Chille Tid and the Tragedy of Lapis Lazuli (Steven Universe)

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00:00 Intro
01:09 The Episode
08:57 Conclusion
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Music (By order of appearance, "Song - Media/Artist") :
Welcome to Alive, Darling Hatchling! - Anodyne 2
Sunlit Battlefield / The Sleeping Pyramid - Steven Universe
The Cave - Steven Universe
Rose's Room - Steven Universe
Mirror Gem (Lapis' Theme) - Steven Universe
The Breaking Point - Steven Universe
Collusion (Jasper & Lapis' Fusion Dance) - Steven Universe
We Are Malachite - Steven Universe
I'm Still Here (Instrumental) - Steven Universe
Fly Me to the Moon - Sackboy: A Big Adventure

[@Peridot5xg]

[Can we talk about how the nightmare scene is genuinely unsettling?!]

[@shegofox]

Yeah peri

[@voldemort1477]

HI PERIDOT

[@mo0nflowersart]

yesssssss.

[@gegnabean]

This episode totally blew when it first came out. Such a surreal mix of funny and scary visuals finished off with one of my favorite joke in the show (when garnet falls down to go to sleep lmao)

[@gegnabean]

Blew my mind* oops lmao

[@JustButton]

@@gegnabeanlmao! veerry different sentences hahaha

[@gegnabean]

@@JustButton yeah woops 😅

[@sn0wcake]

the line "i'm done being everyone's prisoner" really resonates with me personally because that's how i've felt my whole life especially nowadays.

[@archermania9314]

Poor Lapis, she definitely deserved more, like a character arc, her own season, and explanation on Malachite.

[@eoincampbell1584]

Sorry what? What characters get their own season that would be crazy. As for a character arc and an explanation on Malachite, we get both of those things.

[@archermania9314]

@@eoincampbell1584 you know how Peridot got Season 2 and 3 to reform, get to know the gems one on one and learn to be more sympathetic and kind or how Jasper's character expanded greatly in seasons 3,4 and SUF, but Lapis was left high and dry, She just co existing with the Crystal gems without any sort of breakdown.

[@eoincampbell1584]

@@archermania9314 Peridot's arc has a bunch of focus episodes in the latter third of Season 2 but Lapis' arc is spread across the series, she doesn't have that much less focus, and her coexistence with the crystal gems makes sense considering that she never really had to interact with them much and lives separate from them. I wouldn't really count 3 and 4 for Jasper, she was largely just an antagonist until Future. The only extra thing I would have wanted for Lapis is a reckoning between Lapis and Bismuth, because Bismuth is the one who originally poofed her in the gem war and they seem like they do interact a good deal in the movie where they and Peridot are together the Little Homeworld building team.

[@archermania9314]

@@eoincampbell1584 yeah me too

[@Kyss111]

​@@eoincampbell1584 I don't even think either of them knows that, it's a war, everything is fast paced, and lapis was poofed first thing

[@edenengland1883]

im pretty sure the reason Steven had the gems wear lifejackets is because he didnt want them to sink to the ocean floor unable to get back up which is pretty fair

[@MostlyPennyCat]

They do appear to be rock monsters

[@vaehtay]

In “Beta”, right before Peridot, Steven, and Amethyst leave to go to the Beta Kindergarten, the one line we hear from Camp Pining Hearts while Lapis watches the show is “That’s the problem, Colette!! You let yourself *become* the kayak race!” (I think) and that makes so much more sense with the context of all the identity stuff… Colette let herself become the kayak race? Lapis let herself become Malachite? I think that’s a connection

[@obsessiveduck0911]

I clicked on this thinking it would be years old but nope its only been posted 4 hours ago, glad the fandom is still alive ive been seeing a lot of SU content lately

[@aidyn5916]

Still here a year later :)

[@Isaacloux1]

Lapis is the reason I sticked to Steven universe When I saw weird mirror oh yeah I'm settled I'm gonna see this through

[@jofujino]

I think the 3rd dream sequence's frozen floating pieces from his prior dreams has a meaning too. It could symbolize how his own dreams are being suspended or put on hold for the sake of his mission and purpose. It emphasizes his own sacrifice and is uncomfortably disquieting in part because we recognize Steven should be able to have those earlier healthy dreams as a young boy. But he won't have them because he is a crystal gems on a mission. In the end, the mission has even invaded and taken over his dreams.

[@ianjoystodab]

In my very own opinion, I think Lapis has endured way worse than Steven. Only because she was imprisoned, wrongfully prosecuted, abandoned and conscripted; just never really experiencing any actual freedom. She only got to be happy and free when someone like Steven resonated with her hardships; tuned in with her suffering. Somone just as maladjusted and broken. A person who not only understood her pain but cared for it additionally. Also, she's seemed so much more mature than everyone else because of her adversities. Her character mirrored so many depressed people's lives that even I can't help but say, "that was me". Which is why she's my favorite character. Steven seldom lackluster approach to people made her feel more excepted, thusly she was fonder of Steven than the other Gems. I wish we got more of her. She was the selling point of the show.

[@alexmcdonald4707]

I love how there is a unique perspective for Chille Tid and I like this analysis of Lapis and the set ups the episode set overall. Neat video.

[@AmpleSamuel]

thanks!

[@sarahni]

Its nice to know after all these years, what tf chille tid means, I thought it was a play on "chill tide" which it might still be, but now it makes more sense

[@nothingposted9056]

I love it whenever Garnet acts like a rock, i.e. when she just falls headfirst into the ground

[@nebbyott]

Garnet cracking her knuckles and saying "I'll show you how It's [relaxing is] done" and just face planting like a plank is one of my favorite gags in Steven Universe

[@table2.0]

To give you more credence- 5:46 Steven is shown to be flying with dogcopter, using the same propellers on his back too. Similar but different, you could say.

[@mintymimics213]

Something that people don't really pay attention to, is the fact that Lapis nor Jasper are 100% innocent. They both abused each other. Jasper practically forced Lapis to fuse for her own selfish gain. Jasper grabbed Lapis (while Lapis was trying to literally fly away from her), coerced Lapis into fusing, and proceeded to use their combined power to feed into her own inferiority complex. Mean while. Lapis used the opportunity to take out all of her rage on Jasper. The anger of being imprisoned for so long, one of her captors literally begging her to fuse, and her desire for revenge (in her mind justice). For Lapis. It was a perfect moment to not only take out her anger and get revenge. But also a perfect opportunity to serve what she believed was justice. To treat Jasper the same way that she was treated. Is it okay to *use* someone for *your own* personal gain and fulfillment? No! Is it okay to abuse someone just because you've been hurt in someway, shape, or form? Also no! But it makes sense that the both of them would do so. It makes sense that someone who has a bad inferiority complex, like Jasper would force consent out of someone and use them. It makes sense that, someone who's tired of suffering as much as Lapis has, would want to lash out on someone. Especially if that someone had taken part of hurting them at some point. Neither of them were in the right to do what they did. They were both victims to each other. And it's *wrong* to pin the blame on *one* person when they were both awful. Also. It's kind of funny how people never bring up the corrupted gems that Jasper imprisoned. Like. She imprisoned them like she did with Lapis. And then fused with them to use the power of fusion. Again. Jasper imprisoned someone/ something, fused with a being that DID NOT consent (no, grabbing someone and putting them in a position where they don't feel safe if they choose to say "no," *is not and never will be consent* . Like that should just go without saying 💀), and then tried to fuse again after she was pretty much told no. Lapis sure isn't innocent. But at least she realized that she shouldn't stay with someone just to abuse them. Heck. Steven tried to help Jasper find a purpose. One where she didn't have to base her value or the value of others, on how weak or strong they are. The thing that she's insecure about. And she refuses the offer. An offer that probably could've helped her feel better about herself.

[@gazebo941]

You worded this perfectly!! I’ve always gotten annoyed when people try to pin the blame on one of them when that’s just not right. Abuse isn’t always just one person’s fault; it can also be a team effort

[@1applead971]

I love this comment so freaking much this is worded and explained perfectly! Every time I see someone talk about their relationship they always always always blame one of them and not both of them equally. And I also love how you brought up jasper fusing with the corrupted gems just so she could have more power like she did last time with lapis.

[@mori_noble]

The only time Jasper forced someone to fused was with the Corrupted Gem. They had no consent. Lapis had given her consent with the intention of tricking and trapping Jasper. Jasper just wanted to do her job and kill the crystal gems. We’ve always seen that Lapis had the upper hand in Malachite and that she constantly suppressed and suffocated and TRAPPED Jasper, due to a twisted sense of revenge and anger. She really cares for Steven but this was not for him. She wanted someone else to hurt and Jasper basically offered herself into Lapis’s hands. Lapis hurt someone and then left them to deal with the aftermath.

[@neetraptor]

​@@mori_noblelapis didn't consent, she merely resigned to fuse and realized what she could do to jasper with them being trapped together, her being grabbed and insulted by jasper right before it doesn't make a case for it being consensual either, to me it seems more like a coercive situation wherein lapis realized she had the power to "get back" at jasper

[@mori_noble]

@@neetraptor Lapis wasn’t defenseless though?? The ocean was right next to her and we all know how strong she is, so she could have very easily chosen a different option. Lapis willingly chose to abuse someone else and that being brushed aside is such awful fucking writing.

[@thevarietychannelofyoutube4769]

This show does a great job at making a case for why immortality would be terrible, in my opinion. There's so many examples of characters having these horrible things happen to them that are only able to happen to them because they can't die(trapped under the ocean for months, trapped in a mirror for thousands of years, the cluster, Homeworld's sentient walls, musical instruments, combs etc.)

[@starpower1884]

Lapis will forever be my favorite, her powers, Va, Design, and songs are so good. Though if i had one thing i dislike its the colors they use for her in daylight. Her color pallet in her debut episode when she broke free from the mirror were perfect. I don't like how bright she is in the episodes were it's daylight.

[@lavosdream4928]

Still sad the direction they took the show toward the end

[@saturnstars131]

man i wish your channel had more viewers. you give 10mil content for 4k subs

[@AmpleSamuel]

thank you!

[@midoriya-shonen]

Yay, I love deep dives into symbolism and storytelling like this! Thank you!

[@WithoutAnyRain]

I think Lapis choosing to fuse with Jasper is an interesting way to portray how trauma often forces people back into toxic patterns. She wasn't just choosing to trap Jasper in order to protect Steven & everyone else, it was because being trapped at the bottom of the ocean was like her original imprisonment. It was familiar, & therefore bearable. But also it gave her control over imprisonment in a way that she likely craved out of desperation. And in her anger, she unfortunately subjected someone else to a similar trauma, in an unconscious effort to feel in control.

[@Marcelineblossoms]

Interesting, I think this just gave me a deeper understanding of her.

[@calicust]

im seeing a LOT of resurgence of Steven Universe lately..

[@christionpulliam9870]

Chille tid, chill tide lol why did I just realize that Lmaoo

[@upumpkin]

I really loved the nightmare scene

[@CatBeanxx]

Lapis

[@NyxTheia]

great video ^^

[@aaronmichael6792]

Did you just say him in reference to Jasper??

[@AmpleSamuel]

just checked - despite the fact that my script says her, I definitely said him. whoops!

[@jm1048]

It’s all coming together now..

[@beccachien5915]

4:23 a bit off 😭😭😭😭 you mean TERRIFYING

[@W04HZ3RZZZZZ]

strength tier list (my opinion) Garnet steven + pearl + amethyst

[@antiquatedgraves9426]

It tends to bother me when I see other S.U. fans trash Lapis' character. I wouldn't call myself a fan of her either; there's other characters I'm far, far more attached to. However, some people being hell bent on painting her as a villian... Man, it makes me wonder about their world view. Lapis doesn't value herself, but she does see value in Steven and is clearly grateful to him, if even indebted. In my opinion, Lapis felt she deserved to suffer, locked under the ocean with Jasper. It wasn't solely about her craving power towards someone else. If anything, it's telling towards her self worth that she didn't try to save herself either.

[@londojellyfish]

wait did you just he/him jasper ? (/j lmao thats funny ive done that too)

[@HenryCasillas]

🌻

[@Unknownuser-ik1nj]

Claim your early ticket here (Edit) holy crap I got hearted tysm

[@crazyinvaderfangirl1]

I have never heard of this perspective before. To me, I thought it was pretty clear in the text when Jasper and Lapis meet again for the first time after the fusion that Lapis only fused with her because she saw an opportunity to take her anger out on someone. Jasper just happen to be there offering her away to do it. I mean, she literally says that to Jasper. She never mentioned wanting to save Steven because that’s not what she was thinking. She was just pissed and wanted someone else to torture for a while wanted to torture herself. And the line in chill tide where she makes it seem like it was for Steven was just her guilt tripping him into living because that’s what she wanted him to do. I think Jasper could’ve been anyone, and she would’ve said anything to Steven to get him to leave. Literally see the moment in jailbreak where she decides that she’s going to take her anger out Jasper. I think lapis is a fundamentally, selfish and self-destructive and destructive character, and suffers from a lot of trauma. I don’t think she resorted to malachite to protect anyone. She was just mad and wanted to make someone feel the way she felt for once. I mean her she likes Steven and thinks of him as a “friend“ but he did try to kill him after she called in a friend so I’m not really sure if she knows what that word means in the beginning anyway.

[@mori_noble]

This. Finally. I’m tired of petiole saying she did it for Steven. Lapis are the strongest gem that we’ve seen under the Diamonds. Jasper may be a soldier but Lapis terraform. The ocean was right next to them and Lapis still clearly had great control since she chained and dragged them both AND held Jasper in to keep from escaping Malachite. This was so unnecessarily hostile.

[@crazyinvaderfangirl1]

@@mori_noble i’m so sick of people trying to rewrite the literal text of the show. it’s annoying as hell. It’s just a case of pretty privilege.that’s all she’s a pretty little waif and so they gave her a pass for all her BS. Jasper’s masculine so she is called the aggressor and 100% wrong or 50% wrong. there was no 50%. Lapis is objectively stronger and was objectively the aggressor that trapped both of them. There was no way for Jasper to leave. there was no way for Jasper to get away from her. She just had t be a punching bag until lapis got tired, like there was no equality there. She was not as strong Lapis. like that would be like if a grown adult decided to beat up a baby, there is no competition. there’s no fight. it’s just torture. Yes, Jasper was being aggressive but there’s a difference between self-defense and mind breaking someone. I she literally gave Jasper lifelong trauma just because she was mad. Nothing about Malachite. was fair or equal.

[@crazyinvaderfangirl1]

People are really sitting here trying to say that being aggressive or fighting back against your abuser is wrong because you’re hurting them. Yes. If I were Jasper, I’d be fucking mad and aggressive and trying to get the fuck away from her too. She’s crazy.

[@WedgeSkyrocket]

​@@crazyinvaderfangirl1what scene are you referring to? I can't remember any scene where Jasper was fearful of or trying to get away from Lapis.

[@dvmbgenius]

@@WedgeSkyrocketMaaaybe the scene when lapis chains malachite to the ocean and they almost split but come back together in like a split second, the part where they split could represent jasper trying to escape the fusion to no avail once she realises that lapis is just trapping her. (Don’t come for me, I clearly don’t know what I am talking about loll)

[@mori_noble]

I understand your feelings but I can’t give Lapis a pass for Malachite. Fusion is something that strips your entire self into a new being. Lapis trapped and abused Jasper-she suffocated and forced her into submission. It scared me a lot as a teen because I didn’t understand why people didn’t say anything. I didn’t even like Jasper but I was concerned when she finally got control of Malachite and said, “if we’re going to have to be this thing they we may as well have some fun” Resignation. Acceptance. She finally accepted her place and when Lapis left her after keeping her trapped for a year obviously she’s going to LOOK for Lapis. She begged to be Malachite again and my skin constantly crawls whenever I watch that episode because it’s so fucking weird. Lapis flat out admits to hurting her and liking it and yet when Jasper clearly needs help too, Steven goes on offense (something that frustrates me even years later) and Lapis just fucking punts Jasper into the ocean. Literally after that Jasper starts falling tf apart. Impulsive and desperate to feel the feeling that fusing with LAPIS gave her. I hate that the fandom justified her behavior. At the end of the day people are excusing her behavior because they like her and see no problem with hurting someone “if it’s to protect another person” which is bullshit. Lapis’s decisions regarding Malachite is so bullshit.

[@ratShine19]

you said exactly what I’ve been thinking. People just push ALL the blame onto jasper and completely disregard how bad lapis was. Sure, jasper had issues and wasn’t good, but lapis was so much worse. People say jasper “forced” lapis to fuse but that’s not even true. Lapis extended her hand out to jasper in the end, the only forceful part was when jasper grabbed lapis out of the air, but by the time lapis agreed to fuse they weren’t even touching. And when people say jasper “manipulated” lapis into fusing I don’t think that’s true either. Lapis had every reason to be mad at the crystal gems and jasper knew it, I think it’d be more shocking if Lapis DIDNT hold some type of grudge. Jasper was trying to convince her because she assumed that lapis must feel the same way abt the crystal gems. Ultimately, lapis was the one who manipulated jasper into believing the fusion was to beat the crystal gems (which they both had valid reasons to be upset at the crystal gems imo) only to keep her trapped in a fusion. Lapis was HORRIBLE to jasper on a much deeper level than jasper was to her. I think they should’ve had more of a post-malachite relationship as well, considering they both missed being malachite and jasper was entirely desperate. But I guess you can only include so much in a show made for kids

[@Finn_the_Cat]

Did you ever hear the tragedy of lapis lazuli the wise, I thought not, it's not a story the crystal gems would tell you

[@Runastarfall]

It does not

[@hamjam1745]

Did you really call jasper “him”?

[@rogeriomendon2005]

Devils tail fin Norwegian do you pronounce tail is in the region do you upload the tail is in Norwegian capital of the title is Norwegian

[@gamingoflaytning3311]

Can anyone tell me why Lapis Lazuli is pathetic and weak ?