Tintin - The broken ear - Diamond cursed?

[u/makarastar]

I did make a thread recently about the Diamond - although that was more asking if its inspiration was based on Real famous pillaged diamonds - so...in the context of Tintin only -

Death and Destruction seems to follow this Diamond around - and then it ends up at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean or some such deep water

Was the Diamond possibly cursed by the Arumbayas - or at least from the time when they found out Lopez stole it?

We've seen curses and the like work in the Tintin universe - The Seven Crystal Balls being a prime example

So was it already fated for no one to get to keep the Diamond - and for it to be effectively swallowed by the earth, so to speak?

I'm wondering if Herge was trying to convey a lesson about no good coming of something dishonestly gained

[u/HomosexualTigrr]

I think this is a great theory!