![]() Pink and the other Diamonds are undeniably among the most terrible people (at least to begin with chronologically) in the show’s universe, but the narrative spends SO much more time dwelling on Pink’s shortcomings specifically (while cramming the other Diamonds’ sins into as little runtime as possible) that you really can’t blame the audience for coming away with the impression that Rose/Pink is supposed to be *the* worst person in the world. I mean, that really is just on the writers. It does suck a bit that the result of this storytelling choice leads a lot of folks to straight up hate Rose Quartz, when if they’d seen her redemption arc happen in order, they’d have probably found her as compelling as any other reformed villain turned friend, like Peridot. It’s an inspiring story, but telling it in reverse makes an interesting statement on our memories of people important to us who are deceased, and dealing with problems they caused but aren’t around anymore to fix (even if she might have been willing to, if she’d been around still). Instead we get the story of a perfect caring Rose, whose image slowly unravels over the course of the show revealing her roots: the childish, selfish diamond with a lot to learn. ![]() She knew her own past and was not proud of it. ![]() When Greg said he barely knew her, she insisted that was a good thing. From there she learned to appreciate life, and to respect other gems, and to reinvent herself as a caring healer who loved Earth’s life cycle so much she sacrificed herself to participate in it. That seems to have been a turning point, as in the next few thousand years she cleaned up her act enough to be given a new pearl and then even her own colony. Then she damaged her pearl, which if Steven’s memory dreams are to be believed, she loved, and was punished by having her taken away. If it was told like a normal story, you’d meet a spoiled, privileged princess who threw tantrums and mistreated the people under her. It’s cool to see how they develop Rose Quartz’s story arc in reverse.
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