Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26198832-20150313123438/@comment-26205636-20150320104332

MalteseTigress wrote: Gold Starz wrote: If Rose had as much authority as people are speculating, then there'd have been no need to fight back against Homeworld since she could've just ordered everyone involved to leave. The Pink Diamond theory has little evidence and is pretty much just grasping for straws, to be honest. I don't buy the Pink Diamond theory, but I do think Rose may have had a high position of power in the Gem Homeworld. Judging from Jasper's comments, the Homeworld values powerful Gems and Rose seemed to be very powerful, so it's not unreasonable to think she had authority. But she might not have had ultimate authority. And even if she did, it's pretty well established that she and the other Crystal Gems split off from the Homeworld and its ideology. She left, giving up her authority.

I doubt that Gem rarity correlates with power or authority, considering that there are many gemstones that are actually rarer than the diamond. (I'm sure you've all heard about how diamonds have inflated value thanks to marketing and one company controlling much of the supply) Yep, I am vaguely famliar with the fact one company controls the diamond trade (i.e. 2nd comment in Theory about appearance and powers of Yellow Diamond). However that does nothing to debunk the Rareity=power theory since we have already seen one of the rarest gems in the world represent as a powerful gem in the show (i.e Alexandrite) if anything it debunks height = power since Alexandrite is slightly shorter than Sugilite. Even if there are gems rarer than diamonds, on an individual basis diamonds are worth more and like the referenced company do alot of these to keep it that way. Jasper's comments also shows that the homeworld looks down on fusion even though it would create even stronger (rarer) gems i.e. Alexandrite (possible stronger than the diamonds).