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futurology APPLICATION
APPLICANT INFO.
NAME: Chris
CONTACT: whatineverhad[at]gmail.com
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predomination
CHARACTER INFO.
NAME: Peridot
CANON: Steven Universe
AGE: Likely anywhere betweeen 500-1000 years old, because her age is never properly confirmed, but we're led to believe she is significantly younger than the other gems.
APPEARANCE: Peridot is roughly four feet of lime green drama queen.
CANON POINT: 4x01: The Kindergarten Kid
BACKGROUND: Here
PERSONALITY: As technicians responsible for the Kindergartens (the "factories" which all gems are made in), Peridots are all manufactured to be intelligent, adaptable, curious, and above all, able-minded problem-solvers. This particular Peridot is all of those things, plus a Naploean complex to rival that of the actual Napolean, and a hair-trigger temper.
As a technician, she responds best in situations that are easily solved with computers, engineering or just brains, in general. She's extremely clever and determined to a fault- when she sets her mind on something, she won't give up until she solves it, even if she has to whine for a little while about why she can't, until she can obtain a new perspective on it. On the rare occasion she honestly can't solve a problem, especially if it's a big one, she falls apart quickly, turning panicky and anxious.
At the core of her being, Peridot possesses a deep and (sometimes almost childlike) curiosity about everything, never ceasing to ask questions or trying to understand something, even if she's complaining about it. She wants to know the purpose behind everything and even her more inane activities seem to require some thinking- she seems to be heavily involved in "fandom analysis" ever since becoming a fan of the in-universe teen drama Camp Pining Hearts and her understanding of music and art seems to be more technical, though she's starting to dabble more into unconventional metaphor and self-expression without expecting everything to have a literal purpose.
Due to being poorly socialized and never having cultivated natural empathy, she can often come off as insensitive and blunt to a fault- she doesn't lie or sugarcoat things (unless she, herself, believes the lie), and will state facts with little regard to how those facts might affect the people around her.
However, her capacity for wanting to learn and understand means that while she may be frustrated or confused by emotional outbursts to the things she says, she wants to learn how (and, more importantly WHY) she should correct the behavior. As such, to the people she's closest to, she's actually become a little more aggressive in protecting their feelings, often stepping in to defend them from even minor insensitive comments.
Peridot exhibits a great deal of self-aggrandizing behaviors that seem to fluctuate between things she genuinely believes to things she says to make herself feel better. She does genuinely think she's hot stuff and should be respected and praised, but at the same time, she craves that validation so much that it's pretty clear that for all that she's full of herself, she wants and needs to hear it from others too, as she wants to be useful or, at the very least, included. Even though she's a temperamental, insulting little thing, she has something of a need-to-please attitude, and when someone is shown to be angry or even cross with her, her determination kicks in again and she will go to extraordinary lengths to make them forgive her. At the same time, if anyone expresses any satisfaction about any side of her personality, she will ham that aspect up until it ceases to be charming, such as when Amethyst told her she was "funny."
Early in her appearances, she's quick to put down others for their flaws or low status in order to build herself up as the superior gem- this is understandable, because of Homeworld's strict caste system, it's likely she is a mid-tier gem at best and subject to the same level of fantastic racism and lashes out at lower class or gems she sees as "defective" to make herself feel like a higher class of gem. Eventually, she learns that this is Not Okay, and that she really isn't any better than any of the Crystal Gems, herself, though she is still quick to put down strangers.
Her temper is her most noteworthy aspect, after her ego. Peridot is shown to get mad and frustrated over the most trivial of inconveniences and calls everyone around her who happens to annoy her a "clod." Due to having a poor ability to express herself and relying heavily on logic and facts to support her, rage and tantrums are her only effective way of showing her dissatisfaction and venting her pent up frustration. Fortunately, her tantrums aren't destructive, just loud and often belligerent. She often has to scream herself out until a patient soul gets her to approach a situation differently.
ABILITIES: As an Era II gem, Peridot has significantly fewer natural enhancements than her Era I predecessors, namely her lack of specific gem abilities such as shapeshifting or the ability to summon a weapon. However, she has a more durability than an average gem, capable of sustaining her form even after falling long distances and being crushed by heavy objects (so far it's only taken the power of Garnet- a fusion gem- to actually destabilize her form).
When her form is destabilized or "poofed" due to extreme enough injury, she returns to her gem state and will reform within minutes to hours (sometimes even days), depending on the extent of the damage or how long it takes her to decide how she's going to reform. The only thing that can truly kill her is to shatter or gem completely- a crack in it will cause her to corrupt and be unable to function or achieve a normal form.
Her sole natural "power" is ferrokinesis- she can manipulate metal at will, though this seems to be closer to a "magnetic" sort of manipulation as she can repel and attract metal to her, but can't seem to actively bend or change it in any way. This may simply be because she's still learning the ability and has yet to actually master it.
Her gem can also act as a flashlight.
INVENTORY: Nothing. Literally everything, including the clothes on her back, are basically just part of the way her appearance is generated by her gem.
WRITING SAMPLES.
NETWORK SAMPLE: In which Peridot does not understand jamjars
LOG SAMPLE: In which two gems act like idiots in the hot springs
NAME: Chris
CONTACT: whatineverhad[at]gmail.com
CURRENT CHARACTERS: Kisuke Urahara |
predominationCHARACTER INFO.
NAME: Peridot
CANON: Steven Universe
AGE: Likely anywhere betweeen 500-1000 years old, because her age is never properly confirmed, but we're led to believe she is significantly younger than the other gems.
APPEARANCE: Peridot is roughly four feet of lime green drama queen.
CANON POINT: 4x01: The Kindergarten Kid
BACKGROUND: Here
PERSONALITY: As technicians responsible for the Kindergartens (the "factories" which all gems are made in), Peridots are all manufactured to be intelligent, adaptable, curious, and above all, able-minded problem-solvers. This particular Peridot is all of those things, plus a Naploean complex to rival that of the actual Napolean, and a hair-trigger temper.
As a technician, she responds best in situations that are easily solved with computers, engineering or just brains, in general. She's extremely clever and determined to a fault- when she sets her mind on something, she won't give up until she solves it, even if she has to whine for a little while about why she can't, until she can obtain a new perspective on it. On the rare occasion she honestly can't solve a problem, especially if it's a big one, she falls apart quickly, turning panicky and anxious.
At the core of her being, Peridot possesses a deep and (sometimes almost childlike) curiosity about everything, never ceasing to ask questions or trying to understand something, even if she's complaining about it. She wants to know the purpose behind everything and even her more inane activities seem to require some thinking- she seems to be heavily involved in "fandom analysis" ever since becoming a fan of the in-universe teen drama Camp Pining Hearts and her understanding of music and art seems to be more technical, though she's starting to dabble more into unconventional metaphor and self-expression without expecting everything to have a literal purpose.
Due to being poorly socialized and never having cultivated natural empathy, she can often come off as insensitive and blunt to a fault- she doesn't lie or sugarcoat things (unless she, herself, believes the lie), and will state facts with little regard to how those facts might affect the people around her.
However, her capacity for wanting to learn and understand means that while she may be frustrated or confused by emotional outbursts to the things she says, she wants to learn how (and, more importantly WHY) she should correct the behavior. As such, to the people she's closest to, she's actually become a little more aggressive in protecting their feelings, often stepping in to defend them from even minor insensitive comments.
Peridot exhibits a great deal of self-aggrandizing behaviors that seem to fluctuate between things she genuinely believes to things she says to make herself feel better. She does genuinely think she's hot stuff and should be respected and praised, but at the same time, she craves that validation so much that it's pretty clear that for all that she's full of herself, she wants and needs to hear it from others too, as she wants to be useful or, at the very least, included. Even though she's a temperamental, insulting little thing, she has something of a need-to-please attitude, and when someone is shown to be angry or even cross with her, her determination kicks in again and she will go to extraordinary lengths to make them forgive her. At the same time, if anyone expresses any satisfaction about any side of her personality, she will ham that aspect up until it ceases to be charming, such as when Amethyst told her she was "funny."
Early in her appearances, she's quick to put down others for their flaws or low status in order to build herself up as the superior gem- this is understandable, because of Homeworld's strict caste system, it's likely she is a mid-tier gem at best and subject to the same level of fantastic racism and lashes out at lower class or gems she sees as "defective" to make herself feel like a higher class of gem. Eventually, she learns that this is Not Okay, and that she really isn't any better than any of the Crystal Gems, herself, though she is still quick to put down strangers.
Her temper is her most noteworthy aspect, after her ego. Peridot is shown to get mad and frustrated over the most trivial of inconveniences and calls everyone around her who happens to annoy her a "clod." Due to having a poor ability to express herself and relying heavily on logic and facts to support her, rage and tantrums are her only effective way of showing her dissatisfaction and venting her pent up frustration. Fortunately, her tantrums aren't destructive, just loud and often belligerent. She often has to scream herself out until a patient soul gets her to approach a situation differently.
ABILITIES: As an Era II gem, Peridot has significantly fewer natural enhancements than her Era I predecessors, namely her lack of specific gem abilities such as shapeshifting or the ability to summon a weapon. However, she has a more durability than an average gem, capable of sustaining her form even after falling long distances and being crushed by heavy objects (so far it's only taken the power of Garnet- a fusion gem- to actually destabilize her form).
When her form is destabilized or "poofed" due to extreme enough injury, she returns to her gem state and will reform within minutes to hours (sometimes even days), depending on the extent of the damage or how long it takes her to decide how she's going to reform. The only thing that can truly kill her is to shatter or gem completely- a crack in it will cause her to corrupt and be unable to function or achieve a normal form.
Her sole natural "power" is ferrokinesis- she can manipulate metal at will, though this seems to be closer to a "magnetic" sort of manipulation as she can repel and attract metal to her, but can't seem to actively bend or change it in any way. This may simply be because she's still learning the ability and has yet to actually master it.
Her gem can also act as a flashlight.
INVENTORY: Nothing. Literally everything, including the clothes on her back, are basically just part of the way her appearance is generated by her gem.
WRITING SAMPLES.
NETWORK SAMPLE: In which Peridot does not understand jamjars
LOG SAMPLE: In which two gems act like idiots in the hot springs