Talk:Back to the Moon/@comment-26945747-20160810002736/@comment-4075764-20160810080538

Well, here's the thing- we have an Eye-Witness in Ruby (and presumably Pearl, based on her reaction), who SAW Rose shatter Pink Diamond. It'd be one thing if she said "I heard the leader of the rebellion shattered her", but instead, Ruby makes it explicitly clear that SHE WAS THERE, SHE SAW IT HAPPEN. and Garnet, Jasper, and Pearl's reactions make it pretty clear that this was the case. this wasn't something she hid from them. they're well aware of what went down.

And in any case, this information makes Rose's reactions to Bismuth wanting to shatter gems even stronger. Killing Pink Diamond was the catalyst for why Rose would never kill again. And in my mind, if it turns out Rose never killed Pink Diamond, and this was all some sort of lie, then Rose Quartz would've lost pretty much all the investment I had in her. like it or not, she NEEDS to be flawed. she NEEDS to be just as human as the rest of the characters. if we make her this perfect, totally pacifistic person, even as the initiator of a war, it would suck out all the believability of her character. she wouldn't be a 3-dimensional character with interesting flaws and mistakes having been made, she'd be a typical Superman or Jesus or what-have-you.

She led a rebellion. she was the BAD GUY, in a way. You think poofing some gems, property damage, and overall being a nuisance with her Pearl sidekick started this serious war? The Diamonds may be petty, but they're not stupid. they're not going to go into an all-out civil war unless something serious happened. Rose murdering their Diamond sister? That'll do it. Rose's philosophy of not-shattering gems was probably triggered as a direct result of this. I'm sorry, but I totally believe Rose killed Pink Diamond, and to go back on that now would be a pretty lame move- no, a mistake, on the show's part.