Ruby Buckton
Ruby Buckton is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera "Home and Away", played by Rebecca Breeds. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 20 June 2008. Ruby was created by executive producer Cameron Welsh. When she was first introduced she appeared to hide her problems and pretends to be strong. She was characterised as a free spirited and independent girl. Her storylines have consistently followed themes such as romance, unrequited love and rejection. In what has been described as a "shock storyline" Ruby discovered her sister Charlie Buckton was in fact her mother. This had subsequent effects in her character development. She became out of place and confused about her life. It destroyed her trust in Charlie and their relationship never recovered. Ruby went on a journey of self-discovery and used men to redefine herself. Her relationship with Xavier Austin was characterised through their mutual friendship, which ended through lack of passion. She controversially fell in love with her music teacher Liam Murphy, the pair shared an emotional and creative connection through music. Yet, her advances were unrequited and it created problems with her state of mind and began binge drinking. Breeds felt the storyline differed to her romance with Xavier, as it showed Ruby "headstrong and unconfined". Breeds felt they were ill-suited to one another.
Charlie Buckton
In November 2011, Jonathon Moran and Elle Halliwell of "The Daily Telegraph" announced Anderson had quit "Home and Away" to further her acting career in Hollywood. The following month, "Inside Soap" writer Sarah Ellis reported Anderson had confirmed her departure from the show. Moran and Halliwell said it was unknown whether Charlie would be killed off or move to The City. On 22 January 2012, "The Daily Telegraph's" Debbie Schipp reported Anderson had filmed her final scenes with the show in August and they would air later that week. Anderson said she was happy with her decision to leave "Home and Away" and "throw my life in the air and see what happens." On screen, Charlie decided to move to the city with Brax, Ruby and Casey. However, at the end of the show's 23rd season, Charlie was shot twice by Jake Pirovic (Fletcher Humphrys), in revenge for her shooting dead his brother. Charlie was critically injured and rushed to the hospital, where she underwent surgery. Sid Walker (Robert Mammone) later told Ruby that Charlie was being kept alive by a ventilator and that she would not breathe on her own again. Ruby was then left with the decision as to whether she should turn Charlie's life support off or not.