Hey everyone, this is Hailey from Cartoon Universe, and with all this talk about Pink
Diamond lately, I started thinking about the gems that were made for each of the diamonds.
As it has become clear over the course of the series, gems are typically allotted to
each of the diamonds based on their gem color.
It's interesting how well this has worked out thus far in the series because it appears
that the color of the gem is determined by the color of the rock the injectors are placed
on.
So, did the diamonds just happen to choose planets that would make the color of gems
that suited them best?
It's more likely that after gems were created they were given to a certain diamond based
on their color.
But anyways, as I was saying, we have seen that gems are for the most part divided by
what color their gem is.
At least this was the case before PD was shattered and threw off this way of organizing gems.
So Yellow Diamond gets yellow and green gems, blue diamond gets blue gems, and pink actually
got quite a few colors of gems such as pink, red, orange, and purple gems.
But Haileyyyyyyy what about Rubies in the Answer?
And those other gems in the background are also red!
Well, as for the rubies, they are stated to be common foot soldiers.
We know that the Ruby Squad belongs to Yellow Diamond and the rubies we saw in the Answer
were Blue's.
So, they might be an exception to this rule.
As for the background gems, I am not sure.
This was after PD's shattering so perhaps this is where many of her court gems went.
Blue Diamond may have obtained PD's red as well as purple gems while YD got orange and
maybe even pink gems.
Or maybe they are just background characters and we shouldn't be paying too much attention
to their colors.
And you might be quick to notice that I am missing someone here.
That is, of course, White Diamond, the last diamond yet to be revealed.
We know so little about her, and that brings me to the point of today's theory.
Where exactly are her gems?
As the supposed leader of the diamond authority with the most colonies out of any of the diamonds,
surely we must have seen at least some of her gems by now.
But have we seen any gems with the white diamond emblem on their clothing?
Nope, not really, except if you count Amethyst in Gem Heist.
When she shapeshifts, she decided the best color diamond to put on her clothing would
be white!
And no gem at the Zoo notices.
Of course there were many warning signs that made these visitors to the Zoo suspicious
which Holly blue ignored.
But seeing as nobody noticed the coloration of the diamond on her clothing, this might
in fact support my conclusion which I will get to later.
And since we know Amethyst was originally for PD, I can really only guess at what color
gemstones White Diamond would have, well except for white ones of course.
There is gray and maybe even black and brown although it seems the crew tries to avoid
human skin colors when making gems.
Of course, Rose Quartz breaks this rule so perhaps anything goes.
So thinking about gems with that color, there are actually two corrupted ones that come
to mind.
First is Snowflake Obsidian which Bismuth mentioned.
This gem is black with white spots on it.
And then there is the gem in the Obelisk from Serious Steven.
It is diamond in shape so that's an interesting choice.
It actually might not be corrupted and is just a gem-controlled object like Lapis was.
Something to note however, is that these were probably both Crystal Gems.
We have yet to see any gems of this variety that are still loyal to WD.
And with one exception, we have yet to see any non-corrupted gems have a gemstone of
one of these colors.
With the one exception being Pearl of the Crystal Gems, as many of you were probably
eager for me to point out.
Every time I talk about her I have to mention that there are still so many mysteries surrounding
her origin.
The biggest one being who she was made for.
But I should note that Mykal recently made a video about this very topic.
Hint hint, he said it was a diamond.
I do recommend checking that video out if you haven't already since it does switch things
up a bit from the usual thought that Pearl was always owned by WD.
However, let's get back to the topic at hand.
Let's assume Pearl was in fact a gem made for white diamond.
Besides gem placement, a common point that is brought up supporting this theory is that
her skin color matches White Diamond's quite well.
Technically it's more of an ivory color than completely white, so I will be calling it
that.
So then, that's one gem made for White Diamond.
And that's it.
It's very much possible that we just haven't seen any of the gems yet since we have had
no interaction with White Diamond.
But even on Homeworld none of the off colored gems had gemstones that were unusual in color
or could be compared to the Crystal Gem Pearl.
Perhaps this mystery is closely related to another question the show currently has.
Where is white Diamond?
Some people answer that by saying that she is no longer around, or does not wish to be
bothered anymore or is dealing with things way beyond what the other diamonds are dealing
with.
And therefore she gathered up every single gem that belonged to her that was currently
outside and brought them with her to wherever she went.
This would be a whole lot of gems so this doesn't make too much sense.
Or, since her mural does depict her most likely holding Homeworld in her hands, and she has
a huge structure dedicated to her image on Homeworld itself, it is very possible that
all of her gems are on Homeworld, and we just didn't see any yet.
Not even the off colors seem to have a light colored gem that is close to Pearl's in color.
Or for a slightly different explanation, White diamond tasks her gems to explore the galaxy
and look for new colonies, which is why it wasn't much of a surprise to see an Amethyst
with a white diamond insignia on her clothing.
She does have the largest number of colonies, after all.
However, this does bring me to my final option that I have thought of, and I like this option
because it is very interesting.
And that is the possibility that every gem is White Diamond's gem.
She is, as I said earlier, the gem with the most colonies.
I wouldn't be surprised if she was the tallest and most powerful gem in existence.
She can call on any gem at any time and ask them to do any task for her, no matter their
coloration.
White light is after all, the mixture of all wavelengths of visible light.
So when it is separated by using a prism, different colors of light are dispersed.
And perhaps Pearl looks the way she does so she could look as close to her diamond as
possible.
Therefore, making these two the only gems of importance with this coloration in the
show.
That last bit might be a stretch since in real life there are so many gems that are
white or ivory in color, so it is likely that there will be other important gems soon that
have this coloration.
But we will have to wait and see what diamond they are loyal to.
Yet, we have few examples in the show thus far about gems like this, so the theory stands
at the moment.
What do you think about the absence of gems loyal to White Diamond, or to have similar
coloration in the show thus far?
Is it just coincidence, or is it very deliberate?
Let me know in the comments section!
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