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* When Pink Diamond is left standing all alone in Steven's dream, a shadow of what looks like Pearl holding Rose's scabbard emerges from Steven's shadow and slowly walks towards Pink, with background music becoming suspenseful and unnerving. She then carefully unsheathes the sword and music gets slightly tenser. Steven anxiously questions the things he's seeing ("Mom's sword? Is that... ''Pearl''??"), and the scene cuts to a close up of Pearl before [[JumpScare she suddenly turns around to look in the viewer's direction]] (her eyes implying hostility and [[MonochromaticEyes being completely blank]]), accompanied by a ScareChord.

'''Pink Steven''': ''[turns his head towards White]'' [[SuddenlyShouting She's]] '''''[[MakeMeWannaShout GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO]][[HellIsThatNoise OOOOOOOOOONE!!!!!]]'''''

-->'''Blue:''' You cannot fathom how much I've ''mourned''! What ''thousands'' of years of grief has DONE TO ME!

* While it looks like White Diamond is heading towards redeeming herself, there's an uncomfortable amount of questions that are left lingering, and more appearing about her MysteriousPast. She implies that the other Diamonds are just LiteralSplitPersonalities of herself that she removed because she resented these flaws that make up who the others are.

* We finally get to meet White Diamond in person. Not only is she by far the physically largest Gem we've seen yet, there's also something '''[[NonStandardCharacterDesign off]] about her.''' Most of her face is constantly obscured by light emanating from her gem, looking as if her entire head is entirely made of light (from certain angles it looks almost two-dimensional). She also speaks in an [[DissonantSerenity eerily calm tone]] towards Steven, especially when she calls him "''[[AffectionateNickname Starlight]]''." Even after thousands of years after the "death" of Pink Diamond, she acts as if what she had done, the '''Rebellion''', mind you, was ''some sort of game.'' Combined with the fact that she just stands there like a statue, completely still with her arms outstretched, and she feels almost robotic. Keep in mind that Blue and Yellow Diamond fear her because of her ''supposed '' temper and Pearl describing her as far different to the rest of the gemkind, '''including the other Diamonds.'''

* [[UncannyValleyGirl White Pearl]]. Not only does she "move" around while not lifting a single finger like her master, but the right side of her face is ''cracked along with a faint circle where her eye used to be'' despite her gemstone being intact, and all with a pleasant smile on her face and a cheery, but noticeably robotic monotone voice. Also, when she comes to pick up Steven, and Yellow tells Blue to follow her with them, White Pearl immediately and without the slightest hesitation ''shuts them down'' and denies them, ''and they don't even make a single sound of protest, even as "Pink" is taken away from them''. White Diamond's authority is so much higher than Blue and Yellow's, that even her '''''[[ServantRace Pearl]]''''' outranks them in authority.

* While White Diamond is controlling the rest of the Crystal Gems along with the other Diamonds, she proceeds to ''remove Steven's gem'' to prove that Pink Diamond is still in there and that Steven's just a vessel. Steven is powerless to stop her as White is holding him in her fist, and the nails she uses to grab onto the gem are almost as big as Steven himself and look like elongated sharp knives. The way she's animated is UncannyValley on steroids. The [[http://moonlightsdreaming.tumblr.com/post/182307716287/steven-universe-change-your-mind-now face]] she wears while pulling his gem is ''creepy''.

* We get to see ''the slightest glimpse'' of [[GreaterScopeVillain White Diamond]]. It's only her hand, but it ''certainly'' leaves an impression. If only going by her hand, she's ''massive'' in comparison to her fellow Diamonds, [[OurGiantsAreBigger who're already depicted as massive beings]], stories taller than our protagonists, and yet their hands only barely fit ''[[UpToEleven in the palm of hers.]]''

** Remember how White Pearl was seen as Pink's Pearl? Now we know ''why''. White Diamond can {{brainwash|edAndCrazy}} any Gem into her [[PeoplePuppets puppets]], as her idea of perfection. This is demonstrated throughout the special. First, with ''Yellow and Blue Diamond'', and then with the main three Crystal Gems. And yes, they ''can'' all act in unison. They are basically an UpToEleven version of [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor the Delightful Children from Down the Lane]]. Not to mention they all ''scream in agony'' as their colors get bleached.