I had this idea for a while now, ever since I first hear this beautiful WWI-era song

Reworded some of the lyrics and shortened it a bit to make it fit with the imagery I had in my mind for it.

The corruption of Gems, on either side of the battlefield, was pretty darn tragic. For a Homeworld Gem, it must feel that the mission is not over, which is why they’re still stuck on Earth. That’s my theory why the Corrupted Gem Monsters always seem to attack the Crystal Gems: They want to finish the job so that they can come back…