Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26037921-20150309212855/@comment-3492993-20150410181310

Personally, I believe that Pearl's feelings towards Rose are only that of strong friendship and not ones that are romantic. When Pearl refers to herself as Rose's best friend, it just seemed to make her actions/reactions make so much more sense.

I mean, best friends can admire/look up to each other and care and love one another so much they would go through any lengths to impress, protect, or make the other proud. Rose was Pearl's best friend (I can see them knowing each other for thousands of years so obviously their friendship has lasted very long) and to have her out of her life was obviously a hard blow. It's clear that Pearl really admired Rose and cared very much for her. But I don't see this under a romantic light.

It's been noted by others that she sems jealous of Rose and Greg's relationship but friends tend to feel that way sometimes. Considering that the Gems always stick together, to have Rose hanging out with someone else all the time would be a big change so obviously Pearl probably felt ignored/neglegted that she was losing time with her best friend. (I mean, they probably hung out and did a lot of stuff together so have all that go away was probably a hard adjustment and she probably felt left out when Rose was with Greg)

The reason for my opinion would probably be that I can imagine Pearl's point of view and her friendship with Rose because I experienced something similar and I can very much emphatize with Pearl (I bawled my eyes out in 'Rose's Scabbard' because I could really feel what Pearl was going through). My best friend and I are both girls and I consider her my closest friend. I always hang out with her but when she started hanging out with someone else, I'll admit I was jealous. I felt left out (she was always talking about the stuff she did with the other person) and I always craved her attention during that time. Even though that phase is over, I still can't help but feel jealous when she mentions the other person. So friends can love each other but they don't have to be in love to do so.

That's is why all I see is a strong friendship between Pearl and Rose. This is just my opnion.