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PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
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#39276: Aug 10th 2016 at 12:57:14 PM

White, as the 'colour' of all the colours in light, could potentially have multicolour Pearls.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#39277: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:02:25 PM

You are right, mang.

I don't accept the compromise.

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PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#39278: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:07:09 PM

I just think currently the evidence points to Pearl being White Diamond's Pearl due to her gem placement. But we have so little information on White Diamond it could go either way right now.

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smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#39279: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:08:49 PM

Pearl's gem placement and color point to White Diamond.

Her spacesuit and the fact that she and Rose began the rebellion together point to her being from Pink Diamond's court.

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#39280: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:11:11 PM

Maybe she was a gift?

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PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#39281: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:11:28 PM

That's kind of why I think she might have been a gift to Pink Diamond. After all, gems can obviously be transferred over to other Diamonds.

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#39282: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:21:08 PM

Why does everyone assume that Pearl belonged to one of the Diamonds? The two Pearls that belong to Diamonds have been entirely monocolored, while Pearl's skin tone is white, her hair color is peach, and her clothing appears to usually be some mixture of teal, salmon, and orange-yellow. She looks nothing like a Diamond's Pearl, and insisting that she must've belonged to one of them is ignoring the overwhelming evidence that she belonged to Rose Quartz.

Besides, I can't see who Pearl originally belonged to ever being important in any capacity.

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#39283: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:23:56 PM

Because she's not just any Pearl, she's a fancy Pearl, in Peridot's words. It's possible she 'belonged' to Rose Quartz to begin with, but that kind of takes away a lot of Pearl's agency. If she was Rose Quartz's Pearl she probably would have just gone along with the Rebellion out of the same sense of servitude that Gems who live on Homeworld have.

Which is not necessarily bad, and not inconsistent with her character. But people want Pearl to have chosen the Rebellion, I think.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#39284: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:25:15 PM

Well, technically Pearl would belong to a Diamond since all Gems belong to a Diamond. Who she was directly owned by is another matter, but like you said, I don't see why her serving WD or PD directly would really matter.

[up]Not necessarily, I'd image allegiance to your Diamond, or likely any of the Diamonds, would out way allegiance to a Pearl's specific owner. Pearl could belong to Rose and still be making a bold move to choose here over following her Diamond.

edited 10th Aug '16 1:28:17 PM by LSBK

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#39285: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:26:48 PM

I don't think she belonged to Rose, because if that were true, wouldn't Jasper have a Pearl? They were both warriors, and Jasper is pretty much legendary. It seems like only aristocratic gems get Pearls.

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#39286: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:28:21 PM

She still could have just "belonged" to some aristocratic Gem in Pink's court. Not only the Diamonds have Pearls.

edited 10th Aug '16 1:28:41 PM by SilentColossus

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#39287: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:29:54 PM

I suspect Pearl belonged to Pink Diamond or at least worked closely with her due to Sardonyx. Sardonyx could have only existed after Pearl joined the rebellion, but you can see a Pink Diamond on her shoes. That means Pink Diamond was important enough to make a major mark on Pearl's identity even after she turned against her cause.

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#39288: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:30:59 PM

Pearl literally showed us the moment where Rose Quartz gave her the choice whether or not to join the Rebellion.

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#39289: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:34:59 PM

Rose might have given her a choice, but if she belonged to Rose Quartz she probably would not have been in a mindset where she could really choose, if that makes any sense. Her master's going? Well, she'd better stick with her! That kind of thing.

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#39290: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:36:27 PM

Yeah. Pearl being Rose's has unfortunate implications both in terms of why she joined the rebellion and in terms of their personal relationship.

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#39291: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:37:28 PM

And she was clearly in that mindset there, not to mention: "Everything I ever did, I did for her." like, how is this even a debate?

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#39292: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:39:40 PM

It's not Unfortunate Implications if it is literally the cornerstone of all of her struggles as a character.

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#39293: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:40:00 PM

Pearl's whole history is probably why Rose had problems fully reciprocating her relationship with Pearl.

I don't know if Pearl was Rose's or not, I doubt it, but it's possible and I think it would be a reason for Rose to be reluctant or at least uncomfortable with Pearl's devotion due to the fact Pearls seem to be sort of made to have great loyalty to a greater gem.

Also I doubt Pearl belonged to White or any Diamond, I find it more interesting and to make more sense if Pearl was simply one of many gems out there, not everyone needs to have some big royal tie to everybody in the universe. Sometimes you're just a bystander that got lucky.

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#39294: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:48:05 PM

Seriously, watch this scene again:

Pearl clearly doesn't even consider leaving Rose and Rose is clearly uncomfortable with that. Rose calls her 'My Pearl'. Pearl says that everything she ever did was for Rose. I don't understand how this is even up for debate.

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#39295: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:53:29 PM

Because it could also just show extreme dedication to Rose rather than recognition of ownership.

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SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#39296: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:57:36 PM

edited 10th Aug '16 2:04:32 PM by SilentColossus

Mr.Badguy Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#39297: Aug 10th 2016 at 1:59:16 PM

"My X" is something that Gems use in deference to their superiors, and Rose is giving Pearl a choice to walk away when, if she were Rose's, she'd never have a chance. She'd dutifully follow Rose into war like a good little Pearl.

She ain't Rose's, and given both other Pearls seen so far have belonged to Diamonds, she was either Pink or White's.

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#39298: Aug 10th 2016 at 2:02:08 PM

As Peridot mentioned there are Pearls everywhere and just belong to whatever high status gems there are, that implies they don't only belong to Diamonds. I mean, I have more evidence but we have to wait until 7 EST

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#39299: Aug 10th 2016 at 2:11:34 PM

Rose is giving Pearl a choice to walk away when, if she were Rose's, she'd never have a chance

Rose giving her a choice was the entire point of that scene. She gave her a choice, explicitly told her she didn't have to, and explained the consequences because...she wanted her to make her own decision.

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#39300: Aug 10th 2016 at 2:15:05 PM

If Pearl was Rose's that choice wouldn't matter, because she'd follow her regardless of what Rose asked of her. Pearl is an object owned by a Gem, and Rose broke her away from that thought process.

I can either believe Pearl was inspired by her love for Rose Quartz to develop her own sense of self worth, or that Rose was a nice slave owner. Which do you think I'm gonna go with?


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