Give Pink Diamond a BREAK

Everyone out here is calling Pink Diamond the worst, a true villain, etc etc. But y'all seem to forget who raised her, and who conditioned her to behave the way she did. Her Role Models where;

Yellow Diamond, who would Destabilise any Gem who questioned her, and without hesitantation would shatter them (or attempt to). Commanded the armies of Homeworld that invaded and destroyed organic life. Are we forgetting that she tried to kill Peridot because she was disobeyed. And was also involved in neglecting Pink, and locking her in what can only be described as a sensory deprivation chamber.

Blue Diamond, who would emotionally manipulate Gems and shatter those who disobeyed. They even made this part of her character into a joke, despite the fact she was a real villain and dictator who was ready to shatter Ruby because she stepped out of line. And like Yellow was complicit in neglecting Pink, making her cry, and locking her in the chamber.

White Diamond, who would take away a Gems free will if they stepped out line and most likely also mistreated Pink and shattered Gems. Blue and Yellow where bad but for them to fear White, she must have been even worse than them.

At the end of the day what Pink did was wrong, but she was only acting in accordance to who she was raised to be, and how she was programmed. Let’s not forget Gems are programmed to do their roles. If anything Pink is guilty of wanting to escape from her abusive family by any means necessary, and because of how she was raised didn’t know any other option than violence when her words were not listened to. Yes, she left Spinel but that was before she developed on Earth. She left Spinel because she was acting like a Diamond. She was acting like how Blue, Yellow and White raised her to act. Indigent to other life forms, which are beneath her.

Pink is still an awful person, not to her own fault. But unlike the other Diamonds, she grew and changed during her 6000 Years on Earth, culminating in Steven. She did somethings wrong, she made mistakes but she learned over time thanks to the Crystal Gems and thanks to Greg and other Humans. We should not accept the fact the Diamonds changed over a course of two years, when it took Pink 6000 years and she was still damaged at the end of it all.