My views on the next Pink Stevenbomb

When I saw the news about the upcoming Stevenbomb, I couldn’t contain myself. This was really needed and the timing just feels right. I mean, don’t get me wrong, the Steven Nuke was extremely awesome, and those special monthly festive episodes were enjoyable too, but this was the right time to deliver something in between (a five episodes story arc). And hell, it seems like we’re gonna get something extraordinary. So let’s start.

Theory #1: Infamous Palanquin

The consensus after “Buddy’s Book” was that the palanquin definitely belonged either to Blue Diamond or Pink Diamond. Now, I guess this confirms the Pink Diamond’s route, which leaves room to a lot of possibilities.

What I would really really really love to happen is to get a flashback with this palanquin being the place where Rose shattered Pink Diamond or the moment when and the location where the Rebellion started. It could very well be narrated by Pearl, who was likely a witness (we have too many clues for her not to be Pink Diamond’s or White Diamond’s Pearl or a gift from the White Diamond to the Pink Diamond).

However, I think certain that the Palanquin was damaged, under attack or abandoned and maybe, it serves now as a memorial/grave for PD.





Theory #2: Jasper’s Hisbiscus

At this point, it’s not a stretch to think that Jasper could be redeemed (I mean, her VA recorded for Season 4) and I personally think it will start slowly, beginning it with this Stevenbomb. The flower hinted in the picture promo is the same flower Jasper wears on autographe from SSDC. I guess she’s wearing it in the memory of the Pink Diamond, but it can also be the first thing from Earth that Jasper will be impressed with.





Theory #3: Let’s kidnap the Crystal Gems

Something’s really fishy about the next episodes descriptions:

“Adventures in Light Distortion” – Steven and the Gems take off on a search and recovery mission.



“Gem Heist” – The Gems try to pull off a heist.



“That Will Be All” – Steven and the Gems make a daring escape!



This screams infiltrating into a Homeworld ship and then getting kidnapped by the Homeworld Gems so bad, but I’d rather not go jumping into conclusions because I don’t want to be disappointed. This would be extremely awesome though. Can I even dare to stay that they go to Homeworld? I guess it’s too soon.





Other thoughts

Steven will find out about Pink Diamond’s Palanquin by going into Jasper’s or Pearl’s mind; I’d rather say Jasper only because we have these little hints



We’ll definitely see Pink Diamond’s full appearance



“The Zoo” is a serious episode; I doubt it’s about corrupted gems since that would be really insensitive, but it makes sense if the gems are kidnapped because of the parallels between a zoo and a jail



This bomb might represent the start of the endgame, possibly the beginning of the second war with Homeworld

Anyway, I’m dying to get some answers. I’m gonna be on full theorising mode until next time.