See, I was thinking a lot about this. The whole reason that the gem supposedly brought them was to fight the monsters that attack, right? Sometimes people NPC monsters coming and going, but overall, everyone's stuck in Waverly Bay, and no one really knows why.
We have the rough draft that there was a gem war, but there's no clear indication of what happened to cause it to begin with. So what if, outside of Waverly Bay, the rest of the world is the aftereffects of the war? The world is three fourths hollowed out because of gem productions, so a lot of it is just one big kindergarten. The discovery is that the war DID happen, and the fighting gems one, but unlike Earth that Steven knows, this world felt the full brunt of what happens when a gem war goes on for years, and as a result, there are way more gem monsters and mutants that swarm the planet.
Waverly Bay could be one of the few places that houses humans that survived. They lived there for years, and because they have the crystal heart, anytime gem monsters tried to invade, a person with a gem would come and defend the world. Until recently, it hasn't been many, but more monsters are now starting to show face, maybe even gearing for one final attack to swarm the whole planet this time. It would explain why so many people are now drafted into the fight, and that eventually, there will be warp pads that will take them outside of the bay, for the REAL fight.
Re: The World Outside Waverly Bay/Potential World Plot
We have the rough draft that there was a gem war, but there's no clear indication of what happened to cause it to begin with. So what if, outside of Waverly Bay, the rest of the world is the aftereffects of the war? The world is three fourths hollowed out because of gem productions, so a lot of it is just one big kindergarten. The discovery is that the war DID happen, and the fighting gems one, but unlike Earth that Steven knows, this world felt the full brunt of what happens when a gem war goes on for years, and as a result, there are way more gem monsters and mutants that swarm the planet.
Waverly Bay could be one of the few places that houses humans that survived. They lived there for years, and because they have the crystal heart, anytime gem monsters tried to invade, a person with a gem would come and defend the world. Until recently, it hasn't been many, but more monsters are now starting to show face, maybe even gearing for one final attack to swarm the whole planet this time. It would explain why so many people are now drafted into the fight, and that eventually, there will be warp pads that will take them outside of the bay, for the REAL fight.