Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-27628871-20151218220901/@comment-27304481-20151227215020

Strong In The Real Way wrote: RinTezuka62 wrote: Actually, in Catch and Release she says "Look over there, another planet to betray", and that's one proof she actually knows at least a little bit about what CGs have done. "Catch and Release" is a relatively new episode set long after "Jailbreak". It is possible she decided to do some research after having been harrassed by them for that long. In episodes such as the aforementioned "Jailbreak" (and the episodes following it shortly in the continuity) she seemed utterly confused over the name Crystal Gems.

Consider that she argued with Jasper about their change of plans in "Jailbreak" - if she had known Rose Quartz to be the arch-traitor that she was, she wouldn't have argued about it. Peridot was simply sent to Earth to check on the Cluster and the Kindergarten - she had been kept in dark about the possibility that the Crystal Gems could still be there.

Jasper, on the other hand, clearly knew. Judging by Peridot's reactions in "The Return" it would seem she didn't tell Peridot the real reason why she escorted her to Earth, either. If Peridot knew about the Crystal Gems she would've reacted quite differently to hearing the name Rose Quartz in the first place. That assumes that she has the capacity for research when she has no access to any resources with such information. In jailbreak, she never heard the phrase crystal gems. You makin that up. Unless u r thinking of marble madness, which i spent a whole paragraph explaining the nature of her confusion.

It doesn't matter to her if rose is an arch traitor or the leader of the lollipop guild of west oz, she gets paid (is her duty) to check on the cluster and kindergarten. That's all. Rose was incapacitated, and stuffed in a cell on the ship that can hold even the strongest of gems. To her, it makes no sense to skip out on the main reason for the voyage, that wouldn't take long, to bring rose back to homeworld. She ain't going anywhere on the ship. Of course she would argue.

Peridot knew the CG would be present after marble madness, because apparently the red eye malfunctioned, so she recognized the threat is still present. She reports the threat. Jasper comes to aid. Jasper has alterior motive but still. And how would you expect peridot to react? If I was told General Robert E. Lee was nearby when I traveling for work, I wouldn't care very much. He's dead, and doesn't have anything to do with me. Peridot feels the same way about rose, except rose isn't dead, just inactive.