we've all seen the damn leak where lapis is glaring daggers at peri, who is trying to befriend her. yet people still try to force this "jasper was the big abusive meanie, peri was powerless to stop her and was probably a victim too, and danced with lapis in her cell maybe uwu" shit. if there's one thing i'm hoping for, it's to find out that peri bears just as much responsibility for lapis being in that cell as jasper. 1/2
cont:Ā and quite why everyone is so keen to push this āunited in their hatred of jasperā shit is a mystery to me. peridot spoke of quartzs with admiration, but sneered and referred to lapis as ālazuliā. lapis clearly wants nothing to do with peridot in the leak. they hate each other. that will change in future, iām certain. but, currently, they relationship is terrible. in fact, the only hw relationship which is anything like healthy is jaspidot, tbh.this smacks of that character bashing everyone used to do back in the day, because they perceived a character as a āthreatā to their otp. i remember the flack sakura used to get in the naruto fandom. weāre talking about that kind of infantile behaviour. 3/3 (sorry about the long asks. i hate this trend)
hang on. just gotta *getās out glue gun* put this ask togetherā¦.Okay! weāre good.
So Iām completely with you 110% here. Peridot clearly has no established relationship with Lapis and was mostly likely was the one who turned the forcefield onto Lapisās cell and locked her in there in the first place. Sheās only ever referred to her asĀ āLazuliā orĀ āmy informantā in canon so far and, if weāre looking at the subtext of Log Date 7 15 2, she insists herself that theĀ āPercy and Pauletteā pairing makes no sense to her. (I have a whole tirade about this episode Iām sparing everyone from until another point in time) So people clinging onto this ship as wonderful and pure is making me go ?????? uhhh?? are we watching the same show?? Iām worried it boils down to simplyĀ āletās ship the two small femme characters together and make Jasper the big, mean, abusive butchā. Really, people?? Is it too much to have slightly better taste?
For the record, Iām not shitting on Lapi/dot shippers, just the oneās who like to stereotype Jasper this way.
And after being dragged back to Earth and imprisoned on the ship, Iām pretty sure Lapis wants nothing to do with Peridot either. Ā Her hate in that leaked clip is practically palatable. Ā While I canāt predict what the future will be on this show, itās not going to be the lovely-dovey insta-romance the fans insist on cooking up. Ā
Sure, to me the Jaspidot pairing makes TOTAL SENSE, but I am shipping trash and nobody wants to hear me be a bigger dork than I already am. Ā But while I canāt speak for Jasperās feelings, Peridot has made it quite well known that she likes/admires/respects quartz gems and may or may not ship herself with a brute?? (welcome aboard the SS Subtext, weāre always grasping at straws here).
And to wrap this long winded rant up, I would like to out myself as an old, and oh boy, do I remember the earlier days of fandom with the garbage amounts of ship hate and character bashing in my old communities. Ā I legitimately CANāT STAND this kind of behavior. Grow up everyone. Seriously. Fandom should be a safe space for everyone. Let people ship what they want, but for fuckās sake, donāt demonize a character just because she doesnāt fit in with your ship.Ā