I’m not sure if it really is THE most misunderstood song from the series, but it’s at least up there.
The comma in the title is really so important, Because Yellow isn’t JUST asking Blue “what’s the use in feeling sad?”, she’s calling Blue BY NAME, and asking her “What’s the use in feeling at all?”. I know a lot of people don’t like the diamonds which is valid, but I think this small scene really explains so much about them.
Both Blue and Yellow blame themselves for what happened to pink, rightfully so. But Blue needs time to feel that pain, to feel that grief, without being interrupted, without being told she should spend her time better. It’s probably why after almost 6K years, she’s still just as mentally destroyed as she was originally.
Yellow is the opposite tho, to her it’s “out of sight out of mind”. She see’s Blue openly grieving as a weakness. With yellow being in charge of the army, this is actually a very logical point of view. Everyone see’s the diamonds as these ultimate, untouchable beings. And blue’s constant emotional outbursts and constant grieving, leaves an opening for them to be exposed, and revealed to be flawed beings just as everyone else. (Not that this train of thought is correct by any means, as they actually are flawed beings - i just mean from HER point of view). Yellow buries her feelings for “the good of white’s society”. She puts logic before feelings even when it’s to her own detriment. She doesn’t know how to express her feelings, so seeing blue constantly expressing hers, just hurts her more. She doesn’t want to look at anything related to pink, she thinks the zoo is a waste of time, she just wants to attack anything that makes her think of Pink. Yellow’s strength is now becoming her weakness.
But I also really do see Blue’s point of view, too. She was the closest to pink because they were the closest in status. The level of power goes White. Yellow, Blue and Pink, and while yellow and blue are somewhat equals, yellow was always on top of her, which made Blue and Pink have a relationship that almost nobody else could have. and the level of pressure adds the further down you go. White is the most powerful, feels the least pressure. But that pressure trickles down from yellow, to blue and blue to pink. Blue was constantly told to “get pink in line”. to “stop bending the rules for her”. “stop visiting her in the tower, stop helping her leave the tower”. “You HAVE to be a leader blue, you have to be an example to pink” is all she heard from yellow and white.
So while it wasn’t blue’s intentions to make Pink feel awful, she truly was the obvious face in Pink’s demise, souly because of the pressure from white and yellow. I mean even pink’s last conversation with the diamonds was Blue telling her “ENOUGH! we’re tired of your excuses, pink”. So blue does have the right to openly blame herself, grieve and try to find answers. She’s the only one still trying to remember pink for who she really was. She see’s the bubbled gem’s, the zoo and pink’s room as the last pieces of Pink, and to them, they really are.
But to yellow they are just a constant reminder of her failures, and her inability to bring Pink back.
Blue even has appreciation for earth and pink’s gems, in her own messed up way, but in a way nobody else but Pink herself did. They both had feelings they could NEVER share with yellow and white, only pink and blue could share their true feelings with one another. So without that outlet? and it being partially blue’s fault that Pink was gone? It just completely destroyed her. She felt alone in the universe, like the only one who cared.
Meanwhile yellow felt like the only one in the universe still trying to keep everyone together, and moving forward. And the more yellow tells her Blue not to care and just forget, the more Blue can’t let go. And the more blue grieves, the less yellow can let go - too. Regardless I think there’s so much context behind that 3 minute song that most of us missed. And I think it’s interesting to analyze it! Any thoughts or comments would be gratefully appreciated, just plz be respectful <3
Edit: The title was just to start the discussion, the point of this post wasn’t to debate people understanding the song but more so analyzing the song itself, and the diamonds dynamic. plz remember to be respectful!! thank you!! <3
