[spoilers] Harry and Ruth Strike Back

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(04-07-2010 10:27 PM)Naivety Wrote:  

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I keep hoping that Ruth will have to comfort Harry when he gets back to the grid after the bomb blast that happened at the end of Series 8

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Heh, me too. I keep wishing anyone would give poor old Harry a hug. Of course if it were Ruth, that would be so much better.

Ruth has offered Harry comfort before though, but he always seems unwilling to accept it. The roof scene in 8.8 is a good example. We also see it in 4.5, when she offers to be there for him after Clive dies, but he declines to take up the offer. I wonder why he does that? Is he afraid to show any weakness in front of Ruth? Or is he worried that he is reading more into her gestures than she means by them, and does not want to make a fool of himself? Maybe it's just a basic inability to open up, one of those limitations he so often refers to.