 I love when characters talk to themselves. And you guys get a chance to do that in this episode. What was it like talking to an older version of your own character? Ruby, as we discussed, has gone through a lot of emotional turmoil, and I feel like she has not healthily addressed any of those emotions. And I think we're seeing a visual representation of her subconscious coming and going, here are your faults, here are all the ways in which you feel you have failed not only as a person, but as a team leader, and she's forced to address it head-on physically. From a personal standpoint, it's certainly very emotional, especially considering the last couple of years that the whole world has gone through. It's like we're dealing with a lot, still going through a lot of trauma, and that I hope was apparent in the reads, too. It was a really special moment for a number of reasons. I think it was really fun to portray present-day Yang, but also past Yang, because the way I would voice act Yang in volumes one through three was very different than how I would voice act her now. But that moment when she's talking to her past self, I think it's an incredible moment of growth because she's talking about how the mistakes she's made, the devastation she's been through, has changed her as a person, and she doesn't regret it. She knows better, she's learned, she's stronger for it. Whereas her past self, I think, felt like she was untouchable. That was her personality. Like, she was very confident because she felt untouchable. But now, because she's been through all this, she feels like she's stronger for it, and so she doesn't want to go back and change anything. And I think that's like a really huge moment of growth for her and the rest of the team. I think the interesting thing about having a show that's been running for so long, too, is that, you know, we've seen years of these characters growing. In world, they've only grown like one and a half, two years. So it's like... What's going on? Yeah, I think one of my favorite things, too, about that whole moment is the way Miles wrote it and Dustin directed it. We focus on Weiss, Blake, and Yang first. We see the ways that they, you know, are genuinely actually feeling better, the way that they've grown and are feeling about themselves and how resolute they still feel. I am Weiss, me, and I am a huntress. I am a huntress. I am a huntress. And then almost like we'd forgotten, then we'd get back to Ruby, and it's like... And it's bad. And she's just on the floor. Yeah, and I just, I love that cut so much. Like it's just the way that we order that. It's a complete different energy. I like also the rubies of volumes past have been very positive, and that's her motivation. You talk about Yang going like, okay, yeah, I've had my struggles, but I'm better for it, total opposite for Ruby. She's like, I'm okay, I'm okay, I can do it. It's like, no, you cannot. And the world is now going to stop you because you won't stop yourself. In a sense, the rest of the team doesn't even quite see how bad it's pulling at Ruby. I don't think Ruby sees how bad Ruby is. And it felt like a good time to kind of check in for the audience to say very explicitly, like have Ruby talking to herself of like, this is what is happening. And really clearly separate the three of them from her. It's so beautifully sinister too to have it delivered from volume one Ruby, like the most positive horse in the show. Come on now. Well, you talk about that, it's wild to think you've been voicing these characters now for over a decade. And so... I mean, how does that change? Like, do you still identify with these characters? I mean, it's definitely different, but still the same. So, but yeah. I think I've grown with Yang in the same capacity and at the same rate that she's grown and changed. I love learning more about this character and who she is deep down because I think I've learned more about her as the audience has learned more about her. And so I still feel super connected to her. She's my bae. I love getting to play her. I love getting to portray this character who is so strong in so many different ways, but it's just so much more to her than just that. Not to be too deep, but I think art imitates life and that's the beauty of the poetry behind it. Our characters are different, but the same and we as humans are different, but the same. We've grown so much in the past 10 years. I mean, that's such a formative time in someone's life to like, for us, it was our 20s. Like this show is our 20s. Yeah. I think that's like another level of that 10-year thing is the biggest part of our lives. Yes, our 20s. I was at the same level. I was like, yeah. Sorry. How old do you feel? All so young, man. I think even more now than ever, I identify with my character, especially maybe y'all can relate to finding yourself as a person comes along with like finding yourself through your character. So watching Ruby address a lot of the issues that she's had. Impostor syndrome is very relatable. I'm sure y'all can also relate to in a creative field. He's gonna say in the entertainment industry. Yeah. Never. As a creative? Yeah. That's, again, just the heart of the show is like, we connect our characters so much and have grown with them and I hope the audience has done the same. What the heck's an arrow fell? Thanks for watching this Deeper Dive into this week's episode of Ruby. If you want more, come back every Tuesday after the episode and we'll talk about it and have fun. And go watch the episodes on Crunchyroll every Saturday. Please go watch it. Bye.