I feel that. All these characters are more complex than most of the fandom seems willing to give credit but also, it really doesn’t fit the information we’ve been given thus far. If Rose were so desperate to escape the consequences of her actions that she’d put them all on Steven, why wait so long? Rose had spent…

Much like the child/teen she keeps getting compared to, I suspect it was more built on the idea that Garnet and Amethyst (and even Steven) would never find out and that finding out would, especially for Garnet, shatter their worldview. I think, especially for Garnet, knowing that Rose was Pink will cause her to doubt…

While children’s programming has always had some level of adult content that usually goes over kids’ heads, more and more cartoons are being written in ways that they can appeal to large and varied audiences. This show deals with concepts of war, trauma, identity, gender and race. While it is done so in ways that…

I think Pearl is also this way as a sort of parallel to dissociation in response to trauma and so, quite possibly unique even among Pearl’s. We’ve got Lapis clearly with PTSD as a result of the war (and being a POW.) I took the way Pearl compartmentalizes as her dissociating from the trauma because otherwise she…

Here’s how I read it: Rose loved Pearl as a dear friend and confidante BUT also knew she couldn’t actually be with her for the same reason she had to become Rose instead of just changing the colony as Pink Diamond. That is she was a Diamond, practically a goddess to the other gems. We’ve heard the way gems speak of…

Gorgeous cosplays and so well done! Anyone who says otherwise should kindly sod off.