>>91735525The Breaking Point was objectively a stupid fucking idea when she first had it too.
The Crystal Gems were outgunned and outmanned on a mind-boggling scale. There is no possible way they could ever have actually WON against Homeworld and I don't think that was ever Rose's intention.
Rose was fighting a defensive war to try and make Earth independent in hopes Homeworld wouldn't waste the resources it would take to wipe them all out and they could have their city on a hill while Homeworld went home.
The Crystal Gems had one Bismuth. Homeworld had thousands. Anything Bismuth could make, Homeworld could mass produce, which means the Breaking Point is a weapon that will overwhelmingly favor Homeworld after its first use because Rose's rejects against Homeworld's super-soldiers when both are equipped with gem-shattering technology is still going to be really fucking one-sided.
Homeworld can grow new soldiers on any given planet to keep their numbers up, and they outnumber the rebels by a lot. At the time of the war, literally 100% of the crystal gems are defectors from Homeworld's forces and they've agreed kindergartens are morally wrong. If you kill enemy soldiers, you can't recruit them, and Homeworld is thinning your numbers much faster now because SOMEBODY had to up the ante and Rose can't heal shattering.
The Breaking Point would have doomed the rebellion if it had ever been employed. The power to shatter randos would not have been any tactical advantage; if anything, taking all their enemies alive was in Rose's best interest because the Crystal Gems can ONLY increase their numbers by converting enemies, and the others can serve as hostages.
Hell, I'm like 90% sure the reason Pink Diamond died was because Rose took her hostage to try and have leverage with the other three for Earth's freedom but the diamonds called her bluff.
