Talk:Pink Diamond/@comment-40273424-20190916232744/@comment-24150332-20190929203733

Excellent theory and I whole heartedly agree. But it does not excuse her actions still. Friends always come and go and nothing last forever (in a gems case sort of but not always). Lapis for example she suffered a similar trauma being trapped and imprisoned and became hostile to Steven even though he did nothing wrong to her even after everything became cool, Lapis still harbored emotional scars and could not confront her demons in the form of diamonds and even threatened to leave her friends forever until she finally did it many months later. The Diamonds did not understand Pink or her needs due to the caste system Homeworld had and did try to satisfy her also she developed a friendship with her new Pearl without a problem nor did want to look back.

Steven was also being selfish too because he didn't actually care about Spinel, he pretty much ignored and blamed her reset form even when she was trying to cheer him up because he wanted his happily ever after and he used her like his mom did until he realized he was wrong to forget how he was back then.

Sugar confirmed Pink can be cruel because of her upbringing and she did cause her friends and family pain when she faked her shattering and the Crystal Gems realized what they faught for was built on a lie.

Also think back to Season 1 everyone thought Rose was a flawless being who loved the earth and saw no imperfections (and they all wanted to know her character more) until after Bismuth's debut when fans and Steven suspected something was wrong and there was more at play eventually the mystery of Rose shattering Pink came up which deeply hurt the harmony the Crystal Gems had and inevitably Rose wasn't even Rose she was Pink this whole time.