Perhaps, but Blue and presumably Yellow pearl are also era 1 gems. That being said, Pearl's capabilities are less of a factor in this theory of mine than tying everything together into one package which explains why Rose kept quiet and how the other diamonds were involved.
The major downside I see is that it puts White Diamond dangerously close to Complete Monster territory, but I tend to envision her as a Totalitarian Utilitarian in terms of personality, which at least comes with the semi-redeeming quality of applying their own hyper-collectivist moral standards to themselves.
edited 2nd Jun '17 8:45:50 PM by CaptainCapsase
Yeah, losing the "Pearl was designed to secretly be an assassin" part doesn't really affect the theory that much.
I just still don't see enough evidence that "The Answer" is set after Pink Diamond's shattering.
edited 2nd Jun '17 8:48:03 PM by thatother1dude
If a mere Pearl could with sufficient training be capable of killing a Diamond, that works fine, assuming White knew such a thing was possible, and I'd tend to think she would be the one to know being the assumed progenitor of Gemkind.
The basic essence of my theory is that Pearl was at one point, (either knowingly or Unknowingly) an agent of White Diamond at one point, and her killing of Pink Diamond was all part of White's plan. I'm fairly sure the answer took place before Pink Diamond's shattering considering Bismuth and Garnet know each other.
edited 2nd Jun '17 8:51:27 PM by CaptainCapsase
Chances of getting more flashback episodes to the war? We don't even need to see the deed being done or focus on the presumed assassination plot, but if we're going to find out more about Pink Diamond, I feel like we should actually meet her. Hearing second hand from the obviously biased in different direction sources that are the Crystal Gems or Diamonds/Homeworld won't be sufficient, I think.
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That also works just fine, as I said, the core of the theory is quite flexible in regards to whether Pearl was anything more than an ordinary Pearl, to what extent Yellow Diamond was involved, and the general details of how the assassination went down, and even whether Pearl was aware of the unseen force pulling the strings. (though not being aware requires White Diamond to have Psychic Powers, which is entirely plausible given the powers Blue and Yellow have shown)
In regards to whether Pearl is different from an ordinary Pearl, remember Peridot remarking that "she's a fancy one" after taking a look at her.
edited 2nd Jun '17 9:00:35 PM by CaptainCapsase
If Gems think Humans Are Ugly, just imagine their reaction to the Elder Things. (This is what they look like
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The Crystal Gems' fallibility on the subject is less bias and more vagueness. I'd the say the only thing so far that's come off as biased is describing the Zooman as Pink Diamond's trophies, when it seems more about preserving the species (which isn't much better, but it's not the same).
On a related note, I just remembered a detail from the trial I don't think anyone brought up yet: The other Rose Quartzes were bubbled long before Pink Diamond was shattered. The pink bubbles were a big hint (thought I don't remember anyone bringing that up either), but this confirms she was the one who punished a whole caste for one of their actions. Even if that's better than what Yellow Diamond wants to do now, the best case scenario is that it was a temporary measure while Rose was at large.
It's interesting how they've filled out at least one birthstone from each month,and the one remaining is May,represented by Emerald
At this point I think Emerald is being saved for something big,maybe as a fusion for a certain someone,maybe as new kind of gem
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverSo since Lion came from what I presume is the Sahara desert, he's most likely one of the now extinct Barbary lions
So another possible characterization of White Diamond that would fit into the theory that she arranged Pink Diamond's death has just occurred to me: a Wrong Genre Savvy Well-Intentioned Extremist who thinks she's living in a universe on the opposite side of the Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism from where the show actually falls, and believes the Diamond Authority's despotic rule is the only thing standing between gemkind and extinction.
Pink Diamond sympathies, real or simply imagined for the rebellion threatened to escalate the matter from what amounted to a peasant revolt in a far off corner of the empire to a full blown civil war which could threaten the very existence of the Gem Empire, and by extension all of gemkind in White Diamond's worldview.
edited 3rd Jun '17 11:11:28 AM by CaptainCapsase
So about the idea that Pink Diamond allowed her security to lapse on her own.
I was thinking about it, and that theory clears up a couple more things. If she secretly respected human life, and wanted gem society to be more free and democratic, then, setting up the zoo just in case Rose fails makes sense to preserve human life, and having herself killed makes sense to undermine the Diamond Authority. And she would be in a position of authority to order a Rose Quartz with all her unique powers to be made deliberately.
edited 3rd Jun '17 12:06:12 PM by xanderiskander
Now there's a thought, the entire story is a Thanatos Gambit by Pink Diamond.
I don't think 'Pink' will be the good diamond,maybe she had some good ideas.but on the whole I think she'll come across as misguided,which is why Rose got so close and shattered her,she thought they were going to be on same side,they weren't,since she wanted to preserve the humans in her zoo and Rose wanted them to be free
The decision to punish all gems of Rose's type was something Yellow and Blue probably made her do after they realised that in making Rose Quartzes care about their human subjects meant they were going to join Rose's rebellion
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edited 2nd Jun '17 8:42:31 PM by thatother1dude