I saw an Aradia appreciation thread on here earlier. I thought to myself, "I love Rose. What if there was a Rose thread?" So, this was born. Drop your favorite panels, theories, headcanons, ships literally anything - as long as it's Rose-related. Let's all love this flighty broad together.
Personally, I have always had this theory about Rose and Kanaya. My general idea is, Rose is a character very much inspired by Freudian ideas and concepts. From her issues with her mother. I find it only slightly ironic, she came to fall in love with the "Motherly" troll. To elaborate a bit more, I think they complete each other in a rather obtuse convoluted psychoanalytical manner. Rose wants a mother. She is constantly projecting that on Kanaya, or at least I think so. In the way Kanaya can play into Rose's maternal issues, Rose liberates Kanaya. Kanaya is pretty repressed I think, compared to the other Jadebloods. I haven't really fleshed this idea out, and it can probably be worded entirely better by someone else but. I hope that made some semblance of sense. 
In any case, I would like to hear some opinions. Rose is a wonderful character.
- “The virtuous man contents himself with dreaming that which the wicked man does in actual life.”
Until next time....
My favorite Rose moment has to be near the end of Act 6, when shes talking about the concept of Jasperosesprite^2 usurping her as Rose prime, it shows a level of insecurity about herself that we really don't get to see often, even if here its portrayed in a joking manner. She tends to be one of the most reassured characters in the comic, due to her classpect and personality, so it makes it really interesting when shes caught off guard like this, or maybe I just like seeing characters at their brinks.
(image unrelated, for the most part I dislike the bob cut, but in some panels it can look REALLY good)
she is such a delightful character. #iloveroselalonde.
Rose is seriously underrated imo. she has a lot of unique aspects of her character that just feel so refreshing and different compared to other characters in homestuck. i really wish she will get a lot more screentime in hsbc
Yeah Rose is for real my favorite Homestuck character. Her whole style is really cool and she's so relatable to me.
The Freudian aspects of her story are a genius analysis. Similar to how her interest in psychology is reflected in her story, her interest in Horrorterrors is reflected later on with the grimdark stuff when her arc turns into a kind of cosmic horror.
I am number one rose lalonde fan forever.
Embrace the subjectivity of beauty; and, get scared.
