Lacey's Draws

We know that those Diamond-shaped insignias definitely represent the Diamonds themselves (as do triangles) in all cases that we've seen them... curious, right? So, what then is this mural showing? Why is it so important that is has to be shown again in "Buddy's Book" and "Steven's Dream"? What does the Diamond shape symbolize? 

Well, fear not, because I believe I have a solid theory to answer for all of these questions, and it's quite simple: *drumroll intensifies*

Let me then propose this as a highly improbable, unforseen, and yet still possible scenario: 

When White Diamond, Blue Diamond, and Yellow Diamond launched their combined attack, at the moment it hit Rose/Pink's shield, it did two things:

The attack caused Rose/Pink's shield to ring loudly when it was struck by the Diamond’s attack, and the attack was, to some degree, reflected back.

This is what I believe Centipeetle (Nephrite), had experienced when the Diamond Attack was loosed, as she describes the attack as a light, and a sound like a song...

Now, why do I believe that the Rose's Shield was capable of reflecting the Diamonds attack, and that this is what happened? 

The Crewniverse loves foreshadowing, and making insignificant moments more significant upon a little “reflection” (sorry). In the episode "Off Colors", as Steven is fighting the Robonoids on Homeworld, fan-favorite Padparadscha says in an offhand comment:

Anyone who watches Padparadscha carefully enough knows just how helpful she can be, as she identifies Lars' mistake when fixing the Sun Incinerator's core in "Your Mother and Mine". Maybe the crew was dropping a little hint for something in the future? Keep in mind too, that it was a beam of light that was reflected...

As for the "song" Centi heard, what happened when Lapis hit Steven's shield with gem magic?

*RIIIINNNNG* 

The shield reverberates loudly, dissipating the clones.

And if the shield produced that same sound but much, much louder, it’d make sense how Centipeetle heard a “song” in the distance. If it were the Diamonds’ song, how could anyone hear it? They were in space, in a vacuum, miles away presumably. (yellow got some mean pipes tho)

  So, what does this mean? Why is there a mural of the attack in the Pyramid Temple? And what does it have to do with the gem in the control chamber? Well, to be blunt, we have no concrete evidence for who it is YET, but we can definitely grasp at some good-ol' straws. From here on out, its mainly guesswork.

That being said, let's check out the other two murals.

On the other murals, to the left and right, are figures. The one on the left has five points of hair (the triangle behind her is part of the design of the mural, not her hair) and seems to be revered, because it shows many hands reaching up to her, possibly in adoration or respect.

 The one on the right shows a figure, once again with 5 points of hair, in the center of a star or sun, which is important because it shows that this gem was a massive source of light...

 These both appear to be the same figure, so it stands to reason the gem in the center-right is the same gem in all three murals, and the focus of the entire temple, if not the gem imprisoned within.

So riddle me this. If a GIANT beam of light hits a Diamond's Shield, basically Pink Diamond's hand power, what happens? You can see where I'm going with this, I'm sure. 

White Diamond. The gem in the temple is a corrupted White Diamond. Maybe. Probably? It could also be an unrelated witness to the events or a gem from her court, but I find that unlikely, in my personal opinion.

The aura around her hand looks like pure light, as opposed to Yellow's electric nature and Blue's somber flow, and we know Steven's shield reflects light specifically, so if the nature of her attack was a “beam of justice”, it would logically get reflected back, at least partially, right? It is a Diamond’s beam vs. a Diamond’s shield, after all.

Now, why is she in there? It'd be weird to try to contain her where the Diamond Attack happened (as hinted at by Pearl's war memory, the Strawberry Battlefield and the Gem Battlefield she was at are the same). But what if they didn't have a choice? 

From the looks of it, the Diamonds were in space above earth at the time, and if White just starts rampaging and attacking the other two Diamonds, they'd need to contain her as soon as possible.

But would bubbling be enough? Would another gem be able to see through the bubble? What if the bubble were popped from the outside by accident? There were too many risks attached to letting the lesser gems know about what happened, so keeping her on Homeworld wasn't an option either. Remember how in the beginning of “Kindergarten Kid”, Peridot mentioned that they had nothing like corruption on Homeworld? Then, suddenly one Diamond is shattered by a lowly Quartz soldier, and the other is morphed into a incoherent, fear-stricken beast? Chaos ensues...

The Diamonds knew that order needed to be upheld or else their Gempire would crash, so they keep White Diamond's fate a secret, putting her in one of these:

My belief is that these Pyramid Temples were meant to contain gem criminals, as they exist right outside the Courthouse, which itself is right beside White Diamond's head ship. If White Diamond is the most powerful gem, it'd make sense to keep all the imprisoned gems close to her...

So, without a way to help White Diamond, they decided to drop the temple on Earth. Where better to hide a broken, rampaging monster than the place they hated the most? If a human were to find it (or, in our case, the Crystal Gems), they'd see the mural portraying the tragic fate of their leader, and likely get stuck in the deathtrap, never truly finding the gem. And better yet, if someone released White Diamond on Earth... Yeesh. The cluster being planted there was just an added bonus, because it'd likely mean the "permanent" end to White Diamond's suffering, as well as getting rid of the origin point of the other two Diamond’s grief.

The one thing I can't explain is why the Crystal Gems had the key to this place, or why they wouldn't have recognized her. Maybe we'll see where Garnet got that key in the future...

Anyways, this probably isn't what's going to happen, given how little we know of White Diamond, and the above couple of contradictions, but I thought it'd be a fun little theory in anticipation of the Reunited Steven Bomb set to release on July 2nd. 

Maybe, just maybe, the Diamonds and Steven will come together to heal all the trauma this war started, and in my opinion, healing White Diamond and reconciling with her would be a perfect culmination of the show's plot. Let me know your thoughts, and if there are any contradictions you spot. Happy theorizing!

“Pool Hopping”. A nice, inconspicuous episode placed after “Your  Mother and Mine”, was actually a clever way to tell us how aspects of Garnet’s memory could be wrong. 

In the episode, shortly after she (inaccurately) states that Onion was the one who was trapped on Homeworld, not Lars, she explains that she “must be thinking of a different timeline.” it is suggested that jumping from timeline to timeline by being “random” was affecting her current memories as well.

So what if that’s the case with the shattering?

It makes sense now that all the contradictions exist. For all we know, she might not have even seen Pink Diamond or the moment of shattering, but something so unpredictable, so unforseen even by her, that it skewed her memories of that day...

But what happened then, if Garnet is wrong? What happened at the palanquin? What did the other witnesses see?

They saw the same thing Garnet claimed to see, which is Rose Quartz attacking Pink Diamond with her sword. The sword that “... can cut through a Gem's physical form in an instant! Destroying the body, but never the Gem.”

So, if Rose really did attack her with her sword, what then happens to Pink Diamond?

Poof. Big cloud of smoke, and her gem is gone from the scene, along with Rose.

Leaving the witnesses to believe she was shattered.

So now Rose Quartz has a poofed Pink Diamond. What does she intend to do with her? What would you do if you were trying to save the earth and took a gem queen hostage? 

A trade.The earth for Pink Diamond.

Now, we’ve seen this mural twice now. First, in the actual pyramid temple episode, “Serious Steven”, but most people miss the second time, in the episode “Steven’s Dream”, which reiterates that, yes, this is important. And, conveniently, it’s next to the picture of the palanquin, where the alleged shattering happened.

So what is this mural, and for that matter, what is the pyramid temple?

Well, this mural is a depiction of the trade off that happened between Rose Quartz and another, clearly powerful gem.

So what exactly is happening here? Who is this gem?

The gem on the right appears to be in an offensive position, firing diamond shape projectiles straight at the poofed Pink Diamond. This. Is the true moment of shattering. 

Yes, Rose Quartz did attack her at the palanquin with her sword,

 and she is the one who brought her to this gem, which is why Rose felt guilty about Pink Diamond’s demise. However this gem depicted in the mural is the true shatterer. So who is she?

Well, I think I have a pretty solid answer, but first, let’s take a quick look at the temple that houses the fateful mural one more time.

The design of the temple indicates a few things: 

A. It is locked from the outside, using a pyramid key that Garnet possessed, and the temple seems untouched before then.

B. All rooms in the upper temple are designed as deathtraps for whoever enters the temple, and all the rooms lead to the central hall in order to disorient any trespassers.

C. The gem manifests the platforms around it out of light, and powers the mechanism that keeps the rooms moving.

D. The gem depicted in the mural has markings on its face that resemble the face of the obelisk holding the gem.

So, what does that mean for the temple? Simple.

It is a prison meant to hold the gem in the obelisk, and is meant to trap anyone attempting to retrieve it. So what was the crime this gem was imprisoned for?

This gem is the one shown in the central mural, the gem who shattered Pink.

So, who the heck is this gem? How did they end up in here? Why was this gem secretly imprisoned while Rose takes the blame and guilt for Pink’s demise?

Only a select few gems have had powers involving light, that being Pearl, and the pyramid temple gem. And one more new one.

White Diamond.

There is very little we know about White Diamond, mainly because we haven’t seen her or even gotten a namedrop yet. However, the few images of her we do have actually reveal quite a lot when compared to what we know about this Pyramid gem. 

Firstly is the shape and size of her gem. In the first image we see of her it is clear that her gem is a perfectly square diamond.

This is reiterated in the recent episode “Your Mother and Mine” in Garnet’s flashback.

Secondly, let’s take a look at her hair. She full super saiyan over here. And the only other gem we have seen depicted this way is the gem shown in the mural. (with exactly 5 spikes.)

Third, and my final note on design is LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THIS DANG GEM.

 We haven’t seen any (non-fusion) gems that are even close to big enough to have a gem like this other than the Diamonds. 

As well, the way the obelisk is holding the gem is almost identical to how White Diamond is depicted holding (what we theorize is) Homeworld. 

And if that’s not enough for you, I have even more evidence linking White Diamond to this temple

The first and only time we have seen the surface of Homeworld, which is the first time we see solid evidence of White Diamond’s authority on Homeworld, the pyramid gets a call back.

Right between what appears to be a statue of White Diamond and the Courthouse, are what appears to be more Pyramid Temples, or prison chambers as we theorized the original temple to be. Which makes sense, because they are right beside the place where trials are held and overseen by the highest authority on Homeworld.

But wait! If White Diamond has this huge statue here and seems to still be leading Homeworld, then how was she in the temple??

You see, someone else had found out what had transpired between Rose and White Diamond. Someone with the authority to cover it up afterwards.

Wasn’t Yellow Diamond acting strange during the trial? And even stranger that White Diamond was not present for the trial of another Diamond’s alleged murder? Yellow Diamond seemed to know something, and wanted to end the trial quickly. 

Why would that be? Because she knows the truth about the shattering. However, she couldn’t allow Homeworld to find out that their all perfect leader was now gone, along with Pink Diamond, suddenly cutting down the four leaders to two. They had already had a rebellion on Earth, and if Homeworld lost it’s leader the gems there could rise up as well.

So after White was imprisoned (Most likely BY Yellow Diamond) Yellow became the highest authority of Homeworld, unbeknownst to even Blue Diamond. How do I know this? Simple. The switch from Era 1 to Era 2.

Era one lasted thousands of years, marked by beautiful structures, powerful and unique soliders, and an emphasis on magic.

After the rebellion Homeworld’s aesthetic changed to a more technological, mechanical feel, cranking out tons of gem soldiers with reduced abilities. The equipment changed from magical artifacts to technological advancements such as the destabilizers and limb enhancers. 

These changes didn’t come out of nowhere. It’s almost as if the leadership of the whole planet was changed drastically all of a sudden. Changed to reflect the traits of a new leader. A leader with the powers of electricity, perhaps?

This even explains why Yellow planted the cluster.  It would emerge, destroying the planet and the last remaining evidence of the Big Diamond Betrayal. Wrapping everything up nice and neat, and preventing anyone from uncovering the truth.

So what does that mean for the future of Steven Universe? Will we ever see White Diamond in the flesh (or rather, light)? Who’s to say. But we now have a lot of new evidence pointing to her existence and the truth about Pink Diamond’s shattering. And if White Diamond really is the Pyramid gem, we may just see her again. 

I’d love to hear your theories or comments, or any inconsistencies you find with this theory!

TL:DR White Diamond shattered Pink and now Yellow runs Homeworld