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I'M LAPIS LAZULI!!! AND YOU CAN'T KEEP ME TRAPPED HERE ANYMORE!!!
~ Lapis Lazuli attacking the Crystal Gems.
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 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 Lazuli telling Steven about her unfair imprisonment by the Homeworld Gems.

Lapis Lazuli is a major character in Steven Universe.

She is a former Homeworld Gem and agent of Blue Diamond. She then later becomes good and currently lives in the barn with Peridot now an ally to the Crystal Gems and Steven. However, as of the episode "Raising the Barn", Lapis flies off into space and takes the barn with her after refusing to help Peridot and Steven. However in the special known as "Reunited", Lapis returns to Earth to aid Steven and the Crystal Gems in fighting against Yellow and Blue Diamond, officially deciding to join the Crystal Gems. She was later poofed by Yellow Diamond. She eventually reappears in the Season 5 half-hour finale special, "Change Your Mind" to help Steven and Connie along with Bismuth and the newly-regenerated Peridot.

She is voiced by Jennifer Paz.

Appearance[]

Having the name based on the deep blue metamorphic rock of the same name, Lapis Lazuli is a blue Gem with a light blue dress. When her gemstone is healed, she gains the ability to generate wings made out of water. She has a tear drop shaped gem on her back. Lapis' slender and somewhat short build gives her that of an appearance of an older teenage girl. Before her gem was healed, her eyes were mirror-like.

After her regeneration in "Change Your Mind", Lapis now wears a half normal blue/dark blue tank top with a half star shape on the front and navy blue puffy pants tied with a metallic orange ribbon resembling sweat pants and orange Greek-like sandals.

Personality[]

While she is kind, assured, rapturous, thoughtful and enthusiastic with Steven Universe, Lapis Lazuli is a cunning, vindictive, unscrupulous, distrustful and manipulative towards the Crystal Gems, believing they care more about the Earth than their own kind, likely due to them being unaware for so many years about her captivity.

Even more in "Same Old World" where it is revealed when Lapis went to visit Earth she was mistaken for a Crystal Gem and caught as a prisoner by her own kind.

When confronted with an enemy more powerful than herself, she displays a defeatist and worried approach. She believes that putting up a struggle can only make the situation worse. In "The Message", she delivers a frantic message to Steven about the approaching invasion, begging him to submit to the Homeworld should they cross paths. In "Jail Break", she gives similar advice when Steven stumbled across her, mentioning Homeworld might go easy on them if they follow orders. However, Lapis can and will immediately become aggressive, obstreperous, impatient and hostile, if she deems it necessary.

While she is by no means truly evil or outright malicious, she expresses an overwhelming desire to return home, going as far as to use one of the Earth's oceans to create a giant water construct for the purpose of using it as a lift in order to get closer. In doing so, she shows that she can be rather inconsiderate and indifferent, as she does not care about the human race or the Earth, with the exception of Steven. Overall, Lapis is a passionate Gem who does not hesitate to fight anyone who stands against her, but is completely grateful, solicitous and appreciative to Steven for releasing her and then healing her gem despite being pained at her hand. Lapis is also portrayed as being a loyal and praiseworthy martyr to Steven and willing to suffer if it means protecting him from Jasper or any danger in addition to Malachite.

However, she is also shown to be very stubborn, anxious, hesitant and indecisive in cooperating or accepting help from others unless she has no other choice, seen in both "Jail Break", when she refuses to be set free by Steven, and "Chille Tid", where she is reluctant to give the Crystal Gems her location for them to find her and aid in the situation.

History[]

Season 1[]

"Mirror Gem" and "Ocean Gem" begins with Pearl giving Lapis's mirror to Steven so he can learn about Gem culture. However, Lapis ends up making friends with Steven through recordings of things the mirror has seen. She eventually convinces Steven to free her from the mirror. Initially grateful, Lapis becomes enraged when she sees the Crystal Gems, accusing them of not helping her even though they knew someone was trapped in the mirror and angrily asking them if they ever even wondered who she used to be.

Lapis then takes all the water from Beach City in order to attempt to reach the Gem Homeworld, since while her Gem is cracked she cannot summon her wings. When the Crystal Gems attack her to get her to put the ocean back, she attacks powerfully and almost kills the Crystal Gems, plus Greg, Connie, and Lion. Steven uses his shield to protect them and Lapis lets him alone come see her. When he gets to the top level of the water column (which has reached outer space), Lapis says that unlike the Crystal Gems, she never had any faith in Earth and just wanted to return to the Gem Homeworld. Steven says he understands how she feels about home, but then says that's why she needs to put the ocean back, "The ocean is an important part of my home". Lapis says that she did not take the ocean with malicious intent, rather she was trying to stretch it to reach all the way to the Homeworld, since she can't get back herself with her Gem cracked. Steven excitedly states that he has healing powers, which Lapis reacts to with shock. Steven then licks his hand (his healing powers are through his saliva) and touches it to her Gem, healing it. She then heartily thanks Steven, returns all the ocean water back to Beach City and flies off into space to the Gem Homeworld. Back at Beach City, Garnet acknowledges that Lapis made it off the planet, and Pearl to ask what does it mean for them. Garnet just says to wait and see, foreshadowing "The Return".

Lapis later reappears in "The Message" via a video transmission warning Steven that there is a Gem (Peridot) who knows his name that is coming to Earth to invade. Lapis also tells Steven to not fight back as this would only lead to devastation.

Lapis later appeared in "The Return" and "Jail Break", it was revealed that she was forced by the Homeworld Gems to reveal information about the Crystal Gems and was then sent back to Earth with Jasper and Peridot. Upon reaching Earth, she was questioned by Jasper as to if the Crystal Gems were really the Gems that rebelled against the Homeworld thousands of years ago, which Lapis confirmed. Jasper, after expressing her crestfallen disappointment in the Crystal Gem's size and by the fact that Rose Quartz was nowhere to be found, began to return into their ship and ordered Peridot to fire a laser and wipe them out, much to Lapis's horror and she begs Jasper not to hurt Steven, saying he's just a human and no threat. However, just before the laser can hit, Steven summons his mother (Rose Quartz)'s weapon, which makes Jasper believe that Steven is Rose. Jasper angrily asks if Lapis knew about this and Lapis says that while she did, it wasn't relevant to their mission. After a brief fight, the Crystal Gems are taken prisoner and Lapis herself is thrown in a cell.

When Steven and Ruby stumble upon her while looking for Sapphire, Lapis states that fighting against the Homeworld Gems is no use because Jasper and Peridot are too evil. Steven replies that this is precisely why they must fight. When Lapis shows no intention to move, Steven says he'll come back for her.

She does not appear again until the end of "Jail Break", when she emerges from the rubble from when Garnet crashed the spacecraft following Ruby and Sapphire's fusion into her. To defeat the fusion Gem Garnet, Jasper demands that Lapis Lazuli fuse with her. Lapis agrees, and the two fuse to create the monster Gem Malachite. However Lapis quickly takes full control and her true intention for fusion is revealed. In order to save Steven from Jasper, Malachite chains and drags herself into the ocean; Lapis's attempt to imprison Jasper in the ocean forever.

Season 2[]

In "Chille Tid", she appears in Steven's dream, telling Steven to not distract her as she is keeping Jasper trapped in the ocean in order to protect him. She also confirms to him that her and Jasper are going to stay fused as Malachite.

Season 3[]

In "Super Watermelon Island", Malachite is seen on Mask Island which is also inhabited by the Watermelon Stevens. After Steven discovers this via a dream the crystal gems go to fight her. With the help of the watermelons the gems are able to stop Malachite and rescue Lapis, although Jasper fell into a crack that the Cluster made while attempting to take form. Lapis is later seen unconscious in the end of "Gem Drill".

In the beginning of "Same Old World", when she wakes up, she decides to leave the other gems, but has nowhere to go. Steven then agrees to help her find a home. In this journey Lapis revealed she was originally just meant to briefly visit earth, but was caught up in a battle and mistaken for a rebel. She was captured and put into a mirror as punishment. When the rebels won and the Homeworld gems fled she was abandoned on earth, but eventually found by Pearl. She then decides to stay at Greg's barn, but finds out Peridot is also staying there, causing conflict and confusion.

Since "Super Watermelon Island", she is not considered a threat to the Crystal Gems nor any human being, and she has also shown empathy for others, befriending Peridot and the Crystal Gems in the process, thus she's not a villain to the date.

Season 5[]

Afraid of being caught in another Diamond attack, Lapis takes the barn and leaves Earth, running away to the Moon. In "Reunited", she made a surprising return to Earth just as Blue Diamond had an ensuing confrontation with Garnet whilst keeping the Crystal Gems immobilized with her pathokinesis. Holding the barn using water, Lapis then proceeds to throw it onto a distracted Blue Diamond, temporarily damaging her. She soon joined the Crystal Gems to fight against Blue and Yellow Diamond and was eventually poofed by Yellow Diamond.

In "Legs From Here to Homeworld", Bismuth stays behind in order to watch her and Peridot to reform.

In "Change Your Mind", a newly-reformed Lapis and Peridot return with Bismuth to help the Crystal Gems.

Quotes[]

I'm Lapis Lazuli, and you can't keep me trapped here anymore!
~ Lapis to the Crystal Gems.
Don't you know anything Steven? Your friends, they don't really care about other Gems. All they care about is the Earth, but I never believed in this place.
~ Lapis explaining her distrust to Steven.
I just want to go home.
~ Lapis to Steven before she was healed.
... It's Lapis.
~ Lapis to Steven before she flew away.
Just let me do this for you!
~ Lapis to Steven.
We're Malachite now.
~ Lapis fuse to Jasper.
Thank you, Steven.
~ Lapis turning to the good side and redeeming herself.
I am not getting caught up in the middle of another war.
~ Lapis refusing to stay on Earth with Peridot and Steven.
I couldn't stay away. If they're gonna punish me like a Crystal Gem, I might as well be one.
~ Lapis finally returning herself to Earth and declaring herself as an official member of the Crystal Gems.
That felt great.
~ Lapis after finally being regenerated along with Peridot.

Theme[]

Lapis' theme[]

Trivia[]

  • She has a resemblance to Penny from Golden Bat.
  • She is the first non-fused Gem to be discovered, as well as the first to not be previously established in earlier episodes.
  • Lapis is the second Gem to have a last name, due to the fact that her gem has two words in its name, the first being Rose Quartz.
  • Lapis Lazuli is the only Gem with a color scheme that only consists of four colors, making her the simplest-colored Gem.
  • In mythology, Lapis Lazuli are associated with gods, power, spirit, vision, royalty, honor, wisdom, and truth.
  • Unlike the Crystal Gems, Lapis Lazuli was callous towards Earth, and believed that the Gems cared more about the planet than their own kind. After redeeming herself however, she slowly adapts and accepts Earth as her new home.

Navigation[]

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Sugilite | Malachite | Cluster Gems | Cluster | Giant Ruby | Zebra Jasper | Topaz | Bluebird Azurite

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Nephrite | Orange Spodumene | Gem Cave Creature | Big Bird | Watermelon Tourmaline | Larimar | Invisible Gem Monster | Lighthouse Gem Monster | Slinker | Bixbite | Great North Gem Monsters | Tongue Monster | Grossular Diopside | Lonely Pearl | Monster Steven

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