It’s always so interesting just how massively Eglantine and Anastasius jumped in her bottom line. Cause Myne forgave Dehlia, Freida and Wilfred, who very much screwed her over. But by the end of the series even Rozemyne is like ‘well, yeah maybe someday we’ll be back to normal’, meaning she has still not fully forgiven them. Specially when you consider that Rozemyne was ride or die with Eglantine.
It doesn’t seem like a lot, but it is. Freida took advantage of her sickness, lying about the price of a magical tool to try and manipulate her into joining her store. And she’s still in pretty good terms with her, she still did business and played with her. Yeah, she was like ‘okay I’m never joining her store and I’m keeping my guard up’ but all things considered they were still close.
She never hated Delhia, despite the fact that her betrayal directly resulted in getting cut off from her family. She wasn’t close to her anymore, but she didn’t hate her. And part of that distance was to protect her. Plus, she was very caring and attentive to Dirk.
Not to say, these two were not…people she particularly cared for. Well, obviously she cared, but she wasn’t trying to be Freida’s friend before her little stunt because she knew she was dangerous. And Dehlia was still very much an attendant who she knew was spy, so she also kept her distance.
Wilfred is also an interesting case, because while Rozemyne cared for him, she would still pick Charlottes and Melchior over him. The whole tantrum he threw was very much a tantrum to her, and while it did hurt her - she was still willing to be his sister. Truth be told, it always felt like she saw him as a child she had to take care of, at least in part 3 and 5 (although for a hot second in Part 4 he was a vague voice of reason), so it never felt like a particular downgrade.
But Eglatine was her friend. Like, not Hannelore levels of friends, but she was a close second. She was ride or die, she was there to help her, and offer a much possible support as she could. And after that, there was a very firm line. Not drawn by anyone other than Rozemyne. And it really highlights just how much messing with her family truly is her bottom line.
Like, she can take being lied to, manipulated, used, looked down on, even have people hurt her her, (or even if they do hurt her family, if it’s a genuine accident, she’s quick to make up excuses and try to be gentler), but the moment that maliciously and intentionally someone tries to put her family at risk….yeah there’s a reason why Veronica is the only character she canonically has said ‘I hate them’ about.
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