Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-70.36.68.115-20150302004042/@comment-70.36.68.115-20150302025824

My major points are though, that:

A. Seeing new weapons is "better than meeting people," which is a clear acknowledgement of the fact that she truly does not understand social dynamics, and that she understands weapons way better than she understands people, to the extent that she can look at a weapon anderstand the maker (and in this case) the wielder.

B. Despite the fact that she now has friends, still considers herself a complete "outsider."

And some new points after watching more of the show (and seeing your comments):

C. Being 16 and all, two years isn't a huge difference, I have plenty of friends who are upperclassmen.

D. It is totally possible for a person with Aspergers to have empathy, however it just takes an extreme amount of effort, which Ruby clears shows when interacting with other people.

And E. It is totally possible for someone to know another person with Aspergers their entire life without ever noticing, due to it being fairly easy to conceal it.

All that being said, I never meant to imply that she had severe Aspergers, just whether she had it at all (it is a spectrum, afterall).