There seems to be this popular notion
that Blue Diamond has some particular hatred and anger toward fusion,
based on her actions during “The Answer.”
Now, I highly doubt that her attitude
to mixed-Gem fusion is any better than the members of her court who
declared it “disgusting.” But looking at the scene from “The
Answer” again in light of Blue’s relationship with Pink Diamond
as revealed in “Steven’s Dream,” it seems really obvious to me
that the main focus of Blue’s anger is not so much the fact of Ruby
and Sapphire’s fusion per se, but the fact that it distracted the
entire court and allowed Rose and Pearl to escape.
Like, people always focus on the part
where she says, “How dare you fuse with a member of my court. You
will be broken for this.” But what’s the FIRST thing she says
after Garnet splits up, even when everyone else is still focusing on
the fusion?
“The rebels
have fled. Sapphire, this is not the scenario you described.”
She was really counting on Sapphire’s
prediction that “the rebellion ends here” to come true. This is
underscored by one word that popped up in Garnet’s narration:
“Thank you, Sapphire,” Blue
Diamond said, relieved. “That’s all I needed to know.”
The use of “relieved” is
interesting here. The sentence makes perfect sense without it, but
the addition of that one word changes the nuance somewhat. Blue
Diamond is not merely “pleased” that the rebels will soon be
captured, she’s “relieved.” This implies that she had been
worried. Presumably, she was worried for Pink
Diamond, whose colony was being troubled by these rebels.
Blue Diamond expected that she would
finally be rid of these worries and was then angry when that
expectation was frustrated. She took her anger out on the easiest
target: a “common, disposable” Ruby who claimed responsibility
for the failure of Sapphire’s prediction.
Like, since “The Trial” I’ve also seen some
people assert that Blue is some kind of Lawful Evil type — obsessed
with order and rules, punishing those who disrupt that order or break
the rules in any way. I don’t see it that way at all? She’s
furious with Ruby and Sapphire not because they went against
propriety and social rules, but because by doing so they indirectly
gave the rebels a chance to escape and continue to cause problems for
Pink Diamond. She has a trial for “Rose Quartz” not
because she’s so devoted to rules or due process, but because she
personally wants to find out how Pink Diamond was shattered. She was
angry at Yellow for poofing the Zircons, not because Yellow was out
of order, but because Blue Zircon was finally addressing some of the
inconsistencies about the facts of the case, and Yellow poofed her
just when they were finally getting somewhere.
For me, Blue Diamond is someone
primarily motivated by personal feelings and attachments, rather than
enforcing rules and order for their own sake.
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