They were the only two football shaped head people in the whole Hey Arnold universe
>>84170794
Ruth was probably Arnold's estranged sister and Arnold was attracted to her for Freudian reasons.
>ignores girl who likes him
>likes girl who doesnt care
pretty common trope
wow it just finally occurred to me that they have the same football head.
I was old enough to appreciate how they didn't go too cliche with it. He admires Ruth from afar and then when he finally actually talks to her, she's just vapid and lame and he instantly loses his attraction.
His attraction to Lila was a little more cliche.
Did Rhonda deserve worse?http://archiveofourown.org/works/10190687http://archiveofourown.org/works/7838134
>>84171170
This.
But that Lila storyline reminds me of a girl that liked me and I didn't realise until it was too late