Well this got heavy af. But I kinda get Rose's perspective a little more now. I don't think she wants to become Queen just for revenge though. With the help of the Duke she could've screwed her family a long time ago. I mean, she had the means to hire someone who had the guts to mess with the rulers of a kingdom, fucking over her family at that point would've been easy, no? Her despair and hatred must've morphed into desire for power at some point in time. With that said, I'm also sold that she never truely loved the King to begin with, and only saw the guy as a handy tool to become powerful. It's not unusual for a rape victim like her to become wary (and scared) of males. Using him as a stepping stone might've satisfied some of her hunger for revenge/power.
And to add more to my rant theory about Rose's mentality: This kind of mindset would also explain why she didn't cry for the Emperor when he told her about his trauma, and why she said what she said. He is a victim, like her, yet telling him to never speak about it, because that's exactly how she (didn't) cope. She is ashamed of what happened to her and was never able to speak up about it, so she is projecting it onto him. Thank you for listening to my TED talk.
Well this got heavy af. But I kinda get Rose's perspective a little more now. I don't think she wants to become Queen just for revenge though. With the help of the Duke she could've screwed her family a long time ago. I mean, she had the means to hire someone who had the guts to mess with the rulers of a kingdom, fucking over her family at that point would've been easy, no?
Her despair and hatred must've morphed into desire for power at some point in time.
With that said, I'm also sold that she never truely loved the King to begin with, and only saw the guy as a handy tool to become powerful. It's not unusual for a rape victim like her to become wary (and scared) of males.
Using him as a stepping stone might've satisfied some of her hunger for revenge/power.
And to add more to my rant theory about Rose's mentality:
This kind of mindset would also explain why she didn't cry for the Emperor when he told her about his trauma, and why she said what she said.
He is a victim, like her, yet telling him to never speak about it, because that's exactly how she (didn't) cope. She is ashamed of what happened to her and was never able to speak up about it, so she is projecting it onto him.
Thank you for listening to my TED talk.