it makes the most narrative and thematic sense that rose shattered pink diamond
narrative: all these events leading up to this revelation that rose shattered pink diamond, acknowledged by both homeworld and the other crystal gems, most notably the introduction of bismuth
thematic: steven has spent most of the series in the dark about his mother, yet still trying to live up to her name as everyone around him puts these expectations on him, unconsciously or otherwise
now that we are learning she was not the person he thought she was, the burden is on him to figure out the person HE wants to be, and to reevaluate his image of his mother among other things, perhaps his decision to bubble bismuth as well (i really hope)
i don’t feel like it would make sense at this point in the narrative to end up going “ha, gotcha, plot twist: rose didn’t actually shatter pink diamond, or not by herself”
the central theme of this cartoon is steven trying to reconcile being his own gem, while living up to his mother’s name. the narrative has been carrying us to this revelation for a while and it has definitely already made an impact
i just don’t understand why people are adamant against believing that rose shattered pink diamond
(edit: also i’m definitely not disagreeing with rose shattering pink diamond. i’m only saying that steven had never believed her capable of doing that, which is why he was so devastated during that argument with bismuth, because he believed he was partly going along with what his mother would have wanted, though of course morally on his own he disagrees with shattering gems
of course the hypocrisy is not lost and i hope that we see that addressed)
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