#and not everyone can deal with her mood swings. see amethyst. Garnet on the other hand has known how to deal with her moods

[dansiere]

——— ❝ NEGATIVE CHARACTER TRAIT LIST. ❞

Below is a list of 102 negative traits to describe your character.

bold = always; italic = situational; bold + italic = biggest flaws.

Aggressive - pursuing one’s aims and interests forcefully, sometimes unduly so

Aloof - not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant

Arrogant - having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities

Belligerent - hostile and aggressive

Big-headed - conceited or arrogant

Bitchy - malicious or unpleasant

Boastful - showing excessive pride and self-satisfaction in one’s achievements, possessions, or abilities

Bone-idle - lazy

Boring - not interesting; tedious

Bossy - fond of giving people orders; domineering

Callous - showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others

Cantankerous - bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative

Careless - not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors

Changeable - irregular; inconstant

Clinging - overly dependent on someone emotionally

Compulsive - resulting from or relating to an irresistible urge, especially one that is against one’s conscious wishes

Conservative - a person who is averse to change and holds to traditional values and attitudes, typically in relation to politics

Cowardly - lacking courage

Crass - lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence

Cruel - willfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it

Cunning - having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion

Cynical - believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity

Deceitful - guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading others

Detached - separate or disconnected

Dishonest - behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy or fraudulent way.

Dogmatic - inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true

Domineering - assert one’s will over another in an arrogant way

Fastidious - very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

Finicky - fussy about one’s needs or requirements

Foolish - lacking good sense or judgement; unwise

Foolhardy - recklessly bold or rash

Fussy - fastidious about one’s needs or requirements; hard to please

Greedy - having or showing an intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth or power

Grumpy - bad-tempered and irritable

Gullible - easily persuaded to believe something; credulous

Harsh - cruel or severe

Impatient - having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked

Impolite - not having or showing good manners; rude

Impulsive - acting or done without forethought

Inconsiderate - thoughtlessly causing hurt or inconvenience to others

Inconsistent - not compatible or in keeping with

Indecisive - not having or showing the ability to make decisions quickly and effectively

Indiscreet - having, showing, or proceeding from too great a readiness to reveal things that should remain secret or private

Inflexible - unwilling to change or compromise

Interfering - tending to interfere in other people’s affairs

Intolerant - not tolerant of views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from one’s own

Irresponsible - not showing a proper sense of responsibility

Jealous - feeling or showing envy of someone or their achievements and advantages

Lazy - unwilling to work or use energy

Machiavellian - cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics

Materialistic - excessively concerned with material possessions; money-oriented

Mean - one who makes no effort to understand or empathize with others

Miserly - of or characteristic of a miser

Moody - given to unpredictable changes of mood, especially sudden bouts of gloominess or sullenness

Narrow-minded - not willing to listen to or tolerate other people’s views; prejudiced

Nasty - behaving in an unpleasant or spiteful way

Naughty - disobedient; badly behaved

Nervous - easily agitated or alarmed; tending to be anxious; highly strung

Obsessive - a person who is affected by an obsession

Obstinate - stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so

Overcritical - inclined to find fault too readily

Overemotional - having feelings that are too easily excited and displayed

Parsimonious - unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal

Patronizing - apparently kind or helpful but betraying a feeling of superiority; condescending

Perverse - showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable, often in spite of the consequences

Pessimistic - tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen

Pompous - affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important

Possessive - demanding someone’s total attention and love

Pusillanimous - showing a lack of courage or determination; timid

Quarrelsome - given to or characterized by quarreling

Quick-tempered - easily made angry

Resentful - feeling or expressing bitterness or indignation at having been treated unfairly

Rude - offensively impolite or ill-mannered

Ruthless - having or showing no pity or compassion for others

Sarcastic - marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt

Secretive - inclined to conceal feelings and intentions or not to disclose information

Selfish - lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one’s own personal profit or pleasure

Self-centered - preoccupied with oneself and one’s affairs

Self-indulgent - characterized by doing or tending to do exactly what one wants, especially when this involves pleasure or idleness

Silly - having or showing a lack of common sense or judgement; absurd and foolish

Sly - having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature

Sneaky - furtive; sly

Stingy - unwilling to give or spend; ungenerous

Stubborn - having or showing dogged determination not to change one’s attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so

Stupid - having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense

Superficial - not having or showing any depth of character or understanding

Tacky - showing poor taste and quality

Tactless - having or showing a lack of adroitness and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues

Timid - showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened

Touchy - oversensitive and irritable

Thoughtless - not showing consideration for the needs of other people

Truculent - eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant

Unkind - inconsiderate and harsh to others

Unpredictable - behaving in a way that is not easily predicted

Unreliable - not able to be relied upon

Untidy - not inclined to keep one’s possessions or appearance neat and in order

Untrustworthy - not able to be relied on as honest or truthful

Vague - thinking or communicating in an unfocused or imprecise way

Vain - having or showing an excessively high opinion of one’s appearance, abilities, or worth

Vengeful - seeking to harm someone in return for a perceived injury.

Vulgar - lacking sophistication or good taste; unrefined

Weak-willed - lacking the ability to resist influence or to restrain one’s own impulses; irresolute

Tagged by: @breselin​, who likes to make me suffer. Tagging: @reantte, @starcrcwns (let’s see who is worse, her or Lapis diugwe), @huntershowl, @sunsreign, @ndeavor, @kissafist, @onlyliberty, @foxcharmed, @cahartik, @hebiime & @asakishi.

[furashuban]

Spectating

a fic for @lapidot-anniversary-week !

Prompt: Bob Appreciation 

Words: 2.6K

Summary:  While the Crystal Gems get ready to play baseball with Rubies from Homeworld, Peridot is overwhelmed to be watching her new roommate play alongside them

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/14731098

Hardly anyone around the barn could calmly process about what just happened to them a moment ago…… THERE IT WAS, a roaming eye fresh from Homeworld, that seemed to have just came out of nowhere and putting everyone off guard as they tried retreating from it. But if it was not for Lapis’ immense strength to her water powers, then the barn, including Peridot and Steven, would have been wiped out tragically.

The roaming eye was worn-out in front of the gems as confusion filled the air. As for the blue gem, she showed no feeling of fright or worry after she partly destroyed the gem vessel. After all, she has dealt with way worse than just a red flying sphere. But she knew that one gem with scarce specialties would have no asset to handle such an encounter, and she turned around to catch that gem fleeing from the scene.

“Peridot…” she lightens her tone for the first time to the green gem, still able to frighten her when she turned. “Are you okay?”

She was waiting for a simple ‘yes’ or anything to confirm wellness. But all she received was a gesture that was so unfamiliar with her. “I KNEW SHE CARED!!!” the green gem exclaimed in her head. Peridot stared at her with her pupils amazingly enlarged, grinning and chuckling as if she had seen a miracle right before her eyes. No, wait…Lapis wasn’t that miracle, was she? The blue gem couldn’t help but feel confused yet pleasured to see her acquaintance like this. And all she could and wanted to do now was face away and blush like she never had before, trying to ignore that Peridot was still beaming at her.

But it wasn’t going to end this way. On the spur of the moment, a hatch from the roaming eye opened up and revealed a one-eyed Ruby. The Crystal Gems tried to react quickly and retreat to the barn, then eavesdropping on the unexpected visitors. Oh no, what was going on now? Wasn’t it enough that Lapis and Peridot had to get along for a whole morning, only to get their mood ruined by Homeworld? What a way to go down.

Peridot’s anxieties came back when she thought about being annihilated by the planet she rebelled on. As for Lapis, she was at a loss for thoughts and words when everything the green gem said about being a big deal was in fact true. “You really weren’t kidding.”

The small gem was scampering out of fear in being captured back to Yellow Diamond. Even hiding underneath a suffocating box was decreed as a way of avoiding. She needed comfort, but as Lapis sat and watched her terror, she wondered what on earth was she supposed to do. She has been a terrible ‘friend’ to Peridot all day and she knew that a new comer like her would be eccentric if she approached. Distressing as the situation was going, Steven and the others were there to help instead. And Garnet had already formed a plan. The gems that made Garnet unfused to reveal a Ruby and a Sapphire, and initiated a plan to blend in with the Homeworld gems. On the other side of the plan, it was “keep Peridot hidden.”

Lapis and Peridot’s bliss continued to lessen for a moment as they waited for the Homeworld gems to flee. The ocean gem stood still on one of the corners and went back to her impassive state. She overthought about her day so far, what life on Earth was like up to now. And if every day was going to be a messy and confusing escapade then she wanted to reconsider right away. The whole fiasco right now was not ending quickly than she hoped. So in the meantime, she was gawking at the anxious Peridot huddled with her other friends.

“How do they manage to live like this…?……How does she manage to live like this…?” her vision zooms in to the green gem. “Maybe you’re not as bad as I thought you were.”

The Homeworld gems were staying, and Peridot became more fretful every minute. It wasn’t until an unexpected phase to the plan came to be;

Play Baseball.

Steven and Ruby came back elaborating on disguising as humans and keep hiding Peridot from harm’s way. It was hard to believe, but even Sapphire saw it as one of her outcomes. This could not possibly work, can it? But there was no turning back now if the Crystal Gems wanted Homeworld out of Earth in a flash. There still needed one more gem to make the baseball phase work, and Steven inquires the spare blue gem across the room for her participation. Lapis thought quickly about it…Well, she had nothing better to do anyway…

“This plan sucks.”

Now there was no time to waste. The Crystal Gems needed to give themselves convincing looks for local, baseball-playing humans. Ruby rushed back to the other rubies while Steven refereed what could be admissible for his friends. First, he scavenged around the barn’s inventory to look for clothes for himself. Pearl and Amethyst were fitting for outdoors, and Sapphire dressed preppy for her significant other outside to be appealed by. The half-gem was feeling optimistic and anxious through the first part of the plan. But then there was Lapis…

“Lapis, why haven’t you shapeshifted yet?”

The blue gem stared down at Steven intently. “Um…first of all, I don’t know what baseball is.” she states. “And I don’t know what people who play baseball look like.”

“I’m gonna explain how the game works when we get out, so don’t worry about it.” Steven assures. “And for the other thing…just dress in something that feels good when you’re outside.”

“I think my clothes right now feel good outside already, Steven.”

The quartz boy didn’t think he’d be coaching about style before the actual game. “I mean like, something you’d feel comfortable wearing while ‘running’.”

Lapis was getting mangled up with how this was supposed to work. She already felt comfortable sprinting with the dress she always wore. But then again, she was more of a flyer. Maybe it really was time to reassess her attire for once. “Hmm…Okay, I think I have an idea now.” She says. “But I don’t want anyone looking while I shapeshift....”

The blue gem walked elsewhere and concentrated on what she wanted to look like. Without a hassle, she flashed into blue light and then revealed her new attire based on what she could gather. “Huh, doesn’t feel that bad.” She says as she examines herself. Peridot was the closest gem to her and thought maybe she could give an opinion on if she looked silly or not. “Hey um, Peridot…” she calls and gently approaches her. “Do you think I look okay like this?”

The green gem glanced at her quickly and gasps astounded. “Oh…Lazuli, you look…uh…” she utters but tries not to choose the wrong words. Peridot observed the gem that she barely recognized was her new roommate for a moment. She felt her face flush but tried to resist showing the slightest blush on her cheeks. “Oh stars, she looks great…” she was thinking the more she stared at her. “…What was the word that I learned from Amethyst again…?”

Lapis tilted her head as she was awaiting a reply from the awestricken gem. “…hot.” She heard Peridot whisper.

“What was that?”

“I MEAN…Nothing.” The green gem flinched.

“I’ll take that as a yes.” Lapis says and leaves before letting Peridot say something else. “Thanks Peridot.”

The green gem was now isolated in the barn and kept herself busy by being the only crowd to watch the match off between the “Humans” and the “Rubies”. All the gems were surprisingly good in baseball, considering it was primitive to just swing a bat onto a ball and make it fly. No such games existed on Homeworld either. Now she and Lapis had a new reason to stay on Earth.

Speaking of which, the teams have switched positions and Lapis, or “Bob” for her human name, was first to swing the bat. The ocean gem continued to show no expression for the game and even Peridot could notice it from afar. “Us gems don’t feel tired though…” the green gem says. “It wouldn’t hurt to smile a little bit, Lazuli.” Lapis formed a stance to help her carry the bat and swing it. Then and there, Peridot’s eyes widened and blushed once more as she gazes on the amateur baseball player. There was something about her temporary form that made her want to…embrace her.

Most of the time spent was for Peridot to keep worrying about her capture. She could hardly focus on the game’s status from her pressure, but she was able to experience watching how well the gems could play baseball. All the exhilaration made her wish she could participate in the game too. Not only did it seem fun, but it would have been the perfect opportunity to improve her social skills with Lapis, who was SPECTACULAR in the game.

She played effortlessly yet skillfully. Some call it ‘natural talent’ from what Peridot was able to grasp in Camp Pining Hearts. One of the Rubies then swung her bat and launched the baseball flying into the air. As gravity pulled it back to the grass, Lapis landed on the ground and caught it safely with her glove.

Peridot couldn’t help herself now. “WOOOHOO!” a screech augmented in the barn. “YES, GO LAZULI!” she cheered on with a fist raised in the air. Forgetting about being vigilant from the enemy, she puts her hand back down to cover her mouth and goes back to silence.

Lapis got up and overheard the scream from the barn. She glances afar to see Peridot’s face watching over the game, but seemed to be looking more over at her. The green gem waved her hand rapidly and gave out two thumbs up The ocean gem even noticed a bright grin that she has been getting used to all day, and could not help but maybe laugh at her dork-ish behavior. “…I thought you didn’t want to be caught.” She utters flippantly, waving back at the green gem promptly. “Hey pass the ball already!” one of the Rubies exclaimed. Lapis flinched and threw it back to home base. “Oh, sorry.” She flushed. Hopefully Peridot would not distract her from this point on.

…Many innings later and the Human team were losing greatly. The green gem did not want to notice that fact, and all she knew what to focus on the players’ composition. She has seen the crystal gems in battle before. The baseball game seemed like it was showcasing a toned down version of their fighting styles. Henceforth, she could care less about cheering them on.

Lapis would come in batting the ball painlessly, or catching the ball when she is able to see it. “Aghh, I wish I could use my wings to reach the ball better.” She thought. “This clothing is the worse.”

She positioned her bat near Ruby’s glove, awaiting the ball to hit it on its fixed spot and amble to first base. She broke no sweat and had her hands tucked in her pockets as she carried on. “This is too easy.”

Suddenly, another brief noise came from the barn. She baulked and looked afar again, sighing to see a half of Peridot applauding and going back to retreating. “SHOW THEM WHO THEY’RE MESSING WITH, LAZULI!!” was what she heard. In both ways, she wanted her to stop but maybe keep going.

The Humans won the game after a strong homerun by Sapphire. Lapis took one out of the final winning score while the other blue gem took the second. Admittedly, she had fun interacting with everyone despite being discomforted before. And now she along with the Crystal gems awaited Sapphire to make it to Home base.

Ruby caught the short and blue gem in her arms as she impacted her after running. The result came to them fusing back to Garnet, and the Crystal Gems went from being on thin ice to compromise. The Homeworld Rubies were now furious and decided to fuse themselves into a simply bigger, scarier Ruby. The gems were huddle together and readied themselves for a fierce battle. But before anyone could lay a finger on each other, the last distraction from the barn was overheard and a frantic green gem came out of hiding.

Peridot felt a sense of heroism coursing through her when she attempted to save her friends. But embarrassingly, she was not the gem Homeworld was after. Instead it was her exhausting excuse for an ex-escort, Jasper, who just so happened to be shattered by now. ALL the gems were now in suspense, until Steven could take advantage of their short minds. The group of Rubies kissed their farewell to Earth and assumed the location of Neptune to find Jasper. The Crystal Gems watched their take off in the Roaming Eye for a brief moment, and headed back to the barn to rest. Lapis found Peridot walking on her side with a still anxious look.

“That was quite a brave thing you did back there, Peridot.” Lapis admits.

“Wow, thanks.” She replies grinning. “I mean, I’m not the new leader of the Crystal Gems for nothing, you know?”

Steven was overhearing the conversation and decides to interrupt. “Uh Peridot, you just became a Crystal Gem four days ago.”

Dusk was finally coming to be, and the Crystal Gems made it home to the temple after many weeks of work in the barn. Now it lies in the hands of two gems fresh from their old life, and Lapis could easily say that she’s had better days than this. The blue gem was ambling around the barn while she stretched and yawned once in a while. She went back to leaning back-first on one of the corners and shut her eyes closed. “I guess I can finally change back to my normal clothes now.” She says.

“No wait…!” Peridot exclaims and stirred Lapis. “You uh, you don’t have to if you want…”

“What do you mean?”

“I’m…just saying that look of yours is really good on you, that’s all.” Peridot was facing down and was already having her face turned dark green.

Lapis also found herself flushed at the green gem’s compliment. “Thanks.” She lightly says. “I guess I can keep it on for the night if that’s okay.”

“Certainly.”

Peridot walked closer to Lapis and sat down, the blue gem also joining her to be seated. “Were you also that good in playing baseball before?”

“No, that was my first time too. It wasn’t too hard to play.” She answered. “Oh and, thanks for cheering for me and Steven’s friends back there.”

“I was…mostly cheering for you, Lazuli.” She grins gawkily as her face burns to a darker shade even more, even tainting it to her roommate. “…I guess that’s kind of what happens when I watch Camp Pining Hearts all night long.”

“What is that exactly?”

Peridot’s mouth dropped and gasped heavily the moment she realized her first activity with her first roommate. “Oh my stars Lazuli, we have so much to talk about tonight!”

Lapis giggles. “One thing though; you can just call me “Lapis”.”

The two gems stood up and directed themselves to the second floor. “I guess I’ll call you “Lapis”…” the green gem thought.