Ok, I have never had the chance to post my opinion on the show and especially on homeworld so here goes nothing (btw, sorry if I make mistakes, English is not my first language).
Ok, so the diamonds are ruthless dictators and I'm glad that Steven at least acknowledged it. I know that Steven is compromising to convince them to heal corruption on Earth but I wish they made him a little more uncomfortable when he's interacting with them. The fact that they are friendly to him now , doesn't mean that we should forget that they're basically space Hitler! They have tortured and shattered millions of gems, they have created forced fusions ,they are the supreme leaders of a totalitarian oppressive regime that views it's cityzens like objects both metaphorically and from the looks of «Familiar» , it's meant literally as well...
Ok then,White Diamond, the top of the diamond authority,a litteral Godess of light. We don't know much about her, she seems like a person that is hiding their emotions and has replaced them with being emotionless and operating based on fanctionality and purpose.At the beginning I honestly thought that WD was just that by nature,just an all powerful space entity that doesn't have any need for sentiments, but after "familiar" I realized that she used to have fun with the other diamonds and participate in homeworld's activities. I think that WD even if she doesn't show it, suffered the most from PD's "shattering" and the beginning of Era 2 , which made her this emotionless , intimidating , isolated figure. Which is why Steven who is so empathic, will find negotiations with her so difficult.
Yellow Diamond, our Patti Lupone voiced diva space dictator, is of the mentality punch first and ask questions later. Even though she seems like the most violent and strict of the diamonds I believe that it is all a facade to assert her dominance as a dictator. In some ways she is similar to White on the fact that she operates on fanctionality, utility and suppresses her emotions to a lesser extent. I think though that she'll be more willing to cooperate with Steven than Blue , seeing that she is more adaptable to change . We can come to that conclusion from the fact that she uses the Era 2 Diamond insignia on her structures, thus I think she'll be more willing to understand that Steven isn't Pink.
I also think that YD is actually quite emotional as she is yearning for Whites attention and is jealous that Steven got to interact with her.
Blue Diamond is the litteral manifestation of sadness. This giant blueberry is more than she seems. She is the most emotional and dramatic of all the diamonds and gives the illusion that she is a little "nicer" ,but I think she is more strict, oppressive and conservative than Yellow. She just wants things to stay the same forever. She doesn't move on easily and she is more rough than she seems , the way she treated Ruby and Sapphire in the past, the way she switched from sad to intimidating in "that will be all" when she faced Sapphire .
Of course she can be a softy but only when it comes to Pink.
Ah there she is, Pink Diamond. The environmentalist, party , juggler diamond. Who's basically the other diamonds's kid. Pink Diamond has the "all life is precious" way of thinking. She might be cute and the most oppressed Diamond but to be blunt she is the most immature, selfish gem in existence. You might say she was a person that was made to be a dictator (kinda like in the real world where the kids of dictators are the next in line to rule) and she chose to abandon her position because she believed in freedom for her people. But no, everything Pink Diamond did is selfish and immature, and I'll explain why, so bare with me. Pink Diamond had every chance to assert her dominance and use her power as a diamond to stand her ground against the other 3 ,she had the exact same status as the others but she was so immature and childish that she allowed the other diamonds to treat her like a baby. She could literally stand her ground or even go to war with her court against the other courts demanding freedom for Gems. Which would be much more effective, (a diamond fighting her family to free her fellow gems) but no, instead she began a war against her self that resulted in milions of deaths on both sides and when she was tired and burdened by her actions she faked her death, mentally imprisoned her most loyal companion,Pearl , silencing her ,by faking her death she drove the other diamonds to unleash corruption on the planet she so loved ,condemning thousands of gems to a fate worse than shattering and then she altogether disappeared creating a new being who has do deal with all the problems she left behind. Maaann and we call WD scary. Not to say that she did it on purpose, but that doesn't even matter it doesn't change the outcome of her actions.
Homeworld is a very interesting society. It is a combination of Nazi Germany and North Korea ,so basically it's hell. Gemkind is literally governed by a totalitarian regime composed of 3 immortal all powerful dictators. In this purpose driven society, beings are literally created to have a specific non changing existence for all of eternity. Any flaw or deviation is met with emediate shattering. The diamonds are portrayed as litteral Gods that are absolutely flawless. They are so bad that they use living being as inanimate objects
Even Rebecca Sugar said ,that we should look for Nazi Germany references on homeworld. They are literally everywhere from the special salute ,to the belief in genetic purity, to the shattering for imperfection or fusion, but I think there are references to far left societies as well, like north Korea, where the collective is more important,where the individual is irrelevant, where the leaders are portrayed like Gods and art is used for propaganda and where any sign of anyone questioning the leadership is met with extreme retribution.
Anyway, that is my view on the show and more specifically the diamonds and homeworld, it's my first analysis ever ,so sorry if it's bad . Tell me if you would like me to post my opinion on other characters of the show as well .
Have a good one fellow earthlings♥️
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