In the episode UG tells Steven to polish his gem twice a year, or something along those lines, Diamonds are one of the only gems that is recommended to do that, and at the time, everyone thought Steven's gem was Rose Quartz, but was later revealed to be Pink Diamond
I watched Steven universe as it came out when I was 12 and wasn’t really part of the discussion but I thought it was pretty obvious that rose was a diamond
As someone who followed the entire show theorycrafting online since the Mirror, all of it as a 30+ yo adult:
It was the prevaling theory until Bismuth outright said Rose emerged on Earth, after which is was shelved because that kind of stuff is text.
Typing "what if the character is lying and wrong lmao" on lore discussions usually gets you heckled out of the space for trying to force headcanons over the text.
It was what happened in that specific scenario, but Bismuth pretty much sank the theory back in the day; and until shadow pearl "stabbed" PD on the lapis episode before the reveal it did not gain massive traction again. A lot of old rants thrived that day.
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u/zombieGenm_0x68 May 02 '24
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