Talk:Sworn to the Sword/@comment-26082492-20150624101036

Let me say something about Pearl. She obviously has some seriously deep Rose issues. It's a compulsive behavior much like her obssesive cleaning and desire for symmetry. Could Pearl have and be still resenting Rose's decision to sacrifice her being for Steven? I bet it wasn't easy for her to understand why Rose would surrender so much. In the end, she might have gone along, but only because it was Rose's decision. But now, once in a while, she can't stop those feelings overwhelming her and lashing out.

This episode made me think of "Rose's Scabbard." I thought maybe after the events there, Pearl had made a reconciliation with her feelings and with the concept of Steven being there. In that episode, I thought she was trying to use Steven as a replacement for Rose in order to satisfy that empty place in her heart (her being?) that is Rose's absence. She would do that by sharing with Steven the secrets she thought she had with Rose and no one else. But, that didn't work when Steven revealed he already knew these things thanks to Lion. That didn't help Pearl and that almost cost Steven his life. Pearl allowed Steven to be in danger as he (impressively) tried to keep up with her as he chased her. It was the most unlikely thing Pearl could've ever done and her face, as he came short on that leap and fell hinted that, for an instant, she didn't care.

Is Pearl really the cool and (mostly) composed mother-figure/fighter she projects or is she, on the inside, a ticking time-bomb of self-doubt and resentment.