| “ | It was thousands of years ago. I was only meant to visit (earth) for a short time, but I got caught in a middle of a war. It was awful! I tried to run but--I was picked up by a Homeworld soldier and confused for a Crystal Gem and used as a tool. They asked me, "Show us your base!", "Where is your leader?" I didn't know. I couldn't say I'm not one of them. I was left behind. And there I stayed. Freedom in my sight, but out of reach for ages, until I was found. | „ |
| ~ Lapis explains her past to Steven |
| “ | That wasn't strength! That was weakness. Restraint takes strength. PATIENCE takes strength! ... Ugh. I don't have the strength to deal with you. | „ |
| ~ Lapis after defeating the other two Lapis Lazulis |
| “ | I've felt worse | „ |
| ~ Lapis stands up to Blue Diamond |
Lapis Lazuli is is a major character in the Steven Universe cartoon animated TV Series. She is a Homeworld Gem who was imprisoned in a mirror which came to the possession of Pearl before eventually being released by Steven approximately a thousand years later.
She was voiced by Jennifer Paz.
Her Good Ranking[]
What Makes Her Close to Being Pure Good?[]
In General[]
- Despite the high admirable standard, Lapis stands out for the following reasons:
- Her message about Jasper's upcoming invasion is the only reason why the gems were ready to take action and why the city had been evacuated, thus saving possibly hundreds of lives from the battle that took place.
- She trapped Jasper as Malachite under the ocean for months (possibly a whole year) in order to keep the planet safe and stop Jasper from harming anyone else while simultaneously preventing her from contacting the Diamonds (something that Peridot is shown unable to do mostly due to Jasper's absence) and keeping the whole planet safe from further invasions. Not to mention her absolute lack of resources when compared to Pearl and Steven who have the other Crystal Gems, their Fusions, and Rose's arsenal of weapons, Peridot who had more than enough technology to be able to construct a drill to the Earth's core and prevent the Cluster from emerging, and Rose who had an entire gem army to command and that's without mentioning her Diamond abilities.
Season 1[]
- She saved Steven from being accidentally ran over by Mayor Dewey by using Lars' voice to warn him of the coming vehicle through the mirror.
- Despite being trapped in a mirror, she found ways to communicate with Steven by forming messages through others' words and quickly befriended him and had fun with him.
- After Steven heals her gem, she thanks him and returns the Earth's oceans to normal, leaving peacefully.
- After arriving on Homeworld and being taken prisoner before being sent back to Earth with Jasper and Peridot, she realizes how horrible Gemkind has become and defects, sending a warning message to Steven through the wailing stone to tell him and the Crystal Gems of the coming invasion.
- Her message allowed the Gems to be able to prepare in advance and have a small defense ready while also evacuating the entirety of Beach City, which saved countless lives.
- She gave false information to Jasper during her questioning and omitted some facts about the Crystal Gems for Steven's safety.
- Upon arriving, she tries to convince Jasper and Peridot to stand down and prevent a confrontation.
- When Steven tried to free her, she convinced him not to due to the possibility of them being recaptured which would bring more harm than good.
- She agrees to fuse with Jasper to form Malachite by deluding her into thinking she'll help battle the gems, only to betray her and sacrifice herself by dragging them both to the very bottom of the ocean, preventing her from harming anyone else and contacting the Diamonds, which would keep Earth safe from another invasion for a considerable amount of time.
Seasons 2 and 3[]
- When Steven contacts her through his dreams, she tries to convince him to not look for her and stay safe instead as she has committed herself fully to keeping Malachite down so that Jasper can't gain control and hurt him again.
- She managed to keep Jasper down for a more prolonged time Perido with the aid of the Watermelon Stevens from Mask Island.
- When Jasper finally regains control, she tries to fight back against her before being subdued.
- Upon awakening, she tries to leave for Homeworld again telling Steven that her presence endangers him.
- She agrees to stay on Earth as a chance for a new life. Though she was initially rude and dismissive of Peridot and harshly refused her attempts to make amends, she eventually grew to care for her and they managed to put their past behind them.
- When Peridot is chased by the Roaming Eye, she lets go of her anger towards her and saves her by creating a water hand from the newly built pool to crash the ship to the ground.
- She decides to pretend to be human and play baseball against the rubies to protect Peridot with the other gems so they can trick the Homeworld soldiers into leaving.
- When Steven and Greg take her out on a trip to sea, she tries to enjoy herself and help them with fishing despite being very uncomfortable with being surrounded by water after being trapped in it for so long.
- When Jasper attacks the boat and throws Steven off, she tries to help him before Jasper pleads her to fuse again, an offer she rejects, telling her how unhealthy their relationship was and that Malachite was a personification of it, later using a water fist to throw her out.
- After accidentally sinking the boat while defeating Jasper, she carries Steven and Greg back to the docks.
- She grew to get along with Peridot and let her grudge against her go, helping her renovate the barn and create art.
- When the rubies returned, she subdued them and held them captive before contacting the Crystal Gems for aid.
Season 4[]
- In order to appease to Andy, she helps throw a dinner and learns more about human culture and festivities to make him more comfortable.
- She helps Steven catch up to Andy's plane by flying him there so they can talk things over and resolve their family conflict.
- When the Gems left to go retrieve Greg from the Human Zoo, she and Peridot temporarily moved to Beach City to act as Earth's temporary protectors while the Gems were absent.
- While in Beach City, she helped several citizens with their daily tasks, particularly using her hydrokinesis to run Greg's car wash. Additionally after accidentally wrecking it, she and Peridot made Greg a new sign and rebuilt the building.
- While she wasn't accepting of Navy Ruby's apparent desire to change and stay on Earth, it's understandable given that she's seen firsthand how ruthless and cruel Homeworld soldiers are, not to mention the Rubies had attacked them several times at this point. In the end though, she agrees to try to give her a chance and help her adjust to Earth.
- Despite her obvious distrust, she tried to give Navy a chance and helped her by teaching her about life on Earth, and later accompanied her and the others on a flight on the Roaming Eye when Navy claimed to miss the ship.
- After Navy reveals her true intentions, she tries to apprehend her and take the Roaming Eye back before being thrown off the ship into the ocean.
Season 5[]
- Upon discovering that Steven was on trial before the Diamonds on Homeworld and knowing of the risk of a possible invasion, she tries to leave Earth and take Peridot and Pumpkin as well as the barn with them so that they can be safe from Homeworld's forces, also trying to convince Steven to go with them and staying a whole extra day to locate Pumpkin, being unwilling to leave her behind.
- Even though she left Earth, halfway through the galaxy she decided to go back and settled on the moon, afraid of what the other Gems might think of her runaway attempt and shows deep remorse for leaving and destroying her home out of a fear that the Diamonds would do it.
- She used the Observation Orb on the Moon Base to continuously check on her friends on Earth and make sure they're doing okay.
- She expresses her doubts to Steven and decides to try and go back before he has a dream about the diamonds which causes her to leave once again.
- She eventually got over her fear of Homeworld and decided to return to help in the fight.
- She returns during Blue and Yellow's attack after Garnet's wedding, dropping the entire barn on Blue Diamond to incapacitate her and officially joining the Crystal Gems to protect Earth.
- Due to being unaffected by Blue Diamond's pathokinesis, she manages to gather enough energy to hold her down with her chains of water, which allows the others to recover and actually take the Diamond down.
- After Yellow Diamond joins the fight, she keeps fighting against the two Diamonds until being defeated and poofed.
- After reforming, she, Peridot, and Bismuth repaired Blue and Yellow Diamond's ships and flew them to Homeworld after receiving Steven's message so that they could help in the final fight against White Diamond.
- She uses Blue's ship to land a hit on White's mech, strong enough to hold her back and give the Gems time to regroup while also allowing Blue and Yellow to stand up to White.
- After White takes control of the other two Diamonds and takes back the ships, she saves Bismuth from falling.
- After the four main Crystal Gems fuse to form Obsidian, she helps to distract the Diamond Mech and draw it's fire while Obsidian makes her way to the head so that they can reach White Diamond.
- After recovering from being knocked out, she goes to help fight White.
- She helped gather all the corrupted gems from the Burning Room and heal them on Rose's fountain with the Diamonds' healing powers, even Jasper despite all the pain she had put her through.
Movie[]
- She helped in the construction of Little Homeworld on Earth, to help give Gems a new home where they could learn about Earth and learn to be their own person.
- When Steven comes to her for help regarding the Gems' amnesia after being hit with the rejuvenator, she suggests using his healing powers and later tries to cheer him up with Bismuth and Peridot by singing "Who We Are", which brought back Steven's desire to help and helped him give the gems their memories back.
- She later helps brainstorm ideas to get Garnet to form again, and saves the Heaven and Earth Beetles from being run over by a giant runaway saw.
- She tried to use her powers to get rid of the injector before it could cause more damage.
- She later helped evacuate Beach City and rescue people stuck in the chaos caused by Spinel. She also later helped in the rebuilding of the city.
Future[]
- She helped in Little Homeschool by teaching other gems how to be themselves and be self-accepting, helping Steven in his attempts to promote the place to new arrivals.
- After hearing rumors that there are gems that are still terraforming planets, she goes to investigate with Steven.
- She tries to persuade the two terraforming Lapis Lazulis to stop and find new hobbies, presenting all her likes to them and even singing about her new peace on Earth despite being clearly uncomfortable about it.
- She tries to stop them from continuing to terraform by getting involved and using her water chains, though that backfires and instead inspires the two Lapises to be more deadly.
- After being beat and subdued, she snaps and defeats the two Lapis Lazulis by summoning a huge body of water to form a giant version of herself.
- She chooses to spare the Lapis Lazulis instead of finishing them off after seeing Steven's disappointment, and convinced them to stop terraforming, even inspiring one of them to join Little Homeschool.
- Upon spotting the corrupted Steven wrecking havoc in the Crystal Temple, she warps there to help and is horrified to learn of Steven's corruption.
- She manages to subdue Steven and trap him in a body of water long enough for everyone to try to come up with solutions, with even the Diamonds arriving to try to help.
- After being motivated by Connie, she manages to hold Steven down while everyone embraces him and reaches out to him, apologizing for not noticing his distress before and promising to be with him from now on, which allows Steven to return to his human form.
- When Steven decides to leave, she tries to convince him that if this is about running away from his past, it's something he can't and shouldn't do.
- She bids farewell to Steven alongside Bismuth and Peridot, accepting that he needs lo leave to find himself and become his own person.
What Prevents Her From Being Pure Good?[]
- When she fused with Jasper to prevent her from harming Steven and Crystal Gems, she still went a little too far by torturing her for months and she never felt a remorse for it. Even if Jasper is a terrible person, Lapis still went too far with her punishment. She even outright admits to Steven that it felt good to harm Jasper back for all she had put her through. Even after she mellows out, her taking her anger out on Jasper and taking satisfaction on it is too severe for PG.
- She has some moments left of unsubverted jerkiness.
- She caused Yellowtail’s car to crash into the car wash sign, nearly killing Yellowtail, if it hadn’t been for the Cool Kids catching him.
External Links[]
- Lapis Lazuli on the Heroes Wiki
- Lapis Lazuli on the Villains Wiki
- Lapis Lazuli on the Steven Universe Wiki
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