Ruby Granger #40 Ruby the linguistic terrorist

[pinkmug]

omg rubys reel of her 10 back to school essentials and i am honestly shocked at how bad her nails looked. the chipped nail polish and the unkempt nails like...... what ??? how can u claim to be a perfectionist when u go around with such ratty looking nails. if u cant be bothered repainting ur nails and keeping on top of them ok... just stop painting them. keep them trimmed and clean. this is such a basic thing????

I have a pressing urge to send Ruby one of those 1940s-1950s public education videos where the narrator is a dictator about hygiene and good grooming.

 

[coldestofspirits]

I know it’s a controversial take but I think that truly ace people are quite rare. I fully believe asexuality exists, but I don’t think it’s anywhere near as common as the number of people who claim it as an identity currently.

While you’re right that we can’t rule it out for Ruby, let’s just say I would be extremely surprised. I could maybe see her coming out as ace at some point, though, because it would then make it hard for people to discuss her sexuality (as it would be perceived as invalidating her).

(For what it’s worth, I definitely don’t mean any disrespect to anyone who is reading this and IDs as ace or aro or both. I’m certainly not saying those things are unreal in an absolute sense - just that as with a lot of identity labels at the moment, they can be 100% real and also have issues around the self id part.)

 

[DrinaM]

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She said in her tiktok today that she bought these cardigans a year ago but then sent the black one back BUT she has a video from just over a month ago where she’s wearing that same black cardigan, so she either wore the cardigan and still sent it back () or she just put it on for the video and didn’t actually wear this outfit that day. I assume it’s the latter (as I’m sure most of her OOTDs are just her playing dress up anyway and she doesn’t actually wear them) but I wouldn’t put the former past her either. It also means this OOTD is probably from a year ago. Or maybe she never returned the cardigan at all and kept it all along. Ugh my head hurts from trying to keep track of all the lies. How can one person lie so much and for literally no reason? I genuinely cannot wrap my head around it.

The lies and BS ugh. Its so hard to keep track of it all lol.
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Her sister’s real name (I’m not sure of her middle name - just referring to first name and surname) is great, actually. Perfect for writing/publishing. (I haven’t said the name in case it breaks Tattle guidelines to have it in full - since M isn’t an influencer - but I think people can put it together if curious.)

I agree. I also think her social media name is kinda cool. At least its a version of her actual name and has something authentic about it.

 

[VallegGirl]

Re: Recent Rube the tube's lengthy trip to Italy can someone explain why was she nervous travelling with her best friend? Am I missing something? Why was she nervous? I mean as she constantly tells us she was going with her bestest friend who she lived with whilst at Uni. She's more irritating than a gnat in a tent.

 

[lmwfh17]

And this TikTok offers the assurance that this second round of Scotland content will be just like the last: You won't be able to hear a single word because she couldn't be bothered to invest in proper equipment and the wind drowns everything out.

and just like the last round of content she can’t be arsed to do a simple google search for the pronunciation of extremely well known scottish words. LOCH shiel, not “lock.” she’s such a moron.

 

[hart301]

If this new video doesn't confirm she reads here...I don't know what will. The ChatGPT stuff she spews is so funny!!!

 

[emmer_moans]

Roobee NO! Leave the non-human life form alone! * spray bottle emoji *

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Is her dress on backwards? The placement of those straps looks like she’s got it on back to front. Just going by dresses i have of the same style, the back straps are attached to the bodice closer together than the front. It just looks a bit strange on the front.

Also, I hope Blakeney encourages Ruby to get on with the reading preparations when she gets back. Tick tock…

 

[coldestofspirits]

As I do some casual online window-shopping this morning, it occurs to me again - as it has from time to time in the past - that one of the many (many… many) irritating things about Ruby is that she has so many resources and yet persists in wearing those awful Miss Patina clothes. I know exactly the look she’s going for, and it does exist in the form of… actually good quality clothes too, so I guess what I’m getting at is, she could do it better.

(Isn’t that always the way with Ruby? She could do everything she does, better.)

Even when she has a better quality item, like the Sondeflor pieces, she doesn’t take care of them - they’re sucked into the filthy morass that is her parents’ house, and anything she wears emerges crumpled and stained. So I’m not saying I actually want her to buy from (or perhaps more realistically, grift free stuff from) better brands, especially as it puts me off a brand when they do work with her (rip bird and blend). But still - Ruby, you have so much money, why are you dressing in polyester monstrosities!

(Intentionally refraining from mentioning the good brands in this post because I know she reads Tattle and I don’t want to tip her off on where to look for higher quality equivalents to the tacky rubbish she wears.)

 

[Hannahebee]

Likely old clips of her searching her nyyyyoooootes on her computer. Her desk keeps changing in this video

It seems weird to be using old clips of her in library and bookshops with a covid mask on.

I swear she said “precent” again…

The video is just a rehash of things that she has included in videos before as she has already mentioned about moving things into folders and getting rid of the things that you don't need, asking any questions that you might have for your teacher/lecturer, getting a good night's sleep, making sure that you are writing everyday and drinking enough water.

 

[replace32titles]

Round my way it's a minimum 45 minute drive to the nearest station, which means it's usually quicker (and cheaper) to just drive to wherever I'm going. I definitely get a seat in my own car too and I'm in control of the temperature - don't know about the rest of the UK, but whenever I've taken a train in the last few years, it's been unreasonably freezing cold.

 

[threeSMEGfridges]

She could be suffering from Dyshidrotic Eczema which is a type of eczema that affects the hands or she could have Chilblains which can form due to poor circulation or sensitive skin.

Let’s be honest Ruby would love chilblains like a Victorian match-girl

 

[just_another]

omg

1. Taking a taxi back and forth to work. Spoiled brat, much?

I don’t know where she lives (and actually I would like to know because it looks like she lives in the countryside but can easily travel to london?) but I live in Cornwall and for a 15 minute drive you need to pay around £20. How is she able to afford around that every working day twice??

 

[watercoloredfaerie]

You could say she’s Ruby’s FAAAAVORITE frand

 

[Whisper2Me]

Ruby’s doing English literature (1550 - 1700) so nothing to do with creative writing at all. Plus I doubt Emma Watson will even be in Oxford much, the creative writing course is run by the department of continuing education, it’s more of a distance learning thing. It’s a 2 year long part time course. She will mostly study at home and come to Oxford a few weekends a year for seminars. Open Uni vibes. I suppose she could live in Oxford city for the course duration since she’s loaded but I doubt it - I assume she has other work and I dont think she will qualify for accommodation in the colleges either.

If there’s a chance of seeing Emma Watson in Oxford at the weekend maybe it’ll make Ruby think twice about running home to her parents every single week!

Actually now that I think about it, a masters in creative writing might have been a good choice for Ruby. Doing a well established MFA in creative writing has helped a lot of authors get their first book published.

I doubt Ruby really cares that Emma Watson is attending Oxford for her Masters. Ruby is not interested in her, she is interested in the character of Hermoine Granger and only as a young Hermoine. She never reads or watches the books/movies when they start to show interest in each other or date. She wants to remain a child. Emma Watson is far more grown up than Ruby will ever be, and actors do not like to be type-cast. She would not be very happy to see some grown woman who pretends so much to be her character from over a decade ago, who even changed her last name to reflect that. I've never heard Ruby mention much at all about Emma beyond those first few HP movies; not her career, personal life or anything. Not to mention, Ruby is really nothing important and hasn't done anything worthwhile. Not only is Emma far richer than her, but she also earned it all on her own, not living under her parent's roof and expecting them to drive her places or pay her way/buy her way into anything.

 

[coldestofspirits]

She has mentioned Emma Watson from time to time. She’s also a big fan of the Greta Gerwig Little Women film.

(By the way, Watson is also a fairly awful person - she may not be on par with Ruby, but she’s certainly not a wonderful, ideal role model.)

 

[coldestofspirits]

The Wiki explanation for the honorary/“fake” masters thing is probably the best, tbh:

“In the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, Bachelors of Arts are promoted to the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts (MA) on application after six or seven years' seniority as members of the university (including years as an undergraduate). It is an academic rank indicating seniority, and not an additional postgraduate qualification, and within the universities there are in fact no postgraduate degrees which result in the postnominals 'MA'.”

This is why the degree Ruby’s doing is actually MSt (not MA) and the parallel course at Cambridge is MPhil. But they are similar to MA courses at other universities. The nine-month length does make these ones very condensed and intensive, though.

 

[Rumblemumble]

Found an old screenshot while going through the folder to clean it up. I used to take these, thinking that I'd share it with you guys once I got on tattle hehe

This "trulg" magical place was "a tad too expensive" for Rubmbster "even with the discounts". You know, sometimes she does act like she can't afford stuff like new books, because she heard others complaining about prices, and wrote it down on her "how to blend in with humans" list.

But sometimes, I'm staring to think, it comes from genuine stinginess She doesn't wanna pay. Period.

 

[coldestofspirits]

@Corneilya Fair enough, I definitely wasn’t expecting universal agreement! I’m just describing a phenomenon I’ve observed (and to some extent even experienced in myself) among queer women over the years, but you’re right that it’s ultimately anecdotal. There are also straight women who have similar tastes, for sure - it’s not, actually, Ruby’s tastes so much as her behaviours that define the theory for me, but I can see how maybe I seemed to be leaning on tastes a bit much in my post.

I’m not personally into shipping at all so I don’t see the correlation there, apologies! But I completely get that not everyone will see Ruby the way I do, and that is entirely reasonable.

 

[Poguely]

I think it’s interesting that Ruby’s life is described throughout these threads as sheltered, “narrow”, etc. I’m not sure how true that is? Part of that perspective on Ruby is her own portrayal of herself - she wants to seem sheltered and even “unworldly”, because it makes her special and gives the perfect explanation for her behaviours.

But her background is very privileged and she hasn’t been constrained in her activities by any particular cultural factor (e.g. fundamentalist religion). She has always had access to education, cultural opportunities, travel, sports, and a wealth of material goods. She did multiple extra curricular activities. She travelled repeatedly to London for extra cultural activities to bolster her Oxford application. She was fully supported in her ambitions. She was well-regarded by her school and selected as head girl.

She went to a good university and, yes, did get a first-class degree. She did live away from her parents, as much as we may criticise the details of how she handled Covid. And she became a successful content creator as a teenager - that is her real job. The finances tell their own tale.

She owns property. She is, yes, late learning to drive - but that’s relatively more common now in the wake of Covid, which itself affected driving lesson availability. She is monied enough that it’s understandable it wasn’t her priority. She has now travelled fairly extensively in Europe, albeit without ever going off the beaten track, and she has been to the US - she’s no adventurer, but I don’t think this can be considered a narrow life when many are unable to afford travel at all. Most forms of “adventurous” and “authentic” travel are ultimately fairly fabricated also.

She has hobbies, does sport for pleasure, struggles with mental health issues, sees a therapist, reads, is pursuing graduate education, writes, and continues with her job. Several of her family members are also struggling - she doesn’t focus on that in her content but surely it affects her. Her life isn’t perfect because nobody’s life is.

Believe me, it feels weird to write essentially a “defence” of Ruby when I’m normally very critical of her. I think she’s a deeply troubled person producing harmful content, and nothing I’ve said here changes my take on that. But I think she’s just…experienced what she’s experienced. Her life isn’t inherently narrow because she hasn’t been on a load of dates or gone backpacking in Thailand. She isn’t necessarily sheltered because she pretends to be (especially not if there is indeed alcoholism in her immediate family). A lot of what she posts is always, really, a performance imo.

That's kind of the point. Her entire life is preformative. She's not writing/reading/presuing higher education because she genuinely wants to, she is doing it for the aesthetics of doing so and the ego boost she gets from her 'fans'. And the financial reward. Even her travels are very restricted to that aesthetics, which is probably why she looks miserable and bored on half her trips. Her trips are every bit as fabricated as adventure vloggers. The difference is when the camera is off, the adventure vloggers go out and do things they enjoy. They have a life seperate from their character. Ruby just seems to hide away in her hotel room. Ruby makes real life decisions based on her aesthetics. She clearly doesn't enjoy reading and struggled to manage the workload in her last year at Exeter, necessitating multiple extensions because she couldn't meet deadlines. So what is the logical next step? A master of english lit at Oxford, of course!

 

[coldestofspirits]

“Pamphlet” actually isn’t an insult in the poetry world at all! I know it sounds like one, but it’s just a neutral descriptive term. Real publishers do publish/sell them (often small presses, but they’re not all vanity publications like Ruby’s).