pyreo:

MY FAVOURITE

Pearls are made for a specific client, and there are ‘hundreds’ of them. They’re something of a status symbol for the most important gems.

Pearls have an owner, to whom they are a fancy attendant or steward.

By extension: Pearl may have been attendant to Rose Quartz, if Rose was the original ‘pink diamond’ of Homeworld’s leaders, which definitely justifies her having a Pearl gemservant. That being the original basis for their relationship was something Pearl forever found it hard to break out of, and could’ve been referenced when Rose called her “my Pearl”.

Peridot calls herself “a Peridot”, confirming there are many of her type. And that Peridots are nowhere near the kind of status for Pearl ownership, so evidently being made a technician is fairly looked down on. This explains why she tries so hard to appear dominant over subtype/’traitor’ gems, especially Pearl in this episode, who she firmly believes is inherently lower class and less skilled than herself.

The war for Earth lasted for AT LEAST a thousand years????

Peridot admits to being made for a specific purpose and to excel at that purpose, also questioning Pearl’s specific ‘role’. She seems to take pride in her specialisation. She considers it demeaning that a Pearl could do a technical job to the same standard. Peridot is directly suited for supervising Kindergartens and was given the tools and knowledge for that job, and nothing else.

By extension: Pearls are by default non-combatants and non-skilled, with no real worth aside from showmanship. Our Pearl has learned a LOT to overcome the limits of her gemtype over the millenia. Since Pearl’s weapon takes the form of a spear, she could not have been made with an inherent weapon. Therefore either some gems do not have a weapon until they are trained to summon one, or our Pearl consciously attuned to a spear from whatever non-weapon she started life with.

“deep down, you know
you’re not built for fighting…”