Ruby's storyline does work better than Gabester's storyline (or any of the other ret-conning), I will agree with you there.
I totally think they didn't know at this point that Ruby was part of Lucifer's plan. Because I don't think they'd planned on bringing Lucifer in. Remember, up until S4, Kripke said they would NOT be bringing angels onto the show. Some people say that was all a ruse. I say he wrote himself into a corner, and Castiel was an awesome way to get Dean out of Hell. (Which, he totally was. I was THRILLED when Cas showed up.)
But part of me suspects that they were going to make Ruby "good," which, no. She's a demon. Demons might not all have the same agenda, but they all have an agenda. None of them are good. Period. You can't trust any of them. They're demons. Not only that, but making her a demon with a heart of gold would have been so freakin' cliche that I'm not sure I could stomach it.
My biggest problem with the character of Ruby is that her portrayal seems to be all over the place. Kate Cassidy I think could have pulled off the "I look like I'm good, but I'm actually manipulating you six ways from Sunday, and I'm gonna make you start the Apocalypse." Gen Cortese, while I'm sure she's a delightful person, and possibly a good actress in other roles, just didn't play the multiple layers of manipulation the character had going until the very end of the season. Now, part of this might not have been her fault, as she probably thought that Ruby actually was on the level and no one told her any differently. But there's that whole demon thing, so even if she was actually trying to help Sam, it certainly wasn't for Sam's ultimate well-being.
And even Ruby tells Sam, "It had to be you. It always had to be you." Again, I point to everything that could have gone wrong with that plan.
Basically, Ruby and the mytharc make my head hurt.
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Date: 2010-07-22 01:15 pm (UTC)I totally think they didn't know at this point that Ruby was part of Lucifer's plan. Because I don't think they'd planned on bringing Lucifer in. Remember, up until S4, Kripke said they would NOT be bringing angels onto the show. Some people say that was all a ruse. I say he wrote himself into a corner, and Castiel was an awesome way to get Dean out of Hell. (Which, he totally was. I was THRILLED when Cas showed up.)
But part of me suspects that they were going to make Ruby "good," which, no. She's a demon. Demons might not all have the same agenda, but they all have an agenda. None of them are good. Period. You can't trust any of them. They're demons. Not only that, but making her a demon with a heart of gold would have been so freakin' cliche that I'm not sure I could stomach it.
My biggest problem with the character of Ruby is that her portrayal seems to be all over the place. Kate Cassidy I think could have pulled off the "I look like I'm good, but I'm actually manipulating you six ways from Sunday, and I'm gonna make you start the Apocalypse." Gen Cortese, while I'm sure she's a delightful person, and possibly a good actress in other roles, just didn't play the multiple layers of manipulation the character had going until the very end of the season. Now, part of this might not have been her fault, as she probably thought that Ruby actually was on the level and no one told her any differently. But there's that whole demon thing, so even if she was actually trying to help Sam, it certainly wasn't for Sam's ultimate well-being.
And even Ruby tells Sam, "It had to be you. It always had to be you." Again, I point to everything that could have gone wrong with that plan.
Basically, Ruby and the mytharc make my head hurt.