I’ve been pushing the idea that Lion is Pink Diamond pretty hard both on and off my blog, but I don’t want to ignore the possibility that Lion is a red herring like Old Man McGuckit, so I’m just going to throw out another possibility that you should take with a grain or maybe a few tablespoons of salt.

You may remember Desert Glass, the corrupted gem who debuted in the same episode as Lion. If Desert Glass is considered a gemstone, then that could imply that another type of glass would as well.

This is cranberry glass, made from glass emulsified with Tin Chloride or Gold. Glass is a form of amorphous quartz, so a cranberry glass gem would probanby be big, strong, stocky, and like most quartzes have a big mane of hair

See the resemblance?

Oh, and wait, it gets crazier! Unlike desert glass or obsidian, which occur naturally, Cranberry Glass is exclusively artificial. Many people have suspected that Lion is actually a pearl due to Rose using him for storage, but if Lion was Cranberry Glass, perhaps he would have similar properties to other artificial gems like Pearl

