same! I wrote 2-3 "books" between the ages of 11 and 14 and looking back at them they're super awful self inserts lmao even what I write now at 21 I know isn't publishable. based on her writing videos I don't think Ruby does any heavy editing to her writing which is ultimately what makes books good. you can go through as many times as you want correcting grammar mistakes and switching up words but unless you learn how to do some major plot and character overhaul to make things better the story isn't going to improveSame, her book reminds me of my One Direction fanfics in which themain character
My writing was also what you can expect of a 10-12 year old whose English wasn’t a first language
Except, I didn’t exactly publish those..
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Five years in and she still can't even brush her hair properly
I guess it's too much to ask that she have even the most basic life skills I just don't get how someone can be so OCD and half-assed at the same time.Jesus Christ - how tf is she brushing her hair?!!!
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Five years in and she still can't even brush her hair properly
That's the most aggressive hair-ripping routine I've ever seen. No one taught her to start at the bottom to get the tangles out?
Just a heads up – let’s please not use “OCD” as an adjective meaning perfectionist and orderly, OCD is much more than that. As far as I know, Ruby has never said she struggles with OCD.
But OUCH her hair, maybe she just brushed it this way because she was being performative for the video? Idk, as someone with curly hair this hurt me in so many levels.
Apologies, I totally get what you're saying and I did use OCD in an inappropriate way. I'll go back and correct the post.
But I also honestly think she may have OCD. She schedules every moment of her day and then has frustration/anxiety when things don't go accordingly (her sister's livestream with their mom, the book incident, covid, etc.) She clearly has generalized anxiety. OCD, anxiety and disordered eating usually overlap. But that's just based on my personal experience. I'm definitely no professional.
That hurt my scalp to watch that! Though I do kind of think she was acting and pretending to have crazy hair like hermione.
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I was more concerned about the fact she toasted her bread then was eating bread that wasn’t at all toasted
Now that you mention it, me too. I suffered from OCD in my late teens and I saw some of those behaviours reflected in a couple of videos (I can't remember which ones, I didn't think much of it at the time), but the idea of things getting "contaminated", some inflexible rituals, I didn't try new things because they were an "invasion to my clean and pure lifestyle", etc. I'm not talking about a clean house, it's a mental thing. This happened during my intellectual phase at school, after a.. Disgusting experience with a teacher. I stayed away from my friends, since they were not smart enough and could contaminate me, and because my rituals were awkward. I had to hide them in public but my mom new them (btw parents are told not to engage in the rituals). I hope i'm wrong because it's exhausting and truly disabling.
Also I think she mentioned herself that she washes her hands compulsively? I can't remember exactly, but somebody please let me know if I have just made that up
I nearly reached into the screen and yanked that comb and brush out of her hands, wtf?? I swear her head was being forced to the sides, yikes. Cringing hard. She has gorgeous hair too, why go at it like you're weeding your lawn jfc...
I laughed when in the latest Victorian Cosplay Ruby did a disclaimer which I thought might be for our benefit
The she proceeded to be cringe again.
The she proceeded to be cringe again.
Her hair brushing seemed so condescending to me - as if she's better than that and has better stuff to do than brushing her hair cause she's such an intellectual. It's such a bad influence cause it's your body after all and you should take care of it and love it too instead of hurting your scalp just to prove you're "not as other girls". Also I don't believe Hermione was so anti make-up and anti beauty as she portrays.
I mean she spends ages getting ready for the Yule Ball.... so she is actually quite into looking just right lol
You’re correct, she did say that in a older video. This is something that I sympathise with Ruby about - no matter what I do my hands look shocking in winter and I’m forever putting hand cream on. I can’t even comprehend putting neat lemon juice anywhere near my hands or fingers, that would be incredibly painful!!!
"Hermione is a very tidy person, so of course she'll make her bed"
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Five years in and she still can't even brush her hair properly
Proceeds to make her bed in the most half-assed, untidy way possible
Keeping these chapter overviews behind a spoiler, that way if Ruby is choosing to read this thread, she can walk on by. These are not intended as a personal attack on Ruby. I once noted in a diary entry the, "definite sexual tension," between me and an A level tutor. Narrator: there was no sexual tension.
Erimentha gets up, makes porridge and makes a list. Items include talking to Kimberly and Izzy to clarify the exact reasons for their unkindness. "From there, adjustments can be made as necessary." Adjustments? 
Re-education camps? Frontal lobotomy? The dark turn this novel is taking scares me.
At school, a friend is doing last night's homework and Erimentha offers to check it, as she is obviously far more capable than the adult paid to do it. A new antagonist, Beth, pulls a dick move by throwing Erimentha's post-it pad out of the window. She demands a meeting with the three of them to hash this out. Writes a new post-it to remind herself.
In history class, Mr Aldridge asks the class about Oliver Cromwell. Erimentha's hand shoots up, but given that she is already monopolising the class, he gives the answer to another student, and she said he was a ruler in Britain. She lifts her hand even higher to the ceiling, to the point of almost standing up. She will not allow this intellectual inferior get the final say! Now in real life, the teacher would take the reins and not allow this show-off to embarrass another classmate, but as this is fiction/autobiographical, the brow-beaten Mr Aldridge has no resolve left. She dazzles with her answer and is given a bleeping housepoint.
It's the end of class and it's time to confront the others. They say she has no sense of humour and doesn't socialise. To be fair, this is fairly constructive, they haven't name-called and so far seems accurate.
To demonstrate there is actual bullying going on, Kimberly tells Erimentha that she's decided the whole year group will dislike her, and throws her gum at her.
After classes, she sees her friend Simone who is excited to come to her place tomorrow. Erimentha has already made a list of what's required for the volcano. They don't keep vinegar in the house as Nathan's allergic (another fault of his) and Simone agrees to bring it, as well as dry ice.
Re-education camps? Frontal lobotomy? The dark turn this novel is taking scares me.At school, a friend is doing last night's homework and Erimentha offers to check it, as she is obviously far more capable than the adult paid to do it. A new antagonist, Beth, pulls a dick move by throwing Erimentha's post-it pad out of the window. She demands a meeting with the three of them to hash this out. Writes a new post-it to remind herself.
In history class, Mr Aldridge asks the class about Oliver Cromwell. Erimentha's hand shoots up, but given that she is already monopolising the class, he gives the answer to another student, and she said he was a ruler in Britain. She lifts her hand even higher to the ceiling, to the point of almost standing up. She will not allow this intellectual inferior get the final say! Now in real life, the teacher would take the reins and not allow this show-off to embarrass another classmate, but as this is fiction/autobiographical, the brow-beaten Mr Aldridge has no resolve left. She dazzles with her answer and is given a bleeping housepoint.
It's the end of class and it's time to confront the others. They say she has no sense of humour and doesn't socialise. To be fair, this is fairly constructive, they haven't name-called and so far seems accurate.
To demonstrate there is actual bullying going on, Kimberly tells Erimentha that she's decided the whole year group will dislike her, and throws her gum at her.
After classes, she sees her friend Simone who is excited to come to her place tomorrow. Erimentha has already made a list of what's required for the volcano. They don't keep vinegar in the house as Nathan's allergic (another fault of his) and Simone agrees to bring it, as well as dry ice.
Thank you for the summary as always!Keeping these chapter overviews behind a spoiler, that way if Ruby is choosing to read this thread, she can walk on by. These are not intended as a personal attack on Ruby. I once noted in a diary entry the, "definite sexual tension," between me and an A level tutor. Narrator: there was no sexual tension.
Erimentha gets up, makes porridge and makes a list. Items include talking to Kimberly and Izzy to clarify the exact reasons for their unkindness. "From there, adjustments can be made as necessary." Adjustments?
At school, a friend is doing last night's homework and Erimentha offers to check it, as she is obviously far more capable than the adult paid to do it. A new antagonist, Beth, pulls a dick move by throwing Erimentha's post-it pad out of the window. She demands a meeting with the three of them to hash this out. Writes a new post-it to remind herself.
In history class, Mr Aldridge asks the class about Oliver Cromwell. Erimentha's hand shoots up, but given that she is already monopolising the class, he gives the answer to another student, and she said he was a ruler in Britain. She lifts her hand even higher to the ceiling, to the point of almost standing up. She will not allow this intellectual inferior get the final say! Now in real life, the teacher would take the reins and not allow this show-off to embarrass another classmate, but as this is fiction/autobiographical, the brow-beaten Mr Aldridge has no resolve left. She dazzles with her answer and is given a bleeping housepoint.
It's the end of class and it's time to confront the others. They say she has no sense of humour and doesn't socialise. To be fair, this is fairly constructive, they haven't name-called and so far seems accurate.
To demonstrate there is actual bullying going on, Kimberly tells Erimentha that she's decided the whole year group will dislike her, and throws her gum at her.
After classes, she sees her friend Simone who is excited to come to her place tomorrow. Erimentha has already made a list of what's required for the volcano. They don't keep vinegar in the house as Nathan's allergic (another fault of his) and Simone agrees to bring it, as well as dry ice.
Where is Simone, an 11 year old going to get dry ice from?? I'm doing a PhD in chemistry and I don't even know where to source it outside of a chemistry department.
Also actually dying that Nathan is allergic to vinegar, a naturally occuring acid (which, according to wikipedia, is a component of vaginal lubrication. I hope to poor man doesn't go into anaphylaxis the first time he has sex)
You killed me with the Post-It partKeeping these chapter overviews behind a spoiler, that way if Ruby is choosing to read this thread, she can walk on by. These are not intended as a personal attack on Ruby. I once noted in a diary entry the, "definite sexual tension," between me and an A level tutor. Narrator: there was no sexual tension.
Erimentha gets up, makes porridge and makes a list. Items include talking to Kimberly and Izzy to clarify the exact reasons for their unkindness. "From there, adjustments can be made as necessary." Adjustments?
At school, a friend is doing last night's homework and Erimentha offers to check it, as she is obviously far more capable than the adult paid to do it. A new antagonist, Beth, pulls a dick move by throwing Erimentha's post-it pad out of the window. She demands a meeting with the three of them to hash this out. Writes a new post-it to remind herself.
In history class, Mr Aldridge asks the class about Oliver Cromwell. Erimentha's hand shoots up, but given that she is already monopolising the class, he gives the answer to another student, and she said he was a ruler in Britain. She lifts her hand even higher to the ceiling, to the point of almost standing up. She will not allow this intellectual inferior get the final say! Now in real life, the teacher would take the reins and not allow this show-off to embarrass another classmate, but as this is fiction/autobiographical, the brow-beaten Mr Aldridge has no resolve left. She dazzles with her answer and is given a bleeping housepoint.
It's the end of class and it's time to confront the others. They say she has no sense of humour and doesn't socialise. To be fair, this is fairly constructive, they haven't name-called and so far seems accurate.
To demonstrate there is actual bullying going on, Kimberly tells Erimentha that she's decided the whole year group will dislike her, and throws her gum at her.
After classes, she sees her friend Simone who is excited to come to her place tomorrow. Erimentha has already made a list of what's required for the volcano. They don't keep vinegar in the house as Nathan's allergic (another fault of his) and Simone agrees to bring it, as well as dry ice.
Honestly, I would totally hate Erimentha at school and be rude to her. She's tragic. If she defines it as bullying, oh well too bad. It's offensive to people who are ACTUALLY bullied.Keeping these chapter overviews behind a spoiler, that way if Ruby is choosing to read this thread, she can walk on by. These are not intended as a personal attack on Ruby. I once noted in a diary entry the, "definite sexual tension," between me and an A level tutor. Narrator: there was no sexual tension.
Erimentha gets up, makes porridge and makes a list. Items include talking to Kimberly and Izzy to clarify the exact reasons for their unkindness. "From there, adjustments can be made as necessary." Adjustments?
At school, a friend is doing last night's homework and Erimentha offers to check it, as she is obviously far more capable than the adult paid to do it. A new antagonist, Beth, pulls a dick move by throwing Erimentha's post-it pad out of the window. She demands a meeting with the three of them to hash this out. Writes a new post-it to remind herself.
In history class, Mr Aldridge asks the class about Oliver Cromwell. Erimentha's hand shoots up, but given that she is already monopolising the class, he gives the answer to another student, and she said he was a ruler in Britain. She lifts her hand even higher to the ceiling, to the point of almost standing up. She will not allow this intellectual inferior get the final say! Now in real life, the teacher would take the reins and not allow this show-off to embarrass another classmate, but as this is fiction/autobiographical, the brow-beaten Mr Aldridge has no resolve left. She dazzles with her answer and is given a bleeping housepoint.
It's the end of class and it's time to confront the others. They say she has no sense of humour and doesn't socialise. To be fair, this is fairly constructive, they haven't name-called and so far seems accurate.
To demonstrate there is actual bullying going on, Kimberly tells Erimentha that she's decided the whole year group will dislike her, and throws her gum at her.
After classes, she sees her friend Simone who is excited to come to her place tomorrow. Erimentha has already made a list of what's required for the volcano. They don't keep vinegar in the house as Nathan's allergic (another fault of his) and Simone agrees to bring it, as well as dry ice.
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