• Fan Theory: Peridot's Limb Enhancers



    We all know Peridot is adorable, and this fact was only increased by the lose of her limb enhancers. Well, so what if she is? What if that adorable little face is just a trap? Not only for the Crystal Gems, but for viewers as well. So many of us have fallen prey to this seemingly harmless looking gem. What if she's not what she seems?



    (I’m going to assume that the Peridot in “Warp Tour” and the Peridot in all sequential episodes are the same Peri. Even if they aren’t, Peridot’s appearance in the later episodes still appears to match this one anyway.)
    So, the first thing I did was directly compare the two images of Peri…

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    …and found that her upper body and head matches perfectly. Even her arms almost line up. However, clearly, the rest of her body is out of wack. 

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    Now, I tried scaling her body out to match. And lo! it fits almost perfectly.
    However…

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    She is significantly taller than she should be. We know she is just a bit taller than Steven - this “correct” height would put her, compared to Steven, about on par with Lapis - maybe even taller. And that can’t be true, because apparently she is the same height as Lapis with her enhancers on!
    But Remember: there are no canon heights in SU. Onlycomparative heights. Meaning, each character has a set height to each other character. Even these can fluctuate. Look at… well, all of Jailbreak:

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    If Steven is a bit shorter than Lapis, he should come up to about the top of Jasper’s literally killer thighs. But…

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    She makes friggin’ GARNET look small.  Steven would be the size of her fist!
    So yeah, the heights are always off. Fair enough. Makes the whole animation process easier: adjust heights to make scenes be as powerful as can be. This brings us back to the Arrival Scene: Peridot and Lapis aren’t compared accurately, because they need Jasper to look big.
    So, instead of height, lets talk proportions.
    So now, if we alter her entire body, not just her torso and down:

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    Eeesh, things are getting weird. Her head is all streched out, and she looks rather top heavy. Plus, the part that lined up perfectly before no longer connects quite as well.
    Even if we just scale and do no alterations to fit it…

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    Peridot’s head is way too big. 
    So what does this all mean? Well, there at least 2 reasons as to why the sizes don’t match up.
    A: There is a reason that exists in-canon to explain the change,
    or…
    B: It’s simply an difference in how she is drawn, and doesn’t “exist” in canon.
    In regards to reason A, this would likely involve Peridot shapeshifting away her lower arms and legs to as to have more mass for her upper body. Another theory that someone made on amphibizzy’s post is that she may have subconsciously changed her proportions due to how she was feeling on earth: small and alone. Regardless, she’s a gem, and her form is an projection anyway. Reasonable enough. However, there are some holes in this theory:
    • Why would Peridot do this? Sure, It would make her look more threatening, and maybe giver her more stability, but she is wearing the enhancers anyway.
    • Is such a specific answer really feasible for the show? Why would Crewniverse go out of their way to explain something like this?
    Reason B, therefore, would make more sense. It’s a cartoon; it’s fine to have some deviation here and there.
    The problem here is that this is a pretty significant difference, even for SU’s erratic heights. Plus, the proportions are changed quite a bit. So, Peridots proportions are likely just different for the sake of showing a contrast in both her position, and her character. Big head and eyes, small frame, rounded and soft; she is meant to look cute.
    Just look at her!

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    Tiny! Cute! Adorable! Harmless!
    Except she is absolutely not.

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    Peridot is intelligent, crafty, and clearly has the ability to, when given the equipment and time, produce weaponry and machinery to aid her. Her gem power isn’t future vision, or healing tears; itsinnate technological intelligence.  
    Peridot is actually a very complex character. She is young, by gem standards, but not completely incapable, and is not entirely ignorant either. She’s just very cute.

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    But what if her appearance is intended to look just slightly too cute?
    What if Crewniverse is intentionally making her look so different that it doesn’t quite make sense?
    What if her cute appearance was meant to deceive the crystal gems?

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    What if her cute appearance was meant to deceive us?




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