do you do theory stuff? what kind of insane power do you think lime bloods had for them to be considered "a threat to authority"? what could they do that made them so dangerous as to be exterminated?

A lot of people Headcanon they could pacify Highbloods, which doesn’t sound to me like it’d threaten them enough to erase their very existence. On top of that, I know Kankri is excessive with everything, but he does mention the name ‘Lime’ to be offensive because of the historical connotations, which could be seen as him talking about Alternian connotations, but also somewhat imply that on Beforus they were also oppressed? Which, given the nature of Beforus, would debunk the pacifying theory. Which is not to say they /aren’t/ good pacifiers, just that I personally believe there’s something more to it.

And that something ‘more’ I believe has to do with First Guardians, or specifically one First Guardian, the Axolotl shown early in concept art for Hiveswap, which ties it to Fiamet, the only Limeblood we know of so far (And who is likely sextuple-pigtail silhouette from the Troll Call). It’s early to say exactly what their connection is and what the deal with Limebloods as a whole is, but it’s likely we’ll get answers soon in Hiveswap itself.