![]() She creates some fake diamond shards and swallows them, and gives one last command to Pearl as a Diamond: to never again speak of what really happened. Pearl finally agrees to Rose's plan and, to Steven's shock, Rose reverts into her natural form: Pink Diamond. While Pearl is hesitant to do what Rose is asking, Rose insists, and tells her that they'll be free afterward. Steven ends up inside Pink Diamond's palanquin hearing a conversation between Rose ( Susan Egan) and Pearl. She reveals Pink Diamond's undamaged gemstone in her hand and sends Steven further back through her memories. When he steps closer, he realizes that it is not Rose but Pearl, shape-shifted into Rose's form. He sees gem shards on the ground and Rose holding her sword. ![]() He eventually arrives at the moment after Pink Diamond's shattering. He visits her traumatic memories of Rose Quartz's pregnancy and the aftermath of the Gem War. She can't find the phone stored with Pearl's other belongings and sends Steven deeper into Pearl's mind to look for it. Inside Pearl's gem, Steven meets a personification of Pearl's ability to compartmentalize. She tells him to enter her gem and get it himself, hinting that he will find the answers to his questions there. As she tries and fails to retrieve her phone from her gem, Steven receives another text-a □ emoji. □" Steven returns home and confronts her about it, but Pearl says she hasn't used her phone since that morning. Later, Steven receives a text message from Pearl: "I want to tell you but I can't. When Amethyst returns, Pearl immediately changes the subject and stores her phone in her gem, leaving Steven confused. ![]() After Amethyst leaves, Steven confronts Pearl and asks her if she was the one who shattered Pink Diamond. Steven ( Zach Callison) is contemplating the conflicting information he has received about Pink Diamond's shattering, and anxiously waits while Amethyst ( Michaela Dietz) teaches Pearl ( Deedee Magno Hall) how to use her new cell phone. This episode received critical acclaim for Deedee Magno Hall's performance as Pearl, the quality of the artwork, and the structure of the episode's story, as well the significance of the plot twist for the broader narrative of the series. The episode focuses on Steven Universe confronting Pearl with questions about the supposed assassination of Pink Diamond millennia ago, and builds to a major plot twist for the series: the revelation that Steven's mother Rose Quartz was actually Pink Diamond herself, who faked her death with Pearl's assistance. Sugar described it and "Can't Go Back" as "huge episodes that we’ve been building to for a very long time" that would have major implications for the rest of the series, and change viewers' interpretations of the events of previous episodes. It was directed by Kat Morris and Liz Artinian and written and storyboarded by Danny Cragg and Hilary Florido from a story by Matt Burnett, Ben Levin, Kat Morris, Joe Johnston, and series creator Rebecca Sugar. It first aired on on Cartoon Network as the second half of a two-part special with the preceding episode "Can't Go Back". " A Single Pale Rose" is the eighteenth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series Steven Universe. Not dysmorphophobia, but a struggle more with identity.Rose Quartz becomes Pink Diamond, revealing that they are the same Gem. ![]() Pink is a bit more difficult, but I would pin it more towards either recovering histrionic disorder (a bit of a stretch), or body dysphoria/transgender. Yellow diamond likely some variation of conduct disorder, due to her violent outbursts and disregard for anything living. So I got to thinking about the other diamonds and do think they might represent certain personality disorders and other types of fun things you can find in the DSM-V.īlue would have depression imo, or maybe bipolar 2, due to the often depressive episodes (represented by crying) plus a little anger thrown in for good measure though this is not often. I'm not sure about anyone else, but white diamonds brief speech reminded be of many things I have read ( and experienced) in narcissistic personality disorder and borderline personality disorder. This may be a spoiler but I can't find the flair :(
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