Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26337259-20150423223140/@comment-508329-20150425075814


 * Sort of a retro glam rock aesthetic, like a mix of Vidalia, Jasper and Peridot, with crystal hair like in the mural from Serious Steven.
 * Acts like a mixture of Marceline (especially early Marceline, before she softened up and reconnected with her humanity) and Princess Bubblegum (especially in Slumber Party Panic, Goliad, Burning Low, James and The Cooler, she wants what's best for her people, but she can be reckless in her enthusiasm, ruthless in her pragmatism, often negligent in cleaning up her own messes, and the responsibilities of governing often leave her out of touch with regular people).
 * Diamonds are pretty small gems IRL, so I'm guessing she's smaller than Jasper or Peridot, probably around the same size as Amethyst, Connie or Sadie. I imagine her floating around in a hover-throne like Frieza in DBZ, or sitting on Jasper's shoulder like Yachiru and Kenpachi.
 * She isn't a warrior, but she's very fast, very powerful and very dangerous. Her powers are sun and lightning themed. Her weapon is a staff / spear / scepter version of a gem destabilizer, but her primary form of attack is shooting lightning like Emperor Palpatine or Count Dooku (which disrupts gem forms like the gem destabilizers and the yellow forcefields in Jailbreak). But her attacks can't break through Rose's shield, and her disruption ability can't split apart human-human or human-gem fusions.
 * In the short term, she can be defeated and driven off thanks to Rose's shield and Steven's resistance to gem destabilizers.
 * In the long term, she can be reasoned with, I think she cares about the future of her people, and if the Crystal Gems can prove that they're capable of healing corrupted gems, that should be enough to convince her that they're serving her peoples best interests.