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Also I think Ruby is the one I most often see variation in…some people I think didn’t like Gen Ruby as much…

I’ll be honest, I liked Kate better than Gen. I have nothing against Gen, I just liked Kate’s portrayal a little better. But I’m still picturing Gen when I write Ruby so…

It’s tough for me because tbh I loathe Ruby – in, I’d say, exactly the way the writers wanted us to loathe Ruby. From the minute her character first appeared I consistently screamed “DON’T TRUST HER OMG” every single damn time she was on-screen.

Now, keeping in mind also that I had like three months where the only Ruby whose existence I knew of was Kate!Ruby, I definitely originally liked Kate!Ruby better. There was a certain something to her behavior, and I thought Gen’s acting was stilted and inconsistent. But, over the years, especially as S4 grew on me and grew to be my favorite season of the show, I think I just…kinda…got used to Gen!Ruby? And now Kate!Ruby always seems a little off to me?

So, like, objectively speaking (well, subjectively but somewhat more objectively, just based on my initial reactions) I think Kate did a better job of being Ruby but I still kinda prefer Gen Ruby.

(obvs this is all my opinion ya’ll like who ya like)

You know, I think that pretty accurately sums up my feelings, too. I went into spn knowing that there were two brothers and an angel and that was basically it so when I watched the whole thing up to whatever season was on I was pretty fresh to the whole thing. I didn’t know there were other Megs or Rubys or even archangels so all of that was a surprise to me. That being said I do think Gen!Ruby was way more stilted and I liked Kate!Ruby much better. Didn’t like the original Meg, though. But I still tend to think of Gen when I write and it’s probably because I got used to her. I still prefer Kate!Ruby and watch season 3 makes me miss her. 

Also, I actually fell for Ruby’s tricks up to a certain point. The second she started coaxing Sam into drinking blood I distrusted her, but I was willing to believe she could be decent. Jokes on me, I guess. That’s also why I distrusted Benny at first. I was so sure he was going to wind up being bad (because I’d been burned by Ruby before) so I felt like an idiot.