EastEnders fans defend ‘baddie’ character as they point out ‘lifelong trauma and neglect’

EASTENDERS fans person defended a 'baddie' quality pursuing their instrumentality to Walford.

Viewers of the BBC One soap watched this week arsenic Ruby Allen made a melodramatic comeback.

The character, who is played by Louisa Lytton, past appeared successful Albert Square successful 2021 erstwhile she divorced Martin Fowler and near him and his children homeless.

She was jailed for wrongly accusing the Slater household of operating a cannabis farm.

But arsenic Ruby returned, Martin was shocked to observe helium had a lad called Roman that helium ne'er knew existed.

However, helium was near further devastated erstwhile helium followed Ruby to the infirmary and learned Roman is earnestly sick aft his liver failed.

Taking to a web forum, EastEnders fans person defended Ruby - insisting "lifelong trauma and neglect" is to blasted for her behaviour.

One wrote: "I don't deliberation Ruby is simply a 'baddie' character. I recognize her behaviour, adjacent the lies she told, the games she played... That's what lifelong trauma & neglect bash to a person.

"Like she says, she doesn't cognize what household is, not really, I tin subordinate to that and close now, with her lad successful infirmary similar that and the full Fowler-Slater clan descending upon her successful that moment, The Only Thing Ruby volition beryllium feeling is fearfulness successful the signifier of a major, analyzable PTSD response."

A 2nd replied: "Fair play to Ruby, yes she’s done immoderate atrocious things successful her time, but she’s served her clip and should beryllium allowed the accidental to rebuild her life.

"The information she’s had to rebuild it without immoderate household oregon the cushion of her Dad’s wealth (which she mentioned she’d lost), is simply a amusement of however beardown she tin be."

A 3rd instrumentality added: "She decidedly has imaginable to beryllium a rounded “villain” character, she’s replicated her dad’s tactics of calling radical to “sort out” her adversaries, but she does person a bosom and motherhood seems similar it could beryllium the making of her.

"I anticipation she tin go a “Janine” a pistillate villain who schemes and lies, but for whom the spectator has pathos by seeing their susceptible and caring side."