Imo Pearl kinda does code as male in certain respects. Take the chivalry and swordfighting aspects for example (traditionally male roles, if not always or currently thought of as such). I also totally forgot about the "Bob" line. It's a great callback, while totally evading/ignoring/just-flat-out-not-playing-into my…

SPOILERS! While i still maintain that the gems HAVE to be homosexual as the race only has one sex (or none, take your pick), in my opinion the next episode comes the closest to actually assigning genders to the games with their "human" names. except for Lapis, who just trolls the naming scheme.

I wouldn't think Peridot would know what gender is, so she sees nothing wrong with pairing Percy with Pierre.