Talk:Pink Diamond/@comment-33215487-20180107052438/@comment-27019789-20180108020201

I disagree, because we've been told outright that gems do not age, besides Steven. Pink Diamond is just an overcooked, defective, off color gem, like Amethyst, Skinny Jasper, or Carnelian, etc. That's the reason why she is so small in comparison to her fellow diamonds. That's the reason why she's so neglected and lacked a court or colony at the time of the Jungle Moon flashback/dream, it's because of bigotry from Yellow Diamond. I believe that she was hidden away, because Yellow Diamond saw her as a disgrace to the Diamond Authority. And the reason why she's depicted in the murals as the same size as her fellow diamonds is because they are hiding the fact that she's defective, and whenever she's seen by gems outside of the Diamond Authority she shapeshifts her form to be taller like her fellow diamonds, and she alters her hair to be more intimidating. It's quite symbolic and a subtle form of foreshadowing, that each time, Amethyst, a gem that exists because of Pink Diamond's colonization, enters a sanctum dedicated to Pink Diamond, she is forced to shapeshift to be taller. Amethyst shapeshifted in Jasper, a taller gem, when she visited the Moon Base. Amethyst shapeshift into a normal tall Amethyst, when she visited Pink Diamond's zoo. The fact that Pink Diamond is defective unlike her fellow diamonds is a symbolic metaphor for her appearing to be child. It was intentional, Even though gems do not have a concept of aging, I can tell that the Crewniverse wanted to make her look like a child, and Yellow to look like an adult, to symbolize the toxicity of her place in the Diamond Authority.