The diamonds. So pretty and colored. Some notes below the cut
Blue Diamond: The most notable thing I changed was her weird hairstyle that wrapped around her neck. I tried multiple hairstyles but none really seemed to look well. I removed it entirely, and made her seem more like a grieving mother. hardly strung together. I also gave her more detail around her dress, extending outward like a jellyfish.
Blue's personality is also still relatively the same. She's a lot more vain and brutal with punishments, grieving. Once Steven arrives she pushes a lot of that grief onto him. She shows him all that Homeworld has to offer in an attempt to force him to stay. Taking him to Pink's favorite places, she finds a sense of comfort. She's rather blunt, unknowingly so. She calls out Pink and Steven on their flaws easily. Her and Yellow work as a unit, both always together in some way, dependent after Pink dies. Shes shorter than Yellow, Taller than Pink and Steven. Gems worship her for emotional intelligence and perseverance.
Yellow Diamond: Her outfit in the show is horrendous I'm SORRY. I love Rebecca but she needs to give Yellow some SAUCE. Her color palette was muddy and blended together way too easily. I gave her a more greek motif as I designed her imagining a golden war general. I leaned a lot more towards her debut design before it was eventually changed, she looked her best there imo.
Yellow is intelligent and somewhat emotionally withdrawn. After Pink's death she throws herself into work, creating a sustainable way to exude their energy, and creating life. It's difficult to find her in a good mood, that is until Steven returns. She lightens up, her court finds her a bit more delightful to be around. She points Pink and Steven out on their flaws as well, but somewhat conceals it instead of saying things directly. At a time she was afraid she'd break Steven once again. Her and Blue work as a unit, always together. Gems worship her for Strength and Courage before heading into battle.
Pink Diamond: I loved her clown motif, but it felt unfitting for my au at least. I gave her the biggest redesign of all, giving her a princess motif to represent her spoiled personality becoming something soft and reformed before her eventual 'death'. She's still as curious and loving as the Pink/Rose we knew later in her life. I wanted her dress to foreshadow Rose's later on, but more clean and symmetrical.
Pink is what her fellow diamonds would call, a Fireball of emotions. Every emotion of hers is big, loud, and subsequently everyone's problem. Her bursts of energy have been responsible for more than half the damage Homeworld tends to receive. After her first Pearl is taken away, her personality shifts and becomes more mellow and soft. Her powers change, she can heal instead of destroy. Pearl and Pink fight their way out of Homeworld via the rebellion, until Pink is eventually 'shattered'. She misses Yellow and Blue for the first few years, but the idea of White seeing her is too much for her. She loves them, but cutting them off completely is the only way she sees out of their cultish lifestyle. Gems worship her for Beauty and Healing.
Steven!!: Doesn't he look so pretty in his Mama's dress? His hair is tied back into a puffy bun to resemble her rosey hair.
Steven is found out during Garnet's wedding, and goes to Homeworld to speak to White. He doesn't go alone, however, he's taken to her by the Diamonds. I don't want to reveal too much about White until I reveal her, but just know it doesn't go well. Steven finds himself stuck in Homeworld after a final confrontation with her, and he tries to learn more Gem Lore and history on the broken planet. He's rather uncomfortable with Blue and Yellow, with nobody there to support him he finds talking to them difficult. He's given his court soon after his confrontation, and oddly feels more isolated. He constantly sneaks out to find ways home, making it back before anyone could ever notice. Steven is now worshipped for Rejuvenation and Reincarnation, along with Beauty and Healing (I think Steven is very pretty in human standards.)
if you read this far here's your cookie 🍪. White's design will be revealed soon.















