#yes she coddled lapis but that doesn't mean she deserved what she got

[beevean]

I don't get why lapis x peridot is such a big ship when they had zero chemistry

I'm the last person you should ask ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I think the idea is that they have become besties in the barn, supporting each other while they recover from their Homeworld trauma, mostly Lapis. The two are seen joking with each other, like in Gem Harvest when they are the only ones laughing at Lapis' joke about her traumatic past, so I buy that they're comfortable with each other.

But the thing is, their relationship was actually unhealthy. They were both stagnating in that barn. They had very little hobbies. Peridot was shown walking on eggshells around Lapis, like when she asked Steven to not mention the "J-word" in Beta. And, of course, Raising the Barn showed Lapis regressing immensely under the threat of the Diamonds, not only making the decision to flee from Earth not caring about Peridot's feelings on the matter, but responding to her friend standing up for herself by outright stealing their home with all of their possessions, leaving Peridot behind, with nothing and heartbroken. There is, of course, significance in Lapis taking the symbol of her stagnation with her.

I really thought they'd have more development where they realized that all that time, they only stalled, and didn't actually get to know each other. But no. One "hey" after Lapis out of nowhere crashes the barn on Blue's head, not even the time to talk before Yellow poofs them, and then we skip to the movie where they're besties again. Who cares about all the emotional pain Lapis put Peridot through both at the beginning and the end of their relationship, right? They just made up! Off screen! That's good enough, right?

I get that the finale was rushed to hell, and in the grand scheme of things Lapis and Peridot were not as important as the Diamonds, but as someone who had been the Peridot in a friendship, this genuinely hurt me and it was the #1 reason Lapidot became my NOTP.

In the end, I think Lapidot is yet another case of a super popular ship that benefited from a lack of screentime. We know they lived together, we just didn't get to see much of it, allowing shippers to come up with scenarios where they'd bond. Even though canon proved that they really didn't.

I recommend reading that Reddit thread I linked. I have kept it in my bookmarks ever since Raising the Barn aired because it was like someone fished in my brain and pulled out all of my thoughts about Lapis and Peridot's unhealthy, immature relationship.