Lepidolite is a captivating gemsona, drawing inspiration from the Steven Universe universe. This article delves into the intricate details of her appearance, personality, abilities, and relationships with other characters.
Appearance and Design
Lepidolite is a somewhat tall gem with a curvy or feminine body shape. She has mauve skin with very light purple and very dark purple 'freckles' mixed together over her skin on her face, shoulders, back, arms and all over her legs. Her fingers are a dark aubergine. She has a fluffy, curly, orchid-purple mohawk, with dark aubergine colouration on the 'shaved' parts. She has a well-defined, angled nose, plump lips, and royal-violet downturned eyes with black, isotoxal-star-shaped pupils and thick, feathery, black eyebrows.
Her outfit consists of a sleeveless jumpsuit-romper with a royal-blue sailor collar that ends at a point just above her gem. Going from this point and sloping outward down the front of her chest is a Prussian-blue triangle, which has two sky-blue, sideways squares on either side of the tip. The base of the triangle borders a royal-blue waist belt. Bordering the other side of the belt is another, shorter triangle of the same colour as the first one, which in combination with the top one forms a vaguely diamond shape. At the bottom of her waist down, she has a wide, asymmetrical, royal-blue stripe that tapers as it goes to her right thigh and thickening as it goes to the left, looping around. The base of the suit, both at the top and bottom, is a light salmon colour, and beneath the asymmetrical stripe is Prussian-blue.
Personality Traits
Logical, ambitious and impulsive, Lepidolite focuses on the things that make sense to her most often. Though creative and passionate, she lacks a sense of proper forethought in a lot of social situations, saying things without thinking and often hurting feelings or being uncomfortably blunt. She’s possessive of the things she considers hers and doesn’t like anyone messing with them or the way she has them.
Very set in a routine, she will always, for example, sit in the same spot when multiple spots are available and become incredibly aggravated if she is stopped from doing so, such as if someone decides to sit in ‘her spot’. She’s passionate when talking about something she likes, ridicules when others can’t take things seriously. Sometimes she makes assumptions that lead to her own embarrassment and gets frustrated about it. She also tends to reciprocate interruption. If she’s trying to explain something to someone, and they try to interrupt her- to clarify something or anything of that sort- she will aggressively assert having been in the middle of speaking.
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Too impulsive and passionate, this Lepidolite had too many incidents of being snarky, and then one big incident of snapping at and telling off one of her superiors, getting her in pretty huge trouble. She had constantly disagreed and argued over the way things were. She began helping defectors escape Homeworld, until she decided that she wanted to escape too.
Abilities and Powers
Lepidolite possesses a unique set of abilities:
- Audiokinesis: Audiokinesis is the ability to create and manipulate sound.
- Minor Psychokinesis: Lepidolite possesses the minor ability to move objects without touching them via psychic ability and physical gesturing.
Concept for Lepidolite: They are in charge of transporting and caring for bubbled gems. Their unique ability is dividing herself into tiny clones in case her form gets damaged during transportation.
Relationships with Other Characters
Lepidolite's interactions with other characters reveal different facets of her personality:
- Bumblebee Jasper: Lepidolite and Bumblebee Jasper have a strange tense relationship, as Lepidolite and her would definitely play Mario Kart together and love it, but Lepidolite's aggressive nature can cause emotional stress for Bumblebee when 'passion' becomes 'anger'.
- Cat’s-Eye: Cat’s-Eye and Lepidolite don’t always get along, as Lepidolite struggles to actually calm down and listen to Cat’s-Eye, and her voice tends to be loud, hurting Cat’s-Eye’s sensitive hearing.
- Chocolate Tahitian Pearl: Lepidolite and Chocolate Tahitian Pearl can be either incredibly close pals working collaboratively and trying their best, or two rivals at a constant stalemate. Lepidolite can prove to be unwilling to listen to others at times, which leads to teamwork being a hassle, or even impossible. While Chocolate Tahitian Pearl never tries to stir anything up, things get stirred up anyway. But aside from that, Lepidolite enjoys similar things to Tahi, such as tea and technology, and they will often discuss calmly about things with teacups in their hands. They often cooperate to get twice as much programming or other technological work done twice as fast, complimenting and respecting each others' efficiency. On the other hand, they also have plenty of arguments, especially when it comes to talking about the programming they collaborated on; as Lepidolite can get overzealous and claim more ownership of the programming than she really has a right to, and Tahi absolutely cannot stand false claims of ownership. Their relationship is a little strained, not because they dislike each other, but because they often come to arguments.
- Lazurite: Lepidolite doesn't always listen to what Lazurite says as captain and doesn't always respect them as a captain. Lepidolite has had the issue of snapping at superiors in the past, and that hasn't gone away. She has had incidents in which she has yelled at Lazurite for many reasons, some justified, some petty, some ridiculous.
- Rhodochrosite: Lepidolite and Rhodochrosite rarely interact, but Rhodochrosite is exceptionally good at calming Lepidolite down and Lepidolite admires her.
- Seraphinite: Lepidolite often chastises Seraphinite for acting childish and making foolish decisions, but secretly admires her strength and raw energy.
- Dottie: Lepidolite, like most everyone, legitimately cares about Dottie. She appreciates that Dottie and herself are both technologically apt, and likes talking about technological-based things with her.
- Moss Agate: They often butt heads, but Lepidolite is noted as referring to Moss Agate as being 'always just so sweet'.
These interactions highlight Lepidolite's complex personality and her struggles with authority, teamwork, and emotional regulation.
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Additional Gemsona Details
In addition to Lepidolite, there are other interesting gemsonas:
- Tanzanite
- Pink Tourmaline Lepidolite: a forced fusion experiment that fled to earth and they're totally blind and powerless.
- A permafusion of a Rose Quartz and Pearl.
Inspirations and Connections
Sometimes the show takes inspiration from crystal healing... lore, I suppose? And if I remember correctly that often cites pink gems as being good healers. Lithium is also a medication often used for people with mood disorders, and luckily, lepidolite and lithium quartz are lovely pink gemstones that both contain lithium! One of those could work pretty good for a nurse?
Considering that it sounds like data, datolite would be a funny gemstone type for an archivist I think!! TV stone (ulexite) and writing opal (which actually has a different name, but I refuse to refer to it as such) could be good candidates. are sometimes called "record keeper" stones!! I... do not know why, but it seems like appropriate information.
Sun is a yellow pearl whereas Moon is a blue forsterite. Earth is a tan chalcedony, Lunar is a pale blue sapphire, Eclipse is a dark orange tourmaline, and Solar is a carnelian. Bloodmoon is a permafusion, akin to garnet, between a Bloodstone and a Hematite.
Psychically, lepidolite is used for dreamwork, rebirthing, and is also good for dream recall. Lepidolite is also a protective stone that brings success in business or career. Lepidolite's name comes from two Greek words.
Amethyst's gemstone is located on their chest. Steven's gemstone is located on their navel. Ice's gemstone is located on their sternum.
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