Talk:Gem Weapons/@comment-26570886-20150820005407/@comment-26998935-20150919175333

I strongly suspect it's because Gems most likely don't get their weapons from the second they're 'born.' If Homeworld had a hierarchy, and Pearl was at the servant or lower class, as Jasper may have hinted, then she probably didn't get a weapon unless there were different types of servants for fighting or just actual servantry or whatever. If this is true, Pearl would have trained with someone, Rose or otherwise, in swordfighting (or swashbuckling, if you want to use a pirate's terminology) until she was able to get her weapon. Or maybe it went the other way, and Gems actually do receive their weapons at the start of their existence, but they don't have control over them and/or the proficiency to use them. Either way, Pearl would still learn swordfighting and thus have a blade collection.

We all know Pearl's really nostalgic about Rose and the Crystal Gems' past victories, especially Rose's war against Homeworld whenever someone brings it up, so this might have applied to her swordfighting. She probably has a training session in her room every once in a while to catch up on her skills. Pearl also taught Connie, right? She may have had other students who didn't have swords, and she could have used the swords from her collection to help them practice. It would make sense that she'd help Rose train the army, since I'm pretty sure that not all Gems are fighters. Like I've stated, there was probably a hierarchy, and those Gems that were on the lower levels of social status might have been tired of the Homeworlders exercising so much power over them. These Gems may have sided with Rose because of her promise for freedom, or they just never wanted the Homeworld dictators controlling a planet ever again. Personally, I think that the latter option is really sentimental.

Hope this helped!