my theory blue:culture,class yellow,technology, Armory pink: expansion,growth white:law,system

Jeez, you predicted Yellow Diamond being the military faction pretty well, because in "Hit the Diamond" Peridot says that she has control over the entire Homeworld army!

So.... Pink Diamond=Cultivation Blue Diamond=Architecture Yellow Diamond=Military White Diamond= God

White light contains all colors. Is this significant?

Pink Diamond being in charge of gem production could also explain Rose's interest for life in general.

Another bit towards Blue Diamond being part of the colonization process: Lapis is presumably part of her court and came to Earth. Why would they need a Gem that has extremely powerful hydrokinesis? To move water about during construction or even off-world.

Another thing to add: The crew said that Yellow and Blue Diamonds have a manager, another thing to prove that White is probably the overall leader

when you find out that Jasper was in Pink Diamond's court..

I still think that Onion is Yellow Diamond #DiamondsarelikeOnions

I think everything you said is reasonable. The only thing I would add is that Pink Diamond was probably also in charge of exploration. Exploration and managing the Kindergartens would go hand and hand. Remember that Pearl loves space exploration and she wore a pink diamond on her space suit.

Yellow diamond even looks like a military commander. Look at those huge shoulderpads, jarhead-esque hairstyle, and design of her top and breeches/boot combo just scream General.

At 1:12 We technically didn't hear blue diamond's voice we heard Garnet narrating what blue diamond said

I'm surprised Rebecca Sugar hasn't reached out to stop you from sharing this info. lol

So: Yellow = military and technology Blue = Culture and Structures Pink = People and resources White = The overseer.

With the white diamond being a big deal thing, it makes sense, seeing as colored diamonds are caused by impurities, while completely clear diamonds are pure.

Pearl cannot be tied to white diamond, in the episode Space Race pearls suit shows a pink diamondon her chest, therefor tying her to Pink Diamond. Every Gem who served a diamond on homeworld seemed to have a diamond on their uniform to match their own diamond. Maybe this could reveal something about pearls past, maybe she saw what the diamonds were doing just like rose, or her and rose were working together on the kindergarten so she feels guilty for all the things homeworld did. I don't know it all but hey that is what theories are about right?

Very nice theory wouldn't be surprised at all to see this become canon.

Also, apparently in real life, white diamonds are the flawless diamonds. Diamonds that are colored (such as yellow and blue) are colored due to impurities in the gem. This could be a reason why White Diamond is the leader: she's literally flawless. However, there were no impurities found in pink diamonds that cause them to be pink, so that's something to speculate on...

Looking back, I think you really hit the nail on the head with this one, aside from Pink (but even that segment had some very interesting observations with the extremely limited information we had on Pink at the time). Nicely done, I’d count this as a win.

I love when there's a new AJ Universe video. Total mood improver.

Jasper isn't from Yellow Diamond. Her Diamond is Pink Diamond. After Rose shattered PD, Jasper attempted to follow YD and Yellow Diamond is Peridot's diamond so, she has to follow YD. BTW, Amethyst's Diamond is Pink Diamond because, even is she was made from the kindergarten, she is supposed to be like Rose Quartz and if Rose is a Quartz and made from Pink Diamond that means, Amethyst's is a Quartz as well because, she's supposed to be like Jasper and Rose and they're both from Pink Diamond so, if Amethyst is like Jasper and Rose that means Amethyst's Diamond is Pink Diamond.

I miss these videos coming out such a long ago time and magical feeling

Best theory video i've ever seen. Solid evidence and good narration. Seriously a must watch for all SU fans.

I agree that Pink Diamond was in charge of making new gems, and that this is why Rose has life giving powers. I also think it explains her motherly personality.

This raises the question: What happened to pink diamond? Why is her symbol gone? Is it because someone under her rule caused the war and she couldn't control them? What if Rose(assuming she was a quartz warrior under pink diamond's rule) somehow poofed her? But that wouldn't make sense, because then wouldn't she be honored? Or maybe hated for being weak enough to be defeated by one of her gems. What if Pink diamond had a large role in the rebellion? What if she was one of the many inspirations for Rose to rebel? You said she might be in charge of reproduction, so what if she got tired of her technical creations being mistreated? What if she was the actual rebel, but the other diamonds covered it up? What if Rose rebelled in honor of pink diamond as well as in honor of Earth? Why is Pink diamond's symbol under everyone else? If reproduction is her job, then she would be next to Yellow or Blue diamond, since reproduction is very important. Maybe her beliefs were different than the others? Maybe the other diamonds moved her to the bottom for that reason? Then finally removed it because of the rebellion? These are many questions that probably don't have enough evidence to answer but this has just gotten interesting. Maybe when more is revealed, you could do a video about pink diamond? And sorry for the long paragraph.

"rose quartz' motivations would have lined up with pink diamond's motivations" hahahahahahahah

You deserve so many more subscribers than you have AJ. Your channel is so good and all your videos are pretty professional looking.

AJ HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH THESE THINGS!?!? Seriously, you are a GENIUS. You analyze things that most wouldn't have even noticed! You remind me of Sherlock Holmes. Seriously, you could be a detective! I don't know how you do it, but whatever magic Peridot gem smartness weapon you have, it's working.

Your theory is great as usual and makes sense:)I just want to point out to strengthen your white diamond theory- there is no warp pad to the moon base.The lack of a warp pad could indicate that the relationship between WD and her followers/underlings is similar to real life where civilians cannot just walk into the Buckingham Palace and have tea with the queen.WD is the highest authority in gem society,she is THE queen and her presence near earth is purely to oversee the colony and make sure her diamonds are staying in check.

Definitely agree with Yellow being military, Blue being culture makes sense given the design of the buildings, as does Pink being in charge of the Kindergartens, but I think you might be a little off with exactly where those domains stop - General terraforming and resource use I think is more Pink Diamond's domain, while the cultural side of colonization being blue diamond's domain rather than resource use. White being the Diamond of Diamonds, with the other three being deputies of that (As several empires had in real world history - The other three diamonds being White Diamond's court, to put it in medieval monarchy terms), does make a lot of sense.

This longer theory video was nice to sit through. I can't say you should do this more often, though, because I can imagine this was incredibly difficult to pull off and doing it often would probably be more work than fun.

Really interesting stuff. So much to speculate on, I love it.

If what your saying is true then White diamond would be the Queen (absolute ruler) of not only homewrold but all gemkind. The Diamonds are also more than likely sister ie formed at the same time I don't agree with you on the military thing needed since the start of the rebellion. It's more probable that the gems have enemies in space ie some kind of all male metal based species that rival's their power. And it is more likely that Rose either Killed pink diamond and that's why Yellow Diamond was so insistent on earth being destroyed (she wants what the traitor who killed pink diamond to have failed to protect that world) that's why blue diamond ran from merely two gems in a rebellion. They're scared that they can be killed. Or White Diamond killed Pink diamond (who shared Rose's views/inspired hers) and her mighty influence of the hatred of what Pink diamond cared for is so great that even Blue and Yellow diamond are scared to act against her wishes lest that she might strike them down. The first is more probable as Yellow diamond recoiled when she saw that Peridot was on earth. That hesitance could signify that she was remembering the death of Pink diamond.

Di you have any theories on how the gems reproduced BEFORE kindergartens? I mean, at some point gems had to have been primative. At some point they must have been minding their own business on homeworld, before they gained the technology to leave it. My own idea is that before they could made kindergartens, to make new gems they would 'seed' a gem by chipping a fragment off of an existing gem's stone as carefully as possible, with a healer like Rose Quartz present, then manually bury that fragment deep in the ground to grow.It would be slow and dangerous, but given a gem's lifespan is not limited by mere time, I think it would have been sustainable, at least until they started fighting and gems were broken quicker than they could be grown.

I love these videos! It doesn't matter to me whether or not the things you say end up being true or not. These videos really make you think! I enjoy these theories almost as much as the actual show! Thank you very much! 😊

This.... is very well done. Kudos, my friend :)

The original symbol represents portions of the body and are metaphors for each diamond. The pink diamond represents the womb of the empire, and the making of new gems. (I'm certain Rose's placement of her gem is not meaningless and the fact that Rose made a womb to have Steven) The two diamonds to the left and to the right represent the hands of the empire, a hand for building and a hand for destruction and fighting, the top diamond represents the brain and mind of the empire.

Gem Theory, what if Blue Pink and/or White dimond is holding the cluster stable to make sure it hatches on time, like a type of defense or better yet, was accidentally thrown into the cluster with the other fallen gems on accident and she and maybe even other gems homeworld and crystal gems will be saved????

Well done i actually think this is true the white diamond thing really impressed me with the little knowledge you had and came up with that bravo never stop

I really love your videos man keep up the good work 👍

great theory, like always, but I have something to add and hopefully I don't sound dumb lol. so, first off, I feel like I should say this because some people don't know but colored diamonds are naturally occurring, although they get their color from chemical impurities or defects in the crystal lattice. white/color less diamonds are "pure" with no impurities or lattice structure problems. SO, with that being added to what you've said about white diamond being the "overseer" I feel like it just makes even more sense for that to be her role.

Yes, yes, yes YES. This is exactly what I thought.

Ohmigod all that stuff about White Diamond aaaaaghhh I'm shaking she's so powerful! Great theory AJ! I love these!

Are you familiar with the Roman Tetrarchy? The system of four emperors ruling the single Roman empire after the crisis of the third century fractured and nearly destroyed it. The strongest connection would be an image of unity and cooperation projected to the public, but behind the scenes there's a delineated power structure and specific spheres of control. The Tetrarchy was a system of 2 Augusti each with a Caesar to act as their jr partner, so it might also explain why we only see blue and pink on earth at first. BD would be doing the very public work of building temples and arenas and all that while while PD, the jr partner, does the dirty work of building the kindergarten.

And, if the theory about our Pearl is White Diamond Pearl is true, the fact Peridot said she was a fancy Pearl could support White Diamond be the top diamond. After all, the best and most fancy thing will always belong to the leaders.

Just my opinion. I believe Rose is Pink Diamond Reason being Pearl's almost obsessive and possessive admiration for her from flash backs and the fact that all the diamonds yellow and blue (not sure about white) are accompanied by their Pearl. Also Steven has powers no other gems seem to possess astral projection, healing and physic abilities and I feel more powers are coming with time. This is just my opinion. Can't wait to see the latest eps.

I don't know if it's your delivery of it or the wording but these videos always make me feel like I'm listening to actual war/historical theories and I like it.

I personally think that White Diamond is also the over overseer of knowledge. With a placement of her gen on her head, I find it kind of symbolic. Not to mention the other gems we've seen with the gem on their heads seem to be smart/knowledgeable (Jasper excluded, on her nose it makes me think of a bull. Literally charging into fights doesn't help change this image). Pearl and Peridot are both strong thinkers and have behaviors associated with those of intellectual people (OCD, not taking a break to explain what they believe is common knowledge, easily excitable when presented with what they're passionate, learning new things easily etc.). Perhaps this great knowledge is what separates White Diamond from all else, an almost God-like knowledge of many, if not seemingly all, things.

I think that white diamond will play a major role in future episodes. I'm thinking that Steven and the gems will go back to home world at some point, possibly to meet with white diamond.

Hmm, I think you may be on to something here. It's a good theory and it does make sense. Each Diamond filling a role and then having one overall leader to keep things in order. Very well done.

*applause* Wonderful theory! It makes sense! Please keep up these videos!

It makes sense cause white diamond is the hardest to find in the real world

I REALLY want to see all the diamonds fuse. Well, I mean, first I want to see them all. But then they have to fuse. Maybe their fusion is represented by the small triangle in the center.

I could think of a word fitting the propagation of their species. The allusions are clear- pink as the color, Rose's relationship with Steven... Motherhood. I'd wager Pink Diamond's more industrial areas also dealt with healthcare in general, if Rose's powers are any indication.

You are the best out there AJ universe ❤️

why does nobody talk about how yellow diamonds are used in industrial tools

I think that Rose is pink diamond. Another name for a pink diamond is a rose diamond, and it would make sense for pearl to be her personal pearl like yellow diamond has her yellow pearl. It makes sense that we haven't seen what pink diamond yet because it would ruin the story. It would also explain how powerful she is (and steven is) and how she could start a revolution with so little warriors against homeworld. Therefore I think its pretty obvious that Steven/Rose is going to save the day with the additional power.

What's interesting is when you had made this you only briefly mentioned that they might be leaders of territory, which where I am at I believe that is primarily what they are, each leaders of different territories and pink as we know now so spoilers, had only earth. But you separated them into roles, offices primarily and the territory took a back seat. Fascinating, and I believe your evidence stands fairly well, I'd really like to see post-season 3 a lot of updated thoughts though. A lot of your older videos are still relevant if only slightly ignorant (to no fault of your own) because further episodes would come out and that's going to stand that way time and time again while the show is still being produced, I could do no better. Nicely done AJ Universe. I never thought of the roles/offices before.

This is a very well thought out and researched idea. I can certainly see a society working just like this.

We know that something happened to Pink Diamond, and it's clear that Rose is not Pink Diamond she is a quartz. Rose is the same size as jasper (who is a quartz), and it is unlikely that Pink Diamond/Hypothetical Rose was "cut down" to the size she is now. Rose was probably a follower of Pink Diamond, and my theory is that Rose killed Pink Diamond, either to start the rebellion or as an act of defiance to the ways of home world. I have absolutely no evidence to support this other than: 1) Rose was the leader of the rebellion 2) Pink Diamond isn't on the picture anymore 3) Rose is a quartz and as far as we know it is impossible to "change class" or the type of gem you have, so she can't be Pink Diamond put the pieces together idk

Can you elaborate on the gems in Blue Diamond's court? I think I saw lapis and other Jasper/Amethyst guards. and if you notice, the gems in her court have a mixture of blue or pink gems. Which may suggest that after a possible fall of Pink Diamond, the members that were still loyal to Homeworld dispersed between the remaining 3 diamonds. plz do this one I love your videos and Ik you could do this topic some justice. Thx

OML, EVERYONE SAYS THAT WE HAVE ONLY SEEN PINK DIAMOND'S FEET BUT THERE IS MORE OF THE PINK DIAMOND MURAL IN THAT EPISODE. LOOK BEHIND GARNET WHILE THEY ARE ON BOTTOM FLOOR OF MOON BASE AND DON'T FORGET PERIDOT'S LIGHT IS GREEN SO PINK TURNS A DIFFERENT COLOR MOMENTARILY

I have to say, wonderful use of the [insert joke here] metajoke. This far into your reviews makes it feel earned and any pun-transition closer you could have put there would have been so forced as to make it useless. Maybe you had a good closer there originally, I don't know. I do think that the one you gave us is delightful in its juxtaposition to the sheer amount of supposition you made regarding White Diamond's role in the Diamond Authority. Well done.

Just rotate the diamond symbols and another diamond is on top.

Nice, I like it) I just wish we knew who is Pink Diamond...

Hey that all makes sense. Good job, man!

I feel like the quartz gems might be color-coded to the diamond that they belong to, or the diamond they primarily serve. Rose Quartz is a pink quartz gem who most likely served Pink Diamond, and Jasper is a yellow colored quartz who serves Yellow Diamond. We saw Blue Diamond on Earth, and we saw (probably) Amethyst gems in the flashbacks of the battle on the Strawberry Battlefield. Amethyst was also "born" on the Earth kindergarden, and this is a quartz gem which is purple, or bluish. Rather than the idea that all kindergardens were overseen by Pink Diamond, I think every diamond establishes their own and grows quartz gems specifically designed by them, in their colors.

Here is what we know about Rose SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER Okay, so now nothing should be spoiled. 1.) Rose is not Pink Diamond. 2.) Rose shattered Pink Diamond, so she can not be Pink Diamond. 3.) No one knew about her healing abilities except for the Crystal Gems. Eyeball, a Ruby soldier, said "There were rumors Rose could heal her soldiers." These entice us to ask the following questions. 1.) How did Rose shatter Pink Diamond? 2.) How did no one know about her power? 3.) Do all gems have hidden powers?

Omg that's lapis in the background of blue diamond, court!!!!!

actually the pink diamond thing makes sense, a pearls gem matches the placement of their diamonds, pearls are ordered by high ranking gems, so pink diamond could've ordered Rose and had the gem placed on her stomach, notice that white diamond is on top and has her gem on her head, blue and yellow have it on the chest, they're in the middle, and rose has it on her stomach, which would be on the bottom, so pink diamond could have her gem on her stomach, symbolizing Birth

some of this doesn't fit knowing about Jasper originally being pink diamonds but the white diamond stuff sounds interesting and Jasper stated that gems are made to "serve the order of the diamonds" so that sounds like there is some kind of order of power when coming to the diamonds. while the white diamond being in charge is a good Theory and you showed good evidence I have a theory about who controls home world. the diamonds are gems, where did they come from and who made them. I think it was some else that made them and they pull the strings behind the since. if only the diamonds know who this is then that would explain why the Crystal Gems don't know about it or haven't mentioned it. maybe they turned on there creator and turn over making gems to conquer other planets. either way I believe they have a creator.

Wait.... If White Diamond is the ruling Diamond, and Pearl was her Pearl, wouldn't Pearl have more Power then Peridot?

Can you do a theory why Blue diamon and her court all hides their eyes?

I wonder if Pink Diamond actually started the rebellion and the other diamonds had her taken down and either shattered or imprisoned. It would explain how the pink diamond was removed from all future homeworld icons and why many of the ruins have the pink diamond defaced in some way. It could be that Rose Quartz was actually carrying on the mission that Pink Diamond laid out for her, realizing that Earth was nothing like the worlds they conquered before and that there was much more to this planet than the ones they've colonized in the past. Maybe Pink Diamond felt some form of guilt for what they were doing and decided to end their destruction of planets that harbored life. This wouldn't have sat well with the other three diamonds and would certainly explain why the rebellion took place.

i sometimes feel that the physical appearances of the diamonds could be an indicator for roles. blue diamond is very delicate and thin fitting for someone who would need to be one to be able to interact with certain groups much easier. yellow diamond more imposing form would make her fit for combative situations. white and pink diamond i cant really say since we've barely outside of artistic depictions.

Well oops Jasper doesn't follow Yellow Diamond OOPSIES (yes I know this came out before Earthlings)

Gempire? Is that a thing now

This is wonderful!

Amazing series!

Did you see?There is someone who ressembles Lapis Lazuli at 06:24

Was Blue Diamond the one behind Lapis Lazuli's imprisonment in the mirror?

I also noticed that in the episode FRIEND SHIP that all of the panels, controls, and weapons peridot used to trap the gems were pink. This supports your theory of pink diamond coming first to establish a kindergarten. Love this theory BTW!

I agree with you with your theory of their purpose, My ideas about what happened to the Diamonds though: -White Diamond is the gem from strawberry fields temple -Blue Diamond has something to do with/is the gem found in the light house -Pink Diamond either is Rose or is already in a bubble at the temple -Which means that after the war, Yellow Diamond was able to take control of everything Blue and White are kept on the insignia out of respect, and knowledge that if she were to remove them, it could cause unrest among the recently warring empire.

rose cant be the pink diamond because she is a quartz and a diamond is not a quartz :D

I'm early but it won't last ; A;

This sounds like pretty solid reasoning. Good job.

Fascinating! All sounds right to me

I can't load it can y'all

Maybe the house the gems are living in is Pink Diamond. After all Rose Quartz was a rebel so why can't she be one The Queen of Rebels. Is this a good thought?

I think you're absolutely right on every point, Let it be Indisputable that White diamond is the leader of homeworld and by extension the other two diamonds, Each point you made fits perfectly with each gem, Theres just so much information thats still hidden from us in the show, One thing that you pointed out that i never noticed is color, How you can tell which diamond oversaw or constructed certain shrines and buildings etc.

AJ, I am extremely happy that you pointed out that the orbs in the mural are planets. I've seen so many others claiming that White Diamond is a fusion because of the glowing one at her abdomen, I felt that it was obviously Homeworld. On a different note, I think you're right about Pink Diamond being the overseer of the kindergartens. However I think Pink Diamond sided with Rose and was shattered by the other Diamonds. I think this because of how her symbol at the coloseam (sorry if that's spelled wrong) was shattered. Just my theory :]

I told my friends like a million times... Those orbs that the diamonds are holding in the mural,are the planets that they have conquered by themselves! You might not believe me, but most Diamond theories,I have thought of them before. One that hasn't been talked about,is about Rose's sword is not actually hers, but Pink Diamond's.

9:15 It also looks like they're all falling down a pit and they're calling out for help. This could link into the images that depicts this temple thingy as tests for humans or something.

I think you are right AJ from what we have seen already shows us the role of the lead gems but question marks still come up around pink diamond maybe she was the one who started the rebirth of gems hence Rose Quartz gem powers (the healing growing things of different species and creating from her own self conscience) and after Rose rebel against it that led to the end of pink diamond maybe shattered or bubbled hmm

we where doing about crystals in science and we talked about demands and my teacher said yellow blue and white demands and I was think all about steven universe and they he said crystal gems and I was almost sinning the theme song then he listed of the gems

The kindergarten would also make sense with the gems you mentioned growing up around Pink Diamond's feet in the mural as a little hint. .....aaaand you covered that. XD Never mind, then! "...disgusting high fashion..." omg In addition to the other stuff, white diamonds are generally regarded as the purest (or at least most desirable) form of diamond, so - though that doesn't seem to normally play a role in the Steven Universe....er....universe - it coulde be another (sort of) piece of evidence. Great theory, as per usual! :D

It makes sense that White Diamond would be the supreme authority. In the real world, gems only become colored (I.e blue, pink, and yellow) when they're contaminated with another element or mineral. Making White Diamond absolute perfection.

That's amazing!

I'm really excited to see if this theory becomes real in the show : )

woah woah, you can see lapis in blue diamonds court, when the rubys plus sapphire are marching too BD, you see one of the "shady" gems with lapis's hair shape and even her same shaped gem on her back, only just noticed this :D