RoseMary

Rose/Kanaya is a Homestuck femslash pairing involving Rose Lalonde and Kanaya Maryam.
== Canon ==
Kanaya and Rose first talk after Kanaya is assigned to troll Rose, something she is first very reluctant to do. Kanaya originally learned about Rose when she read her walkthrough, leading her to idolize Rose's online handle The TentacleTherapist. However, her first conversation with her was actually with John (who was at Rose's computer), thus leading her to have misconceptions about Rose. These misconceptions are soon rectified as the two interact more, leading them to quickly become friends. Kanaya often worries about Rose and tries to discourage her risky plans in the early acts of the comic.
Over the three-year meteor journey, in both the pre-retcon and post-retcon timelines, Kanaya and Rose start a romantic relationship. Later the two go on a date which culminates in them kissing, confirming their relationship.
Sometime after the kids and surviving trolls entered the new universe, Rose and Kanaya get married, and subsequently oversee the future propagation of the Troll race together, with Rose helping Kanaya raise future generations of young trolls.
== Fandom ==
Rose/Kanaya is one of the most popular pairings in the Homestuck fandom alongside John/Dave and Dave/Karkat. It became one of the largest femslash ships, although femslash is generally less common than het or slash within Homestuck fandom.
By Act 5 of Homestuck, the series' alien troll characters were properly introduced, including Kanaya. This marked the start of a huge increase in shipping activity as the cast grew to include the twelve new trolls. Kanaya's past, though unsuccessful, relationship with fellow troll Vriska Serket lead many fans to view her as a lesbian early on. Paired with her budding relationship with Rose, the ship quickly become popular. As the story progressed and the pairing became canon, its popularity only grew. 
There was much celebration within the fandom when the two were shown to have married each other in the credits.
=== Statistics ===
* Rose/Kanaya was on the top 100 pairings on Archive of Our Own ranking from 2014 to 2016:
** 67th in 20142014 AO3 Ship Stats
** 72nd in 20152015 AO3 Ship Stats
** 86th in 20162016 AO3 Ship Stats
* Rose/Kanaya was consistently within the top 10 femslash pairings on Archive of Our Own ranking:
** 2nd in 20142014 AO3 Ship Stats
** 2nd in 20152015 AO3 Ship Stats
** 4th in 20162016 AO3 Ship Stats
** 5th in 20172017 AO3 Ship Stats
** 6th in 20192019 AO3 Ship Stats
** 7th in 20202020 AO3 Ship Stats
** 10th in 20212021 AO3 Ship Stats
* before dropping down to the top 20 six years after the comic's completion:
** 12th in 2022AO3 Ship Stats 2022
** 15th in 2023AO3 Ship Stats 2023
** 17th in 2024AO3 Ship Stats 2024
==== Bruce Banner Syndrome====
One of the reasons for its ongoing statistical dominance is overtagging on non-Rosemary focused works. Because of its status both as a canon ship and a femslash pairing, it is frequently employed as a side pairing and tagged for minor background appearances. 
As of October 16th, 2024, only 26% of Rosemary works on Archive of our Own are exclusively tagged with that shipotp:true search for Rosemary works, divided by regular search (1472/5576), compared to 50% for Dave/Karkat, currently the most tagged Homestuck ship,otp:true search for Davekat works, divided by regular search (3873/7820) and 58% for John/Dave, currently the third most tagged.otp:true search for JohnDave works, divided by regular search (3194/5496)
Many Rosemary fans resent this state of affairs and wish that others would see how compelling their ship is as well, or at least stop overtagging.https://roxilalonde.tumblr.com/post/158092811727/tumblr-user-people-who-complain-about
=== Polyamorous Ships ===
Polyamorous ships enjoyed by Rosemary fans include Jaderosekan (adding Jade Harley) and Vriskanroserezi (adding Vrisrezi).
== Example Fanworks ==
=== Fanfiction ===
* by partingxshot
* by alcoholism
*by Barkour
* by rememberwhenyoutried
* by infiniteandsmall
* by tactfulGnostalgic
====Rec Lists====
* by sapphonics
===Fanart===
* by synodicatalyst, a Final Fantasy XV crossover
* by dumbbitche
* by chubsintubs
* by aryll
* by dumbbitche, the inspiration for Ladystuck Tarot
* by ikimaru
===Fanvids===
*ＬＩＮＧＥＲＩＮＧ {kanaya/rose by Wieareyou
*Kanaya♥Rose║ ⌡ DEMONS⌠ by the Bronkel
*♥ » Rose ♡ Kanaya ❋ A little death ❋ Homestuck mv « ♥ by xKittyKat
===Lyricstucks/Animatics===
*falling 4 u by upward-movement
*I just threw out the love of my dreams by lolcat710
*Kill The Director by cadaverkeys
*not just a girl by floralmarsupial
*Out Like A Light | Meat Rosemary Lyricstuck by Miles Burks
===Fanmixes===
*MY LOVE MY LOVE MY LOVE by dumbbitche
*sun & moon lesbians by sapphonics
===Meta===
* by roxilalonde
* by thewertsearch
== Fan Projects and Communities==
===Fan Events===
*Rosemary Month (October 2016-2018)
=== Communities===
*Rosemary Server Tumblr blog
===Zines ===
*Rosemarried Album, a photo album zine for the Rosemary wedding
==Links & Resources==
*Rose Lalonde/Kanaya Maryam tag at Archive of Our Own
*Rose/Kanaya search on FFN
*rosemary search on Tumblr
*DeviantArt: rosemary homestuck, rosekan, rose kanaya
*rosemary tag on MSPAbooru
==References==
Category:Homestuck Relationships
Category:Femslash Pairings
Category:Social Media Feature-Ship Sunday