![]() One day we might get to see Smoky and Peri hanging out in less serious circumstances, but now is not the right time. While I sure was encouraged by Smoky’s adorable, chubby grin, Peridot was in no position to be comforted. Peridot is promptly gobbled up, and her friends come to the rescue in Smoky Quartz form, another callback to the Shorty Squad Kindergarten Excursion in “Beta” and “Earthlings”. Only for it to turn out not to be a flower at all, but the nose of a mole-rat monster/corrupted Gem. Having a project to focus on makes Steven the perkiest he’s been since returning from space.īut overnight, all the sunflowers wither and die.ĭistraught, Peridot lashes out, and crushes the original, still surviving flower…. Amethyst’s glad to see her friend doing well, and energized by seeing her original home transformed. Peridot is cautiously hopeful, relishing the chance to combine the skillsets from two different phases of her life. Could the Kindergarten heal, after all? The two Quartzes encourage Peridot to use her farming expertise to test to see if anything can grow. When they discover a beautiful flower growing in the Kindergarten’s wasteland, everyone is excited by the possibility it presents. Even though it’s tough to see Peridot so glum, it’s nice to see Amethyst keep her emotions in check when Peridot insults her place of origin, and then Amethyst herself– her reaction to Peridot’s correction that only the “well-made” Amethysts are all gone is simply “not better!” The little Quartz has grown so, so much since “On the Run.” All she can see is the barren wasteland, nothing like the countryside she shared with Lapis, which teemed with life. ![]() Peridot, on the other hand, no longer admires the Prime Kindergarten for being a paragon of Gem innovation. “Everything’s different now! Man, I used to think this place was full of empty holes, but now it’s like, it’s empty with holes which were once full!” It is wonderful to see Amethyst’s growth in this regard. Indeed, “Back to the Kindergarten” contains heavy parallels to “Too Far.” But after the events of the Wanted Arc, in which Amethyst met her Famethyst and gained a new sense of positive identity, her and Peridot’s viewpoints have swapped. Their idea is to take her to the Prime Kindergarten, so Peridot can show off how much more she knows than Steven and Amethyst, just like the good old days. She is, after all, living in Steven’s bathroom, which means he has to do “three things” in his kitchen sink… the least embarrassing of which is washing his hair. So Amethyst and Steven team up to help get Peridot out of her funk. Sometimes they just… fly out of your life. Sometimes, the loss of friends can be even tougher than date mates, because there isn’t the same social expectation to provide a clear explanation. ![]() It was deeply, deeply important to Peridot, and one of the most meaningful experiences she’s had in her relatively short time as a free Gem. Regardless, it doesn’t matter what the exact nature of their relationship is. Connie isn’t Steven’s girlfriend, but she’s definitely his romantic interest, which suggests things about Peri and Lapis– or things that might be. Especially interesting, considering the last episode deliberately paralleled Lapis and Connie together. Peridot mopes around, listening to the same sad music on repeat, feeling terrible after Lapis’ abrupt departure. ![]() The whole scenario in “Back to the Kindergarten” is treated very much like the aftermath of a breakup. Where they’re going, they don’t need (rail)roads– it’s time for the Shorty Squad to travel “Back to the Kindergarten.”
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