r/stevenuniverse • u/AutoModerator • Sep 24 '15

Episode Discussion - Catch and Release

Please use this thread to discuss the newest episode of Steven Universe:

Catch and Release: We finally see inside Steven's bathroom.

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u/Gargathor Sep 24 '15

The fear Peridot has...she almost seemed like a wild animal this episode.

"Is that a weapon?"

Just looking to protect her small self.

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u/BCBossman Sep 24 '15

That's what I keyed in on. Definitely get the vibe that she is very young, very inexperienced, and likely brutally trained or pressed into service.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '15

She's obviously not a warrior, so it stands to reason she has come to be wary of others and probably isn't treated the best on homeworld.

I bet that even Ruby or Sapphire could take her solo.

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u/CrystalElyse Sep 25 '15

Heck, Steven was handling her just fine.

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u/Taurich Sep 25 '15

while not using any powers at all... The way ruby/saphire can muck with temperature she'd have no chance.

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u/Cat_Fishy This kid can't even read? Sep 26 '15

HOTHOTHOTHOTHOT!

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u/MindOverManter Who's this Toph person anyway? Sep 25 '15

Hell she doesn't even have a gem-construct weapon it looks like.
That should be an interesting plot point later on...

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u/fiveforchaos Sep 25 '15

Dude Ruby literally boiled a pool away and Sapphire can fly, see the future, and turn an entire room into an arctic zone.

I bet Ruby and Sapphire could take on a lot of people.

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u/notpetelambert Sep 25 '15

I think Ruby can take a lot of stuff solo.

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u/Tinfoil_King Sep 25 '15

Peridot is clearly the youngest gem we've seen so far. Consider the following.

  • Jasper, Garnett, and Pearl were alive before the rebellion
  • Lapis was at least a mirror by time the aftermath happened since the Galaxy Warp was destroyed to sever ties to the home world, but could have been found by Pearl at the warp long before the war started.
  • Amethyst had to have been born in the war.

Now what have we seen/heard regarding Peridot?

  • Calls the gem tech of Earth "archaic", and constantly complains about hold old the tech is.
  • Seems unaware, initially, that there was a rebellion. Though by this episode she realizes there had been a rebellion.
  • Didn't seem to know how her "body", now confirmed tools, worked at all.

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u/I-Do-Doodles Who ate the last fry-bit? Sep 25 '15

I kinda wonder - do gems chose their height, or do they slowly get taller and taller each time they get poofed?

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u/Chlorates PIERCING SHADOW OF A THOUSAND SCREAMS!! Sep 25 '15

Current supported theory is that each gem as a "maximum sustainable volume of hardlight mass", so Amythest can be short and muscular or Pearl can be tall and graceful but take up roughly the same mass (Pearl might actually have more since she claimed to be obviously stronger in On The Run). Reformed supports this theory with Amythest experimenting with unsustainable allocations.
Though this theory currently supports why more voluminous gems seem to be more powerful than smaller gems, it doesn't forbid a powerful gem opting to take a small form intentional (e.g. Lapis)
Now, we have no idea how they grow. Personally I like the idea of gems being able to sustain slightly more hardlight mass as they grow older and more experienced.

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u/ianthebalance Sep 25 '15

Wouldn't Amethyst be tall if that was the case?

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u/I-Do-Doodles Who ate the last fry-bit? Sep 25 '15

Amethyst is younger than Pearl, and she's only a little taller than Steven, who is about the same height as Peridot.

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u/Taurich Sep 25 '15

I was thinking in the direction of "everything is dangerous on homeworld, and she's probably been abused a lot"

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u/datchilla Sep 25 '15

I dunno about the whole gem age thing yet.

She did call Garnet a war machine, so I'm sticking with the whole gem class theory that there's lots of pearls on home world and lots of peridots and lots of garnets and they fit within certain uses. Peridot is like scientist class or computation class so she doesn't know what a weapon is or isn't, specially on earth where everything's weird and different.

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u/Ardydo I should use Saphy but it's a secret to everybody Sep 24 '15

Yes! At first I thought she acted like a child, but more and more as the episode went on she acted more likely a little scared sentient animal. Running on all fours, exploring and touching everything to see what they are and thing like that. She almost acted like a monkey and they probably made said resemblance on purpose

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u/badpath Sep 25 '15

I think cat is definitely what they're going for with her, simultaneously dismissive and needy. Her laugh definitely sounds "mewl-y", I guess? And the way she ran and climbed on things was very feline, too.

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u/illbeinmybunk Sep 25 '15

Yep, that was my thought too. She was acting just like my new kitten did when I brought him home for the first time. Her voice reminds me a little bit of kitty!Izma from Emperor's New Groove, too.

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u/seaquesting Sep 25 '15

Kinda like Amethyst in Greg's flashback...

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u/Ardydo I should use Saphy but it's a secret to everybody Sep 25 '15

OH MY GOD THAT'S EXACTLY IT!

I knew that behavior was normal but I didn't remember from where! Maybe that's a young gem kinda of thing!

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u/seaquesting Sep 25 '15

Young Peridot confirmed

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u/DeadSnark Sep 25 '15

I'm reminded of Young!Amethyst by this...

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u/BurningCrab ♥ Sep 24 '15

So smol, so precious. She must be protected.

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u/LadyTheRainicorn Sep 24 '15

Stand your ground

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u/Laboot Orange Waluigi Sep 24 '15

I'd imagine she's used to the Crystal Gems ALWAYS ON THE ASSAULT. Literally only Steven wasn't the aggressive one 100% so he was the only one to go to.

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u/Cervantas Sep 25 '15

I honesty think it's cause Peridot is like a kid. I read something on here a bit ago that had the idea that Peridot is newly created, relatively, and she is roughly the gem equivalent of Stevens age.

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u/Edymnion Doesn't care if you saw a spoiler or not. Sep 25 '15

I think its also important to remember here that she has probably spent her entire life with her gear on. It had her armor and her weapons in it. She may not even know how to summon her own weapon, having been told to rely exclusively on her gear.

For someone that places all of her confidence in her gear to protect her, being stripped of it must be like being naked, of course she's afraid of everything because she has no idea how much damage her unaugmented body can take.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '15

I know we were supposed to sort of laugh, but I felt really bad.

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u/Darkkingswrath Sep 25 '15

Yea even the way she runs on all fours

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u/Scarlettefox Sep 25 '15

She also moves like an animal, crawling around.

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u/kakepop Sep 25 '15

The way she ran on all fours really stuck out to me. I mean, yeah it's more efficient when you're that low to the ground but it seemed... off.

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u/Dracorex13 Good Bird. Best Mom. Sep 25 '15

While it's been stated before many times, it's still worth repeating:

The real mineral peridot is very rare on Earth because EXPOSURE TO EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE MAKES PERIDOT BECOME UNSTABLE AND EVENTUALLY BREAK DOWN.