After the reveal in Back to The Moon that Pink Diamond was in fact shattered, speculation about her whereabouts ran wild. I’ve seen a lot of theories, some saying lion is partially Pink Diamond, others saying Rose is Pink Diamond hiding in a Rose Quartz body. I’ve come up with a theory that I haven’t seen around, and hope to explain in this post.
First of all, because this is about the whereabouts of Pink Diamond, I’m not going to get into how she was shattered, (if Pearl was involved, how Rose did it while being significantly weaker) and for simplicities sake disregarding the idea that Rose is Pink Diamond.
So, Pink Diamond is shattered. According to what we know from Pearl, “…shards have a powerful partial consciousness…You see, any shard inside any sort of container could become a monster!” So a gem’s consciousness remains in some way even after shattering, and no matter where you put them that entity is still a threat to others. Of course, a simpler explanation would be that the shards are bubbled and in the temple, but I don’t think that’s the case.
Firstly, there’s the matter of Beach City. Why would The Crystal gems have settled in one place for so long? They likely landed there after the war, built the temple, and settled in what would develop into Beach City. I say it likely happened after the war because Bismuth did not recognize their location when she was unbubbled. Settling in one place during a war would’ve been impractical, but after there was the matter of corrupted gems to attend to. Having one spot to keep them all bubbled is safer, and keeping an eye on them is logical. A second incentive is the potential of hiding Pink Diamond somewhere nearby. If they placed her shards in the human world, Rose would need to be able to to monitor those shards closely. And, it wouldn’t be just a few gem shards, either. Pink Diamond was huge, and her gem would have been too. So it needs a huge, maybe ever lasting container.
Why not bubble her? This part gets a little less cut and dry. I think its due to Rose’s personal nature. Pink Diamond was Rose’s Diamond. She had likely worked under her from birth, and as a Quartz soldier would have known her personally. Rose is shown as a deeply feeling character who believes in second tries, in the beauty of everyone. And, from what we know of Bismuth, she refused a weapon to shatter any other gem already having done so herself. This suggests shattering Pink Diamond was so traumatic, she refused to ever do it again. Rose is also a character plagued by guilt, she even tells Greg its a good thing he knows nothing about her. I believe that kind of guilt, and her sentimentality, would have kept her from locking the shards away.
So where is she? I think the answer is right in front of us. What is something that Rose tended to and controlled all her years? Something nobody but her cared for, and Pearl showed disgust for? Something proven to be a creature with semi sentience? Something magic and shown to have many, many, gem shards within it?
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