Pink Diamond

Appearence

Pink Diamond had bubblegum pink skin, deep pink eyes with diamond-shaped pupils, and pale pink hair. Her hair was styled in a voluminous, fluffy bob around her face. Her lips were accentuated with hot-pink that emulated lipstick. Her gemstone was located on her torso where a human navel would be and appeared in the shape of a convex pentagon (being an inverted-side view of a round-cut diamond). Her physical form's projection was significantly smaller than the other Diamonds but she still towered over lower-ranking Gems. Pink Diamond wore a cerise half-skirted leotard that displayed her midriff and gem in a pentagon-shaped opening. She had pink-and-white puffy sleeves and wore elbow-length cerise gloves. Her half-skirt was also pink-and-white atop cerise un-paned breeches with white pantyhose. Her shoes were pink ballet slippers with floating white pom poms. Her outfit resembled a ballet dancer and harlequin. Regeneration (Debut) After being poofed by Pearl during the climax of the Rebellion, Pink Diamond chose to reform as her rebel alias, permanently adopting the name and identity "Rose Quartz."[1] This was the only time Pink Diamond regenerated with a different form.

personality

Pink Diamond evidently appeared to be bubbly and over-friendly, possessing a worldview much like that of her human son Steven's. She had a bright, positive and adventurous personality that wanted nothing more than to explore and have fun with her fellow Gems. Her growing love for the life on Earth and efforts to save it from the other Diamonds seemingly matured her, even fighting against Homeworld and gathering the Crystal Gems. As seen when she fought as Rose Quartz she was courageous, fighting on the front lines of the war which unfortunately caused heated arguments between her and Pearl. Now We're Only Falling Apart (132) Unlike the other Diamonds and even before rebelling, Pink rejected the Gem hierarchy and was extremely informal with her servants. She treated everyone equally, being somewhat exasperated at Pearl's overly formal nature and instead acting as her friend. She wanted to greet and play around with her Gems emerging on Earth, saying how happy she was to be "fitting in" with the Prime Kindergarten Amethysts without them gesturing through the Gem salute while she posed as a Rose Quartz. As seen in her discussion with Pearl in "A Single Pale Rose", Pink was excited and happy about leaving her life as a Diamond behind, living rather happily with her friends after the war for thousands of years in which she told a younger Greg Universe she never missed her previous home or life. Your Mother and mine When the stories about how she first ruled over Earth as a colony were told, Pink was portrayed by former rebels as being a mercilessly cruel tyrant who callously laughed at Rose Quartz's pleas to spare her colony from eventual destruction, yet a surprisingly massive coward as she immediately called for help from the other Diamonds when faced with outright conflict. It could be implied this would've been true had she gone down a much darker path, though she may have spread these stories herself. As Rose Quartz, she hid her true nature from everyone.

History

Ancient History Pink Diamond was created at an unknown point millennia ago. She was part of a quartet of Diamonds known as the Diamond Authority who ruled all of Gemkind with a strict caste system. In her early days, she wasn't allowed to carry out the typical duties of an actual Diamond, instead, she hosted balls and parties to celebrate the other Diamonds' accomplishments. Pink had a very close relationship with the other Diamonds, at times playing a game in which she would sink below the water and sing while White, Yellow, and Blue would stay above the surface trying to guess the song's name. She was even allowed to name a batch of Pyrite "Fool's Gold," making White furious. However, their relationship was strained by the duties the Diamonds had kept in place of their assumed roles, something that hurt Pink and Blue deeply. At one juncture, Pink watched Yellow send out a fleet of Gems to begin colonizing an inhabited planet at the Moon Base orbiting said planet. Pink was fascinated by the duties of a Diamond but frustrated at the same time because Yellow had numerous colonies and she couldn't have one of her own. After Pink demanded a colony, the two argued. The exchange ended with Pink walking away and angrily smashing one of the Moon Base's windows out of frustration. On another occasion, Pink accompanied Blue to the Kyanite colony and begged her to let her keep the organic worms that lived on the planet, which Blue allowed. However, the worms began infesting the palaces of Homeworld and chased the Pearls around. Because of this, Blue was forced to throw Pink into the Prison Tower and scold her for misbehaving. As revealed in "Change Your Mind", Pink was locked away in the Prison Tower numerous times by Blue over her repeated misdemeanors. 8,000 Years Ago Tired of repeated rejections from Yellow and Blue, Pink directly petitioned White Diamond for a colony of her own. However, White also denied her request, alleging that Pink "wasn't fit to run one."[2]

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Over 6,000 Years Ago An excited Spinel Likely due to her efforts to curb her behavior, after two millennia Yellow and Blue Diamond finally conceded and granted Pink Diamond her request for a colony. Calling via a communication device while Pink was visiting her garden with Spinel, the Diamonds informed Pink that she would be given the planet Earth to develop and rule. During the call Pink was very cognizant of Spinel's childlike excitement at the news and was upset and embarrassed by Spinel's bouncy actions in front of Yellow and Blue. When Pink attempted to exit the garden shortly after the call, Spinel followed, expecting to go with Pink to Earth. However, fearing Spinel's focus on fun and games would jeopardize her chance to seriously run the colony, Pink told Spinel to stay in the garden. Told by Pink that the order was a game, Spinel would be left in Pink's garden, abandoned, for the following 6,000 years. In the early stages of Earth's colonization, Pink was put in charge of all structures built on Earth as well as Gem production in its Kindergartens. She monitored all progress at her local Moon Base with her Pearl, eventually growing bored at the mindless task of waiting for the colony's development. “ Could you imagine that running a colony would be this dull? ” —Pink Diamond, "Now We're Only Falling Apart" When attempts at casual conversation with her Pearl failed to produce results, Pink eventually asked her to check the status of the Prime Kindergarten. When Pearl reported the first Quartz soldiers were emerging, Pink excitedly hopped down to the second floor where Pearl activated the Observation Orb and transformed the room into a real-time projection of the Kindergarten. Initially Pink was ecstatic at the idea that they were "creating life from nothing" but soon wished she could actually be there in person to interact with the newly-emerged Gems. Though Pearl offered to transport her down to the planet's surface.

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21st Century Despite having embraced her new identity as Rose Quartz after re-forming permanently after her "shattering" near the end of the Gem War, she would retain all memories and knowledge of her former life as Pink Diamond until the creation of her son, Steven Universe, in the modern day. She had a peaceful existence with the few remaining uncorrupted Crystal Gems on Earth, eventually settling down at the Gem Temple in Beach City where she would meet and fall in love with Greg Universe. Her conscious mind fully faded when Steven was born, though some memories persisted through strong emotion stored within her Gem as Steven later discovered through empathetic dreams when resting in physical locations where Pink Diamond had experienced strong emotions in the past.

Abilities

As a Diamond, Pink Diamond was one of the most powerful Gems in existence. She possessed standard Gem abilities: bubbling, shapeshifting, fusion, regeneration, agelessness, and superhuman strength/durability. Her other abilities have been shown while she was in the form of Rose Quartz. Unique Abilities Aura Projection: The Diamonds can project an aura around them that they can control; either radiating it from their entire bodies or emit it from specific parts of their bodies like their hands. Pink's aura manifests itself as a solid pink outline emitting pink circular waves. Though not much is known of her aura, Steven was able to use it to convince Blue and Yellow Diamond that he was Pink Diamond reincarnated. Corruption Induction: Though it could have been her hatred for the Diamonds talking, Bismuth initially believed Pink Diamond corrupted the remaining Gems on Earth, so it is possible that she had this power like the other Diamonds. Corruption Reversal: It was revealed (through Steven) that Pink Diamond, along with the other Diamonds, could reverse the corruption of a Gem. The corruption was reversed on the water of her fountain in "Change Your Mind". Gemstone Creation: Through using her breath and bare hands, Pink Diamond was able to create non-sentient gemstones and gemstone shards with dirt.[8] She utilized this ability to fake her death by making gemstone shards mimicking the appearance of her own, but in shattered form. Pebble Animation: As implied in "Familiar", Pink Diamond's tears can bring inanimate stones to life. Sonic Scream: Referred as one of her "destructive powers," according to Pink Pearl in "Volleyball", Pink Diamond had a "scream that could crack the walls," as well as cause permanent damage to a Gem's physical form, Pink Pearl being the prime example of this. A similar destructive scream is also demonstrated by Gem Steven against White Diamond and her mind-controlled Gems in "Change Your Mind", since Gem Steven's scream was able to crack.

skillset

Enhanced Regeneration: Although Gems can generally reform with minimum variations to their form, Pink Diamond was able to reform permanently with the appearance of a different Gem type without negative repercussions. Spaceship Piloting: Pink Diamond had a spaceship only she was capable of controlling. According to Pearl, she wasn't a very graceful pilot, at least when it came to liftoff. Juggling: In "Familiar", Pearl said that Pink Diamond used to throw "massive balls", and Steven believed that Pearl was being literal and that Pink Diamond was a juggler. Pearl denied this for a second until she restated that Pink actually did juggle balls. This was proven further in "Together Alone", when Steven had a dream where he was Pink Diamond and juggling bubbles of miscellaneous objects. Party-Planning: Before Pink Diamond gained her colony, she used to throw balls, aka parties, in the Diamond Ballroom to mark the the many accomplishments of the Diamonds.

Legacy

Earth was Pink Diamond's first and only colony. She had control over a court which included Agates, Sapphires, and her own personal Pearl. Many Gems were created on the planet, including Amethysts, Jaspers, and the new type of Quartzes: Rose Quartzes. Gems regarded Pink Diamond very highly, creating a mural of her at the Moon Base. After she expressed to them her desire to preserve Earth's lifeforms, the other Diamonds constructed a zoo for Pink to keep humans. Blue Diamond was involved in Earth's colonization, arriving on Earth to help fight the Rebellion when it was still only a small problem. After Pink Diamond was believed to be shattered, the other Diamonds mourned her death in different ways; Blue Diamond fell into a deep depression and sought to preserve everything she could of Pink Diamond, while Yellow Diamond developed a simmering rage and sought to destroy all reminders of her in an unsuccessful attempt to feel better; White Diamond retreated inward, 'never leaving her head and never letting anyone else in'. Even thousands of years later many Gems still continue to grieve her loss; "Eyeball" states that what seemed to have happened to her was a tragedy and Jasper fought the Crystal Gems in the present day in her honor, even choosing to mutate rather than accept help from her supposed killer as a final act of loyalty. While the Diamonds and older Gems remembered Pink very well, it appeared that in the case of the former they tried to censor anything involving her and her death to Gemkind since newer Gems like "Leggy" and Peridot 5XG weren't really aware of Pink Diamond's existence, or by extension that of the Crystal Gems. Pink Diamond's Zoo in the present day, now owned and operated by Blue Diamond, is the central hub for all things related to Pink. Most of the surviving Gems created on Earth, even the defective ones, help maintain and guard the facility and humans are still kept there under good conditions.

relationships

Pearl was Pink Diamond's servant, though Pink Diamond was informal with her and treated her like an equal and friend. She took Pearl's suggestion to shapeshift into Rose Quartz for a day, showing she valued her opinion. She also complimented Pearl on her intelligence and good ideas. Pink Diamond appeared to be slightly exasperated at Pearl's overly formal nature as well. In the early days of the Rebellion, Pearl asked Pink Diamond (as Rose Quartz) to tell her to stop having her own imagination. Pink Diamond (as Rose Quartz) told her to never stop, showing she wanted Pearl to have free will. This moment leads them to almost fuse into Rainbow Quartz. Later, in order to free both of them and live freely on Earth, Pink Diamond asked Pearl to help her stage her own death while making it look like "Rose Quartz" was the culprit. Blue Diamond “ Oh, Pink. I'm sorry... I'm so sorry... I should've done more. Yellow says it'll all be over soon. I wonder what you would think. This is your planet, after all. I still think it is. ” —Blue Diamond, "Steven's Dream" Now We're Only Falling Apart (300) Pink pleading with Blue to spare the Earth. Blue Diamond describes her relationship with Pink Diamond to be "very close" and continues to grieve her death even thousands of years later. During one of Steven's dreams, he observed a conversation between Pink and Blue, with Blue lecturing Pink about not putting excuses as to why Earth's colonization should cease, but also changed her tone and assured her that she should not worry about the Rebellion when Pink was visibly upset. One of Blue Diamond's goals is to preserve as much of Pink Diamond's legacy as possible, including maintaining her Zoo, keeping her "defective" Gems in service, and keeping every Rose Quartz Gem bubbled rather than shattering them, as Pink Diamond had made that type of Gem. “ First there were too many organics, and then their cities were too difficult to dismantle, and- and now these Crystal Gems? We're tired.

relasonships (Yellow)

Yellow Diamond seems to view her relationship with Pink Diamond as very close since Yellow admits that she still loves and is always thinking about Pink despite her stern demeanor. As mentioned in "Familiar", Pink could always make Yellow laugh, but the latter also was envious of the former's relationship with White. Unlike Blue Diamond, Yellow would rather destroy all reminders of Pink and move on. A small extract of Pink and Yellow Diamond's relationship was shown in "Jungle Moon": While Pink was excited about the colonization process of a new planet, her constant questioning and tantrums began to annoy Yellow, causing her to snap in frustration at Pink. In "Together Alone", Yellow was the one to manhandle Stevonnie and lock them in the tower, under the assumption that they were Pink, implying that this kind of procedure was not at all uncommon between them. Yellow eventually conceded entrusting the colonization of Earth to Pink Diamond and seeking to assist her during the Rebellion. Similarly with Blue, Pink believed Yellow never cared about her: Yellow would always command that all organic life on colonized planets be swept aside in the name of Gems' progress, whereas Pink developed a fondness for the life that already existed on Earth and rebelled against Homeworld for the sake of preserving it. Pink believed that Yellow wouldn't care if she was gone, leading to Pink faking her shattering.

relasonships (white)

Based on White Diamond's conversation with Steven, who she believed to be Pink, Pink's relationship with White is similar to a mother or grandmother, receiving the endearing nickname "Starlight". According to Blue Diamond, White became furious when she renamed a group of Pyrites "Fool's Gold". However, she doesn't take Pink seriously and treats her like a child, including her actions on Earth as one of her "games". In "Change Your Mind", White revealed that she sees Pink as her idea of imperfection, whereas she sees herself as perfect. She acts in a cruel manner stating that Pink "makes problems" and insists that she does not believe Pink fits her idea of perfection, but still wants Pink to "be herself". Despite this, White does express anguish at the revelation that releasing Steven's gem would never return Pink to her. In "I Am My Monster", White Diamond expresses deep remorse for the way she hurt Pink, believing this is the cause of Pink going on to hurt others as well.

relasonships (spinel)

After losing her first Pearl, Spinel was given to Pink to act as her new best friend and keep her entertained. At first, Pink treasured her but as time went on, she gradually grew apart from the oblivious Spinel. After Pink was given the Earth, Spinel wanted to accompany her but Pink wanted to keep Spinel from following her out of the garden. To that end, Pink tricked her into playing a game where she must stand still and wait for her return. Spinel obeyed and remained there for over six thousand years, only to discover that Pink Diamond went on with her life without her. Spinel quickly came to despise Pink Diamond and anything related to her after she learned of how she was deceived. Steven Universe Steven is her son who she passed her gemstone to. He originally thought Pink Diamond was shattered by his mother "Rose Quartz," not knowing the two were the same individual. Steven was shown to be emotionally distraught over the thought that his mother would shatter someone and initially denied it. When he learns that his mother was Pink Diamond, he is relieved that she didn't shatter anyone, but now struggles to deal with the repercussions of her sometimes thoughtless previous actions. Despite having made peace with being his own person and not his mother, Steven would still deal with seeing parallels to her in the worst possible ways: inadvertently causing destructive tantrums, shunning his inner circle of friends, and even repressing his own negative thoughts. Eventually Steven’s inner negativity spirals to the realization that he is similar if not even worse than her, viewing himself as a monster.

relasonships (garnet)

Along with many other Gems, Garnet believed Rose's fabricated origin story and thought of Pink Diamond as cruel and a coward. Despite being Garnet's close friend, Rose never revealed to Garnet that she was secretly Pink Diamond. Upon discovering the truth, she was unable to handle the emotional stress from the revelation and unfused. "Now We're Only Falling Apart" shows that it was Garnet who inspired Pink Diamond to make the Earth a home for outcast Gems.

relasonships (Amethyst and the Famethyst)

Despite her eventual decision to put an end to Kindergarten activities on Earth, Pink Diamond cared deeply for every Gem that was created on it. She was excited to join them while they were going about their duties. When one Amethyst burst out of the ground, she walked up to her disguised as Rose Quartz and joyfully welcomed her to Earth. Her kindness was indeed appreciated, though the Quartz soldiers not knowing any better, would rudely push their disguised leader aside if she got in their way. Long after the Rebellion ended and Homeworld was driven off of Earth, a single overcooked Amethyst emerged from the Prime Kindergarten and was eventually discovered by Rose and the remaining Crystal Gems. Despite her apparent defect, Rose welcomed her into their team and assured her that she was fine the way she is.

relasonships (pink Pearl)

Pink Pearl was Pink Diamond's original Pearl before the Crystal Gem's Pearl was given to her. Like with our Pearl, Pink Diamond was informal with her and treated her as a friend rather than a servant. After Pink was denied a colony by the other Diamonds, Pink threw a tantrum which resulted in Pink Pearl being badly hurt by accident and her physical form being permanently damaged. With some emotional support from Pearl, she decided that Pink was not good for her and caused her much pain, letting her begin to let go of the trauma and stress she faced for Pink.

relasonships (pebbles)

Pink is implied to have had a very close relationship with the Pebbles, who were created through her tears. She also treated them well, as the Pebbles take Steven telling them "Thank you" as confirmation that he is Pink. It is also implied that she often joked with them, as one of the Pebbles said "Very funny, Pink" when Steven asks who they are, and another one states that she always played games.

relasonships (Greg)

Greg Universe was the romantic partner of Pink Diamond when she was disguised as Rose Quartz. After Greg found out "Rose" was Pink Diamond in "The Question", he admitted that her former identity didn't change his feelings towards her. He says he fell in love with Rose Quartz, just like how she fell in love with Mr. Universe (not Gregory DeMayo).

relasonships (Jasper)

Jasper was one of Pink Diamond's subordinates and had remained devoted to avenging her thousands of years after her alleged shattering. Jasper was shown to clearly care for her, even shouting out her allegiance to her Diamond as she corrupts. After learning that Steven possesses Pink Diamond's gemstone, Jasper's opinion appears to be unchanged, saying she does not see Pink and Steven as the same. After Steven shatters her, Jasper is healed and sees Steven not as Pink herself, but someone else, her Diamond.

relasonships (eyeball)

Eyeball" was the most prominent eyewitness of Pink Diamond's apparent shattering and refers to it as a tragedy. She also is shown to have a respect and appreciation for her Diamond, due to fighting against the Crystal Gems and Rose Quartz so tenaciously.

Trivia

Pink and White Diamonds' gemstones are very similar in appearance, excluding colors and orientations. They are however differently shaped, with Pink Diamond's gemstone being more geometric and White Diamond's gemstone being slightly more rounded. A gemstone in the same shape as Pink Diamond's is pictured on the currency in Beach City. Her mural in the Moon Base showed her as having larger, more jagged hair instead of the smaller and fluffier hair she had in person. She was also given more angular features, something likely done for design purposes. She is the first known Gem to openly rebel against Homeworld. She is the only known Diamond to have shapeshifted. She is the only Gem shown to rotate their gemstone via shapeshifting. She and her own Spinel are the only two Gems shown to have changed the rotation of their gemstones via regeneration. When Steven's Gem was separated from his human body during "Change Your Mind", the first form his Gem displays during regeneration is that of Pink Diamond's original form, followed by Rose Quartz, and finally settling on Pink Steven. As Gems cycle through all iterations of their prior forms before regeneration,[9] this proved that Pink Diamond had only reformed once in her entire existence (not including Steven's birth). The Moon Base was created for Pink Diamond. Most of the ancient Gem ruins on Earth have the Pink Diamond symbol, such as the Ancient Sky Arena. In many cases they appear shattered or in bad condition, symbolizing her supposed violent death, though it is unknown whether this is coincidental symbolism or intentional vandalism. In "Rose's Scabbard", Rose told Pearl that they could never go home if they win the Rebellion, despite Rose Quartzes being exclusively produced on Earth. According to Rebecca Sugar, it was intended to foreshadow her true identity as Pink Diamond.[10] Pink Diamond is sometimes represented with pink flowers resembling those in the mallow family, such as a hibiscus or hollyhock.

her gemstone

Pink Diamond's gemstone is located on her navel. It is in the shape of an upside down, five-sided diamond similar in appearance to the side view of a Round Brilliant Diamond Cut. A dark pink ring placed between the crown and the pavilion is visible only when poofed.