it’s not just because rose killed pink diamond, look at how she looks when she says “my diamond”
It’s not that different from how pearl looked when mourning rose
So, jasper probably felt the same way about pink diamond that pearl did about rose and rose took it away from her.
But here’s the funny thing, rose was very against killing to the point where she bubbled her best soldier to prevent it from happening. That’s another reason I think she’s pink diamond. She probably killed pink diamond in the same way darth vader killed anikin skywalker.
Now think about this, jasper is a perfect quartz. A perfect quartz from beta kindergarten. She is the epitome of what a quartz should be, strong and for homeworld. So imagine how she would react when her diamond starts taking in rejects and defects to go against homeworld. it would feel like betrayal to her. So she not only resents rose for “killing” pink diamond, but for choosing the lesser gems over her.
pearl: Im Literally Risking The Entirety Of Our Civilization As Well As My Social Status And Yours Because I Love You And Eagerly Await An Eternity At Each Others Sides Emphasis On We Are In Love With Each Other
pink diamond, getting ready to #WasteHerTime for five thousand years and shapeshift to be a rose quartz and end up with a human man and then sacrifice her physical form to become her Humansona™️, all the while…ignoring(?) the fact that she has humans enslaved in the middle of space and that the other gems of her decree think she’s dead and are killing countless members of their species due to a ‘rebellion’ that started because pink diamond was THIRSTY: sure! :)
One thing that I think is really interesting about Lars as a character is that he’s been shown to thrive and have massive positive development when he’s outside the context of like, conventional society.
It’s one of the reasons I can somewhat understand but ultimately disagree with criticisms of his, heh, let’s say Space Pirate arc. People saying that his enthusiasm, confidence, and level of competency while leading the Off-Colors was very out of character strikes me as an inaccurate take. Like, yeah, maybe if we’d had less time with Lars beforehand… But the thing is, we already had an entire episode showcasing how Lars thrives when he’s removed from an environment that has conventional social expectations pressuring him…
Lars has a lot of talents, and he can actually be very friendly and a great team player, but we just never saw much of that because a lot of Lars-centric episodes took place in Beach City, and mostly worked to demonstrate how much of a fucking wreck he is in normal society. He gets massively socially anxious, and is constantly worried about being accepted by those he deems cool/interesting/worthy of admiration. He works so hard at being something he’s not in order to fit in that he doesn’t even realize people are naturally inclined to like him, if he’d just stop trying so hard (The New Lars/The Good Lars). And this has been an issue for a long time, ever since he was a kid (as seen in the flashback in Horror Club).
Sadie’s commented multiple times that Lars is like a totally different person sometimes, but it’s only when it’s just the two of them. I think comments like these were originally taken by fans to mean ‘oh he only acts nice but doesn’t actually care about Sadie, he’s really just a selfish asshole’ when in reality the situation was ‘Lars is actually an okay guy and definitely cares about Sadie, but he just gets so fucked in the head when he’s in public that he can’t seem to help acting like a total fuckwad’
Not to say something like social anxiety excuses rude/mean/generally selfish behavior, but what’s most interesting to me is this sort of character arc, where someone very common and ‘normal’ becomes more and more confidant the more unconventional they become, the farther away from societal constructs they can get. Like, Lars died, turned pink, became like a weird magic portal/bag-of-holding, is stuck in space, and leads a misfit band of aliens… and he’s never seemed happier.
This is the other reason why I think people were too harsh of his breakdown during Lars of the Stars, saying it seemed out of place or that he recovered too well/didn’t actually change, and that they don’t really get it (or at least, aren’t looking at things from the perspective I am, which is fine). The whole point is that the moment Lars gets back in that headspace, thinking about his place in ‘the group’ (this being his relationship with The Cool Kids, who seem to work as a metaphor for society as a whole), he falls right back into old anxieties and habits. He sees things for what they’re not (Sadie’s happiness = Sadie trying to hurt him, rather than Sadie surviving through hard times as he is); he falls into self-pity and self-hatred, even though he’s absolutely thriving.
Anyway, I was just thinking about how that’s a cool arc; I remember always wondering what they were gonna do with this asshole, and in the end I’m really glad about the direction he went in. I think Lars is an interesting character, an example of how breaking away from conventional societal pressures and environments can help bring out the best in people.
Hopefully once he gets back to Earth, Lars will have a chance to show everyone just how much he’s changed for the better!
Ever since the introduction of Padparadscha, the Sapphire who can’t see the future but instead sees things that have just occurred, there has been speculation about whether she can be useful in some way, or if she is just around for comedy relief.
In fact, Padparadscha doesn’t seem to be able to connect to the present at all.
(I found this gif through another website with no source listed. Do let me know if you know who made this gif so I can give them credit.)
All Sapphires have their eye hidden by their hair, but in Padparadscha’s case, it seems to be more literal than for Garnet’s Sapphire.
So what is Padparadscha’s purpose in the story other than providing us with a laugh every now and then? Surely the writers understand that the Slowpoke meme also gets tiring eventually?
Theories have suggested that Padparadscha might have the ability to see the past, but so far we haven’t seen any indications that it would be the case.
However, Padparadscha seems to be able to see things that happened beyond what is right in front of us.
When Garnet meets the group, Padparadscha straight up tells her that she predicts Garnet is going to make everyone uncomfortable. Garnet did not see this until Padparadscha pointed it out. Padparadscha could see something that wasn’t clear-cut and obvious- the feeling in the room.
Padparadscha’s abilities become even more clear when she says that Lars is going to push the wrong button. Nobody knew that it was the wrong button. They knew he was pushing a button, but not that it was the wrong one.
I don’t know about the correct terminology for a power like this…
Whatever said ability would be called: it proved to be useful in this episode, and I’m sure it’s going to serve a greater purpose later on, when we least expect it.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
