She's scared of Lazuli...
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.It's kind of interesting how ultimately Lapidot was similarly toxic like the Malachite deal was, but in a different way. Malachite was made of two people with outright rage and hatred hurting each other. Peridot and Lapis's relationship was the two of them still having their own problems but trying to suppress them to their own detriment. Notice how some of the episodes dealing with Peridot's own self-esteem problems are all episodes that take place when Lapis isn't around.
Maybe that's why the show depicted their relationship with this kinda cutesy couple vibe to it. Ultimately, it's like a facade for the two of them to hide their issues and their own problems.
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I think calling their whole relationship toxic is a bit hasty.
Hey, given that peridot still thinks of the barn as her house, wouldn't it be can't she, like, send bubbled messages to Lapis, wherever she is?
I mean, its not like the show is gonna get rid of Lapis forever, but it's kind of neat to know that, like, Peridot actually has a way to contact Lapis when homeworld it's not longer a threat.
Alternatively, it would be kind of sweet if Lapis bubbles actually go to Peridot.
So it's fine if you want to say something like "Peridot confronting Lapis over leaving was in the trailer", but not about those couple scenes that are from later episodes.
edited 11th Nov '17 7:46:29 PM by thatother1dude
I guess it could end up as a Chekhov's Skill, but I wouldn't count on it.
Lapis and Peridot's relationship has always been toxic.
That said, I see absolutely nothing wrong with Lapis's behaviour. AFAIC, there was absolutely nothing selfish or dickish about it.
Also, while Connie is best human, I actually felt frustrated with her here, as she was being irrationally selfish and what's way worse and frustrated me far more, the show tried to legitimise her feelings and throw Dewe under the bus (for the crime of being responsible).
And while that is a serious problem, my objection is to the idea that it invalidates every good thing about their relationship—that every point where they seemed to be supporting each other in a positive way was actually fake. That this means they're worse off now than if they were never friends—and even comparable to Malachite (who was nothing but bad, and lots of it).
Steven has a similar overly-self-sacrificing attitudes toward people in general, and it's a bad thing, but that doesn't mean his relationships as a whole are worse than nothing.
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...Dewey wasn't being responsible, like, at all. He didn't know that Lars was still missing - hell, he didn't even know who Lars was. Those are kind of the sort of things that the Mayor ought on top of.
Also, Lapis did take Peridot's house. That's kind of dickish.
edited 11th Nov '17 8:18:51 PM by KarkatTheDalek
Oh God! Natural light!Being responsible by stepping down, which the show then treats as a crime against Steven, which is ridiculous, and an example of why Connie is in the right (which she isn't)
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It was never Peridot's house. It was Lapis' house that she graciously allowed Peridot to live in, despite having every right to forbid her from being anywhere near her property.
edited 11th Nov '17 8:21:24 PM by Sereg
You're misinterpreting that - Steven is being framed as misguided in that scene. Dewey is not being vilified for that.
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I might have misspoken by implying it was faked. What I meant was that it was more of the two hiding their own issues. It was a genuine relationship but it was also not a stable one with the two repressing their numerous problems, Lapis especially, and not dealing with their issues through communication.
As someone who has been in some unhealthy relationships, I've seen this before. Yeah shit looks good on the outside but on the inside there's just a bunch of shit going on that's hard to process. Sometimes people just need to be apart for a bit to deal with their own bullshit before getting back together. Their relationship isn't inherently bad, it's just that they have a lot of shit going on between them that doesn't make it stable.
What I mean is it's similarly toxic like Malachite, but it's still infinitely more healthy, just not as healthy given their own issues.
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Okay that's a blatant misinterpretation of the scene. And technically it's neither of their houses, it's Andy's anyways.
edited 11th Nov '17 8:24:08 PM by AdricDePsycho
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?So I see.
How is it Lapis' house over Peridot's? When was that stated? Heck, Peridot was living there first.
Oh God! Natural light!I'm not at all sure that you're wrong about them, or that the opposite (that their net effect on each other is positive) is true. I just think you're being too quick to conclude it's one or the other.
(Ack, discussion was slow all day, now it's finally picking up past 11 PM EST)

Not arguing that it isn't. It was a dick move, albeit one that did feel a bit understandable from her perspective. Not right, just kind of understandable.
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?