Talk:The Great Diamond Authority/@comment-5907266-20160107211108

I like how people are saying the mural disproves the Pink Diamond = Rose Quartz theory because it doesn't look like her. Or did you all forget that gems can change their base image after a poof? If the two are in fact the same, it's quite likely that Pink Diamond faked her death and came back as Rose Quartz, using a different look. Granted, we haven't seen it done by anyone to change their look to that extreme, just clothes and color palettes, but presumably, it's possible. And even then, we know that Rose was capable of extended periods of shapeshifting as she shapeshifted a womb for Steven for 9 months. If she dropped that for even a second, Steven probably would have died.

In fact, the Pearl we know could be Pink Diamond's Pearl and she retrieved her in some way without Pearl realizing who she was. This could also explain why Pearl was so devoted to her, though she doesn't realize it, and has confused her latent loyalty for romance. We don't really know Pearl's backstory into how she met Rose. This could feasibly be it.