The Answer brought up that Gems have courts, but when Lapis sent her warning to Steven in season 1, she said that when she got to home world it was "different."
yeah that's a really good thing to point out, since Lapis hasn't been on homeworld as long as the crystal gems. the other matriarchs still exist by way of Peridot identifying them, but a shift in power balance would be a huge change. though i wonder if Rose is actually a matriarch now like previously believed - the diamonds seem to be very large in stature and while Rose is tall she doesn't seem as daunting as Blue Diamond looked in Answer.
plus Jasper didn't seem very phased about fusing with Lapis for a power boost, despite them definitely being in different courts, so the very concept that gems only fuse within their own type may be different now (though it clearly requires more effort on the part of the gems to keep it stable.)
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yeah that's a really good thing to point out, since Lapis hasn't been on homeworld as long as the crystal gems. the other matriarchs still exist by way of Peridot identifying them, but a shift in power balance would be a huge change. though i wonder if Rose is actually a matriarch now like previously believed - the diamonds seem to be very large in stature and while Rose is tall she doesn't seem as daunting as Blue Diamond looked in Answer.
plus Jasper didn't seem very phased about fusing with Lapis for a power boost, despite them definitely being in different courts, so the very concept that gems only fuse within their own type may be different now (though it clearly requires more effort on the part of the gems to keep it stable.)