Truly, I can understand if it's undercooked or burnt.
It's hard to navigate with older oven
But I don't understand how you can make something so pretty but so evil tasting
Yeah! And why is there a whole fish inside? Even if the recipe says you need a whole fish, doesn't it make sense to cut it or incorporate it in the filling? It's like they threw her common sense out the window.
I think they added the scene for comedic relief, but I think it's gonna look more funny if one of the monsters or Izek bit the pie and their teeth fall off because it was too hard. Not the "it tastes bad but I won't tell her because I love her".
this is just my own opinion, but i think it also plays in the role that Ruby was pretty much always 'babied' and she had to play along with it all her life. even in her past life, she was abused badly im sure she barely was able to do anything or taught anything in her life. ruby's entire life had her role as only being a pretty 'princess' js living 'lavishly' and especially cesare who was obsessively in 'love' with her and wouldve definitely wanted her to live at peace (even tho hes the one causing her pain) and seems like the type of guy who wouldnt want her to have to do anything. but i will agree the art was definitely over-exaggerating w the fish stuff tbh, i think thats why in the novel it was better bc im guessing her pie js tasted bad not so comedically absurd
i don't really like the "this character can't/sucks at cooking" trope. Like, it kills the characterization of that person for me. I get that in her case she doesn't like eating and food in general because of her ED but like there's no reason you can't cook a decent meal with your resources. You're literally a princess living in a mansion, even if you had no help making that pie, you can just browse a cooking book and follow the instructions.
Hell, you're not even dumb, girl. You literally planned to make yourself look pitiful so they'd never suspect you of being a villainess.
Sorry for the rant. I just hate this trope with all my heart.