#why pink diamond why

[chrisrin]

i'm not sorry.

#gemcyt #gemstuck #mcyt #homestuck #hs #su #chris doodles #this design actually goes so hard i'm not sorry at ALL. #i do ACTUALLY have reasoning behind why theyd fuse which is the worst part #the amount of funny parallels between eridan and joel is SO amusing to me #oh to be a loyal pearl to your ocean-based aesthetically designed pink diamond #who would die for them at the drop of a hat #them fusing in a situation where they HAVE to protect pink(s) #it's based on the bond that they both share with their respective diamonds #like they fuse and theyre SOOO overprotective #on guard all the time #etc etc #if both of their diamonds are not Always In Their Sights they Will Go Batshit

[amoschaos]

Finally done

#steven universe #steven universe au #fanart #su fanart #yellow diamond #blue diamond #art #steven universe fanart #white diamond #pink diamond #spiderman #spiderverse #spider-gems #bellow diamond #Since they're still kind of gems I like to think Blue being multiple spiders is a deliberate choice #and shes real for that #why be a normal girl when you can be an amorphous horror #im sorry if the designs are bland

[galaxywarp]

guys good news I found my shitty gif of the entire episode A Single Pale Rose

#when I made this gif only god and I knew why #now only god knows. #steven universe #su #a single pale rose #pearl #rose quartz #pink diamond

[pogostikk]

This is the face of a kid who’s never been scolded and offered kindness in such a loving manner before and doesn’t know how to feel about it

#he feels strangely ashamed? #he’s never been ashamed when the diamonds yell at him #only annoyed #steven universe #su au #pink steven #Am I obsessing over this half decent comic I made? why yes I am #I love Star and Greg’s relationship in this au omgg

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

very interesting how everyone and their mothers bash steven universe for redeeming villains who tried to commit mass genocide, killed and harmed thousands of innocent civilians, physically and psychologically abused their family member; but they sympathize with and coddle catra, who did much of the same things.

(while i like steven universe and i do think that people hate on it a lot more than it deserves, i can admit that the show had its fair share of problematic elements. i'm not going to defend it to hell and back like some people do with spop)

#rose/pink diamond too! #the show literally states that she was an abuse victim #and ofc that doesnt excuse her actions but why not apply the same logic to catra? #at least the show itself acknowledges that pink was a deeply flawed individual who would be morally grey at best #while spop acts like their catgirl is the best example of a redemption arc done right #spop critical #spop #spop salt #spop criticism #spop discourse #she ra #spop fandumb #anti spop #anti stans #anti catra #anticatra #not to mention the diamonds may have been “redeemed” from a narrative standpoint but they were not forgiven #especially not by steven #he is clearly uncomfortable around them and even contemplates shattering white #i still think that the diamonds arc could have been handled better #but the creators at least had the courtesy to remind us that the diamonds were tyrannical monsters once #if spop were the writers for su i bet they'd find some way to make all of this steven's fault lmfao

[splickedylit]

i saw you were reposting some of the SU videos you had made and i was wondering if you could repost the Sky Full Of Song one? it was one of my favorite edits ever and i had been wondering what had happened to it/if it had been copyright claimed

Sky Full of Diamond Song

You heard something--from the sky, a sound… a song?

man, I didn't even know this one had gotten blocked, haha. QuQ Here you go, anon!

#Steven Universe #Splickedyvids #SU #Rose Quartz #Pink Diamond #Pearl (SU) #Amethyst (SU) #Garnet (SU) #Greg Universe #I still always think ''Be careful oh my Diamond'' when she says ''Be careful oh my darling'' #I do really like this one #a meditation on the nature of Pink running away and why.... 'i'm so tired now' and then 'leave me where I lie' (aka: in my son) #it's escapist! it's selfish! it's also a really understandable way for a character arc to progress anyway here's this lol #VERY proud of the various refrains of 'I want you so badly but you could be anyone' haha #such a theme in her relationships agh #man I wish tumblr didn't always manage to like just slightly mess up my timing

[thatone-highlighter]

I just got through the Earthlings arc during my SU rewatch and im absolutely facinated by Jaspers character

She’s such an effective antagonist for so long because she clashes with every other character so fundamentally. She’s got this completely foreign to the show worldview that is shown to be contrary to what the rest of the show is trying to say but she still feels like a real person and when you think about her she’s just as much a product of her circumstances as anyone else. She doesn’t want to talk it out with Steven because why would she? She was literally born to fight as has been doing so since the second she was born, it’s all she’s ever known and has been drilled into her head that that’s what’s expected of her, she’s rewarded for fighting well and watches as others are punished for doing badly, either by losing or by facing consequences for failing.

And then there’s the whole “perfect solider” part of her character. She was literally born more capable and with a higher status than everyone else. But because of the way home world is structured to reward her and punish people like the off-colours, she’s been indoctrinated into thinking that the reason she came out on top had nothing to do with how she was made and everything to do with her behaviour and attitude. Peak “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” type person but because it’s a fictional story you can see what happened to make her this way. Her and amethyst are fundamentally different, they’re different quartzes, they were born in different places, they were just created differently, from the start jasper was always going to be better at some things than amethyst and amethyst would be better at others than jasper. But because of the way jasper has been “raised” for lack of a better word she doesn’t see that, she doesn’t understand that her and amethyst are simply different gems who were made different, she’s better at fighting and is picture image of what a quartz “should” be so that means it’s possible and anyone who can’t live up to that standard simply isn’t trying hard enough. And she even manages to get that into amethysts head, if jasper is capable of this then that means that amethyst must be too, even tho that’s simply not true. Through no fault of her own amethyst would have to try infinitely harder to achieve even close to where jasper is, jasper started out with a huge head start and trying to play catch up does nothing but hurt amethyst. It’s such a good analogy for so many things I think

Her main role in the story is serving as a character who simply refuses to talk it out with Steven, but again, why would she? From her perspective the entire reason her life is like this, she reason shes spent her life fighting endlessly, all the suffering shes lives through, its his fault. Rose Quartz started the war she was quite literally born to fight in. Rose Quartz also ended that same war by killing the only person jasper ever had to look up to, forced her out of the only reason she had for existing (both as in to fight the war and to serve Pink Diamond). And then heres Rose Quartz once again, saying she wants to help her? Where was she offering help when jasper when she was living to fight as much as she was fighting to live? Where was this „help“ when she shattered Pink Diamond and Jaspers entire world with her? „Help“? Help my ass shes the reason everything thats gone wrong in jaspers life went wrong in the first place

And then she gets poofed at her lowest point, gets removed from the story entirely until Future, and Future does nothing to make anything better for her! Last jasper knew the person shes been seeking revenge on her entire existence cant even be bothered to remember what she did, and then she loses herself to the Earth and corruption, the very things she prided herself on being better than.

And then suddenly shes brought back and „hey guess what! That war we created you to fight in? The one you created your entire person around? The one you lost Everything in? Yeah so it was pointless. Actually the person you idolised for the past 6000 years is the same person who you thought killed her and have been seeking vengeance on for the same amount of time. Crazy how that happens. Anyways so do you wanna come hang out with us now that we sorted that out and were chill about it?“

Can you even IMAGINE what that feels like? No wonder she runs off into the woods and becomes a hermit what else is she supposed to do! Shes got nowhere to go! Her entire life has been turned on its head and she’s expected to just move on! That’s ridiculous!

And thats just the backdrop for her appearance in Future. When she finally does appear they kill her and thats the first and only time we ever see her happy. Someone Finally speaks to her in a way she can understand and she actually dies, and uses that to find herself a purpose. If steven is powerful enough to shatter her, a feat never before seen by a gem, then sure she can serve him, anything to give her life purpose again. and then they just forget about her! Steven literally ditched her in his house! They pull the rug out from under her Once Again. but now she can be „normal“ now she can do what other people want her to do so they all assume shes „better“ now.

I think future did her so dirty the original show handles her character So Well and im not really sure how else they could have gone further with her character because people like Jasper in real life dont really change. And if she were to change and agree with steven it would feel like the show saying steven was right and jasper was wrong and she should have listened to him from the start. Shes such an interesting character to delve into because shes the antagonist yes but shes a very specific type or antagonist that doesnt appear very often and when it does its not with as much backstory, even if just implied, or delving into the thoughts behind the actions. Its so interesting to me

#hi my name is duck and im normal about steven universe characters #steven universe #su jasper #su rose quartz #su pink diamond #su analysis #Tree Man Posts #me when i go to the bestie gc and yell about jasper for an hour straight #listen okay. Jasper. #thanks for listening #no seriously i love thinking about jasper. shes such a product of her environment #but in a different way to all the other characters #and she has such a different just fundamental worldview compared to every other character and esp compared to Steven #she represents the kind of person who i see in real life but can’t understand why they are the way they are #but jasper. being a fictional character. means that i Can i Can look at all her appearences and consider other sources of information #and really Think about why she is the way she is. and at the wnd i dont even think she’s unjustified in her actions #i highly doubt anyone else in her position would have come out any different #len look what you did you supposed my jasper analysis and now here we are

[bostrichidae]

attention steven universe tumblr, i had a thought

took a shower and now my head is occupied with this concept.

so we know that pearls are personalized for one specific gem and they typically conform to that gem when they first form. this also applies to when they're rejuvenated (keep that in mind!). but i noticed something about the diamond's pearls.

notice the similarities in posing, appearance, and presentation, but most importantly, in gem placement.

this particularly drew my attention because. the diamonds' pearls are seemingly made to be very similar to their "owners". it only makes sense that this would apply to their gem placement as well.

this also applies to pink diamond and volleyball (og pink pearl) as seen below

they both have naval gems and upbeat personalities. but of course, volleyball became white diamond's pearl after that whole incident slash debacle slash problem slash whatever you like to call it. but.

did white diamond have a pearl previously?

and if so, what happened to her?

well,

what pearl with a white gem do we know very well? one with her pearl on her forehead? one who was given to pink after her original pearl was taken by white?

that's right.

the main pearl, the pearl we all know and love, was white diamond's pearl before volleyball.

just think about it for a second. we know that homeworld prefers to avoid wasting pearls, and well, rejuvenation and the reef exist for a reason. when volleyball was injured and could not be healed by any means, white diamond decided it would be best if she and pink traded pearls. white ensured that either due to rejuvenation or her mind control powers that pearl would not remember ever working under her as to ensure her loyalty to pink diamond.

but since she already existed, her gem placement could not be altered. and that is what really happened with the diamond pearls. yellow and blue pearl are just vibin this whole time tbh they're just watching this go down

to add on, there was also that one side comment from peridot where she said "you're a pearl. and a rather fancy one too" (or something along those lines) implying that pearls had varying quality with the highest quality being given to the diamonds. yet another reason why they couldn't just give pink an entirely new pearl.

this theory might seem a bit outlandish, but is there really anything to prove it false?

there probably is something that i'm missing that proves me wrong but I WILL STAND BY THIS THEORY.

edit: i see people pointing out that this is a common theory and that it is accepted as canon, and i would just like to state that i had no fucking clue because i've never seen anyone discuss it (then again, i'm not very deep into the world of su theories). just wanted to say that (and i'm not mad or anything)

#steven universe #diamond authority #pearls #su theory #please help me i am going insane #how did i never realize this before and also why don't people talk about it more #like it makes so much sense #i am writing this at 2 am #pink pearl #white diamond #pink diamond #holy shit

[i-am-the-skeleton-in-the-closet]

It’s not the best but whatever, her design slays and I’ve been rewatching steven universe so

#steven universe #pink diamond #rose quarts #steven universe future #garnet #amythest #and PEARL #I tried something new with the lines cause normally I don't colour the lines but i decided eh why not

[yolexxx]

So I binged Steven Universe at 4am this morning and tried to make Sun look pretty like Pink😭💎

Idk why I made him Pink Diamond and not Yellow💀

Image before deep fry and line art under cut👇🏽

#sun fnaf #sundrop #pink diamond #steven universe #idk why I did this #dca sun

[calypsolemon]

I'm curious what your thoughts are on the pink being overcooked and the bizarre idea of her that she was supposed to come out not as pink or red but white

ehh? I don't think any of that makes any sense. For one, why would White create a clone of herself like that, and could she even? It seems to me from the way she describes Pink and the other diamonds, that she views them as something like impurities or aspects she purged from herself, and while that's not entirely the case, I think it helps explain how gem production works in a "biological" sense. She also describes stretching her essence thin enough to control like, what, six? gems, as something she doesn't like to do, which tells me it's really something that isn't good for her to maintain for too long. So I assume to create another diamond of pure, unfiltered White light, would be to essentially put all of herself into another gem. And I don't see why she would bother to do any of that.

I also just think with how ableist gem society is, even if Pink was a red diamond that came out weird or something, I don't think she would have been allowed or expected to actually rule a colony or act as a diamond period. Gem society shatters gems that are born unable to fullfill their purpose. Especially back in Pink's time, when resources seemed abundant. White is way too much of a perfectionist control freak to let something like that pass imo.

No, really what makes the most sense to me, is that White created all the diamonds (and potentially, all of gem society) in an attempt to rid herself of emotions and personality quirks that she deemed imperfect, or hindering her in some way. All of them turned out exactly as intended, personality flaws and all, and so that White can control these "flaws" externally by discipline and force, rather than deal with them internally as part of her. This both aligns with what she says on the subject, and thematically coheres with the rest of the story, as it's the exact opposite purpose for Rose having Steven.

#steven universe #pink diamond #white diamond #yeah idk this sounds like a pre-cym and maybe even pre-'rq is pd' theory #i don't think we need to bend over backwards to explain why pd is a silly little guy. she is bc white hates being a silly little guy

[salsa-di-pomodoro]

Hmm having the omori ost My Time on repeat in my head while thinking about Pink Diamond. I have just had a horrible idea

#but so so delicious.......... #idk why sometimes i can handle heavy angst and others i die at the mere thought of it lol #pink diamond #steven universe #su pink diamond #pink diamond su #su rose quartz #rose quartz su #rose quartz #lol why so many tags

[superxnovae]

Does anyone remember when this was a ship

#LISTEEEENNNN #all im saying is imagine if instead of a new pearl white diamond gave pink a jasper to protect her and “ #keep her in check #and yes i know why that didnt happen in canon but im JUST SAYING #IMAGINE #jasper #jasper steven universe #steven universe #pink diamond #pink diamond x jasper #jasper x pink diamond #big buff cheeto puff #jasper fanart #wlw #sapphic #fandom ships #jaspink #my art

[toffee-the-dingo]

Black Diamond

I wonder what her relationship with Pink Diamond is like.

#fanart #why did i make this #Black Diamond #pink diamond #steven universe fanart #Steven Universe #SU #the diamonds #shitpost

[mo-ok]

🎉 Toku x Birthdays 🎉

Day 2 - Birthstone

💎 Diamond ~ Goggle Pink 💎

#tokubds #goggle v #goggle pink #miki momozono #super sentai #skipped day 1 because ive only finished two kamen riders lmao so we're starting with day two <3 <3 #diamonds come in every colour under the sun so instead pls enjoy my precious pink diamond girl goggle pink #the SCARF. the RIBBON. iconic #SIDE NOTE just learnt she's meant to be 16??!?!?!?!?!?! S I X T E E N?!?!?!?! HOW OLD ARE THE OTHER GOGGLE V MEMBERS?????????????? #(looked it up. they are 20 - 27.) #why is miki 16 she's barely older than her computer girl lmao

[luckybatcreations]

Leave it to fucking idiots to comment “Rose Quartz wouldn’t be be a good mother and would just get bored and leave Steven like she did everyone else”, under a video about singing “Love like you” while watching Steven as a ghost-like entity completely ignoring the fucking point of her whole character.

#I can’t help but feel like you treat real people in real life like shit and that’s why nobody likes you #steven universe #rose quartz #small rant #pink diamond #can’t have shit around here #screaming into the void #character assassination