Thread:LapisLazuliisthebest/@comment-35155794-20180811034205/@comment-31152477-20180812105024

Speaking of Peridot. There seems to be a lot of double standard in regards to what characters do. People attack Lapis for nearly drowning Steven and Connie, but tend to forget that the first time Steven met Peridot she literally tried to smash him under a giant robot hand, of course she's the "great and lovable Peridot" so that's perfectly fine. Peridot didn't even know Steven was an enemy when she did that either, she was going to kill him just for being there. (Note: Sorry If I sounded anti-Peridot. I do love Peridot she's my second favourite character in the show)

Then there's the whole Jasper thing. Many people paint her as the innocent victim of Lapis abuse, like they just forgot she's a villain. People do defend Jaspers actions by saying "She's only following orders" be that as it may, it's obvious she was enjoying causing misery to the Crystal Gems and generally being a bad person.

As for Pearl, she's not safe from double standard hatedom eaither. She is probebly the most hated out of the main four characters. There's the reasons you pointed out, but then there's also "Rose's Scabbard". Remember when Steven was jumping on floating platforms to confront Pearl about why she's upset only for her to glare at him, cause him to miss the platform and nearly fall to his death? The amount of people who accused her of wanting him to die, or even trying to kill him to bring back Rose is unbelievable. Yet when Amethyst holds Stevens head underwater for an extended time in "Chille Tid" no one accuses her of trying to drown Steven. And don't get me started on "Three Gems and a Baby". Yes Pearl was going to take Stevens Gem out, but it's not like Garnet and Amethyst tried to stop her from doing it.

And getting back to Lapis and Jasper. I'm starting to feel Aquamarine and Topaz are supposed to be like parodies of what fans think of them. Aquamarine, a character we're supposed to hate, is how the Lapis haters see Lapis, Physically she's a cute blue gem with wings, but is sadistic, has OP powers, is abusive to her partner and has no problem killing innocent humans. Topaz on the other hand is a big yellow masculine looking solider how does bad things but only because she has to. In reality she is realy a big sweet cinnamon roll, like how fans see Jasper as. Also the fact she's a fusion could be based on the now debunked theory of Jasper being a closet fusion, or perhaps Jaspers canon obsession with fusion.