A lot of these entries I already featured in this rather long post, but it gets asked about a lot and I am capital T Tired of this being an issue, so here’s a convenient post for me to link people to, with screenshots whenever possible and none of that “open to interpretation” (sub)textual stuff. Please let me know if I’ve left something out! This refers to out-of-text/not in-universe, Word of God type comments from the folks behind the show, explicitly referencing the Pearl/Rose relationship.



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Writer Matt Burnett after Steven Bomb 2 (meaning the intense combo of Sworn to the Sword, We Need To Talk, and Chille Tid):

[tweet link]

Much more complicated than [one-sided], and future episodes will continue to share their story.



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Composer Surasshu, also after Steven Bomb 2 - part of a larger conversation about the SB2 reactions, such as this, and a response to this now-deleted tweet by storyboard revisionist Amber Rogers:

egomatter 2015-06-21 18:16 UTC *gets married to a girl* a fool: i dont know, your relationship seems more mother/daughter to me? im just saying its up to interpretation

[tweet link]



if you dont think rose and pearl had a romantic relationship, steven universe is probably not for you haha thanks and yeah! there’s a lot to be said about their relationship it’s not as easy as that tweet, but yeah



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Storyboarder Katie Mitroff after We Need To Talk, posting about their fusion dance and Rainbow Quartz:



I LOVE these two so I was absolutely ecstatic to draw this scene. I remember being really pressed to pack all of their passion and Pearl’s smugness into one moment that lasts the length of a guitar solo… and their fusion that’s just an embodiment of that into one giant, shamelessly beautiful dancer!



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Storyboarder Raven Molisee (responsible for, among other things, Rose’s Scabbard) answering an ask:

In the story of Steven Universe, is the Rose/Pearl relationship romantic? If its not, then I’ve misunderstood the whole thing! *tosses storyboards into the air*

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Rebecca Sugar in a podcast interview here, with the relevant soundbite available here:



Interviewer: Pearl obviously has some unrequited love for Rose, you know, and…

Rebecca Sugar: I don’t know if I would call it unrequited!

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Bonus:

Katie Mitroff’s Pearlrose Bomb entry.



Rebecca Sugar’s drawing of Rose and Pearl kissing - a fan request at a convention signing but I feel it belongs here - imgur link since OP’s blog seems to be gone.

She generally seems to like drawing them as… pretty damn close.

More early Rebecca Sugar art from the Pilot era, 2011/2012.



Also, obligatory, the Leonard Cohen post, my favourite.

