The blue and red gems being clarity and uncertainty is an interesting theory but I think you can tie it their secondary properties back to their main one. Fire is made with heat, which would make the red gem a sort of heat creator. Heat is a form of energy, so it could be extrapolated that red gems can revive people by giving them "heat" or the warmth that comes with being alive. Blue gems would be the absence of this heat, absorbing it and leaving nothing. This could make the "clarity" element you came up with more a byproduct of removing other external energies, like it absorbs other forms of light except the moon's for the dial. Also green could represent matter and yellow represents energy, two opposites of our reality. It makes green a bit more broad for its creation and destruction gimmick and makes yellow make a bit more sense than just being symbolic.
Green and yellow representing matter/energy also kinda makes sense with The Twins, as spazmatism spews fire (matter) while retinazer shoots lasers (energy)
i think wilson being capable of converting gems into other gems also just fits into the framing of his skill-tree; transmutation n alchemy, which today is considered the root of modern chemistry
Alchemy is a pseudoscience, its not the root of chemistry at all. It did lead to the creation of chemistry but alchemy doesn't have anything real so it cant be called a "root". Inspiration would be a better word
@@mirage8164 well alchemy is widely considered the beginning of it as alchemy basically consist of heating up elements and or putting them in acid etc. just to see what would happen which did actually lead into modern chemistry
I made a theory a while ago that each gem represent a element unique to The Constant and a entity behind that element that all once were whole to form “Alter”, goes as simple as: Red = Soul, due to being associated with life and healing. Deity is most likely the volcano from Shipwrecked, or something within it, as it feeds off of life similar to the life giving amulet and creates life of it’s own through Dragoons. Wortox’s souls also are the same hue. Blue = Death, due to being associated with death and life draining such as the cold. Deity is most likely what causes Winter within The Constant. Purple = Nightmares: Self explanatory. Deity is “Them.” Explains why “Them” is named the way they are, since they are made of two deities judging by red and blue gems making purple. Orange = Warping: Deity is The Maw from Gorge, as the wormholes have a orange hue associated with them and violate the laws of physics according to Wagstaff, and The Maw is notoriously slothful and lazy. Green = Creation: Deity seems to be Wormwood, as Wormwood in themselves is a “creation” of Alter, and the green gem within their core. Yellow = The Sun. If Alter is the moon… then… what is the sun?… Opal = Alter. Self explanatory.
Heres my take on this: Red gem: Represents exothermic transfer of energy. Releases energy for multiple purposes, primarily heat. This explains why it revives a player. Blue gem: Represents exothermic transfer of energy. Takes in energy, which is why it cools you down and takes in the moon’s energy and exhibits it for the player. Purple gem: This one represents time and power. However, since time is weird in the Constant, its effects are also kind of weird. Using the power of time makes the purple gem work much like the orange gem and meddles with space, rather than manipulating time directly. Orange gem: arguably the most direct color of gem. This just manipulates space, which the Constant has a lot of. Green gem: Represents the creation and destruction of matter by adding more matter with energy. It actually breaks a primary law of physics. This explains why it needs nightmare fuel to function properly: it needs the pure energy to manufacture, or in some cases get rid of, matter itself. Yellow gem: Represents light. It has the power to create light with the energy of nightmare fuel. Iridescent gem: Represents the power of Alter itself. It harnesses the combined gem’s power, which is from the moon, to mimic the moon’s power. These are most likely a combination of all the gems, which is why Wilson can craft one with every type of gem. A lot of my speculation comes from Maxwell’s quotes, which indicate that the gems that he didn’t create (he created red, blue, and purple) require the nightmare fuel, or pure energy, to function properly.
This is what I think they all represent: Red= heat The reason why I think it can be used to give back life is either a pun about it Reigniting The spark of life or how thermal energy facilitates the continuation of natural processes important for the preservation of life Blue=cold Possibly with a connection to water or the clarity thing you mentioned, but that also could be there were any sources of glass besides Messages in bottles Which you would have to retrieve from shipwrecked Purple= Focus Green=mass Yellow= lateral Displacement Orange= Temporal displacement
Green could be efficiency, the staff and the amulet are a bit obvious why and wormwood having the ability to make living logs, saplings and other plants could be seen as him being more efficient with his time.
You forgot that every gem and elemental creature is connected to a different plane of existence, like per-instance, y'know the forge? That's where red gems come from, even Maxwell has some quotes stating that certain elemental creatures come from certain lands outside the constant. My theory is that there isn't just a idea of what the gems convey, but also deities and planes of existence that are connected directly to them as well. Hell, you could even say Alter proves my theory to be true.
i also feel like the transmutation could be explained by wilson being around the longest. he knows how these gems work, and has found out how to use them to create other gems in the possible years, or even decades that he's been trapped in the constant.
Yeah, I feel like its a bit of a product of its time, but I still feel like those can fall under “activity” since its such a broad term, its a bit speculative I know but its what klei gave me to work with lol The tele-locator uses energy (activity) to transport things unlike the lazy items (as seen with the lightning strikes and the “cost” for the focus) vs the lazys instant and seemingly energyless transfers The bat-bat is a transfer of energy between the attacker and the attackee
Haven't watched the video yet so idk if it's brought up but I just wanted to mention it's a pretty neat detail that each of the 2 groups/tiers of gems has two gems that are opposite to one another and a third gem that has its opposite in the other tier.
That could be true, I just feel like there has to be some reason klei chose a green gem rather than something like an iridescent gem (which would make more sense as its alters gem and wormwood came from alter)
A good question 🤔 Well if we look at what I said in this video we could assume that you convert death to a different type of life, sort of like how gestalts can convert death into (alters vision of) life (hounds, bearger, dclops) so maybe its mimicking the ability of the gestalts Thanks for asking! Actually a really good question!
Interesting, but seems a little far fetched. For me, the: Red Gem - symbolizes Life. Life Giving Amulet can resurrect, but also HEAL. So it does not make sense that Yellow Gems represent Life. Living creatures also "burn" calories, they are walking bioreactors, produce heat. Life is almost always accompanied by heat production. If it has enough "life" energy to resurrect, then it surely has enough spare energy to make something combust. Blue Gem - I think it really just is a gem that takes away energy - I think that the Magnifying Glass craft is just because it's the closest thing they got to glass. The Moon Dial blue gem could make water vapor condensate and fall into the Dial increasing the amount of water as needed, until it all overflows. Purple Gem - This was pretty on point. In my opinion it symbolizes space and the universe. Wanda's watch can already be crafted without the Purple Gem, "is it time to take a dip into the timestream?". Time. Without it. You can also teleport using Telelocator Focus, bending space.
Thats what I would believe with the blue gem aswell if it weren’t for the magnifying glass, but when it comes to a video like this I like to make sure I explain everything even though yes I believe klei just didn’t know what else to add to the craft and threw in the blue gem lol
Another video idea perhaps?🤔 I’ve had theories linking nightmare fuel to dark matter but its even more of a stretch than this theory so I haven’t done anything on it yet lol
I have written with a lot so please read So ive been writing a character who specializes in gems so i have so theories Red represent energy and life (energy because of the fire and the wagstaff goggles that shoots lazer balls [which contradicts your theory of red gems] and life because of the live giving amulet and wandas ageless watch since they let you live longer and bring back the dead) Blue is the lost of energy (coldness) and clarity (same as your theory) (life isnt clear so its still kinda the opposite) (one thing that kinda is oppose to the clarity theory is the purple gem allowing you to see things (the nightmare amulet making you see nightmares and the telelocator staff allowing you to see stuff (wilsons and walanis quotes) Purple is sight and raw power (sight because of nightmare amulet, thulecite gardener hat and telelocator staff and raw power because of how many diffrent uses it has (also green gems are more time based than purple because of wandas quote for the deconstruction staff) Orange is teleportation (because all of its uses i think, also i dont see any of the ruins gems as opposites) Green is time and conservation (time because of wanda quote for decon staff and conservation because of the construction amulet) Also i see wormwoods gem as a mutated green gem since its from altar and it can transmutate gems and it looks totally different from any gem we seen and it works differently Yellow gems is stability because it was needed for the ancients to be stable before what happen to them and light is needed for life Iridescent gem is a mixture of every gem because of wilson and it has the power of lunar energy I didnt think about wilsons crafts sine i think they mostly gameplay and not lore wise
Except maxwell doesn’t say anything about purple gems being related to darkness. He exclaims that they bring great power, time is a great power Wanda says nothing about green gems meaning time, she says she wish she had one before a certain event, that proves nothing. If you are talking about her symbolizing the pocket watch with the deconstruction staff that MAY have some meaning and I can admit that there could be something there, but it could also just be her referencing that the deconstruction staff reverts stuff to their original form (like her watch reverts her). This would not explain wormwood or the construction amulet though as both have nothing to do with time unless you consider how long wormwood took to grow but thats a stretch
Hmm, this is true The only issue is that I can’t see that signifying light either, another person said that gems dont have to have opposites which I believe so perhap maybe yellow is pure energy if we arent taking into consideration opposites
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The blue and red gems being clarity and uncertainty is an interesting theory but I think you can tie it their secondary properties back to their main one.
Fire is made with heat, which would make the red gem a sort of heat creator. Heat is a form of energy, so it could be extrapolated that red gems can revive people by giving them "heat" or the warmth that comes with being alive.
Blue gems would be the absence of this heat, absorbing it and leaving nothing. This could make the "clarity" element you came up with more a byproduct of removing other external energies, like it absorbs other forms of light except the moon's for the dial.
Also green could represent matter and yellow represents energy, two opposites of our reality. It makes green a bit more broad for its creation and destruction gimmick and makes yellow make a bit more sense than just being symbolic.
Green and yellow representing matter/energy also kinda makes sense with The Twins, as spazmatism spews fire (matter) while retinazer shoots lasers (energy)
This is actually a really good take and I could totally see it being true
the rainbow one looks like a jawbreaker
Try’s to take a bite
“I CAN TASTE THE MULTIVERSE”
i think wilson being capable of converting gems into other gems also just fits into the framing of his skill-tree; transmutation n alchemy, which today is considered the root of modern chemistry
Alchemy is a pseudoscience, its not the root of chemistry at all. It did lead to the creation of chemistry but alchemy doesn't have anything real so it cant be called a "root". Inspiration would be a better word
@@mirage8164 well alchemy is widely considered the beginning of it as alchemy basically consist of heating up elements and or putting them in acid etc. just to see what would happen which did actually lead into modern chemistry
I made a theory a while ago that each gem represent a element unique to The Constant and a entity behind that element that all once were whole to form “Alter”, goes as simple as:
Red = Soul, due to being associated with life and healing. Deity is most likely the volcano from Shipwrecked, or something within it, as it feeds off of life similar to the life giving amulet and creates life of it’s own through Dragoons. Wortox’s souls also are the same hue.
Blue = Death, due to being associated with death and life draining such as the cold. Deity is most likely what causes Winter within The Constant.
Purple = Nightmares: Self explanatory. Deity is “Them.” Explains why “Them” is named the way they are, since they are made of two deities judging by red and blue gems making purple.
Orange = Warping: Deity is The Maw from Gorge, as the wormholes have a orange hue associated with them and violate the laws of physics according to Wagstaff, and The Maw is notoriously slothful and lazy.
Green = Creation: Deity seems to be Wormwood, as Wormwood in themselves is a “creation” of Alter, and the green gem within their core.
Yellow = The Sun. If Alter is the moon… then… what is the sun?…
Opal = Alter. Self explanatory.
Thats is really a good theory imo., though is kinda strange that togheter these elements would do a unique being.
Heres my take on this:
Red gem: Represents exothermic transfer of energy. Releases energy for multiple purposes, primarily heat. This explains why it revives a player.
Blue gem: Represents exothermic transfer of energy. Takes in energy, which is why it cools you down and takes in the moon’s energy and exhibits it for the player.
Purple gem: This one represents time and power. However, since time is weird in the Constant, its effects are also kind of weird. Using the power of time makes the purple gem work much like the orange gem and meddles with space, rather than manipulating time directly.
Orange gem: arguably the most direct color of gem. This just manipulates space, which the Constant has a lot of.
Green gem: Represents the creation and destruction of matter by adding more matter with energy. It actually breaks a primary law of physics. This explains why it needs nightmare fuel to function properly: it needs the pure energy to manufacture, or in some cases get rid of, matter itself.
Yellow gem: Represents light. It has the power to create light with the energy of nightmare fuel.
Iridescent gem: Represents the power of Alter itself. It harnesses the combined gem’s power, which is from the moon, to mimic the moon’s power. These are most likely a combination of all the gems, which is why Wilson can craft one with every type of gem.
A lot of my speculation comes from Maxwell’s quotes, which indicate that the gems that he didn’t create (he created red, blue, and purple) require the nightmare fuel, or pure energy, to function properly.
Blue gems utilisation on the magnifying glass is in reference to safire lenses, which have far reaching use in optical devices
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This is what I think they all represent:
Red= heat
The reason why I think it can be used to give back life is either a pun about it Reigniting The spark of life or how thermal energy facilitates the continuation of natural processes important for the preservation of life
Blue=cold
Possibly with a connection to water or the clarity thing you mentioned, but that also could be there were any sources of glass besides Messages in bottles Which you would have to retrieve from shipwrecked
Purple= Focus
Green=mass
Yellow= lateral Displacement
Orange= Temporal displacement
Green could be efficiency, the staff and the amulet are a bit obvious why and wormwood having the ability to make living logs, saplings and other plants could be seen as him being more efficient with his time.
Yeah Green is efficiency/laboriousness as opposed to Orange's laziness, just like red and blue oppose each other in the lower gem group.
You forgot that every gem and elemental creature is connected to a different plane of existence, like per-instance, y'know the forge?
That's where red gems come from, even Maxwell has some quotes stating that certain elemental creatures come from certain lands outside the constant.
My theory is that there isn't just a idea of what the gems convey, but also deities and planes of existence that are connected directly to them as well.
Hell, you could even say Alter proves my theory to be true.
i also feel like the transmutation could be explained by wilson being around the longest. he knows how these gems work, and has found out how to use them to create other gems in the possible years, or even decades that he's been trapped in the constant.
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They are in the works! I plan to resume them soon :)
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Purple Gems are also needed for Telelocator Staff/Focus and Bat bat. I think it's the most complex gem of the game.
Yeah, I feel like its a bit of a product of its time, but I still feel like those can fall under “activity” since its such a broad term, its a bit speculative I know but its what klei gave me to work with lol
The tele-locator uses energy (activity) to transport things unlike the lazy items (as seen with the lightning strikes and the “cost” for the focus) vs the lazys instant and seemingly energyless transfers
The bat-bat is a transfer of energy between the attacker and the attackee
Haven't watched the video yet so idk if it's brought up but I just wanted to mention it's a pretty neat detail that each of the 2 groups/tiers of gems has two gems that are opposite to one another and a third gem that has its opposite in the other tier.
My headcannon is that all gems are just radiocative silly rocks
Love the animations in the video, Lotus!
Thank you! :D
Blue - integrity
Red - determination
Purple - perseverance
Orange - bravery
Green - kindness
Yellow - justice
Iridescent... um patience?
Interesting, funny enough I could see this also working, theories are so fun
Will there be more cook book videos? I love this kind of video obviously but the cook book is so fun to watch and such an unique idea
Of course! Ive unfortunately just not had a lot of time to cook lately but I have a few that I made a while ago that I plan to get out soon!
@@polarlotusi hope you cook more theories aswell
@@mirage8164 Absolutely, I’ve got tons of theories that have yet to make it into video format that should be on their way :)
you should also consider the effects each gem has on crab king that would be cool
Without watching this video, I can perfectly tell that gems represent the 7 human souls from undertale.
Wormwood’s gem could be a gem that just happens to be green, but it is a completely different type of gem then green gems
That could be true, I just feel like there has to be some reason klei chose a green gem rather than something like an iridescent gem (which would make more sense as its alters gem and wormwood came from alter)
Nice video, I wonder if the developers thought about this much when creating the recipes lol
Another good video Polar, keep up the good work
If you look at Wanda’s clock it also has what looks to be ancient guardian horn and a black piece of glass and nightmare fuel is black
Why can the yellow gem turn into an iridescent gem? Why not green gems and/or orange gems (I am talking about the moonstone events).
A good question 🤔 Well if we look at what I said in this video we could assume that you convert death to a different type of life, sort of like how gestalts can convert death into (alters vision of) life (hounds, bearger, dclops) so maybe its mimicking the ability of the gestalts
Thanks for asking! Actually a really good question!
Crack theory. Contradicts direct lore of Maxwell quotes
although i have many hours on record, i will never look at gems the same way after this video, anyway nice video!
Interesting, but seems a little far fetched.
For me, the:
Red Gem - symbolizes Life. Life Giving Amulet can resurrect, but also HEAL. So it does not make sense that Yellow Gems represent Life. Living creatures also "burn" calories, they are walking bioreactors, produce heat. Life is almost always accompanied by heat production. If it has enough "life" energy to resurrect, then it surely has enough spare energy to make something combust.
Blue Gem - I think it really just is a gem that takes away energy - I think that the Magnifying Glass craft is just because it's the closest thing they got to glass. The Moon Dial blue gem could make water vapor condensate and fall into the Dial increasing the amount of water as needed, until it all overflows.
Purple Gem - This was pretty on point. In my opinion it symbolizes space and the universe. Wanda's watch can already be crafted without the Purple Gem, "is it time to take a dip into the timestream?". Time. Without it. You can also teleport using Telelocator Focus, bending space.
Thats what I would believe with the blue gem aswell if it weren’t for the magnifying glass, but when it comes to a video like this I like to make sure I explain everything even though yes I believe klei just didn’t know what else to add to the craft and threw in the blue gem lol
What about nightmare fuel? What does it represent? If the moon is magic, what are the shadows?
Another video idea perhaps?🤔 I’ve had theories linking nightmare fuel to dark matter but its even more of a stretch than this theory so I haven’t done anything on it yet lol
Magic is science that is not understood yet
I have written with a lot so please read
So ive been writing a character who specializes in gems so i have so theories
Red represent energy and life (energy because of the fire and the wagstaff goggles that shoots lazer balls [which contradicts your theory of red gems] and life because of the live giving amulet and wandas ageless watch since they let you live longer and bring back the dead)
Blue is the lost of energy (coldness) and clarity (same as your theory) (life isnt clear so its still kinda the opposite) (one thing that kinda is oppose to the clarity theory is the purple gem allowing you to see things (the nightmare amulet making you see nightmares and the telelocator staff allowing you to see stuff (wilsons and walanis quotes)
Purple is sight and raw power (sight because of nightmare amulet, thulecite gardener hat and telelocator staff and raw power because of how many diffrent uses it has (also green gems are more time based than purple because of wandas quote for the deconstruction staff)
Orange is teleportation (because all of its uses i think, also i dont see any of the ruins gems as opposites)
Green is time and conservation (time because of wanda quote for decon staff and conservation because of the construction amulet)
Also i see wormwoods gem as a mutated green gem since its from altar and it can transmutate gems and it looks totally different from any gem we seen and it works differently
Yellow gems is stability because it was needed for the ancients to be stable before what happen to them and light is needed for life
Iridescent gem is a mixture of every gem because of wilson and it has the power of lunar energy
I didnt think about wilsons crafts sine i think they mostly gameplay and not lore wise
Interesting!
@@polarlotus thanks
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Yes but what does the bleen gem do?
Pointless note, retinazer is pronounced like retin, then the second part of laser. Its a portmanteau of retina and laser because its a eye pun.
Thank you, I never could get the handle of how to say their name lol
4:49 not true. There direct Maxwell quotes about darkness. Also green means time, wanda says it.
Except maxwell doesn’t say anything about purple gems being related to darkness. He exclaims that they bring great power, time is a great power
Wanda says nothing about green gems meaning time, she says she wish she had one before a certain event, that proves nothing. If you are talking about her symbolizing the pocket watch with the deconstruction staff that MAY have some meaning and I can admit that there could be something there, but it could also just be her referencing that the deconstruction staff reverts stuff to their original form (like her watch reverts her). This would not explain wormwood or the construction amulet though as both have nothing to do with time unless you consider how long wormwood took to grow but thats a stretch
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I edged to the iridescent gen
But doesn’t the twin with the yellow gem Have more eye children or whatever they are called
Hmm, this is true
The only issue is that I can’t see that signifying light either, another person said that gems dont have to have opposites which I believe so perhap maybe yellow is pure energy if we arent taking into consideration opposites
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Decent video.
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