Look, i Watched SU, i remember being on tone on this plot, and until nowadays, this Particular thing makes ZERO SENSE for me.
Well, the Gem War is a iconic event of the SU Verse, it was a war, and the Crystals Gems were the ones fighting for Freedom, to free not only Themselves, but the Humans for extinction, humans who were doomed to die or being brought to Zoos to be threated as Second Class citizens.
In ",Back to the Moon", Steven receives the Shocking revelation: his Mother, Rose, who not only participated in a war, but was the Leader of Rebelion, ""Shattered (Killed)"" Pink Diamond, i'm not go talk about the Plot twist know, later on this thread, but what triggers me, is his shock and surprise.
He's like "This can't be!!" And this starts an long arc of him being depress cuz his mom was a "cold hearted killer" plus many people started to think that Rose wasn't a good person here, i have two things to talk about this, First:
REALLY? UR MOM FOUGHT A WAR, AND U FREAKING SURPRISED THAT SHE KILLED SOMEONE IN A FREACKING WAR?! WHO COULD KNOW THAT PEOPLE KILL EACH OTHER IN A WAR?!
Second: We din't knew so much about Pink and Rose, we saw them as separate characters, for what we knew, Pink was like any other Diamond, not only Conquering, Slaving and Destroying other races, but being extremely restrictive about it's own, i'll be really Honest: If my mom was the responsible for the murder of the Female and Stellar version of Moustache man, i would literally Praise her, want to follow her steps, be her sucessor, Inherit her Legacy, not despise her for "Killing Enemy Soilders IN A WAR"
I find hugely unecessary that Rebecca need to go the
"Actually, Pink is Rose so she never killed anyone guys, doesn't worry" Route,
So, the moral is: doesn't harm Brutal Dictators?! Hug them and hope that they change?