Something I really like about Rose Quartz's characterization is how dedicated the writers were to making what she did morally grey. Idk it would have been really easy for the twist to be she was Just Evil, especially learning she was related to the main villains, but no they created this very vague character who even in her appearances feels mysterious. If anything Rose is the one thing that is less clear to me after my rewatch, because now seeing the nuance in her character pulls me out of a black-ane-white view of her and into one that is just... foggy.
But a vibe I do get from Rose, is that despite clearly being incredibly compassionate, she's someone who lacks empathy in the case of the ability to fully realize others' autonomy and thought processes. There's just a lot of decisions she makes that feel aloof in an odd way, and when combined with how childish she can be it can give the impression she sees everything as a game. But it's still clear that she cares and is genuinely moved by the Earth, and when her entire truth is revealed you can see how ideologically honest she was. Even if it feels like her beliefs are just so she can have fun, but that is part of freedom, the freedom to vibe and explore and do silly things she couldn't.
That attitude clearly just comes from her position as Pink Diamond. It was an oppressive role emotionally, but not as literally oppressive as the lives of those around her. I think her relationship with Pearl is where I find the most of the part of me that sees her as compassionate but unempathetic. Pink can't fathom what it's like to have been born to be an obedient servant and how that would cloud Pearl's judgement. How telling her "I'm going to fight for this world but you dont have to" would mean nothing to her because she is still obsessed with her, how entering a romantic relationship with something while they're still effectively your servant is unhealthy, or how spending her life flirting with other men would probably tear your servant-to-lover-to-ex up inside lmao. With the first she obviously meant to be giving her a choice because she cares about Pearl, but she can't understand how to truly give Pearl freedom of choice she can't treat her like a fully freethinking person. With the second she doesn't understand how her power has an unhealthy impact on her bond with Pearl. And with the last it's not at all that Rose isn't allowed to move on, but I just always found she has a lack of awareness of Pearl's jealousy and misery that's a bit inappropriate. Not that you can't assume she has already let Pearl down easy or cares about her coping, but it's never shown, which feels like a deliberate choice.
I'm working on a more organized theory about Rose's characterization, but it is deeply fascinating. Her and Pearl's relationship is as well, I feel like it's sometimes characterized as just a mean jealous ex situation but like it's way more fucked than that, and is a great exploration of power dynamics, obsession, and grief. Love me some toxic doomed yuri.
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man we rly fuckin need gamecube style face buttons back or something. these days i cant go back and forth between multiple games bc the face button functions always feel so arbitrary and i cant keep track of which one is jump or dodge or attack in each game. no such issue on the gamecube, every game had a primary face button, a secondary face button, and two tertiary face buttons, and that forced them to actually think about which functions make sense to put where
nevermind the fact that different systems have different orientations of abxy so i cant even physically find them on the fuckin controller when im playing on multiple systems. its so frustrating and we literally already had a solution that worked fantastically
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I’m surprised it has taken until now since X introduced the trophy idea for two Hermits to come together and plan to commit fraud/loophole the system. Good jobs Beef and Hypno for being the first with that idea!
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I love the "pre-murder diamonds" so much.
The pure confusion and questions they lead to is everything to me.
I will not elaborate where or why they're there and I hope no one else will for a while, I enjoy the confusion to much.
They also show case how the economic system works by showing how specific diamonds keep wandering because people keep buying things with them
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Hi back with another art post
Don't use as an icon or repost anywhere. Not a redesign or headcanon. I am an introject, and this is how I look in the innerworld.
Honestly I have no clue what to draw anymore. I'm just doing random shit at this point, but it's funny, so I'm going to keep it up.
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us in therapy every week: wait what happened last week?
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I can't do it.... I can't get myself to pull these last 10 wishes.
I am SO fking scared the 5-star will end up NOT being Exclusive Tutorial, and then I'll watch the pity count start over, immediately regret my entire life, and be forced to change my in-game title to "Zayne's Failure". I will never recover from this.
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