Talk:Lapis Lazuli/@comment-33981152-20160820042103/@comment-25650166-20160823221101

(TL;DR ahead, but i hear this qustion all the time and i would like to give a new theory to those who wonder this)

First off you could say it was because of panic since she didn't have much time to think and was in a compromising position, but as a more valid theory i say that she would not have been able to (succesfully, at least). We know that when near a body of water Lapis is extremely powerful, but something that people often look over is the fact that Lapis' abilities appear to be largely movement-based. The only instance when this is not the case is in her first appearance, but other than that, every time we see Lapis use her hydrokinetic abilities (apart from her wings) the power appears to be directed by her hands movement. This is also evident as Malachite. Having in mind that she was standing right next to Jasper, who is a fast and powerful quartz soldier, she probably would have been poofed and/or cracked the second she started to make the necessary movements to land an attack, which wouldd probably be easy enough to notice.