Board Thread:Off-topic/@comment-27847292-20160320014556/@comment-27276409-20160323005805

I-Ship-Stevidot, I saw you said that we have "little-to-no hints of Amethyst liking Peridot". That is NOT true. With Kevonnie and Pearlrose there were no hints of it from the other side. Rose OBVIOUSLY did not like Pearl back. Stevonnie OBVIOUSLY did not like Kevin back. Amethyst liking Peridot? Yes, there are a good hints. not as many hints for Peridot liking Amethyst, but still quite a few. Back around "Too Far" I would have agreed with you. Then, it seemed more of a one-sided thing. But since the last StevenBomb, we got some more information on how the relationship may be reciprocal.

'''1. Amethyst blowing up the Peridot balloon. '''Tell me this: why would the Crewniverse waste 10 precious seconds of air time to Amethyst popping up a balloon unless it hinted at something... more?

'''2. Peridot's betrayal. 'Amethyst was horrified. Honestly, I don't remember seeing her so upset since On the Run. ''And here, she wasn't the victim. Steven was also upset, but I don't believe it was for shipping reasons. He put a lot of trust into her and she didn't turn up good. Pearl and Garnet just seemed worried. So why wasspecifically Amethyst so upset? Something to think about.

'''3. Nicknames. '''You guys on the con side have pointed out that Amethyst has nicknames for Pearl and Steven too. True. Very true. So I was looking around the wiki and here's how many nicknames Amethyst has for the other Crystal Gems:

Steven: 5 nicknames

Garnet: 1 nickname

Pearl: 3 nicknames

Peridot: 8 nicknames

It actually surprised me how little nicknames Amethyst gave to Pearl. I'd also like to point out that Amethyst almost (and I say almost because she did shorten "Yellow Diamond" to "Yellow D") never gives nincknames to villains. She never gave one to Lapis, she never gave one to Jasper, heck, she never even gave Peridot a nickname until she was captured by the Crystal Gems. Amethyst has only given nicknames to the ones she's closest to. Peridot has the most nicknames even though she's been in very few episodes compared to the other Crystal Gems.

4. I've been practicing my Peri-phrasing! Amethyst shape-shifted into Pearl to make fun of her. Amethyst shape-shifted into Steven to play a game with the other Crystal Gems. But she shape-shifted into Peridot for the sake of flattering her. Just because! And she happily shape-shifted into a chicken for her.

(Also, note to Gaia: Add more "meat" to your posts. You only put one piece of evidece and then say it looked like flirting to you. Try to say something that most fans can universally agree on and use that to your advantage!)