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<div class="quote">Steven Schwarz wrote: I'm sorry but I disagree with pretty much everything you said in that long winded rant of yours. I think this episode wrapped things up well, Rose shattered Pink Diamond not because she wanted to but because she had to in order to save the planet because just like how the eyeball Ruby was going to kill steven despite Steven's pleas so he had to throw her out into the void of space, sometimes people are beyond reasoning.</i></div>
<p>Yes, and that <i>would</i> have been an ingenious way for Steven to realize this and come to terms with Rose's decision- but it happened too <i>fast</i>. He literally learned that PD existed, learned that Rose shattered her and was devastated by it, and then came to terms with it over the course of three episodes. Contrast this with, say, the "Pearl is grieving over Rose" arc, which started in early season 1 and was only <i>just</i> resolved in "Mr. Greg." Wasn't that <i>much</i> more powerful? Didn't it give the audience <i>much</i> more to chew on? Wasn't it <i>much</i> more interesting and engaging to see this arc slowly unfold and wind down over such a long period? And wouldn't it have been <i>much</i> less effective if they'd pushed out the entire arc in three episodes? This is the same way, and especially with PD's reveal being done in such an epic fashion during Jasper's corruption, to have all the mystery about her fate resolved in the very next episode, and then have all the emotional baggage it brought addressed and tucked away in the one after that, it's a colossal waste of potential.
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<div class="quote"><i>This arc is in no way over because we now know the reason why the Diamonds hate the Earth so much and we have already gone over 100 episodes with Rose being held up as a mary sue character, but now we are learning that she did make mistakes, she did things she regretted, she kept secrets, and their are probably many more secrets she has and only now is steven starting to truly learn about his mother's darkest actions and his life is now in danger so much as a consequence. So I am sorry for disgreeing with you but I thought it wrapped up pretty well</i></div>
<p>We knew Rose kept secrets and was imperfect as far back as "Rose's Scabbard," she stopped being a Mary Sue as far back as "We Need to Talk", and we've been learning about her faults and imperfections gradually for a long time long before PD was a definitive factor. This arc could have been done a lot better while still incorporating that imperfection element. And again, wasn't it so much more effective to learn these things gradually and have the impact slowly sink in? Again, pushing out PD's entire story in three episodes was an awful route to take.
</p><p>Again, if you enjoyed the episode, feel free to. But in my opinion, it didn't "wrap things up" so much as "hurriedly stop them before they got going
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<p>How do you know that Pink Diamond is totally gone? Rose may of shattered her, but she seems like the type of person that would keep her pieces. And why would Steven finding out that Rose shattered Pink Diamond need more than three episodes? It does not really seem like something that needed a big arc built around it.
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