Room For Ruby Review! Navy The Brilliant Ruby - Steven Universe
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 มี.ค. 2017
- Navy made this a good episode, but the actions of the Crystal Gems made this a not so good episode...
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Amethyst: "Man, Rubies are dumb!"
Garnet: "Not all of them."
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Sids MyName new headcanon. can never unthink
Sids MyName Steven is more stupid.
Sids MyName lol garnet was right
+Sids MyName *OHHH,* MY GAWSH...
Sids MyName such subtle foreshadowing...
But, but....Steven advocates for everyone
He tried to save Jasper, he tried to convince Bismuth, gave a chance to Eyeball Ruby, and those are just failed scenarios. Lapis, Peridot....wich almost failed too mind you
Remember Kids: Our side, the Steven Universe side, it's actually the one with traitors and betrayers
I'm giving Garnet the benefit of the doubt. She sees future possibilities; what if every possibility that she saw wasn't too bad? What if Navy retrieves the other Rubies and goes to Homeworld, just for the Diamonds to dismiss them ("the cluster will take care of them" mindset?) What if they return for Jasper; getting bubbled in the process... and Garnet is just letting Navy do the work of gathering the others for the Gems? Like they're playing a game of chess, and seeing multiple ways of playing, but all end in their favour?
MsKawaiichii EXACTLY. and consider Homeworlds point of view. you send some common, stupid, and dispensable soldiers on the most simple of missions but half of them come back with no jasper and some crazy story. then the rubies will want a full out authorized mission with quartzs, peridots, etc. despite the low resources? they'd probably shatter the rubies.
I'm perfectly okay with this as long as Steven Universe comes back to it. This show is known for dropping plot points for considerable amounts of time.
All I'm annoyed over is the fans telling other fans that they're not allowed to criticize the show. Mind you, no show is perfect, so many of these critiques are actually valid. Seeing them get brushed off as a hater or annoying is unfair.
Boxxo yes they're gullible but I doubt Homeworld wouldn't take this seriously. Especially since neither Peridot, Lapis, or Jasper has returned yet and the rubies taking a long time to get back there they would probably believe that something on earth is ruining their plans.
MsKawaiichii and she see EVERY possible I doubt that their wouldn't be any awful one and since she made it clear before that if Homeworld finds them they're done for. And how would that plan of letting Navy do the work actually work for them? The rubies are most likely heading back to homeworld and there's no was they can get them to come back without going on the ship and they had no time to do that.
Ryan Carson true, but then you have to consider they believe the cluster is still active. but really put yourself in YDs shoes. they'll all die within a year or so, at least you think
I think lapis was just jealous. It was hard for her to get used to earth and seeing ruby getting used to it immediately just shocked her. She got extremely jealous, thought it wasn't fair, and wanted to see her fail. And when she finally saw it she just burst out laughing because she knew it wasn't possible to chase after her, and it was so satisfying to see that she was right. I didn't think she was bad for it. I thought we all get jealous at one point and seeing someone do something that you pushed just glide easily through it can be frustrating but idk
But she was mean to literal colonizer :(
Heh, that's why people have trouble with it. If someone's not immediately nice to the former colonizers that are 'Now Sorry' for their actions, that person is a huge bitch and needs to get over themselves.
Lapis was the only one Right about everything
Davi Matheus Betim except Jasper
Davi Matheus Betim
She wasn't right at all. She was only envious about Navy adapting so quickly to Earth, but she didn't think Navy was going to betray them (well, she thought at the beginning).
So she WAS right... ._.
So she was right, then.
She was totally right then.
I feel like Garnet was conflicted, or Ruby and Sapphire to be exact. In the end the two balloons were blue and red (familiar?), the red one being the optimistic balloon, and the blue one being the pessimistic.I think deep down Ruby wanted Navy to be good and to join them, but Sapphire was suspicious and probably expected Navy to steal the ship or something. So maybe that could be related to Garnet's actions, or lack thereof. But I agree that recently the writing in these episodes are a bit weird. I can't complain though because Steven Bomb 5 showed us A LOT
Sweet Sketching that's exactly what i was thinking and Otaku completely ignored the fact that our Ruby is 50% of Garnet and that it's not like Ruby and Saphire never have conflicts.
I really like this idea, and if it's true, it should have been more explicit in the show.
Lapis has all the hallmarks of someone with PTSD. She's not a hater; she's full of pain and emotions and a lack of ability to cope. She'll hate on you because she at least understands hate.
I've said it before in other places and I'll say it here: this arc isn't fun for everyone because it's about breaking head canons and exploring our relationship to head canons.
This episode was fine. I would have liked to see Garnet pull Stephen aside and tell him that Navy was special and to show her a good time without influencing his opinion because Garnet is more than her future vision.
Then the rest of the show could go on the same with the adjustment that Stephen could look betrayed and confused for a few frames.
That way the audience can feel okay with this episode's message.
This show is about relationships and when has anyone had perfect relationships all the time? What is it like when relationships change? Is it easy? Is it comfortable? Do you know it's happening or is it a gradual shift that you feel more than describe? I feel like this arc is about that shift.
Amanda Troutman This. Right here. This is what haters of Lapis/Otaku are not getting. Lapis has PTSD so she has a right to be moody and angsty, being trapped by Crystal Gems for thousands of years without helping her, once she gets back to Homeworld, she is considered a traitor, being tortured by Peridot and Jasper for information, sacrificing herself to save Steven, the only person who talked to her and understood her, by drowning herself and Jasper. Of course Lapis did abuse her, and vice versa, but the difference was that Lapis admitted that what she did was wrong, which is something that abusers in real life don't like to admit. She's not without her flaws, as she forgave the Gems way too soon and crushing Peridot's tape recorder was a cruel thing to do, but she has PTSD which can connect with people who have the same condition, so if people are hating on her because of her PTSD, then they are bringing people that have PTSD down alongside her
The ending, in my opinion, made perfect sense. Slice has been continuously complaining about the crystal gems not sticking to their promises, and/or being too lazy to go get the Rubies after launching them into space. First of all, I don't believe the crystal gems owe the rubies squat, considering they are homeworld enemies; however, because Steven and crew are all the "good guys" of the show, I'll accept that they felt morally bound to saving the rubies from being in space for eternity (after all, that would be pretty cruel). But, what Slice is overlooking is Garnet's wisdom, and her maturity. Garnet foresaw that it was very possible for Navy to betray them and to take the ship... and she did nothing?! Yes! Because Garnet understood that they (the Crystal Gems) were not morally correct in this situation. They had stolen the ship, fought the rubies, and left them for eternal space damnation. It makes sense that Garnet would not want to then jump into an unfair fight (4 v 1), and take Navy down along with the ship. The Crystal Gems, by moral standpoint and even by Slice's ideologies, owe it to the rubies to let them have this one. Always being one to let Steven learn from experience, it makes sense that she let this play its course. The "it was worth a shot" line was excellent. It perfectly framed Garnet's intentions when it came to the whole situation. Sorry for this wall of text, but being a fan of slice and watching these videos, I think he has been a little off base with his assessment of this Ruby x Crystal Gems relationship. ALSO, LAPIS' REACTION MAKES SENSE. Lapis does not care enough about the rubies or the crystal gems enough to throw herself into this fight! She says herself that she is still working on enjoying/caring about Earth. Slice insists that Lapis was suddenly "cool" with the crystal gems, but I do not think that's true. She's easily frustrated by them, has a general aloof attitude, and distances herself from the group. The only other "crystal gem" she gets along with is Peridot, and that's because she's from homeworld. I don't see how he's overlooking these obvious details. The writing is actually very cohesive. Was this episode predictable? Yes. But the subtle character development, and the nuances of Garnet and Lapis' behaviors are very intriguing. Also, PLOT DEVICES, amirightladies? Now there's a continuing "threat" of the rubies and the information they can provide homeworld. Love you, Slice! But I think you're wrong on this one.
Are we just going to ignore Lapis acknowledged she had a problem after being horrible to Navy? She even said to Navy "It's my problem, I didn't mean to make you feel unwelcome". She actually apologised which is a first for her since her development has been terrible for every episode after Mirror Gem.
It is more than just two possibility, Garnet's future visions show what could be, not will be so even if there were two balloons that doesn't mean that there were two possibility. One event might be that Navy didn't betray them because they didn't show her the ship (Red balloon). Second, she could have betrayed them but couldn't escape and was bubbled in the end (Blue balloon) because it is still a failure for Steven since he couldn't convince her. Third she took the ship back without them knowing just like what Steven said to Navy about riding it (Blue balloon). The one outcome that came true is that she allow them to follow her but successfully betrayed them and escaped is what we have.
sean mccann yea, but the laughing and "i was right!" kinda of defeated the apology, but for character development i guess we'll see but i dont have any hopes for good ones anymore.
She didn't even see Navy's betrayal coming, so how did it defeat the apology?
Morgan Sloatman "I was right!" clearly she knew her distrust in the beginning was correct(even though it was). she didnt see the betrayals but her feelings about navy was right- 'somethings wrong with her'
The truth is that Lapis wasn't expecting betrayal, she was more upset about on how Navy easily adjusted to things but never thought about how she could betray them. Especially when Navy asked about the ship, anyone could have see that one coming without future vision that the ship would have been the perfect place to betray someone but they were so oblivious and just went with it.
I feel like Lapis wanted her feelings to be validated. She didn't witness Peridot's struggle to get accustomed and has only seen her take everything in stride. She probably thought that maybe she could be able to relate to Naval and be able to properly express and talk out her feelings with someone who's going through the same thing. Something she hasn't really found the ability to do with Steven, Peridot, and the other Crystal Gems.
Yes, Lapis is incredibly flawed, but that's what a character is. But I do enjoy seeing different points of view on these characters. Thank you for these videos you make, and I look forward to more.
Anise Chandler This. This is what I would say if I was actually good at wording my arguments.
Anise Chandler I'm impartial to Lapis in general but I found myself definitely getting to know and understand her more after this episode. She has issues but the fact she aired them and tried to apologise for her outburst to Steven and Peridot really had me feeling for her. In fact that whole scene was a wonderful message and the fandom doesn't seem to be picking up on that.
Okay so, I've heard the "Why didn't Garnet do anything" argument multiple times and I think it's because she wanted Steven to learn from his mistakes. She saw that no one got hurt. And for the balloons, I think that's because of comedic relief
Otaku: peridot's hair is big!
Me: that's why her hair is so big it's full of secrets
XDDDD sorry i had to say
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RHONDA OWARD stop trying to make fetch happen, it will not happen!
RHONDA HOWARD now that is awesome
RHONDA HOWARD you go glen coco!
She's giving birth to her star through her hair.
Nelly M .. and none for Gretchen wieners BYE
I get that Peridot's a Crystal Gem now and is all 'friendship and love', but she was always the suspicious type. I find it weird that she didn't at least ask a question or two because, as we remember, it took a long while for her to open to Earth as well.
#NeverTrustNavy. but this steven universe episode was good and conflicted
marvin garza when the weakest roaster of the squad (navy) , hits everyone with some unexpected heat.
Marin Eduard i know navy ripped my heart and stomp on it
Marin Eduard navy is gonna get the other ruby's from outerspace and go back to homeworld snitch on the crystal gems
Marin Eduard what would you do if your friends were lost in space after you got thrown into space to wander endlessly?
Marin Eduard But they were the one's who put them in space, and was going to leave them there forever. How could you not hold a grudge.
I guess the series is ruined for everyone by "we can pick them up on the way home" line.
Liam Biniares It's not for me, people are overeacting WAY to much.
People may not realise it at first, but everything is happening for a reason, I doubt the Crewniverse wouldn't put that line in without it having some sort of meaning or consequence later.
i know right? the fandom is being so stupid. steven was worried and said it in the heat of the moment. there was nothing behind it.
My problem with the line is that its neglectful to their safety from homeworld and Navy is now undoubtfully going to pick up the rest of the rubies and go back to homeworld. Which will lead them to snitching on the crystal gems and eyeball will be like "Rose Quartz is still alive!". Basically because of the crystal gems stupidity the invasion of homeworld is inevitable. What makes me mad is that when the invasion comes I better not hear any words come out the crystal gems mouths of "Omg how could this have happened?!"
Also they sure were protective over Peridot hanging around but Navy gets a pass because she plays innocent? It's total BS.
Kiyeri but Homeworld won't care. they sent out common, stupid, and dispensable soldiers to do the most simple mission ever. yet they come back with half their team, a crazy story, and no jasper. and then they still think the cluster will kill them all. they will probably shatter the rubies for such a failure of a mission.
lapis was confused I feel as if she only got mad because she didn't understand navy's perspective
i think steven is just relaxing after this heavy thing (blue diamond, mom issues, rocknaldo(GOD DAMMIT ROCKNALDO😡😡😡)and this amathyst thing) i mean give him some slack he is just 14. +even if Garnet tells steven about navy he is still gonna try to help navy because he's steven, i mean look at peridot, lapis, the famathyst( before the prank at steven and greg)and bismuth(maybe)
Raimy Koeiman yes finaly someone gets me
I think part of Lapis' saltiness was towards her Earth experience being so terrible and Ruby's being so easy by comparison
Gonna bullet point my opinions so its not a rant.
-Steven always wears his heart on his sleeve and wants to give people chances. Obvious point is obvious.
-Yeah maybe the Crystal Gems should have intervened, but children need to be allowed to make mistakes to learn from them. And i dont think it's fair to expect Steven's character to change immediately after previous events.
-Lapis is a VERY old gem, probably the oldest out of the ones on earth if i had to guess, being locked up in a mirror for millennia its not far fetched to expect Lapis to be distrustful, the crystal gems didn't free her, homeworld didn't help her, she was used as a mirror, then as an informant, then as just part of a fusion.Where she got to give in to her anger and let it out on Jasper. Lapis is a flawed character, it makes her feel more real. Not everything has to be perfect.
-The Steven universe fandom expects perfect characters, real life isnt perfect, and neither should e characters, or the story would feel like just that, a story, and not a world to fall into and experience.
Disagree? Want to share your opinions on my points? Let me know. :)
I think a better ending to this episode would have been Steven asking Garnet why she didn't intervene if she had seen Navy possibly betraying them, and Garnet explaining that "Even though I can see possible outcomes of the future, I don't see or know everything that will happen. Navy chose not to stay. That was a decision she made. Just like how we decided to stay on earth." Then Garnet shoots Steven a smile and he doesn't feel so bad about Navy. Moral of the story, letting others make decisions about their life. Even if you think/know they are making the wrong decision, it is still their decision, and they need to be able to live their own life even if you don't agree with it. :/
She'll probably go to home world and the diamonds won't believe her because she's just a ruby.
Well, if Garnet didn't really seem to care, it could be that the Rubies aren't much of a threat.
morkielogan yep. it's obvious that Homeworld sees them as stupid, common, and dispensable. half the team will probably return, with no jasper, and some crazy story. through Homeworlds eyes, it was the simplest mission and they were generous with the amount of rubies they sent out. and then the rubies want an authorized mission with strong quartz and intelligent peridots to go down despite their low resources? if i was yellow diamond i'd shatter them on the spot
morkielogan I think it might be a silent version of Pearl's last line at Holly Blue.
If Doc does get back to Homeworld she will have to tell them that she failed to get Jasper, which was her mission. It's quite possible that they wouldn't even want Doc's excuse and shatter her outright.
Or she could reveal that the Crystal Gems exist and run the risk of being shattered herself.
Doc might not like the Ruby Squad, if that is true, but she's not an idiot and knows that Diamonds don't accept failure.
She could just send in a report at a base, maybe?
Lapis behaviour is reasonable. Not justifiable, no matter mental illnesses you shouldn't act like a dick but I can personally see where it comes from. I myself wouldn't show it but I'd definitely think exactly like Lapis in a similar situation.
I feel like the crewniverse and Rebecca are making the gems make bad decisions on purpose. Then I'm a later episode they'll all have this epiphany of everything they've done. Forgetting the rubies. Not acknowledging the diamonds threat. And everything in between. That could lead to destruction of beach city and they could have this guilt just weighing them down
Watch them act surprised when the rubies snitch on them to home world
You know, I just realized something.... In "Hit the Diamond", when the Rubies all counted how many of them there were, Navy must have been smart enough to realize there was an imposter. She just went along with the baseball game the whole time even though she knew exactly what was going on.
....Maybe being smart and hanging out with a bunch of Rubies all the time gets a little boring after a while, haha.
I'm glad that Ruby (Navy) got the ship, she's gonna grass on the Crystal Gems to homeworld and shit is gonna go down. Just imagine the future episodes- the plot twists, the emotions, I'm really excited.
Steven to Jasper: "She said no. Leave her alone"
Jasper to Steven: "This is YOUR fault! I'll Shatter you!"
Slice of Otaku: "Why can't Steven see that Jasper means well?"
Lapis may not have attempted to catch her, because she may not be fully aligned with the Gems. It'd make sense with how she acts, and how quickly she "got used to them". Just like Navy, she might still be partially against them, tricking them. Maybe she's slowly liking them, but still isn't fully aligned. And if Navy is more intelligent than the actual leader of the Rubies, she might be defective, and that may be why she isn't the leader instead. That'd also make sense, if they have a shortage of soliders, they could still use the ones who don't have their usual abilities due to being defective, but aren't defective in the sense of Pearl who rebelled against her programming. She can be used, but can't be anything more than fodder for fusion for fighting because she doesn't have the power she's supposed to, or because the Diamonds don't want to risk turning the entire team into rebels if she's put in charge.
I'm surprised that after the eyeball incident Steven wasn't at least a little suspicious of navi or that he gave a little to much info
People may not agree with me but I think Lapis had some major character development..
it just makes me think if navy is manuplitive how rose will be because she has her gem on her navel will she be evil and manuplitive
Badr Errejeraji mischievious. not evil.
thought the same thing here
Badr Errejeraji Incapable of hating
what about pink diamond? how will she be
Badr Errejeraji We don't know if she hates pink diamond, we just know she shattered her for the face of the earth, also I'm talking about ruby
I'll be honest, this episode _frusturated_ me like no other episode did... I thought these characters were smarter than this. I thought Steven had learned something out of his past experiences.
Though still Navy is a cutie, so there is that. I hope she goes far, _far_ away from her squad and Homeworld and the Diamonds with her ship and lives the life she wants elsewhere. Just. Please don't make her snitch, I'm not ready for a Blue Diamond nuke yet ;-;
I thought we were gonna get a new crystal gem. smh
same
Other than storm in the room the episodes have felt off lately....anyone else noticing that?
Bread too true... I hope they start improving soon...
Bread
Yes, I've noticed that the quality has gone done significantly in season 4, with the exception of episodes about Rose.
J grandmaster, since The new crystal gem would be more accurate
Storm In The Room felt off to me, lol.
But yeah, this whole season was just...what?
let's just hope all these fillers are worth in when the diamonds return to earth and the epic climax comes around.
you didnt get the point of the lapis part
At least, as off-key as the Ruby thing was, it got the plot moving. Since most cartoons last for, like, 5 or 6 seasons, that means that Steven Universe also has this much. If season 5 is really the last season, as many people are theorizing, then they don't really have much time to escalate things enough to fit with the big ending the show is going to have.
I for one am happy that the Gems didn't pick up the Rubies, because if they did one of two things was going to happen. Either the Rubies join the Crystal Gems or get bubbled, both of which have happened to other gems in the past.
Both of these hypothetical outcomes would have led to Homeworld sending someone else to Earth and repeating the process again, while now, Navy is going to find the other Rubies, report what they know to the Diamonds and, like I said at the beginning, get the plot moving.
10Bendog season four is build up. there's a fuck ton of fillers because it's the eye of the storm. why do you think we have the ominous music at the end? why is it getting progressively more aggressive? that's because the war is season 5, and that marks the end of this filler season, the build up, and the ominous music.
Exactly, that's why Navy taking the ship was so important, to set up the events for season 5. That's why I'm saying that one way or another, it had to be done.
Oh, BTW don't call the episodes fillers. Apart from one or two, most Beach City episodes are to develop characters and build relationships between these characters.
10Bendog oh, i don't think they were filler as in they useless and had no importance/development. they definitely did, i just meant filler as in building blocks to set up the gem war.
I think the Crewniverse just needs a break, I mean SERIOUSLY they need a break.
who eles had the feeling about Navy betraying them and was on Lapis's side through whole out the episode?
Ehhh_sure Me, well kinda. Part of me wanted Navy to join the Crystal Gems... I thought it may have been interesting to have another Homeworld gem become a Crystal Gem like Peridot and Lapis. Though I've seen so many things that have a similar plot to this episode, so the other part of me knew how this episode was going to end. Still, the way that this episode was portrayed was incredibly bad and cliché.
I knew it from the beginning before the episode aired.
Ehhh_sure OMG I WANTED MURDER!!! I totally felt for Lapis thru the whole episode...
The episode was...ok, but it doesn't make any sense at all.
Also, I'm not really mad about the Lapis thing. She was also pretty useless during that baseball game thing, and for most of the time really. At this point, I don't expect her to solve any problems really. She really is a teenager.
I swear this fandom is so damn inept sometimes.
Of COURSE people are pissed off that Steven didn't rescue them. He promised that he would! And all the rubies did was attempt to find Jasper, and instead of fighting and poofing the rubies, the CGs dick around and then fling them into space.
The crew knowingly created a gang of adorable, memorable and likable characters and to see them get beat around, mistreated and ignored is painful.
Imagine if Steven knew where malachite was and said "we need to rescue Lapis" and then proceeded to do nothing. Like how unlikable and shitty does your protag have to be if your audience roots for the bad giys
ArtandJunk Idk why people keep on saying he "promised", he just made a hastily made remark about them while in a rushed/paniced mad dash to get his dad back.
JazitJ
That would be more understandable if it wasn't for the fact that it _was a remark _*_about the Rubies._* As in, it was a statement and not just a suggestion, which, mind you, even then the Crystal Gems still didn't do anything about it. And if he was so hasty about getting his father back, then how and why would he even consider/think about the Rubies at such a time?
All shows have flaws so we really shouldn't brush the criticism off. There's cutting a show some slack and then there's just letting a show get away with anything. If someone is upset over the Rubies, then it's not necessarily unfair for them to be so. If you aren't, then that's fine too. But fans should not put down other fans simply because they have criticisms over the show's latest episodes.
"Then how and why would he even consider/think about the ribies at such a time"
A RUBY HIT THE FUCKING WINDSHEILD AND STEVEN MADE A REMARK "we'll get them on the way back" WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT THEM A SECOND TIME. It was along the lines of something you say about your mom asking you to take out the trash while you're in a heated game, you just say yeah I'll do it later and then immediately forget about it and focus on the game.
I'm fine with the show getting criticism, but not when its over stupid shit like this.
Btw if I sound like im trying to offend you it's just my way of talking, I use swears as sentence enhancers more than insults.
They really only looked for Malachite for about 2 episodes during season 2 and proceed like nothing happened the rest of the time until Steven conveniently went into a watermelon in his sleep which conveniently lived on an island he's been to before and conveniently that was where Malachite was located.
ArtandJunk Jesus your replys are so whiney tho
Am I the only one that just flat out didn't like this episode?
I enjoyed this _far_ less than Rocknaldo, which everyone seems to think is Satan-spawn. At least that episode was funny, the gems cracked me up. With this, I didn't laugh at all. I spent most of it either facepalming, or going, "Lapis stop being so salty." The plot was incredibly predictable. I called the twist at the end from the second Navy said she wanted to stay on earth. Lapis' conflict had potential, but it too was extremely predictable and generic, I felt like I'd already watched that story on fifteen other shows. It also felt out of character for Peridot to be so naive. She's been established as a relatively smart character, so it was really odd to see her so easily fooled. And Garnet... GARNET WHAT THE FRICK?! She saw that betrayal was a decent possibly and she not only SAID NOTHING, she bought a FRICKIN BALLOON. Now they have no space ship, Homeworld is probably going to find out about them, but Garnet bought a balloon, so it's okay!
Speaking of Garnet... The animation this episode. I know how hard animation is, I animate myself. I know that SU is animated on paper. The characters always look slightly different, and I'm completely cool with that. Doesn't bother me at all. But this episode in particular was more off-model than some fan animations I've seen. All the gems were too small. Garnet's hair was too small, while the others' hair grew steadily throughout the episode. Peridot in particular looked way more juvenile than usual.
And one more quick thing before I'm finished... Navy. I haven't seen anyone else who flat out didn't like Navy at all. Maybe I was too busy facepalming to observe the brilliance of her turn at the end, I don't know, but she annoyed me throughout the entire episode. I can't STAND the way she was voice acted. I'm just not really a huge fan of the Rubies' voice. I don't mind our Ruby or Eyeball, but all the others peeve me off.
Overall this episode seemed like a lame way for the gems to lose their spaceship and for Homeworld to find out about them. It was like a way from point A to point B with no real consideration for how we got there. And I know later when the effects of this episode are important, I'm going to be frustrated thinking about how easily it all could have been avoided.
I've typed this for way longer than I meant to.
UGH! If I hear one more person bitching about the Rubies... I'll... I'll... be very annoyed.
The way I see it, the fact that Garnet seems so unconcerned suggests to me that she cannot foresee a future where the Rubies *do* go directly to the Diamonds to tell them about what is going down on Earth. Considering that Rubies are so looked down upon by Homeworld and their mission was to *find Jasper* I reckon that as soon as Navy has picked up the others, they will go *straight back* to Earth and demand Jasper. Moreover, I would bet they might try to kidnap Steven themselves once Eyeball fills them in on what's going on. She wanted to "poof" Steven herself so she could claim the fame and glory of capturing Rose Quartz... I bet the others would get behind that clause too.
Bottom line, I don't think they're going to Homeworld or the Diamonds, not before they have Jasper and "Rose Quartz".
Holy shit why is Lapis so small at 4:01
I've noticed that character change their size all the time especially fusions but that is just wrong.
WHY ARE PEOPLE DISLIKING THE VIDEO OVER HIS OPINION AND LEGITIMATE CRITICISM? WHY Y'ALL GOTTA BE SO PETTY? Guys, nothing is perfect, SU has it's flaws let's not try pretend they don't exist because they've been showing lately. I hope for the show to get back up on its feet but lately it's been a bit lackluster.
If he’s just showing his opinion, then I am allowed to show my opinion and disagree.
In my opinion, there is a way the writers could have their cake and eat it too. They wanted to keep the Rubies in space but wanted to keep the Crystal Gems to their image by saying they will retrieve them on their way back. But in doing so, it now leaves them in a dilemma to where they do no have that threat coming toward the Crystal Gems and Earth so they just have the Gems IGNORE THEIR duty and just leave the Rubies in space without explanation.
What should have happened where both sides can win:
When they saved Greg from the Zoo. What should have occurred on their way home was a malfunction happened to the ship, so their mission to collect the Rubys would have to be put on pause and that is the reason they didn't go back into space. Peridot was fixing the ship and just finished it when Navy crash lands on Earth. Steven shows Navy to the barn and they educate her on about the life of Earth and when Navy brings up about her ship. Peridot could have commented about that she just finished fixing it and should take it for a test drive. That would have been a more idle way to putting it. Instead of just, OH we will get them on our way back, but DON'T for no reason at all.
She made no effort? You can clearly see in the frame you paused on she was planning to chase after the ship. She was just weak from laughter to do anything. It's like... Waking up and trying to make a really hard fist.
Exactly
You Are Filled With D E T E R M I N A T I O N true. and he even said that the ship was too far up and going way too fast. lapis could have never made her water go fast enough, especially while laughing and right after being dropped from a ship at a considerable height.
Yeah, she was gonna fly at first which was a lost cause. She could've grabbed it with a water hand but the the ship would just fly out of its grasp. These lapis haters and lapis head canon justifiers are just being silly at this point.
besides the steven bomb and storm in the room this seasons been pretty mediocre
Look, Lapis does make it hard to like her sometimes, but here's the thing. She didn't want Ruby to be mad; she just doesn't understand why Ruby wouldn't be mad. Lapis has been used and abused. Lapis has used and abused. It doesn't make sense to her that Ruby is so open to everything and honestly, it doesn't to me either. Earth is an entirely new planet. NO Gem that we've seen just arrived on this planet and instantly likes everything. Lapis is honestly justified in her skepticism of Navy's monotone reactions. And yes, Navy played Steven like a fiddle.
I honestly feel like the more of a douche bag Lapis becomes the more I love her. I relate to her on so many levels, I too find people who are constantly optimistic very annoying. And I know a lot of people are bashing on lapis rn, especially you SliceofOtaku. But idk I find myself loving her even more. TBH she was the only one right in this episode.
Queen Sucka I don't really like extremes :P. Either overly positive or overly negative people can get annoying . But hey if she tickles your fancy go ahead. Imma keep on being indifferent to slightly annoyed at her at times
Yes, we get it. Steven said they were going to pick up the Rubies later and they didn't. Can we maybe move on from this sentence now? The writers knew what they were doing. If they just bubbled Navy many of the future plot events won't happen.
Niklas Universe yeah. AND STEVEN DIDNT PROMISE THEY WOULD. he said it in the heat of the moment and he only cared about Greg.
Niklas Universe That's why it's bad writing. You say that they can't bubble Navy or they won't get to the plot developments they want to get to. However, there are many ways the writers can have Navy escape and rescue the other Rubies without having Steven and the Gems act like idiots saying things akin to "Uh should we get the rubies so that they don't rat us out to Homeworld. Nah, lets' just sit around beach city for an entire month after our space adventure. I'm sure nothing bad could possible happen."
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If he only cared about Greg during that point and it was the "heat of the moment", why would he even have any reason to think of or consider the Rubies?
I don't really care what the Crystal Gems choose to do with the Rubies, but in hindsight, it's dumb to just brush it over.
Have you listened to the video. He knows if they did the events wouldn't happened but he stated that the events leading up to this aren't written well. He explained this a lot better then I am right now.
kuku88 idk, because the rubies smashed into their window?
I thought Lapis would learn something with this episode, but she didn't...as usual...
The reason why the hair and the art style is steven universe is changing is because there's a different story board artist every time
Actually I would hate it too if someone assimilated better than I did. I would be crushed.
Paul Kennedy Its like going to a new school and it taking you a while to make friends - and then another new kid just comes along and makes friends with everyone the first day.
Paul Kennedy yeah, it's perfectly believable. that in itself isn't bad writing and reflects on how Lapis is feeling which somewhat makes up for throwing her in the barn
I hate that.
Paul Kennedy I've been in a situation like that with one of the clubs I go to. It really helped me to empathise with Lapis in this episode.
I've got a theory: Room for ruby is a representation of rose on homeworld. Taking the ship represented shattering pink diamond, And representing rebeling.
Wow, the entire show has now been ruined and is completely unenjoyable because of one line "We can pick them up on the way home." The Crewniverse is completely out of line with this one! I cannot believe the absolute horror that is one continuity error that hasn't even been wrapped up yet and we don't know the reasoning behind as of yet.
Imo, Lapis's actions were understandable, but I can understand what you're saying.
RUBY=LARRY
LAPIS=RIPPEN
this was almost exactly what i was thinking, i love these video's so friggen much!
Ok, I've seen a lot of people talking about how we NOW know that Homeworld doesn't have rain. Are we forgetting "When It Rains" when we literally learned about how Peridot had never experienced rain because there wasn't rain on Homeworld?
And speaking of Peridot, we saw her mastery of her power when she went toe to toe with Lapis in "The New Crystal Gems". We've seen from Jasper that Lapis has tremendous power. And now here's Peridot being fully capable of rivaling Lapis' strength.
But as far as this episode goes: I could tell from the second that Ruby was playing everyone when she was saying that she loved everything. So when she brought up the ship, I was raging mad at how naive Steven was. Then I loved how mad Lapis was, and Peridot mentioned them being over the ocean and I was like "Yeah, Lapis is gonna hand it to her! I bet it'll be like that scene in Teen Titans when Terra uses the mud to drag Raven down and try to drown her!" where Lapis would use the ocean to grab the ship an bring it down to keep Ruby from escaping. Instead she throws a laughing fit...
Overall, you and everyone else who kept bringing up "Where are the Rubies? Didn't the say they'd pick up the Rubies? Why are there no Rubies?" were 1,000,000% right because if this was how the Crewniverse intends to bring the gems to Homeworld's attention, then that line in "Adventures In Light Distortion" should've been taken out or something. Idk, it's just lazy and convenient and all episodes after Steven Bomb 5 have been boring, forgetable and disappointing if you ask me. I liked this episode a lot, but plot and character wise it just didn't make any sense.
I think lapis' reaction to Ruby's quick adjustment is reasonable, I can relate to it...and she's actually being sincere (at least trying to) with Navy throughout the entire episode, you are being too harsh on her (I'm not a lapis fan either)
Actually, I can sympathize with Lapis. I know that if I were in her situation I would've reacted the same.
Lapis: I don't want to live forever.
Peridot: *CRYS*
Lapis: Ok I change my mind ;-;
I literally just found your videos by mistake but I think you're one of my new favorites.
Well sometimes you've just gotta have faith in a show. Yes, the entire Ruby retrieval arch was very confusing and upsetting to a lot of theorists and fans like yourself Slice, but consider it like this: do you legitimately believe that the entire crewniverse and the writers for the show would honestly pull this sort of thing and leave us hanging? Do you think that the entire plot wasn't probably thought out to a very extensive degree and that maybe, by some crazy reasoning that we don't have the resources to foresee at this moment in time, all of this will make sense at some point? That maybe this entire endeavor served a purpose within the show to have characters learn and understand from their mistakes as a means of also shedding some light on the lesson concerning itself with 'don't trust a book by its cover' or the entire failure the gems did with how they failed to treat the rubies properly, and in how that will come back to haunt them will show them that they needed to be more proactive? Because that's not actually a lesson Steven has yet to learn fully, and for the gems to take seriously to heart because they've done lots of questionable things in the past, and this kind of discourse will lead us into a point of revelation for these characters, in whcih they will learn to understand thing beyond their appearances and try to embody what it means to be a crystal gem and now be a hypocrite in this sense. The same thing going for Lapis' lack of action towards the end of this episode and in how it will let the Plot develop so the gems can have consequences for their actions. I don't believe that this will serve as an arch and series of developments just for the sake of plot like you're reducing them to be, but possibly just a means for these characters to learn and grow through failure and mistakes.
I know you don't like Lapis as well, but considering her in this episode, I see that, (and though its possible you did consider these details in your comment 'I felt for Lapis in this episode') you managed to gloss over some seriously important quotes for Lapis in this episode. She is notably flawed, was in a mutually abusive relationship with Jasper, is rude, petty and often very pessimistic and often ruled by her emotions and has very little ability to work on herself in the present and think about the future because she holds onto the past. You claim that she's a horrible character, but in reality, the notable difference between 'plain horrible', 'justifiable' and 'understandable', is that horrible here implies a person does bad things without any much motive or reasoning. A justifiable character does bad things for good reasons, or overall has an uneven ratio of more good to bad qualities or actions in their favor, making them justified, or, in a synonymous term, redeemable. While understandable is a term for a character who does bad things, but it can be understood as to why. Lapis Lazuli is not necessarily redeemable as of yet for her actions in the past, but she is understandable, and it was moments like this in this episode which help people understand her character a bit better and give her hope for being totally redeemable. Lapis is rude, angry, and vengeful against most people and often untrustworthy because she went through something horrible, and it managed to dictate what kind of person she was. Upon the extended offer of japser fusing with her, Lapis was selfish because she wanted to take out her anger on jasper and also wanted to save steven, which was not the best course of action she could've taken, no, but she did it out of a reason. Lapis was rude to Peridot because she is closed off and wary of new people, which was not a good thing to do, especially since Peridot was trying, but she still did it for a reason. And later, she learned from Steven to try and give peri a chance, and now they are together and good friends. (Unrelated Side Note Note: I hope someone else will take notice of how nice that moment between them was in this episode where Peri and Lapis were 'star gazing' at dusk, because it was very funny and just pretty nice.) And further, when japser confronted her, Lapis showed growth in how she acted near Jasper by, instead of being selfish and wanting that outlet for venting her rage on Japser, she punched her away (because, side note, she literally shouted earlier in that scene 'I'll shatter you' to Steven, which gives a little justification to her actions in how she was afraid Jasper would hurt him, like, literally shatter him in her mind if she hadn't intervened) and decided to distance herself. She became best friends with Peri, and later on in this episode, did two great things. She was willing to give Navy a chance after voicing her skepticism to Steven and Peri, and took a backseat to the operation even though she was still wary, and then even told Navy 'It's not your fault that I'm angry, this is a personal issue and it's just something I have to work out', which was actually really considerate. And then she was even willing to accept Navy fully after getting over some of her grief and her entire character conflict about getting over the past. Lapis is still cagey around others, stuck in the past and rude (read above for my reasoning on her not getting Navy while in the water) but she's still making tiny steps in the right direction. Pearl was rude and cold to Greg because she was jealous, Amethyst resented Pearl and her attitude because she wasn't 'fun anymore' and because she didn't accept her (and vice versa) and the entirety of the Crystal Gems didn't believe or respect Steven as a member of their team until they had to learn the hard way that he was right (Warp Tour). But then they all grew together and learned to get along with each other after direct confrontation with each other and some soul searching. Lapis is really rough around the edges because she has a lot to be angry about, being trapped in a mirror after a gruesome gem war for 5 thousand years. But she's getting better, and choosing the right things, even though she isn't perfect. And that's what character development is about, choosing the right thing, and moving forward. And it doesn't excuse singling her out because it may be slower or more difficult for her to develop and become kinder just because that isn't the most prominent trait about her.
I really don't want you to misconstrue this as me being rude if you're seeing this or even read this whatsoever! I really love your videos and enjoy a lot of your discussions/reviews. Please keep doing what you're doing and understand this is just my two cents on the issue. I support everything you do, and only want to share how I feel like you suggest at the end of each video.
What if Eyeball (the evilest ruby) ends up being a part of the crystal gems? bc Navy looked nice but she ended up being evil
Girl this is the best video I've ever seen. Subbed.
I think this episode really pointed out the fact Lapis is still just a kid from a maturity standpoint. At least now she understand that it's okay to grow at her pase
In my head cannon Garnet put a bomb on the ship. :)
Steven is way too positive about people, that's why I don't like him all the time. I hope your happy that Lapis is finally getting some development
If the Rubies did get caught and bubbled, then the Diamonds would have no reason to go to Earth, but now the Rubies will tell the Diamonds about the Crystal Gems. I'm looking forward to a big battle brewing :D
"it rains diamonds on Neptune"
HA-HA I already knew that because I went tO SCHOOOOOL ON TUESDAY
NOTIFICATION SQUAD GET YOUR ASS HERE
khonjinspizza YEET
khonjinspizza no
khonjinspizza WOOP WOOP
khonjinspizza im here
khonjinspizza HOLA
*I'm triggered in this part, scroll below if you dont want to hear bullshit*
If you can somehow shit on Lapis because of "poor writing", you shouldn't be able to claim that the Rubies are your favorite characters. Lapis does something somewhat awful(keep in mind she is depressed): "Holy fucking shit, what a terrible character plot device."
Navy does something awful(keep in mind she was tricked 3 times and left to rot, kind of equally damaged as Lapis right now): "OMG! I JUST WANNA HUG HER! SHE IS ONE OF MY TOP THREE FAVORITE CHARACTERS!"
Another example from the video:
"Lapis is a hater. She would probably hate me too."
"Navy is a psychopath, my favorite kind of character." Later in the video... "I just wanna give her a big ol' hug"
So if Lapis existed, she would hate on you, and you acknowledge that Navy is a psycho, and you want to give her a hug? I'm not trying to hate at all, but really... why is Lapis getting so much hate? Not every character on this show is perfect, and not every character will try as hard as others. Lapis needed this episode to realize she isn't totally broken inside. Now she can start healing. And hey, maybe she won't be such a jerk.
*Edited Part Below*
Actually, I'm going to speak my true opinion on the episode without being bias.
The main part for Lapis's "development" was her breakdown when she was talking to Steven and Peridot. She questions why it was so hard for her to love the Earth. This could have been a great moment for the people watching, but... the reality is... we have not seen Lapis struggle at all since Same Old World. The Crewniverse SHOULD HAVE shown us this character struggling with the Earth, but they didn't. The Crewniverse failed to make Lapis a good character. We should have felt bad for her when she asked herself why it was so hard to love the Earth. We should have known what she went through at the barn with Peridot, but we didn't. Lapis HAD the potential to be a good character, and it was thrown away.
On the topic of sloppy writing, Steven Universe is losing its touch. The writers are growing lazy. They are making things happen miraculously just to get to the main plot that will HOPEFULLY happen in Season 5. (Probably not, though) The show is overall going downhill fast, and that is bad, considering we probably wont get any good plot-related events until the middle of Season 5, something not even confirmed yet. The show used to be great, and now its just good. I really hope the writers get their stuff together.
But please, I know I just spread negativity there, but we must stay positive and hope the show gets good again(e) at some point.
I think the implication of the two balloons and her future vision was important. I think it indicates that the outcome could have genuinely been different, and I think the reason the other gems stayed un-involved was because the highest likelihood of a good outcome was if Steven was left to his own devices.
Their hair is getting bigger because they both want to be Garnet
Yes
Lol we got are Lapis Development
the reason the crystal gems did nothing is so that the rubies can tell homeworld what happened and about the crystal gems
I know why garnet wasn't even there because she wanted this to happen for a reason because she saw something or someone in vision and did her best to avoid disaster
So lets make a list about every retarted mistake the CG make.
1:Trusting Neby 100%
Ok this one is easy, it was compleatly Steven's fault. He is just so bound to first imperasions and doesnt judge others after their first encounter whatsoever.
2:NOT PICKING THE RUBIES!
Basicly this one is everyones fault but mostly Pearl's since she is the pilot and it would probably only take her a few hours to do it.
3.Not acapting Jasper.
This one goes to both Steven and Lapis but mostly Steven. I like Lapis and while I know fusing with Jasper was selfish I dont hate her for that. She was just so full of suppressed hate and just wanted to take revenge. But Steven is the reason she is like this now. He should have acknowledge the fact that Jasper was the one that was traped and try to make Lapis a bit less good about herself. But noooooooo. He treated her like a princess and she rejected Jasper's apology and become the spoield bratt she is know.
(Sorry for bad english its not my native language.)
HELLO WORLD
I think Steven needed this experience with Ruby. Like you said, he judges a book by its cover. He is quick to accept anyone who is even slightly kind to him (just look at Lars. He treats Steven like dirt, but the few times he is nice are what sticks to Steven). This interaction with Navy taught Steven that this way of character judging is now unacceptable. He can't trust just anyone. It was important for him to be deceived so he can hopefully not let it happen again.
I think a lot of this made sense, even if the decisions made were wrong.
Steven has had an arc about wanting to be more independent, to make his own choices, and to be treated like a member of the Crystal Gems. Ultimately, when Greg is abducted, he realized that, while he does deserve agency, he can't just rush into things and expect it to work. The line that everyone hates was meant to show that Steven wasn't thinking ahead, he was rushing to achieve his goal, without consideration for consequences. Also, it's not like they had an expert pilot to help them navigate back.
So far, everything gem-based has trained Steven to use compassion rather than violence. It worked for Peridot, Lapis, and Centi. When he doesn't, he ends up emotionally scarred. Look at his mental state in Mindful Education. It also isn't fair to expect Steven to see Jasper as more than a villain from his perspective, when every time she comes into his life, she hurts him or the people he cares about.
Garnet has slowly been learning to relinquish control to Steven, so I feel her actions here were the natural progression of that. We didn't get mad at her when she let Steven interact with Peridot or Centi, and she more than likely saw multiple timelines in which Steven died because of his compassion. After he succeeded at making allies so many time before, it's no wonder she chose to believe in Steven. (Not to mention she is a bit biased, what with her having a soft spot for Rubies and all)
As for Lapis, I loved her in this episode. I have dealt with people that are shockingly positive. Obviously it isn't a healthy response, but I felt furious too, because it didn't seem possible for someone to be like that. When that person in my life got angry about something for the first time around me, I felt incredibly happy because I finally felt they were human. Obviously she took her excitement a bit too far, but it is at least in line with her character. She is self-absorbed. She doesn't trust easily. She victimizes herself. She is arrogant.
Lapis didn't grow to love the CG or Earth over night either. Her tendency to victimize herself is most likely what led her to seal herself away with Jasper. She also felt like she couldn't trust the CG yet, but also knew that she didn't want Jasper to hurt Steven, so she chose a very dramatic way to keep Jasper from hurting the one person she cared about. She also still hated herself. She blamed herself for homeworld finding Steven. This wasn't just protecting him, it was punishing herself. And it shows in Catch and Release. Jasper and Lapis were drawn to each of their self-loathing and hatred, and fed off of it, causing Malachite to be an incredibly abusive fusion.
When they finally got her to stay at the barn, she obviously wasn't too keen on staying on the planet, too many bad memories. But she had no where else to go, and the one positive experience she had, Steven, was there. Homeworld could no longer be home. So she stayed and learned how to adapt. Dealing with her memories. It's no wonder she hated rain for so long. It reminded her of her time with Jasper.
Peridot was the next positive influence on her. She didn't trust Peri at first either, but to be fair, she probably felt like Peridot has used her. I mean, she was imprisoned just like the CG in jailbreak. Peridot's need for acceptance clashed intensely with Lapis' desire for time alone. At this point she is most likely struggling with depression. Eventually Peri won her over. The tape recorder was a big mistake, but it is obvious the two have worked past it and formed an incredibly close bond as Peridot provides Lapis with a companionship to help her from herself.
y slice. y do u do this to me. half the stuff u said I was like "i completely agree." the other half I was like "nah man." idk. 1 thing I will say though is i find it funny how worked up u r about a single statement said in adventures of light distortion in the heat of the moment.
there should be an episode where steven's bad decision leaves a parmanent mark
Big Poppa There's
- Letting Lapis fly back to Homeworld, only to meet Jasper and then subsequently fuse with her.
- Blue Diamond now wants more humans because of Greg. She wouldn't have taken a human in the first place.
Navy was flying towards Earth and recognized it. She made came up with the plan. Navy can get mad she just thinks of ways to get revenge rather than steam around like our Ruby.
I'm gonna be honest. I was too proud of Peridot coming full circle and doing for Navy what Steven did for her that I kinda payed more attention to Peri and completely ignored Lapis... Until the end when they were dangling off the ship and neither Steven or Lapis did anything and then they fell and Lapis had her wings spread and was in the OCEAN!!
Dude... I freaking LOVED your review! :D You're SOOO right about this episode! Navy was a TOTAL BADASS in this episode! Hell... she might even be smarter than the other smart characters we've seen so far (Connie, Pearl, Peridot, etc.) cuz I haven't seen ANY of the characters pull off such an impressive feat... it was a shame the episode had to end with Lapis acting all 'haha I was right!' since... for one, that was seriously bad timing and UNCOOL that she basically laughed at how her FRIENDS trusted Navy and while they were wrong too, laughing at that was just mean... I'm not a fan of Lapis either, which is sad cuz part of me WANTS to but I just can't... her recent characterization is just.. it's not appealing... but at least Navy was the true highlight of this episode lol :D Nice review man, this was an awesome video! :3
She wasn't laughing at her friends but rather at the fact she was right that someone could not get over trauma that quickly. They have to be either hiding it (like navy did) or be repressing it. And it was supposed to be a sign of growth in Lapis's character that you don't have to progress at a specific rate, but rather you can go about it at your own pace.
Awesome A-Chan "That Will Be All" has Pearl's epic one-liner of outsmarting Holly Blue and keeping their identity a secret, with the ultimatum that revealing the CGs will result in her death.
Peridorito has her moment in "Friend Ship" where she takes advantage of Pearl trying to capture her that they walked into a trap.
I really don't understand why do u hate Lapis so much.
Out of curiosity, why would "Adventures in Light Distortion" be the episode where Steven learns not to judge a book by its cover? I thought the main lesson he got out of that ordeal was to not rush into things and how his actions can lead to consequences since he was guilt-ridden over Greg getting taken by Blue Diamond.
Sorry for your loss :(
who else enjoyed the episode and didn't just go pointing out its flaws and how it's the worst episode in Steven universe
This episode was ass. Navy is cute, but separating her from the episode, it was awful.
Man, but Lapis and Garnet are the oldest Gems (in this episode) they probably know homeworld doesnt care for some Rubys. Just remember Peridot, jelling at a dictator, on a Planet now gems should be. They dont Care. The Ruby meybe dont even play a huge role. They wanted Jasper, they are Behind the Time and probably dosend even come back with the hole squad... The only real thing they lost, is the space ship, but why would they leave earth for now?
garnet did the right thing
letting steven choose for him self.
Why are you SO happy about Navy being a psychopath and not okay with Lapis acting like a psychopath too?
It doesn't make sense.
But I do agree the storyboarding got really bad. (They were probably working on more complex episodes after this, so I will endure the bad episodes for the amazing ones!)
Shawn Bay I agree, as a whole the episode felt really weird and off, but I just blame the storyboarding, because the characters aren't usually like this.
Navy was intended to be a psychopathic character. Lapis' character isn't meant to be-- we're supposed to relate to her, but not only has all supposed development for her been off-screen, there are times when the writers just write her being so out of character? Like in the New Crystal Gems, when Connie points out that Lapis had tried to drown her when she was corrupted, Lapis is completely flippant. "I almost drowned a lot of people." It's honestly crazy! Lapis is supposed to have grown as a character; she should have admitted what she did and apologized. And there are so many instances of this with her character, it is really unfortunate.
I mean, Lapis is clearly embarrassed when she says that, as she looks away (it's in the body language; Lapis' voice rarely betrays her unless it is serious) and deflects the question. They know exactly what they're doing; have faith in them.
I think that the reason Garnet left Steven to his own devises is because she wanted to teach him a lesson. A lesson that although he wishes to always see the best in people and gems, it is not always be case and that he should be ready of any kind of deception as he was deceived. This lesson should teach him to think twice in the future.
I personally don't care about the Rubies and I don't think they deserve attention, also Lapis' attitude was understandable, she's just speaking her mind. I still appreciate the video tho
The writers are being lazy. They had a chance for good development but all they did was make huge mistakes and make Lapis a bitch.
Mina CrayCray don't see the problem honestly. there's always one person in our groups of friends like lapis. I quite enjoy it. c:
Mina CrayCray am i the only person who thinks that what lapis does is reasonable??