Steven, who inherits his mothers legacy, struggles to carve his own separate identity.
Rose is complex, contradictory, and ultimately unable to shake her shame and self-hatred.
In a show about self-love, Roses story could not be told differently.
Rose is complex, contradictory, and ultimately unable to shake her shame and self-hatred.
She required loyalty as a leader but withheld her own honesty.
Yet she represents love, kindness, and freedom.
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Despite being an alien, Rose is one of the shows most human characters.
From an audience perspective, this storytelling choice creates an exciting mystery.
From the creators perspective, the viewers are meant to learn alongside Steven.
Rose tried very hard to bury her past, forcefully restricting other peoples ability to tell it.
However, Roses death meant she could no longer control her story nor could she evolve any further.
The remaining step is to unravel her.
Rose is the center of the narrative, but the story starts with Steven.
Rose has good intentions, but it is the great flaw of her character to leap before she thinks.
Whether she intended to or not, the world was shaped by Rose.
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