So aside from the fact that this precious baby got a happy ending (?), this ep brought some interesting insight on the corrupted gems and the Gem War.

Namely that the two are more connected than we might have realized.

So we know by the time the war ended the Diamond Authority had lost Pink Diamond (who may or may not have been Rose Quartz?). The war was certainly not going their way towards the end if we have the foreshadowing details correct. Quite clearly they were losing to the rebellion on Earth.

The Diamond Authority had everything to fear from the rebel Gems. Rose’s forces were not only impeding the colonization of Earth; they were halting its progress altogether. Besides getting in the way of expanding their empire, the rebels posed a threat to the Diamond’s otherwise uncontested power. If she had been so inclined, Rose might have even spread her rebellion beyond the confines of Earth and brought down the Authority.

The Diamonds would have been desperate at this point to contain the threat that was the rebellion – and, if possible, eliminate it.

In Same Old World, we saw the Homeworld-allied Gems were running in an absolute panic about something, doing anything to get off-world.Like they were running from a monster or enemy troops.

Or the Gem-equivalent of a nuclear armageddon.

Think about it.

All the corrupted Gems were once normal Gems before they got caught up in the explosion.

The monsters we see are essentially the mutated products of a nuclear fallout.

Instead of being damaged on a physical and genetic level, they are damaged on a mental and emotional one. Each and every corrupted Gem is suffering from the fallout, suffering in a mental state comparable to PTSD.

This was the last-ditch effort and aim of the Diamonds: to render the Rebellion crushed, catatonic, chaotic, and for all intents and purposes, dead.

Even if it meant their own soldiers were caught in the crossfire.

The attack itself came from somewhere in Earth’s orbit, and given that the moon is home to a Diamond Base, it may have well been set off from there.

And we may have already seen the weapon responsible for it all.





TL;DR: The moon base is home to the nuke that corrupted all the Gems.