Fridgestuck: Rose Lalonde (Facts/Theories)

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  • Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
  • Ah. The dark Rose has finally made it to Fridgestuck. What is Rose's connection to modernist writers. What's with the wizards? Why does Jen dislike her so f'n much? That and more secrets are there to discover in the finale to Fridgestuck!
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  • @darks_arts
    @darks_arts 3 роки тому +377

    While your take on Rose is hella valid honestly the fact that she is a pessimist in a room of optimists is part of her appeal for me. Though more so the arc that she takes as a character. Through the comic she begins to lighten up, its subtle but by the end she is a much more positive person than where she started.

    • @kylesmith564
      @kylesmith564 3 роки тому +20

      Not to mention, yes she had a loving parent, but she didn't believe momlondes goofy advances and took them as spit to the face. So living along in a dark dank house, where your deranged mother cleans the house and dawdles over your shit 6/yo drawings, of course you can see how she felt she was more trapped by a psycho, than appreciated and kept safe by a loving parent.
      So maybe she looked into the deep dark spooky tenta-lores to assuage the mental darkness she had around her mom.

    • @hauntedhoody2976
      @hauntedhoody2976 3 роки тому +12

      You could say she *lights* up! :D

    • @goobee6230
      @goobee6230 3 роки тому +1

      oh hey dark

    • @darks_arts
      @darks_arts 3 роки тому +1

      @@goobee6230 sup

    • @tal865
      @tal865 2 роки тому +11

      I don't think Rose is a pessimist at all personally I mean just look at her relationship with kanaya when kanaya felt lost and like there was no hope of reviving her species Rose was like "come with me and we'll figure this out together" that's like the opposite of pessimism her classpect can literally translate as "one who sees the path to Good Fortune" she's the one who upon hearing her session was doomed immediately started forming a plan to get her friends and herself out of the situation and secure victory Rose is incredibly optimistic

  • @rhymebeat1142
    @rhymebeat1142 3 роки тому +278

    I think you are glossing over the fact that while Rose is highly rebellious at heart, she is capable of heroism. Remember that the suicide mission to "destroy" the green sun was her idea. Originally she was sacrificing her Dreamself, but her plan was unaltered when Jack Noir killed her and her dream self was used up. Rose is someone who definitely is needlessly contary, but that doesn't mean she doesn't have her own sense of morality.

    • @learningomorisoundtrack3979
      @learningomorisoundtrack3979 11 місяців тому +3

      For real. I just don't reciprocate their hatred for Rose. XvX
      I actually love Rose.

  • @darks_arts
    @darks_arts 3 роки тому +187

    oh boy the character I like and relate to the most !
    -pre intro plays
    o h

  • @topazbennett95
    @topazbennett95 3 роки тому +164

    There's one singular part of this video that really bugged me. While I can't really argue with the statement "Rose is a pessimistic person and I prefer optomistic characters and optomistic stories" because that is a subjective opinion, I can argue with the assertion that Rose has a "loving mother" and that this makes her seem less reasonable for her fatalistic worldview. Because Mom Lalonde... Wasn't a very good mom.
    Beta Roxy's persistent struggle with alcoholism is absolutely an issue. She may love Rose and she may shower Rose in gifts, but we as the audience have the benefit of knowing the alternate version of her. While there's no doubt in my mind that Beta Roxy loves her daughter to bits, we have to remember that Roxy uses her alcoholism as a coping mechanism to deal with the very depressing reality that an apocalypse is coming. Her behavior is impulsive and erratic, and it is because of this that Rose reasonably can't understand where her mother's emotions are even coming from because they are a result of her masking her depression. This is common for a lot of kids who have parents who struggle with substance abuse.
    Think about how isolating it really was for Rose living in the middle of nowhere with only her Mom and cat (a cat who died early in her life) to talk to. Her only companion outside of her three online friends was a woman who behaved erratically, who kept herself distant from her own emotions, and who was prone to outbursts of affection but would just as quickly vanish into the shadows to be with her secrets and leave Rose utterly alone in that house. That must have been extremely isolating and dark for her, and would absolutely inform her trust issues and her impulse to carry on alone and understand every part of her reality, not to mention the fact that she sees things in such a dark way.
    In conclusion I think that Rose's more grimdark worldview is in character and doesn't feel out of place at all considering the emotional neglect she had as a child, and I also feel it's unfair to think of her and her mother's relationship as inherently possitive or more possitive than other parental relationships in the Beta Kids' various homelives.

    • @Mizzleblip
      @Mizzleblip 8 місяців тому +4

      This ☝️

    • @grafomaniaco333
      @grafomaniaco333 17 днів тому

      Your take is so good and well worded, it's not the first time I rewatch this video and reread this comment, but this time I felt the need to type this.
      Some people tend to forget that Rose exists besides her relationship with Kanaya.

  • @eh-bc4dx
    @eh-bc4dx 3 роки тому +78

    my fav pesterlog in hs is the one where rose is on her way to the green sun and dave is asleep in the dreambubbles with amnesia, and rose is purposefully keeping him in the dark so that he wont wake up and follow her. even tho her demeanor is kinda arronagnt, her main goal is still to prevent dave from killing himself with her,, like. she is a complex character, but selfishness and recklessness are not her most prominent traits! i love her.

  • @sagebeigephage
    @sagebeigephage 3 роки тому +77

    Rose's mother was an alcoholic and didn't care for her basic physical and emotional needs for significant periods of time. They loved each other but neglect has real emotional impact.
    Also Rose's angry sequence breaking/period of destructive isolation came from her frustration over the trolls, who seemed omniscient to their session in practice, telling her it was impossible to win. It is not 100%0pure pessimism and "grimdarkness" that motivated her, but a desire for control and agency-- she wants to know the most optimal way forward, and then to pursue it. If there is no optimal way, fuck the whole construct of the game. Homestuck primarily deals with themes of agency, especially before the Scratch, and Rose's arc is an integral facet of this theme.
    Also I went to look at your Dirk video to see if you like him-- and you do. Believe me, I like Dirk too, and obviously you can like or dislike characters freely, but that surprised me. Dirk and Rose are similar people. They have a drive to control and influence, care about their friends but struggle to show it, both are reluctant to open up and force people to read between the lines, want the best outcome for them and their friends and have morally grey methods to get there (Dirk's being more actively antagonistic), etc. I would say that Dirk is more of a pessimist than Rose, though obviously YMMV.
    Still, I can tell you put a ton of effort and brainpower into this series and it shows; kudos to you. This is the first I've watched, so I might delve into more.

  • @rarestpepe3815
    @rarestpepe3815 3 роки тому +55

    I think you overvalued how good a parent Beta Roxy is. A lot of Rose's problems do come from her, like it or not. That's why Alpha Rose doesn't have them.

    • @cat062
      @cat062 7 місяців тому +2

      That and Gamzee mostly messed with the Beta kids giving each of them a mental disorders, directly or in directly. He does chuckle voodoo to make John draw clowns hence why there's so much clowns that decorates his home even though they disturb him. Jade insomnia besides Vriska testing if her psychic powers work on them. A piece of him in little Cal that was with Dave's abusive bro for his whole life along with other shit, Rose and her paranoia is also influenced by Gamzee messing her with her dreams.

  • @michaelliggett1622
    @michaelliggett1622 3 роки тому +110

    Oh one of my favorite human characters from homestuck

  • @roondar6141
    @roondar6141 3 роки тому +149

    I always liked Rose as a character, helping to ground everything in the alpha session with her cold logic and cynicism, made a nice contrast with John and Jade's optimism, Dave's aloofness, and the Trolls' fatalism, at least until the latter half of A5A2.

  • @Louisville0321
    @Louisville0321 3 роки тому +34

    What you said in the beginning of the video is valid, you also have to remember that Rose was neglected growing up. Mom Lalonde was drunk all the time and gave Rose extravagant gifts instead of trying to spend time with her. While I don't know if this would be canon in HS, Rose says that Mom Lalonde doesn't cook often. It makes sense for Rose to be a bit rude and cynical but she does have a softer side. She goes along with John's pranks. When nepeta wants to talk to jaspers, she gives her laptop to Jaspers so the two can talk. She could definitely lighten up quite a bit, but she's still caring in her own way.

  • @nightazday7988
    @nightazday7988 3 роки тому +49

    I like her because she's basically "Wizards have no concept of right and wrong": the character
    Her cat motif itself is telling since HS said many times "cats are known for doing whatever they want"

  • @WIlliamCHowes
    @WIlliamCHowes 3 роки тому +57

    Rose is most definitely supposed to be a play on the edgy tween/teen stereotype, at least from what I've seen. You can even rattle off things you expect from the stereotype and end up with a lot of roses interests; Poetry, Lovecraft, Freud, etc.
    Also, at least among my friends who were/are into Homestuck, I noticed that those who had an edgy phase while growing up tend to not like her as often as those who didn't.
    On a side note, glad to know you also suffered from The Epilogues and ^2. I kind of dropped off the ^2 wagon (and also the fandom to an extent) after about 5 or so updates. It just didn't feel like Homestuck anymore like it had lost something crucial to itself after Hussie stopped writing for it. Not to say that I missed Hussie's writing (personally I found him to be a bit too flowery from time to time) it just that it's like the story lost a sense of heart or optimism. Like before the story could look in a mirror and say "things will get better" and be able to believe it, now... not so much.

  • @eridanampora3024
    @eridanampora3024 3 роки тому +81

    FINALLY MY FAVORITE KID!!

    • @noche853
      @noche853 2 роки тому +1

      Wait your favorite kid is Rose? Which you have a Black Crush on?

  • @ToasteGhost
    @ToasteGhost 3 роки тому +21

    I feel like saying the character with an alcoholic mother "had a good childhood" is a bit iffy. Maybe that's just me. Let me clarify that I'm in no way condemning mom Lalonde, Rose, or anyone who struggles with addiction; I know something like that is hard to overcome and I wish you safety. But kids in alcoholic/drug abuse homes often end up with massive psychological damage (for instance, I've become a lot more weary over the years to avoid adults who are currently sipping an alcoholic beverage no matter their BAC)

  • @mothRequiem
    @mothRequiem 3 роки тому +32

    okay. that's it. i cannot stop thinking about this video.
    listen, i understand your take and honestly, it's valid asf, but i just can't ignore the fact that you blew over alot of her trauma. i think you misconstrued alot of what rose felt towards her mom. sure, mom lalonde may have had good intentions, but she was canonically a severe alcoholic. if you're only gaurdian is never sober and always puts the alcohol before you, then yeah, i would question their intentions as well.
    on the topic of her personality, alot of what she does can be seen as masking. she obviously tries to appear smart and collected, but she isn't. she's just a thirteen-year-old girl. you can realate dave and rose's personalities very well too. Dave hides through his irony and cool guy persona while rose hides through her intelligence.
    idk, this video just kinda rubbed me the wrong way. this is not meant to be mean or rude, just a critical take on your opinion.

    • @LKC27
      @LKC27 3 роки тому +4

      SAME HONESTLY

  • @avalancherelapse
    @avalancherelapse 3 роки тому +14

    0:50 LaureledEevees: "Rose is... pretentious, mocking, cynical, and reeks of harsh sarcasm... she acts reckless and treats next to no one with any kind of respect or kindness... she's so serious that she doesn't even have a sense of the pranksters' gambit... she has her insane hangup on wizards... did i mention the mommy issues?"
    eridan, sollux, karkat, karkat again, john and vriska, eridan again, most characters apart from like four, roxy and roxy again, all in that order: wow thats so bad...

  • @starkuma176
    @starkuma176 3 роки тому +69

    Aww yee rorb lalorb

    • @pinkajou656
      @pinkajou656 Рік тому +1

      RORB LALORB-

    • @pinkajou656
      @pinkajou656 5 місяців тому +1

      I feel like you should know that this comment has resulted in a permanent inside joke between me and my friends

    • @starkuma176
      @starkuma176 5 місяців тому +1

      @@pinkajou656 our influence grows

  • @dimensionenby3733
    @dimensionenby3733 3 роки тому +61

    Rose is like me but to the left, i was just like her at 11. But i forced myself to appear positive, manic, and even less intelligent than i am so that people like me. Rose and i are like two sides of one coin in that way. I am falsely happy to have connections and she is truer to herself and has honest connections. I only show my true self online where people i know will likely not find it if i use tumblr or make a second account on anything else.

    • @Someone-ish
      @Someone-ish 3 роки тому +1

      oh hey another pipia

    • @dimensionenby3733
      @dimensionenby3733 3 роки тому +1

      @@Someone-ish yeah the pipia status is up in the air, im a lot like a pires too.

  • @imlovedavepetab3374
    @imlovedavepetab3374 3 роки тому +16

    Rose's mom was an alcoholic?? She was not taken care of at all?? I know we all friggin' love Roxy, but she was a *terrible* mother pre-scratch! I understand that her disposition can be unpleasant and bit grating at times, but she genuinely did have problems. Momlonde neglected Rose, the gifts and presents were kind of the extent of the attention she gave her? Momlonde didn't feed Rose, check in on her, or really talk to her. That's why Rose is so mistrusting of when Momlonde did do things for her, like Jaspers' funeral or the wizards and gifts. Rose thought she was making fun of her, being passive aggressive and calling her childish. Momlonde swung between smothering and neglecting a lot!
    I respect that Rose's character doesn't hit right for a lot of people, but please don't trivialize her traumas!

  • @voidfulunarxecularity8726
    @voidfulunarxecularity8726 3 роки тому +110

    :(
    I like Rose and I see her as a complex character rather than just being a mean character because of being too serious(I forgot which conversations it was but she did show genuine signs of non-sarcastic humor in the web comic specially when interacting with John at the beginning-)
    Regardless ,I can see where you're coming from with her personality being a little too on the nose on being too ''sarcastic'' for people to handle.

    • @artie2822
      @artie2822 3 роки тому +12

      yeah same here! rose grew up in a really hard situation with an alcoholic mother and very few friends, and she just had a unique way of coping with it. she mightve come off as a little mean, but no one was ever truly *hurt* by her. even the other beta kids knew that she was just eccentric and lonely. of course ppl are allowed to dislike characters and all, but man it still makes me sad to see.

  • @ichiass9823
    @ichiass9823 3 роки тому +80

    I think you really glossed over the fact that Rose was just as neglected as Dave;
    Her Mom was always drunk and doing her experiments and only gave Rose gifts to "at least" show she cared, she didn't make food for Rose either and she had to kinda grew up resentful due to that neglect. Rose didn't hate her, just resented her and wishes they could have gotten closer to her and that is why she fell into alcoholism (which is something you missed as well when its the biggest part of her growth) to get some kind of closure. She also had Kanaya to help her after the Vriskagram and she cares a lot about her friends as well; she would go along with John's jokes, she did kinda helped Dave open up (even died with him and one their biggest growth together), and while there wasn't much interaction with Jade she also cared about her being her only girl friend.
    Rose also has a lot Dirkisms in her so you could have gone that route instead of the "Rose cheated/didn't care about kanaya"
    (off topic but brushing off as well the fact that shes an open lesbian was big miss)

    • @enderwalkgang
      @enderwalkgang 3 роки тому +13

      Yeah. This comment section is filled with people pointing out how shes wrong about rose being depressed and pesimestic and emo and whatever. Shes that way for a reason.

  • @fennecfoxfanatic
    @fennecfoxfanatic 3 роки тому +25

    hey! what about Rose and her self destructive suicidal tendencies? I didn't like her as much when I was younger but now I can appreciate her because we shared the same mental issues. We just expressed ourselves differently. Like the way she tried to electrocute herself as a suicide threat during her STRIFE with MOM. And how she wanted to take on the GREEN SUN suicide mission by herself. Rose tosses herself into unnecessary danger and wrecks shit up on purpose. It would be okay if she got hurt because it'd be a consequence of HER actions and her actions alone. She wanted to die in the "haha jk... unless" way one may speak with their friends.That girl was depressed and suicidal. Suffering much in silence. Not to mention her slipping into substance abuse.
    It is sometimes tiring putting up a happy cheery positive demeanor wherever you go. Sometimes you want to be moody and go a bit apeshit. Not that one is better than another but it is refreshing to see a character (especially a female character) allowed to just be like *that*.
    God, all these kids need therapy.

  • @superbingsu5286
    @superbingsu5286 2 роки тому +8

    I understand why you dislike Rose, but I think you forgot the fact that Mom Lalonde is **not** a good parent, sure, she may have good intention, but she's also an alcoholic and a neglectful mother.

  • @DeluxieArt
    @DeluxieArt 3 роки тому +30

    maybe rose is just a depressed kid honestly... shes not my favourite by any means and hs2 somehow did her even dirtier what with her verbose times 1000000000 combo, but idk. like other commenters are saying i think she brings the group together in the same way her counterpart TT(dirk) does.
    i think she really started to shine later in her appearances, like in her earliest interactions with kanaya. all that arc was really solid, and ironically i felt that her alcoholism and such in act 6 wasnt so out of field compared to various character changes in later homestuck. i guess she was the whole 'sometimes people dont really improve all that much and its okay' thing that the epilogues were trying to go for, but done pretty much right.
    i mean, she does get a happy ending!
    oh, and another thing people making fandom interpretations of her dont seem to get: rose would be a terrible mother and ESPECIALLY a bad mom in conjunction with kanaya. she seems like shed end up doing the whole absentee mom thing, or alternatively make really passive aggressive comments as if to prove to her kid that she's there and in control. but maybe thats an unfavourable take, i dunno

  • @InkSans_FandomSoda
    @InkSans_FandomSoda 2 роки тому +3

    Bruh you literally said “I don’t like this character because she’s unique”

  • @sunshineshipping
    @sunshineshipping 3 роки тому +8

    bruh you ever see such a fundamental misunderstanding of a character.... f in the chat for this video lmao

  • @miguelmonteiro8735
    @miguelmonteiro8735 3 роки тому +47

    I Think Why I like Rose Is Because Of The Fact That:
    1 Her Cynicism Is So Cold And harsh Is REALLY Funny
    2 Despite Being A Complete B**** She Feels Like A nice contrast to the optimism of jade John and Dave
    3 Kanaya Managed To Turn her into HS'S most likeable Character(in my opinion)
    and 4 When Rose When Grimdark mode she was trying to avenge her mother so technically She DEEP Down loved Her + Avenging Someone is a noble Objective Dispite The Fact That She Was Trying To Commit Murder
    BTW CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG PLEASE
    PS:Compared to HS'S Other Unlikeble Characters She Is Way Better

  • @yukicake5594
    @yukicake5594 3 роки тому +26

    **watches the beginning** Rose was never my favorite
    **Jen finishes her monologs and i figure out im a lot like Rose** ...o-oh.

  • @blazehensen8399
    @blazehensen8399 3 роки тому +24

    Self centered? Selfish goals? Dontt care about affecting others?
    IS SCOTT PILGRIM A GRIMDARK CHARACTER?!

    • @Silver_light77
      @Silver_light77 3 роки тому +3

      Yes, absolutely

    • @askshadowboltmoon1476
      @askshadowboltmoon1476 3 роки тому +3

      he ain't no hero and has committed murder multiple times, and has dumped a bunch of girls so yeah....grim dark character.

    • @tasior99
      @tasior99 3 роки тому +1

      oh about Grim dark characters the one who is struggle starts in day of his birth lost childhood next got hope where in one moment got tottally ripped became branded and belongs as demon food and still struggle in some moments we emphatize with his enemies who he start hunts down and next again gain hope the moment when grim dark character become redeemer because he choose to protect not avenge. and now who is the character i talking about.

    • @blazehensen8399
      @blazehensen8399 3 роки тому +2

      @@tasior99 guts from berserk?

    • @tasior99
      @tasior99 3 роки тому +1

      @@blazehensen8399 yep

  • @astroastroastro5741
    @astroastroastro5741 3 роки тому +9

    i can put into words why i like Rose, it's partly relating to her cynicism or simply enjoying her aesthetic the most out of the 4 beta kids. she's definetly the foil to John's optimism, being the pesimistic and calculated compared to John's optimism; and i enjoy this about her character. she isn't afraid to confront difficulty in her life and was willing to sacrifice her sanity to do so.

  • @jacintacapelety9600
    @jacintacapelety9600 3 роки тому +6

    Jen: I like optimism.
    Me looking at the official descriptions for Prospit and Derse dreamers: Are..... are you... *sure* you're a derse dreamer? No chance at *all* that you could lean into Prospit?

  • @nukiradio
    @nukiradio 3 роки тому +10

    Oh my goodness, I'm a grim dark writer!?
    "A 90's movement of dark writing where there are no true heroes, and no happy endings". That was literally my design philosophy! Who knew!

  • @nikonikoknees4488
    @nikonikoknees4488 3 роки тому +49

    Me: "oh yea i guess I’m kinda like rose"
    *watches the beginning of this vidio*.
    Me: "oh... ok then :,/“

  • @saturn6635
    @saturn6635 3 роки тому +5

    roses mum wasnt actually the best she would never spent any time with rose and all she would do was drink and tried to make up for years of neglect with gifts

  • @nathanvarade5820
    @nathanvarade5820 3 роки тому +34

    Hello Jen! Ok, brace yourself cuz this will be long and probably two comments. First off, The Rose situation. I’m completely understanding of dislike of Rose. At face value she’s easily the most underwhelming despite her lore hunting. But the real trick comes when you consider how and why a pessimistic snark machine like Rose hangs out with John, Dave and Jade. Much like Kanaya the other three beta kids bring out a piece of her she often saturates with her cold gothic spooky vibes (partly because she just like goth stuff but also because it influences her view of the world)
    John is probably the most influential on Rose. He’s the quintessential carefree melody to her Skeptic sinister Sonnet. He absorbs what few useful nuggets of cynicism from her to amplify his view of the world. Which keeps him from behind too starry eyed for his own good. However, the far less story relevant impact John has on Rose is actually what makes her embrace her Dorky qualities. For a girl so serious and witty she still does things like deface her squiddle shirt which is arguably more childish than just wearing it. She took up knitting at his request and not only enjoys it but commits to using it as a weapon instead of looking for anything else (sure the plot wouldn’t allow her to pick a knife but still). This is getting too wordy. Anyway, John bolsters her inner freedom.
    Then there’s Dave. He’s a bit easier since they have more in common. They tend to nurture maturity. Rose make it tough because of her sassing and psychoanalyzing, but so think she does this as a way of improving her ability to look at things objectively. I know for a fact the better you can understand and examine people the easier it is to get a hold of things you don’t know about yourself (one of the reasons I’m fond of Rose. Her least used supportive ability is something I’m quite good at.) Rose and Dave are similar enough in behavior that I suspect she’s learning how to be more honest with herself (something that slows up when the game starts since time shenanigans and witch stuff)
    Then there’s Jade. Probably the least severe since They have their biggest leap (with the most attention and least noticeable results.) when Rose decides to embrace the light. She’s always been very kind to Jade overall. I’d say of the three shes the least smart Alec to Jade. Like John, Jade opens up Rose’s inner child. It’s pretty clear Jade has this “I’m mature and know about the real world” attitude about her despite being isolated from society with only an a very kind alcoholic mom. Jade chips away at that facade to reveal the less pessimistic but still readably skeptical person behind the curtain.
    As handy as this interpretation is it ultimately gets the wind sucked from its sails by the fact that as a Seer, Rose has seen a lot of dark and disappointing events to sort of defuse the positive impact of her peers

    • @saylemevelyn
      @saylemevelyn 3 роки тому +1

      This is honestly such a great analysis of Rose. Thank you for writing, and I’m sad your comment didn’t get more recognition.

  • @anthonywalker6268
    @anthonywalker6268 3 роки тому +7

    What is wrong with people, and pessimists. Sometimes people just aren't bright balls of sunshine no matter what you do.

  • @nathanbrown8680
    @nathanbrown8680 3 роки тому +7

    Rose's attitude can be explained by the recognition that she's the seer in a null session. There is no hope in playing by the rules so she breaks as many rules as she can. She also gets at least partial memories from the doomed timeline Davesprite came from. She's a grimdark character for good reason.
    None of the human players have anything like good parents except Jane and briefly Jade. Dad Crocker is smothering, but for good reason in light of the assassination attempts. Bro is obviously abusive. Dad Egbert assaults his son with baked goods, which is less bad than assaulting him with a katana, but still abuse. Mom Lalonde is overindulgent. Bec is a dog. All the rest are dead. Everyone is messed up, some are just better at hiding it than others.

    • @rarestpepe3815
      @rarestpepe3815 3 роки тому +2

      Ironic that you listed Beta Jake as one of those good parents.

    • @paradoxicaloutcome1007
      @paradoxicaloutcome1007 3 роки тому

      I hate this new direction of looking at the old tongue-in-cheek strife flashes as "abuse". Bro I can understand (Though even with him I feel it's obvious retroactiveness leaves a bad taste), but in what world is hitting someone in the face with pie(!) in a clearly telegraphed and not too rough way "abuse and assault"?

    • @nathanbrown8680
      @nathanbrown8680 3 роки тому

      @@rarestpepe3815 Only to Jade. Presumably he learned something from the apparent tragedy of Joey and Jude (I suspect that if the HiveSwap ever gets finished they and their troll friends will wind up taking a portal to somewhere the implicit epilogue is not "rocks fall. Everyone dies," but that will leave Jake believing they died.)

    • @averagehomestuckenjoyer296
      @averagehomestuckenjoyer296 3 роки тому

      Excuse me, what did you say about Dad.

  • @Type3Diabeto
    @Type3Diabeto 3 роки тому +8

    I always found Rose and Dave to be the pessimists in contrast to John and Jade. Dave's optimism in the early acts felt like part of his "cool guy" trauma shield to me at least. I feel like you gave Rose less slack than Dave in that regard, especially since Roxy wasn't a terrific parent either in the beta human session.

  • @InkSans_FandomSoda
    @InkSans_FandomSoda 2 роки тому +1

    I get the love of a happy ending. Happy endings are wonderful. But you always need the one realist in the room to keep everyone grounded.

  • @shaynedouglasfertile
    @shaynedouglasfertile 3 роки тому +4

    I love how PHIL’s voice echoes in the real world, just like Jen’s.

  • @kevincsellak296
    @kevincsellak296 3 роки тому +2

    I’m loving the epilogues - the middle ones. I didn’t like the agonizingly slow pacing fall the first few provided, but I’m over halfway in both paths and they’re so compelling. To me, Rose is an amazing character. She’s sort of cares for her friends and wants them to succeed, but has moments of cold and distance that cause her to function as somewghat of a social outlier. You hate it, but she’s the character grounded in earth to me.

  • @averybutdifferent5294
    @averybutdifferent5294 7 місяців тому +1

    Why i love rose
    She is clever, silly, and mysterious. She loves her friends, has an adorable and deep romance arc, and does a lot of plot advancement. Her grimdark arc is one of the coolest things in the series. Something people overlook about her is the generational trauma she suffers around her drinking. Theres so much you can do with that!

  • @azzy6687
    @azzy6687 2 роки тому +3

    imagine you're a poetry writer and a time traveler comes to you to say your work will inspire a story about 2 snake skeletons wanting to fuck/kill each other while 32 kids play some weird game and become gods

  • @AimlessSavant
    @AimlessSavant 3 роки тому +7

    Rose's Pessimism is what had me hooked to Vol 1 - 3. She is a good counterweight to the other beta kids.

  • @ashtonimagine7924
    @ashtonimagine7924 3 роки тому +7

    *counting characters* Are we actually done?

  • @cgoose500
    @cgoose500 3 роки тому +7

    How do you think Homestuck would've turned out if Aranea hadn't derailed the alpha timeline?

    • @rarestpepe3815
      @rarestpepe3815 3 роки тому +1

      Ultimately it would have ended the same, because Caliborn. However, the Condense could very well have succeeded on her plans and end up ruling Earth C. Hmm. Maybe that's why Jane turned evil. Fate/Caliborn's Will/Historical Inertial trying to correct for John's actions.

    • @lordbuss
      @lordbuss 3 роки тому

      BKEW's prediction would become true.

    • @cgoose500
      @cgoose500 3 роки тому

      @@lordbuss Who is BKEW?

    • @lordbuss
      @lordbuss 3 роки тому +1

      @@cgoose500 Bladekindeyewear. The most important (i think) Homestuck theorist, out of those who wrote before the comic ended. He is kind o the father classpect analysis, and while his analysis of things that already happened was amazing, most of his prediction turned out to be wrong, but would have made perfect sense, probably even more than what actually happened (and some happened exactly as he predicted, like Arquius becoming Scratch). bladekindeyewear.tumblr.com/post/37239149790/bladekindeyewear-theorylist

  • @ericquiabazza2608
    @ericquiabazza2608 3 роки тому +5

    Rose is a pessimist? A Derse dreamer?
    Who could have think of!
    Sarcasm aside, all Derse dreamer are pessimists in some grade, they just show it differently.
    Rose is serious and cynical so comes more moody.
    Dave just reject reality by growing everything into irony, who cares about the world? It's all a big joke!
    Because of this Dave may be persive as a positive person, especially when interacting with Jhone and Jade, he just follow their game, going with the flow.

  • @tiildeath
    @tiildeath Рік тому +4

    something that bugged me a bit (sorry to join the chorus !) is that rose.. isnt that Serious of a person. whilst she does take on a very refined demeanor she does indulge in a lot of humor with her friends (i found her and johns pesterlogs especially to be very silly) & indulged in the w-mustache silliness early on. rose certainly puts up a front but in the end is still clearly a teen, i guess? lol

  • @kaleidoscopemediator8624
    @kaleidoscopemediator8624 3 роки тому +5

    Hmm, my personal theory is that quite a few of the issues Rose had as a child can be attributed to Gamzee. He had been using his powers to make all the Beta kids mentally unstable after all...now I'm wondering if it extended to the Guardians as well.
    *edit* So will we see an AR/Lil Hal episode next?

  • @gaiatiful
    @gaiatiful 3 роки тому +3

    I love that this came out at the same time as the Hiveswap reveal, today is a homestuck day

  • @therotryzit
    @therotryzit 3 роки тому +5

    This reminds of an video on Simpsons characters, specifically Ms. Hoover, where the youtuber posited that a character who seemingly doesn't care about anything is hard to root for or feel sympathy towards, i can see that in your dislike of Rose.

  • @Palepetal
    @Palepetal Рік тому +2

    Honestly I don't think Rose was all that "well taken care of". Rose is definitely a privileged child, she and her mom live in a nice house. But her mom is shown to be a struggling alcoholic, often passing out due to her addiction. While her mom is loving, she is also neglectful not out of maliciousness but because of her own problems. It seems more like Rose parents her mom more.

  • @tal865
    @tal865 2 роки тому +2

    I don't think Rose is a pessimist at all personally I mean just look at her relationship with kanaya when kanaya felt lost and like there was no hope of reviving her species Rose was like "come with me and we'll figure this out together" that's like the opposite of pessimism her classpect can literally translate as "one who sees the path to Good Fortune" she's the one who upon hearing her session was doomed immediately started forming a plan to get her friends and herself out of the situation and secure victory Rose is incredibly optimistic

    • @fakenayhn
      @fakenayhn Рік тому

      Character development.

  • @pandalion342
    @pandalion342 Рік тому +1

    I might be. very late. and the only contribution I have isn't even something that's canon, as far as I'm aware, but I like the fact that Rose's curious nature (the entire.. answers for the sake of answers bit you mentioned when talking about her personality from the "grimdark" standpoint?), combined with her cat theme and the fact that, generally, her curiosity leads nowhere good? feels kinda like the phrase "curiosity killed the cat"...
    especially when light is also the aspect associated with knowledge

  • @lordbuss
    @lordbuss 3 роки тому +4

    3:17 And this handle was what inspired the genetic themes in the story, and the existence of the trolls: homestuck.net/official/formspring/#andrewhussie448980558
    4:00 Which may be connected to the fact she "weaves the strings of fate".
    9:03 To Air conditioning and seafood.
    12:15 Sburb doesn't choose classpects. Classpects are an inherent property of the player, from birth.
    12:35 She fits Light perfectly - she is self-absorbed, and ascribes deep hidden meaning to everything. Also. this: mmmmalo.tumblr.com/post/185136249833/is-there-anything-to-roses-faux-lovecraft
    15:06 This too: theworstpersonintheworld.tumblr.com/post/44751266541
    Another good analysis of Rose: medium.com/@RoseOfNobility/rose-lalonde-at-the-heart-of-the-world-e4c5120c3529

  • @KaythatsGorey0666
    @KaythatsGorey0666 3 роки тому +1

    YESSSS IVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS

  • @mycaryan1899
    @mycaryan1899 3 роки тому +2

    Been a long time coming. I hope there will be future episodes, even if they are based around the "sequel", but this is a good end point if you decide to put this old dog to rest

  • @VainGuardian
    @VainGuardian 3 роки тому +5

    rose was never a favorite of mine, but i like rosemary. i hate how in hs^2 rose cheated on kanaya... (i think at least i dont remember.)

    • @rarestpepe3815
      @rarestpepe3815 3 роки тому +1

      @Ooohbopbopboppadoohwah It hasn't sunk just yet. Yeah, that was a nasty torpedo hit and a lot of water is getting in, but all's not lost yet.

    • @enderwalkgang
      @enderwalkgang 3 роки тому +1

      I hate h^2. That being one of MANY reasons.

  • @griphusgriphus5530
    @griphusgriphus5530 3 роки тому +2

    I thought I was the only person who culdn't relate at all with Rose and felt apathy toward her character. Like I see her complexity and how she changes and develops through the story and I can appreciate that, but it makes me feel nothing. Glad to see I'm not the only one.

  • @brastionskywarrior6951
    @brastionskywarrior6951 9 місяців тому +1

    new and cool webcomic rose is an excellent case of rose's character being used correctly. I think she was mishandled in canon

  • @juneranbooe6978
    @juneranbooe6978 2 роки тому +1

    *mentions Lovecraft*
    me => remember the complete Lovecraft works I got for my birthday, probably one of my fave gifts I've ever got.
    it just sits there. menacingly on my bookshelf next to harry potter and my David Eddings books.

  • @genet_the_menace
    @genet_the_menace 3 роки тому +2

    It's so weird to think that I live and grew up only about an hour and a half away from Rainbow Falls. Right in the middle of nowhere

  • @StarshadowMelody
    @StarshadowMelody Рік тому +3

    ... kinda _NOT_ getting that whole "pessimist" thing from her, at least not once she goes god tier and lands on the meteor. She seems a lot happier from then on- in spite of the onset of an alcohol problem-... uuuuuuntil Jasprose happens. Which... felt like a massive step backward for her in how she responded to that.

  • @RamonaVictoriaFlowers
    @RamonaVictoriaFlowers 3 роки тому +4

    Yay Rose! One of my fave kids!!

  • @tabbender1232
    @tabbender1232 3 роки тому +6

    12:22 connected with 4chan and a bright colored skin

  • @TheSuperfan2k
    @TheSuperfan2k 3 роки тому +6

    Alfin, or finally

  • @ivykyen2398
    @ivykyen2398 3 роки тому +5

    I have hopes that Homestuck ^ 2 will have a happy ending

  • @perogun
    @perogun 3 роки тому +2

    Hp Lovecrafr had a cat with an unfortunate name
    And in the epilogues, Rose has a "dog" with an unfortunate name

  • @fictionferguson1320
    @fictionferguson1320 3 роки тому +2

    BEST QUEEN

  • @CircusSabre
    @CircusSabre 3 роки тому +5

    Damn i never noticed how simmilar rose and vriska are?????

  • @a.fernando4319
    @a.fernando4319 3 роки тому +4

    I have I theory that the troll zodiac and the extend zodiac are 2 separate thing,the troll zodiac is A horoscope and the the extend one is a cast system.
    Take would explain with karkat even be born in in the mouth of Gemini is a cancer troll.

    • @a.fernando4319
      @a.fernando4319 3 роки тому +2

      And miss Jen,"put in her in a positive light".
      Rose literary attack with fotons.

    • @lordbuss
      @lordbuss 3 роки тому +1

      It's not a theory. It's literally the truth.

  • @igormendonca4026
    @igormendonca4026 6 місяців тому +2

    she's a INTJ with developed Fi and Se

  • @spheal7511
    @spheal7511 3 роки тому +4

    Oh so you like Homestuck? Name every character.

    • @perogun
      @perogun 3 роки тому +4

      Ok
      John Egbert
      (John Egbert)
      Prospit John Egbert
      Rose Lalonde
      (Rose Lalonde)
      Derse Rose Lalonde
      Dave Strider
      Derse Dave Strider
      That crow
      Bro Strider
      Davesprite
      12 other AU Daves
      Dad egbert
      Nannasprite
      Mom Lalonde
      Jaspers
      That Pony
      Jade Harley
      Prospit Jade Harley
      Grandpa Harley
      Halley
      Becquerel
      Wayward Vagabond
      Authority Regulator
      Parcel Mistress
      White King
      White Queen
      Black King
      Black Queen
      Colonel Sassacre
      Mutie
      Casey
      Unnamed mutant cat
      Jack Noir
      Draconic Dignitary
      Hegemonic Brute
      Courtyard Droll
      The bunny with a lot of names
      Spades Slick
      Diamonds Droog
      Hearts Boxcars
      Clubs Deuce
      D0c Scratch
      Itchy
      Doze
      Trace
      Clover
      Fin
      Die
      Crowbar
      Sn8wman
      Stitch
      Sawbuck
      Matchsticks
      Eggs
      Biscuits
      Quarters
      Cans
      Andrew Hussie
      Ms. Paint
      Lord English
      Lil cal
      Karkat Vantas
      Prospit Karkat Vantas
      Alternate Karkat Vantas
      Alternate Godtier Karkat Vantas
      Crabdad
      Gamzee Makara
      Presumably Prospit Gamzee Makara
      Goatdad
      Terezi Pyrope
      Prospit Terezi Pyrope
      Alternate Terezi Pyrope
      Alternate Godtier Terezi Pyrope
      Pyralspite
      Sollux Captor
      Derse Sollux Captor
      Prospit Sollux Captor
      Alternate Godtier Sollux Captor
      Biclopsdad
      Aradia Megido
      Aradiasprite
      Various Alternate Aradiabots
      Derse Aradia Megido
      Tavros Nitram
      Prospit Tavros Nitram
      Alternate Godtier Tavros Nitram
      Tinkerbull
      Vriska Serket
      (Vriska Serket)
      Prospit Vriska Serket
      Another Alternate Vriska Serket
      Spidermom
      Kanaya Maryam
      Prospit Kanaya Maryam
      Alternate Kanaya Maryam
      (Kanaya Maryam)
      Mothergrub
      Equius Zahhak
      Derse Equius Zahhak
      Alternate Godtier Equius Zahhak
      Butler
      Nepeta Leijon
      Derse Nepeta Leijon
      Alternate Godtier Nepeta Leijon
      Pounce de leon
      Eridan Ampora
      Derse Eridan Ampora
      Alternate Godtier Eridan Ampora
      Skyhorsedad
      Feferi Peixes
      Derse Feferi Peixes
      Alternate Godtier Feferi Peixes
      Gl'bgolyb
      The Handmaid
      The Psiionic
      The Sufferer
      The Disciple
      The Dolorosa
      Neophyte Redglare
      Marquise Spineret Mindfang
      Executor Darkleer
      The Grand Highblood
      Orphaner Dualscar
      Her Imperious Condescension

    • @perogun
      @perogun 3 роки тому +4

      Jane Crocker
      (Jane Crocker)
      Prospit Jane Crocker
      Dad Crocker
      Grandpa Crocker
      God Cat
      Jake English
      (Jake English)
      Prospit Jake English
      Nanna English
      Dirk Strider
      (Dirk Strider)
      Derse Dirk Strider
      Auto Responder
      Dirkbot
      Alpha Dave
      Roxy Lalonde
      Alpha Rose
      Derse Roxy Lalonde
      Damara Megido
      Various Alternate Damaras
      Derse Damara Megido
      Rufioh Nitram
      Alternate Godtier Rufioh Nitram
      Prospit Rufioh Nitram
      Mituna Captor
      Alternate Godtier Mituna Captor
      Prospit Mituna Captor
      Derse Mituna Captor
      Kankri Vantas
      Alternate Godtier Kankri Vantas
      Prospit Kankri Vantas
      Meulin Leijon
      Alternate Godtier Meulin Leijon
      Derse Meulin Leijon
      Porrim Maryam
      Alternate Godtier Porrim Maryam
      Prospit Porrim Maryam
      Aranea Serket
      Prospit Aranea Serket
      Horrus Zahhak
      Alternate Godtier Horrus Zahhak
      Derse Horrus Zahhak
      Kurloz Makaka
      Alternate Godtier Kurloz Makara
      Prospit Kurloz Makara
      Cronus Ampora
      Alternate Godtier Cronus Ampora
      Derse Cronus Ampora
      Meenah Peixes
      Derse Meenah Peixes
      Pre scratch Aradia Megido
      Pre scratch Tavros Nitram
      Pre scratch Sollux Captor
      Pre scratch Karkat Vantas
      Pre scratch Nepeta Leijon
      Pre scratch Kanaya Maryam
      Pre scratch Vriska Serket
      Pre scratch Equius Zahhak
      Pre scratch Gamzee Makara
      Pre scratch Eridan Ampora
      Pre scratch Feferi Peixes
      Two canon fantrolls
      Adult Male Cherub
      Adult Female Cherup
      Calliope
      Alternate Godtier Calliope
      Caliborn
      Alternate Dead Caliborn

    • @lordbuss
      @lordbuss 3 роки тому

      (Vriska...)

    • @averagehomestuckenjoyer296
      @averagehomestuckenjoyer296 3 роки тому

      @@perogun LMAO

  • @benzur3503
    @benzur3503 3 роки тому +4

    She’s just goth

  • @alsoknownas1439
    @alsoknownas1439 3 роки тому +1

    loved this :D just like all ur other fridgestucks this was great :7

  • @LordZadrenoss
    @LordZadrenoss Рік тому

    I honestly LOVE purple prose!

  • @shmow4716
    @shmow4716 3 роки тому +1

    Can’t believe it’s over

  • @yiffinylongstockinglalonde7096
    @yiffinylongstockinglalonde7096 3 роки тому +2

    Do an update on your option on RoseLalonde

  • @ganyu5633
    @ganyu5633 3 роки тому +2

    POG !!!! ROSE ROSE ROSE ROSE ROSE!

  • @drnoname2098
    @drnoname2098 3 роки тому +1

    hell yeah boys another fridgestuck EP

  • @abondendaybss2934
    @abondendaybss2934 3 роки тому +2

    Rose is mah favorite kid and I have the god teir and lunner sway

  • @griffinwhite6066
    @griffinwhite6066 3 роки тому +12

    mom lalonde: wants to be kind and helpful and loving to her daughter
    Rose: hmmmmmmmmmm, smells like *disrespect*

    • @griffinwhite6066
      @griffinwhite6066 3 роки тому +6

      @@hexfane1741 i get what you mean but she was trying to show that she cared and rose though that she was just being mean

  • @internetxxx_pl0r3r_xxx77
    @internetxxx_pl0r3r_xxx77 3 роки тому +1

    Ya think maybe once you run out of Fridgestucks you'd maybe do some what-if videos? Like, how you would've followed up the original story, or maybe some MasakoX style stuff? I think your style would work well for both.

  • @nuffens
    @nuffens 3 роки тому +2

    Do you think you'll ever do content like places from MSPFA once you've exhausted all the HS content?

  • @rexexeable
    @rexexeable 3 роки тому +2

    For anyone who is confused about how the doomed god tier players turned into the horror terrors this is my understanding. Throughout millions of eons the players can't die, but there bodies are still vulnerable to cell deterioration and cancer. what is the simplest appendage? that's right a tentacle as it is just an tube of muscle. so over countless millennia more and more cancerous growths form and the players resemble themselves less and less. as for their strange powers, a god tire player with all the time thinkable on their hands would probably do a lot of experimenting.

  • @TH3MIN3R3000
    @TH3MIN3R3000 3 роки тому +2

    Oh yay! The last human character!...(?)

  • @puddel9079
    @puddel9079 3 роки тому +2

    Rose Lalonde: Personally unrelatable under most circumstances...
    Edit: thinking about the whole difference between Vriska and Rose, it does make sense that Rose turning toward sociopathic action would be more contextually violent.

  • @impliqued1910
    @impliqued1910 3 роки тому +2

    Fridgestuck²

  • @kimbatai
    @kimbatai 3 роки тому +1

    I feel like a combination of Rose and John.

  • @Fruz
    @Fruz 3 роки тому +3

    Man, this was a really nice episode. I'm gonna miss Fridgestuck.

  • @Crusty_mayonnaise
    @Crusty_mayonnaise 3 роки тому +1

    Okay so hiveswap just came out with the new trailer of Act 2

  • @pericatt
    @pericatt 3 роки тому +1

    YAY ROSE!!!!! Funky witchy cat loving girl makes serotonin machine go PURRRRR!!!!

  • @noravargas7653
    @noravargas7653 3 роки тому +1

    My favorite kid!!

  • @goldend791
    @goldend791 3 роки тому +1

    Now you have 5 days to prepare for the hs2 update

  • @frog8366
    @frog8366 3 роки тому +1

    hiveswap act 2's trailer, let's read homestuck and fridgestuck all in one day? i'll drink to that.

  • @rainthedraconic402
    @rainthedraconic402 2 роки тому

    Rose is a negative light her color is purple much like a black light

  • @heheheiamasuperstarwarrior9281
    @heheheiamasuperstarwarrior9281 3 роки тому +1

    Of all outro jokes, i least expected some royalty free Christmas songs.

  • @caliveil1627
    @caliveil1627 3 роки тому +1

    Even though i share an aspect s
    With rose i can totally relate to not feeling much for rose lalonde

  • @Cluestblue
    @Cluestblue 3 роки тому +11

    god I hate HS^2

    • @lordbuss
      @lordbuss 3 роки тому

      @Ooohbopbopboppadoohwah Some people.

  • @celestialVocalist
    @celestialVocalist 2 роки тому

    Idk if anyone has mentioned this, but here's a meta fact:
    Hussie once gave himself a nasty computer virus after downloading a .zip file containing shitty wizard wallpapers when designing the interior of Rose's house.