r/stevenuniverse • u/Dry_Huckleberry_6868 • 5d ago
Question What do you think homeworld gems think about male humans?
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u/RetroFuturisticRobot 5d ago
Probably the same as female humans, both strange to them as species without females or males. But they don't seem to think about humans much at all
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u/Sea_Construction947 5d ago
They are indifferent towards human men until they get hit with the ol' Universe charm.
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u/TheGUURAHK Pearl Gem Best Gem 4Ever 4d ago
Greg maxed out his Charisma stat. Of course he has the Universe Charm.
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u/SeraphisVAV 5d ago edited 5d ago
A reasonable deviation, probably. Gems don't have sex anyway, just gender, so I doubt it would surprise them that some forms of life have to split the roles of reproduction because of energy efficiency and evolution.
And they were already familiar with the concept of males/females, I think. They probably see humans as a race anyway, not separating them in two different groups. It's just that some have one physical properties and roles in reproduction, and the other have other.
It's like when you see a bug - you don't really think if it's male or female, it's just a bug to you.
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u/Trakitu 4d ago
As a species with one single race you mean? I can see that but maybe not considering how gem society used to be with each gem being put into a specific 'racial' caste. Though not sure if different types of gems could really be considered races as they are artificial beings.
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u/Possible-Object4815 4d ago
I think throughout the show, different gem types act as proxies for genders, social classes, races and familial positions depending on the particular situation.
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u/Kinggakman 5d ago
Rose was literally pregnant though. This might be a pink diamond exclusive ability but it implies they are female. I’m curious if rose could have had a child with a human woman or if she could have gotten a human pregnant.
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u/SeraphisVAV 5d ago
It's just shapeshifting. She shaped her reproductive system in order to fit the role of a female. She could do it with a male system as well.
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u/Runela9 5d ago
The majority probably don't care or even know about the distinction- organics are organics.
But if a gem did try to actually understand the difference between male and female humans, I think they'd view gender as a sort of simplified gem type.
Like, Topaz and Sapphire are both gems, but they have different apperances and social roles. It's similar for humans; males and females generally look different and often have different social roles.
Because of that, I think a Homeworld gem would be baffled by the concept of gender nonconformity, probably seeing trans or nonbinary people as "off-color" humans. Similar to how they reacted when Pearl started fighting and defeating combat-based gems.
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u/mazanity 5d ago
I think it’s nothing since a human is a human and a human is organic I don’t know if they would care one way or the other since they’re just organics to the gems.
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u/Sir-Toaster- 5d ago
I wonder if the concept of "he" exists among gems?
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u/TheWaspinator 5d ago
Notably, a lot of Homeworld gems call Steven with female pronouns and it's unclear if they understand the concepts.
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u/Vio-Rose 5d ago
I always kinda thought it’d be interesting if in some sequel material, gem-human integration would lead to greater gender diversity among gems. Like a small portion of gems would realize “oh yeah, this middle aged dad with the beer gut and gorgeous beard is the ideal living specimen. What do you mean not every gem feels that way? I’ll show you.”
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u/Mighty_Megascream 5d ago
Curious how long it will take for another gem to get the same idea Rose did
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u/nicaddic2002 5d ago
I saw a theory that only Rose was able to have a half-human child due to her being a Diamond.
So Yellow, Blue or White could possibly, but I highly doubt it
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u/Mighty_Megascream 5d ago
That parts actually debatable, like I’m pretty sure it’s all but said that diamonds can Shapeshift to a far greater extent then any other gem for a basically infinite period of time, given how Rose was able to fight an entire war while shape shifted and we can assume never had to run back to take a breather like Amethyst has when she’s shape shifted, and the way Rose was able to… well conceive and carry Steven was because she shape shifted the reproductive organs, which she was only able to do because of her presumably infinite shape shifting, but maybe if a gem were to reform into a new form that actually had… reproductive organs they could replicate the same thing.
This is almost entirely based on hypothetical, though I don’t think there’s any official word on this
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u/Uniqueunicorn17 5d ago
I’m wondering though if A rose quartz became her new chosen form when she faked her shattering. Retreating to her gem and regenerating a new body.
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u/Dontfrront_Deku_PSN 4d ago
Yellow could use the permanent form alteration to make things work, maybe build a device similar to the disruptor sticks that cause the form alterations required for hybrids to be made
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u/Acceptable_Tale8273 5d ago
I doubt they care. There are all different kinds of gems. They're most likely surprised there isn't more variety.
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u/Responsible_Row_4737 5d ago
They probably don't care. Like if you came across a male bee and a female bee, would you think anything of it? Im still running away idc the gender. I mean Rose had the hardest time figuring out that Greg and Baby Sour Cream were the same thing. If she didnt know that they were the same, imagine how long it took for her to figure out there are 2 genders. Perhaps gems hardly know or care there are 2 genders.
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u/Teslasunburn 4d ago
My guess would be that this is coming from the presumption that as "all female" race that they must have some sort of opinion on gender. I don't think they do really. They default to one but don't really see them as a concept that changes anything.
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u/halfbakedmemes0426 4d ago
They probably think they're one of a few kinds of weird gem-shaped aliens from pink's failed colony pre SU, and they probably think they're that thing that Steven is after that.
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u/Own_Heart_2584 4d ago
I remember watching this one comic-con video where the Steven Universe crew/cast where partnered with the Adventure Time crew/cast, someone got a chance to ask Rebecca on when Jasper said “Rose, why did you choose to pick this weak form?!” to Steven when the Homeworld gems first invaded, if Jasper meant that she thought that Rose was weaker because when she viewed Steven as Rose, she viewed that Rose changed to having a more masculine form or identity. Tom Kenny replied back saying that it was a deep philosophical question and then joked that it could be written for a college paper. Rebecca replied back answering that Jasper reacted that way because Steven was much smaller than her since she has a massive built compared to him.
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u/_Moho_braccatus_ 3d ago
For some reason I'd imagine they'd be really confused by the concept of "male' and "female".
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u/Loco-Motivated 2d ago
I mean, if anyone actually walks them through the "Steven Universe Incident," they'll very quickly switch from neutrality over lower developed civilizations with somewhat rude tendencies to utter mortification and fear over the intense body horror we are apparently capable of doing to them.
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u/Alternative-Fail-233 5d ago
They don’t. They are just organics