User blog comment:Disgustedorite/Gemsona Cameos for Webcomic/@comment-26840812-20161129224414/@comment-25175729-20161130011619

I cannot include Tridymite at all without making drastic changes to their story, which I feel would also end up drawing attention away from the main plot.

The reason for my "no males" rule is because all this applies to my personal AU where, like in canon, a Gem can only be male if there's a reason for it--such as being a male-born hybrid like Steven, or choosing to identify as male after being exposed to the gender binary. Further, I have a specific event planned that relies on the idea of a male Gem being completely foreign to the main characters. I would also rather respect your characters' original designs and not make genderbends of them just for the sake of being non-offensive.

I can, however, have Chloritoid and Zemannite appear in the background in different, non-humanoid forms if you want. There's a reason I asked for favorite animals and corrupted form references.