She drew them on over a 1 inch thick layer of bright white suncream before and expected people to believe they were real, so nothing surprises me now.Last Story on Instagram … freckles are back
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If I had to list the top 10 Roobee cringe moments, the fake freckles would be surprisingly near the top. I feel like they just epitomise (oh hey look, correct usage!) all that’s wrong with her.
That's pronounced epi-TOME-ise, right?
If you're Ruby, it's probably pronounced epi-potto-mo-nuse.
no no, epi-TOMMO-see, she finally looked up ”facsimile” and it’s the same, isn’t it?
i think fake freckles can look really great when done correctly! if ruby blended them a little more and didn't make them as dark they could look good imo
Hi! I haven't posted here before but I must say I couldn't believe that The Secret History was on her TBR shelf? Has she mentioned in the past that she hasn't yet finished it? I say this because it's been featured in so much of her youtube content, even dating back to her 'dark academia: everything you need to know' video from November 2020 where she explicitly mentions it...in other videos I remember she would just film short clips of her pretending to read it. I guess when considering her behaviour in general this shouldn't be too surprising, but her reasoning for not finishing it paired with how much she's flaunted that book about is just SO bizarre to me.
But now I'm curious what part she got up to. Maybe it was before all the drinking and drug mentions really kicked off?
But now I'm curious what part she got up to. Maybe it was before all the drinking and drug mentions really kicked off?
She's just a compulsive liar, but her terrible organisational skills are so bad and she's so skatter-brained and lazy that she can't be bothered to stay consistent with her lies. She's maybe read 5% of the books in her room, and that's being generous. She might as well call both bookcases her TBR shelves.Hi! I haven't posted here before but I must say I couldn't believe that The Secret History was on her TBR shelf? Has she mentioned in the past that she hasn't yet finished it? I say this because it's been featured in so much of her youtube content, even dating back to her 'dark academia: everything you need to know' video from November 2020 where she explicitly mentions it...in other videos I remember she would just film short clips of her pretending to read it. I guess when considering her behaviour in general this shouldn't be too surprising, but her reasoning for not finishing it paired with how much she's flaunted that book about is just SO bizarre to me.
But now I'm curious what part she got up to. Maybe it was before all the drinking and drug mentions really kicked off?
All the dark academia books she owns, I 100% guarantee she just Googled "dark academia books" and bought the most popular ones, put them on a shelf and has never read them.
For proof, try suffering through that "Everything you need to know about dark academia" video, where she shows almost no understanding or knowledge of the subject and is clearly reading definitions she pulled from the front page of a Google search.
Through that weird fake-smiling narration she does, she says The Secret History is "the staple one for this aesthetic. This is the one you'll see referenced the most online." She's clearly never read it and has no thoughts to offer. She just bought it because the listicles she found online in a cursory Google search told her it was a dark academia book. She'll never admit to not reading it.
Her amazing insight into her dark academia books and what makes them great examples of the aesthetic/subgenre also includes:
Harry Potter: "..." (The series she should theoretically have the most insight into, she days nothing about.)
Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls: "A collection of essays which are very, very funny." (Which is practically just the cover blurb.)
Villette: "This is set in a boarding school."
The Ocean at the End of the Lane: "The old-fashioned elements of this really remind me." ("Of what?" you might ask. Good question. Ruby's feeble brain offers this up as a complete sentence.)
She also offers up two "Jules Vernes" books. I wonder if he has any connection to Jules Verne.
I'm trying to watch her bookcase tour and along with all the baffling mispronounciations and the only superficial interest she has in all the covers of those books she clearly hasn't ready, it annoys me how violent she is with all her books.
You'd think someone so obviously only interested in books as an aesthetically pleasing prop would take better care of them, but she's contantly ripping off dustjackets and hurling them on the ground, bending spines, violently slamming them around. Not surprising considering the state of her family's library that this family of swamp trolls don't take care of anything they own, but it's aggravating.
And after she had to steal half her parents books to fill most of her bookshelves, does it strike anyone else as weird that she's putting books borrowed from the library/Blakeney on her shelves as if she owns them? I only organise things alongside other books on the shelf if they're mine, borrowed books go off to the side or somewhere. What's the point in putting borrowed books in there if you're taking up space and are going to have a gap when you return it?
You'd think someone so obviously only interested in books as an aesthetically pleasing prop would take better care of them, but she's contantly ripping off dustjackets and hurling them on the ground, bending spines, violently slamming them around. Not surprising considering the state of her family's library that this family of swamp trolls don't take care of anything they own, but it's aggravating.
And after she had to steal half her parents books to fill most of her bookshelves, does it strike anyone else as weird that she's putting books borrowed from the library/Blakeney on her shelves as if she owns them? I only organise things alongside other books on the shelf if they're mine, borrowed books go off to the side or somewhere. What's the point in putting borrowed books in there if you're taking up space and are going to have a gap when you return it?
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Her dark academia reading suggestions are embarrassingly bad and poorly thought out
Yeah, she clearly has no interest, no understanding and did no research into dark academia when she latched onto it as a fad.
Her entire criteria for a book or film qualifying as dark academia is: "It has a school in it, or one of the characters is a workaholic."
Like, she offers up The Children Act as one of the best examples of dark academia she could think of, because it contains a "pursuit of knowledge". I haven't read or watched it (and I doubt Ruby has, either), but from everything I can see, it's a standard legal thriller/drama. Is every John Grisham book dark academia now? Every police procedural?
Must remember to watch that classic dark academia series later: Law & Order.
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It's clear she tried to recommend books that she has actually read but none of her books fit the vibe (because she reads like a child) so she just scrambled to find whatever she could
These days I've been binge watching the booktuber BooksandLala who is a 30-year-old mother based in Canada. Despite her not having studied literature in university and not calling herself a scholar or a study enthusiast or whatever Ruby's label is these days, the contrast with Ruby in how articulated she is when talking about books, how much thought she puts into her recommendations and ratings, and the variety in her readings is enormous. Ruby might as well have read none of the books she talks about
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this made me laugh so chuffin loud
It was a little unfair of me to say that; swamps are much cleaner and more hygienic than Ruby's house.this made me laugh so chuffin loud
Hi! I haven't posted here before but I must say I couldn't believe that The Secret History was on her TBR shelf? Has she mentioned in the past that she hasn't yet finished it? I say this because it's been featured in so much of her youtube content, even dating back to her 'dark academia: everything you need to know' video from November 2020 where she explicitly mentions it...in other videos I remember she would just film short clips of her pretending to read it. I guess when considering her behaviour in general this shouldn't be too surprising, but her reasoning for not finishing it paired with how much she's flaunted that book about is just SO bizarre to me.
But now I'm curious what part she got up to. Maybe it was before all the drinking and drug mentions really kicked off?
I reckon she got up when Bunny was killed, before then it's just kind of snotty people learning Greek at a small uni (Mega Ruby vibes) with a bit of foreshadowing thrown in. After it gets a bit more chaotic and dark and not Ruby's vibe at all
Do you guys have any suggestions for good dark academia books?
From her last story...
I'm not sure if there are now two or three holes in those tights or the mirror is dirty
Ruby in a bleeping nutshell
I thought she was wearing a kilt and a sporran for a sec.
And I see she got the limited edition invisible brown Doc Martens.
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