#gem creatures

[pink-jasper]

My thoughts on what type of gem these creatures are:

Centipeetle - The emerald I think is a really good match. Before this, I’d only ever seen the traditional kind and the trapiche emerald that sort of look like snowflake, not rounded like that. But that type kinda looks like an eye, so it really fits.

Ice Monster - Aquamarine is the most suggest gem for the Ice Monster. But after seeing the blue topaz, I think that‘s the most accurate. (especially that one, considering that I think that it’s a raw stone, meaning that’s how it actually grows.)

Worm Monster - Coral could work, but I don’t know if it would be a gem, since it comes from a living creature. Andesine definitely looks like the closest one.

Gem Cave Creature - Either blue zircon or chrysocolla could work. It would depend on the opacity of the gem. That particular cut of zircon definitely looks the closest though.

Tardigrade Creature/Water Bear - Given that pink and lavender around the edge of the gem, winza sapphire looks really, really close. The closest, actually, given the fact that the color varies in the same gem. (I think winza sapphire my new favorite gem.)

The Slinker - I really want the slinker to be black opal, because I love that stone, but indicolite, which is a rare color of tourmaline, looks the closest. Also, Slinker is the only other oval gem beside Pearl. I don’t know if it means anything, but there is that.

So, to sum up:

Centipeetle - Trapiche Emerald

Ice Monster - Topaz

Worm Monster - Andesine

Gem Cave Creature - Zircon

Tardigrade Creature/Water Bear - Winza Sapphire

The Slinker - Indicolite

[pink-jasper]

Steven Universe - Lion in a box

[artemispanthar]

So I was thinking about Gem Beasts and whether or not they're a malicious anomaly that are always dangerous or if there's, like, benign gem fauna. Like Crystal Squirrels or something, that don't do anything good or bad, they just exist.

I was thinking that perhaps the giant gem worm in "Bubble Buddies" would apply to this since, even though it was dangerous, it was only interested in eating "bright stuff" as Steven put it. It wasn't attacking or trying to get into the temple like the centipeetles. It just wanted to eat, which is a pretty basic and non-aggressive motivation. So basically it's just an animal and only attacked because of the glow bracelet.

But then it occurred to me - the worm eats glowing things and gems glow when they're activated. They glow pretty brightly. So maybe, while the worm may not be actively trying to kill Gems, it's specifically designed (either by something or by "nature", so to speak) to devour attacking (or defending) Gems. Or perhaps to find Gems hiding among humans.