Recently I saw this post on twitter about how Ruby and Weiss would act like if they were in love with each other. And I wanted to continue a previous reblog post I made a while ago but this time with Ruby’s side. (I will paste the Weiss part below and continue with Ruby’s)
I think Weiss would have started figuring things out after they had to be separated for so long, it gave Weiss a lot of time to think about things, and miss her team, especially Ruby. But not fully “realise” until at least volume 5. But afterwards, especially during their time together again, I think Weiss is hyper aware of how much Ruby means to her, she has always been aware of how much she cares about her but it never hit her as hard as it does after yearning and reuniting at last. Weiss slowly starts to connect the dots in her mind and realises the shoujo filter she has on while looking at Ruby is proobably not all-platonic. Now I don’t know if she is fully accepting these feelings let alone act on them, but she is most definitely continuing to give ruby the gay fond smile look and watch her with adoration in her eyes. Weiss continues to trust Ruby with her whole life without a single doubt but now its a lot more gayer than it originally was (which is insane. Because it was already incredibly gay.)
Extra thoughts: Weiss knows that Ruby already has a lot on her shoulders so she would not want to add more to it by suddenly coming clear about her feelings. But she is also someone who stands proudly so she won’t let go of it and let ruby “escape” either.
For Ruby, she definitely would not understand nor realise for a long time, I doubt that she can even focus on those emotions in the current timeline. For her, Weiss has always been one of the most important people to her, her closest bestfriend and partner, the person she trusts the most to never doubt her, Ruby has always wanted to be close to Weiss in every way but as time goes on those feelings change into something more intense without her knowing. Ruby has always liked spending time with Weiss but lately she would find herself wanting more, not sure if she would act on those feeling though. She would just assume that Weiss becomes more and more of an important person to her with each day, which would be totally natural and normal considering the situation theyre in as a team, so she wouldnt question if its romantic or not. Now, a scenario where Ruby has finally realised she feels awkward & shy around Weiss sometimes, and even starting to overthink small things more often, she might start to question why she feels this way but not exactly put a finger on it. I think for Ruby, it will be very hard to understand the concept of love and romance for herself specifically because not only does she have no experience she is also someone who is emotionally repressed. And I think if she ever did realise her feelings towards Weiss, she would see herself as “unfit” “betraying trust” and try to deny it for as long as possible.
Now thinking about how they would act.. Ruby would definitely accidentally say the most romantic things just to end up somehow friendzoning Weiss with a “youre my best friend forever/i’m glad youre my partner” type of sentence at the very end. Weiss of course feels her heart drop but she knows Ruby truly does mean everything she said so she still feels really happy and warm inside. She would also cling to Weiss more, naturally of course.. without her actually realising it, then just might try to distance herself out of fear of these emotions going uncontrollable. Ruby has always been very quick to notice when Weiss is acting off/is upset so thats not anything new.
Weiss on the other hand, shes a lot more attentive to Ruby. Constantly watching her, (something she already does) trying to spend time with her even if its just going for a mission or sitting in silence, has a very soft spot for Ruby thats noticed by quite literally everyone, but is also the reason that she dotes on Ruby more. (Though she does overlook a lot of things)
She would do small things like fixing Ruby’s hair, clothes, wiping her face whether theres something on it or she just wanted an excuse to touch, overall just a lot more attentive to everything about her and noticing the smallest things, wanting to ‘fix’ them for Ruby (who does not even notice them)
Weiss is also a professional at UnderstandingHowRubyRoseFeelsWithoutAnyWords so her becoming more attentive to the smallest details means she becomes even more hyper aware of the changes in Ruby’s mood, but we know Weiss gives Ruby the space needed before anything, and tries to help and include her in her own way.
And if they were to act on these feelings.. I think it has to be Weiss. Shes a lot more mature about these things and would rather handle it properly even if shes afraid ignoring the elephant in the room while Ruby is stuck in her inner storm trying to reason with herself, while also wanting to be closer to Weiss.
