Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26204104-20150314142954/@comment-4515118-20150403181047

Gnx486 wrote: Peridot's not an idiot. She knows what the Kindergarten will do, and is determined to do it anyway. Jasper, at least, was less interested in planet-wide genocide than Peridot was, even if she was more cruel to our heroes. Never once was it stated that this was the case, either. But on the other hand, she has had no direct contact with humans (that we've seen), aside from Steven.

In addition, where exactly was it stated that she knows that it will make the planet completely inhospitable for the current dominant sentient species? Is it not possible that she's a younger gem, specifically trained for this job and generally uninformed about the destruction the job itself will cause?

Because, second time now, I doubt leaders really run the show by saying "you're blowing the living fuck out of living things because we said so". That's a pretty good way to incite a revolution, and clearly, it didn't work out for them before when Rose was there. Things seem to run much more smoothly now, so I'd imagine there's a lot less direct fieldwork. Hell, Peridot seemed aggravated enough that she had to directly come through the Homeworld Warp.

It's easy to say "nope, evil, and not just uninformed", but that's also hilariously inaccurate to the show if the Crewniverse are to be believed, and it's extremely doubtful, given the audience's interest in Peridot, that she'll remain even a transient enemy for very long.