Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4224349-20150309205153/@comment-26061718-20150310220351

ZWheelsOnTheBuss wrote: I'm not sure I like Pearl as much after this episode. She was mad at Steven for something he didn't even do, and was being really cocky and it seemed like she thought of herself as higher than the other gems. Even after the ending, I still felt like she was lying just a little bit to Steven just to make him happy.

On a side note, how did Rose, Pearl, and Garnet defeat the entire Homeworld army? Are there more Crystal Gems that we don't know about? If there were, why would the Crystal Gems keep a secret like that from Steven for so long? I think her attitude is stemming from her being in a very high position given to her by Rose, whom she was extremely close too. The gem war may have traumatized her, and as a result all of her flaws are being shown. The point she was making was not that she was mad at Steven for something he didn't do, as she also told amethyst and garnet that they didn't know how she felt, it was just that Steven really hadn't ever met her which was the difference. This does not justify her outbursts however and her pride is a facade.

The other crystal gems were probably killed after all this time, or they became corrupted as was stated in "ocean gem".