Consider the Following - “On the Diamond Authority”

WARNING!

CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS

Once again special thanks to a friend of mine, Kerriadango!

EDIT: A few thoughts brought up by redditors /u/7urmoil and /u/ubermence now included.



Crystal Gem training ground clips originally found HERE! Go give some love to the original post!

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POSSIBLE SPOILERS! You were warned.

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We’re all excited with the new SU episodes on the horizon, but something from an old post has been bothering me and with the new information from Steven Bomb 3 I think I’ve uncovered another piece of the puzzle.

Please take this time to consider the following.

I saw a post talking about the symbols and statues in the Strawberry Fields Temple and the Crystal Gem’s training ground and two things occurred to me.

Firstly, that Yellow Diamond’s weapon is a sword, so we can look forward to maybe her and Pearl dueling.

Secondly, and more importantly to this post, White Diamond looks a lot like Pearl. Her spear, the point in her hair, almost like Pearl is a caricature of her.

This got me thinking, what if certain Diamonds lord over certain gems? What if they each have some sort of overseeing function in their society? In this case White Diamond may be in charge of the subservient classes, coordinating all worker class gems in their efforts.





Yellow Diamond seems either a brilliant tactician and knight or explorer and purveyor of scientific advancement. This can be indicated by her weapon

~ A sword, a blade weapon used primarily for cutting or thrusting. A weapon most commonly needing much training using much finesse and skill: a weapon of one who uses intellect.

…on the scientist side it would also make sense for her to be in charge of Peridot who is on Earth to collect data (I.E. - forced fusion experiments.)





Blue Diamond is still up in the air, though after some reconsideration I’m leaning more toward her being in charge of the military, as indicated by her weapon…

~ A mace, a blunt weapon that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful blows, most commonly to shatter shields. This would be the weapon of one who uses power.

…would indicate that Blue diamond is a military leader possibly working with Yellow Diamond as the defensive half of their military or just being in charge of it.

Why though, would Yellow Diamond lead the charge on Earth I wonder?





The Diamonds seem more like knights or kings, trained in all aspects to understand what each branch had to do, but being in charge of and built for only one.

And assuming that Pink Diamond is actually Rose Quartz, she seems more likely to have dealt with a life and caring oriented aspect as Rose seemed so attached and loving of all living things.

Some would believe that she was the military leader and while the fact that she taught Pearl how to sword fight and lead a successful rebellion against Homeworld is good evidence, her abilities themselves might lead to the contrary.



~ Her weapon was a shield, its purpose to defend which would be more than useful in defending untrained or newborn gems.

~ Her power to Heal, would be most useful keeping little gemlings from dieing of injuries should her shield fail.

~ And being able to animate the local flora is useful in making a group of temporary workers to help set up the kindergarten and defend fellow gems.

This would suggest she was the Diamond associated with the birth of new gems and therefore the kindergartens (finding suitable planets, overseeing setup, judging what gems needed what care based on their classes and types, etc).



Then after dealing with and appreciating life on earth for so long, it would fit into that mindset that she’d want to create life again, this time human life.

Moreso, these thoughts have brought to light the fact that maybe the Diamonds are made to defeat one another?

~ A spear is a good long range weapon, which would commonly be used to counter shorter ranged melee weaponry, such as swordsman.

~ A sword is a fast weapon, very useful in countering opponents who attempt to use brute force to stop you.

~ A mace is a brutal weapon, originally designed and used to shatter shields.

~ A shield can parry almost any weapon in this set, which might be why she could hold them off and why the most important fight in the rebellion of earth might have been between her and Blue Diamond.

Rose’s will was so strong she out-blocked Blue Diamond’s savage blows leaving her unbeatable on the battlefield. So instead of killing her in a fight, they probably left and bombarded the planet from orbit killing almost all the gems loyal to Rose, except those closest to her at the time.

So here is the thought I leave you with, if each Diamond was in charge of different aspects of their culture, what kind of discourse did Rose leave Homeworld in when she defected?