History Characters / StevenUniverseYellowDiamond

* BigBadDuumvirate: Often serves in this role with Blue Diamond. [[spoiler:They even invade the Earth together.]]

* NeverMyFault: One of Yellow's many flaws, and to further drive the point home that not even the Diamonds are anywhere near flawless. While she does have legitimate reason to be angry at "Pink" for [[spoiler:[[FakingTheDead faking her death]] and causing her and Blue to grieve for ''millennia'', she never once takes into conideration that it was her and Blue's treatment of Pink that drove her away, as evident by [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]] and [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind "Change Your Mind"]], even telling Steven "Ugh, Pink. How many perfectly adequate Gems did you have us ruin?" in the former episode and outright stating that Pink ''abandoned'' them in the latter episode. Subveted as she eventually does accept responsibility in a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment.]]

[[Characters/StevenUniverseCrystalGems Crystal Gems]] ([[Characters/StevenUniverseStevenQuartzUniverse Steven Quartz Universe]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseGarnet Garnet]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseAmethyst Amethyst]] | [[Characters/StevenUniversePearl Pearl]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseRoseQuartz Rose Quartz]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseConnieMaheswaran Connie Maheswaran]] | [[Characters/StevenUniversePeridot Peridot]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseLapisLazuli Lapis Lazuli]]) | [[Characters/StevenUniverseGemFusions Gem Fusions]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseHomeworldGems Homeworld Gems]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseDiamondAuthority Diamond Authority]] ('''Yellow Diamond''' | [[Characters/StevenUniverseBlueDiamond Blue Diamond]] | [[Characters/StevenUniversePinkDiamond Pink Diamond]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseWhiteDiamond White Diamond]]) | [[Characters/StevenUniverseYellowDiamondsCourt Yellow Diamond's Court]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseJasper Jasper]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseBlueDiamondsCourt Blue Diamond's Court]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseSpinel Spinel]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseOffColors Off Colors]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseGemMonsters Gem Monsters]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseLittleHomeworld Little Homeworld]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseHumans Humans]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseGregUniverse Greg Universe]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseLarsBarriga Lars Barriga]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseSadieMiller Sadie Miller]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseOther Other]] | [[Characters/StevenUniverseS1E33GarnetsUniverse Garnet's Universe]]]]]]-]

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** Her toxic but well-meaning parenting style with Pink Diamond can be compared to Dr. Maheswaran's own parenting style to Connie. This is best portrayed in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]], where she is being portrayed by Priyanka and Pink is Stevonnie. As a result, she (along with Blue) is LockedOutOfTheLoop from Pink's [[spoiler:secret life as Rose Quartz]] for thousands of years because she was afraid to tell her the truth, just like how Priyanka (and her husband) were locked out from her daughter's secret adventures with Steven. [[spoiler: By "[[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E17HomeworldBound Homeworld Bound]]", she has taken up the cause of repairing the gems shattered for her cluster experiments using her new ability to alter a gem's default form, having basically become the gem-equivalent of a doctor.]]

* PersonalityPowers: Yellow's SignatureMove is a [[ShockAndAwe bolt of electricity]] that [[OneHitKill destabilizes a regular gem's form instantly]] and [[AgonyBeam inflicts pain]] onto her fellow Diamonds. This reflects her cool and efficient way of managing her gems and [[NotSoStoic her tendency to lash out]] whenever her authority is questioned or whenever someone tries getting her to open up. [[spoiler: Between her HeelFaceTurn in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind Change Your Mind]]" and "[[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E17HomeworldBound Homeworld Bound]]", she eventually learned how to ''alter'' a gem to their preferred state, showing that not only has she learned to look past physical appearance, but has developed a cause in undoing her inhumane experiments.]]

** Her toxic but well-meaning parenting style with Pink Diamond can be compared to Dr. Maheswaran's own parenting style to Connie. This is best portrayed in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E12JungleMoon "Jungle Moon"]], where she is being portrayed by Priyanka and Pink is Stevonnie. As a result, she (along with Blue) is LockedOutOfTheLoop from Pink's [[spoiler:secret life as Rose Quartz]] for thousands of years because she was afraid to tell her the truth, just like how Priyanka (and her husband) were locked out from her daughter's secret adventures with Steven.

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* BalefulPolymorph: She can alter the physical forms of other Gems, as shown in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]] when she forcibly changes Nephrite's form. It's implied that this was her contribution to the corruption attack. [[spoiler:In Era 3 she turns this power towards restoring the physical forms of the gems she shattered and also [[MundaneUtility making cosmetic changes]] for gems who want them.]]

* BalefulPolymorph: She can alter the physical forms of other Gems, as shown in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]] when she forcibly changes Nephrite's form. It's implied that this was her contribution to the corruption attack.

* BruiserWithASoftCenter: She’s one of the most brutal and short-tempered characters shown throughout the series, but deeply loves Blue and Pink and bursts into tears upon realizing how her behaviour towards her little sister drove her away.

* BruiserWithASoftCenter: She’s one of the most brutal and short-tempered characters shown throughout the series, but deeply loves Blue and Pink and bursts into tears upon how her behaviour towards her little sister drove her away.

* BrokenPedestal:
** Peridot's faith in her is [[AccidentalPun shattered]] when she finally reestablishes contact with her in an attempt to argue that the Earth is more useful intact, only for Yellow Diamond to make it very clear that she wants the Earth destroyed out of spite and revenge, rather than for any logical reason. Peridot ultimately turns on her when it's clear that Yellow Diamond won't see reason.
** Eventually, [[spoiler:Pink Diamond went from worshipping her big sister to secretly rebelling against her by posing as Rose Quartz. Pink was hurt and disappointed that she wasn't given the choice to spare the Earth, and believed that far from being a CoolBigSis, Yellow was nothing but distant and cold.]]

* BigSisterBully: Not intentionally, but her constant dismissal of Pink, [[spoiler:manhandling her for slights such as batting at her commnunication device, combined with her refusal to let Pink spare the Earth, led Pink to dislike Yellow and believe she never cared about her. In present day she seems to have [[HeelRealization realized this]], as she [[ItsAllMyFault blames herself]] for Pink's "death". Then she snaps back when "Pink", actually Steven, fuses with a human and she poofs the Crystal Gems and a Jade for coming to Stevonnie's defense before locking up the latter. She finally realizes she's this after enforcing Homeworld's strict rules forces her to attack Blue Diamond.]]

** When it comes to any planet ''except'' [[ItsPersonal Earth]], she treats planetary genocide like anyone would a desk job and seems more ''bored'' with it than anything else. Then again, we haven't seen any intelligent life aside from Gems and humans, so this may be understandable. [[spoiler:It turns out that it's less she's bored and more she's long since devolved into doing it ''solely'' in an attempt to get White Diamond to give her any acknowledgement at all, something she knows is a distant or if not impossible goal.]]

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The first Diamond to be mentioned and the second to make an appearance. She commands Homeworld's military, is in charge of the Cluster geo-weapon project, and may be the yellow Gem on the mural from [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E8SeriousSteven "Serious Steven"]]. [[ChekhovsGunman She briefly appears in the extended theme song]], and premieres properly in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E28MessageReceived "Message Received"]].

** Surprisingly, to Steven. Both characters have a massive guilt complex over events that happened in the past and just can't seem to forgive themselves. Yellow and Steven also tend to hide their emotions in favor of trying to be there for everyone else; they can't really talk to other Gems about it because of their rather unique hierarchy. Both characters are rather protective to an extent; Steven is more obvious with this as his weapon is a literal shield, but with Yellow, she has command over Homeworld's military, meaning her job is to protect the Gem race. And when dealing with White Diamond, she decides to be the one to speak with White and take whatever wrath she was going to dish out. Both Steven and Yellow have this interesting struggle with duty and destiny. It makes more sense for Yellow, since she is a Homeworld Gem and thus is expected to conform to a certain role because that is what she was made for. She's not all that happy with her job; in fact, she's utterly miserable. And despite Steven being a Crystal Gem being raised with the mentality that he could be whatever he wanted to be, he could never shake the feeling that he has some kind of magical destiny.

** Surprisingly, to Steven. Both characters have a massive guilt complex over events that happened in the past and just can't seem to forgive themselves. Yellow and Steven also tend to hide their emotions in favor of trying to be there for everyone else; they can't really talk to other Gems about it because of their rather unique hierarchy. Both characters are rather protective to an extent; Steven is more obvious with this as his weapon is a literal shield, but with Yellow, she has command over Homeworld's military, meaning her job is to protect the Gem race. And when dealing with White Diamond, she decides to be the one to speak with White and take whatever wrath she was going to dish out. Both Steven and Yellow have this interesting struggle with duty and destiny. It makes more sense for Yellow, since she is a Homeworld Gem and thus is expected to conform to a certain role because that is what she was made for. And if you really think about it, she's not all that happy with her job; in fact, she's utterly miserable. And despite Steven being a Crystal Gem being raised with the mentality that he could be whatever he wanted to be, he could never shake the feeling that he has some kind of magical destiny.

* FauxAffablyEvil: She seems like a ReasonableAuthorityFigure at first glance, listening to and politely thanking Peridot for her report and offering to send a ship to retrieve her from Planet Earth (though she does throw out some backhanded compliments and insults), but it doesn't take long for her to get angry when Peridot starts questioning her authority.

** In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind “Change Your Mind”]], she all but states that her villainy is just an attempt to please White.

* TranquilFury: When [[spoiler:accused of potentially killing Pink Diamond,]] rather than shouting or growing visibly furious as she typically does [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness she remains entirely silent before slowly rising to her feet]] [[spoiler:and poofing the Zircon who suggested it]].

* TheUnfettered: Billions of deaths of innocent people? The opinions of an incredibly loyal Gem who has nothing but respect for her? The possibility of resources and practical potential? Doesn't matter at all. All that matters to her is getting revenge on Rose for shattering Pink Diamond.

** DragonInChief: She's also generally acted as the public face of the Diamond Authority in Era 2, since Blue has been in mourning since the war and White was confined to her ship. She's also the most antagonistic Diamond towards Earth in the first three seasons, as she specifically oversees Jasper and Peridot, as well as the Cluster project.

* TookALevelInCheerfulness: Downplayed, but she does lighten up a little after [[spoiler:reuniting with Pink Diamond (as Steven). She's also shown to be much more cheerful and social while curing Corruption alongside Blue and White near the end of [Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind "Change Your Mind"]].

* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: Her ability to poof Gems with her ShockAndAwe powers is the apparentt basis of the Gem Destabilizers.

* SourOutsideSadInside: [[spoiler:As it turns out, despite never showing it, she [[ItsAllMyFault blames herself]] for Pink's apparent death. And, as of [Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind "Change Your Mind"]], it's clear that she ''hates'' having to be so ruthless in punishing those who go against Homeworld's rules, particularly when Blue goes against them.]]

* TookALevelInCheerfulness: Downplayed, but she does lighten up a little after [[spoiler:reuniting with Pink Diamond (as Steven). She's also shown to be much more cheerful and social while curing Corruption alongside Blue and White near the end of [Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind "Change Your Mind"]].]]