kanrose:

Hear me out for a sec.

As Rose lay dying on the sand, she appeared to not remember what happened that resulted in her getting stabbed.

Rose saw Kanaya die.

And presumably immediately after, threw herself directly at the largest threat: the Condesce.

There was no way Rose could have won. She was undoubtedly aware of this.



What if Rose did this on purpose?

On 7/11/14, Rose Lalonde saw another person that she loved die, and she did the same thing she did the last time it happened - throw herself into a situation that was completely without hope. She ended up dying both times.

This is how Rose copes with extreme grief. Suicidal vengeance. A need to join her loved one (whether it be her mother or her girlfriend) so that she can just tell the she loves them, because she never let herself when they were alive. Rose didn’t remember what happened because she hadn’t been thinking about it that far.

More than that, more than her apathy towards her own life or the compete withdraw from the actual situation of being impaled and who was impailing her, the reason that it suggests suicide is because she is a Seer. A Seer of Light, to be specific.

A Seer of Light that had problems Seeing up until very recently.



The “something unaccounted for” was Aranea. But once Aranea was in the game, that unaccounted for factor was now… accounted for. Rose could most likely See again.

Thus, although she might not have known that Kanaya would have died, she would have been able to see the most fortuitous path. And what would have been the most fortuitous path for her?

To return to Kanaya.

Rose knew about the dream bubbles, and she knew that the dead go there. The only way for them to be together was for her to die.

But Rose Lalonde is a GOD. She can’t die unless it’s heroic or just.

But if Rose committed suicide…

…why was her death ruled as Heroic? Suicide is not heroic.

Intentionally or not, Rose cheated the system one final time. Lunging at the Condesce was viewed by the game as Rose trying to avenge Kanaya’s death, and thus her own was ruled Heroic.

That shouldn’t have been a Heroic death. She wasn’t saving anyone (Jake), she wasn’t defending anyone (Dave), it wasn’t for the greater good, and it wasn’t self-sacrifice so that the rest could live (such as in Cascade).

Rose’s death was Heroic because it was foolish. It was Heroic because the odds weren’t in her favor and she did it anyway. She challenged what was conceived as her enemy, she instigated the attack. If she had won, she would have been a hero.

But Rose never intended to win.