Iโm reading fic and it just sort of occurred to me that like
idk thereโs obviously always been a big power difference between Rose and Pearl but, like, technicalllyyyyy we never knewย that Rose actually did literally own Pearl, and neither did the other Crystal Gems, until it was revealed that Rose was Pink Diamond but like,ย
this Pearl who is supposedlyย โfreeโ now. She just chooses to follow around a big solider gem and keeps all of her secrets. she wantsย to beย her most trusted companion, loyal to a fault. She throws herself in front of Rose Quartz constantly and puts Rose and Roseโs desires (masking them as her own) before anything else, and none of her friends bat an eye, ever? and i mean, i do know that Pearl is in love with Rose and of course she wants to be everything Rose wants, but itโs kinda hard to separate that from her being designed to provide anything Pink Diamond wants (as long as it is Respectable per Diamondโs standards, of course). i know thereโs complexity to her feelings and i know her feelings of love, specifically, for Rose are real but... that power difference is and always will be yikes.ย
and i understand that the crystal gems were in war but, like, for people who are all on board with a revolution we arenโt shown them questioning the power structure within the movement theyโre fighting, killing, and dying for, which is strange?ย
i mean, at the same time, i definitely donโt expect them to get too into that. it is a kidโs show and thatโs super complicated. iโm just musing donโt get me wrong.ย
but i kinda wonder at the veryย least how weโre never given any indication that Garnet ever questioned Pearlโs relationship to Rose. I mean.... in We Need To Talk, she seems to be more sympathetic to Greg than anything, encouraging him to try to โfuseโ with Rose and ultimately setting them on the course to a real relationship. Maybe she knows Steven is inevitable, maybe she just likes Greg as a person. Maybe sheโs actually hoping this will force Pearl to move on (and, well, eventually it does), but..... idk. Itโs something to think about.ย