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!! An analysis on Pearl's CharacterArc through season 2 and possible future CharacterDevelopment:
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-->'''Garnet''': It's not easy being in control. I have weaknesses too. But I choose not to let them consume me. I struggle to stay strong because I know the impact I have on everyone. Please understand, Pearl. You have an impact too. There are times when I look up to ''you'' for strength. ''You are your own gem. You'' control your destiny. Not me, not Rose, not Steven. But you must choose to be strong, so we can move forward. So I can trust you again.
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!![[TotalitarianUtilitarian The needs]] [[TheNeedsOfTheMany of the many]], [[ThePowerOfFriendship the few]], and the one
Steven Universe is a show about many things, but one of its core themes is the tension between the needs of others vs your needs.
DISCLAIMER: Analysis will contain spoiler information from Season 5
This is stressed starting from the top. How? Homeworld society. Homeworld was structured as a caste system so that every gem had a singular purpose in life, and every gem knew its place. Diamonds rule, lazulis terraform, rubies fight as foot soldiers, etc. In this sense, a gem had no need for personal desires. Indeed, such a thing would seem ludicrous to have a desire for anything but your work pleasing the diamonds.
And then there came a time when they decided to take over other planets for their resources. It was an easy touch and go for countless millennia. No matter what the world, or the opposition, they fell to the superior technology and biology of the gem empire. In time, it also became necessary, as building gems took lots of natural resources. Their needs overwrote whatever life was around them.
However, one diamond was dissatisfied. Pink Diamond, rather than thinking about doing what would be best for the empire, was [[ItsAllAboutMe all about her desires instead]]. "I want my own army! I want my own planet! I'm just as important as you!" And the consequences for this would ripple far beyond what was expected.
Steven Universe is a show about many things, but one of its core themes is the tension between the needs of others vs your needs.
DISCLAIMER: Analysis will contain spoiler information from Season 5
This is stressed starting from the top. How? Homeworld society. Homeworld was structured as a caste system so that every gem had a singular purpose in life, and every gem knew its place. Diamonds rule, lazulis terraform, rubies fight as foot soldiers, etc. In this sense, a gem had no need for personal desires. Indeed, such a thing would seem ludicrous to have a desire for anything but your work pleasing the diamonds.
And then there came a time when they decided to take over other planets for their resources. It was an easy touch and go for countless millennia. No matter what the world, or the opposition, they fell to the superior technology and biology of the gem empire. In time, it also became necessary, as building gems took lots of natural resources. Their needs overwrote whatever life was around them.
However, one diamond was dissatisfied. Pink Diamond, rather than thinking about doing what would be best for the empire, was [[ItsAllAboutMe all about her desires instead]]. "I want my own army! I want my own planet! I'm just as important as you!" And the consequences for this would ripple far beyond what was expected.
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Steven Universe is a show about many things, but one of its core themes is the tension between the needs of others vs your needs.
DISCLAIMER: Analysis will contain spoiler information from Season 5
This is stressed starting from the top. How? Homeworld society. Homeworld was structured as a caste system so that every gem had a singular purpose in life, and every gem knew its place. Diamonds rule, lazulis terraform, rubies fight as foot soldiers, etc. In this sense, a gem had no need for personal desires. Indeed, such a thing would seem ludicrous to have a desire for anything but your work pleasing the diamonds.
And then there came a time when they decided to take over other planets for their resources. It was an easy touch and go for countless millennia. No matter what the world, or the opposition, they fell to the superior technology and biology of the gem empire. In time, it also became necessary, as building gems took lots of natural resources. Their needs overwrote whatever life was around them.
However, one diamond was dissatisfied. Pink Diamond, rather than thinking about doing what would be best for the empire, was [[ItsAllAboutMe all about her desires instead]]. "I want my own army! I want my own planet! I'm just as important as you!" And the consequences for this would ripple far beyond what was expected.
