Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-4929778-20160124050717/@comment-3560963-20160301204754

RinTezuka62 wrote: I'm not saying she won't be their ally, they can always call her when there is a great menace, but other than that she's just on her own, maybe not in the water but somewhere on Earth.

Also, another thing that would bother me : In Mirror/Ocean she clearly seems to have something against the Cristal Gems, she even says "Don't trust them" to Steven before leaving. Same goes with her "Did you ever wonder who I used to be ?" that still has to be explained. All i'm saying is that she seems to have a grudge against the CGs prior to her being trapped in the mirror, or more likely one CG (i'm looking at garnet, seeing how she reacted when the mirror started to talk).

And this where there's a problem : Peridot never had a personnal hate toward CG, and Earth was just another colony for her. Lapis seems to have some backstory with the Cristal Gems, and she "never believed in this place (=Earth).

If Lapis ever join the CGs, there will have to be an episode or two where this is explained, and i'll be very happy about that. Again, I understand the issue here, but here's the thing: From the sound of it, Lapis has been in the mirror for five millenia (and I think I tried telling this to someone else during the first season; roughly around the time Peridot first showed up in all her floating fingered glory) if not longer. Even the most knowledgable of Gems can forget important details, just ask Peridot. And they make it clear that the Crystal Gems had little to no idea that Lapis was in the mirror to begin with, had no idea of her power level (hence why they let Connie and Greg go along for the ride aside from transport), and all-around didn't know what she'd do.

As for the "Do not trust them" and "who I used to be" lines, I reiterate that she had been in there for thousands of years. And that amount of time makes one not only lose time; but also, if Rip Van Winkle's taught me anything, it also makes one extremely disoriented. So for all we know, she simply acted out of impulse since the Crystal Gems were public enemy number one during the colonization of Earth. There's no question that she too was fed Homeworld propaganda just like Peridot, so it's no wonder she distrusted them. But when she both realized that the Crystal Gems were at the very least worth protecting, but also didn't want Earth to be devastated after what Steven did, she more-or-less let bygons be bygons and came to the understanding that the Crystal Gems may not care for the Homeworld, but at least it's for good Lion-Licking reason.