I just realized how Rose died.
Iāve only been in the fandom for a few months now but I just realized how Rose Quartz died. See the show and the fandom always talk about how she gave up her physical form to be half of Steven. And I think a lot of people get confused by what she meant.
Like Iāve seen a lot of fanart, metas, theories, etc. which suggest that Rose actually physically gave up her physical form so that she could transform into part of Steven and keep him alive. In other words, Steven is her reincarnation. (Well, heās half her reincarnation and half of Gregās DNA.)Ā
Which never made sense to me but then again Iām new to the show, so Iāve just sort of gone along with it.Ā
But now Iām here to present you all with a simpler (and ironically, darker) theory.
Steven isnāt a reincarnation of Rose. Steven is just Roseās child. Which is still impressive and groundbreaking since heās the first human-gem hybrid. But heās not a human-gem reincarnation. Heās just their child. All of his powers are inherited from his gem DNA, not from being a reincarnation. Iām going to go so far as to say that even his gem was a product of DNA and not a symbol of the fact that heās Rose 2.0.
āAh, but marauders4evr, the show and Rebecca Sugar are always talking about how Rose gave up her physical form to-ā
According to Rebecca Sugar,Ā āRose shapeshifted a womb for him to be born from.ā
Pretty impressive Gem magic.
According to Amethyst in Stevenās Birthday,Ā āSteven, you canāt just keep stretching forever. If you hold it too long, you could really hurt yourself.ā
It appears that if a gem shapeshifts for a prolonged period of time, theyāll have severe consequences. And we see this even further when Steven doesā¦
Now for some odd reason, that turns Steven back into a baby, but thatās not what Iām getting at. Iām getting at the fact that Stevenās body took an extreme physical toll after just a few hours of shapeshifting. Because, as Amethyst said, prolonged exposure to shapeshifting can cause someone to āreally hurt themselvesā.Ā
Rose Quartz shapeshifted for nine whole months. And thatās not even counting the stretching she did to push Steven out.
When Rebecca Sugar and the show talk about how Rose Quartz gave up her physical form to give birth to Steven, they literally mean that Rose Quartz stretched herself out for such a prolonged period of time that her body (ie: her physical form) eventually faced the consequences and withered away into nothingness.
Stevenās Birthday wasnāt just a filler episode. It was the key to showing us the process by which his mother died.
