Wow after seen pink diamond what do you think? did she was the Charles II (of Spain)of the diamond authority? a noble born that was rejected by alot of people because he (in this case she) was defective? Yellow certanly looked like she barely could stand Pink and by what Pink screamed she had authority in name only:no army, no colonies and treated like she was less important.
We all absolute love Pink Diamond. We were always huge fans of the ‘Pink as a spoiled, entitled child’ theory, so we’re super excited to see what impact this will have in canon.
However, we do have certain disagreements with the idea of her being the ‘Charles the II’ of the Diamond Authority, and a lot of the ways fandom has been interpreting her.
1) We’re still not entirely sold on the ‘Pink was an off color’ theory. Her size in the dream could have just been… well, dream logic, and reflecting how she felt emotionally. That said, we do think there is other evidence supporting it (window and throne sizes), and are excited by the story prospects if she was. We just haven’t 100% accepted it.
2) Even if she was off color size-wise, the implication that her size caused her to be ‘less mature’ (or even mentally disabled, as we’ve some people have suggested), really doesn’t sit great with us.
Pink’s personality was clearly modeled after a young child. Obviously, childhood isn’t a concept for Gem, who come out of the ground as functional adults. But they can still be less experienced and mature in human terms (see Amethyst in the Greg flashbacks), and Pink’s behavior was probably a simple combination of that, and being practically worshiped as A Perfect Amazing Being as soon as she came out of the ground.
3) We really don’t think Yellow Diamond hated Pink.
It’s a possibility, admittedly. We’re all extrapolating off of very little evidence.
But the main thing we consider is: what metaphor did Stevonnie’s powers choose to filter Pink’s memories through? The relationship between Priyanka and Connie.
Priyanka doesn’t hate Connie. Priyanka loves her. She can just kind of suck at expressing that love. She’s a busy woman, who deals with a lot of responsibilities. She’s strict, has high standards, and is very over protective.
Which suggests that Yellow Diamond and Pink Diamond’s relationships were better. Yellow was an older, experienced leader, dealing with a little kid, and who didn’t understand why she couldn’t just behave. But hate her? Have her shattered? Doesn’t seem likely to us.
4) Was Pink hated for being an off color?
If Pink was defective, it wouldn’t be surprised if there was ableism directed at her from her fellow Diamonds. But that ableism would have been filtered through the class system.
A rutile or sapphire who comes out off color? Has to run and hide in an abandoned Kindergarten her whole life. A Diamond who comes out off color? Still accepted as a member of the Diamond Authority, even if she was coddled a bit, and eventually given her own entire planet.
If a peridot or ruby interfered with her supervisor’s equipment, and then started screaming at her? Probably a steep punishment indeed, from whippings to shatterings. Pink, though? She gets gently placed elsewhere, and then scolded once.
5) Yellow Diamond was kind of right about Pink’s behaviour.
A lot of criticism has been thrown at Yellow for being mean to Pink for how she treated her, not giving her any armies or planets (weirdly enough, little criticism for casually threatening to have underlings shattered. Funny.) And yeah, it was pretty harsh and cruel of a way to talk to what’s essentially your child.
But let’s lay aside the vileness of the subject matter they were discussing, and look at a human metaphor. There’s a mom who’s a politician, and is extremely busy with extremely important work: balancing the budget, organizing trade, making deals, communicating with the army.
Then her kid comes in. Keeps poking around and trying to get attention when it’s Work Time. Starts poking randomly at the computer. Asks why she can’t lead the meetings. The mom basically says that the child will need to be more responsible to do that. In response, the child starts screaming about how she wants a pony.
The Diamonds see themselves as leaders. The rulers, the guiders, the defenders of their people. That’s responsibility. And Pink didn’t exhibit any inkling of that. All she wanted in this flashback was recognition, to be treated seriously, to have her stuff, NOW!
Obviously, eventually she convinced her fellow Diamonds. Who did the equivalent of what most parents would do: give her goldfish, see if she can keep it alive, before letting her have other pets and responsibilities.
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