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I LOVE THEIR NEW DESIGNS

BISMUTH!?

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obsessedwithwriting:

Remember the episode “The Test”?? Where it turns out that one of the first adventures the gems had together with Steven was actually the test they prepared to see if he was ready to join them?

Okay, the thing is: what if everything that happened in the show was just the test the DIAMONDS made for Pink Diamond? What if Steven gathers them together on a party and convinces them to turn back the corrupted gems and the diamonds burst out in laughter and finally tell him oh, Pink, all of that was just a test, we wanted to see if you can do it?? Then it turns out that Homeworld is actually a place where everyone lives freely and happily and feels comfortable with each other and all that happened was just a huge stage show the diamonds put to prepare Pink Diamond for her own times of rule?

Consider:

• It would fit right within this huge parallel between Pink Diamond and Steven the crew is making right now
  
• Actions of the pearls are a very important indication imo - like if they were really slaves they are painted to be, they would obviously feel more uncomfortable and the relationship between Pink Diamond and our Pearl would be a very uncomfortable inequal slave/master romance - but it would all make sense if Homeworld is actually a place of joy and freedom! Pearl actually never was Pink Diamond’s slave, that’s why she was able to fall in love with her in a healthy way the show portrays it in. That would also explain why Pearl’s comment in the last episode - “Im only here because Im bringing your things and I am one of your things” - is so dismissive and not in any way how a real person who used to be a slave/thing in this place would say it. I would be tired too of having to act for thousands of years like I was ever an unhappy slave, she’s just done by now.
  
• The gag order!! Of course love of Pearl’s life wouldn’t put a gag order like that on her, indicating that she actually sees her as nothing more than a thing she can impose orders on however she pleases. It was just a thing Pearl and the Diamonds came up with after Rose chose to be with Greg to explain why Pearl didn’t tell Steven that he was Pink Diamond immediately, they wanted to make the test harder for Steven!
  
• The positive portrayal of the Diamonds. We are obviously supposed to identify with them and see them as people and there is zero awareness of the fact that they are also ruthless dictators in the show’s portrayal of them. That’s because they really aren’t - it’s just a part of the test they try to make Steven face. But sometimes it’s very hard to act like this when you were just happily singing with your lover Blue Peal and talking to her about how much you love her and then suddenly you have to act like she is your slave - that’s why Blue Diamond is always so sad. She just wants to be able to tell Pink already about her (equal and nice) marriage with Blue Pearl!
  

And the most important point: considering all the stupid choices they made so far, I think this is a very plausible theory! Share your thoughts!

Listen, I’m not in the greatest headspace right now, so I’m probably going to miss some points I want to make here, but:

• “it turns out that Homeworld is actually a place where everyone lives freely and happily“ Homeworld would still be an oligarchy even if everything else were a test for Pink. Dunno how freedom can proliferate under an oligarchy.
  
• “Pearl actually never was Pink Diamond’s slave, that’s why she was able to fall in love with her in a healthy way the show portrays it in.” The show literally shows Pearl demanding her destruction when she realises she’s been acting out of line by having a crush on Rose Quartz.
  
• There is absolutely nothing healthy about how Pearl fell for Pink/Rose.
• “… if [the Pearls] were really slaves they are painted to be, they would obviously feel more uncomfortable….” how do you know what the Pearls feel? have you ever heard of emotional labour? the fact that they can generally keep their composure (except when pushed by their Diamonds) doesn’t mean that they’re at all comfortable with their position.
  
• “Of course love of Pearl’s life wouldn’t put a gag order like that on her, indicating that she actually sees her as nothing more than a thing she can impose orders on however she pleases.“ Or maybe the dictator put a gag order on her slave.
  
• “That’s because [the Diamonds] really aren’t [dictators].” We saw how devastated Jungle Moon was after Yellow’s colonization. she did, in fact, do bad things.
  
• The last point with Blue Diamond/Blue Pearl—what? Is that supposed to be funny? Because I’ve got to tell you, it’s not.

In all, this theory is outright offensive on multiple levels.

IJQ comparing Rose Diamond’s experience to migrants’ experiences is just… yikesyikesyikesyikesyikesyikesyikesyikesyikes