There has been a lot of hate for Pearl in today’s episode, but let’s just get some clarity on the situation.
“Some lost, defective Pearl.” Jasper said this in “The Return,” and unfortunately, it was an accurate statement.
Pearl is not a Gem that was ever built for combat. She took to the sword for Rose and Rose alone. She didn’t care about the planet or even her own existence. All she wanted was for Rose to be safe. She would do anything for the Gem that made her feel like she was everything.
I’m not saying this kind of devotion is healthy, but I think that’s the point. Pearl is lost without Rose. She was considered defective by her fellow Gems when she decided to fight and she is still considered defective.
We saw in today’s episode, that Rose has had many other human “phases,” and I’m sure that Pearl was agonizing with each one.
With the appearance of Greg, Pearl is forced to watch as Rose slowly slips through her fingers and connects with humans in a way Pearl doesn’t want to understand.
After all, Pearl didn’t fight for the humans. She didn’t care about their planet. Rose was her entire reason for protecting earth.
Greg says its torture to love someone, and at that moment, I’m sure no one understood that better than Pearl.
Sure she was mean to Greg, but in doing so, she was masking her panic, her pain, and trying to convince herself that Greg was just another phase.
So cut Pearl a little slack guys, she’s hurting too.
“Everything I ever did, I did for her. Now she’s gone…but I’m still here.”
pearl is havin some of the best character development so far and im like super stoked about it
I just thought this was cute, because it looks to me that aside from Steven using his chin to help, he folds in a similar way to Pearl. Their piles even look similar, compared to the others
which makes me think Steven learned to fold clothes from Pearl, similar to how he learned to organize his toys from her too. Which makes sense, since she seems to have a passion for this sort of thing. I just think its cute, I like the idea of Steven picking up all these mundane habits from the Gems, like you do when you spend so much time around people,
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