Rose

Rose is a girl who attends Link's high school. She has been Link's crush since kindergarten as well as his primary love interest. Though she has a relatively small role in the first season, her presence will become more apparent as time goes on.

## History

With a middle class upbringing, squeaky clean slate, and a personality sweeter than honey, it's no wonder that Rose Princeton has been class president since seventh grade as well as the leader/founder of several academic and athletic clubs. A massive people pleaser, just like her parents, Rose has lived a very glamorous suburban lifestyle, at least compared to her peers at Willow Creek High School.

There's been some speculation and a little bit of gossip as to whether her innocent, sweet attitude is just an act, that she has darker colors hiding beneath the surface. But if this is the case, she's given no hints whatsoever about what's supposedly hiding underneath the pastel clothes, big hairbows, and that signature ponytail. Despite the obvious attempts to warp her perfect image, Rose is kind to everyone she meets and does her best to make everybody feel comfortable and welcome around her, even when she's not performing class president duties. And this of course, is precisely why Link likes her so much.

## Personality

In many ways serving as the antithesis to Navi's, Rose is gentle, kindhearted, soft-spoken, and overall just a very pure, loving person. While Navi is loud, outspoken, and energetic, enjoying the thrills of life, Rose chooses more diplomatic means to make people comfortable around her.

Sweeter and prettier than the flower she's named for, Rose's slight airheaded-ness may fool people into thinking that she's not as smart as she actually is. You would be wise not to fall for this though because Rose clearly knows what she's doing at all times. She's not a scheming person by any means, but she's far from clueless and used to things going her way.

Having grown up with lots of attention placed on her, Rose has adapted to a life of always having somebody by her side, whether that be her latest boyfriend or her hoards of girl friends. Many have told her that she's "too popular for her own good", but Rose clearly doesn't mind the attention. That being said, she's certainly aware of the way Link feels about her, but has made no effort thus far to move their relationship forward simply because she does not know him all that well nor does she really have the time to get to know him. But she's polite to him nonetheless, appreciating his care towards her, and enjoys their interactions even if they are few and far between.

## Appearance

A conventionally attractive girl, Rose has dark blue eyes, a sweet face, and caramel brown hair that she always wears up in a ponytail. Her outfit in the first season consisted of a white T-shirt with a little heart stitched to the right side of the chest, and a pinky skirt with a matching pink bow in her hair. Her style then changes to something a little less obvious as her relationship with Link develops.

She now sports a lavender, lettuce hem top with light wash skinny jeans and a matching lavender bow in her hair. Always decorated with pastels and girly bows, Rose's modest sense of style definitely gives away her innocent nature, once again, being something that Link really loves about her. She's always groomed and poised with perfect posture, giving her an added air of confidence.

## Relationships

### Link Cornell

Rose, while relatively uninfluential in the first season, she’s introduced as Link’s crush from kindergarten. However, Link’s insecure and shy nature keep him from ever saying a word about it to her. Rose is perfect for Link, or so it seems at first. She’s exactly like him, soft spoken, kind, gentle, and caring. In the fifth episode of the first season, Link gets excited when Rose begins talking to him more frequently, believing that she finally returns his affections. He quickly discovers though that Rose was only intending to get closer to him so that she could get to know Navi more.

Nevertheless, much to Navi's surprise as well as Link's, Rose expresses regret at treating Link like a bridge to get to Navi and the two seemingly reconcile. Things have appeared to return to normal between them, at least from Link's perspective. For years, Rose only saw Link as an acquaintance, somebody she greets in the hallway and maybe holds a conversation with him once a month. But with her myriad of admirers and followers, he was rather insignificant to her for many years. It is unknown when exactly she became aware that Link was infatuated with her, but she definitely knows, though makes no effort to get to know him more.

That is until, a cute, friendly, curious, alien girl who's beauty matches her bubbly, upbeat personality, enters Link's life and immediately the two are as close as close can be. Suddenly, the shy boy in the navy blue hoodie seems to stand out a lot more to Rose, piquing her curiosity. Now that his attention is no longer on her, she resolves to try to find the reasons why, which includes trying to "get to know Navi" without actually befriending her, as well as getting closer to Link, something that deep down, she knows he still wants.