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I can't help thinking they look more like wild roses than garden roses

So what do wild roses represent

All of which is very fitting for Elain - a natural beauty who has persevered through many hardships, remaining loving and a symbol of life

"Elain had always been gentle and sweet. and I had considered it a different sort of strength. a better strength. to look at the hardness of the world and choose over and over to love, to be kind. She had always been full of light."

And while we're at it, she's also described as full of light. so dark & light has always been an elriel thing as quoted here:

"I saw the painting in my mind: the lovely fawn, blooming spring vibrant behind her. Standing before Death, shadows and terrors lurking over his shoulder. Light and dark, the space between their bodies a blend of the two. The only bridge of connection... that knife."

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The lovely fawn standing before death