jmtorres: animation: Supernatural 4.09, Ruby gasps as she wakes up Coma Girl. Text: COMA GIRL LIVES! (ruby)
jmtorres ([personal profile] jmtorres) wrote2010-09-18 05:04 pm

trufax: we do not inhabit the same universe as the rest of fandom.

I cosplayed Ruby at Club Vivid and [personal profile] luminosity commented that I was playing the dead femme fatale. I had to headtilt and remember that for the rest of fandom, yes, she is dead. But not for me, because I live in another universe as far as Supernatural is concerned.

I happened to mention this [personal profile] niqaeli, whose response was that, well, okay, the host body's kind of a walking corpse, but Ruby isn't dead in any meaningful way, and how do we dissect the deadness of demontude. We were stopped at a red light so I let go of the wheel and took her hands and said, "No really, honey, she was stabbed with the demon-killing knife. As far as canon and most of fandom are concerned, she's really, really dead." And niq started cracking up because she had completely forgotten, as she also lives in another universe with regards to Supernatural, although hers involves the phrase "Ruby, the archangel" and Gabriel being an asshole for kicks.

In case you were wondering about Olga, it's not like I didn't specifically go looking for all the blood and gore and demon-shooting and demon-stabbing and somehow I left out that part of the season 4 finale, so I think it's safe to say she's not dead either.

The funny thing is that there are shows for which fandom has declared Didn't Happen (see also: Richie Ryan, Alex Krycek, and Daniel Jackson, where the power of their denial combined with lack of regular work for a scifi-turned-serious actor combined to MAKE IT CANONICAL), but as far as we can tell, there isn't any organized/widespread denial about Ruby. So hey. Put your hands up if Ruby lives on in your hearts, regardless of what may or may not have happened on the show.
luminosity: (SPN-Dean-hungover)

[personal profile] luminosity 2010-09-19 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
I *WISH* Ruby were canonically still on some sort of "living" plane. I loved her. I always love the femme fatale, and she played it brilliantly.

*sigh*
viridian5: (Abel (No white knight))

[personal profile] viridian5 2010-09-19 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
Ruby lives on in my heart, partly because she was magic-knifed in such a sexual manner by Dean and Sam together that I was really disgusted at the show for it.
flourish: Ruby's pale face staring out of the darkness. (SPN devious)

[personal profile] flourish 2010-09-19 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
SAME

Also, she made such great facial expressions. And was generally such a great character! Wah.
coneyislandbaby: (Default)

[personal profile] coneyislandbaby 2010-09-19 10:12 am (UTC)(link)
She lives on for me. Only partly because I haven't seen the eps anyway.
azurelunatic: Vivid pink Alaskan wild rose. (Default)

[personal profile] azurelunatic 2010-09-20 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
<lovingly>Of course that bitch is still alive!</lovingly>