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Been creeping on this thread so I decided to get in on it. Proof that Lion is not Rose:

1. Gems are genderless but Lion is as of yet not confirmed to be a gem. A gem has never been shown on his body as of yet and we can take this to mean that he can't be Rose as he doesn't possess Rose's gem (Why? Because it is a part of Steven). As that is the current case we can assume that Lion is not a gem and may have a gender as Steven and some of the gems refer to Lion as "he/him". This serves to prove that Lion is male.

2. Pink fur/coloration does not automatically mean that Lion or anything that is pink (i.e. Whale in Rose's room) could be Rose. This only serves to confirm the fact that there is a connection between the two (i.e Garnet and her gauntlets/Amethyst and her whip/Pearl and her spear/Lapis and her wings/Peridot and her Holo-screen thing/Jasper and her helmet)

3. He doesn't summon Rose's sword per se. He carries it within him and when Steven needs it brings it forth for him to use. He seems to almost act as a safe place for Rose to put the most meaningful of her possessions in. (i.e Sword (scabbard probably lost during hence why it wasn't there), Flag, Treasure chest (yet to be opened), picture of her with Greg, Greg's shirt, Steven's Tape, and weird bubbled Gem/Unidentified Item.)

4. Rose did not split in half as stated multiple times. Rather 100% of Rose was condensed into her gem and passed on to Steven and the other half was composed of Greg's human DNA. ALL of Rose (meaning her Physical and Spiritual parts) are all within Steven ((Rose sais and I quote: We can't both exist. I'm going to become half of you."(Lion 3: Straight to Video confirms this.) Rose would also be unable to possess another creature regardless of whether or not she created it/was more in tune with nature/whatever you want because her consciousness and all that makes her resides with Steven. Her consciousness can't transfer. If that were the case then Gems would be able to jump from host to host if their gems were damaged. This doesn't seem very plausible.

5. Rose kept Lion a secret from all of the gems. Pearl herself stated the Rose kept many things hidden from the CGs save her as she was (as she believed) Rose's rock and only confidant. Though given her reaction to Lion's possible connection to Rose and something she was not privy it is possible that even though Rose confided in Pearl more than she did with the other CG members there were still things she kept to herself to "protect" Pearl as Steven pointed out. The whole theme of "Rose's Scabbard" backs this up because it centers around Rose keeping certain things to herself/secret.