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ThePhilosophunculist wrote: JinxBinx wrote: ThePhilosophunculist wrote: Jesus Christ. This is literally one of the stupidest conversations/threads on the planet. It is literally clearer than glass that Pearl was in unrequited love with Rose. Pearl was in love with Rose, and Rose did love Pearl but on a platonic/motherly level. The show literally laid everything hinting at that out there for you while still making it blatantly obvious.

If you can't see that that's a problem with you. That is made very clear that Pearl had feelings for Rose, as seen through Rose's Scabbard and Story For Steven had made it the most obivious though. Rose more then likley had felt for Pearl like a Life Partner, not in a romantic way, but since the gems don't age, they would more then likley be together until one or both of them died. Pearl is still mourning Rose in some ways, but has found Platonic love for Steven now. I don't agree with the Life Partner thing. Rose most likely saw herself as a leader/role model/mother figure of the group and everyone else as her teammates/proteges/children. She'd stay with all of them no matter what. Pearl only has a motherly kind of love for Steven.

True, Rose based her team on a base amount of care and trust in her team, the fact that Pearl felt such strong feelings for Rose shows through to even the other gems it seems. Pearl's love for how Rose lead the team has made Pearl recite those same things Rose inflected on her to Steven.