
Respect White Diamond (Steven Universe)
>Now the impurities you've encouraged in them are gone! Now they are brilliant; now, they are perfect; now, they are me!
♫ We Are the Crystal Gems ♫ ~ ♫ Let Us Adore You ♫
White Diamond is the leader of the Great Diamond Authority, the ruling body of the Gem empire. Obsessed with perfection, White and the Diamonds oversaw the structuring of Gem society into a rigid caste system, culling Gems seen as imperfect. The empire colonized many planets over the thousands and thousands of years it existed, stripping them of their natural resources and leaving them as broken husks. After the Crystal Gems rebelled for Earth's independence and destroyed Pink Diamond, White and the other Diamonds sent out an attack that wiped out the Crystal Gems and stuck a geoweapon in the Earth, leaving it to be destroyed. Now, thousands of years later, Steven Universe, son of the leader of the Crystal Gems Rose Quartz, continues his mother's rebellion against Homeworld.
Feats will be marked with the source
##Gem Physiology
- A Gem's true form is their gemstone, while their bodies are hardlight constructs, essentially holograms with mass^The ^Classroom ^Gems: ^What ^Are ^Gems?
- When a Gem's hardlight body receives enough damage, they are "poofed" and return to their gems to regenerate a new body^S1E16
- As long as a Gem's gem is intact, they can recover, and they will only die if their gem is shattered^The ^Classroom ^Gems: ^What ^Are ^Gems?
- After Amethyst cracks her gem, her body undergoes uncontrollable changes^S1E24
- When a Gem spaceship activates its gravity warp and messes with local physics, the Crystal Gems have their bodies changed as well^S4E11
- Pink Pearl received an injury that left her psychologically scarred, resulting in her body manifesting an injury despite her gem not being damaged^F4
- All Gems have the ability to shapeshift^S1E6
- Gems can mimic human experiences through shapeshifting, like making lungs to breathe or a stomach to eat^Guide ^to ^the ^Crystal ^Gems
- Gems can encase objects in bubbles and send them wherever they consider "home"^S4E1
- Gems can^S1E8 retrieve objects from their gems^S1E14
- Gems don't need to sleep^S1E10
- Gems don't need to eat, although they can^S1E32
- Gems don't age^S1E13
- Gems' personal gravity automatically adjusts to whatever planetoid they are on^S2E23
- Gems can project light from their gems^S2E23
- Gems are not affected by the cold^S3E17
##Powers
###Mind Control
White Diamond has the power to take control of the bodies of other Gems and replace their consciousness with her own
- Can speak through the Gems she controls^S5E29
- Takes control of the Crystal Gems^S5E29
- Makes Pearl fight Connie^S5E29
- Blasts Blue and Yellow Diamond from her ship^S5E29
- Shoots blasts through the Gems she controls^S5E29
- Pink Pearl has no memory of what happened to her while being controlled^F4
- Her powers also work in reverse, allowing the thoughts of other Gems to enter her body^F17
###Misc
- At the end of the Rebellion, the Diamonds unleashed an attack on Earth meant to destroy all of the Crystal Gems^S5E19 but instead inflicted corruption on them that even Steven's healing powers can't fully fix^S3E14
- Puts Steven in a bubble and sends him to Pink Diamond's room^S5E25
- Flies the Diamonds from their ship to the ground in a bubble^M
- Removes Steven's gem from his body^S5E29
- Runs on water^F19
##Physicals/Gear
- [Strength] Smashes a giant pillar^F17
- [Strength] Shakes the ground by pounding her fist and causes Steven and Connie to bounce^S5E29
- [Durability] Unharmed when Gem Steven yells and damages the ground of her room^S5E29
- [Gear] Like the other Diamonds, has a personal spaceship^S5E29