Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26208943-20150224183255/@comment-1266846-20150313201209

Judgekoo wrote: Samus Fan101 wrote: I might as well contribute... In my opinion, based on Lion 3 and Rose's Scabbard, it is obvious that Lion is not Rose. Rose's gemstone is with Steven now. I believe that Rose's consciousness within her gemstone is acting under the same principle that Lapis Lazuli had with the mirror. That is, the actual Rose, her consciousness and essence, is locked away within her gemstone in order to allow Steven to exist. We know from Rose's Scabbard that Pearl, who claims to know all of Rose's secrets, didn't know about Lion before his initial appearance, exclaiming "Rose never had a lion." So I think Lion is an extension of Rose's consciousness being projected from the Rose Quartz gem. Lion isn't Rose or a separate entity, but merely on the same level as Lapis' mirror. A device used by gems locked away within their gemstone to communicate with the outside world.

This is completely my opinion as based on the evidence provided from the episodes aired thus far. Feel free to agree or disagree with me. If you disagree, I would love to know why, perhaps I have overlooked or missed something in my analysis of the situation. The analogy with Lapis and her mirror with Rose and Lion is kinda off. I also believe that Lion is not Rose but has a connection with her and Lion may just be an extension of Rose's conciousness (or probably an etirely different entity). My problem with the analogy is in Lapis' case, her gemstone was in direct contact with the mirror she was in, albeit bound. Her personality could've easily manifested in the mirror, as the mirror itself was acting as a proxy body for Lapis. In Rose's case, her gem is with Steven and not in direct contact (or any contact for that matter) with Lion. I definitely understand where you are coming from with Lapis' gem connected to the mirror while Lion is not attached to Steven. That's a good point. Perhaps a better analogy could be Holo-Pearl? Rose could have altered the appearance to be a lion and given it much higher intelligence than Halo-Pearl had. She was so connected to life and nature that it makes sense that she could make a holo more lifelike than Pearl could.