Like you kind of see Rose acclimating to being seriously involved with humans rather than keeping them at arm’s length. Her little speech also gives you a clue as to why she sacrificed herself to make Steven.
I also think we saw a lot of Greg in the process unlearning toxic masculine behaviors (like putting women on a pedestal as he did with Rose, depending on them for all his domestic labor as he did by expecting Vidalia to feed him and do his laundry and clean up after him). Taking care of Sour Cream for a day sort of started him on the path to emotional maturity, and understanding that Rose was, while powerful, flawed and still in the process of learning and ironically more “human” than he assumed and realizing that he can’t expect the women in his life to take care of him.
I also think after seeing so much of Rose’s dark side (the way she played Greg and Pearl off one another) it was nice to see her kinder side, the side that… made her worth staying with, the parts of them that attracted them to her in the first place.
I think it’d be cool to see that side of her with Pearl too though, because so far we’ve never seen Rose treat her that well. I think Peal was probably legit Rose’s Pearl, a mindset neither of them could shake which lead to a nasty power imbalance in their relationship.
What I also think is cool about Rose’s speech is that she’s sort of wrong but maybe not totally? Like we do see gems grow and change, but I think only after the advent of Steven, who kind of shows gems how to grow and change.
It’s sort of like he exists to bridge the gap between humans and gems.
Also what I like is that gem motivations aren’t really so different from human motivations if you make an effort to understand them (which while probably not true of IRL aliens if there are any is a good metaphor for dealing with people with vastly different experiences from you)
Thoughts From The Peacock Angel 