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The fact that it’s Jaune and Ruby fighting over the emotional breakdown rights is just so perfect. Because way back in volume 1 with all the drama over the big Jaune arc right at the beginning, of course it would be him. Ruby is mirroring what many of the fans thought. Jaune gets to have another breakdown while she’s pushed to the side yet again, like she’s been since the literal first week of beacon.
To add to the Blake Yang Ruby drama from the episode today, when Yang fell into the Ever After way back in volume 8. There was a lot of discourse because Blake broke down crying and Weiss comforted her, and ruby didn’t. That was because Ruby was in the middle of a fight. Ruby has always had to keep fighting while others get to handle their emotions. “You may have been a failure before but you can’t be one now” she isn’t allowed to have the emotional processing stick. Now Ruby is seeing Blake be everything she used to be, happy, positive, in control, close to her team, and it’s destroying her that she can’t be that anymore.