| “ |
Hello, Starlight. You certainly gave everyone a scare. |
” |
| —"Legs From Here to Homeworld" | ||
White Diamond is a Homeworld Gem and the leader of the Great Diamond Authority that rules over the Gem race. She holds supreme authority over all Gems, including her fellow Diamonds, and is seen as a being beyond the rest of her kind. She has not left the Gem Homeworld in eons and remains secluded inside her ship. She made her debut in "Legs From Here to Homeworld".
Appearance
White Diamond has white spiky hair in a shape similar to a star pentagon and white skin. She is shown to be larger than her fellow Diamonds. Like the other Diamonds, she has diamond-shaped pupils, but hers are white instead of black, and she has large, full, black eyelashes. As shown in the flashback sequence in "Your Mother and Mine" and an official Hot Topic t-shirt[1], she has long black fingernails. Her gemstone is located on her forehead and is a side view of a round-cut diamond.
She wears a long translucent white dress that reaches the floor, shoulder pads, and a pair of intricately detailed dress sandals with high heels. She also wears a cape with black and gray stripes that is lined with glimmering diamond and star designs.
White Diamond is unique in that her body constantly radiates a bright light. Due to this (and possibly the brightness of her ship), her gemstone is barely visible, and only her eyes, nostrils, eyebrows, and mouth are visible because they're either black or have black outlines. A drawing by Rebecca Sugar, however, does show the obscured details,[2] as does the Hot Topic t-shirt.
Personality
| “ |
Yellow Diamond: So, you met with White. How was it? |
” |
| —"Familiar" | ||
Little is known about White Diamond's personality. She is described as being difficult, and that she has a temper that can take a while to cool down. According to Blue Diamond, she has no sense of humor as she was furious of Pink Diamond for calling Pyrite as fool's gold.
Upon meeting with Steven, she appeared both calm and understanding, yet curt and dismissive. She greets Steven (as Pink Diamond) warmly and with motherly affection, despite his appearance bearing no resemblance to how Pink Diamond actually looked. In addition, she treats the entire affair with the Earth, including the Rebellion, Pink's faked shattering, and her absence for the last 6,000 years with a mixture of patronization and nonchalance, remarking it all being simply one of "Pink's games" and asks Steven (as Pink) if he "had fun" and "got it out of [his] system." She interrupts Steven whenever he tries to speak to her, and then immediately sends him away to another room without warning as soon as she is done.
White also appears to have a soft spot for Pink. According to Blue, White used to join the rest of the Diamonds in Blue's Pool Chamber and would play games such as the Diamonds guessing what song Pink was singing underwater. Yellow also states that White never lets her or Blue into her ship, but she let in Steven, believing him to Pink. White endearingly gives Steven the nickname "Starlight".
According to Yellow Diamond, she never left her ship and never lets anyone in, except Steven/Pink Diamond, so it may be possible that she is a bit reclusive.
It is displayed in "Change Your Mind" that White Diamond is a perfectionist. She claims that "Pink Diamond" brings out the worst in Gems, and that she makes them better. When she takes control of the Crystal Gems, she tells Steven that "there is nothing to hinder [her] white light sparkling through them," later saying that they are now "perfect". She strives for every Gem to be like herself, flawless. She takes this obsession with perfection so far that she breaks down after she becomes emotional, going as far as saying emotions are a flaw.
History
White Diamond has existed for eons. Her exact past is unknown, but she was able to rise to power and become the ruling leader of the entire Gem race. White is said to have not left Homeworld in eons.
White appears to have had a close relationship with Pink Diamond, as she calls Steven a nickname (Starlight) and is very aware of Pink's childish nature. When Pink Diamond was shattered and Earth was no longer deemed to be a viable colony, White participated in the Corrupting Light attack that corrupted every Gem on Earth exposed to the attack.
"Legs From Here to Homeworld"
Steven, the Crystal Gems, and the Diamonds travel to Homeworld to ask White for assistance in healing the Corrupted Gems. Before they even arrived at Homeworld, White appeared to already know that they were coming and that "Pink" was still alive because when they do reach the planet, Homeworld is cheering for the return of Pink Diamond.
White sends White Pearl to retrieve Steven, and when she does, White speaks to Steven as if he is Pink. White tells Steven that everyone is so relieved that Pink is alive and that she is relieved her little game is finally over. White then sends Steven to an unknown room.
"Familiar"
White Diamond is not seen in "Familiar", but is mentioned several times. Steven relates to Pearl how he doesn't think she understands that he's not Pink Diamond, and later tells Yellow Diamond about his conversation with her, to which she remarks that it's incredible to he managed to get in even a few words to her, but laments that she never allows anyone else to see her in spite of Yellow's success as a conqueror. When Steven talks to Blue Diamond, she recalls an incident where Pink named a batch of Pyrite "Fool's Gold", which apparently infuriated White.
In Pink Diamond's room, Pearl tells Steven that Pink Diamond used to throw parties for all the Diamonds and their courts to attend, including White. This prompts Steven to don Pink Diamond's outfit and throw a ball for all of the Diamonds, where he plans to persuade White to help heal the corrupted Gems.
"Together Alone"
White appears once in the episode and is mentioned several times. She appears in Stevens dream, still in her ship and smiling at him. Blue Diamond says that since White might be coming to the Era-3 Ball, everything will have to be perfect. Steven hopes that White will come to the ball, but she does not show up. Instead, White Pearl takes her Diamond's place in observing the event.
"Change Your Mind"
When Steven and Connie try to escape Homeworld with the help of Blue and Yellow, White diamond (speaking through White Pearl) tells them that they aren’t going anywhere. She then merges her ship with Pinks. However, Blue and Yellow ships, piloted by Bismuth, Lapis and Peridot, attack her ship and manage to knock it over.
Later Steven, Yellow and Blue try to convince White to stop her ways and help everybody. White ignores this completely however, attack both Blue and Yellow and turning them in mindless obedient servants, like her Pearl. She transports Blue and Yellow inside her ship (which merged with hers) and she attacks the Crystal Gems. She knocks them off the platform, but Steven and Pearl fuse and save them. Steven and Garnet then fuse into Sunstone, but White stomps on them with the leg ship.
Sunstone lifts up the ship however, and attacks the ships. White simply swats them away, and the gems decide they have to fuse into Obsidian. They fuse and attack White, along with Connie Bismuth, Lapis, and Peridot. They all start destroying the ship, with Obsidian managing to slice off both of he ships hands. The gems unfuse after being smashed against a Pillar, and they enter White’s ship through its eye.
White asks what Steven is doing and asks if he wants his legs and his planet back. Steven asks what White did to the diamonds, but White shushes him. She says that both Yellow and Blue are imperfect due to their light, but she is perfect, due to her having every light in the spectrum. She then says that Pink is the part of her that she has to repress. She then suddenly attacks the Gems, turning Amethyst, Garnet and Pearl into slaves like Blue and Yellow. White says that she removed their flaws, and that her White light is sparkling through them.
She states that they are brilliant and that the flaws Steven caused them to have are gone, and they are perfect like her. Steven tries to tell her that they are perfect the way they are, but White says that Pink likes to surround herself with inferior gems so she can be the best of the worst. Steven says that it isn’t true, and that even if it was, she’d be talking about his mom and not about Steven.
White laughs at this, but Connie arrives and White makes Pearl attack her. Steven tries to help but White makes Garnet and Amethyst grab him. Pearl disarms and grabs Connie. Steven tells her to let Connie go, but White says that it must feel good to surround himself with lower life forms, blaming everything on someone else. She says that why he became Rose in the first place, in order to deceive his friends.
Steven disagrees, saying that he isn’t Rose, but White points out that he knows thing that he couldn’t possibly know if he wasn’t Pink. Steven says that he was just connecting with her, but White says that even though Pink took the form of Steven, her light is still shining through. She then picks Steven up and saying that it’s time to come out. She then removes his gemstone, but instead of getting Pink Diamond, the gemstone instead generated a holographic clone of Steven that just walked back towards him. White and her slaves tried to stop the clone, but they couldn't as the clone just blocked her attacks.
After Steven and the hologram refused, White Diamond suddenly collapses in distress, freeing all the gems under her control in the process. She angrily pounds her fists on the floor, stating that Steven should appear as Pink Diamond, that he is not half human, and that he is acting like a child. Steven retorts that he is a child, and asks what White's excuse is. Her and her slaves' cheeks turn pink, confusing White, and all the gems previously under her control return to normal.
Bismuth, Lapis, and Peridot arrive with the intent to fight White, but stop upon seeing the state that everyone is in. White asks herself what is happening, and she reaches out to Yellow and Blue. Both of them back away from her, saying that she is off colored after seeing her pink cheeks. White is startled, questioning if she is actually flawed and incorrect.
Steven tells her to let people be who they are, and tells her that she can be what she wants to be. White says that she should know better, and that she should be better, and that she should make everything better. Steven says that she can, but she has to leave her own head. She then travels with Steven and the gems to Earth and witnesses the off colors arrive and later helps cure all the Corrupted gems. She then leaves Earth with Yellow and Blue, going back to Homeworld.
Abilities
White Diamond possesses standard Gem abilities, but since she is a Diamond, her abilities are expected to be much greater than that of other Gems. Since both Yellow and Blue Diamond showed fear of her, it could be concluded that she is much more powerful than the other diamonds are.
Unique Abilities
- Aura Projection: The Diamonds can project an aura around them that they can control. They can either radiate it from their entire bodies or emit it from specific parts of their bodies, usually their hands. Not much has been shown of White nor her aura, but during the Diamonds' final attack against the Crystal Gems, White's aura was shown around her hand as a solid white corona-like flare around it.
- Corruption Induction: Though the attack was meant to destroy the Crystal Gems, it corrupted every single remaining Gem on Earth.
- Mind Control: By zapping another Gem's gemstone, White Diamond can drain away that Gem's color, and control that Gem's mind. Gems under her control can form white bubbles for transportation, become intangible, and levitate. Controlled Gems generally mimic her movements and speech, though she can also command them to do a certain action or say a certain thing. When she becomes emotionally weak, any Gems under her control are freed.
Relationships
Yellow & Blue Diamond
| “ |
We'll be lucky if she ever speaks to us again after this. |
” |
| —Yellow Diamond, "Legs From Here to Homeworld" | ||
Yellow and Blue Diamond appear to fear White Diamond, describing her as difficult and temperamental to Steven and wishing to avoid telling her about Pink's true fate. Yellow believes that if she were to speak to White on Steven's behalf, then her reaction would not be so severe. Ultimately, White denies both of them entrance into her ship.
Later, Yellow tells Steven that White "never lets anyone in" these days, and comments how unfair it is that he got to see her despite having only one failed colony, while White never speaks to Yellow anymore despite her hundreds of successful colonies. Blue speaks of how much fun the four Diamonds used to have together in the days when Pink was still with them, indicating that White used to be close to the other Diamonds and has grown distant since.
Pink Diamond/Steven Universe
| “ |
As for this latest little game of yours, thank the stars it's over. Did you have fun? Did you get everything out of your system? |
” |
| —"Legs From Here to Homeworld" | ||
White Diamond appears to have had a relationship with Pink Diamond like that of an older sister, mother or grandmother. Upon seeing Steven (who she, like the other Diamonds and Homeworld Gems, believes to simply be Pink), she calls to him endearingly with the nickname, "Starlight." Despite this, she does not take Pink seriously even more-so than the other Diamonds, brushing off her actions on Earth as if it were just a child's game. Steven is frustrated by her unwillingness to listen, but Yellow tells him that this is normal behavior for White.
White Pearl
Like all the Diamonds, White owns a personal Pearl. Little is known of their relationship. She is only seen acting as a messenger for White Diamond, escorts Steven to her, and then immediately leaves White's presence when she finishes her task. White Pearl attends the Era 3 Ball in Together Alone in place of her diamond, suggesting that White Diamond may use her pearl as her eyes and ears.
Episode Appearances
| Season 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1. "Full Disclosure": | Absent | 14. "Historical Friction": | Absent | |||||||||
| 2. "Joy Ride": | Absent | 15. "Friend Ship": | Absent | |||||||||
| 3. "Say Uncle": | Absent | 16. "Nightmare Hospital": | Absent | |||||||||
| 4. "Love Letters": | Absent | 17. "Sadie's Song": | Absent | |||||||||
| 5. "Reformed": | Absent | 18. "Catch and Release": | Absent | |||||||||
| 6. "Sworn to the Sword": | Absent | 19. "When It Rains": | Absent | |||||||||
| 7. "Rising Tides, Crashing Skies": | Absent | 20. "Back to the Barn": | Absent | |||||||||
| 8. "Keeping It Together": | Absent | 21. "Too Far": | Absent | |||||||||
| 9. "We Need to Talk": | Absent | 22. "The Answer": | Absent | |||||||||
| 10. "Chille Tid": | Absent | 23. "Steven's Birthday": | Absent | |||||||||
| 11. "Cry for Help": | Absent | 24. "It Could've Been Great": | Pictured | |||||||||
| 12. "Keystone Motel": | Absent | 25. "Message Received": | Absent | |||||||||
| 13. "Onion Friend": | Absent | 26. "Log Date 7 15 2": | Absent | |||||||||
| Season 3 | |||||
| 1. "Super Watermelon Island": | Absent | 13. "Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service": | Absent | ||
| 2. "Gem Drill": | Absent | 14. "Monster Reunion": | Absent | ||
| 3. "Same Old World": | Absent | 15. "Alone at Sea": | Absent | ||
| 4. "Barn Mates": | Absent | 16. "Greg the Babysitter": | Absent | ||
| 5. "Hit the Diamond": | Absent | 17. "Gem Hunt": | Absent | ||
| 6. "Steven Floats": | Absent | 18. "Crack the Whip": | Absent | ||
| 7. "Drop Beat Dad": | Absent | 19. "Steven vs. Amethyst": | Absent | ||
| 8. "Mr. Greg": | Absent | 20/21. "Bismuth": | Absent | ||
| 9. "Too Short to Ride": | Absent | 22. "Beta": | Absent | ||
| 10. "The New Lars": | Absent | 23. "Earthlings": | Absent | ||
| 11. "Beach City Drift": | Absent | 24. "Back to the Moon": | Pictured | ||
| 12. "Restaurant Wars": | Absent | 25. "Bubbled": | Absent | ||
| Season 5 | |||||
| 1. "Stuck Together": | Absent | 15. "Pool Hopping": | Absent | ||
| 2. "The Trial": | Pictured | 16. "Letters to Lars": | Absent | ||
| 3. "Off Colors": | Pictured | 17. "Can't Go Back": | Absent | ||
| 4. "Lars' Head": | Pictured | 18. "A Single Pale Rose": | Absent | ||
| 5. "Dewey Wins": | Absent | 19. "Now We're Only Falling Apart": | Absent | ||
| 6. "Gemcation": | Absent | 20. "What's Your Problem?": | Absent | ||
| 7. "Raising the Barn": | Absent | 21. "The Question": | Absent | ||
| 8. "Back to the Kindergarten": | Absent | 22. "Made of Honor": | Absent | ||
| 9. "Sadie Killer": | Absent | 23/24. "Reunited": | Absent | ||
| 10. "Kevin Party": | Absent | 25. "Legs From Here to Homeworld": | Debut | ||
| 11. "Lars of the Stars": | Absent | 26. "Familiar": | Pictured & Mentioned | ||
| 12. "Jungle Moon": | Absent | 27. "Together Alone": | Flashback | ||
| 13. "Your Mother and Mine": | Flashback | 28. "Escapism": | Pictured & Mentioned | ||
| 14. "The Big Show": | Absent | 29-32. "Change Your Mind": | Appears | ||
Trivia
- Pure diamond is a colourless and transparent crystal lattice formed by carbon atoms, while the revelation of White Diamond being off colour suggests there are imperfections in the crystal lattice of her gem.
- Prior to being mentioned in the show, White Diamond's name was first seen alongside the names of the other three Diamonds along with their specific themes.[3]
The teaser released by the Steven Universe Booth
- She owned the most colonies at the time of Earth's colonization.
- Prior to White Diamond's debut, a fan had met Patti LuPone after a performance of War Paint, a musical she starred in that was running on Broadway at the time. After complimenting her on her voice work as Yellow Diamond, Patti told the fan that Christine Ebersole, her co-star in the musical, was the voice actress for White Diamond. While never confirmed, it eventually proved to be true.[4]
- During San Diego Comic-Con 2018, Cartoon Network held a "3-D photobooth" for Steven Universe. When fans received their "3-D" image, a clip was attached at the end teasing White Diamond with a brief animation of her eyes blinking.[5]
- White Diamond is drawn in the style of the show's background art.
- However, on a Hot Topic t-shirt and in "Change Your Mind", she is drawn the same way as any other character in the series.
- Rebecca Sugar took inspiration from the illustrations of Nell Brinkley when designing White Diamond.
- According to Rebecca Sugar in Argentina Comic-Con, her personality is similar to her Pearl and has different problems than Yellow and Blue.
Gemstone
| Image | Description |
|---|---|
| White Diamond's gemstone is located on her forehead. It is in the shape of an upright five-sided diamond similar in appearance to the side view of a Round Brilliant Diamond Cut. |
Gallery
Screenshots
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Animations
Official Artwork
References
- ↑ Steven Universe White Diamond T-shirt – Hot Topic
- ↑ White Diamond drawing by Rebecca Sugar to a fan at San Diego Comic-Con 2018
- ↑ Steven Universe: Art & Origins; page 159
- ↑ "White Diamond VA" – r/steven universe on Reddit
- ↑ "#StevenUniverse 3-D Photobooth at San Diego Comic-Con. Fans also got a sneak peek of White Diamond’s eyes 👀" – Cartoon Network on Twitter
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