Talk:Peridot/@comment-26537726-20151027001041

Wow, Peri, I love what you've done with the place! Really classy!

Hey ya'll! I've been thinking about a theory for Peri's weapon, and here it is! (This is all speculation, but I'll be working with everything we know about her from GttCG and material from this very wiky, so watch out for spoilers! Also, feel free to repost if you like what you're about to read but give credit to this wiki account.) My theory is..:

She doesn't have one! Like, literally, not at all. Why, you ask? Well, the GttCG says clearly that her weapon is her tech. Maybe that's just Sugar protecting us from spoilers, but I believe there are reasons for us to believe it is an actual fact. First of all, she's been in danger multiple times, and not even once has she tried to summon her weapon. Some people think that has to do with her being (probably) the youngest gem besides Steven, but that doesn't sound right. Steven took some time to master the summoning of his weapon, but that's because he's half human, and his powers go with his emotions. Peridot, in the other hand, is a gem. We don't know this for sure, but it makes sense that she would be able to figure out her own way to summon her weapon without help, just as the CG all had their own technique on how to do it..

Other people think that maybe she's just never had to fight before, meaning she can't summon her weapon because she's never had to. While this makes a lot more sense, I  differ. She doesn't have a weapon, because she's not supposed to have one. We know Homeworld, somehow, engineers Gems to be good at one task, being it fighting or being a technician, so, they could probably figure a way to remove a gem's weapon. Why? Well, Peridot is a technician, she doesn't really need a weapon. In fact, giving low rank gems a mean to fight is something that homeworld would probably like to avoid.

Some people pointed out Peridot's reaction when Amethyst called her "A real gem". She didn't seem weirded out, wich would have been the natural reaction, she seemed ''awkward. ''Now, just a moment before that, Peridot said Amethyst was "The only CG, that is actually a gem" The natural conclusion is that, by Homeworld standards, fusions and Pearls are not even considered gems. That means Peridots are probably not considered gems either. That explains her reaction, and it makes sense that with Homeworld treating low rank gems this way, they would have no regrets on removing their weapons, further diminishing their individuality.

Now, all this doesn't mean Peridot is completely weak. We've seen hold her own against the CG using her limb enhancers, at least managing to escape, and with the spare parts in Greg's barn she was able to build a pretty powerful robot. So, her tech is not a weapon to be taken lightly, even though she doesn't realize it and it gives her the obvious weakness of needing objects to fight. Other gems in the past also needed objects, such as swords and axes, to fight, so this is probably not so big of a problem. The fact that her limb enhancers had an energy blaster is also suspicious, given that she probably wouldn't need it if she had a weapon.

All this being said, I do wish she had a weapon, and that maybe Homeworld didn't actually removed it from her. Maybe they just made her in such a way that she has no clue on how to summon it. Oh well, this is probably all wrong, so it doesn't matter.

Anyhow! Thank you for reading my (huge) comment. Let me know what you think about it!