Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26198832-20150313123438/@comment-25365147-20150320064145

Gold Starz wrote: If Rose had as much authority as people are speculating, then there'd have been no need to fight back against Homeworld since she could've just ordered everyone involved to leave. The Pink Diamond theory has little evidence and is pretty much just grasping for straws, to be honest. I don't buy the Pink Diamond theory, but I do think Rose may have had a high position of power in the Gem Homeworld. Judging from Jasper's comments, the Homeworld values powerful Gems and Rose seemed to be very powerful, so it's not unreasonable to think she had authority. But she might not have had ultimate authority. And even if she did, it's pretty well established that she and the other Crystal Gems split off from the Homeworld and its ideology. She left, giving up her authority.