Who Were 'The Fallen'? - Steven Universe Theory

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Those don't look like gem armor. l think they were the armor of humans that fought and died in the war,cause l think at some point someone said that humans fought too.

Didn’t Greg mention in the season 1 finale that a lot of humans died in the war? Maybe just in the crossfire or maybe humans actually fought with the crystal gems to defend their home.

I think it is the fallen/killed humans that fought in the gem war

0:36 pearls smile was my reaction on the Steven universe movie

What if they were all suits worn by previous lovers Rose had throughout the centuries of war?

Those armors were probably from the Humans they helped over the eons

[Pearl, your smile scares me. Please, stop]

Gems don't really need armour (I mean it would help but they don't need it.) I always thought it was the "people" of the war Greg referenced in The Return.

The "fallen" would indicate that the owners of the armor were deceased. The candidates are: 1. Crystal Gems whose gemstones were destroyed during battle with Homeworld loyalists, and their armor preserved as both memorials and as a reserve 2. Human allies of the Crystal Gems who died in action against Homeworld (implied by Greg's words to Steven in The Return, and possibly paralleled by the Watermelon Stevens fighting Malachite) 3. Human warriors of the post-Rebellion era, who'd somehow earned Rose Quartz's admiration Humans wouldn't have had the technology to create plate armor for at least a few thousand years after the end of the Crystal Gem rebellion, and not of this sophistication and variety for a few thousand years more. So, either these were Gem-created before and during the rebellion, or made by humans only in the past millennium. I think much more likely that these are Gem-made, since probably only Rose Quartz would care about collecting human armor, and her items would have been kept either in the pocket dimension or her junkyard. Additionally, Gem armor would have been deemed useful by Pearl, and readily agree with Rose keeping them safe against a possible return of Homeworld, just like the Quartazine Trio of light cannons. While it's possible that these suits were utilized by Gem shards as automatons, I'd have a couple of caveats against this being their exclusive use. One, if the use of Gem shard automatons was proved to be self-defeating, then there's presumably be no need to keep armor suits in Rose's "secret" armory; they'd be tossed into the junkyard or some part of the Crystal Temple as basically useless except for sentimental value. Two, Gems' hard-light bodies can be poofed as easily as human bodies can be fatally damaged, so it makes sense that at least some Gem warriors would wear protection in battle, and consequently the use of Gem armor would not be restricted to automatons.

I thought the armor of the fallen was rose friends who were humans we know how rose loved humans but she found out that they had died in the war

I just noticed that the armor with the red hood kinda looks like what Connie wore at Stevens special pink room o.O

early also I still can’t stop thinking about that audio leak it kept me up all night same for you let me know

I figured they belonged to some human friends of Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond who joined her in some battles that came long after the Gem War.

I think the Fallen is one of the many elements introduced early on that either where never meant to go anywhere or got out right dropped.

I don't think gems wore the armor, I think they were worn by humans throughout history of the war that Rose encountered. Maybe past love interests. Why would they be kept secret? They would've probably been in the temple then unless they were fallen human soldiers. Rose would've felt bad/guilty for them falling in war for her and her mission. This was probably her way of paying respects.

Maybe her past lovers? The armors look cross cultural.

I saw a cool comic that headcanonned that the armor of the fallen belonged to Rose’s past “Lovers”

Ayyy Deepcut! Never heard of the Fallen before, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

It’s amazing how much the show has changed.