My partner @40doodles made an interesting suggestion concerning White Pearl’s appearance last night, and I thought should share it.
White Pearl is fascinating in a creepy sense. Her physical form is cracked, but her gem does not seem to share this trait in any way. Why would a gem’s projected form create the image of damage if that same damage is not physically reflected in any way on their actual gem?
It’s something we’ve really never seen before. We’ve seen how damage to a gem’s gemstone can alter their appearance; for example, when Amethyst was cracked, she was unable to reform properly. This makes sense, considering the gemstone is the “brain” of a gem, and a malfunctioning core would not be able to project a coherent form.
But White Pearl is different. From the looks of it, her gem appears fine. But her holographic body shows damage.
This is where the idea of “forced reprogramming” comes into play. @40doodles and I speculate that this Pearl was created for Pink originally, but was not able to “keep her in line”. So, dissatisfied with the original “pink” Pearl’s work, White upgraded Pink with her personal Pearl - our Pearl - and kept the “defect” for herself.
Of course, this didn’t come without consequences.
I don’t know enough about White Diamond to accurately speculate if she would shatter a gem for its “uselessness” or try to retrofit them into a new role. It seems that, however, that may be the case with White Pearl, who was intended to originally serve Pink. She failed in every sense for the job she “was made for,” and as either punishment, annoyance, or an entitled sense of preserving Homeworld resources (would making another gem just hot off the press seem wasteful?), White Diamond took this Pearl and “reprogrammed” her - wiping out her personality, her memories, her voice, her soul.
This pearl is so haunting because she is clearly a puppet with no emotions of her own, nor has the ability to exhibit them. White Diamond uses her as a mouth piece that plays fetch, runs errands, and then she is literally stored in the wall until she is needed again. She doesn’t even stand next to “her” Diamond.
White Pearl is a shell, drained of her color, her soul, her very being. Her damage is mental, emotional. It reflects in her physical form. She is broken, and if she is still able to feel, she knows it.
What terrifying being is this White Diamond to possess such a power? I don’t know, but I’m very worried for Steven.
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