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HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
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#56551: Jul 22nd 2018 at 10:35:02 PM

It's like she took a Pearl and lobotomized out everything but the useful stuff.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#56552: Jul 22nd 2018 at 10:47:15 PM

Alternatively this might be the "default" state of a Pearl. For all we know, WD's Pearl might be the very first Pearl.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Blueeyedrat Since: Oct, 2010
#56553: Jul 22nd 2018 at 10:47:29 PM

Someone pointed out a really fascinating detail about White Diamond, and a particular reason why her appearance is so striking: She wasn't drawn/animated by any of the regular character artists. She was drawn by the background artists.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#56554: Jul 22nd 2018 at 11:18:27 PM

Well, this thread was randomly dropped from my watchlist (and not the first thread that's happened to either) but I guess I haven't missed too much.

Now to watch the episode(s) I guess.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#56555: Jul 22nd 2018 at 11:29:16 PM

It's rather fitting that White Diamond and White Pearl take cues from older animation and films.

Disgusted, but not surprised
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#56556: Jul 22nd 2018 at 11:50:06 PM

Well, just watched the episode, and shit is moving fast.

I suppose if White did really know what was going on the entire time that'd be one reason she wouldn't bother getting involve with things like the trial. And also that Yellow and Blue wouldn't want to get her involved anyway.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#56557: Jul 22nd 2018 at 11:56:35 PM

White acting as if she knew all along what Pink had done just adds more fuel to my wild mass guess that she is somehow able to see through the eyes of Pearls.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Eldritcho Since: Nov, 2016
#56558: Jul 23rd 2018 at 12:11:02 AM

Maybe she is able to see through the eyes of Pearl because Pearl used to belong to White?

It's a theory i've seen pop up in the last few hours that White used to own Pearl, and the Pearl she has now used to belong to Pink before she lobotomized her. Pearl does seem to know a lot about White, after all, and she was stated to be "given" to Pink; plus, her gem is in the same place as White's, while White's pearl has her gem in the same place as Pink.

Found this edit on tumblr:http://roquereptil.tumblr.com/post/176180422816/molded-from-clay-snapbacksteven-a-quick-edit

Well, that's enough speculation for one night. Really great episode, can't wait for the next one!

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#56559: Jul 23rd 2018 at 12:16:19 AM

I've seen that too. If you look closely, White Pearl's getup is a much better match for Pink than White, color aside.

I do think that it's significant (especially since Christine Ebersole voices WP, and not Deedee Magno-Hall like the other Pearls).

Edited by Draghinazzo on Jul 23rd 2018 at 3:18:51 PM

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#56560: Jul 23rd 2018 at 3:02:22 AM

I recall Lars mentioned visiting a planet called Upsilon-9,which being the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet could make Homeworld itself 'Alpha'

Come to think of it,this illustration of the sizes and colours of the Alpha Centauri star system reminds me of Steven looking at the Homeworld Stars

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ObligatorySarcasm Since: Aug, 2016
#56561: Jul 23rd 2018 at 5:30:48 AM

White's tone becomes slightly sharper when she gets to 'out of your system.' There is a mix of dismissiveness and anger.

The only way she could be creepier based on what we saw is if the scene returned to her after Steven was transported away to the pink room and we hear her say 'Pink! There you are...'

-Witty line-
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#56562: Jul 23rd 2018 at 5:34:35 AM

That was the entire episode?

Neat.

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#56564: Jul 23rd 2018 at 5:57:52 AM

I suspect it's going to be the one with Ruby,just a feeling I have

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PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#56565: Jul 23rd 2018 at 8:39:21 AM

I didn't get the impression White was senile, more that she does not care about anyone's narrative but her own. Also that she knew about Pink's rebellion all along and was just waiting for her to come back. I guess to an ageless being, Pink's ten thousand year disappearance is just an extended temper tantrum.

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TyeDyeWildebeest Unreasonably Quirky from Big Rock Candy Mountain Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: How does it feel to treat me like you do?
Unreasonably Quirky
#56566: Jul 23rd 2018 at 9:37:24 AM

Speaking of Pearl, I was rewatching some old episodes and something stuck out to me.

In "Bismuth", after Pearl jumps into Bismuth's arms, Bismuth says, "Hey, did anyone lose a Pearl? Who do you belong to?"

To which Pearl triumphantly responds, "Nobody!"

That moment was already pretty cute, but it's beautiful in light of the knowledge that, once upon a time, Pearl did belong to someone - not just anyone, but Pink Diamond. For millennia, Pearl was probably treated like... well, like any other Pearl, but once Pink Diamond became Rose Quartz, Pearl stopped being her servant and started being her teammate. Her comrade. Her equal.

That's what she meant in "Sworn to the Sword" when she said that Rose made her feel like she was everything. She was a diamond who treated her Pearl with the respect and dignity that other Pearls could only dream of receiving.

And bouncing off of this recent discussion, it's even more beautiful if the theory of Pearl originally belonging to White Diamond is correct. Changing ownership from White to Pink was probably the best thing that ever happened to her.

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ObligatorySarcasm Since: Aug, 2016
#56567: Jul 23rd 2018 at 9:43:59 AM

White didn't seem the bit shocked that Pink was alive or that she looked like Steven, as if she always knew. Possibly like the above where this is nothing to her, or she is so off and mentally broken that she sees anything in front of her as Pink and can't discern reality or the theory that she knew from the start that Pink was Rose was Steven because White watched it through CG Pearl.

Actually, it would be interesting if White Diamond was to not only able to see through Pearl but through ALL pearls. Their job is to stand and look pretty. She could use them as hidden cameras to keep track of the gems, even the other diamonds, and no one would be the wiser as to them they are just fancy coatracks. And perhaps WD can remotely activate them to act through them. That would ironically make pearls the most dangerous gems.

-Witty line-
xanderiskander Since: Mar, 2012
#56568: Jul 23rd 2018 at 9:50:26 AM

It's a valid theory, but White's Pearl is so different that I think it's jumping to conclusions to think all Pearls can be controlled and spoken through by her like that. There's not really evidence yet that points in that direction. But it's clear that White's Pearl was modified in a pretty disturbing way.

I kind of got the impression with her eye that maybe she was forced to have cybernetic modifications. There's no other reason I can think of for why a part of her body that's not her gem location would be cracked.

Edited by xanderiskander on Jul 23rd 2018 at 12:52:01 PM

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#56569: Jul 23rd 2018 at 9:51:11 AM

My personal theory right now is that White can auto identify gems somehow, so Pink's disguise never worked on her at all and never would have. She's not surprised to see Steven because to her it's just another look for Pink. Pearl spies aren't a bad idea either though.

Oissu!
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#56570: Jul 23rd 2018 at 10:03:54 AM

[up][up]Could also be possible that White has the power to permanently damage a gem's form without cracking the gem itself. It would make some sense, since gems are beings of light, which WD controls as we can see from Garnet's flashback.

SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#56571: Jul 23rd 2018 at 10:30:28 AM

I'm not yet convinced White knew. She participated in the Diamond attack, and seems furious with Pink. She'll probably turn her attention to Yellow and Blue next for embarrassing the empire so badly.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#56572: Jul 23rd 2018 at 10:33:50 AM

[up]Someone brought up the possibility that she knew but just didn't tell White and Blue so they'd go along with the corruption wave, so all three would be punished for the whole mess(Blue and Yellow would grieve for millenia, Pink would see everyone around her corrupted and unable to do anything about it).

ObligatorySarcasm Since: Aug, 2016
#56573: Jul 23rd 2018 at 10:35:18 AM

Oh no, I was just thinking out loud about interesting potential plot possibilities. You're right that its too earlier to think that WD controls WP, but I found the idea of her using pearl surveillance to be fascinating.

-Witty line-
WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#56574: Jul 23rd 2018 at 10:37:25 AM

She may have future vision, or maybe she experiences time non-linearly. Something about her is different, but it's too soon to say what.

RegisteredUser Body contains a Human Soul. from It's as cold as it looks. Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Desperate
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#56575: Jul 23rd 2018 at 10:46:50 AM

I just wanted to add, since Garnet's... less than comforting in context line to Greg was mentioned, that I think it's even more alarming than it seems.

"Steven, will be fine," she says, right before giving ''Cat Steven'' to Greg for safekeeping. I don't think she has any idea what is going to happen on Homeworld to any of them — that it's so far removed from all foreseeable probabilities and involves such unknowable unknowns that her future vision, at least for the moment, might as well be nonfunctional. But at least she could keep Greg calm, I guess.


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