As the self-appointed “one-woman Lapidot Defense Squad”, I feel the need to speak about the fact that I keep seeing people friendzoning the ship (in our tag, a lot of the time) and/or saying that we’re delusional.
Firstly - what is respecting each other’s opinions?
Peridot has never looked at anyone else in quite that way before. It’s very deliberate and lingering - and even continues on after the camera angle changes. This is no meaningless “micro-expression” which you’d have to pause in order to make out (which can make anyone look like they have a crush on someone, honestly), this is something very important indeed. It’s very typical of how animated characters look at their crush/love interest/romantic partner, actually…
(Just two of very, very many examples)
It’s in the posture and the hand gestures as much as the facial expression.
Also - look at Lapis! Look how deeply she blushes. Why does she have to look away from Peridot? Whilst the sun comes out and brightens the scene, at that?
Since then, they’ve obviously been living together, and get closer every time we see them.
From a narrative point of view, why would they stop living together in this way? That’s right - they wouldn’t! As I’ve said before, it’d be bad storytelling to split them up now. All that build up to just tear it back down? Nah. There’s also the small matter of the “meep morp” book and the 2018 calendar - which both depict Peridot and Lapis standing outside the barn together. So clearly, their relationship is important enough to feature in official merchandise now. They’re also going to be in some of the upcoming comics together. Almost as if… I dunno… we’re supposed to associate Peridot with Lapis, and Lapis with Peridot? Notice that they’re not being depicted with any other Gems - it’s just the two of them.
They’ve also been shown to be in amazing harmony with each other in the show, such as…
…by perfectly mirroring each other’s facial expressions and by Peridot just knowing that Lapis would high-five her…
…by having a sense of humour that only they understand (which is very typical of romantic couples)…
…by helping and supporting each other (this is no one-sided relationship)…
…by having shared interests and doing things together as a pair…
…by raising a “child” together (I mean, really, Peridot’s even trying to teach him to speak, and he’s been referred to as “a new addition to [the Lapidot] family”)…
…and just by being so genuinely happy and relaxed around each other.
There’s plenty of evidence for this ship - and even if we don’t get canon confirmation in the end, it’s obvious enough at this point for us to draw the conclusion that they will, in fact, become a couple. Even casual viewers who I know (who aren’t a part of the fandom or anything) have been saying it’s “blatant”. If their relationship stays as-is, and they’re still living together at the barn away from the other Gems when the show ends, then as far as I’m concerned we’ve basically sailed.
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