I have two WMG theories on why Pearl doesn't shapeshift. They're not mutually exclusive, although it could be either or both (or, of course, neither).
One, Pearl's former master loved to be entertained by Pearl repeatedly shapeshifting into the form that said former master liked. Consequently, Pearl got tired of always changing into what someone else wanted; she got on board with Rose Quartz's "you can be what you want to be" rhetoric by deciding that she wasn't going to shapeshift ever again.
Two, Rose said something about how beautiful and/or wonderful Pearl's now-current look (which, apart from some tweaks to the incidentals of her outfit, have been consistent for over 5 millennia) is. Pearl, as always keenly attuned to what Rose likes and wants, decided to stick more or less with the look that Rose really likes. Rose might have even said this incidentally, but Pearl took it to heart (which would totally be a Pearl thing to do).
Also, as for that comment Pearl made early on about how all gems can shapeshift, keep in mind that she said this before anyone on Earth knew that there was an Era 2 of gem production. So far as she knew, all gems could shapeshift; gems like Peri that couldn't were made outside of Pearl's knowledge of what Homeworld was up to.
edited 5th Apr '17 11:25:26 AM by 32_Footsteps
Reminder: Offscreen Villainy does not count towards Complete Monster.I probably am overanalyzing things but that's what happens you get carried away.
Anyway
It's been said somewhere that we may finally learn more about Homeworld,I'm curious as to how they will do this,I feel the mostly likely scenario is that Steven will straight up ask them,or they feel it's time finally explain what Homeworld is
edited 5th Apr '17 4:24:35 PM by Ultimatum
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverhttp://sneople-supporter.tumblr.com/page/3
awww,
(Steven's first words)
edited 5th Apr '17 5:24:10 PM by Ultimatum
have a listen and have a link to my discord server![]()
Steven's truth barrage killed the old Ronald...
Now this will make way for a new and slightly different Blogger Fryman...
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice....I don't think there are any more at the moment.
Unless you count the leaked one.
Oh God! Natural light!Thanks for using labelnotes, Smart Girl. That keeps things much neater.
@Ulimatum: I'm confused by that link, and your comment didn't help.
Correct. People can talk about that in the other thread, provides they don't mind the poor picture quality.
edited 5th Apr '17 6:14:03 PM by thatother1dude
I'm not really sure what kind of explicit dismissal we could get of the Amedot moment
"Hey remember how we meaningfully locked eyes once?"
"Uh I guess?"
"Well I'm with Lapis now"
"Yeah man I know"
Forever liveblogging the Avengers"I used to have a crush on you until you directly violated my consent because you decided you knew better" would work for me.
What's this about a leaked moment, or was that not in reference to Amedot?
How would a fusion between the two work anyway? Peridot doesn't have a weapon we've seen and how would one combine ferrokinesis and hydrokinesis?
edited 5th Apr '17 6:41:32 PM by Mr.Badguy
That episode where they go to the boardwalk and Peridot is self conscious about her status as a "defect", which is then cured when Amethyst steals her ipad and tries to destroy it and Peridot discovers she has rad magic powers and is thus not useless.
EDIT: Oh that is not what you were referring to.
So from what I can tell Lauren Zuke has stated that Peridot's crush on Amethyst was a temporary thing, and she's getting paired with Lapis.
edited 5th Apr '17 6:51:16 PM by Mr.Badguy
Dick move Amethyst
The gist is that Zuke said that is how they wrote and thought of Peridot but they weren't going to tell people what to get out the episodes.
Zuke didn't want people to have to play guess the intention
edited 5th Apr '17 6:53:15 PM by Bocaj
Forever liveblogging the AvengersI haven't thought it through that much lmao; now that I think about it the reason is probably just that they can't sneak it past Russia; my salt is misplaced. I just.... an entire hiatus, guys............ (edit: the Amedot moment I meant was the one in Too Far)
Thank you for telling me the other episode is a leak, I wouldn't have known otherwise; I will now post it in the leak thread
edited 5th Apr '17 6:52:34 PM by SmartGirl333

Pearl doesn't like how it feels to eat food. Her aversion to shapeshifting may be coming from the same general mindset.