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PeridotThePerky wrote: I-Ship-Stevidot wrote: Not to mention that Peridot also goes by the tsundere trope, because she acts cold and hostile towards Steven, but secretly worries about him and appreciates the things he does for her. Again, not trying to bring Stevidot into this, but she DOES act pretty tsundere. But the "landing-on-top-of-someone" trope is more obvious. There is a similar trope to what you're talking about, and that is the jerk-with-a-heart-of-gold trope. While Peridot may seem mean and hostile towards others, we all know that she has a heart of gold on the inside. But if you choose to treat this case as an example of the tsundere trope, we can also use how Peridot acted in "Too Far" as an example of this trope. After finding out that Amethyst didn't even want to look at her she says (I'm just PERI-phrasing here):

"Who cares about any of you? You're all just rocks! Lumpy, clumpy rocks beneath my gravity connectors!"

Later, when she apologizes to Amethyst, she reveals that she does care about Amethyst, whether it be platonic or romantic, whatever you choose. I feel like the tsundere trope would go better with the Amedot example, although Peridot becomes less tsundere after "Too Far". The Stevidot example is more of an example of a jerk with a heart of gold. Actually, it isn't really a tsundere trope in Amedot either, the tsundere trope I am referring to is 'someone who is shown as a cold and bitter person at first, but is shown to be more weak and vulnerable over time'. While you can argue that she was like that to EVERYONE originally, she is mostly like this with Steven; she acts like she doesn't care, but she does. The tsundere trope you refer to is the flanderized one: 'someone who flips between emotions with the slightest provocation.' She tried to be extremely nice to Amethyst, since she IS the highest rank of all of them (Garnet being a fusion, Steven being a hybrid, Pearl being a Pearl) but Amethyst ignored her, which got Peridot angry. She acts mean, but means well.