Ruby Granger #36 Pumpkin Bread Activity

[missmina]

Erimentha Parker Chapter 16:

Plot -
- Ruby gets sad about her new hair cut. Mum comes to say goodnight and suggests they invite Kimberly's family over at some point to thank them for hosting
- Ruby is still adamant she isn't being bullied, but also read through a load of self help sites for bullying. She has come to the conclusion to just ignore them
- Kimberly and the girls notice she is ignoring them, pointing out Ruby is usually so opinionated (this is meant to be a mean comment, but it is true so I don't really get what Ruby is trying to achieve)
- Ruby presents Mr Aldridge with her history timeline to replace the shit one him and his class made and he give her three housepoints and lots of praise.
- Because Ruby's mother is useless, she didn't book Ruby into the later tennis slot so she had to miss her lesson. She emails her tennis friends asking how it went but they don't respond
- Mum is going to go food shopping and offers to take Ruby, but she doesn't want to go since Kimberly's family shops there. Even if that does mean missing out on getting a magazine and looking at autumn snacks!

Quotes -
- "Kimberly was right: you can't see it when my hair is down, but the ugly tuft is more than evident when I put it up. It juts out like a compound fracture" (Did not think I would be reminded of my time on the orthopaedic surgical ward when reading a book on bullying ...)
-"I hear mum knock on the door and quickly pull at the hair band, catching a loop of hair painfully which requires an incredible yank"
- "She kisses me on the forehead. Her lips are damp with the smell of toothpaste" (this quote is about her mum btw)
- "My tears are quickly absorbed by the open page of my book. It's like when you pour a bucket of water on damp sand at the beach - it will darken bt the water soon seeps far below, quickly restoring the colour of the sand"

That makes even more sense now regarding how she claimed she was bullied but wasn’t aware of it at the time. Truth is they were bullying each other so it’s even imo

Though actually I’m not sure I believe she was actually bullied in the first place. The „bullying” scenarios in the book are so out of place and unrelatable as if a middle aged woman was trying to imagine what school kids are 30 years later. I think she was absolutely insufferable and kids basically disliked her which she decide was bullying.

 

[StatusWoe]

And the funniest thing is that Ruby lies about doing this herself; there's been many videos where she claims to AWHLWHEYS take stacks of books, attack alarms, water bottles, giant stationery kits, gifted snack bars, the entire range of PUNKY PLODDINGTREE products, post-it notes, backup planners, spare jumpers, etc., then claims she also puts huge binders of old schoolwork in there, all in one standard-sized Kånken.

I'm picturing it like those magicians' tricks where they keep pulling items from a regular-sized hat.

There was yet another dig in this chapter at "her peers" when Ruby sneeringly described hearing their "meaningless talk of weekend plans and television shows." The same Ruby who said it was bullying to make fun of someone's love of books.

Wow. Imagine calling everyone's weekend plans 'meaningless' and then wondering why you have no friends. And I'm still not over Rubimentha taking Origin of Species into A&E. Yeah right, good luck reading that with concussion.

 

[theMoth]

Same here. Between my job, my uni exams, taking care of the flat, spending time with my partner, and various hobbies, I have no time to be bored!

I let myself be bored between my moping about finding no job, being anxious of being jobless at the start of April. but my husband tells me not to worry too much, that I don't have to find a new job right away. But I want to. I know that I will get bored (and worse) if I don't have a job. My student assistant job is only 10 hours a week but it gives me at least ... something. With my studies finished I can't stay at the job and I don't want to become an older version of Ruby with twirling around our garden, burning candles and poems in the dark and recreating childhood. I could finally start writing a novel, but I'm too ... I don't want to say depressed but it almost feels that way...

enough! Ruby wouldn't worry about not finding a job (because ShE iS a YoUtUbEr AnD sHe WoRkS hArD!!!!1111

 

[StatusWoe]

You get … the pride of knowing you clearly have better focus than me, as i couldn’t make it past the first page

I think it means you're more productive because you know when something's going to be a waste of time. Or, as Erimentha would put it, ''I decided to maximise my life hours by selecting only the topics which would optimise my day and expand my learning in the way that molecules expand when heated''.

 

[Whisper2Me]

Have we actually seen her ski? I mean, move across the snow in any manner besides still posing? Since her family is always filming for her, how come we haven't seen her going down a slope? Is this just another cosplay for her, another pretend identity? Because, when you think of how clumsy she is when she does gymnastics and how stiff she walks, I can't quite see her as being adept on skis, and skiing is pretty risky. I would like to see her hitting the slopes and see how she manages, tbh.

 

[Ilaariaa]

"I was always one to meticulously stay within the lines and was even given a special certificate for it when I was in reception ... Dad framed it and hung it on the wall"

Meanwhile my high school diploma has been gathering dust on a bookshelf at my parents' house for 5 years because my mom never got around to hanging it up even though she keeps saying she'll do it. Soon to be joined by my Master's degree diploma

 

[donny345]

Why does she say single bed and not just bed? I've never heard anyone specify the size of their bed unless it was necessary to the context of the conversation. Weirdo

for robitussin, it’s a personality trait to have downgraded from her queen bed -> single bed. I could be wrong but from memory this happened aaaages ago but she still has to mention her single bed

 

[Deeznutslol]

UGH she’s definitely one of those twats who complains about their SPLITTING HEADACHE but wouldn’t dare put CHEMICALS into their body in the form of PAINKILLERS

Yeah lmfao, the types who think that they’re somehow stronger and more resilient than other people because they refuse to take one

 

[CatCafe234]

Oh god, the House of Pankhurst speech she has shared on her story. How has she been invited to speak at this? SHE SAYS NOTHING.

It's all buzzwords and the most shallow, basic observations - Emily Pankhurst's words are "still relevant today", there are people whose voices are kept quiet today TOO but she doesn't elaborate or give any specific examples, because she doesn't know any because she lives in a privileged bubble. The campaign is "so important", a phrase so overused by Ruby that it means nothing and signals her having nothing specific to say.

I absolutely loathe seeing her get opportunities like this. How do people not see through her?

And why is she cosplaying again with the sash? It’s so strange, like a five-year old at Disney who wants to dress like a princess. That’s fine if you’re five but so strange when you’re in your mid 20s.

 

[DrinaM]

I've been away from all Ruby's BS for the past few months so bear with me; I checked her channel briefly and I'm confused. What exactly is she planning on doing after her gap year? another gap year? Can someone give me a tldr?

It seems she wants to do her Masters and has applied to Oxford. We only know this because she accidentally left some written notes on-screen referring to her Oxford application for Masters.
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Catherine Earnshaw, is that you?

 

[Griftwood]

the comment thread that her student was in got quite extensive lol. lots of people questioning her teaching “qualifications”

damn it, I missed it all! This is what I get for having an actual job (I mean unlike Ruby, this is not meant as a slight to anyone in this thread, employed or otherwise! )

 

[LostGhosts]

in regards to @LostGhosts recaps ,


- The girls are in science class learning about refraction and got put into pairs. Ruby gets paired with Beth, one of the bullies
- Beth doesn't help Ruby get the equipment which makes Ruby furious, and then Beth says she doesn't want to work with Ruby
- A girl called Ally says that Ruby thinks she is better than everyone and that is why another girl called June doesn't hang around with her anymore Ruby neither confirms or denies this
- Ruby witters on a bit about the experiment and clearly bores Beth who then walks off
- Beth comes back and politely asks to copy Ruby's nots. Ruby says no. Beth then puts Ruby's "three page, handwritten extension essay on the exisistance of photons" (forgive me if I am just an idiot but I am 24 and I don't know what photons are, how is a 11 year old writing a 3 page essay on them) in the water
- Ruby goes to the library to read her one of her favourite books, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- She meets Ella there who read Malory towers like Ruby instructed her to do. Ruby asks how things are with Ella and finds out Ella's bully snapped her ruler and told her she is as quiet as a small dead mouse.
- Ruby tells Ella about her bullies and Ella begs Ruby to tell a teacher. Ruby says she wont, so Ella replies saying she won't report her own bullying unless Ruby does as well and Ruby just accepts this. This makes Ella cry
- Ruby does the first responsible thing of the book and takes Ella to the staff room to tell Ella's teacher about her bullies


I love how everyone on this thread has collectively ditched “ Erimentha” and have just straight up accepted its just Ruby in her purest form making self fanfics

To be fair I am dyslexic and the idea of writing Erimentha every other sentence was just too much to cope with

 

[DrinaM]

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Credit to @Griftwood for digging this up in one of the old threads.

"HOW DAER YOU. You've gyot tyoo acksapt people as they are and yooo've gyot tyo be as koind as you possibly can. We can live harmoniously but ONLY if we eradicate bollying!"

Says the person who spent years demonising people who wear makeup, drink alcohol, go to parties or watch TV - the person who would go on to swindle various charities, run various scams and devote a huge part of her content to trying to pass her toxic productivity habits and eating disorder onto other people. The irony.

Write "STAND OP" and scribble a book on your wrist. Enjoy the hilarity of Ruby only showing concern for another person when she's also named Ruby. Take a shot any time she spontaneously changes outfits if you want to be in a coma this weekend.

I totally forgot about this
The way she describes real-life Ruby 'there is nothing wrong with wanting to learn or read or be like Hermione'. And she isn't 'boastful' etc. Gives us all the information we need to know that Rubert was teased about these specific things. Yes, probably called names and laughed at. Probably by other kids who were sick of her boastful shit. Teased, not bullied. And if she can get this fired up on a video, no doubt she can do so irl. I just know she was giving it back as good as she got.

 

[VallegGirl]

damn it, I missed it all! This is what I get for having an actual job (I mean unlike Ruby, this is not meant as a slight to anyone in this thread, employed or otherwise! )

Definitely no slight taken. The vast difference between Ruby and those on the thread is we don't brand ourselves as productive yet spend practically a year doing little more than wondering aimlessly about our gardens or sitting down at a desk writing lists of mundane tasks. Not saying there's anything wrong with planning out your time but (a) that supposes you need to manage your time because you are actually busy and (b) your not writing lists because you think writing a list is in and of itself productive. On another note the comment from her student was hilarious. It just confirms what many of us believed. Nothing wrong with being a teaching assistant I worked with many who held invaluable roles in a school. I can't believe for one minute she holds an invaluable role. I have this image of her becoming super excited because she could enter the hallowed environs of the staff room and having her own mug and specialist tea there.

 

[Redrose97]

I'm thinking about if Ruby was so badly bullied in school as she makes it out to be , why on earth would she want to come back to a place with bad memories? She is just so focused on the bullying angle and pepper just defend her by saying that she was bullied. I do wonder what her old teachers (if they are still there) and her co-workers of her, not to mention the students.

 

[emmer_moans]

and her parents: they want to spend a romantic evening in the garden and suddenly there is Ruby sitting in the darkness by a candle in the drug shed. with a book, wearing a Victorian nightgown

Seriously, their gardens/ house would make an excellent film set for a horror movie. Ruby could easily be cast as the precocious girl ghost with slanted candlestick in a holder.

 

[Ilaariaa]

spend all time decomposing in her room trying to become TWALVE again

Why is this so accurate lmao.
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By the way here is the current hair density, it honestly makes me sad
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Edit: Here is a picture for comparison from 3 years ago
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(heres the link of the video where i took the ss)

Her hair is making me anxious. If this isn't a glaring sign that there's something wrong with her health I don't know what is. You don't lose that much hair in so little time without an underlying condition causing it

 

[bookworm39]

OMG she's still going on about Alexander Pope potentially being a Romantic poet! Like, she says she read somewhere that there's some debate as to whether he is or he isn't! I can't even.

 

[theMoth]

“Leave at 10am- downstairs with book”. She almost literally has “read in the foyer while I wait for mummy to drive me to school” as a to-do list task. She also plans to make a book club poster in the car on the way in, another clear indicator that she is being chauffeured everywhere (and an example of pretty poor time management and planning). You’d think the commute to work in quiet late morning traffic would be a great opportunity to practice driving… Another task is to have lunch. This girl almost needs a to-do list to get out of bed and take a dump every day.

First I wasn't sure if I read that correctly on her list. what an odd to do list item. but I mean, we are talking about Ruby, so maybe it's not that odd. at least for her. and why would you put "downstairs with book" on a to do list next to "leave at 10am"? and why did she at "on drive" to the book club poster thing? I have so many questions. Is her day so full of other tasks that she has to prepare a poster in a car, during a ... what, 5 min drive? like a school kid who does their homework at the bus to school?

 

[yeya]

Ruby soft-launching a romantic partner??