Her Pearl is unsettling enough as is with a damaged eye (spawning the common theory that she likely used to be Pink’s), and the uneasiness escalates with her robotic voice saying that Pink Diamond was expected. It doesn’t help that both Blue and Yellow Diamond are scared of her, which shows how imbalanced their leadership is, especially since White may hold the secrets to the Corruption– secrets which even Blue and Yellow don’t know. Yet there’s something dastardly behind that sweet voice, and you don’t know what will flip the switch to expose her true intentions. This is a great opportunity to explore more perspectives outside of the Crystal Gems and Earth, and the seeds are slowly being nurtured as everyone makes the journey to Homeworld and we finally, finally meet White Diamond.Įveryone else already made the joke, but White Diamond reminds me a lot of Mother Gothel from Tangled with a loving, motherly presence. If the corrupted gems can be saved in the end, how will they cope realizing the truth about their precious Pink Diamond or how disposable Homeworld thinks they are by never giving a second thought to the thousands they left behind? It’s just depressing to think of all the untold perspectives of the Gem War, and over 5 thousand years of pent up anguish for one gem’s deception on both sides. She’s been through enough as is, and the pain amplified when despite being left behind by Homeworld to die in a horrific blast only to be corrupted, she still has faith in the Diamonds to avenge Pink, never catching on who Steven is. But at the same time, I love the shifting character dynamics and not knowing who’s thinking what and what’ll happen next.Ĭentipeetle’s reveal as Nephrite, of course, broke my damn heart. And the show might be coming to an end soon, so they don’t want to leave any loose ends. On one hand it feels like they’re throwing everything and the kitchen sink in too suddenly since many episodes beforehand were too slow-paced. Regardless, there’s still some fascinating reveals which even I couldn’t guess. I can only hope that the crew is still aware of this hesitancy and will remember that family ties don’t mean shit when someone is an imperialist dictator. Yeah, centuries of deception and your mother turning on her own kind? All forgiven apparently! It’s just such an unnatural jump from villainous to sympathetic, and I can’t buy it to save my life. Even they seem to be a little frustrated at the idea of trying to heal the corrupted gems when they realize how little they can do, and just mere hours ago they were ready to kill everyone without question.
This episode seems already aware of that hesitancy for the most part, though Blue reverts back to her constant Ghibli tears which is such a backtrack from the terrifying presence we just saw in the episode before. Steven is then taken to see White Diamond who greets him– still referring to him as Pink– before the episode ends on one of the most eerie cliffhangers of the entire show.Īs I mentioned in my last review, I’m not a fan of Blue and Yellow Diamond possibly getting redemption arcs given all the awful things they did throughout the series.
The group eventually finds Pink Diamond’s old ship– which yes, is absolutely fucking ludicrous even with its symbolic meaning in relation to the other Diamonds’ ships– and set a course for Homeworld where it seems everyone was already waiting for their return.
Steven reveals that their blast actually corrupted gems instead of destroying them, but just the three of them alone can’t fully heal them. Yet they are baffled as to how the Crystal Gems can still be alive after their blast which ended the Gem War all those years ago.
But the ending with hints towards a redemption arc for the Diamonds left a lot of uncertainty as to where the show would go next.īlue and Yellow Diamond ceased their fighting upon finding out Steven’s identity and the truth of Pink. So the last Steven Bomb delivered some of the best episodes in the while, topping it off with a wedding and an intense fight scene. **Reposted from my Tumblr, elizas-writing, as of December 6th, 2018**