so it’s that time again…

rose quartz is the unquestioned stone of love so. yep

when it comes right down to it, to the bare bones of everything… rose isn’t a bad guy. she isn’t a saint either. there is no black and white when it comes to war, there will always be a grey area. rose did some good and some bad things in the name of her cause. taking down one of her kind’s oppressors? good thing. imprisoning one of her comrades for wanting to go further with the overthrowing of their kind’s oppressors? bad thing.

i will never agree with rose bubbling bismuth. especially because she kept it from pearl and garnet. that was undeniably a bad move™️ on her part.

sometimes people lose sight of what’s important when they set out to do something. rose’s mission was “free gems so they can explore their potential and save the earth!” but as we all know, you can’t save everyone. and for whatever reason, the free all gems part of her mission got lost or warped along the way.

maybe because at her core she was still a quartz solider who had shattered her diamond? i’m sure there are lots of people who you could talk to that would say “oh yes, i fought back against someone who oppressed/abused me but it was terrifying and stressful” 

in the case of pearl (sorry for bringing up one of the least favorite cg’s in this but hey, comfort characters amirite?) we can see that letting things go and moving on is not an easy thing for gems. so even though it was the right thing to do, shattering pink diamond probably ate at rose’s psyche for a long time afterward to the point that she snapped and bubbled bismuth without saying a word. maybe she wanted to spare her friend from undergoing the same stress she was under, dragging the immense weight of killing her own creator behind her everywhere for the rest of her existence? doesn’t excuse what she decided or ended up doing.

you can understand someone’s choices without agreeing with them. that’s where rebellion comes in. and that’s where i hope steven unbubbling bismuth and talking to her about the diamonds and what they should do comes in. i doubt steven really understands all the things rose did just yet, especially since the gems tend to keep things from him. but i hope one day he does and he can make his own decisions with that understanding. 

i don’t want steven to be what everyone expects him to be when he’s grown

i want steven to be steven.

happy valentine’s day everyone <3