Talk:Pink Diamond/@comment-24435322-20180727152214

I keep watching that part from "Now We Are Only Falling Apart" with Pink Diamond and Pearl, and I can't help but wonder, while everyone has a bad side, whether Pink Diamond really was as big a brat or power hungry as portrayed in "No Going Back." Now that I think about it she only got that way when she was frustrated, particularly with the Diamonds. All she wanted to do was: (1) create new Gems, just like the others, and (2) gain their respect as a fellow Diamond.

When we saw her have her tantrum, it was when Yellow continually refused to let her even touch the control panel, let alone run a colony, and told her to act like she was important (implying she was less than them, which would make anyone upset and just plain hurt). And when we saw her angrily shapeshift into Rose Quartz and start her rebellion, it was after Blue and Yellow continually refused to heed her pleas to leave the Earth in peace. After a while she realized that, even though she was a Diamond with her colony and followers, they would never respect her or her feelings and choices. She then decided it was no longer worth it being a Diamond and "ended it" once and for all in a gamble to get them to leave for good and live the way she wanted to in peace.

In her default state, while she was immature in the beginning, she was really friendly and pleasant, especially with Pearl, and had complete disregard for the rigid caste system. And when she saw the harm colonization was doing to the Earth, she immediately wanted to halt it.

So in short, at her worst, Pink Diamond was juvenile, inexperienced and, at times, impulsive. But she did have good intentions, although she did not always act with proper judgment or anticipation of long term consequences.