Thread:LapisLazuliisthebest/@comment-35155794-20180811034205/@comment-35155794-20180811235400

I agree with you. None of the characters in the show are perfect anyway. Everyone loves Peridot, but she has made terrible mistakes in the past. Also, while she is good now, Peridot is extremely arrogant.

Lapis has also shown remorse for her actions. There's that one scene in "The New Crystal Gems" people complain about, but her body language and the way she faces away shows she's not happy at all with how she reacted. Lapis even called herself horrible in another episode...she isn't proud of her past mistakes. And you are right, she has done good things. Even when she fused with Jasper; is that really even bad she kept her as her prisoner? She even didn't want to do that again. Pearl was more selfish. Remember when she was tricking Garnet into fusing with her? Garnet isn't a villain or enemy. Garnet did nothing wrong there. But Pearl fused with her out of selfishness. Lapis did it for herself, for what I consider justified reasons, especially since Jasper is pretty bad, and Lapis also did it for Steven "Just let me do this for you!".

Pearl also tried brainwashing Connie to be willing to sacrifice her life for Steven. I understand why, but...that's probably worse than anything Lapis has done, actually. She did almost drown Steven and Connie, but something tells me she didn't have true intention to kill them. Why would she kill Steven especially? She snapped from her trauma because she wanted to go home and they were stopping her. But when she realized what she did, well, she felt horrible about it.

And while she usually avoids the conflicts in fear, it is kind of obvious she has PTSD from all she went through. And even so, she helps when she is needed. She's saved them before.

People also bring up how rude she was to Peridot for a while. That was just her being cynical. She didn't really witness Peridot develop like Steven and the others did. Having trust issues doesn't make someone bad. She didn't want Peridot to bother her. She still helped her in the end, too. She just needed time.

Yeah, I don't think she's bad at all. I consider her a good person (or gem). Like you said, no one is perfect. Even Greg and Steven made mistakes in the show.

Just some thoughts from me. Sorry it's a lot.