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* UsedToBeMoreSocial: She used to attend Pink's balls to celebrate the Diamond's conquests, even playing games, but all of that stopped when Pink went to manage her own colony. Not speaking to Blue or Yellow, she has effectively isolated herself away from everyone else in her ship. Though this is usually a good thing due to her HairTriggerTemper.
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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:When the Crystal Gems land Pink Diamond's ship on Homeworld, crowds from all four courts greet them, and White Diamond already knows Pink is alive and identifies Steven as her without being told. It's unclear if she knew Pink Diamond faked her shattering and was Rose Quartz all along from the start, figured it out along the way, or found out when Blue and Yellow did [[SinisterSurveillance because she was somehow monitoring them]].]]
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* SoftSpokenSadist: [[spoiler: It's no subtly implied that she took White Pearl from Pink Diamond because they got too familiar - and then did '''[[NothingIsScarier something]]''' to said Pearl that left her nothing but an EmptyShell for White to use as her MeatPuppet; the other Diamonds either poof or shatter lower gems that displease them, so this makes White especially cruel]].
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* ThePerfectionist: Taken to an insane and unhealthy degree. Everything on Homeworld, or the galactic empire has to conform to her 'perfect' caste system. Everyone has to look their best for her, constantly. Fusions and Off-Colors enrage her and are punishable-by-death. Seeing herself as the UltimateLifeForm, White has now isolated herself away from other gems, even other diamonds, to limit contact with them.
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* NonStandardCharacterDesign: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]], Pearl explicitly describes White Diamond as being different from other gems, even from the other Diamonds. And when we meet her in person, we see that Pearl wasn't exaggerating as there is clearly something ''off'' about her. Her body is mostly obscured by the light emanating from her gem, making it look like her entire body is made of light (to the point that her head looks almost like it's two-dimensional from some angles). She also stands completely motionless with her arms outstretched in a crucifixion pose which, when combined with her dissonant, monotone voice, makes her seem almost robotic. The ''only'' part of her body that makes ''any'' movement is her face, making it seem disconnected from the rest of her body. Moreover, she is drawn in the style of the show's ''background'' art, as if to further emphasize her rigidity and immobility. Her design is specifically based on the works of American artist Creator/NellBrinkley, while the other three Diamonds curb influence from three Japanese manga and anime artists (Creator/HirohikoAraki, Creator/LeijiMatsumoto, and Creator/ChihoSaito for Yellow, Blue and Pink, respectively).
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* NonStandardCharacterDesign: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]], Pearl explicitly describes White Diamond as being different from other gems, even from the other Diamonds. And when we meet her in person, we see that Pearl wasn't exaggerating as her appearance alone waves a red flag that there is clearly something ''off'' about her. Her body is mostly obscured by the light emanating from her gem, making it look like her entire body is made of light (to the point that her head looks almost like it's two-dimensional from some angles). She also stands completely motionless with her arms outstretched in a crucifixion pose which, when combined with her dissonant, monotone voice, makes her seem almost robotic. The ''only'' part of her body that makes ''any'' movement is her face, making it seem disconnected from the rest of her body. Moreover, she is drawn in the style of the show's ''background'' art, as if to further emphasize her rigidity and immobility. Her design is specifically based on the works of American artist Creator/NellBrinkley, while the other three Diamonds curb influence from three Japanese manga and anime artists (Creator/HirohikoAraki, Creator/LeijiMatsumoto, and Creator/ChihoSaito for Yellow, Blue and Pink, respectively).
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* TheEmpress: The highest authority of the Gem Empire, and although formally they're a council of four, she seems to be far beyond the others in scope, power, and authority. ''Together Alone'' demostrates that all Gemkind must present their best selves to the Diamonds, but in turn ''the Diamonds'' must too present their best selves to White Diamond, making her the Diamond ''TO'' all Diamonds.
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!!White Diamond
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''"Pink! ''There'' you are! Hello, starlight. You certainly gave everyone a scare."''
The mysterious last of the Diamonds to appear, and the last to be mentioned by name. She is the supreme ruler of Gem race and is implied to be the oldest and most powerful Diamond.
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* AbusiveParent: She's implied to be the oldest of the Diamonds and the one in charge of the group. Blue and Yellow seem ''terrified'' of her and it's implied they try to limit their interaction with her to avoid getting on her bad side. Yellow Diamond specifically mentions her poofing and bubbling the other Diamonds as a punishment, and her constant warnings to Steven about White have unsettling similarities to an older child trying to cover for a younger sibling from an abusive parent.
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:While greeting Steven, White speaks to him in a friendly motherly tone, but the fact that she does so with an undertone of talking down to him and doesn't even let Steven speak may suggest otherwise.]]
* AffectionateNickname: Has called Pink "starlight" in the past, [[spoiler:and uses it again when she meets Steven.]]
* AllThereInTheManual: Her body makes it too bright for her gemstone to be seen in canon, but [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/0d325f2338ee5bd5743a26d8fa4ce80e/tumblr_pc8z53pRmH1vmuj5so2_1280.jpg art drawn by Rebecca Sugar]] as well as [[https://www.hottopic.com/product/steven-universe-white-diamond-t-shirt/11691375.html a Hot Topic t-shirt]] reveals that her forehead-placed diamond is shaped exactly like Pink's brilliant cut, but rotated to be right-side-up.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler:She casually welcomes "Pink" back to Homeworld and speaks to him with motherly affection, but as Yellow and Blue explained she tends to have terrible mood swings and as the leader of Homeworld she is likely responsible for the oppression of "off color" gems and the rigid caste system.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:When the Crystal Gems land Pink Diamond's ship on Homeworld, crowds from all four courts greet them, and White Diamond already knows Pink is alive without being told. It's unclear if she knew Pink Diamond faked her shattering and was Rose Quartz all along from the start, figured it out along the way, or found out when Blue and Yellow did [[SinisterSurveillance because she was somehow monitoring them]].]]
* AnimeHair: She has the spikiest hair of all the Diamonds, and it sticks way up.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: UpToEleven. Blue and Yellow are about eighty feet tall, but their hands are only slightly larger than White's ''palm''. Assuming White has similiar proportions to the other Diamonds (who themselves have near identical proportions to humans) she would be nearly '''''a hundred and ten feet tall'''''.
* BadassCape: It's lined with diamond and star designs.
* BerserkButton: [[spoiler:According to Yellow and Blue, being embarrassed, or at least political embarrassment for her empire. Yellow notes they would be lucky if she ever ''talked'' to the other Diamonds again after "recovering" Pink.]]
* BrightIsNotGood: If she were any bigger, she could legally pass as a star in outer space with the level of light she emits. Also, she's not the most mentally stable being.
* TheCaligula: White is the supreme ruler of Homeworld, and more than a little off her rocker.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Some of her behavior when she appears seems a little... off, to say the least.
* CondescendingCompassion: [[spoiler:Her "conversation" with Steven is just oozing with this, being motherly yet very patronizing. It's implied that this is also how she treated Pink, which is probably why Pink never mentioned her.]]
* ControlFreak: Everything in her Empire has to be run how ''she'' wants -- just look at how her representative White Pearl (whom is heavily implied to be her MeatPuppet) is pleased with an absurdly rigid dance floor (with gems literally dancing like cogs), then scowls when Steven and Connie fuse.
* DepopulationBomb: She gave the final push to Yellow and Blue's attack on Earth to, ostensibly, wipe the planet clean of all Gems. But instead this resulted in their corruption.
* DissonantSerenity: [[spoiler:She appears quite calm and understanding in the face of seemingly learning one of her "daughters" staged a rebellion against her empire, faked her own assassination, hid away under an assumed identity for 6,000 years, and then up and walked back into her throne room as a half-organic, no less. Almost ''too'' calm and understanding. The fact that Yellow and Blue strongly hinted that she has a ferocious temper only makes her apparent calmness even more unsettling.]]
* TheDreaded: [[spoiler:When Yellow finally says her name, all the Crystal Gems (sans Amethyst, who presumably didn't know who she was) have expressions of shock and fear. Even Yellow and Blue seem scared of her.]]
* TheEmpress: The highest authority of the Gem Empire, and although formally they're a council of four, she seems to be far beyond the others in scope, power, and authority.
* EvilCounterpart:
** To Pink Diamond. [[spoiler:Both have problems with empathy, but while Pink is InnocentlyInsensitive, White seems to have an extreme LackOfEmpathy. Both have a problematic relationship with Blue and Yellow, but while Pink would constantly feel overruled by them and the rebellion was basically one huge CallingTheOldWomanOut to them, White is ''feared'' by them, though it is unknown if they feel overruled by her. Last but not least, both have SmallRoleBigImpact-like roles in the series, but while Pink is the BigGood, White seems to be the GreaterScopeVillain]].
** To Garnet. Both are the leaders of their respective four-member teams, the tallest with hairstyles that dwarf their heads with [[MoodSwinger personalities that alternate between cold and aloof and a thunderclap of rage]].
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Her pupils are white rather than black, and diamond-shaped like the other Diamonds.
* TheFaceless: Our first glimpse at her personally occurs in a flashback in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E13YourMotherAndMine "Your Mother and Mine"]], but all we see are her hand (which is much larger than Yellow or Blue's) and silhouette. [[spoiler:The light that radiates from her gem is so bright it actually obscures most of her face, save for her eyes and mouth.]]
* FantasticallyIndifferent: Doesn't show much emotion about the fact that Pink started a rebellion and faked her death, which led to the corruption of thousands of Gems. That said, she is apparently known for her temper problems.
* FemmeFatalons: [[https://www.hottopic.com/product/steven-universe-white-diamond-t-shirt/11691375.html She has long, black fingernails]] that are clawed at the tips, as opposed to the smooth tips of the others.
* {{Foil}}:
** So far appears to be everything [[spoiler:[[AllLovingHero Pink/Rose/Steven]]]] isn't.
** Unlike Yellow, who constantly looks irritated and ready to snap at a moment's notice, White has enough self-control to act calm and loving even when angry, which makes the experience of bearing her wrath even more terrifying.
* GalacticConqueror: Is the leader, or at the very least first among equals, of Gem Empire.
* TheGhost: She is conspicuously scarce in both sight and speech, even compared to the other Diamonds, to the point it's not even clear just ''what'' her relationship to them is like. For multiple seasons, her existence was only implied by her mural and the presence of the white shape on the Diamond Authority sigils. Even in the ''Wanted'' arc, which took place on Homeworld, she's not even referenced by the other Diamonds, though a structure that strongly resembles her mural is seen at the end of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E2TheTrial "The Trial"]]. She then briefly appears in a flashback in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E13YourMotherAndMine "Your Mother and Mine"]] (or, more precisely, her silhouette and her arm), but still has yet to be directly mentioned. [[spoiler:Even when Yellow ''and'' Blue personally invade Earth with the intent of awakening the Cluster and getting their revenge, White seemingly ''still'' can't be bothered to even send a representative.]] She finally makes her physical debut in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]].
* GotTheWholeWorldInMyHand: Her mural in the moon base depicts her with a large orb (presumably Homeworld) in her hands.
* GreaterScopeVillain: She is the head of the Diamond Authority, and ruler of Homeworld and the Gem race as a whole. The placement of her color at the top of both the Era 1 and Era 2 Homeworld sigils, and the fact that her mural depicts the largest number of claimed colonies and is the only one displaying Homeworld itself, attests to this. It gets even more blatant when on Homeworld itself: the largest structure on the planet is her palace/flagship which is crafted in her image. Blue and Yellow appear to handle the day-to-day operations of the Empire while White appears to be quite... let's say "disconnected" from most matters thus far, to the point where she either doesn't know or doesn't ''care'' about the Earth-based conflict the series has concerned itself with up to this point. And yet her authority clearly supersedes Yellow and Blue's (and by extension Pink's) to the point where even her Pearl is able to countermand them with impunity.
* HairTriggerTemper: Her temper is enough to frighten ''Yellow Diamond''. And if Yellow's comments are to go by, it's not the first time she acted in a rage.
* {{Hikikomori}}: She spends all her time locked up in her room, to the point where her Pearl comes to the ball for her under the claim that "White Diamond... [[BlatantLies has more important things to attend to]]".
* HufflepuffHouse: We don't see any of White Diamond's followers until [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]], and even that just shows her Pearl and some FacelessMasses from all four courts. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E13YourMotherAndMine "Your Mother and Mine"]], she's not among Pink Diamond's "Diamond allies" called in to fight the Crystal Gems, but is shown to have her own colonies. These suggest she was only dragged in out of desperation to corrupt all the Gems on Earth, and otherwise doesn't care about the conflict there (or its aftermath).
* HumanoidAbomination: Everything about her appearance is unsettling and eerie, like some kind of ethereal statue made of light that has facial features floating around, attached to nothing. Though she speaks more or less normally, White Diamond shows a bizarre disconnect with her surroundings and even the people she's supposed to be talking to. Pearl emphasizes that she's fundamentally different than any other gem, or even the other ''Diamonds''.
* IronicName:
** White diamonds symbolize purity and clarity, but White Diamond embodies madness and corruption. White Diamond is known for her terrifying anger, comes across to viewers as decidedly ''off'', and participated in a corruption blast that mutated countless gems.
** White diamonds also symbolize love, given that they are traditional components of women's wedding rings. White Diamond implies herself to be devoid of love or empathy.
* KnightOfCerebus: Seems to be headed in this direction — according to WordOfGod, she's going to be the ultimate challenge to the show's "problems can be solved by communicating your feelings" mentality.
* LackOfEmpathy: While this is basically Homeworld's hat, White is [[ImpliedTrope implied]] to [[UpToEleven take this further then any other Gem]], including the other Diamonds. [[spoiler:She refers the entire Crystal Gem rebellion and everything both sides fought for as just a "little game" of Pink's. It's also implied that she figured out that Pink faked her shattering and was Rose Quartz all along, but never bothered to tell the obviously still grieving Blue and Yellow.]]
* LargeAndInCharge: She's generally implied to be the Diamond Authority's highest (or at least most senior) figure, and Yellow Diamond and Blue Diamond's hands are only as big as her ''palm''. However, her gem itself appears to be smaller than either Yellow's or Blue's.
* LeanAndMean: Even more so than the others; she is far thinner than Yellow or Blue.
* LightEmUp: During what very little we see of her in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E13YourMotherAndMine "Your Mother and Mine"]] during the Diamonds' attack, the Diamonds show off their abilities as they charge it with Yellow's [[ShockAndAwe electricity]], and Blue's [[EmotionBomb emotion-based power]], and when White's hand shows up? Burning bright, white light, and it ''massively'' overshadows the abilities of the other two.
* LightIsNotGood: She is strongly associated with light and even ''glows'', as well as being AmbiguouslyEvil.
* LikeParentLikeChild:
** Appearance-wise:
*** Yellow Diamond inherited her "helmet"-like sidehair.
*** Blue Diamond inherited some of her more feminine features, such as her eyelashes.
*** Pink Diamond inherited her five-"point" hair and gemstone shape.
** Personality-wise:
*** Yellow Diamond inherited her HairTriggerTemper and good leadership skills.
*** Blue Diamond inherited her [[SoftSpokenSadist soft-spoken]] tendencies and DissonantSerenity attitude.
*** Pink Diamond inherited her charisma, intelligence, and welcoming attitude. [[spoiler:These traits would later be passed onto her "grandson", Steven.]]
* LivingStatue: Much like her Pearl, the only features on White Diamond's body that appear to move are her eyes and mouth. The rest of her body appears to be frozen in place in its current crucifixion-like posture. Whether this is by her choice or otherwise has yet to be seen. She is also drawn in the same style as the show's static background to emphasize that immobility.
* MadGod: [[spoiler:She's a PhysicalGod like her fellows and implied to be on another level than even them... but seems just ''off'' and not quite right. Whether or not she was always like this or it's her response to Pink's "death" is unknown.]]
* NiceShoes: To emphasize her ridiculous size, she wears sandals with high heels that look like ''marble columns''. By the way, Rebecca Sugar says that she had spent ''five hours'' drawing them.
* NonHumansLackAttributes: A Hot Topic t-shirt reveals that her dress is actually see-through, though her crotch area is entirely featureless.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]], Pearl explicitly describes White Diamond as being different from other gems, even from the other Diamonds. And when we meet her in person, we see that Pearl wasn't exaggerating as there is clearly something ''off'' about her. Her body is mostly obscured by the light emanating from her gem, making it look like her entire body is made of light (to the point that her head looks almost like it's two-dimensional from some angles). She also stands completely motionless with her arms outstretched in a crucifixion pose which, when combined with her dissonant, monotone voice, makes her seem almost robotic. The ''only'' part of her body that makes ''any'' movement is her face, making it seem disconnected from the rest of her body. Moreover, she is drawn in the style of the show's ''background'' art, as if to further emphasize her rigidity and immobility. Her design is specifically based on the works of American artist Creator/NellBrinkley, while the other three Diamonds curb influence from three Japanese manga and anime artists (Creator/HirohikoAraki, Creator/LeijiMatsumoto, and Creator/ChihoSaito for Yellow, Blue and Pink, respectively).
* NoodlePeople: Implied, as she seems to have a very narrow body.
* TheOlderImmortal: Implied. Going by the pre-Rebellion-era murals depicting the Diamonds surrounded by their colonies, she's conquered the most planets and moons of all (35 planetoids in total, more than the other Diamonds put together), and if the large planet in her mural's hands is in fact Homeworld, it might be meant to symbolize she was the first Diamond, or possibly even the first Gem.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: How other characters react to her speaks volumes of her status and power. ''[[GeneralRipper Yellow Diamond]]'' is scared of her temper, and her [[ServantRace Pearl]] denied Yellow's request to see her without as much a complaint from Yellow.
* ParentalFavoritism: She is implied to have treated Pink Diamond well in the past, yet two of her other "daughters", Blue and Yellow Diamond, are afraid of her temper. In a twist of events, it's ''Yellow'' who's scared for Steven when White finds out what Pink did, showing that she is unaware of White's apparent favoritism of Pink over her. "Familiar" confirms that White favored Pink over Yellow.
* ParentalNeglect: For as much as she qualifies as Pink Diamond's "mother", White Diamond is notably absent from nearly ''all'' scenes with the authority, including the trial of Pink's alleged murderer; the other Diamonds themselves never acknowledge her [[spoiler:to the point that when Pink was pleading with her sisters to spare the Earth through long-distance communication, White doesn't even show up and no mention is made of what ''she'' thinks of Pink's desire]]. The only time she intervened at all was to help Yellow and Blue unleash the Corrupting Light on Earth after Pink's [[spoiler:alleged]] shattering. The reason for this deadbeat behavior has yet to be seen. [[spoiler:She reacts to "Pink"'s homecoming in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]] with a mixture of patronization and nonchalance, showing concern for Steven without actually caring or listening when he tries to speak. Presumably this was how she treated Pink as well.]]
* ParentalObliviousness: [[spoiler:She seems to be teetering on the edge of either not knowing what really happened to Pink, or just flat out not caring. It's also possible that she somehow knew the truth ''all along'', but never bothered to tell Blue and Yellow or any of the Homeworld Gems.]]
* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: [[spoiler:She is Pink's "mother", and instantly recognizes Steven as her the second he steps into the throne room, despite his gem being covered by his shirt. Even Blue and Yellow Diamond did not recognize Steven as Pink until he was able to project her aura during their fight in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited "Reunited"]].]]
* PerpetualSmiler: Surprisingly, she's seen smiling the entirety of her meeting with Steven.
* PowerGlows: She's the most ancient and powerful of a race of aliens made primarily of light, and it shows. Her body is so luminous when she appears in person that all of her features except her lips, eyeliner, eyebrows, and nail polish (which are all black) are concealed. You can't even see her gem, because it's glowing just as bright as her skin and hair.
* ThePerfectionist: Taken to an insane and unhealthy degree. Everything on Homeworld, or the galactic empire has to conform to her 'perfect' caste system. Everyone has to look their best for her, constantly. Fusions and Off-Colors enrage her and are punishable-by-death. Seeing herself as the UltimateLifeForm White has now isolated herself away from other gems, even other diamonds, to limit contact with them.
* PureIsNotGood: White diamonds are considered the purest form (technically, colorless diamonds are, but this is as close as we'll get here) of diamond, and while the full extent of her morality is unknown so far, she scares even Yellow Diamond.
* ShadowArchetype: To Pink Diamond. Both are very feminine [[TheChessmaster Chessmasters]] who play millennia-long games with each other, [[spoiler:to the point that White assumes that Pink FakingTheDead and staging a rebellion was just her latest "game" with her]]. Both also tend to be insensitive and dismissive of other gems, but while Pink is InnocentlyInsensitive, White's condescension seems very intentional. Even their gems are perfect mirrors to one another. Sketches by Rebecca Sugar showing White's full facial features and gem reveal that it is the exact same shape and cut as Pink's gem, only facing in the opposite direction.
* ShadowDictator: She's the highest authority in an intergalactic empire, but seemingly secludes herself in a single room and only lets people in when completely necessary. Even the other ''Diamonds'' barely ever see her, and her Pearl leaves her ship as soon as she brings Steven to White Diamond.
* ShesGotLegs: On top of the NiceShoes she's sporting, White has long, and slender legs. They are even pointed out in her debut episode's title, [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]].
* ShouldersOfDoom: Her mural depicts her with these. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E13YourMotherAndMine "Your Mother and Mine"]] implies it may be part of a cape she wears similar to Jasper's cape. Her shoulders aren't as large when she actually appears.
* TheShutIn: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]] reveals that she hasn't left Homeworld in ''eons''.
* SpikyHair: Her murals are identifiable in part by her unmistakable flower-like hairstyle. Her actual hair is somehow even more pointy than the murals depict.
* SignificantDoubleCasting: She shares a voice actor with her Pearl, making Christine Ebersole the only actor on the show to voice two different types of gems, and White Pearl thus far the only Pearl not voiced by Deedee Magno-Hall. The significance of this has yet to be explored, but the implications are... troubling.
* StarSpangledSpandex: She wears a cape patterned with white diamonds on a black-and-grey background which resembles a night sky.
* TimeAbyss: She is truly an ancient being, this attribute together with her insane powers makes her FantasticallyIndifferent to other Gems, even other Diamonds.
* TimeDissonance: UpToEleven. [[spoiler:She refers to Pink's FakingTheDead and the consequences that followed as her ''game'', and it's likely that to her, bubbling the other Diamonds for the next few millennia is [[GoToYourRoom equivalent to ''grounding'' them]] (especially since there are pink bubbles in Pink Diamond's ''room'', and Yellow implies that it has been done to her before).]]
* TopGod: Blue and Yellow fear her authority, or at least her temper. Pearl explicitly states that she's ''different'' from all other Gems, even her fellow Diamonds.
* TheUnfettered: Even more so than the other Diamonds. While Blue and Yellow can appreciate the heavy casualties from the gem civil war (at least as a loss of resources), White describes Pink [[spoiler:FakingTheDead and starting a civil war with heavy casualties on both sides]] as her playing a "game". She even uses the same tone of voice that a parent might if their teenager took the family car for a joyride.
* WalkingSpoiler: Although her existence had been implied for a while, she isn't even mentioned by name until [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]]. [[spoiler:Once she appears in person, she implies she may have known about Pink Diamond's SecretIdentity ''all along'', and sends Steven off to Pink's chambers in a cliffhanger ending.]]
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!!White Diamond
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->'''Voiced by:''' Christine Ebersole\\\
''"Pink! ''There'' you are! Hello, starlight. You certainly gave everyone a scare."''
The mysterious last of the Diamonds to appear, and the last to be mentioned by name. She is the supreme ruler of Gem race and is implied to be the oldest and most powerful Diamond.
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* AbusiveParent: She's implied to be the oldest of the Diamonds and the one in charge of the group. Blue and Yellow seem ''terrified'' of her and it's implied they try to limit their interaction with her to avoid getting on her bad side. Yellow Diamond specifically mentions her poofing and bubbling the other Diamonds as a punishment, and her constant warnings to Steven about White have unsettling similarities to an older child trying to cover for a younger sibling from an abusive parent.
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:While greeting Steven, White speaks to him in a friendly motherly tone, but the fact that she does so with an undertone of talking down to him and doesn't even let Steven speak may suggest otherwise.]]
* AffectionateNickname: Has called Pink "starlight" in the past, [[spoiler:and uses it again when she meets Steven.]]
* AllThereInTheManual: Her body makes it too bright for her gemstone to be seen in canon, but [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/0d325f2338ee5bd5743a26d8fa4ce80e/tumblr_pc8z53pRmH1vmuj5so2_1280.jpg art drawn by Rebecca Sugar]] as well as [[https://www.hottopic.com/product/steven-universe-white-diamond-t-shirt/11691375.html a Hot Topic t-shirt]] reveals that her forehead-placed diamond is shaped exactly like Pink's brilliant cut, but rotated to be right-side-up.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler:She casually welcomes "Pink" back to Homeworld and speaks to him with motherly affection, but as Yellow and Blue explained she tends to have terrible mood swings and as the leader of Homeworld she is likely responsible for the oppression of "off color" gems and the rigid caste system.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:When the Crystal Gems land Pink Diamond's ship on Homeworld, crowds from all four courts greet them, and White Diamond already knows Pink is alive without being told. It's unclear if she knew Pink Diamond faked her shattering and was Rose Quartz all along from the start, figured it out along the way, or found out when Blue and Yellow did [[SinisterSurveillance because she was somehow monitoring them]].]]
* AnimeHair: She has the spikiest hair of all the Diamonds, and it sticks way up.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: UpToEleven. Blue and Yellow are about eighty feet tall, but their hands are only slightly larger than White's ''palm''. Assuming White has similiar proportions to the other Diamonds (who themselves have near identical proportions to humans) she would be nearly '''''a hundred and ten feet tall'''''.
* BadassCape: It's lined with diamond and star designs.
* BerserkButton: [[spoiler:According to Yellow and Blue, being embarrassed, or at least political embarrassment for her empire. Yellow notes they would be lucky if she ever ''talked'' to the other Diamonds again after "recovering" Pink.]]
* BrightIsNotGood: If she were any bigger, she could legally pass as a star in outer space with the level of light she emits. Also, she's not the most mentally stable being.
* TheCaligula: White is the supreme ruler of Homeworld, and more than a little off her rocker.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Some of her behavior when she appears seems a little... off, to say the least.
* CondescendingCompassion: [[spoiler:Her "conversation" with Steven is just oozing with this, being motherly yet very patronizing. It's implied that this is also how she treated Pink, which is probably why Pink never mentioned her.]]
* ControlFreak: Everything in her Empire has to be run how ''she'' wants -- just look at how her representative White Pearl (whom is heavily implied to be her MeatPuppet) is pleased with an absurdly rigid dance floor (with gems literally dancing like cogs), then scowls when Steven and Connie fuse.
* DepopulationBomb: She gave the final push to Yellow and Blue's attack on Earth to, ostensibly, wipe the planet clean of all Gems. But instead this resulted in their corruption.
* DissonantSerenity: [[spoiler:She appears quite calm and understanding in the face of seemingly learning one of her "daughters" staged a rebellion against her empire, faked her own assassination, hid away under an assumed identity for 6,000 years, and then up and walked back into her throne room as a half-organic, no less. Almost ''too'' calm and understanding. The fact that Yellow and Blue strongly hinted that she has a ferocious temper only makes her apparent calmness even more unsettling.]]
* TheDreaded: [[spoiler:When Yellow finally says her name, all the Crystal Gems (sans Amethyst, who presumably didn't know who she was) have expressions of shock and fear. Even Yellow and Blue seem scared of her.]]
* TheEmpress: The highest authority of the Gem Empire, and although formally they're a council of four, she seems to be far beyond the others in scope, power, and authority.
* EvilCounterpart:
** To Pink Diamond. [[spoiler:Both have problems with empathy, but while Pink is InnocentlyInsensitive, White seems to have an extreme LackOfEmpathy. Both have a problematic relationship with Blue and Yellow, but while Pink would constantly feel overruled by them and the rebellion was basically one huge CallingTheOldWomanOut to them, White is ''feared'' by them, though it is unknown if they feel overruled by her. Last but not least, both have SmallRoleBigImpact-like roles in the series, but while Pink is the BigGood, White seems to be the GreaterScopeVillain]].
** To Garnet. Both are the leaders of their respective four-member teams, the tallest with hairstyles that dwarf their heads with [[MoodSwinger personalities that alternate between cold and aloof and a thunderclap of rage]].
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Her pupils are white rather than black, and diamond-shaped like the other Diamonds.
* TheFaceless: Our first glimpse at her personally occurs in a flashback in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E13YourMotherAndMine "Your Mother and Mine"]], but all we see are her hand (which is much larger than Yellow or Blue's) and silhouette. [[spoiler:The light that radiates from her gem is so bright it actually obscures most of her face, save for her eyes and mouth.]]
* FantasticallyIndifferent: Doesn't show much emotion about the fact that Pink started a rebellion and faked her death, which led to the corruption of thousands of Gems. That said, she is apparently known for her temper problems.
* FemmeFatalons: [[https://www.hottopic.com/product/steven-universe-white-diamond-t-shirt/11691375.html She has long, black fingernails]] that are clawed at the tips, as opposed to the smooth tips of the others.
* {{Foil}}:
** So far appears to be everything [[spoiler:[[AllLovingHero Pink/Rose/Steven]]]] isn't.
** Unlike Yellow, who constantly looks irritated and ready to snap at a moment's notice, White has enough self-control to act calm and loving even when angry, which makes the experience of bearing her wrath even more terrifying.
* GalacticConqueror: Is the leader, or at the very least first among equals, of Gem Empire.
* TheGhost: She is conspicuously scarce in both sight and speech, even compared to the other Diamonds, to the point it's not even clear just ''what'' her relationship to them is like. For multiple seasons, her existence was only implied by her mural and the presence of the white shape on the Diamond Authority sigils. Even in the ''Wanted'' arc, which took place on Homeworld, she's not even referenced by the other Diamonds, though a structure that strongly resembles her mural is seen at the end of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E2TheTrial "The Trial"]]. She then briefly appears in a flashback in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E13YourMotherAndMine "Your Mother and Mine"]] (or, more precisely, her silhouette and her arm), but still has yet to be directly mentioned. [[spoiler:Even when Yellow ''and'' Blue personally invade Earth with the intent of awakening the Cluster and getting their revenge, White seemingly ''still'' can't be bothered to even send a representative.]] She finally makes her physical debut in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]].
* GotTheWholeWorldInMyHand: Her mural in the moon base depicts her with a large orb (presumably Homeworld) in her hands.
* GreaterScopeVillain: She is the head of the Diamond Authority, and ruler of Homeworld and the Gem race as a whole. The placement of her color at the top of both the Era 1 and Era 2 Homeworld sigils, and the fact that her mural depicts the largest number of claimed colonies and is the only one displaying Homeworld itself, attests to this. It gets even more blatant when on Homeworld itself: the largest structure on the planet is her palace/flagship which is crafted in her image. Blue and Yellow appear to handle the day-to-day operations of the Empire while White appears to be quite... let's say "disconnected" from most matters thus far, to the point where she either doesn't know or doesn't ''care'' about the Earth-based conflict the series has concerned itself with up to this point. And yet her authority clearly supersedes Yellow and Blue's (and by extension Pink's) to the point where even her Pearl is able to countermand them with impunity.
* HairTriggerTemper: Her temper is enough to frighten ''Yellow Diamond''. And if Yellow's comments are to go by, it's not the first time she acted in a rage.
* {{Hikikomori}}: She spends all her time locked up in her room, to the point where her Pearl comes to the ball for her under the claim that "White Diamond... [[BlatantLies has more important things to attend to]]".
* HufflepuffHouse: We don't see any of White Diamond's followers until [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]], and even that just shows her Pearl and some FacelessMasses from all four courts. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E13YourMotherAndMine "Your Mother and Mine"]], she's not among Pink Diamond's "Diamond allies" called in to fight the Crystal Gems, but is shown to have her own colonies. These suggest she was only dragged in out of desperation to corrupt all the Gems on Earth, and otherwise doesn't care about the conflict there (or its aftermath).
* HumanoidAbomination: Everything about her appearance is unsettling and eerie, like some kind of ethereal statue made of light that has facial features floating around, attached to nothing. Though she speaks more or less normally, White Diamond shows a bizarre disconnect with her surroundings and even the people she's supposed to be talking to. Pearl emphasizes that she's fundamentally different than any other gem, or even the other ''Diamonds''.
* IronicName:
** White diamonds symbolize purity and clarity, but White Diamond embodies madness and corruption. White Diamond is known for her terrifying anger, comes across to viewers as decidedly ''off'', and participated in a corruption blast that mutated countless gems.
** White diamonds also symbolize love, given that they are traditional components of women's wedding rings. White Diamond implies herself to be devoid of love or empathy.
* KnightOfCerebus: Seems to be headed in this direction — according to WordOfGod, she's going to be the ultimate challenge to the show's "problems can be solved by communicating your feelings" mentality.
* LackOfEmpathy: While this is basically Homeworld's hat, White is [[ImpliedTrope implied]] to [[UpToEleven take this further then any other Gem]], including the other Diamonds. [[spoiler:She refers the entire Crystal Gem rebellion and everything both sides fought for as just a "little game" of Pink's. It's also implied that she figured out that Pink faked her shattering and was Rose Quartz all along, but never bothered to tell the obviously still grieving Blue and Yellow.]]
* LargeAndInCharge: She's generally implied to be the Diamond Authority's highest (or at least most senior) figure, and Yellow Diamond and Blue Diamond's hands are only as big as her ''palm''. However, her gem itself appears to be smaller than either Yellow's or Blue's.
* LeanAndMean: Even more so than the others; she is far thinner than Yellow or Blue.
* LightEmUp: During what very little we see of her in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E13YourMotherAndMine "Your Mother and Mine"]] during the Diamonds' attack, the Diamonds show off their abilities as they charge it with Yellow's [[ShockAndAwe electricity]], and Blue's [[EmotionBomb emotion-based power]], and when White's hand shows up? Burning bright, white light, and it ''massively'' overshadows the abilities of the other two.
* LightIsNotGood: She is strongly associated with light and even ''glows'', as well as being AmbiguouslyEvil.
* LikeParentLikeChild:
** Appearance-wise:
*** Yellow Diamond inherited her "helmet"-like sidehair.
*** Blue Diamond inherited some of her more feminine features, such as her eyelashes.
*** Pink Diamond inherited her five-"point" hair and gemstone shape.
** Personality-wise:
*** Yellow Diamond inherited her HairTriggerTemper and good leadership skills.
*** Blue Diamond inherited her [[SoftSpokenSadist soft-spoken]] tendencies and DissonantSerenity attitude.
*** Pink Diamond inherited her charisma, intelligence, and welcoming attitude. [[spoiler:These traits would later be passed onto her "grandson", Steven.]]
* LivingStatue: Much like her Pearl, the only features on White Diamond's body that appear to move are her eyes and mouth. The rest of her body appears to be frozen in place in its current crucifixion-like posture. Whether this is by her choice or otherwise has yet to be seen. She is also drawn in the same style as the show's static background to emphasize that immobility.
* MadGod: [[spoiler:She's a PhysicalGod like her fellows and implied to be on another level than even them... but seems just ''off'' and not quite right. Whether or not she was always like this or it's her response to Pink's "death" is unknown.]]
* NiceShoes: To emphasize her ridiculous size, she wears sandals with high heels that look like ''marble columns''. By the way, Rebecca Sugar says that she had spent ''five hours'' drawing them.
* NonHumansLackAttributes: A Hot Topic t-shirt reveals that her dress is actually see-through, though her crotch area is entirely featureless.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]], Pearl explicitly describes White Diamond as being different from other gems, even from the other Diamonds. And when we meet her in person, we see that Pearl wasn't exaggerating as there is clearly something ''off'' about her. Her body is mostly obscured by the light emanating from her gem, making it look like her entire body is made of light (to the point that her head looks almost like it's two-dimensional from some angles). She also stands completely motionless with her arms outstretched in a crucifixion pose which, when combined with her dissonant, monotone voice, makes her seem almost robotic. The ''only'' part of her body that makes ''any'' movement is her face, making it seem disconnected from the rest of her body. Moreover, she is drawn in the style of the show's ''background'' art, as if to further emphasize her rigidity and immobility. Her design is specifically based on the works of American artist Creator/NellBrinkley, while the other three Diamonds curb influence from three Japanese manga and anime artists (Creator/HirohikoAraki, Creator/LeijiMatsumoto, and Creator/ChihoSaito for Yellow, Blue and Pink, respectively).
* NoodlePeople: Implied, as she seems to have a very narrow body.
* TheOlderImmortal: Implied. Going by the pre-Rebellion-era murals depicting the Diamonds surrounded by their colonies, she's conquered the most planets and moons of all (35 planetoids in total, more than the other Diamonds put together), and if the large planet in her mural's hands is in fact Homeworld, it might be meant to symbolize she was the first Diamond, or possibly even the first Gem.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: How other characters react to her speaks volumes of her status and power. ''[[GeneralRipper Yellow Diamond]]'' is scared of her temper, and her [[ServantRace Pearl]] denied Yellow's request to see her without as much a complaint from Yellow.
* ParentalFavoritism: She is implied to have treated Pink Diamond well in the past, yet two of her other "daughters", Blue and Yellow Diamond, are afraid of her temper. In a twist of events, it's ''Yellow'' who's scared for Steven when White finds out what Pink did, showing that she is unaware of White's apparent favoritism of Pink over her. "Familiar" confirms that White favored Pink over Yellow.
* ParentalNeglect: For as much as she qualifies as Pink Diamond's "mother", White Diamond is notably absent from nearly ''all'' scenes with the authority, including the trial of Pink's alleged murderer; the other Diamonds themselves never acknowledge her [[spoiler:to the point that when Pink was pleading with her sisters to spare the Earth through long-distance communication, White doesn't even show up and no mention is made of what ''she'' thinks of Pink's desire]]. The only time she intervened at all was to help Yellow and Blue unleash the Corrupting Light on Earth after Pink's [[spoiler:alleged]] shattering. The reason for this deadbeat behavior has yet to be seen. [[spoiler:She reacts to "Pink"'s homecoming in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]] with a mixture of patronization and nonchalance, showing concern for Steven without actually caring or listening when he tries to speak. Presumably this was how she treated Pink as well.]]
* ParentalObliviousness: [[spoiler:She seems to be teetering on the edge of either not knowing what really happened to Pink, or just flat out not caring. It's also possible that she somehow knew the truth ''all along'', but never bothered to tell Blue and Yellow or any of the Homeworld Gems.]]
* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: [[spoiler:She is Pink's "mother", and instantly recognizes Steven as her the second he steps into the throne room, despite his gem being covered by his shirt. Even Blue and Yellow Diamond did not recognize Steven as Pink until he was able to project her aura during their fight in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited "Reunited"]].]]
* PerpetualSmiler: Surprisingly, she's seen smiling the entirety of her meeting with Steven.
* PowerGlows: She's the most ancient and powerful of a race of aliens made primarily of light, and it shows. Her body is so luminous when she appears in person that all of her features except her lips, eyeliner, eyebrows, and nail polish (which are all black) are concealed. You can't even see her gem, because it's glowing just as bright as her skin and hair.
* ThePerfectionist: Taken to an insane and unhealthy degree. Everything on Homeworld, or the galactic empire has to conform to her 'perfect' caste system. Everyone has to look their best for her, constantly. Fusions and Off-Colors enrage her and are punishable-by-death. Seeing herself as the UltimateLifeForm White has now isolated herself away from other gems, even other diamonds, to limit contact with them.
* PureIsNotGood: White diamonds are considered the purest form (technically, colorless diamonds are, but this is as close as we'll get here) of diamond, and while the full extent of her morality is unknown so far, she scares even Yellow Diamond.
* ShadowArchetype: To Pink Diamond. Both are very feminine [[TheChessmaster Chessmasters]] who play millennia-long games with each other, [[spoiler:to the point that White assumes that Pink FakingTheDead and staging a rebellion was just her latest "game" with her]]. Both also tend to be insensitive and dismissive of other gems, but while Pink is InnocentlyInsensitive, White's condescension seems very intentional. Even their gems are perfect mirrors to one another. Sketches by Rebecca Sugar showing White's full facial features and gem reveal that it is the exact same shape and cut as Pink's gem, only facing in the opposite direction.
* ShadowDictator: She's the highest authority in an intergalactic empire, but seemingly secludes herself in a single room and only lets people in when completely necessary. Even the other ''Diamonds'' barely ever see her, and her Pearl leaves her ship as soon as she brings Steven to White Diamond.
* ShesGotLegs: On top of the NiceShoes she's sporting, White has long, and slender legs. They are even pointed out in her debut episode's title, [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]].
* ShouldersOfDoom: Her mural depicts her with these. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E13YourMotherAndMine "Your Mother and Mine"]] implies it may be part of a cape she wears similar to Jasper's cape. Her shoulders aren't as large when she actually appears.
* TheShutIn: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]] reveals that she hasn't left Homeworld in ''eons''.
* SpikyHair: Her murals are identifiable in part by her unmistakable flower-like hairstyle. Her actual hair is somehow even more pointy than the murals depict.
* SignificantDoubleCasting: She shares a voice actor with her Pearl, making Christine Ebersole the only actor on the show to voice two different types of gems, and White Pearl thus far the only Pearl not voiced by Deedee Magno-Hall. The significance of this has yet to be explored, but the implications are... troubling.
* StarSpangledSpandex: She wears a cape patterned with white diamonds on a black-and-grey background which resembles a night sky.
* TimeAbyss: She is truly an ancient being, this attribute together with her insane powers makes her FantasticallyIndifferent to other Gems, even other Diamonds.
* TimeDissonance: UpToEleven. [[spoiler:She refers to Pink's FakingTheDead and the consequences that followed as her ''game'', and it's likely that to her, bubbling the other Diamonds for the next few millennia is [[GoToYourRoom equivalent to ''grounding'' them]] (especially since there are pink bubbles in Pink Diamond's ''room'', and Yellow implies that it has been done to her before).]]
* TopGod: Blue and Yellow fear her authority, or at least her temper. Pearl explicitly states that she's ''different'' from all other Gems, even her fellow Diamonds.
* TheUnfettered: Even more so than the other Diamonds. While Blue and Yellow can appreciate the heavy casualties from the gem civil war (at least as a loss of resources), White describes Pink [[spoiler:FakingTheDead and starting a civil war with heavy casualties on both sides]] as her playing a "game". She even uses the same tone of voice that a parent might if their teenager took the family car for a joyride.
* WalkingSpoiler: Although her existence had been implied for a while, she isn't even mentioned by name until [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E24LegsFromHereToHomeworld "Legs From Here to Homeworld"]]. [[spoiler:Once she appears in person, she implies she may have known about Pink Diamond's SecretIdentity ''all along'', and sends Steven off to Pink's chambers in a cliffhanger ending.]]
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