It will probably explode or something.

That's my new head cannon. Only it happens hundreds of years in the future so nobody we knows dies except maybe the gems depending on whether or not they make it through the war. But it means the series won't have to end and we don't have to worry about it happening in the near future. But that also means they can't…

Pearl seems to think it would explain a lot if it did.

Before I thumb your comment up, which are you saying is which?