Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26536478-20150627034634/@comment-26225030-20150629030118

People equate strength to a fusion...but come on. The reason why Jasper is so strong is because she's always fighting. Pearl wasn't meant to be a fighter, Amethyst surely never trains, and Garnet only gets to fight fodder gem monsters from time to time. Over these thousands of years, the CG have been way out of practice. Lapis has zero hand to hand combat skills it seems. She was moves the water with her mind, so no matter how long she goes without fighting, if she can move use her mind she can maintain her strength. Probably took a lot of brainpower to communicate through a mirror as well as keep your consciousness for thousands of years. That being said, Lapis and Jasper are so strong because they are always conditioned to fight, while as the CG haven't faced a real threat in thousands of years. That's why Jasper and Peridot were enough to swamp the entire CG, let alone Lapis herself. Just because they are strong doesn't mean they are fusions. Sugilite only has four arms. Alexandrite should have eight. Garnet should have four. The amount of arms has nothing to do with it really cuz even Stevonnie should have four. Jasper is not a fusion. She is the last person who would be a fusion. Neither is Lapis, neither is Peridot, Sardonyx maybe but eh we don't have a clue. Everybody is so fusion crazy lately because Rebecca is taking her time with the Garnet/Pearl fusion, and fusion is becoming a big part of the plot instead of just a cool power up like initially thought..but come on people leave it alone.