Didn't gems need some time inside their gems to heal? Because what if those monsters are indeed infected with something that made them evil...

Yeah, that’s also a factor on how I joined the dots.

Obviously, the ‘poisoned’ Gems can’t rid themselves of the corruption on their own. They need an outside influence.

It’s starting to feel like Rose Quartz had a very Long Game plan for dealing with this.

But I still have to wonder - what corrupted the other Gems? How did they become monsters in the first place?

…or maybe I’m reading too much into it…