<div class="quote"><i>Cheetah-shooter wrote:
I saw a crazy theory, I will try to move the whole thing here. link
http://aphot-nuit.tumblr.com/post/129837560260/so-did-anyone-else-notice-that-peridot-keeps
<p>So did anyone else notice that Peridot keeps referring to something called “The Cluster”? There’s a reason for that.
</p><p>None of the Cluster Gems we’ve seen so far are The Cluster itself.
</p><p>Every time Peridot mentions the fusion experiments, it’s always been in reference to something called The Cluster. Not the cluster gems. The Cluster. Peridot also keeps saying that this thing is going to kill <i>everything.</i> She says in “Friend Ship” that Earth has an expiration date. She said in “Catch and Release” that The Cluster was going to destroy everything, going so far to say that she and everyone else would be shattered. Why would Peridot be afraid of the monsters that were easily poofed by Connie, Steven, and Garnet? Because those things aren’t what she’s talking about.
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</p><p>This thing? Nope.
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</p><p>This guy? Nu-uh.
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</p><p>Not even this guy is the actual Cluster.
</p><p>But, take note of the fact that Peridot also mentions that The Cluster will hatch. Not emerge. Hatch. Notice that an upcoming episode is called, “When it Rains.” The plot? “Steven helps a friend who’s afraid of thunderstorms.” I’m making a lot of assumptions here, but what if that friend is Peridot? And what if the reason she’s afraid of thunderstorms is because-
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-THIS thing contains more than just a synthetic
thunderstorm. After all, what’s inside a geode? A massive
cluster of rocks and gems. The writers did say Steven’s healing powers would have worked on the Geode, had Greg not messed them up, but
every single time Steven has used his healing powers, it was on a living thing. First on Connie’s eyes, then Lapis’ Gem, then Greg’s leg, and his attempt at healing the Geode. What if the healing powers only work on living things, which was why it didn’t repair the Homeworld Warp? What I’m getting at here is, what if the reason Peridot fears thunderstorms, is because the Geode has more than just a storm inside of it. The storm just means the geode is cracking. Hatching. This is not a Geode at all. It’s an egg.
</p><p>An egg for the Cluster.
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<p>I saw the Tumblr; I saw this, I ran through these past many episodes various times in order to get it... AND THIS IS BRILLIANT! You just might have given us the answer before the writers ever could! ...Man, that's bittersweet. But keep in mind that we shouldn't throw anything into absolutes. There's still Malachite to consider in the equation that in fact may prove to be a factor in the events. And then there's the moon referenced in the season finale as mentioned in the upcoming episodes for possibly next year (if I'm following the episode pattern correctly); which means the Cluster may be just the beginning of an worldwide apocalypse sent straight from the moon! Kind of like in (and it's okay if you don't get it, not many have seen the show) in the season 1 finale of Beast Wars Transformers,in which it's revealed that one of Earth's two moons (it makes much more sense in context, trust me) is in fact a Death Star-style planet annihilator to be used as a last resort if the Vok's project proved a failure. In fact there's a LOT of parallels with Steven Universe and Beast Wars if you get right down to it.
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</p><p>Sure, Garnet trying to maintain a balance between being a leader and someone relatable to the crew? Or Crystal Gems in this case. Either way, it totally sounds like Optimus Primal's conflict. A former enemy that sacrifices itself for a greater good that in fact becomes a greater evil down the line; that's a near-perfect parallel to Dinobot if you put Lapis Lazuli into consideration. An often analytical fighter that uses science over mere luck? Sounds like Rhinox to me (albeit in reverse) and as stated before, the Vok and the Homeworld are surprisingly similar if you think about it. An alien race that makes various anomalies and artifacts and tests and can destroy planets on a whim? I think you get where I'm going with this. Seems I may have been wrong; it's not so much Lord of the Rings as it is Beast Wars! Though I stand by that Lord of the Rings and Steven Universe are still surprisingly similar, but that's another topic.
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</p><p>This thing? Nope.
</p><p>
</p><p>This guy? Nu-uh.
</p><p>
</p><p>Not even this guy is the actual Cluster.
</p><p>But, take note of the fact that Peridot also mentions that The Cluster will hatch. Not emerge. Hatch. Notice that an upcoming episode is called, “When it Rains.” The plot? “Steven helps a friend who’s afraid of thunderstorms.” I’m making a lot of assumptions here, but what if that friend is Peridot? And what if the reason she’s afraid of thunderstorms is because-
</p><p>
</p><p>-THIS thing contains more than just a synthetic thunderstorm. After all, what’s inside a geode? A massive cluster of rocks and gems. The writers did say Steven’s healing powers would have worked on the Geode, had Greg not messed them up, but every single time Steven has used his healing powers, it was on a living thing. First on Connie’s eyes, then Lapis’ Gem, then Greg’s leg, and his attempt at healing the Geode. What if the healing powers only work on living things, which was why it didn’t repair the Homeworld Warp? What I’m getting at here is, what if the reason Peridot fears thunderstorms, is because the Geode has more than just a storm inside of it. The storm just means the geode is cracking. Hatching. This is not a Geode at all. It’s an egg.
</p><p>An egg for the Cluster.
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