Rose Lalonde

### Age

born: December 4th, 1995introduction: 13 Earth yearsAct 6 Intermission 2: 14 Earth yearsAct 6 Intermission 3: 15 Earth yearsAct 6 Intermission 5: 16 Earth yearsCredits: 21 Earth years

## Professional Information

### Family

Mom - Adoptive/genetic motherBro - Genetic fatherDave Strider - Genetic brotherKanaya Maryam - Wife

## Relationships

### Family

Mom - Adoptive/genetic motherBro - Genetic fatherDave Strider - Genetic brotherKanaya Maryam - Wife

## Credit Thanks To

### Source

https://mspaintadventures.fandom.com/wiki/Rose\_Lalonde

## Do I Claim Ownership?

### Do I own said character?

No

**Rose Lalonde** is one of the main characters in *Homestuck*. She was originally named *Flighty Broad* by Kanaya Maryam, but that name was rejected and the name Rose was chosen. She uses the chumhandle **tentacleTherapist** when chatting on Pesterchum. Her text color is purple (#B536DA).

Her web browser of choice is Cetus.

Rose's Associated Classical Element is water, as evidenced by the water running through her house, and Rose's Associated Item is chalk.

## Personality and Traits

[**What would you say if I said a reserved girl enamored by what dwelt in shadow was selected by the Horrorterrors for service, and did their bidding at every step while convinced of her own autonomy?**]—Doc Scratch
Rose is of a similar physical stature as John, and she wears a headband and a shirt featuring a character from the television show Squiddles that she has altered to resemble the Horrorterrors.

Rose's interests include a passion for obscure literature and creative writing (about which she is very secretive). Her passion for writing is shown several times in the story was she wrote a fictional story about wizards, she wrote psychological analyses for all her friends, a walkthrough for Sburb and a tome with all information about Sburb and it's classes. She is interested in the bestially strange and fictitious and dabbles in psychoanalysis. Despite her mature exterior, Rose can also be quite silly. She enjoys knitting, having learned to do so after John's gift of wool and needles for her most recent birthday. She also plays the violin.

Her room is filled with items that follow a molluscan theme, ranging from squiddles to the fabled Ink of Squid Pro Quo. She even has a poster of Fluthlu and some concept art of Beasts hung on the walls over her bed. She's a little messy.

Rose uses the elegant, though not especially practical, tree modus for her sylladex. The tree modus auto-sorts items in alphabetical order on a system of branches and leaves. If an item is taken that breaks a branch, any items that rely on this branch fall from the sylladex. Her sylladex has at least eight cards, though it is likely that it can hold many more. Her Strife Specibus is Needlekind. This is preferable to the equipping of her grimoire because of the dire consequences this would have. She uses her needles and wool to great effect.

Following her escape from the "unestablishment" of Skaia Laboratories, she adopted a scarf as a part of her wardrobe in order to "Be the Rider."

Rose's personality can be described as one of stoic intelligence. There's no denying that she's one of the smartest characters, and she isn't reluctant to show it through inventive use of her extensive vocabulary. She can seem snarky and even hurtful at times due to her constant sarcastic tone, and is fairly reclusive, rarely initiating conversation unless it is important. She conceals her true feelings rather well, and even appears incredibly calm about the prospect of dying in the destruction of the Green Sun.

She pesters Dave to play Sburb with her, at the same time building his already (possibly ironically) inflated ego with comments about how well known he is, causing Dave to confess to John that **she lays it on thick**. It is possible that Rose's comments are a minor indulgence on her part and that she only wants to play Sburb with Dave because he was, at that point, the only person she knows who has the game. When speaking with John she evinces no particular liking towards Dave, even describing him as an **insufferable prick**, but she seems to be quite fond of Dave. It has been speculated that her desire to play Sburb stems from Jade's prediction that it will allow her to resurrect her cat Jaspers, for whom she may have more affection than she cares to admit.

Rose is private about her own belongings and doesn't like to share private things with ANYONE. Cynicism comes easily to Rose; she has difficulty admitting the sincerity of certain actions, even beyond the continual strife with her mother. She regards John's birthday present (and the accompanying note) as a **facetious sentimental gesture**, although it is uncertain whether she believes this or if she's unwilling or unable to admit her appreciation of the gift.

Rose's personality of the straight-man is shown in a number of ways.

* A rarity among characters, she types with perfect syntax and capitalization.
* She continually punctures John's propensity for over-the-top Hilarious Antics by reminding him of his objectives, and when she is pranked by him, her Prankster's Gambit level is the lowest yet seen.
* She jokes very little, and is prone to sarcasm.
* She peppers her sentences with long words, confusing John.
* She is cognizant of her own mistakes.
* When named, instead of expressing exuberance, she gives a small grin rather than the over-the-top dorky smile John makes.

In Act 6, Rose steals an Alternian romance novel about quadrant vacillation. Trashy novels could be a guilty pleasure of hers, or she could simply have been fascinated by the concepts of alien romance and wanted to learn more.

Rose is *frightening* in combat, taking down an Ogre with nothing but a pair of knitting needles to the eyes, and later blasting a hole in another Ogre's head with the Thorns of Oglogoth. When she began to hear the voices of gods from the Furthest Ring, she acted mysteriously towards both her friends and the trolls. Her attempt to return to normal behavior and learn the true intentions of the gods resulted in her long-awaited descent into grimdarkness - surprisingly, she still seems to act only mildly more mysteriously, despite her inability to speak English, and physical alterations.