Talk:Friend Ship/@comment-24423140-20150717191929/@comment-508329-20150717203930

IMO it seems pretty unlikely, but I guess she might be able to convince Pearl to work with Yellow Diamond if there's some kind of civil war back on the Homeworld and Peridot can convince Pearl that Yellow Diamond is the lesser of two evils:
 * Maybe one of the other Diamonds was responsible for the fusion experiments, and Yellow Diamond just sent Peridot to collect the data so she could use the same technology to rebuild shattered Gems properly.
 * Maybe Yellow Diamond's faction is at war with some other faction that considers fusion an abomination instead of just a cheap tactic.
 * Maybe Yellow Diamond's faction is trying to heal Gem monsters, while the other side is creating them on purpose to use as cannon fodder.
 * Maybe Yellow Diamond's faction figured out a way to grow new Gems artificially without sucking the life out of planets, maybe they're rebelling against the traditionalists who want to continue the old ways of planet looting and galactic conquest.
 * Maybe there's another rebellion against the Diamond Authority, and Perdiot's having her doubts and thinking of joining the rebels, but wants Pearl to vouch for her (since they'd be suspicious of a Homeworld officer like Peridot, but they'd probably trust someone like Pearl who fought in the first rebellion).
 * Maybe Yellow Diamond's faction is really horrible, but Peridot's really good at making up convincing lies.