User blog comment:Spongebobfan123/ALONE AT SEA!!/@comment-2054732-20160730131005/@comment-2054732-20160730153812

But thats the important part, Lapis felt that was the only option, but she got to make the choice to fuse. Lapis consented she agreed, and she knew what she wanted to do from the get go, which was imprison jasper. Jasper wanted to fuse to attack the crystal gems, that's what she consented to and thats what she thought Lapis was agreeing to.But Lapis decieved jasper she lied about her intention to fuse, and then we know what happened after that.

Yes Lapis felt like she had no choice but she did make the choice. Jasper never explicitly threatened her verbally or physically, except for being a large gem. But Jasper let her go and stood back as she made her choice. At most Jasper's actions contsitute coerced consent which is still a terrible thing to do (I'm not saying jasper is a good person note). However, Lapis' actions of tricking Jasper into fusion and then not stopping when Jasper wanted to constitute rape by deception and rape.

I don't know why Lapis isn't being punished but its probably because people are more concered with "Why she did it", since she had good intentions for trying to protect steven, over "What she did", which is trick another gem into fusion and didn't let her defuse when they wanted it to end.