nuclearfeels:

So It just occurred to me that this is in fact NOT Rose or Pink Diamond.
This is not some kind of hologram, or a reformed version of Rose, or even just some kind of glitch. The gem that was formally Pink Diamond, has actually been reprogrammed to become Steven Universe. That’s why When White Diamond asks “Where is Pink?”, Pink Steven replies “Shes GONE!!”

Rose/Pink is truly truly gone forever.

And the reason that Steven is absolutely overjoyed to see that the gem was himself all along was because over the past few seasons, he has been having this constant existential crisis over being his own mother, having to live up to her standards, having to constantly be what is expected of him. But that is all finally gone. Steven has finally realized that he truly is his own person.

He isnt Rose

He isnt Pink Diamond

He is STEVEN UNIVERSE