#ruby rojas

There is no other way she could've found out. And yeah, Ava has always been a TMI kind of person, but that's a really vulnerable thing to share. And if Deborah presses on that particular wound, that might be crossing the line that finally breaks Ava.

the character of ruby exists as the mirror of what passes for convention—her character embodies the structure of comphet: pleasant, emotionally available in predictable ways, polite, kind, and the kind of safe affection that affirms social norms rather than challenging them. she offers ava the kind of relationship she’s been told she should want: tidy, affirming, free of the chaos and friction that come from desire that actually transforms.

her presence is narratively functional because she shows what “normal” wlw/sapphic love looks like through a heteronormative framework—steady, domestic, unthreatening—and in doing so, she highlights why deborah isn’t just more interesting but more essential. and it also highlight’s deborah’s point in 1.09 about having a shared language with someone and creating with them.

These are my top picks ft. either Ava or Deborah, my only criteria being that they be two characters that we haven't seen spend meaningful 1:1 time together onscreen*. I have thoughts about all of them, ranging from fully-fleshed out scenarios to topics addressed/outcomes to just ~vibes, and I'm happy to (and will probably anyway, at some point) share those thoughts about any of these options—just lmk.

Please reblog with your pick, what you think these scenarios might look like, and/or if there's another character you'd prefer to see Ava or Deborah paired with for a bottle episode!

You can find the other version of this poll, ft. Hacks characters that are not Deborah or Ava, here.