Board Thread:Miscellaneous/@comment-39221343-20200115045242/@comment-25699891-20200115211420

Mad love for my baby girl. :D

Seriously, I adore her. I don't know how people can't see that at her core she has a kind heart. . . or at least a heart that desperately wants to be kind. The fact that she even still cares about doing the right thing after all that she's been through is so admirable to me. Look at how she was willing to take Navy in despite her own jealousy and resentment because she knew it was the right thing to do.

I've heard a lot about the damage she did when she left Earth, and I'm not denying that. However, that's to be expected in a character who suffers from PTSD. It's not really possible to be selfless while you're having a panic attack. Not pretty, but it's real. Lapis realized that Earth needed her protection and she came back to defend it - better late than never.

I love how she can be sarcastic without being a snot. "Gee, Steven, it took you a whole five seconds to make a new friend. You're getting rusty." I love her dry sense of humor, and I love that she invented the word "meepmorp." I love that even though she has been traumatized, she's not content to just sit around feeling sorry for herself; she doesn't want to be defined by the past, even though she knows how much it has shaped her.

Plus I love blue people. :P

Honestly, both her outfits are great. I'll probably always picture her how I met her, in the skirt, but the pants outfit really reflects how much she has grown as a character. I'm so happy to see her happier now, to see her singing and dancing with the rest of our crew.

As for whether or not she should fuse again. . . I'm okay either way. If she did fuse, it would need to be with someone she can 100% trust, probably either Peridot or Steven, in order to counteract the whole trigger of being fused with someone again. I would love to see her be able to see that fusion can be so much more than a power play, but if she's not ready, I totally understand that, too. Most people who leave troubled relationships need a while before they're ready to commit on that level again, and if Lapis remains uncomfortable with fusion, it would be healthier for her to hold off.