>>99210970even stuff like dialogue gets critiqued and altered if the writers don't all agree on it. iirc, amber cragg said that, initially, during the production of "raising the barn", she pitched that lapis would ask peridot if she was afraid of her, but the other writers struck that down. and the boarders don't really have creative control over assets except in certain cases (they might do a general layout of a background, but the actual background artists can edit as they need; they might get to decide one off townies or BG characters). even with raven's scenario, while she may have introduced the element, all of the other writers had to have agreed on it to have let it pass the thumbnail stage.
same with the specifics of peridot and lapis' relationship at the barn. even if zuke came up with everything about peridot being uber nice to lapis, and meep morps, and camp pining hearts, and their little farm with them acting like parents to pumpkin, the crew all had to have agreed on it, and brainstormed how that could fit into their arcs (which i say they're doing well so far; we have to see how things are once lapis returns)