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[punyjotungod]

i really really want to rp again :(

[supcritical]

i understand that rose’s not-very-quartz-like palette is meant to be visual shorthand for her alignment with humans / the earth

but i feel from a worldbuilding / lore standpoint having the palettes swapped would have made some more sense so long as she still looks sort of human-adjacent / pleasing to the eye

the fact that PD could have masqueraded as a quartz -- gems that, as far as we have seen (and we have seen a lot of quartz gems, counting the famethyst) consistently had pale hair as a largely undeviating trait -- and not have been questioned at all is a little confusing in-universe

i get that she made the RQs so it can be handwaved but having to handwave it at all is kind of not great

ignoring the gem placement change (i’ll just believe that diamonds can rotate their gems), we’ve only ever seen reformations and shapeshifting use colors from the same general palette, not change their hues entirely. so this redesign would have their colors literally swapped / matching

but you could swap these around (and have rose as the more ‘human looking’ form) and still have a nicer palette anyway i think (less neon purpley-pink and more peachy/red toned, which is also closer to both irl gems)