Board Thread:Ship Battle Debates/@comment-31632205-20170820181613/@comment-45168159-20200305084651

I can respect Lapidot, it does have its moments but I do not believe there is any romantic moments that show or tease a ship. I can see that Peridot cares and is protective of Lapis but has no sighn of wanting a romantic relationship. In one of the episodes Rose/Pink stated that a gem bursts out of the ground knowing their purpose in response to finding out that humans grow, which means that age does not matter what so ever to gems but rather as a number. Before i go ahead i would like to state that age refers to one's time that has been spent existing dead or alive. Steven is a half human half gem, but he is mostly veiwed as a human with super powers. In too many birthdays Steven almost dies from feeling old, which means that his age is tied to his emotions and state of mind as well as his maturity and growth. That means that Steven does not age like a normal human but rather his growth taking a physicaal form. When Steven turned 14 he shape shifted meaning physical into looking older and having a deeper voice due to his vocal cords growth, but growing mentally and emotionally takes time and practice which Steven can not do on command. Now I that provided proof to my point, I would like to state that i believe Lapiven or Steven x Lapis is a good pairing. Most of the SU fans regard Lapiven as pedophiliac due to Steven's physical form appearing as though he was a preteen but shows some maturity not even people in their late 20s have. Steven has helped Lapis so much to where she feel can feel she can trust him, from releasing her from the mirror to healing her gem to escape Jasper's fusion to helping her see the beauties of Earth all the way to helping her shape her character arc! After everything in the Steven Universe show Lapis has shown to be from a negative person always putting down others to wanting others to see the beauties a planet has to offer, but all of that couldn't have been done if it weren't for Steven showing Lapis kindness, patience, loyalty, and persistence. And that is why I believe Lapiven is a good ship. (before SU movie and Future) however it does has its flaws with Lapis usaully being selfish and running away at her problems but Steven is usaully there comforting Lapis so she can face her problems head on, with a barn literally. Fast forward to the movie she is seen happily building little homeworld, its a shame we didn't get to see more of Lapis evolved into this character in the regular show but onwards. In Future we see that Lapis really wants to help others who were like her (reminds me of myself) but still resorts to the use force, something that she relied on.But when she saw Steven's disapointed expression when she battled the lazulis, Lapis relised that force is a weakness and patience and persistence is a strengh. This proves Lapis Lazuli has made so many steps in her character arc.Maybe in the upcoming specials Lapis will confront Steven with all his built up anger inside and bring peace to Steven's mind. This has been my shipping statement thank you for reading and hey have a nice day bye!