from the time garnets third eye was revealed to the time her being a fusion was revealed was 41 episodes.

it took pearl 86 episodes to stop blaming greg and steven for rose being gone

It took 63 episodes for the gem in lion to be revealed as bismuth

Steven universe is a slow burn. let the show fucking play out. stop complaining that lapis is nothing but a problem sponge because her character arc isnt complete yet. stop complaining that the writers are dropping plot lines because it didnt instantly come to play. just watch the fucking show and stop whining that things dont instantly get resolved.