Pink Diamond is NOT gone!

[@mosey3127]

Pearl inside Pearl inside Pearl’s Pearl. Also wouldn’t it be cool to go into Steven’s gem and meet his mother.

[@BE1N1]

Not every gems have layers, pearl have layers of her cause real pearls have phisical layers.

[@BE1N1]

As diamonds being the hardest thing we know, they should be unshatterable (or hardly).

[@BE1N1]

Every gems have her particularity, based on phisical facts, or myths.

[@BE1N1]

In the lore they act like mini super computer so the data of rose form may still be here as of some of here souvenirs, but I thinks it's more like the way file you erase from a storage are still accessible some how.

[@BE1N1]

She's gone, but there still some of her memories inside, cause her gems is still the same gems her power didn't change, her gem goes for all her form before reforming because it's the way gems works. Loading everything chronologicaly, but as her forms and memories are still stored, her mind is gone. It may or may not be restored by hack, but we're not here.

[@klimmr]

My theory was/is that when Steven was hit by the Rejuvenator, it did reset his gem back to Pink Diamond. However, we don't see the effects until SU Future. Pink's Destructive Powers from her earliest form are now literally shining through Steven and the longer it goes, the more corrupted Steven gets. Edit: Wow, thanks for giving this comment over 4k likes!

[@hanaeve__]

klimmr3021 OH WOW! That makes sense!

[@txdust80]

Sad but true

[@JLeft4Bread]

WWWWWHHHHHHAAAAAATTTT NO NO NO NO MORE MINDBLOWS TODAY NOOOOO WHY DOES THIS MAKE SENSE

[@cherryyae]

ok you're a genius

[@Trippitz_]

Lol u got that from the roundtable

[@donutts3179]

I think when steven was hit by the Rejuvenator, it did reset his gem back to Pink Diamond. The reason she didn't come, was because Stevens human half made it impossible. That's why his gem was glowing pink. Pink Diamond was trying to form, but couldn't.

[@Glazertv]

I agree with you

[@ElinaNoodles]

Oh. My. God. That would’ve been cool!

[@ElinaNoodles]

𝙎𝙤𝙛𝙩 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙 same as how Pearl couldn’t use the Lapis mirror when Lapis was stuck in the mirror

[@chinchillawrap9411]

Thats why in steven universe future stevens powers are diamond powers not roses known powers

[@yourslavicfriendsmiles9379]

but when the gem was no longer apart of him it became pink, then rose, then just steven

[@Dragynn5]

I agree with you that Rose is WAY to demonized by the fanbase. Her character development is fascinating and the implications of Steven's feelings about her being reflective of her own feelings about herself are wild.

[@kaine8911]

It doesn't help because the show kept reveling terrible things about her

[@quote6013]

If the show had revealed everything about PD and then showed how she changed and made up for her mistakes to make the show wrap back around to why the crystal gems loved her it would have been wonderful

[@Yesmypfpismeirl]

That’s why It always bugged me how they revealed her character development backwards. Lots of people will think that In the end Rose was just a shitty person, and yet they Don’t call out Garnet,amethyst and pearl for the way they raised steven, Or how the diamonds were so easily forgiven despite the fact it’s because of their abuse that pink faked her own shattering, The irony is that in the end, Rose was the most human out of them all, She made mistakes and learned from them, just like all of us.

[@rue...whenwasthis]

She's demonized cause we see her character development in reverse. Its just easier to hate her cause we see her villian like tendencies last which makes it more fresh.

[@billykaplan9915]

@@Yesmypfpismeirl if anything i feel like garnet amethyst and pearl should be grateful to Rose cause they're who they're cause of her

[@bubblegumprincess50]

The whole "she's gone" line is pretty much "I am Steven not pink diamond " Rose said in the message that she will always be a part of him but she isn't him

[@nevaehhamilton3493]

That's because she doesn't realize what she's doing. She didn't realize that she would give up her entire existence permanently until it was too late.

[@sillygoose42069]

@@nevaehhamilton3493 no

[@zakkosu727]

@@nevaehhamilton3493 That doesn't make any sense, She said that she wouldn't exist at the same time steven is born, so she gave up herself.

[@nevaehhamilton3493]

@@zakkosu727 she only said she's going to become half of her, not cease to exist entirely.

[@zakkosu727]

@@nevaehhamilton3493 That doesn't mean she "herself" is still in the gem, she's gone

[@franimatez3115]

Steven: *SHE'S GOOOOOOONNNEE* Hezuneutral: *Yes, but n o*

[@nicholassantana8193]

Hi

[@nicholassantana8193]

I meant to say ha

[@shadewolf8334]

XD

[@lolabunumoved9260]

@@nicholassantana8193 edit ur reply then?

[@nicholassantana8193]

@@lolabunumoved9260 I don't know how to

[@lanadelreytv3945]

I really believe pink diamond could have been brought back when white diamond took Steven’s gem out and used the rejuvenator on it

[@IWannaBeDownWithYou]

LanaDelRey TV periodt

[@RandomnessGirl309]

The crewniverse confirmed years ago that rose is gone and connot come back

[@ШерешевскаяТамара]

@@RandomnessGirl309 rose is, but a DIAMOND???

[@RandomnessGirl309]

@@ШерешевскаяТамара This was confirmed before we knew who rose really was and they are the same person anyway

[@ШерешевскаяТамара]

@@RandomnessGirl309 ok now that i don't know how to answwr to this, i will just say tha you need to write "can not"

[@4d-sucuklu]

Pink steven: *SHES GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE* Hezun: *NO SHE'S NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT*

[@edenisok894]

4D-sucuklu haha my favorite part

[@ladylightning3810]

That made me lol

[@ladylightning3810]

Of course that part in the S show made my blood run cold. So intense.

[@dragonoverdrive6859]

Me too

[@dragonoverdrive6859]

You're too Loooooooooooooooooooooud

[@analogicaleuphimism2078]

My theory: Steven has always _almost_ suffered PTSD and Depression due to his "adventures", but because of Rose always _loving_ him, those mental disorders were never really a problem. But when Spinel rejuvenated Steven, Rose stopped _loving_ Steven because she was probably inexistant at that point, and now the mental disorders Pink held back are now rushing in Steven's mind. On a sidenote, people with depression intentionally reject the love of their loved ones, but due to Pink being subconsciously attached to Steven's mind, he couldn't reject her affection so thats neat.

[@spyder976]

You make a very good point. However, the movie showed every gem being able to "overcome" rejuvenation and regain their memories. I assume that when Steven regained his powers, it was implied that his gem returned to the way it was at the beginning of the movie. Thus, Rose's "memories" and love for her son would've been reestablished as well. None of the gems suffered lasting effects from rejuvenation, so there's no reason to think that Steven's gem would, either.

[@stage7454]

Heh your wrong

[@stage7454]

@Some wierdo on the internet how about you look for my other comment then say something

[@mirkohoble]

By that logic, pink forgot everything and when Steven was dying in the movie, it was Pink trying to get out. Maybe she gave up or remembered everything in the end and in future, her powers wanted her back.

[@Diamond1234]

OOOOOO, I like that headcanon, beautiful.

[@lovedbz5814]

Even back in season 1 when the room first glitched, the small pink floating whale asks Steaven "What do you want Steven?" when he's falling in distress, IN HER VOICE! It's obvious she has some control over her room

[@sukatidi]

when he gets hit, his gem is glowing a little bit, and he said his gem tried to poof but his human body kept it from doing so. when a gem poofs, it later reforms, so had he poofed, he wouldve gone back to pink, but steven is also human, and now steven in recent episodes has pink's emotions actions and powers like she first did, the emotional outbursts and feeling like she cant do anything, compared to the others around her (as seen when she had her temper tantrum at yellow when asking for a colony too, and well steven now in SUF showing the exact same behavior), etc, so my theory is, his gem DID in fact go back, but because theres his body, pink is STUCK.

[@bryprouty7004]

Yeah, as if Pink Diamond couldn't go through re-forming into Rose Quartz again, and go through giving birth to and 'becoming' Steven. When it was supposed to shut off, it was seen glimmering and producing electric sound. That's because like you said, it was stuck with the fleshy form of a human body, and so couldn't poof. The Steven was able to go back through his whole life, and get his abilities back; the Pink part was not able to experience Pink's decisions that SHE'D made throughout her life.

[@PlanetGoddess]

@@bryprouty7004 Also the ending cures for catastrophizing cured Pink Steven in SUF too

[@RitsuSakuma69]

*Pink is fucking gone, Rebecca herself stated that Steven has always been just Steven. Steven’s powers get restored in the movie not reset. Thinking that Rose is still alive is erasing the ENTIRE purpose of the show!*

[@NikiraSakieAnimatics]

​@@RitsuSakuma69 ​pink isn't gone as long as her gem still exist (not shattered). That is why she said "I'll become half of you" "Steven has always been Steven" meaning every choices Steven made was all base on steven's feelings and thoughts. How he react, symphatize, and see the best in everything is part of his personality. It might have resembles rose's personality as other gems pointed out but it was purely part of steven's personality. The only reason why pink steven said "She's gone" to white diamond is because Pink was no longer the one in control of the gem. The one who was in control was steven. The form that the gem accepted was the form of Steven, that is why when White diamond pulled out Steven's gem it form as Steven not as Pink Diamond or Rose Quartz. Pink existance was nothing but a memory of its past. But it doesn't mean it never existed after Pink lost her PHYSICAL FORM. It shown that Steven was able to dream Pink's memories and suffering as he kept stumbling to places where his mother was once. If pink was entirely gone, Steven wouldn't be able to dream about Pink's life as a diamond. Because those places were never part of Steven's life so there's no way that Steven should dream about those places at all, as if those was HIS own memories. Thinking that Pink is still alive doesn't ruined the purpose of the show because she still exist through the existance of her gem. That is where the whole plot of Steven Universe revolve is because of her gem's existance. The purpose of the Rejuvenator is to RESET a GEM to its original form. You can't hide the fact that Steven's gem original form was Pink Diamond so it was meant to reform back as Pink Diamond. That is why they ended up creating this kind of THEORY after the rejuvenator accident. Because Steven and Pink are 2 different people that share the same gem. Steven didn't turn back because he's half human and was able to keep his memory but what really happened to his gem's half where he can only explain "it feels as if I was back when I was a kid again"

[@emanuelsantos5687]

​@@RitsuSakuma69Beating a dead horse I know but when Steven refuses with his other half in Change Your Mind, if you listen closely, you can hear his mother laughing along with steven. That was definitely Pink. She isn't Steven, obviously but she IS his gem half, because that was literally her gem, and I believe the, "SHE'S GONE!" line was Pink's way of saying, "Stop trying to bring me back, this gem belong to Steven now and you need to treat him as his own person." Steven is half human, half gem in the sense that his physical body is human, but the gem is what holds him together and basically allow him to leave, hence why he was so weak and fragile when his gem was removed. It's kind of like his battery. When Rose said they couldn't both exist, she meant that Steven wouldn't be able to survive without the help of the gem to keep him alive. So if his gem were removed, even through Rose would be able to reform, steven wouldn't be able to last. The truth is, once Steven dies and his human half is gone, all that's left will be the gem, and Rose would be able to come back. Maybe you can argue that the gem is powerful enough to keep him alive despite his human flaws, so he'd be technically immortal. But regardless, even through Steven is NOT his mother, she IS a part of him, and an important part at that.

[@LynnGryphon]

I actually really like this idea. It makes a lot of sense and you support it very well. Headcanon accepted!

[@skadoosoup7932]

I mean rose even said, and I quote, “I’m going to become HALF of you!”. She’s still there almost...

[@WannzKaswan]

She also says "we can't BOTH exist" which is why I theorise Steven has one, mixed human-rose nature, not two seperate human-rose nature

[@liamlivingdummy9854]

Jasper: *Dies.* Also Jasper: *Gets revived like a minute later.* Pink Diamond: *Dies.* Also Pink Diamond: *Stays dead.*

[@spyder976]

To be fair, Pink didn't die so much as give up her physical form.

[@anadavid3189]

LiamLivingDummy i know i shouldnt but im wheezing😆😆😆

[@misan_krlm]

She didn't die, she just gave up her physical form to create Steven.

[@anadavid3189]

Broken_Memories you dont get a joke do you😂

[@pillow7444]

spyder976 you know it’s a joke right?

[@aliendxde]

"especially for jaspers return" *fragments laughing in the distance*

[@mylifeisslow959]

Indeed

[@NathanM72641]

Jaspers use in Su future was such a waste honestly a waste kinda describes most of Steven universe future

[@starrynight669]

I'm glad I'm not the only one mad at how the Diamonds were redeemed when they have done way worse then Pink Diamond. It was such bullshit. Still love the show though

[@ZapDash]

@Purple Citrine I still want to know why the gems are expanding their control, and what their origin story is. Were the Diamonds made to do something specific? Are they fighting the Sneeple? I wonder if Pink was supposed to be Red Diamond and if she is an off-color.

[@LostProxyNevermore]

While the diamonds abusing pink diamond does explain pink diamonds behavior, it does not justify it. Although, I do agree, the diamonds should get way more backlash for the way they treated Pink

[@aliceliddell8413]

I wonder how White Diamond came into existence

[@aliendxde]

but imagine if steven did take a violent approach and did not try to "redeem" them. if they had been poofed, or even shattered, it would come with major repercussions from homeworld itself. not all the gems would just listen to them being free and to not attack. it would've just started a new war, with not just pink being shattered but the whole diamond authority

[@troljynx9953]

@Purple Citrine It's more like, community-wise, mostly everyone redeemed her and spit fire on Pink.

[@wyattbooth6372]

The reason that the reguvenator reset his gem to young pink Steven, is that it counts as a factory defualt, the womb acting like a gem's kindergarden. Steven's birth put pink Steven's base code where Pink's base code was, and moved her base code to an inactive subfolder in the same main folder.

[@Mha_enthusiast0]

Wyatt Booth I don’t know how you did it but that made perfect sense

[@wyattbooth6372]

Jas J thanks

[@VanessaCamburao]

Even more possible,pink's code got overwritten inside wherever the gem's "os" is located and his visions are just bits of data that didnt got erased

[@advmx3]

Just Like installing a new Windows over the previous one will move the previous Windows to a .old folder.

[@buttons5036]

​@@VanessaCamburao Yeah, but if it got overwritten; why would it show both of her two forms in the 'Change Your Mind' arc of the show without even a glitch as was talked about in the video?

[@dylanphelan3010]

If pink diamond were to reform, she would explode Steven, killing him

[@clodheatens821]

Then would that slowly kill him? there might be a xray on him

[@lemonkatze7461]

no, she wouldnt be able to reform withot his gem being taken out basically unfusing them

[@gabrielcastro6193]

Maybe it's happening! Steven's body is holding Pink Diamond to reform, that's why his bones are cracking, and he is getting bigger, and have a lot of powers out of control. I think this series finale, is going to have a GIANT twist! I'm sure about that

[@PHILZAHOLIC]

@@gabrielcastro6193 yeaahhhh about that

[@gabrielcastro6193]

@@PHILZAHOLIC Well atleast I got the GIANT one correct ;-;

[@breezyfan1012]

Rose: every moment you love yourself that's me loving you *In future* Steavn: well my mom must hate me alot

[@lenelikesto]

Yeah, I guess the inverse would be every moment he hates himself, that's her hating him.

[@kyloseristyping2418]

someone said something about the rejuvenater making rose go back to pink and that steven's outbursts and diamond powers are a result of not just his ptsd and trauma but also of pink hating the diamonds

[@timdadwagan]

@@kyloseristyping2418 then that rejuvenator is broken because if it worked she wouldn’t know the diamonds as bad people

[@MaidenOfHusbands]

I've always wanted Rose to still be around somehow. I don't know why I just never wanted her to be gone. I was the tiniest bit disappointed when they said she was gone

[@emanuelsantos5687]

pink isn't gone as long as her gem still exist (not shattered). That is why she said "I'll become half of you" "Steven has always been Steven" meaning every choices Steven made was all base on steven's feelings and thoughts. How he react, symphatize, and see the best in everything is part of his personality. It might have resembles rose's personality as other gems pointed out but it was purely part of steven's personality The only reason why pink steven said "she's gone" to white diamond is because Pink was no longer the one in control of the gem. The one who was in control was steven. The form that the gem accepted was the form of steven, That why when White diamond pulled out Steven's gem it form as steven not as Pink Diamond or Rose Quartz Pink existance was nothing but a memory of its past. But it doesn't mean it never existed after Pink lost her PHYSICAL FORM. It shown that Steven was able to dream Pink's memories and suffering as he kept stumbling to places where his mother was once. if pink was entirely gone, Steven wouldn't be able to dream Pink's life as a diamond because those places were never part of Steven's life so there's no way that Steven should dream about those places at all, as if those was HIS own memories Thinking that Pink is still alive doesn't ruined the purpose of the show because she still exist through the existance of her gem. That is where the whole plot of Steven Universe revolve is because of her gem's existance The purpose of the rejuvenator is to RESET a GEM to its original form. You can't hide the fact that steven's gem original form was Pink Diamond so it was meant to reform back as Pink Diamond That is why they ended up creating this kind of THEORY after the rejuvenator accident. Because Steven and Pink are 2 different people that share the same gem. Steven didn't turn back because he's half human and was able to keep his memory but what really happened to his gem half where he can only explain "it feels as if I was back when I was a kid again" also gems are immortal só they can't die unless shattered but the diamonds can fix this

[@emeraldsky2823]

I just want pink back to get a redemption on the reverse redemption we already had. Her character was already developed, yet they ruined it by making her into a scapegoat. It’s completely stupid that she became the scapegoat and villainized for her past mistakes.

[@Rozziefeatherschneider]

Exactly!

[@arielruh7773]

Thank you she has redeemed by being rose and I hate how they treat her including Steven hating himself to get back at her

[@lynx105]

Exactly

[@rat_bigmac]

I have nothing against your theory but I feel the need to clarify something. Pearl having “layers” is actually a reference to how real pearls are created, in layers. This could very well be a pearl specific gem ability. We can’t assume every gem is able to do this. Nothing wrong with the rest of the with the theory but there are some holes...

[@ZapDash]

Exactly. Pearls are made by layering a coating repeatedly on an irritant inside an oyster. Only sandstone and rocks made by sandstone being compressed are similar in geology terms, I believe. Most gems are formed without a layering process, and are solid throughout. The earlier forms showing on reformation is a great visual, and probably reflective of old data and update info, but we have not been shown that other gems can access inner layers of themselves. I think Larimar is the only gem besides Pearl shown to pull a non-weapon item out of her gem, and that was very recently during Ruby's scouting lesson. I totally could be wrong there, but it stood out to me as I don't recall other gems doing the same thing. Pearls are made to carry stuff, right?

[@akira-vk4bx]

You are correct but we see the that in the movie the different forms of each gem (layers) are retained in the gem but maybe not as complex as pearls layers

[@aloratab9160]

I see what you mean, but we can’t assume that it is an ability that only pearls have because they never explicitly say it. I like the idea of that being a reference to how real pearls are made, but no one in the show (or the creators) says whether it is or isn’t, so it’s not really fair to make that assumption. Also, if it were an ability only for pearls the rejuvenator wouldn’t make a lot of sense on any other gem besides a pearl. If other gems didn’t have “layers”, then there would be no initial layer for them to start back at.

[@ij5355]

alora Drake i don’t think it’s layers but rather growth

[@branhan215124]

​@@aloratab9160 "I see what you mean, but we can’t assume that it is an ability that only pearls have because they never explicitly say it" The exact opposite is true so why is it okay to assume one way and not the other? As for the Rejuvenator, all Gems are created with programming that tells them what they can do, there's no "initial layer" the Rejuvenator is more like a Factory Reset.

[@ghostsurfer23]

tdgdfhfdgh THIS! You literally expressed so many ideas that I have in the past. I'm pretty sure I've said the exact words "her data is still on there" before. But I totally agree, Gems are 100% USBs/Mini Supercomputers, and her data was just stored away. That is the only way to explain all the visions, as you mentioned, as well as all of Rose's character traits that Steven exhibits. 'Rose's Scabbard' even implies Rose can see things through Steven's eyes, although maybe not in a conscious way for either of them. Thematically she's still gone, because unlike actual computers you can't hack a Gem, at least not that we've seen. So that data is inaccessible. Addressing the rejuvenator plot hole, my headcanon about how Steven's powers work is that Rose becoming Steven was essentially her poofing, and then as he grew she was reforming inside his body, but at a fraction of the speed a normal Gem would because her physical form was intermixing with his organic biology. The reformation was 'complete' shortly before the events of the series, which is why Steven's powers start manifesting after that. This would also explain why he looked a certain age for so long; as soon as the reformation finished, it kind of locked his biology in place. I think baby Steven could call on the power, but it wasn't all there for him to use. How does this explain the rejuvenator issue? I think when it finished reforming, it changed the way the software operates on the gem in order for it to interface with organic biology better. That's why Pink Steven seemingly has little personality, and can't control its powers. So while the appearance of Pink and Rose's silhouette in 'Change Your Mind' show the data is still on there, I don't think it's the default setting anymore; how the gem was when Steven first got his powers is. Uhh...sorry for the long comment 'xD

[@guys-in9vd]

USBs aren't supercomputers

[@torthos1]

@@guys-in9vd They never said that. A slash ( / ) literally 95% of the time means _"or",_ so they said "a USB _or_ a mini-supercomputer". It was never stated that they are the same thing.

[@guys-in9vd]

@@torthos1 a usb still isn't a computer

[@torthos1]

@@guys-in9vd I've already said it. Nobody says it is. Both a USB flash drive _and_ a computers hard drive can store data, therefore both can be used for the comparison. No one says that a USB can do advanced calculations. I'd work on my reading comprehension skills, if I were you.

[@guys-in9vd]

@@torthos1 a usb drive isn't a hard drive

[@misseli1]

"You're watching her character development in reverse" There it is!

[@shxdeeii5439]

Do u ever think when Steven grows old and dies pink could come back? Since he would be dead he wouldn’t be using the gem so I’m guessing she could actually come back

[@vaporean_boylove.0w083]

Like would he then be fully gem? Only having pink Steven to continue his life

[@movedaccountscyayalls7119]

Ohohoho, Steven cant age, if he feels like a child, he turns into one, if he feels old, he turns old, in this case if steven still feels normal he'll stay normal and wont age, to prove this theory, his corruption, he felt like a monster, he turned into onw edit: i wrote this past 12 pm and i was on a pill plesseebew

[@lenelikesto]

@@movedaccountscyayalls7119 he CAN age, that's what happens when he feels normal. However, Steven has the power to live as long as the gems, because, like you said, however he feels, that's what he turns into

[@AndromedaNull]

@@movedaccountscyayalls7119 If he's feeling "normal" then he would age normally he isn't like Lars or Lion where they age extremely slowly to the point they are nearly immortal

[@movedaccountscyayalls7119]

@@lenelikesto ignore my pervious comment i was high writing it

[@megasocky]

It makes me sad he completely disowned his mom, even as rose quartz, he still doesnt want to acknowledge she exists. Imagine pink just seeing that within his gem

[@Something5451]

i mean she was probably prepared that steven would learn about her mistakes one way or another--she left bismuth in lion with the tape for steven after all. her choices left steven with many unforeseen consequences, i'm sure she would be okay with his feelings towards her as long as he loved himself c:

[@mushroomwroom]

MegaSocky you almost made me cry

[@qiralyncassette]

I dont think Steven has disowned her but he's had enough about hearing all she's done.

[@catgirlcraft1774]

I hope that at one point in the series Steven returns to the room, and since steven’s gem seems to have some autonomy over the room, rose will appear and they’ll have a meaningful conversation. Alternatively, maybe when Steven gets corrupted only the gem will be corrupt, and gem-less human Steven will have to deal with it. Then, after steven’s gem half is uncorrupted, there’ll be a confrontation there.

[@zashgekido5616]

@@catgirlcraft1774 and, he can last more than seconds without his Gem now..?

[@not.varmit149]

Ya know- Steven hasn’t been loving himself recently *Rose diamond what’s that about?*

[@Summaahhh3]

Oh.Xhoney Bee yeah you’re right, he’s resenting his mom so much he’s now resenting himself

[@qwabbybabby]

“That’s me loving you, and loving being you!” -Rose Quartz

[@annaspanovich]

He’s resenting his mother and himself more than ever.

[@justahumanbeing.3288]

Rose dont lobe him no mo

[@not.varmit149]

san s love* more* :/

[@Ceradeez]

One thing that dissapointed me about the new season is that it isn't called steven university

[@axelnicolasturspringer6681]

:/

[@axelnicolasturspringer6681]

Xd

[@lolabunumoved9260]

Why would it? He aint going to scool related places.

[@Johanaa]

Eh idk

[@BLBird336]

Thats next season lol

[@haileyrobinson2339]

I never understood why people hated Pink Diamond/Rose so much. She did horrible things but she had good intentions. She was heavily abused by the other Diamonds, put away when she "misbehaved", put down for things she liked or did. People like freakin' Azula from ATLA even though she's committed terrible crimes, because she was a fourteen year old girl abused and shaped by her family and war. Pink Diamond is a way more sympathetic character

[@combatmedic3318]

What’s even more disturbing is when people like the other diamonds more than pink as if they haven’t done worse.

[@lewis2916]

“It’s the only good thing she had done, in her eyes...disappear” that’s a mood

[@gerox155]

My theory is that when a gem is first born she needs to form her body first and then her feelings, personality, etc. The gem needs time to form, but when Steven was born, Pink's gem didn't have the time to reset and be Steven fully so all the series Steven's gem was fucked up because of that. However, when White pulls his gem out, his gem now has the time to fully form into its new identity, (Pink Steven) so when the gem fuses with Steven again, Steven now has full acces to all his powers, including Pink's tantrums and the TV signal manipulation that we saw in Future. And the movie rejuvenator problem is easy to answer, its possible that Steven's gem was reverted to his baby state, but human Steven didn't because the weapon doesn't work on humans, so when human Steven try to use his powers while the gem was in a very early state, made Steven's body act that way because he was draining the few energy the gem had

[@tacoart2120]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaang. That’s cool

[@movedaccountscyayalls7119]

Yes.

[@markspinel1312]

I think pink steven was glitched because he was fuse with human Steven, so only his powers were failing. But yes, I think Pink diamond isn't gone

[@lexiconmorrison7902]

Pink Diamond is not gone. Well, not completely at least. It seems to me that Pink (Diamond) Steven is possibly based on the fact that pink diamonds are very difficult to find. That's probably one thing Rebecca Sugar knows about just a little bit. Convincing 😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯?

[@lime_9284]

Pearls are on homeworld are used as servents so maybe it is just a feature pearls have to store memories and items just a thought

[@WhiteRaven696]

Steven literally sees Pink’s memories when he’s in places of great emotional importance to her (the Moon Base, Jungle Moon, her palace). This could not happen if Rose wasn’t in there in some form or another.

[@Bopperann]

Before Future, I had a dream that Steven had his mother's memories flooding back to him through his dreams. He went back to Homeworld to right every wrong she had ever committed. He had to deal with blind loyalists, angry rebels, and gem citizens while exploring Homeworld. We can dream.

[@Peridot5xg]

*[That used to be a loaded question, but now i can say with confidence that SHE'S GONE]*

[@anygacha5230]

Hai peridot

[@sakurabiskuit]

Oh my God, I agree with literally everything you said. People call me crazy when I say that Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz is my favorite character, because the entire fandom and even the crewniverse themselves demonize her. But she's by far the most interesting and important character in the show. I unfortunatelly don't think they'll bring her justice, as the show is way too close to its end, but I really, REALLY hope that in the end they'll bring her up and stop making her the villain that she isn't.

[@SpinallC0rd]

Steven isn't an embodiment of light.... He's literally organic. He's literally human. Pink can't pop out of her gem like "Ight, I'm back!"... (Also, Pink's redemption was Rise Quartz, this show is about mostly love, forgiveness, and moving on.)

[@id10cyy]

*r i s e q u a r t z*

[@lolabunumoved9260]

THANK U

[@Sami-mt5xz]

*r i s e q u a r t z*

[@aliceliddell8413]

*_R I S E Q U A R T Z_*

[@Sswoom]

*r i s e q u a r t z*

[@genera1013]

My personal theory on how the rejuvenator affected Steven. It did reset his gem to Pink Diamond, but it's also currently embedded inside an organic body. A gem's body is made of light(yet some how solid). Steven's gem already has a body and doesn't need to create it's own. However, this body has a consciousness that is not within the gem, so the gem has no control. So, essentially, Pink Diamond is restored, but not her form because there's already a form that's not going away. The other gems all reform, but Pink Diamond can't. Basically, Steven's gem was reverted back to Pink Diamond, but she can't reform like the others because there's already a body(Steven). I hope this made sense.

[@KC_Garcia]

y'know ever since steven's gem was separated from him temporarily he's never been the same

[@MangaManiac1994]

With this theory, it could also give the song ``love like you`` a whole new perspective. A song sang by Rose who is watching over the best decision she has made, her child being himself, silently giving Steven love and support from inside the gem deeply hidden.

[@xstxrxgacha]

Maybe he didn’t change back into Pink Diamond because of him being half human?

[@lexiconmorrison7902]

Not exactly in the way you think 😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒. Besides as Steven is part human, Pink Diamond will never be likely to reform on her own. What do you think 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔?

[@chickenflippers]

Thank you for this video. Still pretty mad that Pink/Rose has little to no appearance in SUF. Steven's ever increasing gem powers are never questioned, his access to Pink's memories are never really discussed. Gaaah why would the writers do this to us.

[@XMarx-it1yj]

As much as I love the series, and Rebecca and the whole crew ... I really do not like how many fans straight up defends what are writing holes ... and as much as Future made me emotional, it had plenty of them ... can't blame it with just 20 eps tho ... they were TOO few

[@brandongovreau9218]

Couldn't pink diamond come back and giving Steven Universe that life-giving back mutation the same that lion and Lars has that's how they should perfectly end the story

[@-BRISKET-]

What?

[@brandongovreau9218]

@@-BRISKET- what I'm saying is couldn't the diamonds restore pink diamond and pink diamond could turn her son Steven Universe pink like lion and Lars

[@-BRISKET-]

@@brandongovreau9218 i just don't think it would work for Steven

[@brandongovreau9218]

@@-BRISKET- but isn't it the perfect happy ending for Steven Universe and Steven Universe future

[@-BRISKET-]

@@brandongovreau9218 it just my opinion

[@TrxstMonty]

I always say Steven will inevitably die one day and from what we seen in charge your mind the gem will just reform once it’s free. So will Pink come back or will Pink Steven just live forever?

[@freedomdude5420]

I have a different opinion and that’s partially because of lion and Lars, technically they live forever for whatever reason I don’t know yes they were healed by tears. But it’s a little more complicated than that what I mean to say is his body will be OK plus you gotta look at based on feelings there was an episode where he got older young it was weird.

[@TrxstMonty]

@@freedomdude5420 nah, Rebecca said that lion and Lars are aging but very slowly so they have extended lives so they will die eventually.

[@karleendestura6956]

Well i guess the reason why steven couldnt use his powers in the movie was because his gem was reverted back therefore the gem doesnt know how to operate well with a human connected to it

[@lylathepiratefox]

sofia yehey I thought the same thing

[@Gunfighter150]

I actually always think Pink Diamond’s consciousness was still alive in her gem and possibly Steven’s mind too. The first Rose room episode shouldn’t have Steven know his mom’s voice yet if I’m correct but her voice popped in his mind somehow. I think the tape episode was the first time he heard his mom’s voice. I think this stuff is going to build up to her meeting Steven for real in her true form. One of the show’s original ideas for the show was for Pink/Rose to talk to Steven whenever it was important when he passed out or fell asleep but would wake up with a flower bed growing around him.

[@liannebleh]

didnt steven already heard pink diamonds voice through the vhs tapes she left behind?

[@Gunfighter150]

@@liannebleh yeah but the Rose room ep was the first ep where her voice was heard

[@liannebleh]

@@Gunfighter150 oh the dolphin episode right? where steven got stuck in beach city horror?

[@Gunfighter150]

@@liannebleh yes

[@BrittanyRoberts-k2p]

and also the ending song in steven universe, rose is singing and it says "wonderin' when im coming back" and some other stuff like "lookin at you", this is heavy evidense on how pink diamond can atleast see through his gem.

[@emmanuelsmoot5364]

Does that mean when steven dies and his body disappears, pink will come back?

[@-BRISKET-]

Maybe

[@weaverrose6898]

To be honest, I doubt that Steven will die. Maybe when he get's older he will connect to his youthful mind again and stay forever a certain age by choice? And going by the theory in the video, pink and pink Steven would still be in the gem equally. It would probably get complicated. Just my thoughts at least but you never know.

[@superplushultra356]

Steven: she is gone tell me Amethyst: dude she is gone Garnet: ... yep she is gone Pearl: no she is not

[@BE1N1]

Steven's gem changed from when it was his mom's, that why it don't work like as you said stil containing Pink's data. IT'S like it was running on windows and now it's on Linux (and an AMD processor).

[@Tithis]

That analogy still leaves room for much of Pink to exist. When you repartition a drive most of the original data remains on the disk, their blocks are just marked 'empty' by the new file table to eventually be overwritten. You can avoid this by zeroing out a drive, but with the occasional Pink Diamond memory popping up I think we can assume that wasn't done. Considering Steven has only been forming memories for less than 18 years vs Pinks thousands I think it's safe to say Yellow Diamond was right when she said "Your memories are in there somewhere"

[@BE1N1]

Yes but there is an OS partition and an other partition. The memories are in the other partition every of them may be still not overwritten, but the OS may be already overwritten. Two OS that occupe the same space one overwrite the other completely, on the other partition, the photo data are still here slowly overwritten over the year.

[@BE1N1]

There may be an immense amount of free space in the gem but the OS partition on a 2To or 40Go HDD is still the same.

[@landfish7a]

@@Tithis The memories could still be there but the copies of her could have been overwritten.

[@BE1N1]

@@landfish7a that's exactly what I mean, her form and memories could still be here but, she's gone. SHE'S GOOOOOOOOOOOONE !!!!!

[@princessdragonpop6099]

I do agree that pink isn't gone and could come back but ...it's far more complicated see what Steven said make total sence why he isn't a baby why he is sick like losing his gem it's because he did pink was there in the movie we just couldn't see her because she was still trapped in Steven why the end was what it was too she was reminded of something important and I think she basically rebirthed Steven why he has his power left an is back why future has pink Steven almost completely different

[@RandomnessGirl309]

The crewniverse confirmed years ago that rose is gone and cannot come back

[@princessdragonpop6099]

@@RandomnessGirl309 yes but they never said why and even if I missed something im not alone saying they didn't do the best of explaining why she's gone they might have plans but until then we wait

[@fangirl0971]

Randomness Girl ROSE IS GONE NOT PINK DIAMOND!!!

[@RandomnessGirl309]

@@fangirl0971 THEY ARE THE SAME PERSON

[@RandomnessGirl309]

@@princessdragonpop6099 She said it in the video she made for Steven that she gave up her entire being to create the other half of him. She basically turned her gem data into the other half of DNA humans need to exist. Everything about her being is gone and all steven has is her powers

[@TulipQ]

I feel like the authorial text vs a read of a text issue is the better way to deal with the issue you have up front in the video. You can bypass the need to address what the authors of the show (the crewniverse) meant to say and just point out that New Criticism is a really accessible way to read a text. New Critical analysis forgoes trying to draw conclusions about the author from their work, instead holding that if we wanna know about the author we need to examine them directly, and thus liberates readers and commentators to just talk frankly about how they view the text itself. In fact, tying into the post-modern reading of texts that New Criticism and Death of the Author we could even talk about the "ghost" of Rose Quartz, who in turn carried the "ghost" of Pink Diamond. Not that they are actual undead spirits that haunt Steven and go "boo!" but a haunting like how a person leaves forensic traces of themself where ever they go. Pink Diamond is dead; Rose Quartz killed her. But still the ghost of Pink Diamond haunts that gemstone that is part of the essential being of Steven Universe. He cannot exercise that spirit any more than he can escape his own flesh. I wish I was good at editing and had Steven Universe on DVD so I could make the video essay "Haunted Gems: a Fusion of 'The Spectre of Marx' and 'Steven Universe'". If someone takes this idea, they must link to my twitter in the video description or otherwise I will be upset. On the note of "I came to take my revenge on a bunch of strangers": I think the line more means that she was angry that some part of Pink Diamond, some part she never got to know, is was allowed to be a liberator and a hero, while she was forgotten. She knows Steven is only a relative of Pink Diamond. She knows that killing Steven's human flesh would just mean a new Pink Diamond (the one who never wronged her) would be formed who was just as blameless as everyone else. But Spinel chose to do evil with the knowledge that it was evil. On the terms of "why does Steven revert weirdly", his existence as a sort of "Gem, but with biological traits" is a key part of the story. Steven has a brain, organs, and other biological elements that are totally unlike another Gem. I kinda just accept that reverting his Gemstone would be less like returning him to his "factory default" and more like a major desync between his twin natures (if you have ever tried to author multi-threaded code, this metaphor makes more sense). Steven probably gets a lot of perks from his bodily fluids being innately keyed to try to "heal" him; he might even have something like Wolverine and Deadpool in terms of self-healing powers. I think your idea of seeing a story where Pink Diamond is not just a spirit haunting Steven is really fertile ground for the larger narrative of the show. If the show runners (or fan comic/animators) ever did an episode where Connie or some other character needs to delve into "The Heart of Universe" by entering Steven's gem like how Steven entered Pearls, then that would be an excellent time to have Pink Diamond say she regretted who she was to Spinel, the Pearls, and other Crystal Gems. It would be a great epilogue to the story of Rose Quartz and Pink Diamond if that persona would out right say "It's a better world, where I am a part of Steven Universe, and I would choose to be a part of him than my own thing again. I was too slow to grow up, and he is more mature than I was" or something to convey that idea. Please see Jaques Derrida's Specrtre of Marx or other derivatives there in if the haunting conceptdoes not make sense. These ideas did not get names until 1993 so the disseminating of them into common English is really hard to work on.

[@dialaforawesome]

Tulip Holmgren Awesome PFP

[@Daizedd]

10/10 comment right here

[@dumpydapillow8519]

Layman’s terms please? Oh, and summarize as well as simplify. In other words give me a tl;dr.

[@Daizedd]

@@dumpydapillow8519 Lol they don't need to do that for you

[@kaisershocker]

I know this video was made prior to Future, but I definitely think the closure Steven NEEDED in his character arc was just... to talk to his mom again. Or to find something of hers, just, something regarding her. A lot of his trauma came from her, and I feel like Future didn’t really highlight that the way I THOUGHT it was going to highlight that. Maybe a scene of Steven watching the video of his mom, one last time. Him talking to his dad about her. Idk... something??? But nope...

[@candiedcolloquium4918]

Noo you forgot about the tiny floating whale! That was the first time we heard Rose's voice, and she was asking Steven what he wants. There's literally no way that wasn't her talking to him, especially because there was really no other reason for the whale to have her voice.

[@freedomdude5420]

The problem is the room and the gem that Steven had, we’re kind of incompatible, as far as processor and data storage, The gem had really really high data storage and the room had really low data storage. If they were both the same or if the room was higher then technically and actually I think this would’ve happened anyways pink diamond would’ve been able to properly help out Stephen throughout his childhood but you know I except for the diaper changes but you get the idea.

[@Creatorsan]

Pearl's actually have layers in them. I'm not sure if Diamonds have layers but that episode had Pearl facts in there. So, not all gem have layers.

[@jakeblaine2380]

Layers* layers* layers*

[@Creatorsan]

@@jakeblaine2380 the fact you only replied 4 years later is kinda fascinating to me.

[@RenEmell]

I like to think the rejuvenator doesn't so much do a factory reset, but more reverses the order of the "files." Considering all the data from their past is still in there, they just had to be reminded. Then they reform, going through every form/file until they finally get back to their original surface form.

[@kiranlee5633]

Drinking game: Drink every time her drawing of herself clears her glasses lenses

[@dontexistanymorewithin6534]

*hic* Is-is her glasses that dirty?

[@anygacha5230]

*C h a l l e g e a c c e p t e d*

[@HeyLittleTown]

What if pink diamond was pink steven and she just changed her form into steven and said that "Shes Gone"

[@jasdanvm3845]

Haha This was always my interpretation of that scene to be honest, and it made sense given their hug at the end.

[@theironspider2127]

Hot take: Pinks power is rejuvenation. Rejuvenation could be viewed as healing, as it could take away PTSD or any painful memories. When she turned into rose, the power changed to straight healing when her thoughts about earth and her thoughts about having a colony changed.

[@Daily_Dose_of_Grass]

The second thing i want to see in Steven universe is pink diamond living apart from steven so they both can live with what goes on through the show, the first thing i want was to see it all the diamonds fusing 😁😁 lol

[@lexiconmorrison7902]

True, but if that ever happens, Pink Diamond has to create a copy of Steven's gem and add some of her powers into the depths of the latter hopefully in order for Steven to recover completely 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨. How's that for an alternate ending with Connie actually meeting Pink Diamond for the first time with Steven enjoying his new gem 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉?

[@umanoomgombi3842]

Thank you! You showed me a lot of things that make me understand the situation better but remember Crewniverse's words, they said nothing about her ever appearing again in dreams or perhaps hallucinations..

[@NaiefThegoony]

Remind me how memories of pink diamond translates to her being alive? It could’ve just been white diamond. Plus the memories that didn’t include white usually were in a moon base. Never have we seen steven have a memory outside of a moon base that is outside of white diamonds vision. The memory in the palace with volleyball pearl is possible as white diamond had vision of what volleyball remembered as she whitewashed her.

[@silvereyedcat2226]

My head cannon was the glowing of his gem was pink trying to reform but his body was stopping it from it happening and the sickness he was getting was his human body fighting his reformation like an infection and was losing

[@kesemstudio]

Maybe that is true as well because physically they weren't seperated.

[@lexxblep-groundzero1369]

FIANLLY SOMEONE SAYS IT YOUR SEEING HER DEVELOPMENT IN REVERSE THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

[@devilovesdevil]

I'm mad they didnt do this tbh. They say all the time that the gems are their gems. They live in there and are inside. Steven never went inside his. He should be able to talk to her. She said whenever hes happy and such that's her loving him tho it seems they decided to turn her into life juice for his human body. Tho why that means she doesn't exist anymore idk.

[@aaronwishard7093]

Pearls are formed by adding layers upon layers upon layers whenever a clam has a piece of junk stuck in its mouth. Kinda like a sore. Most every other gem that's been used in Steven Universe is literally just an element, or a compound. Diamonds? Carbon, and for the colors you add a bit of other elements getting trapped between the carbon bonding with itself. While I don't remember many other gem compounds, since it's been a while since I seriously studied both gemology and geology. Unless we get "Limestone" or "Sandstone" as a brand new Crystal Gem. We wouldn't see a new gem species that is naturally built in layers. That's actually why the pearl inception works. Because her biggest issue is, for both Volleyball and our Pearl. They repress, shove things deeper and deeper, and out on a facade for their master. That's why when Mega Pearl became a thing it wad beautiful. Because the one stuck in the past, and the one hell bent on making the future happen, could come together and realize "We're both hurt because Pink was a jerk to us in different but similar ways". So while the theory that Steven could ACCESS his mother's file. He wouldn't be able to do that by going inside of his gem. That's just not how a Diamond would work, or even a Quartz for that matter before the reveal that he's a diamond. The theory presented about the room, or other ways to project data, that's probably how they'd be able to do it. The rejuvinator angle could have also worked if Pink Steven wasn't the new factory reset given by the movie. We know this because of the fact that even if the gem tanked the hits. It didn't defuse with Steven.

[@thewoollyviking5928]

I don't know if it's just that I share interest with anime and superhero comics, both mediums where death can indeed feel like a temporary time out or slap on the wrist (at least when handled poorly) but I do feel one could wring a pretty good story out of Rose's hypothetical return. I mean, you stated yourself, it would spark a great deal of drama and leave many of the core characters in a funk of what to do. But I sincerely doubt any of them, even Pearl, would revert to how things were. It would be really sweet for Steven to openly invite his mother back into the family she helped create for him. There's tons of potential for stories centered around this new status quo. We have a mother who wants to connect with the child she was forced to watch grow up from the sidelines. And as for the others, are they happy? Upset? Confused? How do they reconcile that they've now acclimated to their new lives so much that someone so close to them now seems like a stranger to them. But I get why the Crewniverse didn't go this route, it was simply not the story they wanted to tell. The story they are telling with SU, the Movie, and SUF are still beautiful, even with their imperfections. And that's just fine, I'll at least be writing about this strawberry marshmallow mom trying to bond with her formerly smol son in my fanfics, and most of the time, that's enough to keep me satisfied.

[@dandyspacedandy]

This went from "Pink Diamond isn't gone" to "Pink Diamond shouldn't be gone" lol. While I agree with what you're saying about the Rejuvenator, it doesn't change what happened in the movie. He was set back to being a kid again. Personally don't think Steven first activated his power as a baby but rather when Rose's shield first came out thanks to his love of cookie cat ice cream, and that's why the rejuvenator set him back to that point. Even if it did reset his gem to back when he was a baby, you said it yourself when bringing up the idea that the rejuvenator set his gem back to Pink Diamond. He looked incredibly tired from exhausting his powers, like he was about to drop dead, and that it was weird for him to look that way despite his gem only being set back by about 2-3 years. You gotta admit, it _would_ make sense for him to look that way if his gem was set back to when he was a _newborn baby._ Beyond all that though I agree with the idea of Pink Diamond being somewhere in there, but I really don't think it's in the show's thematic interest to ever bring her back. That's just my take though.

[@bookwormabby2119]

I really like this theory, I think its cool that what Yellow Diamond said to Steven," I'm sure your memories are in there somewhere pink," Could she be also referring to the different layers of a gem when she says this?

[@amandraws3025]

This gives me a thought- just thinking about that if pink isn’t gone, would she come back if Steven dies? Like if he grew old and passed, would she reform??

[@lemon8d]

I've been thinking about that too but idk if Steven is Inmortal like every gem... I mean he's growing up but just because he's growing mentally... Remember the episode when Steven was getting older and older, it was because he believed he was that old, the same happened when he believed he was a monster... he literally became a monster so... If he believes that he's young then I think that he's going to look like that as long as he wants

[@sal2028]

@@lemon8d There are only 2 options. Steven is immoral and he will have to watch all his human loved ones die over time. Which would probably be hell for him. or He naturally grows old and dies and at that point Pink will come back from her quick nap. Hopefully wiser.

[@Justmyhandle]

@@sal2028 Could there be a 3rd option? What if, when Steven & Connie have children (You know it's coming one day), Pink's gem somehow passes to him/her. BOOM! New hybrid! The torch is passed! Obviously, there's no evidence for how this would work in *SU* or *SUF,* but just ask yourself "WHAT IF?" Steven's already proved the impossible can be done before. There was absolutely no precedent anywhere prior in gem history that a gem and a human could have a hybrid offspring. NONE whatsoever. Yet, Steven was born. He changed everything. Not just through his actions & character, but through his very existence. It was completely new territory for everyone (Pink/Rose included), and his powers haven't been 100% consistent. The rules for how his gem works have changed direction multiple times throughout, based on circumstance, new information, or rules simply being bent or retconned for plot. Yes, Steven almost died when White separated him from his gem but that was BY FORCE. What if there were a way Steven could pass it on naturally of his own will (NOT like a kidney stone)? If we could get even just a short animated epilogue episode to confirm this, there's no question that the crew could hypothetically come up with a way to make it work if they wanted. It wouldn't be hard. The end-result would be Steven/Pink's powers being passed down to his & Connie's child. He/she would become the new future hero while Steven is left fully human. As for whether he'd retain any gem traits (Ex- Superhuman strength), I couldn't say. But biologically, he'd be entirely organic now and age like a normal human, same as Connie.

[@spiritual9574]

Steven Love he can bring people back to life tho

[@zerezartz]

@@spiritual9574 i think that revive and made others immortals against their will... Is so Selfish

[@JohnDoe-tt5qc]

This idea makes sense at first, but you’re kind of assuming that all gems have the same structure as Pearl and that the Subpearls have autonomy and memory of their own, instead of all being just files containing only specific information. None of the subpearls except the last really responded to Steven in a meaningful way, and Surface!Pearl apparently had something to do with this, since she orchestrated it so that Steven could learn about Pink. Saying that OG Pearl stole the phone isn’t correct at all. Pearl is/was a mess, she literally mentions that she compartmentalizes things obsessively. In a gem like Amethyst or Garnet, all of the subamethysts or subgarnets might be the same, because they don’t have the same need to put their trauma in a box. And that’s assuming they would even have the same interface as a gem built specifically to be a PDA for their superior. And just because they retain the forms doesn’t mean that the consciousness for it still exists, at least not necessarily. All of this is supported by the movie, which I think you misunderstood. Spinel KNEW and ACCEPTED that Pink was gone. If Spinel thought Pink would come back, she wouldn’t need the injector, because what’s the point of destroying a planet that Pink wouldn’t care about anymore? Her plan was to inflict death by karma by having the friends that “stole” Pink from her forget everything about her, to make it so that she was Pink’s only friend. Steven didn’t revert back to a baby because to do that, he shapeshifts. A power that would be deactivated. It’s not like being a baby is his base form and he’s always projecting a bigger body. The reason he got exhausted was because he was over exerting himself. It just seems like you read that Spinel vs Pink comic and got really salty that it wasn’t canon.

[@FlushDesert22]

THANK YOU!!!

[@lolabunumoved9260]

Ooooo roast-

[@dylanphelan3010]

You keep saying gem. Steven is half human, half gem

[@dotanimations_TM]

Pink Steven:*SHEEES GOOOOOONE* Hezuneutral: *YESNT*

[@alyssapeterson2004]

I agree that having Pink in the Steven Universe movie would have been very interesting. I'm unsure how it would have worked considering all of her memories would have been erased (eg. what happened to Pearl, Amethyst, and Garnet). Pink basically had 1000 years of character development. Condensing that in an 1.5 hour movie without making it appear rushed would have been challenging.

[@jjramsiaram]

I like your theory. It's very precise and chronological. I really hope for the creators to bring Pink Diamond back. We only see her through memories and steven. That way maybe it can change the whole course of the show entirely. Maybe my theory is that Pink really stuck in Steven but she's just waiting for the whole Diamonds to change themselves to be better kind and only later Pink Diamond can resurface before that pink monster destroys Steven, again.

[@snowpeagaming9116]

While this is a really well written theory, I’d like to argue a few points. Firstly, the movie point is flawed, as the series has shown that weapons meant to specifically affect gems don’t work the same way on Steven. In the earlier episodes of Steven Universe, it’s shown that the destabilizer doesn’t affect Steven the same way as it would affect a gem due to him being half human. While gems would normally be stunned and poofed by the weapon immediately, in Steven’s case it only stuns him. This shows that while he can’t be poofed, the weapon still affects him but is much weaker to the point Steven isn’t actually stunned completely. We can assume the rejuvenator would work the same way, with Steven’s human half lessening the effect making it only age him back a little bit. (This can however, support your theory a bit as it would explain why Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz didn’t come out when Spinel struck Steven with the rejuvenator) Secondly, it could be argued that another why Pink Diamond didn’t come out is because her form was over written by Steven’s. It would also explain why Steven has her memories and why she can send “messages” to Steven/talk to him in her room, as only her form was rewritten but her consciousness and memories have become a layer of Steven’s. It would still make Steven his own purpose, but create an explanation for why there are remnants of Pink still there. Lastly, There is also a flaw in the “gems have layers” idea that I’d like to point out and it’s that the transformations of a gem when reforming after being poofed aren’t as accurate when it comes to saying what layers came before. An example of this is Pearl’s transformations, which feature a transformation that depicts her appearance from the show’s pilot episode. This form is the first shown, however, Pearl never transforms into when when she was rejuvenated. Although, this could just be chalked up to being a reference so it isn’t 100% viable. Overall, your theory is one of the better thought out ones and makes some pretty points, but there are a few oversights that give it a few flaws.

[@leticianeal9147]

Not all gems have layers, so probably not... She is kinda gone, the memories are not the actual gems themselves it's tectally not the exact reaction if they were to meet.

[@2oorsymcbuster833]

Where did you get the 'Not all gems have layers' from? From what we know, Pearl's layers are represented through her reformations, and the other gems when reforming shift between their reformations. Therefore we can see that every gem we've seen reform on screen has layers, making your assumption that not all gems have layers random and proof-less.

[@ZapDash]

@@2oorsymcbuster833 Pearl has layers because real pearls have layers. They are made by an oyster forming protective coatings layer upon layer on an irritant that gets inside their shell.

[@2oorsymcbuster833]

@@ZapDash I'm making assumptions based on the show and it's universe. As you can see, I gave a reason why I think all gems have layers.

[@ZapDash]

@@2oorsymcbuster833 Sure, but Sugar has shown she bases a lot on real gem information. Like how ketchup can dissolve pearls and Pearl was taken down by ketchup when she fought Frybo. Assuming all gems are the same based on one example, an example shown to be made differently than the rest of gemkind in fact, which also has a real life corollary, might be incorrect.

[@doujinloverXD]

I think it would have worked if Spinel removed Steven's gem, then hit it with the rejuvinator. The reason Pink did not re-emerge was because of Steven's bio-matter blocked it from doing so.

[@melissabrown2516]

After finishing the show I am glad Pink Diamond didn't come back. One of the things I love about this show is that everything Steven does to resolve his conflicts are things we can do with our relationships. Coming from someone who has a deceased parent, there is this desire to hold them accountable for all the wrong that they've done. It was comforting to see Steven struggle and accept that. There is no magic to bring back a dead parent but there is a way to heal from the damage that they've caused. I respect the writers for telling that kind of story.

[@blazingtrs6348]

steven's gem is like a casette tape. the original song was pink diamond and it was rewritten as steven. i think if it was hit with the rejuvenator, it would be like deleting all the songs and leave an amnesiac pink diamond

[@thunderstorms2112]

I like your idea of how pink Dimond should come back towards the end to fight Spinel. That will make her character arc better. I feel they rushed the movie and future.

[@turbobrony1472]

I quite agree on Pink being a good person as well, and I a little believe that Pink/Rose is still in there too...

[@Vermillicent]

I think the rejuvenator DID revert Steven back to PD, but you forget that Steven has human DNA and an organic body. Therefore he can't actually completely reset as his biological body would resist it. Maybe that's why we see him act so sickly, his gem information is fighting with his DNA as they don't correspond with one another.

[@scrantonicitytheoffice150]

I think that she didn't know that she could have reset him to pink dimond. When she hit him with the reguvinator it called upon pink and he glitches into pink. She doesn't want to come back, so she won't. I think she'll come back when Steven dies

[@metalscarf7336]

Steven in future have the little hair spikes like pink so he could be turning into her

[@cendrecovfefe2496]

RIGHT

[@mrsnovocaine3941]

17:52 is my reason and why I want pink/rose to come back bc she isn’t the real demon and needs to be redeemed I whole heartedly agree

[@arielruh7773]

She is redeemed by being rose quartz one of the gems I love

[@malaxnmange5034]

Now this is very interesting evidence and very good points that were brought up. I personally think Pink Diamond/ Rose Quartz is a complex character with her own flaws and perfections. Also I love how you brought up how pink diamond could just be watching the world through Steven's eyes as he grows up and it dose make the show feel more magical in a wholesome sense which apart of it is but has a lot of missed opportunities and character potential. Anyways great video and have a good day.

[@kiwiduck5522]

"She's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE" "no she's NOOOOOOOOOOOO-"

[@morningivy]

16:50 Woooow. Such a missed opportunity now that I really hear this 😰 it's crazy, I wish this were canon!

[@kiyoshiizumi02]

That alternative ending comic you showed, I’ve seen before. To be honest, THAT should’ve been the ending for the movie imo. I completely agree with this video too.

[@robbiethecontroller9642]

Can Steven extract pink diamond date out of his gem? Intriguing.

[@JageshemashFTW]

The main problem I have with the whole ‘Pink Diamond is still alive inside Steven’s gem’ theory is that, yeah, it makes logical sense... But then you remember that Steven Universe is not a story that runs on logic, but emotions and metaphors. Let’s be real, a lot of the lore in Steven Universe is based heavily on metaphors and double meaning. I am NOT going to debate the effectiveness of this storytelling approach, I’m just acknowledging that it is there. And from a metaphorical standpoint, Steven’s whole deal with his Mom has a few not-too-subtle parallels to transgenderism or, at the very least, some kind of dysphoria. People constantly referring to him by a prior identity, having all kinds of expectations for him based off that identity, trying to gain the old identity back, refusing to acknowledge the new identity, the true self, at all because it’s not who _they_ know. And Steven has long struggled with his own identity issues purely because of how everybody compares him to his mom, who he _used_ to be and being utterly confused why they just can’t have Rose or Pink back. Why Steven just can’t flip a switch and become Pink again or bring Pink out of his gem.I can’t speak for myself, because I am not dysphoric, but it does seem rather similar to accounts made by dysphoric people during their attempts to find themselves. The whole ‘SHE’S GOOOOONE!!!’ moment, for me at least, is Steven finally getting sick and tired of everybody telling him who he’s supposed to be instead of who he is. Like a trans person getting upset that everybody around them only refers to them by their dead name. Suddenly making it so that Pink was secretly alive in Steven’s gem the whole time, thus validating everyone who ever got on Steven’s case comparing him to his mom, treating them as interchangeable at best or refusing to acknowledge Steven’s existence at worst because Pink is just waiting for the right circumstances to stop hiding and just come out of her gem already. It just seems like... It would dilute the message a little.

[@cerealdust6770]

No wonder Steven's outfit in the movie resembled ,or even had almost the exact same color palette to the trans flag or maybe im just dumb???

[@sarahzahira4915]

I love your theory than her theory.

[@vicklepickle301]

The trans theory...IS THAT WHY I RELATE TO STEVEN SO MUCH?!?!?

[@lemonkatze7461]

@@vicklepickle301 thats not what they are saying tho,,,,,,,

[@landfish7a]

Yeah like "Steven is his own person but also Pink is inside him and can totally just take over the wheel at any time" seems a bit off to me

[@TheSapphireLeo]

So gems, like in a human's "chakras" and layers of mind, also have 12 "dimentions", if not 7 predominantly, accessible ones? Pink Diamond might also be his "alter"?

[@Starriaaa]

When his gem got pulled I really thought pink would appear.... it just makes sense

[@jacobgee6511]

You serve a fair point but keep in mind pearls are meant to be organized, while pearl was the only character we have seen that is able to use this storage.

[@quantum6888]

Steven and literally everyone else in the series: She's Gone. You: NANANAANANAICANTHEARYOUNAANANAN

[@lylathepiratefox]

9:58 Steven’s gem was affected differently from the other. The other still had their “power” (I guess is what it’s called) but didn’t have any memory of who they use to be. Steven on the other hand still knew his past but he couldn’t control his powers. So no, they did not treat Steven as if affected him differently because it DID affect him differently from the other gems.

[@theberrby6836]

Your idea is So good, like omfg if only we got this movie idea! What! Near lost potential :'( I already agreed with this theory before, but your movie plot idea is what really brings everything together! Thank you for sharing

[@CitrusChildren]

So wanna see her and pink Steven have a yelling contest-

[@LoveThomas07]

"Mirror Gem" counters your second argument, the gem is affected but if it's inside a sort of object or machine (or an organic body), it cannot reform until it is pulled out.