Okay, so this is my insane, one in a million, no way in heck it’s actually going to come true theory on why White Diamond isn’t around at the moment.

Remember this awkward unresolved moment from Are You My Dad?

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We never did get a satisfactory answer to Connie’s question, which left the door open to possibly seeing another gem-organic hybrid. And who would that hybrid be? Why, the offspring of White Diamond, of course!

Despite inheriting White Diamond’s gem and authority, this hypothetical child (I haven’t decided if they’d be half human, or half some other alien) is still too young to assume her duties as a diamond matriarch. Yellow and Blue are therefore keeping them out of the public eye. Somewhere safe and secluded, the child of White Diamond trains, grows, and prepares to assume the mantle of a true Diamond…

So, why do I like this crazy theory? Mostly it’s for the tragic irony. One source of angst for Steven is that there isn’t anybody else like him. He can only sort of relate to the gems, and he can only sort of relate to humanity. So imagine his surprise and his joy at finding another hybrid! He’ll finally have someone to talk to as an equal, someone who was also born of two worlds.

But then Steven finds out that his new friend is the child of White Diamond, heir to the gem empire and sworn enemy of Rose Quartz’s rebellion. The one person Steven might be able to fully relate to was destined to be his mortal enemy since birth.