The Diamond's NEW Symbolism & Powers Explained (Era 3 Update) | Steven Universe Future

The Diamonds in SUF: Yellow- Plastic surgeon Blue- Weed dealer White- Therapist Steven- Disaster waiting to happen

Blue and Yellow's "new" powers were foreshadowed in Legs from Here to Homeworld when they healed centipeetle/nephrite. Yellow stabilized her form and Blue effected her emotions. The fact that their powers work even without physical contact now means that they've been working on perfecting their powers

Fun fact: there is a drug called blue diamond

In my opinion, the diamonds also represent the social classes of the Middle Ages: White the kings, Yellow the military, Blue the diplomats (the clergy) and Pink the people.

I think that asking whether the Diamonds have redeemed themselves is a bit of a loaded question. I don't think that anyone earns forgiveness by meeting some measurable criteria. All that someone can do is try to be the kind of person who deserves forgiveness, and then either hope that they get forgiven or accept that they aren't forgiven. I do believe that the Diamonds have become better people, and they're trying to undo the damage they did. But I don't believe Steven has fully forgiven them like he has with Peridot, Lapis, or Bismuth, largely because he's had less with which to empathize, and because they were the "big bads" of the original series. Whether the Diamonds can build a good relationship with Steven remains to be seen.

It's not about redemption. It's about just being a better version of yourself. Like Endeavor from My Hero Academia.

I am really proud of the diamonds. At first, I was really sceptical and unsure how the diamonds could be redeemed. I even suspected Yellow for shattering Pink due to her rushing the trial. I of course misread it and it was merely cuz she didn't want to deal with the loss of her sister and to keep her tough image. Blue I felt the most sympathetic towards despite her being a tyrant; she was more sympathetic towards gems than yellow or white...but way less than Pink. I had hopes for Blue to turn around and help Steven (which came true). White...was always so mysterious and scary in the sense of being unknown. After her reveal though...yikes. She was terrifying. After she turned around though...she became such a diva which I love. She's like a grandma who's heart is deeply into theater and acting with feeling. I also find it a relief that even shattered gems can be put back together and healed again. And best of all, they treat Spinel as an equal! There were so many speculations that the diamonds were going to let history repeat itself and treat Spinel like they did Pink. And I am just so glad it turned out better than expected. Quick note: I love how Spinel is just so cute and precious! I loved how she got excited to control white and paired it with "Yes please." I just find that so darn cute! 😄💕

The Diamonds as a whole represent the Four Aspects of a person's being. Think about it. Blue is Heart, White is Mind, Yellow is Body, and Pink/Steven is Soul.

Rebecca sugar used the diamonds to represent second chances. And how if you are given the proper amount of time you can learn to forgive someone of there actions. However Rebecca also used characters like “Bluebird” and sometimes “Jasper to show that not everyone wishes to seek forgiveness. Overall the diamonds ending was fitting for the show.

Steven Universe in fact doesn't forgive, he helps them. Steven Universe doesn't forgive people who try to murder him, but he helps them when they realize or gave up on attacking. Rebecca stated out that Steven has never forgiven Spinel nor the Diamonds at a CBR interview. She stated out that Steven Universe never forgive them, but he helped them to make everything better and come into a conclusion that Pink is gone forever and it was best for them to change because of what they did to Steven. When Steven turns pink at Spinel and the other Diamonds, we can already tell that Steven hasn't forgive them.

Not Genocide Gemocide.

Their reign left deep emotional scars in gems but you can't really "punish" them. Their powers are way too useful for gem society. This is the next best the thing, extreme community service and humanitarian missions.

I still love how all 3 are doing their best to be better, and their new abilities fit them. White: Closed off and superior, the fact she would allow anyone else to take control is a big deal. We saw with Steven that she could get hurt by someone else. She is taking a huge step, and being vulnerable so she can apologize for what she did. Blue: Silent and reserved, she tends to surround herself with things. She prefers to be in the middle of something. Her powers are to effect the emotions of others. She also spent time in the Rose Quartz bubble room to remember Pink. She never shattered them, because then she couldn't be surrounded by them. Her clouds allow others to be happy around her, and she's probably working on ways to help Gems after they leave the clouds. Yellow: Stoic and busy, she always has something to keep her busy. Even when talking to others in the past she would be doing something. Being the head of the military of Homeworld would keep her busy. Always something to look at and something to keep in line. With all that gone she must have been getting restless. She also took a lot more initiative than the others. Yellow had to have spoken to one of the Crystal Gems to get the fusion experiments. Or just sent her Pearl to get them. Either way, she wanted to fix the damage done. This also feeds into her initial feelings when she found out Centipeedle was still loyal to Homeworld. That she and the others had unintentionally hurt their own number. Granted she didn't care at the time about the Crystal Gem Rebels, but she got there. Are they redeemed? Not at this time. Unlike Peridot, Lapis and Bismuth, the Diamonds have a lot more that they need to atone for. A true redemption for the trio would come much later. Though I think a little more on their personal journeys would be amazing.

The diamonds are only fixing their mistakes. But none of the characters in the show have shown forgiveness toward the diamonds. Rather they only tolerate the diamonds.

Steven Universe is about forgiveness. That's something that makes it very uncomfortable, especially in our time where forgiveness is not a value we embrace at any end of the political spectrum.

I feel like the diamonds, including Pink, are representative of the aspects of health and wellbeing: mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual, respectively. With Blue being emotional, Yellow being physical, White being mental (or psychological), and Pink being spiritual ("Spiritual wellbeing means the ability to experience and integrate meaning and purpose in life through a person's connectedness with self, others art, music, literature, nature, or a power greater than oneself." "Spiritual health creates a balance between physical, psychological and social aspects of human life.")

The diamonds are a huge symbol is SU emotionly and literally.

Have the Diamonds fully redeemed themselves, not yet. But it's great seeing them happy after they weren't for so long. And it was pretty fun to see their new powers and how they changed. I love how they represented the personality types, stages of grief, types of abuse and finally different types of therapy in the end. They're just over all fun characters for me

I saw some people say that White's new power still suggests some smugness on her part, because who wouldn't want to be her? I can see that, but that doesn't mean it's not brave of her to open herself up that way. Edit - to me, Yellow's stuff makes the most sense - she always has to have a project, so if she's going to do something good, she needs to see a result.

I'm just happy that they showcased how the diamonds changed for the better instead of just saying that they changed. After all, seeing is believing. I say yellow is the most redeemed out of all of them because she's repairing the physical damage that she and her fellow diamonds did to gems. I mean blue just made people feel bad along with her which isn't really that evil. White was just the dictator that gave yellow and blue the orders to do it.