Ruby & Agatha

Ruby & Agatha is the family ship between Ruby Gillman and Agatha Gillman from the Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken fandom.

Canon
At some point when Ruby was a baby and her mother has not long hidden the after, to keep the evil mermaid queen from reclaiming it, Agatha brought Ruby and her husband to her surface. To start a new life as "humans," so Ruby wouldn't be forced to fight like her mother did to her. Agatha didn't want her and Ruby to fall into a similar pattern with Ruby resenting her mother, and for them to be come. She fought hard to ensure they and their family have a life on land, where Ruby can pick her own path and life, without the Kraken Queen deciding things for her granddaughter. Knowing that sea water awakens the giant kraken transformation and how it could draw the attention of the many evil sea creatures, Agatha made it her number one rule for Ruby stay away from the ocean. Despite the fact that they reside in a town by the sea and knows a lot more about it than the humans do.

Ruby couldn't help but wonder about life under the sea and since her mother wouldn't tell her much about it, Ruby is forced to read about it from books that humans wrote on the ocean. Even though Agatha has told Ruby not to trust those facts. Although Agatha and the rest of their family have left their mark on land, while making everyone believe that their blue skin is due to them being "Canadian," Ruby wasn't satisfied with being a mathleat from having trouble fitting in at school and hates lying about herself to others.

Agatha's "stay away from the ocean" rule ends up affecting Ruby's friends, as they miss out on a lot of fun events and activities near the ocean to support Ruby. When it was time for prom, that was being hosted on a ship surrounded by ocean, Ruby tries to convince her mother to make an exception, but Agatha refused to the take risk. She was impressed with Ruby's presentation, but her over protective motherly instincts had her tell Ruby no. Ruby was content with the backup plan she had her friends had set of that was the chance, but after hearing them say that prom wasn't an event they want to miss out on because of Agatha, Ruby felt trapped of wanting to remain her mother's good girl and wanting to please her friends. Leading to the suggestion of Ruby going to prom behind her mother's back.

After dived into the sea to save Connor and her wet body having her transform into a giant kraken again, Agatha spies her frightened daughter and rushed to her aid. Knowing that Ruby will need her and wants to bring her back home before anyone else sees her. Ruby was worried that she had became a monster and asked her mother to stay away so she wouldn't get hurt. Agatha reassures Ruby that everything will be alright and will stay with her until she reverts back to normal. To help Ruby calm herself Agatha brings up the time Ruby helped a beached whale and how they couldn't keep him, before he went back into the sea.

Fanon
Fans of the 2023 DreamWorks film have noticed that Ruby and Agatha's daughter-mother relationship has a similar theme to the one of Meilin and Ming Lee from Pixar's Turning Red. The two possessing a unique transformation-like ability that has been passed down within the women of their family, and Agatha being over protective of Ruby had her keep that fact a secret from her. After Ruby found out about it Agatha sympathize with her to let Ruby know that she isn't alone and understands what she is going through, from when it happened to her.

Fandom

 * WIKI
 * https://rubygillman.fandom.com/wiki/Ruby_Gillman#Agatha_Gillman
 * https://rubygillman.fandom.com/wiki/Agatha_Gillman#Ruby_Gillman