Rose is tracked carefully through the entire show. She makes sense once you know she is her own worst enemy. She dreams, achingly, that she could become compassionate, because she's sure she's incapable of compassion. Her lack of respect for herself makes it impossible for her to respect everyone closest to her. She reveres them instead, because they are better than she could ever be, and that reverence is so honest and intoxicating that it draws everyone closer to her, without them understanding the deep self-hatred that pull is coming from.

I'm a rose/pink fan but idk it just bothers me how some some people seem so adamant that any hurt she caused was somehow justified bc there were good or neutral reasons for it. like when people say that rose *had* to leave spinel or that she was trying to keep spinel safe by abandoning her. or when they say "*of course* rose wanted to go back for spinel" like cool theory I guess but we don't actually know that. or when they say that rose had no choice but to bubble bismuth and then not tell any of their friends (I've even seen rose fans say that it was for bismuth's sake??). or when they say it didn't matter that she gave pearl that order bc pearl had also wanted to hide everything about their past (like sure but rose should've trusted her, not controlled her)

and some rose fans seem to think it's hate to talk about her flaws? I just don't need rose to be perfect to love her. rose never wanted to hurt anyone, that's true, but she did anyway. I actually love when she's selfish and foolish and careless and thoughtless and avoidant and secretive and controlling! she was such a flawed being but not only in a way that was palatable or easy to understand. she's SO human. how could I not love her?

I'm a rose/pink fan but idk it bothers me how some some people seem so adamant that any hurt she caused was somehow justified bc there were good or neutral reasons for it. like when people say that rose *had* to leave spinel or that she was trying to keep spinel safe by abandoning her. or when they say "*of course* rose wanted to go back for spinel" like cool theory I guess but we don't actually know that. or when they say that rose had no choice but to bubble bismuth and not tell any of their friends (I've even seen rose fans say that it was for bismuth's sake??). or when they say it didn't matter that she gave pearl that order bc pearl had also wanted to hide everything about their past (like sure but rose should've trusted her, not controlled her)