Talk:Lapis Lazuli/@comment-5780397-20171109030326/@comment-5780397-20171110020343

Sorry if it feels like I'm condensing my replies, I just don't want them to get unwieldy.

Rhodonite is the fusion of a Pearl and a Ruby, though, and a Ruby is a soldier: in our Ruby's case, one strong enough to rattle the floor and make Steven lose his balance by punching a wall. Sapphire deflected a ball thrown by a Ruby is Hit the Diamond with enough strength to reach the clouds and dispel one, despite being a diplomath.

And no, Pearl not being poofed by Sugilite's attacks was not due to Steven's encouragement, it was before that, just like her kicking an incoming piece of pillar aside.

I understand that you see certain of my points as speculation, but that is exactly how you justified Peridot's durability. Lapis survived the crash of a spaceship without poofing; you could say her enhanced durability is due to her needing to alter the landscape of a planet, so risking being buried under landslides, but that is still speculation: this is why I am emphasizing the circumstances in which those characteristics are shown.

If I say Zircon has standard Gem abilities, that means she also has superior strength and agility when compared to a human, but we don't know that; just like we don't know how she'd stack up compared to other Gems, as their individual power fluctuates a lot: Jasper should be stronger than all other Quartzes, just like Pearl is significantly stronger than all other Pearls. The justification you provided for Peridot only works in hindsight, because the same could be said about countless other Gems. What I'm saying is that there is no speculation in clarifying where standard Gems abilities have manifested themselves.