As the show is now. Do you think the Diamonds should be redeemed, even though Steven will redeem them?
Oh absolutely not. They never should have been redeemed. They’re introduced as evil tyrannical dictators who commit genocide of planets regularly and run a totalitarian regime on Homeworld. They destroy and mutilate anyone who dares go against them. They are the definition of evil. Redeeming them is absolutely stupid. The show wants to push this “Anyone can be redeemed” idea and it’s honestly awful. No not everyone can be redeemed. Some people like Lapis and Peridot showed they weren’t evil. But people like Jasper and Yellow Diamond are monsters and don’t deserve sympathy. They had every chance not to be bad and still chose it. It’s not a good lesson to teach that you can just turn anyone around by talking to them, let alone characters that are primary antagonists.
And that’s another thing. The Diamonds are THE villains of the show. Sure they have had abysmal screentime and poor development as villains, but they are the main villains. The writers are shooting themselves in the foot not allowing these villains to actually be villains. They don’t seem to want to make anyone actually evil but when you’re dealing with literal genocidal warlords you kinda need them to be evil to work. The Diamonds can’t function as villains if they’re not going to be bad. Yellow and Blue were both woobified despite both being actual monsters, and now they’re trying to put the burden of being the villain entirely on White. And I don’t even trust them to handle that right. Why are the Diamond Authority bad if they’re trying to make it out that 3 out of the 4 Diamonds aren’t really bad?
Yellow and Blue are turned so easily it’s honestly insulting. You bait the audience for years with a conflict with the Diamonds, and when it actually comes up they just wimp out and resolve it in the worst way. Why should anyone care about the conflict with White Diamond (not even including her awful and unimpressive design)? We have every reason to believe that this will be handled in the worst way possible and will just end up being a waste of time.
