Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25998503-20150620063203/@comment-9327413-20150723204952

yeah, that's kinda what I was trying to say. Although Lapis WAS an antagonist in the Mirror Gem/Ocean Gem stroryarc she is not an antagonist to the series and out of the Homeworld Gems she's the one with more heroic history, which isn't hard considering P and J have no heroic history.

If I had to categorize Lapisl, I'd say she is an anti-hero, she isn't a villain like Peridot, Jasper and most likely Yellow Diamond, who are considered villains due to their plans to destroy Earth and stuff, but Lapis just wants to be free and hates the Crystal Gems, because of thinking they were the ones who trapped her or at least knew about her (which is most likely not true). I'm pretty sure that if Lapis wasn't hurt and angry against the CG she would have waited on Earth and eventually be healed by Steven, not holding any grudges to the Crystal Gems.

Plus, let's not forget. Lapis relevace for the plot was to introduce the concept of Homeworld Gems and the concept that not all Gems are good, so of course the team had to give her a rough start, to justify this introduction.