Talk:Lapis Lazuli/@comment-26897822-20160208041501/@comment-27150321-20160208053510

I don't know what to think of Jasper. She seems obsessed with showing how much stronger she is compared to every other Gem, and when she is placed into a position where she is deemed weaker (being under Peridot's charge, Jasper's final confrontation with the Crystal Gems) she did everything in her power to redress this "balance" even if it meant disobeying rules (Jasper took command over Peridot's mission using Steven/Rose as an excuse to do so, also Jasper disregarded Homeworld protocol by readily fusing with a Gem not of her own type - Lapis Lazuli - she failed to state that Yellow Diamond had given her any authority to do this). I think both Sapphire and Lapis were former members of the Gem elite, and Jasper's treatment of those two seemed to reflect that she enjoyed having power over these two more than the other Gems that had been captured, these Gems would have almost certainly outranked Jasper during the Gem Wars. err. but that's just my view. I think Jasper's (unexpected) respect for Rose Quartz as a military tactian shows that the sort of power which Jasper respects is not from the Diamonds' courts or perhaps even the Diamonds' themselves, it is from military strength.

Jasper certainly made a huge mistake making Lapis a prisoner again, I feel that Lapis would have actually sided with Jasper against the Crystal Gems had Jasper not have stuck her in a cell - another words if Peridot was still in charge and being treated as her informant.

Jasper's story is much more complicated than "evil orange Gem"