Talk:White Diamond/@comment-36107411-20180724070614/@comment-36313397-20180724092946

I don't know if she's robotic (well, all of the Gems are kind of robots, right)? I think this is just her personality. Like Pearl and the Diamonds said, she's difficult.

I saw a theory somewhere that each of the Diamonds represent a different way of dealing with grief (depending on their original personality, no doubt). Wthether it's an accurate schema or not, they match up with the Kubler-Ross model (Besides, acceptance, which is healthy. They represent unhealthy methods). So, for example, Blue Diamond became consumed with sadness over Pink's death and wallowed in the past. She represents Depression. Yellow Diamond was filled with anger and sought revenge (she wanted Earth destroyed, she bubbled the other Rose Quartzes). She represents Anger.

If that's the case, then I think White Diamond represents Denial. She's all light and airy, pretending that nothing has happened. She talks in a dismissive tone, like there's nothing to be concerned about, and ignores anything Steven might say that would contradict this view of reality. She pretends that nothing really happened with Pink, it was just a teenage temper tantrum.

None of this is to say that White and Blue can't get angry, or Yellow can't feel sad. But I think these are their overall personalities.

If that's the case, I feel like Steven or Pink should probably represent Bargaining, but I've not sure how. Maybe in the sense that he's always trying to persuade people.