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When I made my theory video about how Centipeetle got corrupted,
there was a huge response on what the weapon was
that corrupted almost all of the Crystal Gems,
and even some of the Homeworld gems was.
One thing that I had not considered
but many, many, many of you did.
Was that this was not just a weapon from the Diamonds,
but their actual fusion weapon.
At first it seems a bit crazy
but I wanted to cover this theory since so many of you guys want this to be true.
However, like most theories, this one is not flawless
and I will point out those facts as well.
I decided to make this a 75k or perhaps 80k subscribers celebration video.
And with that I went through a large portion of
the comments section to see what my fans
had to say about the Diamonds influence
on this corruption weapon.
I didn't get to read all the comments,
but I read quite a few.
And I must say you guys are incredible theorists.
There may be a few points that some of you
mentioned that I forgot about or did not get around to reading.
But I hope at the very least a few of these points
will make you think, just as they did for me.
So, to begin, let's see where this theory originates.
As I said in Centipeetles corruption video,
we know that the damage caused by the Diamonds
was most likely done through a song.
This goes against the earlier theory that the
weapon used to cause mass corruption
was a bomb that sent off a pulse.
However, this does not entirely rule out the bomb theory.
As this is a song that could have been made naturally,
such as from the mouth of a gem,
or from a weapon that was detonated like a bomb,
or from something else like a Wailing Stone.
We really do not have many specifics on the weapon
besides the fact that it was a bright light.
Well, except for one other aspect.
I honestly do not know how I missed this,
but as a ton of you stated in your comments,
the flash of light we saw in Same Old World
was probably the same one described by Centipeetle.
And in Same Old World this flash of light
is not depicted as pure white,
but instead as a pulse that equally consists
of three colors.
White, Yellow, and Blue.
These are the colors of all the known Diamonds
with the exception of Pink,
who is assumed at this time to be kicked out of the Diamond Authority.
That led many of you guys to thinking,
could this be the weapon that is created when those three Diamonds fuse?
I think this would be an extremely interesting posibility.
My first thought, was that this was just supposed
to be something to represent that this weapon
was set off by those three Diamonds.
But, I must admit, if the only way to corrupt gems
in this magnitude was through the fusion of the
White, Yellow, and Blue Diamonds then that would be truly amazing.
After all, Pearl called this damage from the Diamonds.
What if it literally was from them?
But like I said before, there are some flaws
to this theory, which I will get to.
As a side note, when Same Old World aired
it was not certain that this flash of light we saw
in Lapis' flashback was the weapon that caused the corruption.
And it may have just been the flash of all the
Homeworld gems leaving Earth.
But, as a few of you pointed out, Monster Reunion
confirmed these flashes to be the same event,
just depicted a bit differently.
I'm not very musically inclined, but both instances
share the same notes right when we see both of the flashes.
You really have to listen close, but it is there.
It's a bit more obvious in Same Old World
than in Monster Reunion.
This shows just how important music is to the show,
and this is probably the theme of the Diamonds
just to indicate that they are here.
Continuing on,
one aspect of this weapon that is very interesting
is that Pink Diamond is missing.
This makes the weapon unfinished in some ways
as the oldest Diamond Authority symbol we saw had four Diamonds.
A few of you made the observation that without
Pink Diamond, the weapon is incomplete.
If this was their fusion weapon,
then it would make more sense that without
Pink Diamond, the natural weapon of the
Diamond fusion was a song of corruption.
So if this is their weapon without Pink Diamond,
then what would their song, or weapon be like with her?
I really like the idea that this would be a song of making.
It would take all four of the Diamonds to
undo the damage done on Earth.
This would make Pink Diamond a really important
aspect of the show, as she is the only one who holds
the key to undo corruption.
We may even have a clue to what the fusion
of White, Yellow, and Blue Diamond would be.
One commenter pointed out that Centipeetle drew
the Diamond Authority symbol in black.
Could this mean that their fusion is Black Diamond?
Maybe. Although, this may have just been a coincidence.
Now that I have talked about this theory being
a great possibility, it is time to acknowledge the
downfall of this theory.
This is, of course, Homeworld being against different
types of gems fusing. Blue Diamond and her court objected
to Ruby fusing with Sapphire, and Jasper hated fusion
until she experienced it firsthand.
Maybe the Diamonds kept their fusion a secret
or they considered themselves similar enough to fuse.
But this is a really good point against this theory.
And now that I've talked about what this weapon may have been,
I want to talk a little more about how it could have worked.
As we have seen before, gems can be poofed
through the use of Gem Destabilizers, which happen
to look like tuning forks.
Any manufactured weapon that can hurt only gems
probably uses sound as a main way to cause damage to them.
This would mean that a specific enough sound,
or maybe a whole song, is what triggered the
corruption instead of a bunch of gems simply being
poofed like Garnet was.
Their bodies are made of light.
So it would have to be a sound that directly interacts
with each gems particular gemstone.
Or this song could have been like malware,
or a virus to the gemstone.
I have called gems artificial intelligence a few times now,
so this isn't that far of a stretch.
One commentator even likened this song to an
electromagnetic pulse, which can corrupt computer programs.
All this together means that there are quite a few
possibilities when it comes to exactly what cause the
corruption of so many gems.
You guys are awesome with providing details for these
theories that I totally overlooked. This is why I love
making theories, to find out what others think about
them and to actually learn more when I miss something.
I would like to end this theory off with another possibility,
although it is a bit out there.
The fusion weapon might not be just the song itself,
but a bunch of instruments that could create a song.
This would be really interesting, because it might explain
why some of the Homeworld ships look like hands.
I mean, there's probably a reason for that, right?
And if that is not the reason, then why are there ships that look like hands?
Yes, I agree, it does look cool.
But you never know. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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