I agree with you. Whenever Ruby was treated harshly Ellen never batted an eye and chose to never believe her first until Izek confronted her about it. If I’m not wrong further in the novel she does apologize and reflects on her actions!
yes! one of my favorite things that izek told her was “shes your family” at the end of the day, ruby is closer to her than freya despite the emotional connection. & her not standing up for ruby during freya and ruby’s conflicts just shows how much she respects her. thus, making her reputation worse in the duchy.
I get your points but its also important to consider that freya and the head maid were there for ellen since her childhood. Freya is her childhood friend and the head maid was like a parental figure to her. So it makes sense that she would have her own doubts about rubys statements, because for ellen she is just a 'stranger' who got married into the family. I think everyone would believe their clone friends and parental Figuren more than some stranger. I hope you understand what i mean. But without doubt after the head maid incident she should have opened her eyes more
i've been seeing alot of people debate against liking ellen or not but all i can say is that i DONT like her whatsoever. id gladly have a debate over this bec I HAVE TIME.
1. ellen is a constant bystander towards rubys torment in the house. ellen is probably more involved in house affairs than izek is bec hes always on missions. despite him being away, he acknowledged those rumors and put them to an end.
2. ellen's nanny backstabbed her and insulted her mother, knowing that ellen still loved her mother despite all trauma she inflicted into her. the nanny basically used ellen and izeks mother as a shield to prove her point to ruby.
3. after the incident with her nanny she contemplates on whether or not she should apologize knowing shes in the wrong, but doesnt. unlike iz, who didnt like her at first, his prejudices aside seperate from her family and actually got to know her.
4. ellen's pov of her mom's illness was when she was a child. shes never tried understanding ruby's struggles through an adults perspective. she only made the connection that they had the same disorder. shes never considered that they have the same tendencies but different trauma.