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HANNAH EINBINDER and LORENZA IZZO in Hacks 3x02
Hacks (2021-). Mrs. Table.
The most depressing thing about Deborah bringing up that Ruby has an anecdote with the ring and an ex-girlfriend is that it means Ava confided in Deborah and, at some point in those three months they spent together, told her what happened.
There is no other way she could've found out. And yeah, Ava has always been a TMI kind of person, but that's a really vulnerable thing to share. And if Deborah presses on that particular wound, that might be crossing the line that finally breaks Ava.
I'm scared of what this new episode might bring. It's likely that they hit rock bottom here and, next week, D'Christening makes things start to pick back up.
Ruby's reaction to Ava playing VR / Ava's reaction to Deb. Requested by @saint-moro
i keep seeing people talk about ruby being boring and an unlikeable character and i just need to get this off my chest: that. is. intentional.
the character of ruby exists as the mirror of what passes for convention—her character embodies the structure of comphet: pleasant, emotionally available in predictable ways, polite, kind, and the kind of safe affection that affirms social norms rather than challenging them. she offers ava the kind of relationship she’s been told she should want: tidy, affirming, free of the chaos and friction that come from desire that actually transforms.
her presence is narratively functional because she shows what “normal” wlw/sapphic love looks like through a heteronormative framework—steady, domestic, unthreatening—and in doing so, she highlights why deborah isn’t just more interesting but more essential. and it also highlight’s deborah’s point in 1.09 about having a shared language with someone and creating with them.
honestly, deborah’s dynamic with ava disrupts the neatness ruby represents; it’s charged, creative, confrontational, unique, generative, and unconventional. ruby’s blandness isn’t a flaw but a feature, people!!! she’s the control variable!!! ruby is meant to represent the quiet baseline against which real recognition and creative intimacy (ie. with deborah) reveal their depth.
Hacks Bottle Episode Poll
Which Hacks characters would you most like to see in a bottle episode? (Ava & Deborah edition)
Ava & Aidan
Ava & Kathy
Ava & Marcus
Ava & Marty
Deborah & Kiki
Deborah & Nina
Deborah & Ruby
Deborah & Wilson
Deborah & Winnie
Deborah & Literally Any Therapist
Results
These are my top picks ft. either Ava or Deborah, my only criteria being that they be two characters that we haven't seen spend meaningful 1:1 time together onscreen*. I have thoughts about all of them, ranging from fully-fleshed out scenarios to topics addressed/outcomes to just ~vibes, and I'm happy to (and will probably anyway, at some point) share those thoughts about any of these options—just lmk.
Please reblog with your pick, what you think these scenarios might look like, and/or if there's another character you'd prefer to see Ava or Deborah paired with for a bottle episode!
You can find the other version of this poll, ft. Hacks characters that are not Deborah or Ava, here.
*Ava and Marcus are the biggest exception to this, probably, in that they've spent some 1:1 time together onscreen, but I feel like their dynamic has been inconsistent enough that I don't quite count it as "meaningful".