i think that what bugs me so much about rosa and pimento’s relationship is that it’s just a gag half the time. (which is so unfair to both characters i ADORE rosa and when pimento isn’t macking on rosa, i enjoy him. he’s a funny unhinged guy that’s fun to watch and i wouldn’t mind watching show up and fuck up their lives every once in a while)
the relationship isn’t treated with the emotional weight that the good relationships on the show are. it doesn’t facilitate emotional growth for rosa the way that amy and jake do for each other, or genevieve does for charles or kevin for holt or any of the love interests that i do enjoy do. he’s being touted as an almost soulmate like figure and definitely endgame someday and they’re just not good for each other.
beyond the fact that they’re both bad with feelings, are both violent and have this “primal sexual attraction” or whatever, there just isn’t anything to them.
i’m not saying that rosa has to have a love interest, but if she does have to have one, then it should be someone like marcus who’s actually good for her and helps her grow emotionally okay. (or gina because they just function on the same wavelength and are so fun to watch together and work so well together, but this isn’t a ginarosa post so i didn’t want to derail it)