Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26037921-20150309212855/@comment-25469541-20150424015232

Answer men wrote: Toyloli wrote: Answer men wrote: You don't have any proof at all about Pearl being in love with Rose, which i highly doubt she felt that way about her. I'm not an idiot and there is no need to be a jerk about it. "Rose had many secrets, she had to, it's the mark of a great leader, but she never Kept secrets from Me. I was the only one she could trust, our relationship was special! None of you could understand!" etc etc Sorry, but you should re-watch certain episodes. Close your eyes while you're watching them and just listen to the dialog. Again though I don't think Rose felt that way about Pearl. [shrug] I did watch the episode and i did listen to the dialog, there was nothing that stated in that episode that Pearl was in love with Rose. Pearl only loved Rose as a friend and that is the way i see it. It's not just about what is said, it's about how it's said, the body language + facial expressions ​of the character delivering it, and any other cues the writers throw in during the scene that guides you towards what it's expressing. Pearl spoke and behaved exactly like how one would write a character who is in love or infatuated with someone. She blushes when she thinks about Rose, most notably when she calls her beautiful, idolizes her (the most), grins incredibly wide and holds Rose's scabbard close to her chest when she recalls fighting alongside her, claims that Rose being gone is different for her than it is for Garnet and Amethyst (by responding to, "Yo, you're not the only one who misses her!" with, "You can't understand how I feel!"), and gets jealous of Rose's interest in Greg and tries to compete with him. It's literally 'Writing Smitten Characters 101.' There's more evidence that Pearl was in love with Rose Quartz than that, but what I listed is what I feel are some of the most basic telltale signs that a character is smitten. If you "don't see it," then it's because you don't want to. There wouldn't be such a large number of people saying that they think  that Pearl was in love with Rose Quartz, nor asking if Pearl was in love with Rose Quartz, if there weren't really obvious signs in the show that Pearl had feelings for Rose Quartz.