Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140701202255/@comment-4830106-20140822023025

I think it should be focused less on Ruby being broken, and more on her acting out of character. To keep up the parallel with Aang, there was that one moment when he used an air blade to slice a retreating buzzard wasp in half. For such a pacifist as Aang, a calculated use of deadly force is pretty significant. By the same token, Ruby needs to do something similarly jarring, so that the rest of the cast can look at her and freak out.