chaztheweasel:

ALRIGHT alright so here’s the thing that’s been bugging me for MONTHS now, and I’m talking pre-Stevenbomb 1.0. In the episode Marble Madness, when the Gems and Steven break into Peridot’s hideout beneath the Kindergarten (Facet Five), Peridot learns for the very first time that there are still Gems present on Earth.

She’s legitimately surprised because “the Red Eye” didn’t detect them. You know… THIS THING??

This comes all the way from the second episode of the series, Laser Light Cannon. But this little bit of dialogue made it clear to all of us that the Red Eye was actually sent here by Homeworld, to monitor the planet and ensure that it was safe for them to invade uninterrupted so that they could continue their work.

SO HERE’S MY PROBLEM.

HOW in the FRESH HELL was the Red Eye unable to detect ANY kind of Gem presence when the Gems’ first solution to trying take it out was to do… THIS??

Because it was destroyed before it had a chance to send out a signal. I mean, the fact that it’s destruction didn’t alert homeworld that something was up means that it was probably meant to be destroyed after sending a signal. Either that or Yellow diamond was feeding false information to peridot and the whole “leave peridot stranded because the gem clusters are very illegal” theory holds more water.