Guys, I loved the movie. LOVED IT. But, something is nagging at me: what happened to those gem experiments?

You know, the abominations made from the shattered corpses of gems? The ever-suffering, can't-be-healed Frankenstein monsters that the diamonds made as a precursor to the Cluster (which also hasn't been mentioned, even when all that poison was being pumped into the earth)? I mean, in 'Change your Mind,' Yellow was just sitting in the dark with a whole room full of them:

(Talk about some fucked up decor)

I honestly hope they will be a main plot-point in season 6. This is something horrific that can't be undone, which resulted in beings that can't be reasoned with or pacified with friendship.

oh yeah, totally! (sorry this took forver to get to, but i worked on the Y//O//I post for 90 years)

THE PROS 

the crew made sure to show Garnet was incredibly disgusted and terrified to the point of unfusing

having Steven be horrified by what he’s seeing and trying to help Garnet when she’s seeing something this fucked up & traumatic

having Ruby and Sapphire try to talk to each other

showing Ruby’s rage with how Homeworld treats fusions of different gems

Sapphire’s worry with Ruby and still in shock of what she’s seeing. she might have future vision, but seeing something like this still messed her up emotionally and psychologically

the Cluster being shoved in the core of Earth was also kinda cool to me tbh. like, having a viable threat that can bust out in any second and completely shred apart the entire planet? that’s a fucking interesting “race against the clock” kinda scenario that the Crystal Gems needed!

THE CONS

the crew, and moreso specifically Sugar herself, says there’s no villains in this story. but shows forced fusions. and how those gems that are forced together are in absolute pain and misery. and how Garnet is also miserable. and how Steven feels the pain of those gems physically. how... how do you even mess that up?

the entire Cluster arc. Homeworld has a fucking geo-weapon underneath their feet, and the Crystal Gems decide to break into song and stop working to celebrate Steven’s birthday?! guys, it’s a bit more important to get rid of this incredible fucking threat before y’all decide to just mellow out with Steven’s ukulele! 

also, they missed a good chance to develop Peridot a bit more. the Gems could be busy working and Steven is a bit upset that they can’t celebrate his birthday due to this huge threat, but he 100% understands why. the Gems promise to throw him a proper birthday party after they’re done with the Cluster, and he’s okay with that. Peridot overhears this, and when she goes in the drill with Steven she refuses to let Steven get hurt. when he starts panicking and the two thing they’re gonna die, she says, “NO! we need to celebrate your creation! i won’t allow you to be destroyed!” 

The forced fusions/gem mutants

Have you ever thought about how disturbing the gem experiments are? The Homeworld Gems took what was basically the body and brain of a gem and forced them together. WARNING: The next photo is gory If you are not comfortable with that or queasy, do not look.

the first forced fusion we meet (other than a few random conjoined hands) is this monster. Looks familiar, right?

Those sillouettes look remarkably similar to our friend Zircon. And what’s more:

its fused gem fragments bear a strong resemblance to Zircon’s almost cubic-shaped gem, if you view them as being rotated inward so that the corners are poking out. here’s a closeup of Zircon’s gem as she is being poofed by yellow diamond:

And of course, we know that there were zircons on earth as evidenced by Pearl’s hologram of the Sea Spire in Cheeseburger Backpack:

and from Garnet’s story of how Ruby and Sapphire met in The Answer:

Note the foreward-curved hairstyle, wide shoulders, and square gem.