Peridot's absence is even weirder considering her Character Blog updated like a week ago after being silent for the entirety of the fourth season.
Granted, the post is "I JUST REMEMBERED STEVEN EXISTS
", which in hindsight seems like a Lampshade Hanging of her not being there.
edited 31st May '17 8:11:20 PM by thatother1dude
I agree, that would've been nice.
To tell you the truth, I sometimes feel like Peridot's not "truly" a member of the team. Nowadays it seems like she only interacts with Steven and Lapis. I liked "The Kindergarten Kid", but I also felt a little annoyed when it became clear that the rest of the Gems would be sitting on the sidelines, reducing the interaction to just Peridot and Steven.
I get that the Crewniverse tends to change the status quo in ways that will allow them to continue doing what they've always done, Peridot's residence at the barn being the most obvious example of that. But dang man, aren't we due a few episodes featuring the full roster of the team?
The show's due to changing up character interactions every now and again...
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Just so long as it doesn't go the way of The Simpsons or MLP...
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.This show has a story though...unless they want another Slice-of-life comedy on air after all the plot is done diddly dealt with.
Or they want the writers to drag out the plot for a loooooong while.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Personally, I think Yellow had nothing to do with the incident, but she's impulsive enough to ignore the signs.
IE: The reason she poofed Blue Zircon wasn't due to the accusation, but due to the nature of the accusation being along the lines of "You totally murdered your own sister."
Also, Eyeball's testimony was excellent.
Yellow Diamond's reaction was akin to that of a parent who knows the logic in said testimony/speech is flawed, but since it's their kid, they're clearly right.
That, and she wanted to execute Rose from the start.
I feel like you really can't discount Zircon's reasoning here, not how the show depicts it. I think that YD had a motive to poof Zircon either way, but the way things are set up lends itself well to the idea that not all is well on Homeworld. I'm not quite sold that YD is culpable, but I think she knows more than she's letting on. Nor am I quite about WD either (seriously guys third act twist villain introductions never work well unless your name is David Fincher in 1995).
The show can run on a long time though. We're leading up to some sort of S5 clusterfuck explosion clearly, but that doesn't discount the possibility of the Crewniverse leaving some threads hanging for later seasons. A la, the Cluster is dealt with conclusively and at least one Diamond is dealt with completely, but we still haven't fixed corruption and now we have to deal with WD. In that manner I could see the show going for, say, 2 more seasons (so until S9 from the current season numbering system).
I've seen a theory floating around that said that Rose worked with White Diamond to shatter Pink. White arranged for Pink's entourage to not be with her, Rose poofed Pink, brought her gem to White Diamond, and White Diamond shattered it. Which I guess is an interesting idea. I can't really find the post right now. I'll link to it when I do.
ETA: Found it.
edited 1st Jun '17 7:16:59 AM by DeathsApprentice
When we're done, there won't be anything left.I don't know if anyone's posted this, but today I found a pretty compelling argument that Pearl, not Rose, was the one who shattered Pink Diamond.
No beer?! But if there's no beer, then there's no beef or beans!
That doesn't strike me as particularly compelling, it's the same "whatifs" people have been doing forever, except applied to a different question. The fact that the person is claiming these "hints" have been placed from the very beginning and that their theory is basically confirmed already hurts their credibility to me.
Things like that always come off as super confident, an they're always filled with things that can be interpreted as a myriad of different ways, despite their claims.
edited 1st Jun '17 2:00:21 PM by LSBK
There was clearly a deliberate hole in Pink Diamond's security and a coverup thereof. The former does not necessitate a Diamond's involvement (there could have been Bodyguard Betrayal or some other Reverse Mole), but the latter does.
So, putting aside Yellow vs White, or how much Rose was involved, I'm thinking of two questions:
- Why would one of the other Diamonds sabotage Pink's security?
- If neither Diamond was involved with the former, why would they cover it up?
Hopefully, Garnet or Pearl will clarify what they do know soon: If they saw Rose shattering Pink Diamond themselves, what weapon Rose supposedly did it with, if security was as easy to get through as Zircon claims. I'm not going to accept them withholding any more information unless there's a really personal reason behind it.
One thing I've been wondering about now is that in the episode where Steven first met Blue Diamond, Garnet seemed really insistent on preventing Steven from seeking out the Palanquin for some reason, like she was afraid he'd find something out. Why? Steven already knew about Pink Diamond's murder, and I don't suppose Garnet knew Blue Diamond would be there.
Steven never really investigated the place due to Greg being kidnapped when they got there. Do you think there was something there that might cast light on whatever piece is missing from the story, and that Garnet and Pearl have reason not to want Steven to see it?

It's just a minor thing, but I would have liked it if Lapis and Peridot were also with the others when they returned home to find that Steven was back.
edited 31st May '17 7:52:18 PM by LSBK