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7/17/2025, 3:51:42 AM
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Kek
That happens to nearly all female Pokespe protagonists, but with Sapphire it comes off as one of the most ridiculous examples because she initially had significant set up to be
>a protagonist on equal standing with Ruby
>extremely competent, independent and could have clearly solved almost everything by herself, if only suddenly enforced shounen genre conventions didn't stop her
And all this gets naturally blamed on Ruby, both in universe and outside of it, just like in ORAS later on. But in reality the exact moment RS goes to shit is the moment Sapphire doesn't break the aircar glass in one punch. That's the main contradiction with prior events (back when she could break concrete), since there's no logical reason why she can't break out herself, it's not like Ruby broke her fucking arms. And contrary to what everyone keeps spamming, the fact Ruby locked her in there in the first place is NOT the main problem narratively at least in terms of his character arc: the whole point is that he comes to care for Sapphire so much that he goes insane. He then makes a morally ambiguous/stupid choice that he quickly faces consequences for (even if some think he deserved even more bullying for it, though frankly watching his dad's fresh corpse get cremated was already punishment enough). But in terms of Ruby's development alone, it's the culmination of his entire journey, going from a selfish brand of mental illness to a "selfless" brand of mental illness (but still selfish in a different way). Because even when he technically becomes a better person, he still doesn't know how to be "normal". Thinking that he's loving Sapphire by betraying her is meant to be the epitome of his brain rot.
But the RS arc might have been running out of time or something by that point because while Ruby undergoes his 20th mental breakdown, Sapphire just ends up shafted in the process of it all.
Kek
That happens to nearly all female Pokespe protagonists, but with Sapphire it comes off as one of the most ridiculous examples because she initially had significant set up to be
>a protagonist on equal standing with Ruby
>extremely competent, independent and could have clearly solved almost everything by herself, if only suddenly enforced shounen genre conventions didn't stop her
And all this gets naturally blamed on Ruby, both in universe and outside of it, just like in ORAS later on. But in reality the exact moment RS goes to shit is the moment Sapphire doesn't break the aircar glass in one punch. That's the main contradiction with prior events (back when she could break concrete), since there's no logical reason why she can't break out herself, it's not like Ruby broke her fucking arms. And contrary to what everyone keeps spamming, the fact Ruby locked her in there in the first place is NOT the main problem narratively at least in terms of his character arc: the whole point is that he comes to care for Sapphire so much that he goes insane. He then makes a morally ambiguous/stupid choice that he quickly faces consequences for (even if some think he deserved even more bullying for it, though frankly watching his dad's fresh corpse get cremated was already punishment enough). But in terms of Ruby's development alone, it's the culmination of his entire journey, going from a selfish brand of mental illness to a "selfless" brand of mental illness (but still selfish in a different way). Because even when he technically becomes a better person, he still doesn't know how to be "normal". Thinking that he's loving Sapphire by betraying her is meant to be the epitome of his brain rot.
But the RS arc might have been running out of time or something by that point because while Ruby undergoes his 20th mental breakdown, Sapphire just ends up shafted in the process of it all.
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