Part of me wonders if she could have gotten better results if she had just led the rebellion as herself from the start. None of those "Rose Quartz" shenanigans. But then the Crystal Gems would probably have still kept worshipping her, which is something I'm guessing she was starting to dislike. Sure she wanted to free Earth. But she also wanted to free herself from being a Diamond.
On another note, this makes Rose taking in Amethyst sadder on another level. She almost certainly did it out of both sympathy and guilt. Amethyst only exists as an Off-Color Gem because the Kindergarten under Pink Diamond's watch messed up. Pink Diamond Rose probably felt responsible for Amethyst being what she is. And she could probably sympathize with being a lot smaller than the rest of her own Gem type.
Disgusted, but not surprised
Yeah; openly defying the other diamonds would bring the same problematic dynamic that exists in her relationship with Pearl to the rebellion as a whole, with the gems following her not because they believe in their cause but because good gems follow orders.
edited 8th May '18 7:34:55 PM by CaptainCapsase
It's pretty obvious that Pink Diamond was more or less sick of being a Diamond. She didn't want to rule over anyone anymore. There's an almost apologetic tone in her voice when she uses her authority as a Diamond one last time to impose a geas on Pearl.
Pink Diamond strikes me as having some self-esteem issues. No wonder her solution was to immerse herself completely in an alter ego. Heck, her self-esteem issues are probably not too different from Amethyst's, which is probably why she always told Amethyst she was perfect the way she was.
edited 8th May '18 7:40:45 PM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprised
Same.
Some of Hilary's boards for "A Single Pale Rose" !
And some post-it and scrap paper drawings
. Also, the PD reveal was boarded by Rebecca in the actual episode according to Hilary.
News; even before The Reveal Rose was apparently intended to be a villain:
I'll be adding her Moral Event Horizon and Big Bad entries that were deleted when I have the time.
My Patreon. It is my life.Pretty sure you should hold off on that. Like, what would the Moral Event Horizon even be? And she just flatly isn't the Big Bad of the story.
Villain wins...?
Take it.
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Would those entries apply when she's not actually a villain or Big Bad nor really crossed a Moral Event Horizon?
edited 8th May '18 8:34:26 PM by sgamer82
Uhh, didn't they just call her a horrible person, not a villain?
And isn't Moral Event Horizon a YMMV trope?
Jawbreakers on sale for 99¢Putting Rose as the Big Bad is flat out misuse.
edited 8th May '18 8:34:53 PM by dragonfire5000
"I squirm, I struggle, ergo I am. Faced with death, I am finally, truly alive."I think a lot of Steven's Development is going to come down to being better than Rose ever was, just like Bismuth said. I think, at worst, if Steven screws up his screw-ups will go int he opposite direction rather than long the same "thoughtless, don't think things through" way he did a lot of early on.
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I wondering what was going to happen to their characters pages after this reveal.
Also this is unrelated, but I was reading through "A Single Pale Rose"'s recap page, had an epiphany, and now I'm like 99% sure that the Fusion from "Historical Friction" is Rose and Garnet's Fusion. I was very sure of it beforehand, but now I'm absolutely sure.
edited 8th May '18 9:16:52 PM by Crossover-Enthusiast
Jawbreakers on sale for 99¢You mean Garnet, right? NVM. Already fixed it.
edited 8th May '18 9:16:56 PM by RhymeBeat
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.I also appreciate the bitter irony of Pearl's situation. Her original cover story was that she was a defective Pearl who belonged to no one when she was actually the personal Pearl of a Diamond. After "Rose" died giving birth to Steven, she really didn't belong to anyone anymore.
edited 8th May '18 10:39:08 PM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprised

Is it okay if I talk about those French episode titles from a while back? I think I just realized something about them...
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