Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25278390-20150620203817/@comment-4440927-20150707010455

I have some ideas of how the writers could redeem Peridot

1) an episode thats only about Peridot and her trying to adjust to Earth while she is stranded. we see her trying to do work, looking at other Gem experiments and Gem tech in places we haven’t seen before but gets being interrupted by a lost baby creature (a fox or wolf perhaps) that has quickly grown fond of her. At first she tries to ignore the creatures but eventually after a series of events, she saves the creatures from a corrupted gem/gems and shows signs that she has warmed up to the creature a bit, while still keeping a cold demeanor. Eventually the creatures reunite it with its family but not before saying goodbye to Peridot. 2) A episode where Steven and her are seperated by the others and have to work together to survive a dangerous location. While spending time with Steven, Peridot learns to care about non gem beings.

This last idea is if there is some character development with Peridot before this occurs.

After Lapis and Jasper get diffuse (which is bound to happen at some point) Jasper mocks Peridot for being weak and threatens to hurt her but Steven defends her from an attack causing Japser to hurt Steven. This causes Peridot to get angry, cause her time with Steven made her care for him and turns on Jasper, trapping her and leaving her in the care of the Gems, thus redeeming herself.

With this I can see 2 things happening after that. One is she joins the gems or she walks away to find her own destiny that doesn't involve the Gems.

I also have an idea that she is force to join the gems after she is marked a traitor by another antagonist gem from the homeworld and after time learns to care for the Earth.

