>>58494164That adds up, the spats are function over form. But the form is great too.
>>58494814I'll share my other latest Sapphire discovery then. So Sapphire has this thinking pose with her finger to her mouth. It looks innocent and curious, as if she doesn't know what she's looking at. It comes off as childish since she's not hiding her ignorance to protect an ego, the way most older people do, so if she doesnt know something she'll just ask even if it makes her look dumb. However she doesn't even use this pose much because she
doesn't think has a unique thought process, where she's more likely to blurt out questions to others than just figure it out in her head. (But I also consider basic pondering different from strategizing on the fly during a battle, since Sapphire is perfectly competent doing the latter)
Meanwhile Ruby (after character development) basically covers his mouth when he's thinking seriously, as if subconsciously trying to hide the fact he doesn't know something. But he might also be trying to look cool which he's actually admitted to doing. All secretive which fits a professional gaslighter. Ruby internalizes most of his thoughts, he prefers figuring things out by himself so he uses his thinking pose a lot.
But before character development it rarely showed up, as back then Ruby was prone to effeminate complaining about everything instead of trying to solve serious problems by himself, and he was just generally unstable with poor self controlIndividually this doesn't mean much, but in contrast this is just more proof that Sapphire is canonically retarded (or at least superficially meant to look that way) compared to Ruby. Also Franticshipping IQ difference confirmed.
