Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4224349-20150309205153/@comment-233389-20150311022407

Strawberry Eggs wrote: I've read a theory about how Rose may have been Gem royalty, nobility, or at least incredibly influential. This is because of the time Garnet said to Steven that he spoke "like a true king" in "Watermelon Steven." Garnet has dropped hints of major reveals casually before ("we kept Amethyst").

If this is true, maybe Pearl was a vassal of Rose's, and a very devoted fiercely loyal one at that. There are many instances of people devoted to their lord/lady out of deep respect and love in fiction and history. Yeah, that fits with the idea of swearing an oath of loyalty. The fact that it's the final part of the episode suggests that it's extremely important.

It seems as if Rose's loyalty to Pearl was not what Pearl believed it to be. Why? If Rose was a queen or something, maybe it's as simple as her not feeling the need to show them things they didn't need to know about.

The real question that has bugged me most, is not the obvious one.... Obviously there is a question as to why the Gem War was fought, but also.... we know in part why it was fought(some Gems were doing something that would destroy life on Earth), and that raises a more disturbing question... Why? The Kindergarden was used to make hundreds of Gems.... for what purpose were they created? To me it suggests the Gems are at war with another power, and that when we see what the Homeworld Gems are doing we'll find out. And again.... Where did the Red Eye come from? It's not a Gem, it's not from Earth, what is it? And more to the point, Who sent it? Also.... Garnet acted like she'd seen several before. She was kinda like "oh it's another one of those".