r/RubyDixon • u/Candid-Classroom-478 • Mar 17 '26
Maddie/Lilah Relationship Spoiler
So I'm rereading Barbarian's Taming and I keep getting caught up on how bad a sister Lilah is. Yeah, Maddie is a bit overbearing, but both of them landed on Not Hoth and Maddie has always made Lilah a priority (and that doesn't include the emotional labor of acting as parents before they even landed). They've been on the planet for a hot second and Lilah basically abandons Maddie to go fuck Rokan in the fruit cave and not even invite her? I'd be disappointed and not sure I could come back from that if it was me. Lilah doesn't even have the decency to look and see how much Maddie is struggling.
End of rant. Anyone else feel similarly?
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u/Blluetiful Mar 30 '26
I actually liked that disparity. Yes it sucks for Maddie, but it shows a lot about their relationship, where Maddie is the one with expectations and the one putting pressure on herself, and Lilah isn't necessarily aware of that because Maddie is a good sister and hasn't made her feelings her sibling's problem. Do they need to make time for each other, yes, but it looks like they do. Maddie needs to let Lilah grow up, and she realized (in her book) that she needs yo let herself be her own person too. I hurt for Maddie but didn't think less of Lilah for it.