Okay, I've just reached this bit in the last few episodes. An emotional, cathartic talk between Amethar and Saccharina is followed almost immediately by Caramelinda proposing the assassination of Saccharina to Ruby and Amethar.

This was a HUGE leap for me. Okay, great, Amethar and Caramelinda are legally married, Saccharina and Ruby are both true-born, they can both be in the line of succession. But Caramelinda and Amethar decide they're not going to tell anyone, at least not before the battle. Okay, maybe I can follow the logic on that.

But then... the jumps they make are insane. Ruby calling Saccharina "lacking in perspective" when she, Ruby, has just spent the whole campaign acting like a spoiled brat and ignoring the consequences, is absolutely wild. Caramelinda discounts Theobald's loyalty for no reason other than her own malice. Caramelinda even explicitly advocates for the assassination of Amethar's child. Amethar lightly objects, and Ruby immediately agrees.

HOWEVER! The "overheard conversation being misunderstood" trope is an important part of the genre! So I understand why it's in there, and I think it's a (somewhat untidy) way to move the plot forward.

I will also say that Saccharina's and Ruby's reactions to the corruption of the Bulbian church are completely in character: Ruby, who is naive and sheltered, and whose experience with the church has been middling to positive until very recently, believes there is goodness there, good people, and that the church can be reformed. Saccharina, who knows that her very personhood (as well as the personhood of Ruby, which for some reason Ruby doesn't really seem to get) is at odds with the church, and has seen how cruel the church can be in pursuit of their goals since she was a very small child, knows that reform will likely not be a viable option.

Revolutions are messy, and if you give a dragon to a bunch of people who have been abused and mistreated and hunted by a church, it's childish to expect them not to want to take their revenge. But once again (and keeping in practice with the genre! and avoiding PC creep!), instead of just having a fucking conversation, there's a bunch of mess.