Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-70.164.250.74-20180322215425/@comment-30530552-20180328162011

I mean, we do know that Ruby bottles...it's an extensive defense mechanism so that she can appear strong for others, and results in short little outbursts like the Silver Eyes deal. Unfortunately, these instances don't happen often enough AND they don't have any lasting effects, because when they happen means there's no time to address it, no one else is around to care, or other characters just don't take the initiative to confront her.

No time to address it would be instances like everything bad that happened during the Battle of Beacon or the Battle of Haven, since her trauma would have to be put below for her to survive and help everyone out (her core drive), and she feels she can"deal" with it later.

No one else around to care (at the time) would be instances like when she witnesses Pyrrha's death, or had the nightmares of Pyrrha's death (where no one else was awake and/or she actively avoids telling other people about it).

As for the last one, Oscar's been the only person who actually did this to any extent...except that scene was more for him than Ruby, even if the focus was on her...it felt forced. And while you do have tiny hints of moments in Volume 4 & at least one in Volume 5 (Leo referencing Penny's death) that all is not well, they're too few and far between, and the two times we do see Ruby open up some (i.e, Jaune talk and the letter to Yang), they're either stolen by the other character like with Jaune and Oscar, or too little too late.

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As for the sociopath thing, that'd be an awesome joke if it weren't so sadly true.