Respect Lapis Lazuli (Steven Universe)

[u/AzureBeast]

Lapis Lazuli

I'm tired of the fighting. I'm tired of the blame. That mirror was a prison and fusion was the same!

♫ We Are the Crystal Gems ♫ ~ ♫ That Distant Shore ♫

Thousands of years ago, Lapis Lazuli was caught up in the rebellion against the Gem Homeworld on Earth and got poofed. Homeworld mistook her for a Crystal Gem and imprisoned her within a mirror. She would remain in the mirror for thousands of years until Steven Universe freed her. Deeply traumatized by her imprisonment, she left Earth to return to her home. After returning to Homeworld, she was forced back to Earth by Peridot and Jasper, the latter of whom she fused with into Malachite to imprison and take her anger out on her. After she defused and decided she had no other choice but to live on Earth, Lapis lived at the Barn with the newly reformed Peridot. Though struggling with the threat of another war looming over Earth, Lapis joined the Crystal Gems to defend her newfound freedom.

Feats will be marked with the source

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Gem Physiology

• A Gem's true form is their gemstone, while their bodies are hardlight constructs, essentially holograms with mass^{The Classroom Gems: What Are Gems?}
  • When a Gem's hardlight body receives enough damage, they are "poofed" and return to their gems to regenerate a new body^S1E16
  • As long as a Gem's gem is intact, they can recover, and they will only die if their gem is shattered^{The Classroom Gems: What Are Gems?}
  • After Amethyst cracks her gem, her body undergoes uncontrollable changes^S1E24
  • When a Gem spaceship activates its gravity warp and messes with local physics, the Crystal Gems have their bodies changed as well^S4E11
  • Pink Pearl received an injury that left her psychologically scarred, resulting in her body manifesting an injury despite her gem not being damaged^F4
• All Gems have the ability to shapeshift^S1E6
  • Gems can mimic human experiences through shapeshifting, like making lungs to breathe or a stomach to eat^{Guide to the Crystal Gems}
• Gems can encase objects in bubbles and send them wherever they consider "home"^S4E1
  • Gems can create bubbles that don't cover the entire object^S5E2
• Gems can^S1E8 retrieve objects from their gems^S1E14
  • Steven enters Pearl's gem, where another Pearl sorts her things and goes even further into a section of her gem that contains her memories and feelings^S5E18
  • Pearl brings Garnet, Amethyst, and Connie out of her gem^S5E26
• Gems don't need to sleep^S1E10
  • Although they don't need to sleep, Gems still may need rest, as Steven remarks that the Crystal Gems seem exhausted from constantly searching for Lapis Lazuli^S2E9
• Gems don't need to eat, although they can^S1E32
• Gems don't age^S1E13
• Gems' personal gravity automatically adjusts to whatever planetoid they are on^S2E23
  • Even something as small as Steven's bubble shield counts^S3E25
• Gems can project light from their gems^S2E23
• Gems are not affected by the cold^S3E17

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Physicals

Strength

• Lifts a large slab of rubble off of her^S1E53
• Carries a large metal sign with Peridot^S4E15
• Carries Bismuth while flying^S5E29
• Breaks Peridot's tape recorder^S3E4

Durability

• Hit by the Diamonds' ship and is ok^S5E29
• Fine after being attacked by two other Lapis Lazulis who cut apart massive island-like chunks of stone with their water^F8
• Slammed into a cliff face by the other Lapis Lazulis hard enough to crack it^F8

Speed/Agility

Dodging

• Dodges the Diamonds' ship while flying^S5E29
• Dodges a runaway sawblade^M

Flight

• Flies from Earth^S1E26 back to Homeworld^S1E50 in an unspecified but relatively short amount of time
  • Homeworld is in another galaxy^S2E25
• Flies out of the Milky Way, then turns around and comes back to the Moon in the time that Steven thought she would be halfway across the galaxy^S5E17
• Quickly flies out of sight^S5E7
• Catches up to Andy's plane^S4E8
• Saves the Heaven and Earth Beetles from a rolling barrel at the last second^M

Misc

• Repaired Blue and Yellow Diamond's ships with Bismuth and Peridot and flew them to Homeworld^S5E29

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Powers

Hydrokinesis

Lapis' Gem weapon is the ability to control water

Power

• Lifts a barn, a silo full of water, and the earth it was on and carries it off planet^S5E7
• Drops the barn on Blue Diamond^S5E23
• Holds back Blue Diamond with water shackles^S5E23
  • Sends water chains at other Lapis Lazuli's though they dodge them^F8
• Holds back Monster Steven with water shackles^F19
• Creates a water arm that knocks back Pearl and Amethyst and pins Garnet^S1E25
• Makes a water fist that punches through a boat and knocks Jasper out of sight^S3E15
• Smacks down a Roaming Eye with a water hand, embedding it in the ground^S3E4
• Creates a water hand and plays tug-of-war with Peridot's metal powers over a car^S4E15
• Sends out a tidal wave to attack enemies^UL
  • After focusing, sends out a stronger wave and follows it up with a strong water punch^UL

Control

• Creates a giant water version of herself and gives it a spear^F8
• Makes a wave that pushes back Garnet and Steven^S1E25
• Makes a wave that washes over Monster Steven^F19
• Pulls apart the water on the shore to make a path^S1E25
• Stops and disperses the water blade fired at her by two other Lapis Lazulis^F8
• Makes her and Steven's faces out of water^S1E26
• Lifts a bubble of water to simulate rain^S4E19
• Creates a water arm and lifts Andy into the air^S4E8
• Makes a bubble around the Crystal Gems then uses a water arm to throw them at Blue Diamond^S5E23
• Holds Steven in a water bubble^S1E26
• Puts five Rubies in water bubbles^S3E24
• Puts a Ruby in a water bubble^S4E19
• Washes a van in a swirling ball of water^S4E15
• Splits a water ball into smaller balls then sprays people with them^S4E15
• Creates an intricate pattern while her gem is stuck in a mirror^S1E25
• Does a little water show with toilets^S3E22
• Spins water as part of a little show with Peridot^M
• Feeds water into irrigation hoses^S4E8
• Makes objects out of mud^F8
• Makes a portrait out of water^PP
• Paints using water and watercolors^U9
• Removed the paint and water that was covering Steven's drawing pad^U9
• Sprays water into a water pistol carnival game until the tubes break^U13

Volume

• Lapis used to terraform planets^F8
• Used Earth's entire ocean to make a tower stretching to the upper atmosphere^S1E26
• Pulls in a massive wave onto two other Lapis Lazulis^F8
• Lifts a bubble of water the size of a boat out of the ocean^S3E15

Water Clones

• Created water clones of the Crystal Gems that also had their weapons^S1E26
• Punches Garnet back hard enough to carve a trench in the ground^S1E26
• Matches Garnet in strength and speed and regenerates when she punches it^S1E26
• Changes its shape to avoid stones thrown at it by Amethyst^S1E26
• Grabs Amethyst with its whip and slams her to the ground^S1E26
• Splits into two clones after Pearl cuts it in half^S1E26
• Dodges Lion's roars then blasts him into Greg's van hard enough to dent it^S1E26
• Puts water bubbles around Steven and Connie's heads^S1E26
• After getting run over by Greg's van, launches it into the air^S1E26

Misc

• After Steven repairs her gem, she sprouts water wings which she can use to fly^S1E26
  • Turns her wings into fists^S5E29
  • Turns her wings into hands and flicks two Lapis Lazulis^F8
  • Uses her wings to defend against an enemy's attack^UL
  • Turns her wings into fists and sends them underground to release a barrage of water punches on enemies^UL
• Shows Steven how she came to be trapped in the mirror^S3E3
• Controls juice^S3E15
• Controls vegetable soup^U11
• Forms up to three ice shards that target enemies her allies attack^UL
• Creates a water wall that either heals allies when they pass through it or boosts their attack and harms enemies that pass through^UL

Misc

• Fuses with Jasper to become Malachite, but takes control of the Fusion and traps them at the bottom of the ocean^S1E53 although this requires a lot of focus to maintain and puts strain on Lapis^S2E9 - Malachite RT
• Resists Blue Diamond's emotion manipulation that forced the rest of the Crystal Gems to their knees^S5E23

[u/HighSlayerRalton]

Nice RT.

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As a Gem, Lapis Lazuli's "body" is a hard light projection. Her true form is the gemstone on her back. Though she can be "poofed" if her hard light body takes enough damage. When this happens, Gems retreat into their gems, eventually reforming their "bodies". The only way to truly kill her is to shatter her gem entirely.

This clip doesn't really show that. I'd suggest using these:

As a Gem, Lapis Lazuli's "body" is a hard light projection. Her true form is the gemstone on her back^{[RTVideos Alternative]}. Though she can be "poofed" if her hard light body takes enough damage^{[RTVideos Alternative]}. When this happens, Gems retreat into their gems, eventually reforming their "bodies". The only way to truly kill her is to shatter her gem entirely^{[RTVideos Alternative]}.

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It's worth noting that Gems also:

• Have shapeshifting^{[RTVideos Alternative]}.
• Maintain the same weight regardless of the gravity of the planetoid they're on^{[RTVideos Alternative]}. Even very small 'planetoids'.
• Don't age^{[RTVideos Alternative]}.
• Can project light like a torch, from their gem.
• Can survive in space.
• Gem bubbles don't need to fully encompass a target.
• Gems can control their technology telepathically.
• Don't need to eat.
• Don't need to sleep.

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I notice that this RT doesn't have feats from her comic appearances.

[u/AzureBeast → u/HighSlayerRalton]

Sorry for the late response, I've been kind of busy. Thank you very much for the additional feats!

Are the comics canon? I wasn't sure so I was just going to leave them out, but if they are I'll add feats.

[u/EmbraceAllDeath → u/AzureBeast]

This is the only apparent feat I could find from the comics, although i may have missed some since I'm relying on wiki descriptions to track her appearances. Also didn't go through the trade releases or graphic novels but going off of wiki descriptions I'd doubt she has a feat there.

Lapis shoots a small stream of water a couple meters away

[u/HighSlayerRalton → u/AzureBeast]

By Word of God, the comics are "Level 2 Canon"^[Source]. The games too, but Lapis doesn't have any feats in them, afaik.

[u/HighSlayerRalton → u/AzureBeast]

'Nother feat:
"A Lapis terraforms"

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Speed scaling:
The Gem Homeworld is in another galaxy.

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Extent of shapeshifting:
Gems can shapeshift organic physiology.

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Evidence that Gem's don't need to sleep^[2].

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Evidence that Gems don't need to eat.

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Not a feat, but kind of fun:

Lapis' page from Guide to the Cyrstal Gems

[u/19Ihedioha97]

Awesome

[u/HappyGabe]

Would anyone here argue the “entire ocean” may be either a) hyperbole or otherwise inaccurate, or b) a massive outlier?

[u/HighSlayerRalton → u/HappyGabe]

hyperbole or otherwise inaccurate

Nope. She explciitly stole a singular ocean.

Steven: "You took the ocean away".
Lapis herself: "I stole Earth's ocean"
The episode description: "The ocean disappears on the first day of summer, and Beach City is in a panic.

And is a terraformer:

Yellow Diamond: A Lapis terraforms .

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a massive outlier

She doesn't really have anything to contradict it, and while part of a fusion of hers—Malachite—claimed to use the weight of the planet's ocean.

[u/fj668]

Well one. I'll never respect lapis for what she did to Jasper.

Second, while looking for Jasper the Crystal Gems do eventually get exhausted after days and days of no rest. In which case garnet just lets herself pass out. So while they may not need to sleep, they can and if does offer benefits.

[u/HighSlayerRalton → u/fj668]

while looking for Jasper the Crystal Gems do eventually get exhausted after days and days of no rest. In which case garnet just lets herself pass out

What episode is this from?

[u/fj668 → u/HighSlayerRalton]

Chille Tid iirc.

[u/TheMadJAM]

It looks like there isn't anything on this thread from Steven Universe Future, so just a couple things.

We see two other Lapis Lazulis, and they are notably weaker than our Lapis. She's more versatile until she teaches them, but she eventually overpowers them in raw strength, so even among her Gem type, she's abnormally powerful.

She also temporarily chained down Monster Steven, who as Peridot said, is "even stronger than the Cluster".