AJ Universe has 10 letters Yellow Diamond has 13 letters Conspiracy Series has 16 letters. Add them all together you get 39 Pink Diamond had only one colony. 39+1=40 There are four diamonds. 40/4=10 Including Lapis, Peridot, Steven, and Garnet unfused, there are seven active Crystal gems. 10-7=3 3 sides to a triangle. AJ Universe is Onion Diamond confirmed.
Personally I think one strong possibility is that Pink Diamond may have started to see Rose as being in the right and expressed interest in making some sort of peace treaty. Which Yellow would absolutely abhor and view as Pink being a traitor to Homeworld. In this scenario I'd suggest that what may have happened is that Rose showed up for a negotiation with Pink, which is how she got so close without opposition. But Yellow Diamond launched an ambush, causing Rose to believe Pink had betrayed her and then shattered her. Yellow then covered up the whole thing.
I can't bring myself to see yellow diamond as the big bad guy of the story or the war, especially since the first personal things we learn about her is the song "what the use of feeling blue". This song is clearly a question she ask for herself. She said she missed pink diamond and "what the use of feeling ?" is what she think about herself in regards of the event.To me this song was also meant to show us that yellow diamond cared about pink diamond.
Keerya 👏👏👏 This is why I don't think Yellow played a part in Pink's death (at least, intentionally). Why would you kill someone and then mourn their death?
Keerya No body is a villain in their own minds. You can do something despicable for the greater good. Having a defective diamond will undermine their authority and possible start another civil war on one of their colonies. Killing pink diamond and destroying the rebellion once and for all and trying to suppress the information about it, is a good choice despite how inhuman it is. You can wrong someone greatly despite caring about them, if you think they be better off by doing so. Though I'm not to sure about this theory though since it feels like only an excuse for Blue Diamond to be redeemed.
I think a few thousand years is more than enough time for Yellow Diamond to start to have second thoughts about what she did, and regret having helped to shatter Pink Diamond (assuming she did help).
Yeah but if it is really a question of incompetence from pink diamond then yellow diamond would had the support of the two other diamond, don't forget blue diamond ordered the immediat shattering of ruby just for having accidentally fuse with sapphire. If a diamond think an other one fail to her job, I think they would all discuss it, I don't see a reason for treason between diamonds
Keerya well I'm not to good on the pink shattering timeline but I think blue did that because pink was just killed... When someone you love is killed I like to think your first emotion is anger. Because you want revenge. We know gems live a long life so even though it might have been hundred of years after pink death because they are ageless she could have still been in that revenge stage making blue super Cray cray😋
I would think that yellow being the one to shatter PD would be to obvious because of her behavior in trail... I don't think she shattered her i think she knows something about it tho.. Or she planned it but not necessarily shatter PD herself
I can agree with the reasons for why pink diamond died, but i don't think yellow did it. She seems to have cared for pink diamond just as much a blue, but is going through her grief in a different way. She's trying to pretend she never existed, erasing every trace of pink diamond because the one time she talked about pink diamond in "what's the use of feeling" she ended up breaking down crying just like blue diamond was. The trial makes more sense to me when you see it from the perspective that she is trying to forget pink diamond and move on. And here comes this lowly gem not only dragging out the whole situation, but then has the audacity to blame her for killing her beloved sister. She's on edge because this trial is forcing her to face a situation that she's been avoiding for thousands of years. Yellow reminds me a lot of myself in that we both don't really bother with grieving because all it does is hold you back from getting work done. If i were in that trial, i would've reacted the exact same way
1-She didn't cry 2-That could've been remorse instead of grief 3-Her attitude during the trial leads more towards the trying to hide something attitude
I agree. It seems like the crewniverse is specifically shoving it in our face that it was Yellow, trying to make us think it was her. But I wouldn't be surprised at all if Yellow either had nothing to do with Pink's death, or she knows what happens and is trying to protect Blue. Also, I agree that Yellow is dealing with her grief for all the reasons you gave. She was clearly upset at the end of "What's the Use of Feeling Blue" and it seemed genuine. All in all, I believe the crew is purposely portraying Yellow as the guilty party.
what do you think about the grief yellow diamond showed towards pink diamond during the zoo arc? I'm not trying to bring up a counter point it's just something that I found curiouse especially if she was in part responsible for her shattering
MyTampon is Leaking it's all right I don't mind a rant as they usually make more points to discuss. idk I could still see yellow being involved somehow as it's not unheard of to hear family kill family lol. if anything I think it would add a lot to the story if she was involved somehow. But at the end of the "blue" song she seemed to be holding back a lot of emotion. if she wasn't involved like you think it probably justifies her anger towards rose quarts. But if she was involved it paints her to more of a guilt ridden character than a sad one. either way I can't wait till we finally get some answers XD
ThumbsUp1214. Athough I don't think yellow was putting up a facade in the zoo arc, when blue diamond cried (it might be an empathy emitter) yellow diamond barely cried. I'm not saying it proves her guilt, but it shows resiliance to empathy for the situation.
Who killed pink diamond? levels of bluff: 1. Rose did it 2. Yellow diamond did it 3. Blue diamond did it, YD was just being herself at the trial 4. Pink diamond killed herself to secretly support the rebellion 5. Pink diamond faked her death in cooperation with rose 6. Eyeball did it and told everyone it was rose in order to support her takeover of homeworld 7. Eyeball and rose cooperated 8. Psych! Rose quartz is pink diamond after all. She just changed her gem 9. Bismuth did it and rose took the credit to help her revolution. 10 (bluffception). Onion is the immortal god of Earth and he did it to rid his planet of the aliens, when the onion-shaped beings are the planets true rulers.
Jamie Keely well we don't know much about yellow zircon... just saying it would be to predictable if it were a diamond. what may have happened could be that yellow diamond came to talk her sister and when pink came out, boom she tripped and shattered herself then yellow, not wanting to take fault for the accident blamed rose quartz
This is just another time when I hear the theory and I'm like "NO WAY. NO WAY IN THE UNIVERSE WILL YOU CONVINCE ME, THAT IS NUTS!" and a few minutes later, after listening to the explanation I'm all like " . . . Crap, you convinced me 100%. " (And that is preciselly why I love you and subscribed to you years ago. Good work AJ...! Keep it up...!)
Yellow certainly seemed guilty and you raise good evidence (esp wanting to try out making the cluster and needing a reason, I never thought of it that way before). However I still want it to be pink diamond herself that helped rose. If pink diamond's job is what was previously theorized (creating new gems mostly) then it's entirely possible that she was enamoured by the strange life that she found living on earth just as rose did. Since it's her first colony, if she was going to be sentimental it makes sense that it would happen there. Pink might have wanted to save the planet as well, but known that if she expressed that to the other diamonds she would be seen as defective and a different diamond would begin overseeing the new colony. Only by making the diamonds believe that they were in danger, that the rebels had something that could destroy a diamond, would actually save the planet. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the "murder-mystery" of this season ending up telling us that they are all guilty in some way or another, either planning, being accomplices to, or otherwise helping the "shattering" of pink (I put shattering in quotes because, while I would imagine that homeworld would want some type of proof that pink diamond was shattered, there's the possibility that they simply made it LOOK like she was shattered and rose actually simply has her bubbled or something)
So glad you made a new SU theory video, don't think you realize how much I live for this. However, I like the idea of Yellow just grieving in an opposite way than Blue, so I support the idea of White Diamond being the one behind Pink's death. I agree with what you said about a diamond being embarrassed of Pink though, seems to be a motive that makes sense to me.
Wonder if we'll get to learn exactly what Pink was like, personality-wise? I mean...I speculate that, at one point in the war. She began to understand Rose's motives in protecting earth and its inhabitants. If that is true, it would imply that Pink might've had a gentle heart. Something Yellow might view as a weakness and as something to "dispose" of
Hi AJ. You know, I remember somewhere you mentioned that the time traveling do-dad from season 1 didn't make sense to you. Well, here is a theory to explain it AND create a way for Rose to shatter Pink Diamond. So a big question you presented was "Why didn't the Diamonds use it to change the outcome of the war?" Well, perhaps it was because it was in Rose's possession. If Rose stole it, she could ask Bismuth to create a Breaking Point in the identical shape of her real sword, then after collecting it she went back in time to poof her for suggesting the idea and told her past self she had the sword. Then she would ask the time thing to take her to the exact perfect moment to shatter Pink. Then after she did the deed, she broke it to prevent it and her from being taken by the others there. If you wonder why I say she broke it if it is there for Steven to grab, then let me ask you this: it must have been used before, but then why aren't there any other doubles like what happened with the multiple Stevens? Well what if, by Homeworld's rules, after use of it the traveler must destroy it, and it then ends up back in the room it was found in, but the room is moved to the colony the gem who destroyed it came from. In Rose's case, the room would be acceptable by any Earth warp because she was from Earth. Also, when it is destroyed, it changes shape, so even when the entrance opens after a thousand years, it is a 1 in *insert number of hour glasses in that room here* chance to grab the right one, so not only is it almost impossible to find, even on Homeworld back then, but it is now on Earth out of Homeworld's reach. Chances are, AJ won't see or even bother reading this, but it is just an interesting thought I had and I hope it makes sense. Lastly, if you do see this AJ, you don't have to ask to make a video saying your thoughts on my probably-wrong theory. Just go and make it if you want to! Bye.
I always thought Pink Diamond was the military leader, at least before she was shattered. She had the Quartz soldiers: Amethysts and Jaspers. I believe Yellow Diamond became the military leader because Pink Diamond's role needed to be filled after her shattering.
Rose Quartz yep because on AJ's last video,, everyone called me crazy and had all these reasons that YD didn't shatter PD or Rose did it but we don't know how,, Like it's so obvious she did it (or had a part.)
So I went back to check out the Diamond murals on the moon. And for those who don't already know, each sphere around the diamonds is theorized to be a colony of theirs. White diamond having the most. And I have a slight belief that White Diamond was involved in Pink's assassination because she was afriad she would come to power, or something along those lines. Zircon mentioned how the only person able to get so close to a Diamond or cover up any trace of the assassination would be some with immense power. I believe it would be White Diamond. The murals would suggest she has more power than the others and might even was the first diamond out of the four, due to the amount of colonies she possesses. Along with that fact that if you go back to the murals and look at the patterns you'll see that White's has more more slight detail (for lack of a better work) put into it. Considering Pink's mural has the least amount, and she's relatively the newest diamond that would suggest White was the first. And it probably wouldn't be Yellow or Blue since they show signs of grief and sadness. Unless its regret they actually feel. Blue might feel much more grief towards Pink because she was the second newest Diamond, based on the murals. That would mean Pink would feel like a little sister to her, implying that their creation dates are far apart. Idk just a theory
Luna Oak the end of season 6 or somewhere between season 7 or 8 if we get that far because we need all the diamonds and we need the backstory of the war in full detail to understand what the hell happened cuz right now we don't know nothin cuz right now we believe that Rose did this but now zircons has made us think that one of the diamonds did it and if they throw it back to St Rose Quartz shattered then it's just really a loophole that makes no sense of why redirecting the blame to a diamond in back to rose quartz when she was the main focus of all of it
I quite like the way you put this theory together, certainly it would fit well within the narrative of SU but personally it seems a bit too easy/predictable for Yellow to be responsible just because she was behaving irrationally during 'the Trial'. While it was certainly indicative of knowing something Blue diamond doesn't. Looking back to other episodes the diamonds do seem to legitimately care for each other at the very least and knew they all worked best united. Even during Peridots arc, Yellow lost her cool and wanted to destroy the earth regardless of any possible gain. Of course it was have been out of a desire to wipe any signs of the rebellion of homeworlds history but I believe it was to avenge Pink. Either way great theory.
I wasnt on board with you at first but after seeing your evidence I gotta say im really seeing it and hoping its the case cus it would be super dramatic
I personally believe that Rose, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond & Pink Pearl and CG Pearl all had something to do with Pink Diamond's shattering. If Yellow Diamond had something to do with Pink Diamond's shattering it sure would give the show agency in bringing focus on Jasper & Eyeball Ruby again and cater well towards their redemption/reeducation so I really agree with this. I really want to see Jasper & Eyeball find healthy closure and new life on earth where they have a healthy outlet for expression and fusion, and finding out the Diamond Authority caused the shattering of Pink Diamond, and more specifically the likelihood of Yellow Diamond having caused would bring them to be more willing to disown the authority. I want to see Jasper, Bismuth, Eyeball & her squad interacting with the Crystal Gems & Lapis.
I wonder what kind of impact would White Diamond's reveal would have on these theories. After all, we still don't know much about her or her gems's "role" in homeworld's society, and Yellow Diamond might've been following orders for all we know. Another thing to note is that Yellow Diamond seems to hold the most favorable reputation to homeworld's subjects at the moment. As you noted, Peridot seems to believe that she's the best of the Authority, but that's also true for Holly Blue, who wishes she was part of her gems.
i rewatched rocknaldo and saw that he thought rock people (gems) could control mind and remember that steven toke control of lars so if gems have power similar to thier diamons and that power isn't unique to steven it's possible that pink diamon had that power or a similar power so it's possible that pink wasn't killed but commited suicide and yallow knows it and doesnt want blue to find out why pink would kill herself im not sure of yet it could be that she wanted the same things a rose but didn't want to turn against the other diamons that how far i got what do you think?
There's also a very minor variant one could follow to this theory that is none the less a very significant difference made. All other details mostly still true in the same way, but the motivation for Yellow making it possible for Rose to confront Pick being different in that she'd only intended for Pink to step up and prove herself, never expecting a fellow Diamond to be shatterable in the first place, no matter their failings. Yellow Diamond having a direct hand in it still isn't on the top of my list though, since a lot of hints people point to don't agree with me as being examples of actual suspicious behavior. Also, the fact that Yellow and Blue literally had the finger pointed at them in the trail that starts off the season covering this mystery eliminates them as too obvious until more details surface as far as I'm concerned. Basic murder mystery rule is that you don't have that much evidence for a suspect starting out unless they're the misdirect. That can flip again later, but never suspect the lead suspect.
good theory. The only hole in it is the fact that Yellow Diamond is actually grieving for Pink Diamond. But then again, it could be a way of doing the, "Hey, don't mind me! I'm grieving too," act.
Or she could actually be grieving. If I'm right, she didn't kill Pink because she wanted to, she killed Pink because she thought she needed to. It's not as if she hated Pink.
I think one thing some people forget is the human aspect. Yellow Diamond show negative feeling towards most things, but she seem to have great distaste for organic life. Yellow seem to look at humans as humans look at bugs or even lesser. And if Yellow know humans could help a Quartz or even by themselves shatter a Diamond of course she would want the whole planet destroyed, swept under the rug, and never mentioned again. It would disrupt the whole balance of the Diamond Authority.
What if Pink Diamond had a more Dumbledore like death (Rose would be Snape). She could have been sympathetic towards the rebellion and sacrificed herself at the hands of Rose to further the cause.
If Yellow's goal was to extend her power over home world she would benefit way more by keeping Blue in her depression as much as possible what would let yellow to take over Blue's department. You say Blue was on the case but let me pint out that passed over 5000 years and nobody even bothered to do any investigation even by doing simple checking the facts like Blue Zircon did - facts that Diamonds had full access to and didn't bother to even drawn even the simplest conclusions and exclude impossibilities like Rose getting noticed even when she was already recognized as a danger and as a criminal. So no I don't think Blue D would ever find out anything essential on her own because she was to busy crying over Pink diamond and feeling sorry to take any action that would actually change anything or bring to the table answers or questions that would get here anything near the truth of what happened to Pink Diamond. Blue may have ask questions like how pink D was killed but she didn't bothered to actually look for answers. So it would benefit Yellow D to keep her in grief if she wanted more power over home world. But Yellow is doing the opposite. Even if you ignore the grief yellow diamond showed towards pink diamond during the zoo arc - She is trying very actively to get Blue to get back to work and to fulfill her role Because home world need Blue to do better at her work if we assume she even does anything to fulfill her role. BUT it's very likely she is in such grief she does next to nothing in her job proving more and more she isn't needed for home world to function. So I think Yellow D is trying to save Blue D form potentially face the same fate Pink did.
At this point ,we've got to have figured out who helped Rose shatter Pink...unless the culprit is someone we'd never suspect (the Ruby group perhaps, ha!). It really can only be either White or Yellow Diamond, unless there's a fourth Diamond (unlikely without the foreshadowing) or part of a Diamond's court acted without her knowledge (also very unlikely).
I this is just a side note and theory about when Pink diamond was shattered, not nessacarily who was a part of her assasination, I feel that the most logical point in the war would be in the middle, just when the beta kindergarten was established. I think that when Rose caught wind of yet another kindergarten on Earth, she knew that she had to do something, and then what AJ's theory speculates comes into affect here. I think that Jasper was the first Gem hailing from the Beta Kindergarten and shortly after Pink Diamond was shattered, which is the reason Jasper has such strong feelings about the incident. But without Pink Diamond who I'm believing had the same role AJ speculated in the Diamond purposes video, being in charge of kindergartens, the gems who were also working on the Beta Kindergarten were without a leader, thus why the Beta Kindergarten isn't as good of a Kindergarten as the one Amethyst was produced in.
I feel Yellow is far too grief stricken to have done it. She deals differently than Blue but it's clearly there. I feel it's something we're not expecting, such as Pink started the rebellion to protect Earth and its resources to save gem kind and so staged a rebellion to protect it then faked her own death using her proxy Rose to end it and scare off the other Diamonds so she could get to work figuring out how to create a sustainable colony. She didn't predict the Diamonds reaction though and Rose was too guilt stricken to admit it to anyone
Personally, I think it was White Diamond and Rose Quartz who were responsible for Pink's shattering, particularly from the images seen in the Pyramid Temple (from Serious Steven). I think Rose poofed Pink Diamond with her sword and then was attacked by White Diamond, whose attack ended up shattering Pink Diamond's poofed gem.
My big issue with yellow diamond being the one is that the show seemed to try and make us think that on the trial. If it is revealed that yellow diamond wanted this to happen, it will be too obvious when that is revealed. I'm hoping for a twist in this story.
nobody suspects blue diamond, because of how much she loves pink but what if she just doesn't remember doing it? what if the reason yellow acted so aggressively in the trial is because she didn't want blue to remember she was the one who did it and also didn't want blue find out yellow wiped her memory.
Didn't yellow oversee technology and only take over military after pink died. I mean pretty much all pink diamonds gems we've met so far are combative while yellows are science based i.e. Peridot and topaz ( organics procurement) topaz wasn't designed just for fighting she was designed to capture. Pinks are obvious rubies, rose quartz, amethysts, and Jasper's.
HIGHLY IMPROBABLE TIN FOIL THEORY---> What if it was Blue Diamond all along??? what if she was the one who had shattered PD. She has been just pretending to be sad all this time?? Maybe it was a typical spurned lover scenario. Blue fell in love with Pink , but pink loved Rose . So in a rage Blue killed Pink. If it were a human character i would have gone with the whole "has partial amnesia and can't remember herself killing PD angle" but i dont really know how Gem memory works.
I have a theory of my own. I think I heard Ronaldo saying that sneople can shapeshift and blend into society. what if the sneople were real, shapeshifted into rose quartz while she was still doing her rebellion, then shattered her with a blade? What do you guys think?
I agree because I think that Yellow Diamond shattered Pink Diamond, because on Steven Universe and in the episode named The Trial, when the zircons was solving the case of the death of Pink Diamond, she was acting very strange. It seems to me that she is very anxious about who do the defending zircon think who shattered Pink diamond.
I wanted to ask, if the cluster is in the very middle of the Earth how did Homeworld put it there? Wouldn't have had to have been buried before the earth was formed then?
1. I disagree about The Cluster. I think the way that plot line left off has left people forgetting that The Cluster started as FORCE FUSION experiments. I agree that those experiments were initiated as a means of creating a planet cracking weapon, but I don't think it was PLANNED as an rebellion deterrent from the start. I think Yellow's initial reason for wanting a weapon to crack the Earth was spiteful revenge against the rebellion. It just doesn't make sense that a supposedly Order driven character would resort to FORCED FUSION as an experimental weapon if she was just thinking about anti-rebellion tools. Hell, just the Destabilizer line of tech should be enough for that. The Cluster is a MASSIVE overkill in both purpose and insult for something like Rebellion Deterrence. I mean Homeworld's stance of Fusion is strict enough as it is, and Blue made it clear the Diamonds were not tolerant of deviation in that regard. 2. I don't think Rose was involved with Pink Diamond's shattering. And I won't believe it until such time that it is explained how Rose could have been involved in ANY way without the plan being revealed by one of Pink's Sapphires. It is without question to me that Pink's(and possibly Blue's) Sapphires were CONSTANTLY watching for Rose in their Future Vision. If Rose was actually directly involved in ANY way then they would have seen it and given warning regardless of any help she received(knowingly or otherwise). This, the conflicting accounts in regards to a "sword" shattering Pink, and how Rose's sword could never shatter a Gem. All bring a lot of doubt to me that Rose could have been involved. If it was the Breaking Point, why is the murder weapon so strongly and confidently described as a sword? If it was a sword, where did Rose get the sword? Certainly not Bismuth, who was bubbled BEFORE Pink was shattered. It couldn't be a regular sword either, because then what would be the point of making the Breaking Point? 3. I do think Yellow was involved, but I don't think she was the primary actor. I think White was. I think Yellow was convinced to cooperate, or found out after the fact, and in either case chose to cover it up to keep things stable. The reason I think it was White is because Yellow doesn't have the means, and White is currently a big unknown. Yellow doesn't have the means to get Rose past the Sapphires, and as far as we know doesn't have the means to pretend to be Rose or mind controlling witnesses into thinking it was Rose. Which is the only way I can think of that Rose could have been blamed, outside of just killing Pink's entire court and convincing Eyeball be a liar for all these 5000 years.
I don't think Blue Diamond would associate with the Crystal Gems, but it'd be more like a war between the two Courts, blue vs. yellow. Much like in The Originals, the battle of the Sirelines.
The five stages of grief are , denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance ( blue diamond is denial yellow diamond is anger ) so she's not in denial of the shattering of pink diamond but more so angry.
yes true but i was referring to the stage of grief blue diamond was experiencing she has a hard time accepting that pink is gone ....reasons for her mourning
Everything you've said is all pretty sound but I feel like your neglecting the cover up that blue zircon mentioned at the trial. Such as in your situation how would yellow diamond cover up a situation in which she had no physical involvement in(despite masterminding it)?
If Yellow did it, Topaz would have had orders to shatter Rose, lest she reveal the conspiracy. If you intended to imply that Rose was unaware, that's another story.
it could be possible that white had actually shattered pink and blamed it all in rose. and that yellow knew the truth but couldn't bring herself to admit it to someone else out of some kinda fear.
Can Steven heal shattered gems? Considering he can bring people back from the dead it's not a leap in logic to believe he can heal shattered gems so long as he has all the pieces, however It's unlikely we will see that as it removes the stakes and makes everyone essentially immortal unless you can re-kill Lars and Lion
What if Yellow did it out of romantic or platonic jealousy? Blue and Pink were apparently quite close and without Pink, Blue is obsessed with keepsakes of Pink's stuff. This would likely irritate the hell out of Yellow. Like, in the Authority, Yellow and Blue are visually equal. Yellow might see it as a shared status and when Blue is more interested in spending time with Pink (A lower status holding Diamond), Yellow wouldn't quite understand why. Why is Pink worth so much of Blue's time and effort? Why doesn't Blue seem as interested in Yellow as she is in Pink? If Pink is dead, why does Blue still care about her instead of Yellow? You know? Stuff like that.
Yellow definitely knows something but I don't think she helped out. I think it was more White Diamond screwing with shit because Yellow did obviously care for Pink Diamond. And why would Yellow go to a trial where she could get exposed, but White Diamond didn't? To me, it seems like White Diamond allowed Rose the opportunity to kill Pink Diamond, but then brought up the cluster, which is when she told Yellow Diamond. I mean I personally believe that it was Pearl shape shifted to look like Rose. But that's another can of worms.
what if Yellow could've prevented the shattering but failed to do so, and felt horribly guilty over it. this would explain why she is so intent on hiding the truth
I would agree if not for the song "Whats the Point in Feeling Blue" she was lefit upset in that song so it wouldnt really make sense if she did it and was then sad about it. possible but doesnt line up to me.
I think we are all forgetting one possibility about pink diamond having only one planet. what if that's all she was allowed to control at a time and vise versa for the other diamonds. I think pink diamond was the supreme overseer of kindergartens. I think she knew. what if pink diamond is the true mother of all gems and perfected the process for making gems in the first place
what if, in the end, Pink Diamond is revealed to have killed herself and this was all a big meaningful message about what suicide can do to those and things that were around that persons. not saying it's what I believe or what I want, but it would be an interesting way to reveal it in the end. I believe that White diamond may have done it or it's all some elaborate ruse.
[Spoilers] so now that we know how WD treated the other diamonds, what if YD's push to forget PD and the Earth was (or was also) a panic concern that she or Blue might look like they aren't living up to being perfect Diamonds in White's eyes?
you're completely ignoring the fact that she actually misses Pink diamond. i don't think she was lying when she said that in "What's the use of feeling" and had to calm herself down and have Blue console her. she defintley knows something about Pink diamonds death and maybe even helped but if she did, I don't think it was her idea. Rebecca Sugar herself said that this show is about different ways of dealing with grief. blue goes into a deep depression and it would make sense for yellow to be someone who tries not to think of it at all. I also think their pearls know more than they seem to
Meant to say I wrote up an explanation on your last video regarding this who dunnit thing, sorry. (On mobile so I can't edit my OG comment directly, oops)
I believe a lot of the evidence for yellow diamond having something to do with pink diamond's death is too obvious and convient to the audience point of view... I think the writers want us to believe she did it but once we see more of the story we as an audience will be shocked that it is NOT her... I think the next few episodes will still heavily imply yellow diamond but there will be a big reveal... I think yellow diamond is still grieving for pink actually
This theory bothers me for the "good guy" / "bad guy" dynamic that gets mixed up and confusing. I think Yellow Diamond is portrayed as a cold-hearted villain, and I deeply believe the show doesn't believe that villains are just bad people who do bad things, so Yellow Diamond is heavily humanized in the What's The Use Of Feeling performance, showing she cared and loved Pink as much as Blue does. On the other hand, the theory sets Blue Diamond on a place of being good, warm-hearted and possibly someone that will later on work with the protagonists and I think thats ridiculous. Diamonds are absolute authorities, they shatter gems that don't fit and truly see themselves as superior. They are dictators. People in the fandom are seeing a good side in Blue just because she doesn't have an aggressive approach, but she still sees smaller gems as inferior, and humans in that "naive racist" kind of feel. I see a big problem in how the fandom treats Yellow as a villain and Blue as a poor baby, they are both alien dictators that kill with no mercy.
Guys am I the only one thinking that pink diamond was shattered by her own command? Like I don't know why she would have Rose shatter her, but like what if?
Haven't watched the entire video yet, but I already disagree. I wrote up a really long explanation behind my thoughts on this so you can go look at that for further detail. But for Yellow specifically, I'm sorry but it's WAY too obvious. The writers of this show are too good for that. It's like if McGucket ACTUALLY turned out to be the author of the journals. Plus Rebecca mentioned she wanted to show how everyone is grieving the loss of pink diamond and I heard somewhere that she said Yellow's method is just by trying to move on and block out all emotion (I'd need to fact check that though). But basically that means that yellow is grieving in her own way, which means it was doubtfully her fault.
I think yellow diamond just ordered rose quartz to kill pink diamond. I don't think she wanted to kill her. And that's why I think rose made the rebellion, because she wanted all the gems to know that yellow diamond or the diamonds are traitors and gems that want to destroy life.
Actually got around to watching the video so now I can critique it for real. I really like a lot of the ideas presented in this video and you make a very interesting case. However, I think this theory relies too heavily on assumptions about Yellow's character. One or two assumptions made from circumstantial evidence is fine, even required to make a theory in a sense. But when you make an assumption with your only evidence being other assumptions you've made, now that's where things start to not work very well. Plus, you failed to mention Yellow showing genuine grief at the end of What's the Use of Feeling Blue? or any other counter point. I usually agree with your theories but this one I gotta disagree with you on. Really well made video though! Good to hear the other side of the argument since I have my own theory that I'm pretty passionate about.
I'm still fully convinced that what was shown in the mural in Serious Steven was White striking at Rose in a staged attempt to undermine her cause. White knew Rose was against shattering and put her in a situation where she had to shatter or be shattered. Yellow found out that this happened and took down White to place her back on Earth as punishment. So yes, Yellow is hiding the fact that she betrayed a diamond to blue. But that diamond is White, not Pink. Yellow knows how fragile Blues feelings are and is trying to spare them from what White did. So Yellow is keeping White's disappearance under wraps.
sorry AJ but i think rose didn't shattered pink diamond because Zircon said "rose quartz has been a recognized threat for several hundred years there were no rose quarts in her entourage and none in her guard so how did a rose quarts with know business no where near Pink Diamond gets so close in the first place"
Right. But my previous theory was literally about ways that Rose could have gotten "so close in the first place". Just because Zircon said it it doesn't mean she couldn't have done it.
![The Temple Fusion's Real Name REVEALED [Steven Universe Discussion] Crystal Clear](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/J5TmQFxcDVE/mqdefault.jpg)
AJ Universe has 10 letters
Yellow Diamond has 13 letters
Conspiracy Series has 16 letters.
Add them all together you get 39
Pink Diamond had only one colony.
39+1=40
There are four diamonds.
40/4=10
Including Lapis, Peridot, Steven, and Garnet unfused, there are seven active Crystal gems.
10-7=3
3 sides to a triangle.
AJ Universe is Onion Diamond confirmed.
AJ Universe killed Pink Diamond.
Wake up, America.
Sea Agate the real rebel leader
Tommaso De Filippo
I didn't count them because they're not really gems, but yeah, they're kinda like honorary ones.
The thing about these types of comments is that you can pull any number of any thing in order to get any outcome so it isn't really confirming xD
Blue Diamond
Yeah but that's what makes it fun, lol.
Personally I think one strong possibility is that Pink Diamond may have started to see Rose as being in the right and expressed interest in making some sort of peace treaty. Which Yellow would absolutely abhor and view as Pink being a traitor to Homeworld. In this scenario I'd suggest that what may have happened is that Rose showed up for a negotiation with Pink, which is how she got so close without opposition. But Yellow Diamond launched an ambush, causing Rose to believe Pink had betrayed her and then shattered her. Yellow then covered up the whole thing.
Joshua Adams shit that's actually good
Joshua Adams That sounds very plausible. Can't wait to see which theory is correct!
I like to think PD was good too
Jamie Keely yea same
Great video and great content AJ Thank you ..Your my favorite UA-camr
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I can't bring myself to see yellow diamond as the big bad guy of the story or the war, especially since the first personal things we learn about her is the song "what the use of feeling blue". This song is clearly a question she ask for herself. She said she missed pink diamond and "what the use of feeling ?" is what she think about herself in regards of the event.To me this song was also meant to show us that yellow diamond cared about pink diamond.
Keerya 👏👏👏 This is why I don't think Yellow played a part in Pink's death (at least, intentionally). Why would you kill someone and then mourn their death?
Keerya No body is a villain in their own minds. You can do something despicable for the greater good. Having a defective diamond will undermine their authority and possible start another civil war on one of their colonies. Killing pink diamond and destroying the rebellion once and for all and trying to suppress the information about it, is a good choice despite how inhuman it is. You can wrong someone greatly despite caring about them, if you think they be better off by doing so. Though I'm not to sure about this theory though since it feels like only an excuse for Blue Diamond to be redeemed.
I think a few thousand years is more than enough time for Yellow Diamond to start to have second thoughts about what she did, and regret having helped to shatter Pink Diamond (assuming she did help).
Yeah but if it is really a question of incompetence from pink diamond then yellow diamond would had the support of the two other diamond, don't forget blue diamond ordered the immediat shattering of ruby just for having accidentally fuse with sapphire. If a diamond think an other one fail to her job, I think they would all discuss it, I don't see a reason for treason between diamonds
Keerya well I'm not to good on the pink shattering timeline but I think blue did that because pink was just killed... When someone you love is killed I like to think your first emotion is anger. Because you want revenge. We know gems live a long life so even though it might have been hundred of years after pink death because they are ageless she could have still been in that revenge stage making blue super Cray cray😋
I would think that yellow being the one to shatter PD would be to obvious because of her behavior in trail... I don't think she shattered her i think she knows something about it tho.. Or she planned it but not necessarily shatter PD herself
I can agree with the reasons for why pink diamond died, but i don't think yellow did it. She seems to have cared for pink diamond just as much a blue, but is going through her grief in a different way. She's trying to pretend she never existed, erasing every trace of pink diamond because the one time she talked about pink diamond in "what's the use of feeling" she ended up breaking down crying just like blue diamond was. The trial makes more sense to me when you see it from the perspective that she is trying to forget pink diamond and move on. And here comes this lowly gem not only dragging out the whole situation, but then has the audacity to blame her for killing her beloved sister. She's on edge because this trial is forcing her to face a situation that she's been avoiding for thousands of years. Yellow reminds me a lot of myself in that we both don't really bother with grieving because all it does is hold you back from getting work done. If i were in that trial, i would've reacted the exact same way
Khayre Tyler maybe she is upset because she regrets it, so she would be extremely upset but she would still want it to be pinned on rose quartz
Khayre Tyler That's very my theory about Yellow's feelings about Pink's death.
That would be too obvious. The crewniverse is obviously luring us away from the real culprit by making us think its Yellow. It's not her, Nova.
1-She didn't cry
2-That could've been remorse instead of grief
3-Her attitude during the trial leads more towards the trying to hide something attitude
I agree. It seems like the crewniverse is specifically shoving it in our face that it was Yellow, trying to make us think it was her. But I wouldn't be surprised at all if Yellow either had nothing to do with Pink's death, or she knows what happens and is trying to protect Blue.
Also, I agree that Yellow is dealing with her grief for all the reasons you gave. She was clearly upset at the end of "What's the Use of Feeling Blue" and it seemed genuine.
All in all, I believe the crew is purposely portraying Yellow as the guilty party.
what do you think about the grief yellow diamond showed towards pink diamond during the zoo arc? I'm not trying to bring up a counter point it's just something that I found curiouse especially if she was in part responsible for her shattering
MyTampon is Leaking it's all right I don't mind a rant as they usually make more points to discuss. idk I could still see yellow being involved somehow as it's not unheard of to hear family kill family lol. if anything I think it would add a lot to the story if she was involved somehow. But at the end of the "blue" song she seemed to be holding back a lot of emotion. if she wasn't involved like you think it probably justifies her anger towards rose quarts. But if she was involved it paints her to more of a guilt ridden character than a sad one. either way I can't wait till we finally get some answers XD
ThumbsUp1214 probably is remorse or guilt of what she done
ThumbsUp1214. Athough I don't think yellow was putting up a facade in the zoo arc, when blue diamond cried (it might be an empathy emitter) yellow diamond barely cried. I'm not saying it proves her guilt, but it shows resiliance to empathy for the situation.
Who killed pink diamond?
levels of bluff:
1. Rose did it
2. Yellow diamond did it
3. Blue diamond did it, YD was just being herself at the trial
4. Pink diamond killed herself to secretly support the rebellion
5. Pink diamond faked her death in cooperation with rose
6. Eyeball did it and told everyone it was rose in order to support her takeover of homeworld
7. Eyeball and rose cooperated
8. Psych! Rose quartz is pink diamond after all. She just changed her gem
9. Bismuth did it and rose took the credit to help her revolution.
10 (bluffception). Onion is the immortal god of Earth and he did it to rid his planet of the aliens, when the onion-shaped beings are the planets true rulers.
Forgot to add White diamond to the list of possible perpetrators
Adrian Hall
8? Nice ^^
Last time I was this early...
This joke was still relevant.
That one space Dorito O H W E J U S T W E N T T H E R E
CalubCrew
Lol.
Adventurous Adventurer Augustus HAHA TRU
Good one
I personally dont think so, it seems way to obvious to be true.I think that the one who did it was White Diamond
Well, we don't know much about her... Actually almost anything
The Meaning is Always Vague Don't go hating on white just because she is the top diamond.
Jamie Keely well we don't know much about yellow zircon... just saying it would be to predictable if it were a diamond. what may have happened could be that yellow diamond came to talk her sister and when pink came out, boom she tripped and shattered herself then yellow, not wanting to take fault for the accident blamed rose quartz
Mohamed Diagne i know right
This is just another time when I hear the theory and I'm like "NO WAY. NO WAY IN THE UNIVERSE WILL YOU CONVINCE ME, THAT IS NUTS!" and a few minutes later, after listening to the explanation I'm all like " . . . Crap, you convinced me 100%. "
(And that is preciselly why I love you and subscribed to you years ago. Good work AJ...! Keep it up...!)
Yellow certainly seemed guilty and you raise good evidence (esp wanting to try out making the cluster and needing a reason, I never thought of it that way before).
However I still want it to be pink diamond herself that helped rose. If pink diamond's job is what was previously theorized (creating new gems mostly) then it's entirely possible that she was enamoured by the strange life that she found living on earth just as rose did. Since it's her first colony, if she was going to be sentimental it makes sense that it would happen there. Pink might have wanted to save the planet as well, but known that if she expressed that to the other diamonds she would be seen as defective and a different diamond would begin overseeing the new colony. Only by making the diamonds believe that they were in danger, that the rebels had something that could destroy a diamond, would actually save the planet.
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the "murder-mystery" of this season ending up telling us that they are all guilty in some way or another, either planning, being accomplices to, or otherwise helping the "shattering" of pink (I put shattering in quotes because, while I would imagine that homeworld would want some type of proof that pink diamond was shattered, there's the possibility that they simply made it LOOK like she was shattered and rose actually simply has her bubbled or something)
So glad you made a new SU theory video, don't think you realize how much I live for this. However, I like the idea of Yellow just grieving in an opposite way than Blue, so I support the idea of White Diamond being the one behind Pink's death. I agree with what you said about a diamond being embarrassed of Pink though, seems to be a motive that makes sense to me.
Wonder if we'll get to learn exactly what Pink was like, personality-wise?
I mean...I speculate that, at one point in the war. She began to understand Rose's motives in protecting earth and its inhabitants. If that is true, it would imply that Pink might've had a gentle heart.
Something Yellow might view as a weakness and as something to "dispose" of
Cool background! I love it!
Maybe I'm pink diamond. You never know
Hi AJ. You know, I remember somewhere you mentioned that the time traveling do-dad from season 1 didn't make sense to you. Well, here is a theory to explain it AND create a way for Rose to shatter Pink Diamond. So a big question you presented was "Why didn't the Diamonds use it to change the outcome of the war?" Well, perhaps it was because it was in Rose's possession. If Rose stole it, she could ask Bismuth to create a Breaking Point in the identical shape of her real sword, then after collecting it she went back in time to poof her for suggesting the idea and told her past self she had the sword. Then she would ask the time thing to take her to the exact perfect moment to shatter Pink. Then after she did the deed, she broke it to prevent it and her from being taken by the others there. If you wonder why I say she broke it if it is there for Steven to grab, then let me ask you this: it must have been used before, but then why aren't there any other doubles like what happened with the multiple Stevens? Well what if, by Homeworld's rules, after use of it the traveler must destroy it, and it then ends up back in the room it was found in, but the room is moved to the colony the gem who destroyed it came from. In Rose's case, the room would be acceptable by any Earth warp because she was from Earth. Also, when it is destroyed, it changes shape, so even when the entrance opens after a thousand years, it is a 1 in *insert number of hour glasses in that room here* chance to grab the right one, so not only is it almost impossible to find, even on Homeworld back then, but it is now on Earth out of Homeworld's reach. Chances are, AJ won't see or even bother reading this, but it is just an interesting thought I had and I hope it makes sense. Lastly, if you do see this AJ, you don't have to ask to make a video saying your thoughts on my probably-wrong theory. Just go and make it if you want to! Bye.
I always thought Pink Diamond was the military leader, at least before she was shattered. She had the Quartz soldiers: Amethysts and Jaspers. I believe Yellow Diamond became the military leader because Pink Diamond's role needed to be filled after her shattering.
And everybody called me crazy for believing Yellow played a part in PD's shattering..
Yaoix NationTM are you serious? -.-... 80% of su fans think she shatterd PD ...
Rose Quartz yep because on AJ's last video,, everyone called me crazy and had all these reasons that YD didn't shatter PD or Rose did it but we don't know how,,
Like it's so obvious she did it (or had a part.)
+Yaoix NationTM Exactly. It is obvious. Way TOO obvious.
CallMeRemy and I made it clear that I was fine with Rose or just her or both of them.
So I went back to check out the Diamond murals on the moon. And for those who don't already know, each sphere around the diamonds is theorized to be a colony of theirs. White diamond having the most. And I have a slight belief that White Diamond was involved in Pink's assassination because she was afriad she would come to power, or something along those lines.
Zircon mentioned how the only person able to get so close to a Diamond or cover up any trace of the assassination would be some with immense power. I believe it would be White Diamond. The murals would suggest she has more power than the others and might even was the first diamond out of the four, due to the amount of colonies she possesses. Along with that fact that if you go back to the murals and look at the patterns you'll see that White's has more more slight detail (for lack of a better work) put into it. Considering Pink's mural has the least amount, and she's relatively the newest diamond that would suggest White was the first.
And it probably wouldn't be Yellow or Blue since they show signs of grief and sadness. Unless its regret they actually feel.
Blue might feel much more grief towards Pink because she was the second newest Diamond, based on the murals. That would mean Pink would feel like a little sister to her, implying that their creation dates are far apart.
Idk just a theory
When do you think we'll find out about white diamond
Luna Oak the end of season 6 or somewhere between season 7 or 8 if we get that far because we need all the diamonds and we need the backstory of the war in full detail to understand what the hell happened cuz right now we don't know nothin cuz right now we believe that Rose did this but now zircons has made us think that one of the diamonds did it and if they throw it back to St Rose Quartz shattered then it's just really a loophole that makes no sense of why redirecting the blame to a diamond in back to rose quartz when she was the main focus of all of it
Luna Oak The poster for Comic Con shows what could be a silhouette of her, so we may finally, at the very least, get a name drop this season.
wat if pink d is part of fluorite cause she can be off color to
The diamond-like gemstone is too small to be an actual Diamond.
I quite like the way you put this theory together, certainly it would fit well within the narrative of SU but personally it seems a bit too easy/predictable for Yellow to be responsible just because she was behaving irrationally during 'the Trial'.
While it was certainly indicative of knowing something Blue diamond doesn't. Looking back to other episodes the diamonds do seem to legitimately care for each other at the very least and knew they all worked best united.
Even during Peridots arc, Yellow lost her cool and wanted to destroy the earth regardless of any possible gain. Of course it was have been out of a desire to wipe any signs of the rebellion of homeworlds history but I believe it was to avenge Pink.
Either way great theory.
I wasnt on board with you at first but after seeing your evidence I gotta say im really seeing it and hoping its the case cus it would be super dramatic
I personally believe that Rose, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond & Pink Pearl and CG Pearl all had something to do with Pink Diamond's shattering. If Yellow Diamond had something to do with Pink Diamond's shattering it sure would give the show agency in bringing focus on Jasper & Eyeball Ruby again and cater well towards their redemption/reeducation so I really agree with this. I really want to see Jasper & Eyeball find healthy closure and new life on earth where they have a healthy outlet for expression and fusion, and finding out the Diamond Authority caused the shattering of Pink Diamond, and more specifically the likelihood of Yellow Diamond having caused would bring them to be more willing to disown the authority. I want to see Jasper, Bismuth, Eyeball & her squad interacting with the Crystal Gems & Lapis.
I wonder what kind of impact would White Diamond's reveal would have on these theories. After all, we still don't know much about her or her gems's "role" in homeworld's society, and Yellow Diamond might've been following orders for all we know.
Another thing to note is that Yellow Diamond seems to hold the most favorable reputation to homeworld's subjects at the moment. As you noted, Peridot seems to believe that she's the best of the Authority, but that's also true for Holly Blue, who wishes she was part of her gems.
i rewatched rocknaldo and saw that he thought rock people (gems) could control mind and remember that steven toke control of lars so if gems have power similar to thier diamons and that power isn't unique to steven it's possible that pink diamon had that power or a similar power so it's possible that pink wasn't killed but commited suicide and yallow knows it and doesnt want blue to find out why pink would kill herself im not sure of yet it could be that she wanted the same things a rose but didn't want to turn against the other diamons that how far i got what do you think?
There's also a very minor variant one could follow to this theory that is none the less a very significant difference made. All other details mostly still true in the same way, but the motivation for Yellow making it possible for Rose to confront Pick being different in that she'd only intended for Pink to step up and prove herself, never expecting a fellow Diamond to be shatterable in the first place, no matter their failings.
Yellow Diamond having a direct hand in it still isn't on the top of my list though, since a lot of hints people point to don't agree with me as being examples of actual suspicious behavior. Also, the fact that Yellow and Blue literally had the finger pointed at them in the trail that starts off the season covering this mystery eliminates them as too obvious until more details surface as far as I'm concerned. Basic murder mystery rule is that you don't have that much evidence for a suspect starting out unless they're the misdirect. That can flip again later, but never suspect the lead suspect.
This just blew my mind.
6:11 AJ is smoky quartz confirmed
good theory. The only hole in it is the fact that Yellow Diamond is actually grieving for Pink Diamond. But then again, it could be a way of doing the, "Hey, don't mind me! I'm grieving too," act.
Or she could actually be grieving. If I'm right, she didn't kill Pink because she wanted to, she killed Pink because she thought she needed to. It's not as if she hated Pink.
I think one thing some people forget is the human aspect. Yellow Diamond show negative feeling towards most things, but she seem to have great distaste for organic life. Yellow seem to look at humans as humans look at bugs or even lesser. And if Yellow know humans could help a Quartz or even by themselves shatter a Diamond of course she would want the whole planet destroyed, swept under the rug, and never mentioned again. It would disrupt the whole balance of the Diamond Authority.
What if Pink Diamond had a more Dumbledore like death (Rose would be Snape). She could have been sympathetic towards the rebellion and sacrificed herself at the hands of Rose to further the cause.
If Yellow's goal was to extend her power over home world she would benefit way more by keeping Blue in her depression as much as possible what would let yellow to take over Blue's department. You say Blue was on the case but let me pint out that passed over 5000 years and nobody even bothered to do any investigation even by doing simple checking the facts like Blue Zircon did - facts that Diamonds had full access to and didn't bother to even drawn even the simplest conclusions and exclude impossibilities like Rose getting noticed even when she was already recognized as a danger and as a criminal.
So no I don't think Blue D would ever find out anything essential on her own because she was to busy crying over Pink diamond and feeling sorry to take any action that would actually change anything or bring to the table answers or questions that would get here anything near the truth of what happened to Pink Diamond. Blue may have ask questions like how pink D was killed but she didn't bothered to actually look for answers. So it would benefit Yellow D to keep her in grief if she wanted more power over home world.
But Yellow is doing the opposite. Even if you ignore the grief yellow diamond showed towards pink diamond during the zoo arc - She is trying very actively to get Blue to get back to work and to fulfill her role Because home world need Blue to do better at her work if we assume she even does anything to fulfill her role. BUT it's very likely she is in such grief she does next to nothing in her job proving more and more she isn't needed for home world to function. So I think Yellow D is trying to save Blue D form potentially face the same fate Pink did.
At this point ,we've got to have figured out who helped Rose shatter Pink...unless the culprit is someone we'd never suspect (the Ruby group perhaps, ha!). It really can only be either White or Yellow Diamond, unless there's a fourth Diamond (unlikely without the foreshadowing) or part of a Diamond's court acted without her knowledge (also very unlikely).
I this is just a side note and theory about when Pink diamond was shattered, not nessacarily who was a part of her assasination, I feel that the most logical point in the war would be in the middle, just when the beta kindergarten was established. I think that when Rose caught wind of yet another kindergarten on Earth, she knew that she had to do something, and then what AJ's theory speculates comes into affect here. I think that Jasper was the first Gem hailing from the Beta Kindergarten and shortly after Pink Diamond was shattered, which is the reason Jasper has such strong feelings about the incident. But without Pink Diamond who I'm believing had the same role AJ speculated in the Diamond purposes video, being in charge of kindergartens, the gems who were also working on the Beta Kindergarten were without a leader, thus why the Beta Kindergarten isn't as good of a Kindergarten as the one Amethyst was produced in.
do you think yellow D is wearing a helmet??
Rebecca Sugar said she has been.
her helmet is outlined in color. hair is outlined in black in the show.
look at the outline of say, jasper's helmet in the show.
question answered.
CallMeRemy. No offence to the drawer but I'm more inclined to believe the project head/creator.
I feel Yellow is far too grief stricken to have done it. She deals differently than Blue but it's clearly there. I feel it's something we're not expecting, such as Pink started the rebellion to protect Earth and its resources to save gem kind and so staged a rebellion to protect it then faked her own death using her proxy Rose to end it and scare off the other Diamonds so she could get to work figuring out how to create a sustainable colony. She didn't predict the Diamonds reaction though and Rose was too guilt stricken to admit it to anyone
Personally, I think it was White Diamond and Rose Quartz who were responsible for Pink's shattering, particularly from the images seen in the Pyramid Temple (from Serious Steven). I think Rose poofed Pink Diamond with her sword and then was attacked by White Diamond, whose attack ended up shattering Pink Diamond's poofed gem.
pink was defective her chair on the moon base is big at all and the hand thing is way smaller than blue hand thing in the palaquin
Even if your theory wasn't correct, it made sense. I like it
I think it's possible Pink Diamond is the youngest of the diamonds, but I think she played a key part in every colony since the near beginning
My big issue with yellow diamond being the one is that the show seemed to try and make us think that on the trial. If it is revealed that yellow diamond wanted this to happen, it will be too obvious when that is revealed. I'm hoping for a twist in this story.
nobody suspects blue diamond, because of how much she loves pink but what if she just doesn't remember doing it? what if the reason yellow acted so aggressively in the trial is because she didn't want blue to remember she was the one who did it and also didn't want blue find out yellow wiped her memory.
Didn't yellow oversee technology and only take over military after pink died. I mean pretty much all pink diamonds gems we've met so far are combative while yellows are science based i.e. Peridot and topaz ( organics procurement) topaz wasn't designed just for fighting she was designed to capture. Pinks are obvious rubies, rose quartz, amethysts, and Jasper's.
HIGHLY IMPROBABLE TIN FOIL THEORY--->
What if it was Blue Diamond all along??? what if she was the one who had shattered PD. She has been just pretending to be sad all this time?? Maybe it was a typical spurned lover scenario. Blue fell in love with Pink , but pink loved Rose . So in a rage Blue killed Pink.
If it were a human character i would have gone with the whole "has partial amnesia and can't remember herself killing PD angle" but i dont really know how Gem memory works.
I have a theory of my own. I think I heard Ronaldo saying that sneople can shapeshift and blend into society. what if the sneople were real, shapeshifted into rose quartz while she was still doing her rebellion, then shattered her with a blade? What do you guys think?
Is it me or the audio quality drops in 6:41?
I agree because I think that Yellow Diamond shattered Pink Diamond, because on Steven Universe and in the episode named The Trial, when the zircons was solving the case of the death of Pink Diamond, she was acting very strange. It seems to me that she is very anxious about who do the defending zircon think who shattered Pink diamond.
I wanted to ask, if the cluster is in the very middle of the Earth how did Homeworld put it there? Wouldn't have had to have been buried before the earth was formed then?
It's not. It's a little over 400km below Nevada.
1.
I disagree about The Cluster. I think the way that plot line left off has left people forgetting that The Cluster started as FORCE FUSION experiments. I agree that those experiments were initiated as a means of creating a planet cracking weapon, but I don't think it was PLANNED as an rebellion deterrent from the start. I think Yellow's initial reason for wanting a weapon to crack the Earth was spiteful revenge against the rebellion. It just doesn't make sense that a supposedly Order driven character would resort to FORCED FUSION as an experimental weapon if she was just thinking about anti-rebellion tools. Hell, just the Destabilizer line of tech should be enough for that. The Cluster is a MASSIVE overkill in both purpose and insult for something like Rebellion Deterrence.
I mean Homeworld's stance of Fusion is strict enough as it is, and Blue made it clear the Diamonds were not tolerant of deviation in that regard.
2.
I don't think Rose was involved with Pink Diamond's shattering. And I won't believe it until such time that it is explained how Rose could have been involved in ANY way without the plan being revealed by one of Pink's Sapphires. It is without question to me that Pink's(and possibly Blue's) Sapphires were CONSTANTLY watching for Rose in their Future Vision. If Rose was actually directly involved in ANY way then they would have seen it and given warning regardless of any help she received(knowingly or otherwise). This, the conflicting accounts in regards to a "sword" shattering Pink, and how Rose's sword could never shatter a Gem. All bring a lot of doubt to me that Rose could have been involved.
If it was the Breaking Point, why is the murder weapon so strongly and confidently described as a sword? If it was a sword, where did Rose get the sword? Certainly not Bismuth, who was bubbled BEFORE Pink was shattered. It couldn't be a regular sword either, because then what would be the point of making the Breaking Point?
3.
I do think Yellow was involved, but I don't think she was the primary actor. I think White was.
I think Yellow was convinced to cooperate, or found out after the fact, and in either case chose to cover it up to keep things stable. The reason I think it was White is because Yellow doesn't have the means, and White is currently a big unknown. Yellow doesn't have the means to get Rose past the Sapphires, and as far as we know doesn't have the means to pretend to be Rose or mind controlling witnesses into thinking it was Rose. Which is the only way I can think of that Rose could have been blamed, outside of just killing Pink's entire court and convincing Eyeball be a liar for all these 5000 years.
I don't think Blue Diamond would associate with the Crystal Gems, but it'd be more like a war between the two Courts, blue vs. yellow. Much like in The Originals, the battle of the Sirelines.
The five stages of grief are , denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance ( blue diamond is denial yellow diamond is anger ) so she's not in denial of the shattering of pink diamond but more so angry.
Lily C. honestly, i think blue moreso reflects grief as seen in zoo arc. where yellow reflects anger.
yes true but i was referring to the stage of grief blue diamond was experiencing she has a hard time accepting that pink is gone ....reasons for her mourning
Everything you've said is all pretty sound but I feel like your neglecting the cover up that blue zircon mentioned at the trial. Such as in your situation how would yellow diamond cover up a situation in which she had no physical involvement in(despite masterminding it)?
If Yellow did it, Topaz would have had orders to shatter Rose, lest she reveal the conspiracy. If you intended to imply that Rose was unaware, that's another story.
it could be possible that white had actually shattered pink and blamed it all in rose. and that yellow knew the truth but couldn't bring herself to admit it to someone else out of some kinda fear.
why didn't they make another pink diamond
Taylor Edwards If your sister dies do you just "make a new one" and replace her?
The only reason I'm hesitant to believe that Yellow had a hand in Pink's death is that it's simply too obvious.
Can Steven heal shattered gems? Considering he can bring people back from the dead it's not a leap in logic to believe he can heal shattered gems so long as he has all the pieces, however It's unlikely we will see that as it removes the stakes and makes everyone essentially immortal unless you can re-kill Lars and Lion
What if Yellow did it out of romantic or platonic jealousy? Blue and Pink were apparently quite close and without Pink, Blue is obsessed with keepsakes of Pink's stuff. This would likely irritate the hell out of Yellow. Like, in the Authority, Yellow and Blue are visually equal. Yellow might see it as a shared status and when Blue is more interested in spending time with Pink (A lower status holding Diamond), Yellow wouldn't quite understand why. Why is Pink worth so much of Blue's time and effort? Why doesn't Blue seem as interested in Yellow as she is in Pink? If Pink is dead, why does Blue still care about her instead of Yellow? You know? Stuff like that.
Why does Pink Diamond's gem not Shine in the mural?
I've wondered if Gems see their Diamonds not just as leaders but rather more as mothers.
OMG pink diamond has another circle she's standing on WHAT IF THAT"S THE PLANET SHE WAS MADE ON or another planet she had
Yellow definitely knows something but I don't think she helped out. I think it was more White Diamond screwing with shit because Yellow did obviously care for Pink Diamond. And why would Yellow go to a trial where she could get exposed, but White Diamond didn't? To me, it seems like White Diamond allowed Rose the opportunity to kill Pink Diamond, but then brought up the cluster, which is when she told Yellow Diamond. I mean I personally believe that it was Pearl shape shifted to look like Rose. But that's another can of worms.
what if Yellow could've prevented the shattering but failed to do so, and felt horribly guilty over it. this would explain why she is so intent on hiding the truth
What if YD plans to create another civil war and is building her power to become the sole authority?
I would agree if not for the song "Whats the Point in Feeling Blue" she was lefit upset in that song so it wouldnt really make sense if she did it and was then sad about it. possible but doesnt line up to me.
I think we are all forgetting one possibility about pink diamond having only one planet. what if that's all she was allowed to control at a time and vise versa for the other diamonds. I think pink diamond was the supreme overseer of kindergartens. I think she knew. what if pink diamond is the true mother of all gems and perfected the process for making gems in the first place
what if, in the end, Pink Diamond is revealed to have killed herself and this was all a big meaningful message about what suicide can do to those and things that were around that persons.
not saying it's what I believe or what I want, but it would be an interesting way to reveal it in the end.
I believe that White diamond may have done it or it's all some elaborate ruse.
[Spoilers] so now that we know how WD treated the other diamonds, what if YD's push to forget PD and the Earth was (or was also) a panic concern that she or Blue might look like they aren't living up to being perfect Diamonds in White's eyes?
leave it to you to give us a whole new perspective
you're completely ignoring the fact that she actually misses Pink diamond. i don't think she was lying when she said that in "What's the use of feeling" and had to calm herself down and have Blue console her. she defintley knows something about Pink diamonds death and maybe even helped but if she did, I don't think it was her idea. Rebecca Sugar herself said that this show is about different ways of dealing with grief. blue goes into a deep depression and it would make sense for yellow to be someone who tries not to think of it at all. I also think their pearls know more than they seem to
I think it all fits, but i can't shake the feeling that YD is a red herring
Meant to say I wrote up an explanation on your last video regarding this who dunnit thing, sorry. (On mobile so I can't edit my OG comment directly, oops)
so yellow diamond isn't guilty of murder, but conspiracy to murder, which is actually worse. Honestly, I don't think rose needed to be involved.
I think she wanted pink dead because the earth had special life properties needed for the cluster and she needed the earth.
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I believe a lot of the evidence for yellow diamond having something to do with pink diamond's death is too obvious and convient to the audience point of view... I think the writers want us to believe she did it but once we see more of the story we as an audience will be shocked that it is NOT her... I think the next few episodes will still heavily imply yellow diamond but there will be a big reveal... I think yellow diamond is still grieving for pink actually
She's probably the one who destroyed Pink.
This theory bothers me for the "good guy" / "bad guy" dynamic that gets mixed up and confusing. I think Yellow Diamond is portrayed as a cold-hearted villain, and I deeply believe the show doesn't believe that villains are just bad people who do bad things, so Yellow Diamond is heavily humanized in the What's The Use Of Feeling performance, showing she cared and loved Pink as much as Blue does.
On the other hand, the theory sets Blue Diamond on a place of being good, warm-hearted and possibly someone that will later on work with the protagonists and I think thats ridiculous. Diamonds are absolute authorities, they shatter gems that don't fit and truly see themselves as superior. They are dictators.
People in the fandom are seeing a good side in Blue just because she doesn't have an aggressive approach, but she still sees smaller gems as inferior, and humans in that "naive racist" kind of feel. I see a big problem in how the fandom treats Yellow as a villain and Blue as a poor baby, they are both alien dictators that kill with no mercy.
I just realised that the diamond authority is also a triumvirate😱😐😶
I still think it was azula one shot of that lightning boom shattered
Jesus AJ, can we get a spoilers tenor
Guys am I the only one thinking that pink diamond was shattered by her own command? Like I don't know why she would have Rose shatter her, but like what if?
We know less about White Diamond than Pink Diamond. XD
Haven't watched the entire video yet, but I already disagree. I wrote up a really long explanation behind my thoughts on this so you can go look at that for further detail. But for Yellow specifically, I'm sorry but it's WAY too obvious. The writers of this show are too good for that. It's like if McGucket ACTUALLY turned out to be the author of the journals. Plus Rebecca mentioned she wanted to show how everyone is grieving the loss of pink diamond and I heard somewhere that she said Yellow's method is just by trying to move on and block out all emotion (I'd need to fact check that though). But basically that means that yellow is grieving in her own way, which means it was doubtfully her fault.
My wild theory: Pink diamon helped Rose in killing Pink Diamond dun dun dun
I think yellow diamond just ordered rose quartz to kill pink diamond. I don't think she wanted to kill her. And that's why I think rose made the rebellion, because she wanted all the gems to know that yellow diamond or the diamonds are traitors and gems that want to destroy life.
Why would Rose follow Yellow Diamond's orders?
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Hey what gives, no theory related pun to close out the video?
Actually got around to watching the video so now I can critique it for real. I really like a lot of the ideas presented in this video and you make a very interesting case. However, I think this theory relies too heavily on assumptions about Yellow's character. One or two assumptions made from circumstantial evidence is fine, even required to make a theory in a sense. But when you make an assumption with your only evidence being other assumptions you've made, now that's where things start to not work very well. Plus, you failed to mention Yellow showing genuine grief at the end of What's the Use of Feeling Blue? or any other counter point. I usually agree with your theories but this one I gotta disagree with you on. Really well made video though! Good to hear the other side of the argument since I have my own theory that I'm pretty passionate about.
I'm still fully convinced that what was shown in the mural in Serious Steven was White striking at Rose in a staged attempt to undermine her cause. White knew Rose was against shattering and put her in a situation where she had to shatter or be shattered. Yellow found out that this happened and took down White to place her back on Earth as punishment. So yes, Yellow is hiding the fact that she betrayed a diamond to blue. But that diamond is White, not Pink. Yellow knows how fragile Blues feelings are and is trying to spare them from what White did. So Yellow is keeping White's disappearance under wraps.
sorry AJ but i think rose didn't shattered pink diamond because Zircon said "rose quartz has been a recognized threat for several hundred years there were no rose quarts in her entourage and none in her guard so how did a rose quarts with know business no where near Pink Diamond gets so close in the first place"
Right. But my previous theory was literally about ways that Rose could have gotten "so close in the first place". Just because Zircon said it it doesn't mean she couldn't have done it.
so what if our Pearl is Pink diamond's Pearl then that will clear a lot up for her space suit and sardonyx
It would be disappointing if it was yellow
It was a nice theory but isn't exactly true and its sad that yellow might ever feel alone
bytheway i afgree i parayed for pink diamond
Sound theory.
me too
Aj, you are smarter than this :/
Rebecca herself has implied that YD did not shartter PD
Where? When? Was it in the show? Because only the stuff in the show is canon. And implications are not facts or evidence.
That theory is ludicrous, yellow isn't that selfish! The diamonds are similar sisters. This speculation will turn out WRONG like the others.