>>57664326Ruby also became way less effeminate around Sapphire when they got romantic, at least it looked that way to me. If acting girly involves acting a bit childish he sheds a lot of that. Their relationship is often portrayed more like marriage than just dating, for Ruby it's less "hehe I got a girlfriend" casual hedonism and more suddenly feeling responsible for protecting Sapphire's life and providing things for her. At least when shit goes down anyway he takes it serious like a husband in warzone or something, defaulting to a masculine role because turns out that's just natural to him. Not sure why but becoming responsible instantly made Ruby seem less flaming, and manga fans
(minus fujo degenerates) who read more than 7 volumes into RS no longer call him gay since it's obviously just not true and never was. Oddly enough nobody ever called Sapphire a lesbian despite being a tomboy
at least until fujos/westoids got the mind virus in the 2010s.
