Talk:Malachite/@comment-29133401-20160403204208

For those who claim that instead of Lapis accepting Jasper's offer to fuse and crushing her in water-

Rant: Initiating (Is that the word?)

Lapis' water constructs (arms, hands, etc) aren't exactly sonic speed. It takes time for them to form and Jasper being a hand to hand combat gem and standing right next to the fragle blue gem can crush her in a millisecond before the construct has time to lay contact with Jasper. Then Jasper can step on her poofed gem before any of the Crystal Gems have time to react. We even saw Lapis unable to escape from Jasper with her wings, which form quite quickly.

Rant: Over