FFIV: A ramble on Rosa

[first_seventhe]

So I've been working on something in the background - although it has stalled significantly since this class took over my life, writing, I miss you - but part of that stalling has been idea-wise, and as such I think it's time to open up the floor, since I haven't had a good old school fandom discussion here in a while. I want to talk about Final

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[salarta]

sev, I love you. You understand that Rosa's already undergone all her character development pre-FF4, and you see the same forms of relationship between Rosa and Rydia that I used to love before it was ruined for me.

I would say Rosa is actually pretty badass. I mean, she DOES fight physically very well, she crossed a desert by herself to find Cecil, and she shows no signs of mental trauma to being Golbez's prisoner (or for being betrayed by Kain for that matter).

The thing is, everyone in life has multiple roles to them. You wouldn't say you're only a student, would you? Or that you're only a runner, or only a GODDAMNIT CATS owner? That's true for Rosa too. She's written as so many things because different people see those things in her from different moments in the game. She's a lot more intricate than a lot of people give her credit, because how static she is fools people into thinking whatever first impression they have of her is all there is. This can be somewhat said for the others too; I've seen depictions fans and "fans" of Rydia give her that range from sweet and innocent girl (even as an adult) to wild dominatrix.

I only got to read about half of your post before I had to take off for more work things. I'll continue when I get off my current work duty, but it'll be in a new comment because I can't edit mine.