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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#39501: Aug 10th 2016 at 8:24:05 PM

I'd image it's going to vary by the Diamond. And, yeah, I don't see this ending with the Diamonds just making friends with Steven. Gem society needs to radically change and that can't happen with them in power.

DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
The Ultimate Lifeform
#39502: Aug 10th 2016 at 8:25:28 PM

I think it would make more sense to have maybe some of the Diamonds grieving Pink Diamond's death and other Diamonds not caring as much. Like, maybe Yellow Diamond doesn't really give a crap, but White Diamond does? (Or maybe the other way around, since Yellow Diamond really hates Earth, Pink's death could be why.)

When we're done, there won't be anything left.
SmartGirl333 New account is voidify Since: Nov, 2014
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#39503: Aug 10th 2016 at 8:28:46 PM

barely related ramble, ignore

edited 10th Aug '16 8:29:41 PM by SmartGirl333

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#39504: Aug 10th 2016 at 8:32:07 PM

I hope the next episode opens on Steven in the middle of a nap.

My various fanfics.
SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#39505: Aug 10th 2016 at 8:32:11 PM

If any of the Diamonds don't care from an emotional standpoint, I reckon it's White. She appears to be the oldest and the most powerful, judging by her number of colonies and apparently holding Homeworld. Which makes me think she is going to be the worst.

Yellow definitely cares, hence her desire to see Earth dead.

edited 10th Aug '16 8:33:13 PM by SilentColossus

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#39506: Aug 10th 2016 at 8:32:22 PM

I'd like to see the reactions be...

Yellow Diamond hates earth and wants to avenge PD, but secretly enjoys gaining control of the military.

Blue just doesn't want to deal with it, and is only in it for herself.

White genuinely mourns her, and hates Rose for killing her.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#39507: Aug 10th 2016 at 8:33:50 PM

There might be more to Yellow Diamond, but she also seems to have a distaste for organic life, so that should be factored into her opinion of Earth.

SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#39508: Aug 10th 2016 at 8:38:52 PM

But they see organic life all the time, presumably. They're a heavily militarized, expansionist society, and likely one that was artificially created. They've probably encountered many organic species, and wiped them out and colonized their planets. From that standpoint, there was nothing unique about Earth aside from it being a good place to colonize.

The only reason they have to outright destroy Earth instead of continuing colonization is rage over the loss of Pink.

edited 10th Aug '16 8:39:35 PM by SilentColossus

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#39510: Aug 10th 2016 at 8:41:56 PM

[up][up]I wouldn't assume them finding other life would be that common, actually. At least not relatively advanced life. I don't see the point of giving Yellow Diamond that character trait if it's not supposed to be important.

edited 10th Aug '16 8:43:29 PM by LSBK

AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man
#39511: Aug 10th 2016 at 8:44:49 PM

I dont know what everyont here is saying, I have a REALLY hard time being convinced of good acting in english (Because its a language that makes bad acting real easy to tell) but I think Kimberly KILLED it during the corruption scene, especially the disbelief and bitter anger punctuated by her PINK DIAMOND yell, which I admit could be narmy for others, but outright weak. Nah.

Its acting like this that makes me watch this series in English first.

Also Zack was so wonderful specially "Im not manipulating,Im trying to help" was the first time Zach made me want to cry.

As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.
YamiVizziniX Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
#39512: Aug 10th 2016 at 8:49:32 PM

Man, that opening was like watching Gravity all over again. O_O;

There is no beginning. There is no end. There is only... Hooty.
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#39513: Aug 10th 2016 at 8:50:48 PM

I agree with LSBK that people are being too quick to assume Yellow Diamond's motives.


So now we essentially know the pyramid mural is depicting the conflict after Rose killed Pink Diamond. But there's still a few other mysteries about it, most notably "Who the hell made it?"

Gem society needs to radically change and that can't happen with them in power.
At the same time, it's clear that many Homeworld gems won't ever forgive anyone who kills them.

SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#39514: Aug 10th 2016 at 8:50:55 PM

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Then why the militarization? Unless they're fighting one single enemy in a stalemate, they wouldn't need to be so militarized.

And I'm not denying that YD hates organic life, she clearly does. But unless there is outright hatred for Earth specifically, there is no reason not to continue to colonize it after they (mostly) defeated the Crystal Gems. It seems that Yellow, at least, wants Earth dead as a final victory over Rose.

The hatred or contempt for organic life explains their callous colonization. Homeworld really doesn't care if they wipe out life during colonization, or outright desires to do so.

edited 10th Aug '16 8:53:45 PM by SilentColossus

dmysta3000 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#39515: Aug 10th 2016 at 8:51:53 PM

Looking at the Diamond mural designs again I'm just now noticing that Pink only has one planet in her mural and White has the most. I'm guessing this makes WD the sort of "leader" of the diamonds? Or at the very least to most powerful.

edited 10th Aug '16 8:53:03 PM by dmysta3000

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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#39516: Aug 10th 2016 at 8:54:37 PM

So now we essentially know the pyramid mural is depicting the conflict after Rose killed Pink Diamond. But there's still a few other mysteries about it, most notably "Who the hell made it?"
A Bismuth, I assume (maybe not the one we know though). Well, they had a ton of time. The war went on for around a thousand years.

edited 10th Aug '16 8:56:20 PM by xanderiskander

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#39517: Aug 10th 2016 at 8:57:23 PM

Then why the militarization? Unless they're fighting one single enemy in a stalemate, they wouldn't need to be so militarized.
Bismuth's mention of building a bunch of arenas makes me think Homeworld soldiers actually are sitting on their asses for most of history, and are constantly holding staged battles as the closest thing they can get to combat experience.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#39518: Aug 10th 2016 at 8:59:05 PM

I'm actually pretty psyched for us to eventually see White Diamond, whenever that is.

SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#39520: Aug 10th 2016 at 9:00:25 PM

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I took that as being the difference between an aristocratic warrior, like a knight, and the common foot soldier. She also speaks of Rose as being just another Quartz warrior, while she speaks of the arena fighters with contempt.

edited 10th Aug '16 9:00:52 PM by SilentColossus

xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#39521: Aug 10th 2016 at 9:06:05 PM

.She also speaks of Rose as being just another Quartz warrior, while she speaks of the arena fighters with contempt.
I don't think there's a deep reason for that contempt though. It's just that those soldiers weren't on her side.

JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#39522: Aug 10th 2016 at 9:18:11 PM

Maybe the Diamonds fight each other? Not as a full-scale war, but instead a series of mock battles, to see who gets the new planet? Rose's Rebellion might have been the first real war in millennia. It also might explain why Yellow Diamond made the Cluster instead of some generic planet-buster bomb. She's planning for the day when the Diamonds are fighting for real.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#39523: Aug 10th 2016 at 9:19:51 PM

Finding out where the Diamonds came from and how they relate to one another is going to be interesting indeed.

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#39524: Aug 10th 2016 at 9:28:27 PM

Bismuth did say the arenas were "for important fighters to fight in", so it's probably not all the soldiers.

Still, I imagine Homeworld's weapons and soldiers go for very, very long periods without being used. I wouldn't be surprised if Eyeball is the only member of the Ruby Squad with actual combat experience.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#39525: Aug 10th 2016 at 9:47:35 PM

Oh...she said "important" not "importing"...that makes a lot more sense now.

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