How would the Roses in the Garden of Roses (that you and other users created) react to the events of Volume 8?
Well I can’t really speak for the rest of the Garden squad---I’ll tag the others and let them answer for their own Roses.
What I can say is that my rose---Rosaline Fox would be more than a little peeved with the development of this volume especially in respect to Oscar.
Seeing that my Rose shares a close bond with Oscar as part of her respective story, she would’ve NEVER stood idly by and allowed what happened to Oscar to happen. She would’ve never allowed George to get close enough to Oscar to abduct him (not without a handful of dust-infused arrows up his Houndoom-looking ass).
And even in the event of Oscar being kidnapped, my Rose would’ve never just allowed Oscar to be taken to Salem. It’s not in her character and relationship with the little prince to do that. No offense to Yang, Jaune and Ren but Rose would’ve definitely left them in the dust and gone off to get Oscar back herself. I mean if it were her launched up by Jaune to snag George and try and slow him down---even if Rose was forced to cut herself loose to help YJR. The minute she realized they were fine, she would’ve been gone with her mission being to help Oscar.
As I’ll emphasize again, Rose wouldn’t have allowed Oscar to be captured or just leave him behind like that. She would’ve done something. Or at least try to do something. She would’ve done what I wanted Ren to do---go off of her own to get up to Monstra to save Oscar somehow even if she had to do it solo. And given the fact that her semblance is shapeshifting, I think Rose could’ve managed to infiltrate Salem’s ranks and free Oscar herself or at least help him out in some way as best as she could.
Bottom-line anon-chan, my Rose would be very much pissed at the events of V8 especially concerning Oscar. She would be disappointed, albeit really annoyed at the tension between the hero team sparked by Yang Xiao Ling.
Despite me writing her to be somewhat of a “rival” to Ruby, Rose would’ve actually sided with Ruby in the event of the group splitting up---not being afraid to point out that Yang was definitely in the wrong for her contribution to the group’s predicament.
However given that Rose cares a lot about Oscar, she would’ve chosen to stick as closely to him as much as possible, especially given that he disappeared for the umpteenth time and it was a miracle (of PLOT conveniences) that the others were able to find him so quickly after his ninety-ninth disappearance. That’s more or less my girl.
@lookyeekiti, @che1sea-xiao-long, @miki-13, @nykamito-x, @beaver-sen, @cloudquet, @keyenuta and @ezroar will answer for their respective Roses.
We got @beaver-sen‘s Arrosa running away, @nykamito-x‘s Schatter looking up in concern, @littlemisssquiggles‘s Rose snuggling up to her daddy, @cloudburst-paint-water‘s Tova being the definion of comf (like how I don’t understand how anyone could look that snuggled 24/7), @che1sea-xiao-long‘s Lindy sleeping on Ruby, @miki-13‘s sleeping on her Mommy’s chest (this is her favourite spot, nobody move her or she will pull your hair) and @lythecreatorart‘s Hoody being Hoody. Again.
This supposed to be a comic about how my Hood meet @littlemisssquiggles ‘s Rose for first time (and have identity crisis), with a little headcanon that all interpretations of Rose Fox smell like maple (of all things).
But @miki-13 did something extra with her script so the whole garden is here🤣🤣!! With some creator cameos too, the greatest amount of fourth wall brokening 🤣🤣🤣.
And I have a headcanon of when my Hood first meet @che1sea-xiao-long ‘s Rosalind, they call each other “Hoody” and “Lindy” to not confuse with their names.
At long last, this is complete! I had initially started this about a week ago. Last time you got a glimpse of Rose in her pajamas and seasonal outfits.
For this set, I wanted to include a secondary outfit for Rose as a huntress. Remember how back in V2, we got the RWBY girls rocking a secondary combat gear for the memorable ‘Paint the Town’ episodes. Well I figured to do something similar with Rose. A secondary huntress outfit for her to throw on when she’s not in the mood to rock her trademark skirt and scarf. I knew for Rose’s second huntress get-up that I wanted her to wear something that’s more form fitting.
Next outfit corresponds with @che1sea-xiao-long idea of what would the Roses look like during the V4 Timeskip that happened in the canon RWBY. For my Rose, I looked at it as “where would she have been during the events of RWBY V4 in her alternate universe timeline”.
For my Rose, she would’ve been attending combat school in Atlas. As of her introduction, my Rose is carded as being 15 years of age. In Rose’s universe, Atlas Academy actually starts grooming their students from as young as 15 especially if the student proved competent enough to be moved up from combat school. Rose was among the group who were given that privilege. During V4, Rose would’ve been on her last year of combat school before moving to Atlas. She’d been around 14 at the time or so.
Admittedly, Rose was a bit of a brat during combat school. Meaning that she was kind of catty back in those times. A lot of it was due to the discrimination Rose constantly faces from some of the folks up in Atlas. Back in those days, Rose allowed a lot of what people said about her to get under her skit and acted accordingly because of it.
But as of entering Atlas (and other events in her life), Rose simmered down. She still has her sass but now she hides it cleverly behind a humble smile, fangs ever-so visible.
After her, we get young Rose. At age 7. I actually chuckle at that drawing. Comparing Rose’s younger self to her teenaged self is such a shock since…that glow-up y’know what I mean XD
And lastly, we have Rose in her Atlas school uniform. Or at least my interpretation of the Atlas uniform. I’m not sure if the Atlas uniform has frills but by my eyes I though it has a underline of frills. If not…canonically then whelp, in Rose’s universe, the uniform has frills. There we go.
And that’s it. That’s all folks for my girl.
Like last time, @lookyeekiti, @che1sea-xiao-long, @nykamito-x, @cloudburst-paint-water @beaver-sen, what do your Roses’ look like in their uniforms or as kids? (Sorry to give you guys more homework)
I think you already did this, right @miki-13? Either way, what do you guys think?
Slumber Rose is ready for that Garden of Rose’s pajama party sleepover!
I was originally going to just do my Rose’s PJs at first but then I saw Miki-chan’s page with some outfit designs for her Ianthe and figured I’d try the same. This is only the first three but I have a full page with a couple of looks for my Rose including her Time Skip/ V4 look for Chels’ AU. The rest will be finished and shared accordingly.
In the meantime, I hope you guys like it. I’ve also made this post to share some more info on my Rose. Provide more Rosey Tips on what she’s like and such so keep reading if you’d like to learn more about Rosaline Fox.
SLUMBER ROSE
As previously mentioned; in spite of her Faunus status, Rose’s favourite animal are sheep. She owns a large collection of stuffed sheep plushies that decorated her bed and bedroom including one giant sheep-shaped pillow pet that Rose had owned since she was a little girl.
The name of Rose's sheep pillow pet is Lambchop.
Rose doesn't sleep without Lambchop; preferring it over a regular pillow since, according to Rose, Lambchop's fluffy fleece is softer than a thousand pillows.
Despite owning it since she was a kit, Rose has taken great care of Lambchop over the years. Lambchop was the first present Rose's beloved father: Robyn Fox gave to her and she's cherished it ever since so the pillow pet has sentimental value. Lambchop is big enough for at least 8 heads to rest on its fluffy fleece; however Rose doesn't just let anyone share Lambchop. Only those she genuinely likes or trusts.
Lambchop has a secret pouch underneath the fur by its neck that's usually covered by a rose collar. In her younger years back in Mistral, Rose and Oscar would stash snacks inside Lambchop during sleepovers. They did it so that Mama Dorothy and Marion wouldn't be suspicious of their kids eating sweets after bedtime.
Eventually the two friends had to drop this charade after all the left over snacks ultimately attracted ants that got caught in the pillow pet’s fleece. Not only did the Rose and Oscar get in big trouble with their mothers for breaking the rules but till this day, Rose can still remember the intense itching left on her skin after sleeping on a pillow pet full of them. Fortunately Oscar was spared of this itchy torture but as for Rose; she never did this again. This also explain why Rose doesn't allow anyone eating or drinking near Lambchop. She definitely learnt her lesson as a kid.
Other than Lambchop, Rose also has a habit of sleeping with socks. She likes her toes to be nice and warm when resting and thus hates sleeping barefoot.
Rose's favourite childhood bedtime story and fairy tale is titled ‘The Farmer and the Moon’. It was basically an ole Mistralian folklore that told the love story of a heavenly warrior goddess with silver eyes as striking as the moon who fell in love with a mortal farmer after she fell from the sky during a tremendous battle that shook the heavens. The farmer found the Warrior near death near a river on the outskirts of his farmland and quickly rushed her back to his home. When the Warrior finally regained consciousness, the farmer, in relief, asked for her name. However the Warrior said she had no name so the farmer decided to name her ‘Moon’ after her beautiful eyes. The Farmer and the Moon is a favourite tale that Rose shares in common with Oscar.
SUMMER ROSE
During the summer, Rose wears her hair short. Since it's a normal characteristic of foxes to grow out their fur coats in preparation for the winter climate only to shed out all that fur by summer season, this is a similar trait that Rose shares with her animal counterpart as part of her Faunus quirks.
Rose is one of those girls who has no problem growing their hair out. As a matter of fact, Rose's hair generally tends to grow as long as she is tall (and fluffy too) and as a kid, her hair would practically be trailing on the ground by winter time so her mother: Marion Fox, would often style and braid her hair for that seasonal occasion.
Although Rose generally takes care of her own hair, she often goes to her mother to style her hair for special occasions. It is one of the activities the two bonded over as Rose grew up and it's a mother-daughter tradition they’ve maintained.
So generally by Spring time, Rose cuts her hair shorter as a means of coping with the incoming warmer weather and the fact that most of her ‘winter roots’ tends to 'shed' out by the summer. After Summer, she lets it grow back out so its at its full gorgeous length by winter.
Of all the seasons, Summer is Rose’s favourite despite being a Winter baby.
Rose loves warm weather and it’s one of the things she misses most about Mistral after moving to Solitas.
In the summer heat, while some folks love watermelon, Rose prefers coconuts. Good authentic coconut water straight from the husk is Rose's favourite thing to drink during the summer as well as eating the delicious coconut jelly.
Although not much of a glutton for sweets, Rose does enjoy a good snow cone.
Rose’s birthmark is on her inner left thigh.
WINTER ROSE
Rose is a Sagittarius-born and her birthday is December 21st; the day of the winter solstice.
Despite being a Winter-baby, admittedly winter is Rose’s least favourite season purely because Rose isn’t a fan of cold weather. It’s one of the things she dislikes about living in Solitas despite being a citizen for eight years. Thankfully the weather up in Atlas Kingdom isn’t as bad as it was for Rose living down in the Barracks of Mantle for the first few years. She doesn’t mind the cold if it’s good enough to go out and play in the snow. But when it drops to the point of unbearably cold, Rose can’t stand it.
There are only two things that Rose genuinely likes about the Winter season. One is her birthday which falls just four days before Christmas which meant Rose got double the presents each year. Secondly, the cute outfits Rose gets to rock for the Christmas season. Just cause she’s turning into a popsicle doesn’t mean she can’t look cute while doing it, right?
Rose’s favourite designer is Poppy Merlin---a renowned Atlesian designer specialized in producing dust-infused clothing lines inclusive of huntsmen gear catered to the huntsmen that is adaptable to changes in weather.
Rose isn’t much of a fan of sweets. When she was a kid, she loved sweets but eventually grew out of it; by the time she was a teenager especially after ‘the incident’ with Lambchop. She prefers snacking on salty snacks such as potato chips, vegetable crackers, popcorn, etc.
There is one kind of sweet that Rose will eat and that’s anything made of gelatine. Gummy bears, pudding pops, jello---Rose has a belly for jelly. When she was a kid she would eat jelly snacks a lot and it’s the one sweet she hasn’t outgrown even with the incident.
Rose’s favourite kind of cake is carrot (and she always insists that that’s her birthday cake every year).
Rose prefers frozen yogurt over ice-cream.
Rose is allergic to strawberries.
In case you’re wondering:
Poppy Merlin is a little nod back to an old Pinehead headcanon of mine where Oscar had a fairy godmother kind of character who was an Atlesian fashion designer specialized in dust-infused fabrics. Despite that being a thing one that can do with dust, we haven’t seen anyone else utilize this with dust since Cinder in V2. I know that World of Remnant mentioned that it’s an ancient practice.
Nonetheless, if dust is capable of being woven into fabrics then why haven’t the huntsmen made more use of this as part of the world-building of RWBY How come there aren’t more huntsmen walking around with gear infused with dust that can change to adapt to the weather---like for example, fire dust for colder climates so that the huntsmen wouldn’t need to use their aura to survive the cold since their gear strengthened by dust aids with that. It sucks we don’t have more of this in RWBY. But, that’s why AUs with fanfics and fanart exist, am I right?
@lookyeekiti, @che1sea-xiao-long, @miki-13, @nykamito-x, @cloudburst-paint-water, @beaver-sen What do you guys think?
Also what are some of your Roses’ quirks? And what would your Roses wear to the beach or during the winter?
