the-furious-fudanshi replied to your post:

In her defense she was taught to be a selfish diamond so she had to be taught to not be so selfish. Maybe the only way she could get rid of they side of her was to become Steven. Idk I agree rose was selfish she was also taught that way of life. Not saying shes right to be selfish I’m just saying it must have been hard for her too trying to understand and not know the best way to go about things.

I mean yeah she was almost definitely trying to be different, and even if she was pretty awful it IS true that she had some positive effects, but I don’t think she was ever really able to be anything other than a Diamond no matter how hard she tried.

Joey described it as her being a romantic that lacks empathy

She loves humanity and living creatures, etc, but she lacks the ability to really view them as living creatures. They’ll always be these fascinating toys to play with to her. She loves the idea of these things but can’t treat them with the respect they deserve because she just straight-up doesn’t know how.

Honestly, even her desire to become Steven was a fuckin whim in the context of Gem lifetimes. Maybe she wanted a baby for a few years in human time, but for a Gem that’s like two minutes! She deserted the people who loved her and relied on her in a matter of days at BEST as far as they were concerned.

That’s fucked up, man

Steven Universe spoilers!

I’m honestly glad that tons of ppl seem to be finally joining me on the “Rose Quartz is awful” train

Like, I’ve disliked her for a long long time, ever since We Need to Talk, when it became apparent (to me) that she viewed Greg as an object, or a pet. Calling him “entertaining”, consistently referring to him as just a “human”. Despite all her efforts to try and connect with humanity, they were always below her, and even if she talked endlessly about how beautiful and amazing humanity is, it was always kinda obvious that she thought of them as lesser.

She was always kinda condescending when it came to talking about humanity, despite constantly singing it’s praises.

And more and more, with all the new information we get about her, she sounds worse.

Rose, to me, seems entirely selfish on the inside. And now that we know that Pink Diamond DEMANDED a colony, DEMANDED an army, and then decided suddenly that she didn’t actually want to kill or hurt humans; now we know that EVERYTHING is her fault.

Her rebellion was rebelling against a problem SHE created, and thousands (millions? idk) of gems died because of it.

Pink Diamond was a brat. And Rose never lost that selfishness.

Becoming Steven seemed like an entirely selfish act, to me. She didnt seem to actually care about how it would affect the people around her when she disappeared. And NOT ONLY would she disappear, they’d have the responsibility of a human child’s life, which is a huge, huuuuge responsibility to take on when you’ve suddenly lost the person who would always lead you.

Pearl, Garnet and Amethyst were almost entirely dependent on her. They weren’t independent. Pearl gave up her entire life (her entire “purpose”) for Rose. Garnet was cast out, alone, only able to fend for herself when Rose took her in. Amethyst was abandoned and literally was a little jungle child before Rose found her. 

None of them knew jack shit about humanity. None of them really knew the proper way to interact with humans. Their best guide for how to do that was Rose, and she disappeared for her own satisfaction. 

I don’t think Rose ever viewed anybody as actual people. I dont think she ever viewed Pearl as more than “her” Pearl, even if she tried. Pearl certainly never left the head space of Rose being her Diamond. She still worshiped the ground Rose walked on. Garnet was another “entertaining” or “interesting” or “fascinating” object. Sure, Rose gave her the freedom to be Garnet instead of Sapphire and Ruby, but there was still that “look at this shiny new toy” feeling to it. We don’t know a lot about her relationship with Amethyst but I can’t imagine it’s much different.

And now we know that she was LYING to pretty much all of them! She was feeding them these stories about Pink Diamond and how terrible all of the Diamonds were and pretending she was fighting some big bad villain when everything was because of her demands in the first place.

Rose has always seemed shady to me. She seemed like a bad person trying desperately to, at best, be a good person, or at worst, trying to make everyone around her think she was a good person. 

there was a listing put up today that was a good price in our ideal location and it’s literally already been taken down

so either the price was wrong or someone has already taken it

so

you know