Talk:White Pearl/@comment-36313397-20190102102009

Everyone is saying that White Diamond is controlling White Pearl. And that is probably true, and makes the most sense, certainly, since Diamonds are very powerful, and White Pearl acts robotic. But I think that perhaps it's not that at all. Perhaps White Pearl is controlling White Diamond.

- A major theme of the show has been that, while the Diamonds really are the most powerful Gems, and while Gems are made for a given purpose, the Diamonds tend to dramatically underestimate the lower-rank Gems. It would be very fitting if it turned out that a damaged Pearl had managed to get the better of White Diamond.

- White Pearl's robotic nature and her voice being the same as that of White Diamond fits with White Diamond controlling her. But perhaps she's robotic because she needs to exert effort controlling White Diamond.

- It seems a little strange to me that White Diamond would have her Pearl come in and sit on her throne, even if she's controlling her. Isn't that dramatically against the protocols of Gem society? But it would make a great deal of symbolic sense if White Pearl were really the one in charge....

-  White Pearl seems robotic in her behavior, but she certainly seemed to show emotion at the end of "Together Alone," in my opinion, by frowning. Is this White Diamond expressing her emotions through her Pearl? Or, just maybe, White Pearl's actual feelings?