It's taken Ruffnut far too long to meet someone who seems close to her level in both upbringing and interests. While Eowyn is smarter then Ruffnut is she also knows that she's probably not on Astrid's level of combat. This is a strange sort of territory for Ruffnut because other then Astrid there weren't any girls in her age group growing up back home. Just a handful of boys.

After their meeting in the arena I'm sure Ruffnut would keep an eye out for Eowyn and hope to hang out with her some more, maybe find out if they have any other similar hobbies and interests like explosions, rock music and bitching about the uptight snooty capitol folks they are forced to be polite to.

But well...war happened.