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Steven Universe Podcast: Volume 2, Episode 6: Lapis

這次Podcast著重在Lapis上，畢竟也算是愛角之一，就也來寫寫自己覺得不錯的地方

真假!?

Lapis is based on one of Rebecca’s oldest comic characters, Margo: an amalgam of Rebecca’s teen angst.
原來Lapis是最早誕生的角色?!?!我、我一直以為是Sadie和Lars(爆炸

Jeff Liu invented Lapis’s water wings.
這個wwwwwwwwwwww我覺得Jeff真的很棒，我愛他

Rebecca did not initially know that the stone malachite is toxic in water. That was a lucky coincidence.
噢，太好了，RS不知道Malachite在水裡會產生毒素，這樣算是放下心底一塊大石.....地球人是安全的

Lapis’s Gem placement on her back represents vulnerability–having an important part of oneself obscured from one’s own view, but exposed to everyone else.
這個!!!!!!就是這個!!!!!!!!!
Lapis的寶石位置象徵一種玻璃心脆弱易受傷的特性，另外也代表自己對自己本身不太了解，但相對來說在別人眼裡卻是非常明顯的

The arc about Lapis and Peridot’s relationship is far from over (to the surprise of really no one), though Rebecca suggests saying so is a bit of a spoiler.
吵了一輩子，總之RS確實是有想寫Lapis/Peridot的衝突的

Lapis is said to be “securing her mask” (as in on a depressurized aircraft) as a metaphor for how she’s turning to self-preservation in the face of danger. First you secure your own mask, and then you assist others.
Lapis是那種會先顧自己周全再去幫助別人的類型，很好，果然就是要這樣才Lapis

Hilary wants people to know Lapis can’t just be “better” in the course of a single episode. She has lasting trauma and it will take sustained work to see progress.
嗯，非常高興Hilary的想法與我相同，但......與Peridot之間沒辦法用多點集數來描繪讓我覺得很可惜，不知道漫畫能否再多點篇幅....

she prefers salt water to fresh water.
Lapis的VA說她比較喜歡鹹水wwwwwwwww好的，我記下來了

以下開始是細項
Rebecca’s comic focused on an exploration of love that later became an understanding of how love can be toxic.
Lapis的那篇漫畫當初RS是想描繪"對愛情的探索，同時了解到愛可能是有害的"

Rebecca described her as vulnerable and taken advantage of
RS描述她是個容易受傷害而已容易被占便宜的角色
嗚嗚嗚好虐喔

接下來說到關於Jasper跟Lapis之間操弄的關係
天哪.....超級..........黑暗???????

Rebecca says she wanted to express something she hadn’t really seen in media before: being in an awful situation with someone who makes you believe everything is your fault, that you need and depend on them, and then you feel helpless and unable to control anything, to the point that you take the first chance you can get to control something.

她想表達一個從未在媒體上看見的議題：角色與人處在一個惡劣的環境下，且那人使角色相信這一切都是角色的錯，而且感覺需要依賴那人
隨後角色感到絕望、無法掌控任何事，而在那個情況下，她終於有了機會去掌控某種東西

....................這個真的是，WOW，這麼複雜的觀念，我敢說很多作品都無法表達得這麼簡要，可是RS做到了
而且很成功，完全可以感覺到Lapis的轉變，以及對掌握了優勢這件事情上癮，以致於她認為自己有必要繼續跟Jasper融合
此時她根本已經不只是為了拯救Steven，她也是為了滿足她自己的慾望

McKenzie loves to show “Mirror Gem” and “Ocean Gem” to people to get them hooked on the show.
主持人也喜歡拿“Mirror Gem” & “Ocean Gem” 這兩集來引誘人入坑wwwwwwwww跟我一樣欸(不

Ian says you could see the moment coming between Peridot and Lapis–there are cracks in their partnership, and their relationship isn’t totally healthy
噢............這個.................會傷透Lapidot眾的心吧
雖然我在想本來就也會有點不OK需要學習成長的部分，不過Ian承認兩人的關係並非全然健康這點，我似乎是也有感受到.....鑒於我一直無法喜歡上這對的互動.....

RS則表示不想講太多(考慮到會洩漏劇情
但說了Both characters have a lot of growing to do.
兩個角色都還有很多成長的空間，so我會期待當兩人成長之後的，希望可以讓我感覺Lapis真的開心了
我只希望她是真的開心............TT

(是說跟Steven的時候應該是真的開心吧，所以我也希望Lapis多跟Steven講話TT

Lapis’s lines are often very deadpan and “dry,”
Lapis的VA表示Lapis的笑話都很冷面笑匠而且通常很乾XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
我喜歡，我最喜歡這種了，我自己就是(喔

Jen loves “Room for Ruby,” how the Ruby was about to get accepted by everyone but Lapis, and she was so happy to have been RIGHT at the end, even as a pessimist who was reluctantly going along with her optimist friends.
太好了我跟VA喜歡的集數一樣!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
超喜歡Room for Ruby，這集也是難得可以看到Lapis笑得很開心的，我很愛TTTTTTTT

What’s the point of walking if you can fly?
這是變形版的能躺就不坐，也就是能飛就不走

補充一下
我自己不會覺得Lapis很可憐，或者因為是弱者需要被保護，反而覺得她自己其實應該也有意識到自己的問題(畢竟她有reflect的能力，Room for Ruby也表現出來了)，所以我只希望她能想通這一切
而以一個Lapinet的支持者而言，我希望讓她成長的人也有Garnet(這在漫畫裡有出現，我很欣慰

只是她所遭受的這些真的是太特別了，以致於沒人能夠給予同理心
Bismuth或Peridot被包在泡泡之中沒有記憶，可是她在鏡子裡是能夠思考的，那裡我想除了監獄以外找不到更適合的形容

然後跟Jasper的關係
我得說到了這種局面，已經不能確定誰對誰錯
兩人都是受害者，只是Jasper是首先提議的，這讓她看起來像壞人
但Lapis也是利用Jasper滿足了她想報復的那種慾望，可以說她也不是真的那麼柔弱、無還擊能力
簡單來說被家暴的人後來也家暴回去的概念，最後只是兩敗俱傷