NOT HATE / CRITICISM - PURELY HEADCANONS
I draw the “platonic sparkchip” duo a LOT, but not out of “omg i ship them” (friendly reminder I DON’T SHIP CHARACTERS UNLESS IT’S CANON!! Very rarely do I deviate from this!!!)
I do it because BEFORE THEY EVEN KNEW EACH OTHER, I always knew they’d understand each other best and would be an amazing caretaker + wounded duo.
Ruin has 50 years of patience and emotional experiences on his back. He can understand and preserve through Eclipse’s issues and give him all the time he needs without becoming impatient like many other characters do. On top of that, Ruin has “Eclipse experience”, just by universe hopping for 3 years and meeting Eclipse upon Eclipse along with others. He knows Eclipse inside and out like he knows every other character. Especially since their stories are so closely bounded together.
Ruin sees Eclipse like a wounded wolf. He knows damn well Eclipse isn’t going to tend to himself nor let anyone else tend to him - especially when he sees himself as above them (in the food chain). But, his patience will allow him to get through to him and hopefully help him learn to not bite the hand that feeds.
Eclipse on the other hand tries to mask his unfamiliar sentimentality as “they’re too important as an asset to lose” when the reality is “I’m not letting you hurt me by dying after I let you get so close.”
Every time Eclipse allows someone in, they hurt him - not by betraying him - by disappearing. Moon abandoned him, Earth is unavailable most of the time due to his sacrifice for Solar, Puppet died for the sake of everyone, and now Ruin is getting KIDNAPPED! HE CAN’T LET THIS GO ON!