I forever stand with the thought that Rose DID love Pearl.
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She knows that Pearl is meant to be obedient and care about her but that means that Pearl just thinks she loves her because that is her purpose(but Pearl really does love Rose, outside of her "ownership"). Rose didn't act on her feelings because she didn't want to take advantage of Pearl, who is made to love her. She couldn't forgive herself if she did. It's difficult for her to see that Pearl is really and actually in love with her because (like I've mentioned a thousand times 😅) she's meant to love and support Rose.
Maybe Rose used her interest in humans to distract herself from her love for her precious Pearl, trying to push it aside to protect her.
Pearl, as we know, is head over heels in love with her, and her (non-existent) heart breaks watching Rose have romantic relationships with someone who isn't her but how would Rose know??
Even after Rose fell in love with Greg I still think she loved Pearl. She had no idea that Pearls (again, non-existent) heart was being torn to shreds watching them do all the things she ached to do with her.
None of it was one-sided, it's just that neither of them decided to communicate and instead hurt eachother.
What Pearl and Rose had, lacked communication. They weren't this horrible disgusting toxic relationship like Jasper & Lapis had, I don't know why people make it out to be like that.
When I think about them I think about them in a more healthy and stable relationship not based on power and authority like you all seem to think they had. Yes, Rose is/was much more powerful than our Pearl but she didn't shove it in our faces or flaunt it. She wanted gems to be free and equal. Of course there was a MAJOR power difference but how is that either of their faults? You can't just change that. She is/was a goddamn DIAMOND and Pearl is a pearl, no matter what Rose does she still has the strength of a diamond.
(5/3/23)
I may continue this rant soon.
(5/4/23) I definitely didn't explain this right, whoops.
