History Characters / StevenUniverseLapisLazuli

* BrokenBird: She entered the show injured, imprisoned, desperate for freedom and wanting nothing more than to go home. Even when Steven set her free and healed her cracked gem so she could leave Earth, [[StrangerInAFamiliarLand what she found when she got back to the Gem Homeworld scared her]]. When we next see her, she's imprisoned again and so spiritually broken that she ''begs'' Steven not to fight back against Jasper and Peridot so they can hope for some measure of mercy when they return to the Gem Homeworld. She's even more broken after she comes back from Malachite, unable to spend time with anybody else who's not Steven. Though [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E21Beta "Beta"]] showed she was slowly getting better, only to rebound with the idea [[spoiler:the Diamonds may be returning, causing her [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere flee]] in terror, nearly go back, flee again due to a mistimed dream from Steven, then go back for good come time for [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited "Reunited"]].]]

* AllegianceAffirmation: Initially a Homeworld Gem, [[MakingASplash she]] [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor flip-flops on her exact alignment]] due to her [[DarkAndTroubledPast tumultuous past of being a prisoner of both Homeworld and of the Crystal Gems]]. While close friends with Crystal Gems Steven and Peridot, she cares deeply for the Homeworld she remembers, and is absolutely terrified of being imprisoned again, culminating in her fleeing Earth in the belief the Diamonds are planning an attack. [[spoiler: When the Diamonds actually ''do'' attack during ''[[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited Reunited]]'', Lapis returns and [[BigDamnHeroes attacks Blue Diamond]], stating that if she's going to be treated like a rebel no matter what she does, she may as well embrace it, [[HeelFaceTurn officially proclaiming herself to be a Crystal Gem.]]]]

* ArcVillain: Of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E25MirrorGem "Mirror Gem"]] and [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E26OceanGem "Ocean Gem"]], but a sympathetic example, since she begged Steven to release her from the mirror and then used the Earth's oceans to attempt to reach her home.

* SourOutsideSadInside: She is extremely bitter, apathetic and is always stuck with a very deadpan face. Being trapped in a mirror for thousands of years (among other things) does that to you. [[spoiler:Her trauma is great enough to let her [[TooBrokenToBreak shrug]] [[NoSell off]] Blue Diamond's EmotionBomb, which is fueled by Blue's own grief over losing Pink, and has existed just as long as Lapis' own trauma.]]

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* AloofAlly: To the Crystal Gems sans Steven and, to a lesser extent, Peridot, although she's warming up. While she's now a firm ally of Steven at least and happy to make a life on Earth, she has yet to call herself a Crystal Gem (let alone an ally of theirs) like Peridot has. Although in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E11AdventuresInLightDistortion "Adventures in Light Distortion"]], when Garnet tells her and Peridot to keep Beach City safe in the Crystal Gems' absence, she doesn't complain, giving a thumbs up (albeit with an uneasy look on her face), and in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E15TheNewCrystalGems "The New Crystal Gems"]], she has little to no problems with proudly declaring herself a "Crystal Temp" (temporary stand-ins for the Crystal Gems while they are away), alongside Peridot, Connie, and Pumpkin. [[spoiler:She officially joins the Crystal Gems in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited "Reunited"]], stating that, if Homeworld is going to punish her as a Crystal Gem, she might as well be one.]]

* NotSoDifferent: Both Jasper and Lapis turn out to have enjoyed some aspect of Malachite, the general PowerHigh and {{Flight}} capability for Jasper and using Jasper as a living stress ball for Lapis, but Lapis has come to realize how unhealthy it was while Jasper is completely obsessed with regaining it.

* NotLoveInterest: Lapis' introduction and arc very much resembles that of a love interest for Steven; new girl he freed from imprisonment, saved with his powers and empathy, and showing the world to her to get her to open up. Despite how romantic some scenes look between them they simply remain friends.

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* DependsontheWriter: Lapis was first depicted as a deadpan snarker in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E04BarnMates"Barn Mates"]]. Writer and storyboarder Lauren Zuke gave Lapis her well-known deadpan attitude. Her personality varied in all her appearances since then.

* Depends on the Writer: Lapis was first depicted as a deadpan snarker in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E4BarnMates"Barn Mates"]]. Writer and storyboarder Lauren Zuke gave Lapis her well-known deadpan attitude. Her personality varied in all her appearances since then.

* HopelessBossFight: The Crystal Gems' first attempt to fight her turns out to be futile when she has literally all the oceans of the planet at her disposal. She is only stopped when Steven rides to the top of her water tower, notices that her gem is cracked and uses his healing powers to fix it, after which she peacefully departs.

* BewareTheQuietOnes: Lapis is probably the most reserved and anti-social of the gems. If you leave her alone, she won't bother you. But if you provoke her, well, let's just say she has a lot of pent-up rage due to her thousands of years of imprisonment, and she doesn't need a good excuse to cut loose.

* HomeFieldAdvantage: Inverted. On Earth (and other planets with water) she's incredibly powerful, bordering on nigh-unstoppable if she keeps her distance and uses the entire ocean as ammunition. On Homeworld, where there is no water, her offensive capabilities are reduced to almost nothing. (Becomes a straight example when she accepts Earth as her new home.)

* DisabilityImmunity: Lapis has been tortured so much and is so depressed because of it that [[spoiler:she can shrug off Blue Diamond's sadness EmotionBomb]].

* InsanityImmunity: It's not exactly insanity, but Lapis shows a variation of this trope in [[spoiler:[[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited "Reunited"]], where she is almost completely immune to Blue Diamond's despair aura. The aura incapacitates the other Gems, but all Lapis does is shed a single tear. The reason? ''Because she's felt worse.'' Blue Diamond's projected grief is nothing compared to what Lapis went through.]]

-->'''Lapis:''' [[spoiler:[[InsanityImmunity I've felt worse.]]]]

* SourOutsideSadInside: She is extremely bitter, apathetic and is always stuck with a very deadpan face. Being trapped in a mirror for thousands of years (among other things) does that to you. [[spoiler:Her trauma is great enough to let her [[InsanityImmunity shrug]] [[NoSell off]] Blue Diamond's EmotionBomb, which is fueled by Blue's own grief over losing Pink, and has existed just as long as Lapis' own trauma.]]

* TrueBlueFemininity: Quite literally; her entire body is varying shades of blue. She also is one of the few Gems who wears a long, flowing skirt, alongside Rose Quartz. At a glance, Ruby even mistook her for Sapphire. {{Justified|Trope}}, as historically, the gemstone lapis lazuli was one of the main reasons for this trope. Lapis lazuli makes some of the purest and longest-lasting blue paint, but is ''very'' expensive — more expensive than gold. Painters began using it specifically on depictions of the Virgin Mary, leading to the association between blue and femininity.

* HomeFieldAdvantage: On Earth (and other planets with water) she is incredibly powerful, bordering on nigh-unstoppable if she keeps her distance and uses the entire ocean as ammunition. On Homeworld, where there is no water, her offensive capabilities are reduced to almost nothing.
* HostileTerraforming: Her [[PersonOfMassDestruction immense power]] is meant to reshape whole planets to become Homeworld colonies.

-->"I am ''done'' being everyone's prisoner. Now you're ''my'' prisoner, and I'm never letting you go!"

* {{Adorkable}}: She looks so endearing when she plays the tambourine to help Peridot with her welcome band song.

* TookALevelInKindness: By "Why So Blue?" Lapis at the very lest is more willing to settle problems without using violence.

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* HomeFieldAdvantage: On Earth (and other planets with water) she is incredibly powerful, bordering on nigh-unstoppable if she keeps her distance and uses the entire ocean as ammunition. On Homeworld, where there is no water, her offensive capabilities are drastically reduced.