Consider the Following - Peridot’s weapon…

WARNING!

THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS FROM STEVENBOMB 4



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SPOILERIZED AS ALL GET OUT! You were warned!

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So I can’t get this idea out of my brain and figured typing it out and sharing two cents on the idea would be the cure.

Take a second here to Consider the Following.

So, I couldn’t help thinking about this for awhile. I kept thinking what would be most appropriate given all we’ve seen from her so far.

Then it hit me! There were small, itty bitty context clues about this already and I finally just put them together. They just made it so subtle I didn’t see it…

She’s gonna be a martial art kick fighter.

“NOW HOLD UP!” I hear you say “Where did kicking come from?”

Well let me start by stating, while I have some theories to support this being the case, I really just like the idea because it looks cool in my head.

Imagine with me here, firstly Peridot would cover a new base, cause we have a tactile ranged fighter in Amethyst, and a graceful spearman / dance fighter in Pearl

Garnet is a Giant Fist Fighting Powerhouse

So why not a kicking martial artist? I mean like Ken Lo would be a great example, practices a mixture of practice Muay Thai and Taekwondo with a strong concentration on his kicks.

Drunken Master 2′s final fight will be my example here. (sorry for the quality)

Now if my crackpot theory is true (which it probably isn’t xD), then they wanted to show the importance of her leg enhancements over the arm ones.

Nothing fancy to show she was a kick fighter just yet, but maybe she likes the power her height brought and that could be a deep seated preference toward her legs which in turn could spill over into her weapon.

Each weapon is highly personalized and unique, being specifically tailored after the tastes and personality of the Gem summoning it to the point where they cease being weapons at all. They are extensions of the gem that wields them.

Now what showed so much importance to legs? Why not the arms? Well the hands were an AMAZING feature to Peri’s character, especially the coordination of the fingers at any one time.

Yet they never make reference to them, visually or verbally, like they did to the feet and legs over and over. Peridot losing her foot, Peridot on stilt/paint cans, and so on.

And if you watch the scene above a few times, she’s actually kinda graceful on those stilts, regardless of how clunky they are. She later even tries to dance with Garnet in them and doesn’t fumble until her nerves get the best of her…

(The shippers… dear god they’re EVERYWHERE!)

After that, I actually think martial arts would come easy to her. Now I’m not saying any martial art is easy to learn let alone master, but if you recall Peridot can learn fast and I mean SUPERMAN AROUND THE EARTH, FAST.



Firstly, she built a robot from technology brand new to her without any instruction on said technology whatsoever.

She learned and repeated the exact Do Re Mi string by just LISTENING to him play after he stated it ONE TIME and this usually takes years! I’m still trying to learn it and I have been since my freshman year of highschool.

I graduated in 2010. :(

(maybe I’m underwhelming in the musical department, I dunno).



What if she just watched a cheesy martial arts movie, Drunken Master 2 for example? If her ability to absorb knowledge from simple queues carries over here and she begins watching said movies obsessively…



(I know Steven, she needs help)

She could begin to learn and imitate these fighting styles, couldn’t she? She’d then move on to instructional books if she can get them, start learning to use her hands better from Garnet and incorporate grace into her fighting through Pearl. Turn herself into a little mean green kickboxing machine!

Maybe I’m nuts here, but imagining Peridot in a highkick stance ready to fight just… GAHVALBLAGASLA[GDJSKAFL;DSA I WANNA SEE THAT!

And keep imagining! She’s fighting with her legs, what if she finds she loves dance? What if, learning from Pearl, she begins to incorporate dance into her fighting, but from music she likes?

She even seems a techno-head so following that logic, what if she fights while BREAKDANCING OMG YES!

Now on to the weapons themselves, I can see a design similar to ancient shinguard armor. They would extend over and cover the foot entirely to keep her protected, and would allow her to both throw powerful blows and raise her legs do deflect incoming blows. SHE’D KICK HER PROBLEMS AWAY!

Probably not as low tech looking as above, but also not as tacked on as Peridot’s old limb enhancers were either. They would fit in as if they’d always been there, “an old friend you’ve just met” as they say.

Maybe some of you agree? Others have another theory? At least I’ve got you thinking, and that’s what I always set out to do! We’ve been through a few of these and so many of you have really encouraged me. I’m not much for mushy stuff, but I just want everyone out there to hear it, thank you.

Thank you for reblogging and sharing and supporting my little rambles about a show we all love. Thank you for giving my confidence in my writing and bolstering my love for this fandom. Just… thank you. ;~; *happy tears*

And most of all thank you for taking the time to… Consider the Following!