Lapis Lazuli & Her Symbolism EXPLAINED! (Steven Universe) 

Christian Sarmiento where else was i supposed to get a name??

@@Sneha-ij8rt coulda called your self Freddy. Steven: Ready Freddy? Lapis: My name is Lapis

Lapis Lazuli Lazis (a little play on words) Steven: ready lazis? Lapis: my names lapis

Christian Sarmiento Bob sounded better than Freddy....

And that is what we call character development.

@Elisa Castro true

not true

That's a big part of the Movie and Spinel's arc.

@Elisa Castro have you even seen the show? They experience the consequences of their actions heavily, their friends just also understand that proceeding to berate, belittle, and insult them, or even treat them like shit back isnt how you handle the situation. Lapis' consequence of leaving Earth is loneliness, sorrow, pain, sadness, it's not a consequence you immediately see because it's not one you think of. That's just an example.

@Elisa Castro Are you SURE you're watching the right show, buddy?

Indeed

It's one of my favorite lines in the show

True

@@cinguloapathy you named her lapis?

I'm pretty sure a spinel comment will come and exist in the replies very soon now..

Myuni i think it’s very cute that peridot is considerate of lapis’s preferences! however if they ever hug. i will cry

Oof

Physical touch can be very overstimulating within the context of PTSD so Peridot's consideration speaks volumes. Sometimes close proximity (what P ultimately wanted more) will suffice for a bit. Both friends' needs matter in their reunification. 💜

7:20 The single reason I hate Lapis is because I don’t feel like she takes proper accountability for anything she did lol

😂

Facts 💯

I thought it was spinel

@@ProCrafter-zq1sl spinel is BPD

Waht the fuck is bpd

*Flaskback of being trapped in the mirror*

*Or Being Malachite With Jasper Under The Ocean Far Away From Land And Acts Like She's The Bloop*

*IM DONE BEING EVERYONES PRISONER*

Purple jasper?•~•

IM DONE BEING EVERYONES PRISONER

Armrest is purple

Shrek- Senpai brilliant observation. How did I miss that?

Sam Klein Earl is salt

Gacha PleaseStahp Garnet is gay

Sam Klein And what’s the problem with that. Reply to this reply with “go commit eh” if you didn’t mean it like that.

oh Spinel have been trapped too? How did she get out of it?

Well you see, she was abandoned for 6000 years from pink diamond.

Hold my other friends and reset knife

Hold my apple juice She’s like a 6 year old personality wise

Spinel: *Where's my rejuvenater?*

...its Lapis

@@ceebiemarx (•_• ;) (; •_•)

@@ceebiemarx okay, byee

@@bondageboots7796 pretty sure they are referencing Lapis

@@ceebiemarx r/woosh

Meh to. I sleep in twenty minutes

it’s, “a curse i need to live.”

I have not slept in week edit make that 2²222222222222 edit I fell asleep while typing

The guy that came up with it, not steven

Actually it's (joke btw) "Sleep is a curse, and yet a curse I need to live. -Steven Universe" - Steven Universe

Same. After seeing this, I Can Agree and I Should've made this Connection Between the Two Sooner. Maybe Spinel could Introduce her to Pink Pearl someday. Wouldn't that be Awesome. ^^

or lack their of development

Can we also add Pearl? Pearl had to keep a secret for hundreds of centuries, loose a love one, and be discriminated a couple of times for being a pearl Lapis, Pearl, and Spinel are I think the ones that dealt with a lot of trauma for a long period of time

Same I commented I think on this video that I hope spinel and lapis can talk because their pain is similar.

My favourite character development of lapis was when she got her sandles.

Yeah that mirror was really easy to see. No smudges or anything

You fled to the bottom of the sea, Lapis Lazuli, you were so mad but you came around to me.

As I read this comment, I realized it's a song. My god

Two different Lapis songs. Nice 👍

@@heheheiamasuperstarwarrior9281 its a song

Well Lapis is an example of someone who has been trapped in an abusive relationship. She's likely distancing herself from others before they can hurt or disappoint her. So when she shows up, she's nonchalant and kinda stoic because that gives her the control of how far their relationship goes. They cant cling to hard or push her away if she controls it. People who come out of abusive situations like that typically learn to stifle their emotions to better be the robot they feel they have to be to cope with the world. I want her and Peridot to fuse but I dont think it'll happen for a long while just because her only experience with it is wholly negative. She'll have to take a long time to realize that it's okay to relax and be herself again and that the people around her wont use or abuse her kindness.

Certainly didn’t stop her from accepting Steven’s hug

@@Kokiri-Kid-07 she was never abusive toward steven while in a clear state of mind. once her gem was fixed and she knew he wasn't a threat in any way, she trusted him a bit easier. with peridot, she could have very well seen her as a threat. remember, peridot was a big reason she was imprisoned in jailbreak. she probably still associates her with that subconsciously. i have severe ptsd and i find myself drawn to lapis because i very much did do the same things she did. i was in the same situation she was in with jasper, and later the situation she was in with the crystal gems. i left my jasper, found my steven, and so on. but i still had a peridot, somebody who loved me who i loved but was unable to show it. i did very much care for this person, but i still abused them in ways that they never deserved, and my ptsd doesn't excuse that. the things i said and did were wrong. i distance myself from that person now, because as much as i do care for them, i know that i wronged them and need to give them space. i viewed lapis's distant greeting of peridot and immediate acceptance of steven's open affection as this: she would have accepted peridot's affection if it was offered, but because it wasn't, she felt that it wasn't welcome. she wasn't going to initiate a heartfelt greeting because she was unsure if peridot would even care for that.

It’s really hard to go back to someone after you hurt them even when you want to apologize

oly this comment is amazing

Or gravity falls

Well yea

*cough cough* maybe

@@clodcat5550 true

Oh, most definitely

Thank you, someone who caught this. Literally in the clip, Bismuth clearly poofed Lapis.

And now theyre friends

@@realrealwarpet I hope Rebecca Sugar gives us an episode where they explain when they hashed that out. Because I personally would remember the person who poofed me before I got trapped in an mirror for years.

She was poofed by bismuth, but wasn’t she also taken by homeworld gems who thought she was a crystal gem and used her for inside info on the crystal gems?

@@bakedpizzapie5375 that's a good point I did forget that. but initially she was mistaken for a homeworld gem.

Bloo

Bleu

That sounds rough bud, I'm glad you found someone to you can relate too

Oh come on guys. Lapis isn’t all that relatable. She LITERALLY has no character and does nothing throughout the show and is an empty shell 🐚 of what her character should’ve been. All thanks to that witch 🧙‍♀️ Rebecca Sugar, my Gem💎💙Titans character Capis💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💧☂️🌊☔️⛈💦Audia💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🌊💧💦☔️☂️⛈’s faithful message and loving 🥰 spirit, and her big strong yet calming presence was completely destroyed. If I were showrunner, I would have Lapis be the leader of the Gems💎, and leave Garnet out of it completely. I would make Lapis, or I’m sorry CAPIS, the strong, loving🥰, romantic and maternal, humble, intelligent, wonderful, leader who was once created by Princess 👑 👑 Luna 🌙 , but after discovering Earth 🌍 and our ancestors, the early humans, she vowed with all her faithful might to protect them. And that right there, was what made her, come to be....Captimus💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🌊☔️💧☂️⛈💦Audia💙💙💙💙💙💧🌊⛈☂️☔️💦Prime 🏅, the first and only of the Prime🥇Gems💎. She protected our ancestors from danger during the war with Equestria as best she could, and asked absolutely NOTHING in return. She led the Gem 💎 Titans in Eris Quartz’s stead. The early humans showed her a prophecy speaking of a great darkness, in the form of a storm ⛈ that brought a giant red and black dragon 🐉 with dark eyes, orange 🍊wings, and clawed hooves into the world 🌍 . It was the prophecy of Empress Sidia, or Remmy Maheswaran. Capis searched everywhere through every storm ⛈ for signs 🪧 of it coming true, but Centuries later, Capis realized the dragon 🐉 was in fact a symbol, depicting Remmy. Remmy has dark terrifying powers that cause all kinds of natural disasters and tragedies across creation, like breakups, divorces, paranormal activity, severe weather, tornadoes 🌪 and hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, avalanches, blizzards🥶, floods🌊💧💦☂️☔️, and she can also shoot more than 900,000,000 BILLION volts of red and black lightning ⚡️ from her fingers. Connie Maheswaran/Empress Sidia was the very darkness that the early humans gave Capis💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙⛈🌊💧💦☔️☂️the destiny to destroy.

Ok so Can you have a knock off “better Lapis” and call Rebecca a Witch? Sure, we all have first OC’s and mine was bad but REPLACING GARNET IS NOT OKEY-DOKEY DUDE!!! Also, don’t disrespect Rebecca. They made a show you liked touch to watch a video about a character from it. She is a master.

Want to apologize for my rude comment, realized this could’ve been a joke. Rebecca is a gem themselves, hope u agree

She also didn't love herself as herself. Not as Pink Diamond, nor Rose Quartz. I mean I guess through Steven.. But I'd argue that's still a no. That's still wouldn't be as herself. Plus she gave Steven her gem. And its been confirmed that Steven is his own person, not another one of Pink's alter egos.

Rose had low sense of self worth and so does Steven who shares his mother’s gem. The end credits song is about both of them struggling with their self worth.

@@mandyr0912it doesn’t matter what she went threw she got thousands of gems shattered then disappeared

I-

From outer space

JFC I'm *dead* XD

I- what in tarnation

Lol

water IS her weapon.

Well you got your wish lol

I think she meant when they were still Malechite. She hated Jasper but loved taking *everything* out on her as Malechite.

Ay it's Ally oh! That makes sense!

Lee 2 King like she channeled all her hate and anger put it on jasper

fireflyer97 I’m so glad! Thanks for watching!

Abby Werner No it’s not that deep. It’s one of Blue’s powers to make people cry... idk who started the idea that it had anything to do with Blue’s personal pain.

My fellow survivor.

Where did you get that profile picture? Ive been seeing it a lot lately

As spinel herself said: “You can’t make everything better by singing some stupid song!”

I wish Lapidot happened in the show. It’s the shipping that most likely could’ve happened. At the end of Barn Mates, we see a implication where Peridot gives a big smile to Lapis and in response Lapis blushes and turns away from Peridot. That was the moment where it made us think about them being a couple in the near future but unfortunately it didn’t happened. The reason why I wish they were in a couple is because it would’ve helped Lapis overcome her fears of being fused with Jasper and trapped being a prisoner as she says, giving her better character development. It would’ve helped more if Peridot was there when Steven toke Lapis to sea on the boat so that she could also make her feel comfortable, happy, and defend Lapis from Jasper which would’ve help strengthen their bond even further. I haven’t watched Future but I know there was a episode about Lapis and the other two L’s and Peridot was in it but from what I heard it wasn’t it anything TOO significant for the Lapidot shipping. Although it the shipping never happened in part 1 and 2 of the series ( Steven Universe and Future ) it’s still a big possibility for it to happen since gems can live for a very long time if not forever. Maybe in a couple of years later or in a millennia Peridot will finally begin to make her move on Lapis. If Sugar ever decide to make the shipping canon it’ll really make my life bright for a while. And if we ever see them fuse officially then I really wouldn’t know what to say other than, “YESSSSSSSSSSS YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS IT FINALLY HAPPENED YEESSEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS WHHHEEEEWWWWWWW” Also Sugar can decide if she wants to make a little dlc mission in Unleash the Light where it’s about Lapidot. Just want us fans to be a little optimistic in case it happens but don’t have your expectations to high

I'm not so sure if that was intentional. But if so that's dope.

and yet doesn't get a consequence.

Lapis is my favorite character but apart of the reason I like her so much is because she’s messed up and done some bad things. She’s not perfect, and she did some things she shouldn’t have. That doesn’t excuse what she did, but I still forgive her for it.

midge314 I dont

I dont understand why so many fans love Jasper. Could you give me a hint?

Agreed. I like how Lapis is used as a metaphor/symbol of a person from an abusive relationship, but despise how people are like "Oh, she was being abused by Jasper" because to say that is to ignore that she in the show even blatantly stated she liked being Malachite, she liked abusing Jasper as well. If the fanbase admits that Lapis isn't a good person, and maybe Jasper isn't a good person either, then maybe the place would stop being so toxic.

I think some people just don't like how abusive she is.

Thats why its important we get help ^^

​@@JinxsyYT Sorry to revive an old comment. But. I understand Lapis's pain. It frustrates me to no end when people put most, if not all of the blame on Lapis. Jasper and Lapis were *both* in the wrong. They *both* hurt *each other*. There are times when both people in a relationship can be victims and abusers at the same time. No toxic relationship is the same as the other. Person A can be horrible to Person B. Or the other way around. Heck. They can both be bad. And on top of that. Everyone is effected differently by their trauma. Most often than not. People with trauma will likely have unhealthy coping mechanisms before they get better and get help. They aren't going to always be dainty, hurt, and emotionally/ mentally damaged people. They can get really angry and untrusting of the people around them. Especially if those people have done something to cause their trauma. For Lapis. She didn't like being around the crystal gems, because they imprisoned her for thousands of years, and used her knowledge about the diamonds and the Home World gems. Jasper and Peridot held her prisoner almost immediately after she was freed after several years. Jasper wanted to use Lapis to take down the Crystal Gems, and most definitely would have either poofed or shattered Lapis if she refused. Lapis didn't know if Peridot had really changed, so she was stand off-ish to her (at least at first). Not to mention. She probably thought that Periot was no better than Jasper, due to the fact that they worked together, and as previously mentioned. Held Lapis prisoner. Are Lapis's actions justified? *No.* But are they more understandable than we think? Yes, at least a little bit.

Like lapis we survived the evil of humanity & survived. 😀💖💔😇😢

You’ve probably never felt trapped or had depression have you?

@@deViianceTV I did but haven't handled them the way she does still a cool character tho.

Finally! Someone who hates bob

battlecatsandMSMfan forever AUTTP I don’t rly like lapis I like peridot tho

@@LunaticLuni just cool ranch packet than

Emo with PTSD?

Haldon Lindstrom thanks! We just filmed a new one yesterday 🥰

You weren't trapped in a mirror for 5000 years

Bismuth as a material can be melted and at a lower temperature than most, ironic considering she often bathes in molten lava.

DL Jas That might be why there’s a lot of them in SU? :0