn't have a indivual weapon special to them, but then became a new concept for them
Hello Aj, does it mean that Giant Bird is related to Rose? If she was a homeworld scientist, and because Homeworld worked on forced fusion, it would make sense? It would explain why sapphire says that "rose coudn't have know" in Keep it Together
+Basile Ivanoff Nice connect. But most of the damaged or broken gems on earth were likely involved in the war. So... Also a little obvious.
love your theories keep the great job up man! you give me things to think about the show I never thought about(mostly because I'm dumb)
That make a lot of sense seriously . I've thought of this so many times before . Good theory
Thanks so much for the informative video AJ really appreciate it
I have been struggling with this for a while and was thinking of doing my own theory video to it, but my friend you have beat me to the punch and I wouldn't have anything to add- so I Have to say this theory is actually pretty legitimate. Its too big of an inconsistency to slip past the Crewniverse but your theory pretty much patches those holes.
Another possible reason could be that bubbling simply became an obsolete practice on Homeworld. We know by Peridot's remarks within the Gem's temple on Earth that everything they use is outdated. Jasper thought the pods were inescapable. I'm guessing she wanted the Crystal Gems interrogated by Yellow Diamond about Steven, and may have thought by keeping them conscious and afraid, make them more likely to talk.
Great video AJ I can't wait till this Thursday for in too deep storyline
Ok AJ, I believe I have the answer as to why the bubbles can be teleported directly to the temple.
1. It is safe to say Rose passed her power to bubble onto the other crystal gems (as you suggested)
2. Being part of Rose’s power, I can say with 100% confidence that the “tube” within the inner temple that Steven was sliding down in “Together Breakfast” is connected to the teleportation of the bubbles
3. That “tube” feeds down into Garnet’s room where the bubbles are stored.
It would make sense that Rose would come up with the bubbles, especially if we're considering your theory that she was in charge of setting up daycare units on other planets. It would mean that she would have some sort of predisposed maternal feelings towards all gems (because she's apart of their birth cycle) and that she wouldn't want to directly kill them. Putting them into bubbles could be considered a temporary thing, in terms of gem lifespans, until rose could find a way to fix the broken gems- and negotiate well with old battle compatriots.
Maybe the Temple itself has some sort of mechanism that allows it to remotely retrieve bubbles somehow? Like, Rose setup something that scans the earth for bubbles that have a specific energy signature. A signature that could be adjusted be the person creating the bubble so that the Temple becomes aware of the bubble and then retrieves it.That's the only thing in my mind that could explain the teleporting ability. Though that idea only worsens the whole (why can't Steven encase himself in a bubble and teleport to the temple) issue...
i my thoughts were that all gems can bubble and just don't know how. it's kind've an instinct that they just want to protect the gem or object and the bubble forms from that. homeworld gems, i don't think know how to do it because they don't have that instinct because homeworld doesn't teach them how to protect.
Well aside from your theory that Pink Diamond's domain is the kindergarten development in planets being colonized, from what we've seen of lion, perhaps gems under Pink Diamond's domain also have had teleportation abilities with varying limits which Rose also put to use in the development of the bubbles.
I hadn't considered this! Good theorizing!
This also explains why Pearl was investigating Rose's bubble in Secret Team. If Rose was the one who developed the technique, it would make even more sense to suspect her bubbles could be different from the others'.
Another important thing I realized while watching this is that Peridot didn't know what music or singing were -- but Jasper does??? Stop the presses this is the most important revelation of the show.
Hey, I don't remember what day they aired Gem Drill, but now it sorta shows that even in their non-physical forms gems can bubble and are conscious or because Steven had a direct link into those gem's fractured subconscious and had started bubbling the gems, the power was sorta spread like a instant virus or software update that all of those gems were able to pick up on through the shared link. (I know im rambling but this was hella interesting)
This is what I've thought as well. Great observations and logic, as always
It's possible that Rose passed on the ability to bubble gems via the Temple. It's generally assumed that the Temple represent a fusion of Rose, garnet, pearl and amethyst, and there seems to be a connection between the Temple and the gems it represents. It may be that the Temple allows the three main Crystal Gems to bubble, and allows them to teleport items the same way you might access your bank in a game.
maybe the temple itself is what allows the teleportation of bubbled gems? right above the bubble room is the crystal heart of the temple. so most likely the temple has an attachment system that automatically locks on to any bubbled gems and pulls them in when it is given a signal to do so.
That pun at the end. It was fantastic
The bubble is a function of the temple heart, which is why the bubbles go back to the temple. which was built by rose. do with that what you will.
also i'm going to theorize that stevens bubble could be sent back to the temple, but only by someone on the outside, since the bubbles do seem to stop gem powers from working properly
In the episode where the Cryistal Gems capture Peridot she sees the other poofed gems in the bubbles, abnd she seemed to recognize the bubbles, so maybe only select gems on homeworld can bubble other gems? Like only a few of them have been taught how.
But pearl can bubble does this mean all pearls call bubble?
I think that all gems have the ability to bubble, but only a few are taught too
I have a theory for you can gems get stronger? (like how humans lift weights to gain muscle could gems just use there abilities to increase power?) also just out of nowhere when peridot electrified amethyst's whip it was a new thing but the next time peridot tried it again garnet did the same even though we never seen it before, could gems be able to find new powers just by seeing it a couple of times?
Garnet has always had electrical abilities.
I think Rose creating the bubbles is very true. As for the teleportation, the way it exists outside of the warp pads may be unique to the Crystal Gems. For example, we know Lion can warp on his own and we know that Lion was probably created by Rose. The abilities Lion has may just be the teleporting bubble tech further advanced. I can't wait until next week and this summer. I hope we get to know more about Lion!
Hey AJ! I think your theories are great and very well said, and thought out... Thanks for making these videos (if you reply I'll be so happy!!!)
Steven can definitely teleport objects. He does so in Nightmare Hospital and he is shown to be doing so at 2:19 in the video here. As for why he couldn't teleport himself, I believe that the ability functions based on size and weight. To my knowledge, all of the objects teleported in the show have been fairly small and none of them are very heavy or have much mass. Steven on the other hand is a chubby young man, far too massive to transport through this method.
+solarice04 I know that Steven can teleport things with his containment bubbles. The question that I was asking here is if it were possible for him to also teleport using his defensive bubble. Those are two different abilities. As for whether he himself could be teleported in a containment bubble, we already know that he can. It's happened before.
+AJ Universe I think it has something to do with the size of the gem. Steven has been seen carrying a bubbled gem back to the temple; the lighthouse gem. it was HUGE. perhaps the teleportation only works on small objects, OR uses the gem of the bubbler as a medium to teleport it like summoning a weapon or putting something away, opening the drawer and placing the object inside.
Lady Lolipop Summoned weapons aren't actually taken from the gemstone and then put back there, they are hard-light holographic projections like the Gems' bodies. And we have seen something very large sent back to the Temple in a bubble: Steven himself.
I think if the gem destabilizer were used on Amethyst and Pearl then they would have had new outfits in Jailbreak. We know from Peridot reforming in Catch and Release that this isn't always the case, but based on how personally the Crystal Gems treat reformation I think we can surmise that there would have been a much clearer "tell" of them being poofed. In reality I think the fact that they were so quickly subdued and captured was due to Jasper's intimidating power, and was an unspoken reason for the audience to fear her before her rematch with Garnet.
I like to think that the bubbled gems we often see garnet carrying back to the temple are ones that are too dangerous to be left alone. Maybe bubbling isn't a strong process and only solidly contains lower-level or weaker gems so the more high powered gems have to be carefully tended to. This could also be a plausible reason why homeworld wouldn't bubble anymore, as the bubbles were not strong enough to contain their enemies and they created better anti-gem and trapping tech as we saw in jail break. But idk that's just my little theory
well I think the bubbles work in a way as to not necessarily put a poofed gem into stasis but rather not give them enough room to reform. we here some of this in the Steven Universe short, "classroom gems", specifically "what are gems?". In this episode, Pearl makes a point that once a gem is poofed, it "can be bubbled or put into an object, making it impossible to reform". It is for this reason that I argue that it is not nesesarily the bubble that puts a gem in a stasis, but a container too small to allow a gem to reform, so steven's bubble would be big enough for a gem to reform inside. So what is the bubble? Simply a container which a gem can form, possibly part of their physical form, which is completely sealed off and helps to automatically prevent the gems from escaping. Also, I do not believe that Pearl and Amethyst were poofed in "the return" because their physical forms remain the same and Pearl usually takes a REALLY long time to reform. Instead, they surrendered since Jasper and peridork already disabled half of their team, and might threaten to shatter Ruby and Sapphire and kill Steven if the don't oblige. The reason Jasper and Peridork didn't bubble them may fit in with one of your other theories, Aj. Maybe, like Gem Weapons, the ability to bubble requires one to find what allows them as an indivisual to form a bubble. Steven may not have realized this because the bubble came a bit more naturally, but think about it. Stevens shield, for the entire first season, is only formed when he is feel an extreme emotion, most of the time love. The first time Steven forms Stevens Bubble, he is feeling blimd love for Connie and wants to protect her. The first time he forms a regular bubble, he is feeling live for the Centibeetle. A Gem must feel a sense of indivisualis in order to form a bubble. Not only that, but maybe the ability was discovered on earth after the war, so Jasper, a Gem who already felt the idivisualism enough to form her own Gem Weapon, simply didn't know how to bubble, or even that the ability to bubble was even possible. These are my personal tweeks to the theory, but hey, I could be totally wrong, who knows? well I guess Rebecca Sugar would know, but neither of us are her, so it will remain a mystery until it is revealed in the show. BTW AJ, I really like your videos, especially the theories, and love forming my own based off yours.
So the latest episode did somewhat reject this theory, although the Cluster would be made up exclusively of Roses followers since it was made as a punishment for rebellion so it might be possible. That being said when Steven said he was going to bubble it, Peridot did seem to know what bubbling was. Is it possible that bubbles are not overly reliable? That is, without someone there to maintain them they can pop. The Crystal Gems have the Temple which does this, however Homeworld Gems don't use it as they have the shield doors instead which allows for conversation and also serves as intimidation.
Here's a thought. I thought it was kinda weird that Steven's bubble went straight to the temple, without Steven being shown how to warp a bubble. Maybe the reason Jasper didnt bubble the crystal gems was because there was no place except the temple to warp the bubble to. I think it could be because of the "crystal heart" that keeps the temple together also attracts the bubbles. Sure Jasper's ship has a crystal heart as well but its appearance and (possibly) use are different, or the temple heart has a priority over where bubbled gems go.
Plus when you take into account that Peridot seemed to know what the crystal gems were doing when she was released (ep. catch and release) and knew about bubbles means that homeworld has the concept of bubbling they either prefer their current method or simply couldnt use bubbling due to the crystal heart interfering.
i think you are on to something with rose's bubble. i remember Greg saying something along the lines of her in the end only being able to save her very close friends and that would make sense if it was the same type of bubble that Steven summoned the first time with Connie and again protecting the Crystal Gems when the homeworld ship self-destructed. Perhaps she figured out how to shrink it and create it to keep poofed gems in stasis.
all gems can 'learn' to bubble, each bubble is different though. the colors size and strength vary.if a bubble is too big or small the bubbled gems have a chance to awaken at any time after they regenerate .the bubbles can be easily popped. the bubble shield is a specialized hardened bubble used as a shield. bubbles are used for storage and protection , the evil gems are as pearl said "subdued" until a cure is found.
Love it, this theory makes sence. It seems logical to believe until we receive future information. There are no accidents on the crewniverce.
I have a question...
did we ever see Amethyst bubble something?
Not as Amethyst. She did with Pearl as Opal
Hey AJ, have you ever thought about the things in Rose's armory and their purposes? Specifically, the Armor of the Fallen, I think was used in conjunction with the gem shards (simillar to the one that took over Frybo) to create a platoon of loyal soldiers. At least until the gem shards went haywire like we saw again with Frybo.
I think all gems can do it they just don't know how. Also I feel like certain gems on home world can or have seen gems be bubbled because in the episode where Steven sets Peridot free from the bubble, she asks if they were going to harvest her. Which implies that they can bubble or at least have something like bubbling on homeworld.
If steven could use his bubble to teleport everywhere, it would be amazing
+AJ Universe I really enjoy this theory! Thank you for clarifying! ✌🏻️
You're kidding right. literally the Cluster could bubble itself. I can't believe people had doubts of other gems bubbling.
I think all gems can bubble or at least have the potential to. My theory is that the gem-destablizer forcefield was already developed or developing so there was no need to learn how to do it / or no knowledge of such a thing existing. This is similar to Dragonball and the ability to sense ki/life energy. The Saiyans, and later Frieza's army, only knew one way to sense ki, the Tuffle's scouters. The earthlings, having no technology as advanced as the Tuffles, had developed a way to do it naturally and arguably better because it made them aware of raising or lowering their own ki for surprise attacks. We see Goku and Vegeta, two Saiyans, being very adept at this technique later in the series but not knowing about it early on (at least in Vegeta's case).
Well, we already saw Steven bubble Centipeedle, which I think put it into stasis? I also thinks, if memory serves right, that Steven teleported the bubble. But, other than that? Amazing video, AJ.
your theory is perfect! (like all your other ones) and i think you're actually on to something. guess we'll have to wait and see!
I think the reason homeworld made the gem destabilizing force fields is because nobody can get in or out (except steven) if homeworld gems could use bubbles they would know that they could be popped so it would probably be safer for them to use something like the force feilds where nobody could break them
There are a fair number of posts saying that Gem Drill debunks this theory, but that's not necessarily the case - it's already been established that the gem mutants are made at least partly from the shards of fallen Crystal Gems, so this theory is still plausible as long as the technique was developed before the final battle that shattered all the gems that now make up the cluster.
Yes. As of The Drill, we see that all gems can make bubbles
+sexybunnyxox The Cluster is implied to be made from former Crystal Gems, so technically that may not destroy this theory.
All gems can bubble each other, in Gem Drill, we see the Cluster bubbling each other, and we can see that Peridot knows about bubbling, and the Cluster are gem shards of the Crystal Gems AND the Homeworld Gems
Lapis and Jasper were unconscious
If you notice the warp pads are crystal/gem material but bigger so does that mean a gems' gem could be used as a warp pad to some degree
I've noticed that most of Stevens "abilities" such as his bubble, the one that protects him and Connie, and his weapon are all defense based. could this be because rose is a quartz and as peridot said in an episode ( I can't remeber which one) quartz are "big, loyal soldiers" and rose and amythest (defective soldier) were soldiers and rose was made for defense? Thats just something I've noticed
Steven and the Crystal gems should just make a bunch of empty bubbles an throw them at each other. Bubble fight! It would probably be as harmless as snow balls, but that is a good thing in that case.
Maybe a gem simply requires the desire to protect the thing they just took down in order to bubble it. That is basically the revelation that Steven had right before he bubbled the Centipedal Mother. Since Jasper didn't have that desire there would be no way she could bubble them. Also it has been shown that many if not all gem abilities are in fact tide in to the emotional state of the gems with Ruby boiling a pool or Sapphire freezing out a room just because they were both mad at Pearl and a little at each other.
Everyone says everyone can because the Cluster did in the new episode,but please remember,these shards are Crystal Gems too,remember,Garnet said that it was a punishment to the rebellion,meaning all of those Gem Shards ARE ALL CRYSTAL GEMS.
When Steven first bubbled the centipeedle he said "I'll keep you safe". It would make sense to say bubbling gems was a form of mercy, a way to keep them from being shattered (protected) and under control at the same time.
All gems can bubble if they know of the concept or what it implies as the Cluster was able to bubble itself when all the shards are no longer complete nor are they individuals. This means even broken gems can bubble, as long as their consciousness knows of the concept or ability of bubbling. Steven had to show the cluster how to bubble, but that was all it took. Also in a past episode Pearl stated that Rose came up with the ability of Bubbling gems (i cannot quote which episode exactly, but it was stated). homeworld probably never had the idea to bubble as it originated from Rose. Additionally, and finally, Bubbling doesnt create a stasis, it simply prevents a gem from taking a physical form as there is no space for regeneration as the bubble restricts that space. Peridot continued where she left off as she was unaware of the damage that was to happen to her body as it was a swift poofing, and she was able to just instantly regenerate which left her caught off guard. Pearl when she poofed, saw, felt, and processed the damage done to her body and anticipated her regeneration, along with what her new form would appear as. This means regeneration is simply the reformation of the body and its appearance and if there are no changes can happen instantly (as show with amethyst who regenerates in minutes cause she rushes), and since gems are immortal in time, peridot's poofing would be like a split second in her life.
Theory: Could natural Opals, Sugilites, and Malachites (All gems first shown as fusions) be made in the same Injector process. IDK
unlike gem fusion (ex: pearl to fuse with an amethyst) are different to like gem fusion (ex: pearl to fuse with another pearl). it is why Homeworld disliked garnet's fusion (in the episode The Answer.) since unlike gem fusion has no place in their society.
they could possibly be naturally made, but why arent they discovered by homeworld, so they can make more powerful gems.
What I was thinking is that they wouldn't be as powerful as the Opal/Malachite/etc we know. They could even look different.
I have a feeling that "Bismuth" happened before the Temple was built and that they built the Temple in order to transport bubbles. What I mean is... if you bubble something on Earth, and poof it off, it will end up in the Temple. So then if Jasper/Peridot bubbled something, it too would end up in the temple. IF we look at the clip of Steven in the bubble in Monster Buddies, it looks remarkably similar to Lion travelling through his Roar portals. Maybe bubbling is like Lion's roar, but always exits at the Temple, a sort of hub for bubble travel, like the galaxy warp. So then maybe other gem-controlled planets have Temples, but they aren't accessible unless you're on the planet. That's why if Jasper/Peridot had bubbled the Crystal Gems, they wouldv'e just poofed back to their own Temple on Earth.