Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26949737-20150705063149/@comment-26576217-20150705180955

If you come down to it none of the gems harbor the same emotions humans would have. They're all very selfish and just downright bad. Steven is the only character so far with empathy towards others. I guess we all get a bit overwhelmed by Steven's caring nature that there's such a contrast to the callous nature of the gems. Even Rose Quartz had a shitty personality who they adore and love so much. I was taken aback at just how terrible she was to Greg Universe. It's just all in the gems to be aliens that treat humans like a bunch of dogs and not as equals.

Now with that out of the way. Lapis Lazuli does have a shitty personality and she seems to hate all the gems but what do you expect from one who was still self aware but forced to be a mirror for 1000s of years. She really doesn't care if she "drags" others down to suffer with her. She does seem to have faint feelings towards Steven though, she pulled Jasper into the sea out of anger but also to help Steven.

Lapis Lazuli is in fact probably the strongest stand alone gem so far. She even matched up to Garnet who was a fusion with her Garnet clone. I doubt she can imitate Steven's shield and protective powers though.