>>109866833>Convince her that peace is taking the high ground, and that violence would make them as wrong as the Diamonds. Or maybe tell her the truth.She tried the former and it didn't help.
And let's review the situation here. Here she is, Rose Quartz - apparently before Pink Diamond was shattered, so she's still playing two roles, although God knows how - juggling a war with the Earth at stake. If she drops the ball, everything on Earth will die.
So what will happen? She can't be sure. Bismuth is furious, and more than ready to kill; actually it is worse than that, since we have seen what happens to gem shards... they become near-mindless abominations, forever looking for the rest of themself... and this while there is a method for disabling and imprisoning gems without harming them! Bismuth is a killer, and she needs to be stopped... preferably peacefully. The options are extremely limited.
The problem with not thinking ahead before introducing these characters is that it creates moral gaps. There is no real reason not to break Bismuth out of her bubble after the Corruption. She could have been very helpful,even if she would have been even angrier than before.
Perhaps that's why. Rose had only two friends left (Three, if we count Ruby and Sapphire separately)... what if Bismuth wanted revenge? Her anger would be fresh and she had shown a willingness, indeed a desire, to kill... and kill needlessly.
And I guess that in all the time of fighting a worldwide army of insane monsters who used to be her friends, the issue of freeing Bismuth just got shoved onto the backburner. After all, no time was passing for her... and all her friends were gone anyway. Maybe someday... maybe someday...
It's entirely possible that after thousands of years, she simply forgot. Then again, she also hung that one shirt on the tree so I guess she must at least have remembered.
The point is... there was no easy solution and maybe no possible solution.
