I find it weirder that Peridot's turn is highlighted by some as being so deep, when in reality it feels like villain redemption 101.
- Take a character who isn't as frightening as you initially thought is and humiliate her a bit more instead of making her become more threatening? Check.
- Turning the character more into a comic relief? Check.
- Whimsical excuse as for how she turns into a good one because the others treat her nice along the way? Check.
- Shitty jokes like she is a yaoi shipper now to "humanize" the character, when in reality just pandering to parts of the audience? Also check.
I don't think Peridot is the worst character I have seen in the show so far, but how she is any different from many joke villains/henchmen in other cartoons I don't really see. And the recent episodes are decent in so far as that something at least happened in the episodes.