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MsAmiClassified Tired of givin' up the ghost from the fucking ocean Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Tired of givin' up the ghost
#43076: Sep 11th 2016 at 7:39:35 PM

what

moved to Oceanstuck because this handle was starting to bother me my tumblr
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#43077: Sep 11th 2016 at 7:40:08 PM

None of this is even funny or a joke. It's just disturbing.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
madprophet Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
#43078: Sep 11th 2016 at 7:41:01 PM

[up]I'm not joking anymore. I'm not shitposting anymore. I'm being serious. Have I already gone so far as to lose your trust to this degree?

It feels like those three small words, "I am sorry", are insufficient to ascribe what I mean. I don't want to be a negative influence! I want to be different, to be part of this lovely community that you people have built on this site!

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#43079: Sep 11th 2016 at 7:41:14 PM

[up][up][up][up] ...Okay, maybe I need to learn how to use Joking Mode.

(That said, I do legitimately enjoy shitposting sometimes. Maybe I just have bad taste.)

Look, why don't we talk about something else? What do you guys think White Diamond's like?

edited 11th Sep '16 7:42:13 PM by KarkatTheDalek

Oh God! Natural light!
Cross (Don’t ask)
#43080: Sep 11th 2016 at 7:41:22 PM

This is precisely why I avoid anything I think is bait.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#43081: Sep 11th 2016 at 7:45:26 PM

White Diamond is probably the final boss.

But those murals don't tell us anything, that's just the way they're idolized. Every guess about what her personality is like is a fresh theory based on nothing.

edited 11th Sep '16 7:46:06 PM by randomness4

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madprophet Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
#43082: Sep 11th 2016 at 7:45:42 PM

[up][up][up]Well, I think we can rule out mothering sweet-heart as a possibility.

edited 11th Sep '16 7:46:06 PM by madprophet

BlueBlaze64 The Watcher on the Tower from Empire City Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Watcher on the Tower
#43083: Sep 11th 2016 at 7:51:16 PM

I just hope they actually mention White Diamond before the season is over.

"The cruelest thing you can do to an artist is tell them their work is flawless when it isn't." -Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw
JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#43084: Sep 11th 2016 at 7:52:37 PM

In all serious, I don't think we need to worry about Pearl trying to turn S into a Replacement Goldfish.

-One: aside from a physical resemblance, Rose and S don't have much in common. Rose was an open, All-Loving Hero, who was very forward. S doesn't seem defensive or shy or anything, but from what little we've seen, she's content to stand apart and keep to herself. She's a lot like season one Garnet, actually (two crushes in one human- no wonder Pearl reacted so strongly).

-Two, Pearl presented herself much differently than what we've seen before. Pearl's past attempts at love were these big hammy gestures of true love- Pearl throws herself between Rose and the enemy, Pearl manufactures fake battles so she can fuse with Garnet. Even her platonic love with Steven, with her trying to force a special connection by playing up her role as Rose's Secret-Keeper.

This time, Pearl plays it casual. Yes, she mentioned saving the Earth, but that's just Pearl. She walked up and said hi, no theatrics, no grand gestures of romance to the woman she just met.

-Three: Pearl thought she got rejected, and didn't freak out. Compare that to her meltdown in Rose's Scabbard, or the crap she pulls in Cry for Help.

Which is not to say that Pearl and S's potential relationship can't fail, but it's probably not because Pearl's going all Vertigo on us.

madprophet Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
#43085: Sep 11th 2016 at 7:54:22 PM

I mentioned it earlier, but I really like the idea that the first gem was a Black Diamond, a being created by meteor-strike, who might act as a sort of mother-goddess that all other gems were based off of.

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#43086: Sep 11th 2016 at 7:56:47 PM

An interesting idea, I suppose.

Oh God! Natural light!
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#43087: Sep 11th 2016 at 7:58:07 PM

An all superior Black Diamond would be nice, I'd appreciate it for the color alone.

edited 11th Sep '16 7:58:26 PM by randomness4

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madprophet Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
#43088: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:01:17 PM

It fits geologically speaking. Carbonados are theoretically formed under the intense pressure of a meteorite hitting the surface, making them theoretically older than other diamonds. On the other hand, if we went off of geology exclusively, Garnet could be thought of as an incarnation of incest.

BlueBlaze64 The Watcher on the Tower from Empire City Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Watcher on the Tower
#43089: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:02:21 PM

I don't know, suddenly having a fifth diamond that rules over the rest of them this late into the show, without so much as a prior hint, would just feel like a Diabolus ex Machina to me.

"The cruelest thing you can do to an artist is tell them their work is flawless when it isn't." -Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw
madprophet Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
#43090: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:03:43 PM

Just because she was the first Diamond doesn't mean that she's evil. If anything, she might be the Deus ex Machina.

BlueBlaze64 The Watcher on the Tower from Empire City Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Watcher on the Tower
#43091: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:06:17 PM

[up] ...Which would still be bad storytelling.

"The cruelest thing you can do to an artist is tell them their work is flawless when it isn't." -Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw
madprophet Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
#43092: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:12:51 PM

[up]True. Maybe not quite a Deus ex Machina then. Maybe more of an explanation. After all, why would gems rebel if they had been designed and programmed for obedience? Because Black Diamond put some designed obselesence into them. An intentional fault created when she realized that the new Diamonds out-numbered her and would stop at nothing to keep on gaining power.

But that's just my personal pet theory.

xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#43093: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:42:01 PM

So just a random thought. What if one reason for colonizing earth was to create Pink Diamond? That could be why that was her only colony seen on the mural at the moon base. And why we saw Blue Diamond in a flashback before her. Maybe Pink Diamond was created there.

edited 11th Sep '16 8:42:57 PM by xanderiskander

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#43094: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:44:27 PM

Are you also going with the idea that Diamond is a title with that theory?

Because of the whole Earth = Quartz thing.

edited 11th Sep '16 8:46:31 PM by randomness4

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smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#43095: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:49:18 PM

Giant hole in Russia (in the show) is located where the world's largest diamond mine was located irl. Theory follows that Pink Diamond burst from that area, creating the hole.

xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#43096: Sep 11th 2016 at 8:55:55 PM

[up][up] Not really. And quartzes being from Earth doesn't have to mean those were the only gem types they ever made.

That and I think Peridot only meant that Jasper and Amethyst were from Earth. Not necessarily all quartzes are.

edited 11th Sep '16 8:58:19 PM by xanderiskander

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#43097: Sep 11th 2016 at 9:00:37 PM

Bismuth said...when talking about Rosey.

"...another Quartz soldier made right here on the dirt..."

The Earth dirt.

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xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#43098: Sep 11th 2016 at 9:03:05 PM

Yeah, so she was made on Earth. That doesn't really contradict anything. The Diamonds had other soldiers before Rose.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#43099: Sep 11th 2016 at 9:05:03 PM

Black Diamond doesn't have to be their leader, just the first. Like a Queen Mother or so, too old or decrepit to do any actual ruling, but able to help bring calm among Gem Society and/or provide exposition after the Diamond Authority has been destroyed/overthrown.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#43100: Sep 11th 2016 at 9:06:21 PM

[up][up]I'm willing to believe otherwise, for now.

But I doubt all their soldiers are Quartz, I don't know why you said that.

edited 11th Sep '16 9:06:37 PM by randomness4

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