Today, I’m introducing Rosyn Pearl! (Yes, this is our Pearl)
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Pearl was completely absolved of any blame upon arriving in Homeworld. In fact, she was warmly welcomed for having remained loyal to her Diamond until the very end. Because of that, she was assigned to assist Rosyn.
Even so, she carries the crushing weight of guilt. Not only because of the enormous secret she was forced to keep for Pink Diamond for so long, but also because she had failed to protect Steven. The realization that Rose was truly gone forever, and that Steven was dead, was almost more than she could bear.
Then Rosyn appeared.
Pink had told her about him once. About how White kept him trapped inside a bubble, isolated from the world for being considered “off-color.”
When Pearl finally met him, she found someone small, lost, and utterly disconnected from everything around him. Just as out of place as she was herself. And in that very moment, she made a decision: she would take care of him. She would do everything in her power to help him survive that cold, cruel, oppressive world.
Today, Rosyn has grown.
Tall and imposing, he has become everything one would expect from a true Diamond.
And sometimes, Pearl catches herself wondering if perhaps he no longer needs her. If she has become nothing more than an elegant ornament, something beautiful to be displayed and nothing more.
But at the end of the day, it is in her arms that Rosyn falls apart when he doesn’t want anyone to see his weakness.
She is the one he turns to.
Not the Diamonds.
Not Jasper.
Her.
And as pathetic as it may seem in her own eyes, Rosyn is all she has left. The only thing still keeping her standing.
The only reason she keeps moving forward.
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Note 1: Pearl has had many different designs. Changes to her appearance have always followed Rosyn’s design changes, which have been numerous over time.
Note 2: Rosyn enjoys designing clothes, so he creates both his own outfits and those of his favorite Gems. He also owns a highly successful clothing and accessories brand among Gem society.
Note 3: In Gem society, wearing clothes and accessories is a strong symbol of status. There will be a separate post dedicated to exploring this in more detail.
Note 4: I know Gems originally don’t have ears. But in my art style, that was starting to look really strange to me, so I thought, well, this is my AU, so they’re going to have ears. They already have eyes (for the most part), noses, and mouths, so why wouldn’t they have ears?
