Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26198832-20150313023659/@comment-25365147-20150418235812

Veavee wrote: I'm on the fence on when Jasper referred to Pearl as defective in the means of either because she turned her back on the Homeworld, or rather her gem was structurally deficient.

One way I could agree with the abandonment theory was how I've seen people suggest the Pearl gem could be a servant class, with her loyalty belonging to Rose Quartz. Her loyalty could have driven her to become insurgent to the Homeworld just as Rose had for the revolution on Earth.

I do like the idea of her gem being structurally different, with her emotional instability being a good starting place for that.

On a different note, there was also theories of Pearls serving a past function as Peridots do today. However, this could be debunked with how Pearl is battle-proficient, when compared to the technical purposes Peridot is tasked with.

As far as I know, I can't wait to see the episode with the monster let loose in the temple! The Crewniverse does good work with how they forbode and drop hints now and then that tie past episodes to new ones. Pearl is a very interesting character for me. Well, consider that Gem society has changed a lot and their technology is far more advanced. Peridots might be serving the same functions as Pearls, just using different weapons and methods. (giant spaceships and robots instead of just Gem weapons)