As you can see by the picture, Lapidot SUCKS. People are shipping something that is new and has not been host to any sort of romantic or even friendship-like relationship besides Barn Mates and Beta. If it weren't for Steven, the two would still HATE each other.
However, Stevidot is WAY better than Lapidot. There are more interactions, it's not a femslash ship (which are GROSS), and Steven actually LOVES Peridot. Lapis NEVER said that or done those things to or with Peridot.
The reasons why Stevidot is better than Lapidot:
- Steven seemed to want to befriend her in "Marble Madness", approaching her without fear and even trying to have a friendly conversation with her.
- In "Keeping it Together", Steven quietly waits for her to finish her report instead of alerting the others immediately.
- After the chase, Steven is shown to care about Peridot when he asks if she is okay after falling off the wall.
- In "Friend Ship", Steven is kind to Peridot by wishing her a good morning and weekend.
- During the battle, instead of being ruthless to her like the other Crystal Gems, he instead teases her.
- In "Catch and Release", Steven is shown to care about Peridot and even pops her bubble. After finding out she is small, he blushes and calls her cute. When Peridot is slapping him and recalls him calling her cute, she blushes a little.
- After giving her back her foot, offering to help with the Cluster situation, and saying he won't try to hurt her, Steven became the only one Peridot would let into the bathroom.
- In the episode "When it Rains", Peridot gets scared of a thunderstorm. Steven teaches her how rain works and goes outside to play in the rain. Peridot reluctantly follows and thanks Steven after the event.
- She is also shown to care for Steven and his safety, as she yells his name (without saying "the Steven") worriedly when he goes into the rain.
- In the episode, Steven tells Peridot that they have to hold hands in the Kindergarten, and a star appears when he smiles. When they fall off of a cliff, Steven holds Peridot´s hand again.
- In the same episode, Steven gladly helps Peridot reach the Gem Pedestal, saying, "It's OK to ask for help, you know."
- When they are in Steven´s bubble, Peridot holds onto Steven´s side. After being confronted by the Crystal Gems, Peridot apologizes for Steven, and says he did what he was told to protect him.
- In "Back to the Barn", Peridot and Steven show a demonstration on the Cluster and what will happen if it emerges.
- Peridot agrees to do a robolympics, created by Steven.
- In "Too Far", after being ridiculed by Peridot and being called an abomination hybrid in the process, Steven quickly patches up quickly and even tries to help her apologize to Amethyst.
- In "It Could´ve Been Great", Steven and Peridot sing a song, which is also Peridot´s first song.
- In the same episode, she shows Steven the Diamonds and no one else, not even Amethyst, who was also created on Earth.
- Steven also invites Peridot to sit down next to him on the chair in the Moon Base. Peridot does this and laughs.
- In "Message Recieved", Steven is visibly the most emotionally hurt by Peridot´s betrayal, even blaming himself for trusting her.
- In the same episode, Steven is the one to nominate Peridot as a Crystal Gem, and afterwards he also hugs her.
- In "Log Date 7 15 2", Steven is visibly worried when Peridot goes crazy, and despite finding her ship evidence rant tedious, he stays anyways, albeit falling asleep. He also is shown giving Peridot stilts as a gift, which she appreciates (but not in front of him).
- In the same episode, after Steven hears Garnet's message via Peridot's voice recorder, he smiles and blushes, and decides to give the voice recorder back to Peridot, who says, "Wow, thanks." in response. Along with Garnet, he happily gives her a thumbs-up.
- In "Gem Drill", Peridot reveals to Steven that despite the fact that she can never go back to Homeworld she still misses it. Afterwards, she says that she is happy to be with the Crystal Gems. She has not told this to anyone other than Steven.
- In the same episode, when Peridot asks Steven what his "last words" are when it seems as if they will die in the forming of the Cluster, Steven hugs her and answers with, "I love you, Peridot." Peridot appears touched by this and replies with, "Wow, thanks."
- In the same episode, Peridot is shown to be worried about Steven when he experiences pain as she drills into the Cluster. She even puts the mission on hold for his sake, and appears to be relieved when Steven comes to after passing out and talking to the Cluster.
The reasons why Lapidot is better than Stevidot:
- In "The Return", when Jasper takes out the Gem Destabilizer, along with taking a step back, Peridot glances at Lapis.
- In "Cry for Help" Peridot refers to Lapis as her 'informant' rather than her prisoner.
- In "Catch and Release" Peridot mentions how she knows Steven healed Lapis' gem, but in "The Message", Lapis told Steven she never told anyone, implying that Lapis lied about the event, keeping it a secret.
- In "Barn Mates" Peridot attempts to make friends to Lapis and tries her very best to make up for the past actions to Lapis. Lapis later protects Peridot and asks her if she's alright, Peridot smiles brightly and Lapis turns away and blushes.
- In "Too Short Too Ride" Peridot encounters an advertisement for "cute roommates" on her tablet. She presses the decline option repeatedly saying that "she's already covered".
- In "Beta", Peridot and Lapis are shown to be making art together and they dance together with Steven and Amethyst watching. Before leaving to the Beta Kindergarten Peridot checks on Lapis to make sure she is doing alright.
- In "Beta", Lapis is seen to be repeatedly smiling at Peridot.
- In "Back to the Moon", when Amethyst asks Lapis is she wants to join them as prisoners, Peridot protectively reaches and holds Lapis' arm.
- In "Gem Harvest", Peridot and Lapis are revealed to farm vegetables together, and gain a pumpkin named Veggiehead (what?), and they try teaching it how to speak, specifically, how to say ‘clod‘.
I rest my case.
If you thought this was helpful or if you just wanna HATE me in the comments, then go ahead. I bet 97% of EVERYONE here will hate me. But that is how it is. If I get kicked off the wiki for my "hate crimes" than so be it - I've held my tongue for SO long about this!
