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Player Information

Name: Len
Personal Journal: hamiltonian
Age: 18
Contact Info: paradoxcommuter@gmail.com | John sit down (AIM)
Other Characters Played: n/a

Character Information

Character Name: Rose Strider
Character Series: Homestuck
Character Age: 13
Character Gender: Female
Alternate Universe
Canon Point: After Dave enters the Medium, but before she discovers Bro's body.
Background Link: Homestuck wiki | Rose Lalonde's wiki | blurbs on the swapped trolls | additional blather on Red Rose

AU Background: Colorswap follows the events of the original universe and Sburb fairly faithfully, with the major difference being the fact that both the guardians and blood colors of the trolls have been switched around, which obviously changes more than a few events.

The kids of this universe are Jade Egbert (Witch of Breath), Rose Strider (Seer of Time), John Lalonde (Heir of Light), and Dave Harley (Knight of Space).

The trolls are now mutant!Equius (Heir of Blood), maroon!Gamzee (Bard of Time), brown!Feferi (Witch of Breath), yellow!Eridan (Prince of Doom), green!Tavros (Page of Heart), jade!Karkat (Knight of Space), teal!Nepeta (Rogue of Mind), cerulean!Aradia (Maid of Light), navy!Sollux (Mage of Void), indigo!Vriska (Thief of Rage), purple!Terezi (Seer of Hope), and Tyrian!Kanaya (Sylph of Life).

What this means for Rose is that instead of an overbearing mother she had to contend with a hardass of a brother for her entire life, although some of the irritation was lessened by the fact that she had developed a strange sort of friendship with a group of other kids online. Sometimes she could even pretend that most of her waking moments didn't center around avoiding being thrown off roofs or down stairs.

That is, until Sburb entered the picture. Thanks to her abilities as the Heroine of Time and a certain cackling purple-blooded troll with a penchant for stirring up needless chaos, Rose finds herself trapped in a futile timeline destined only for termination. She rewinds time to prototype herself as her alpha version's sprite and preserve the timeline, but the experience leaves her incredibly bitter and jaded in regards to the game.

Rosesprite becomes the corrupting influence in Rose's life instead of the horrorterrors this version of herself eschews with a passion. She suggests that while the session they're fighting so valiantly through is barren, perhaps there's still a way to save everyone. Maybe, even, they can manipulate the powers of the Scratch to turn this completely in their favor.

And Rose, desperate to not be a failure for once in her life, starts to listen. Suffice to say things get worse before they even approach better.


Personality: Rose Strider is the portrait of an angry young girl with no way to manifest her negative feelings. Unlike Purple Rose, who was able to cultivate a softer side during her younger years due to the more subtle derision of her mother, Red Rose shut down completely from day one because of Bro's harsher parenting style. She wants nothing to do with her feelings, preferring to push them back to the furthest point of her mind and let them fester until they explode at the worst possible moment. Her lack of interest in psychology means that she also doesn't understand any of the things she feels, which makes emotions a thing to be feared rather than embraced.

Although she's a horribly stunted little thing, underneath her insecurities Rose is a fiercely loyal person prone to self-sacrifice for the sake of the people she loves. She makes every attempt to push her friends away but secretly would do anything to keep them safe without a second thought. Her social world isn't very large, which makes the people who consistently put up with her all the more precious.

That said, despite her unwavering loyalty Red Rose has the same difficulty trusting others that Purple Rose does. She is full of serious self-image problems, seeing herself as both a failure in general and particularly to her gender. There's very little she sees in herself that's positive, and as such she doesn't believe that the loyalty she feels is mutual. If she were in a dangerous situation, Red Rose would immediately assume that her friends would leave her high and dry.

Similar to Purple Rose, she matured far more quickly than a young girl should. This is born from a strong desire to not live off of pizza for the rest of her life and maybe have clean laundry every day of the week. Any fruits of her labor are specifically done to exclude Bro however, because Red Rose can be an incredibly mean-spirited and petty girl when she's brushed the wrong way. As such all of the sarcasm she uses is intended to hurt feelings rather than gently poke fun in the way Purple Rose does.

Because she doesn't have as good a handle (read: any) on her feelings as Purple Rose, her temper is markedly shorter than hers. It's not hard to mildly irritate her, and all that suppressed emotion means that she has a tendency to snap and take it out on those around her, and unfortunately it's usually a close friend.

She carries on the Rose tradition of having an incredibly complicated relationship with her guardian - Red Rose hates Bro with a blinding passion because she sees him as an irresponsible tool who isn't fit by any stretch of the imagination to be raising a child, while unconsciously loving him in the same way Purple Rose loved Mom. She uses Bro as a benchmark for her success, having determined that she wants to grow up to be nothing like him. Despite this she stills feels like Bro is incredibly disappointed in her, and finds that this actually bothers her. It's an uncomfortable feeling that she'd never talk about outside her own mind.

Although her speech doesn't always reflect it, Red Rose is every bit as smart as her purple counterpart. The topics she's interested in may have changed, but underneath the snarl of antagonism lurks as fearsome a vocabulary as any Lalonde. Thankfully for the rest of the world it only rears its head when she wants to intimidate and shame someone, a common occurrence for many of Rose's conversations. Although she desperately wishes to be a hero she doesn't like being the object of intense scrutiny unless provoked, similar to Purple Rose's private nature.

Purple Rose's issues with authority are also carried over to Red Rose and ratcheted up several notches. Red Rose can't stand being told what to do by anyone, which include the horrorterrors floating over Derse. The hatred of someone dictating her life is a large reason why she refuses to commune with the Old Ones, although there's some unvoiced worry there as well. It's difficult for Rose to follow someone even if she knows it's for her own good because she hates to feel boxed in.


Abilities:

- As the Seer of Time Rose is able to manipulate the timeline, mostly in the form of time travel. Utilizing her violin she's able to move herself forwards and backwards in time in order to complete time loops and keep the flow of time stable.

She's also able to use her time powers in attacks, although there is a serious limitation in using time offensively. Because Rose is a Seer, she is granted the ability to actually see the timeline in order to manipulate it more accurately. When she makes use of this power, however, she becomes detached from reality in order to focus on the timestream. This leaves her vulnerable to attacks if a time clone isn't around to watch her back.

- She possesses a pair of seam rippers that have been alchemized with her violin, giving them timey effects as well. Wounds inflicted by the rippers will cycle through every stage of a wound infinitely, never healing. It's an incredibly cruel weapon that Rose uses when she wants to inflict maximum pain.

- Rose is incredibly intelligent and given to strategy, which makes her a more than competent opponent for most people. She's also ridiculously fast, having spent years avoiding the also ridiculously fast Bro.

- Sylladex! Sburb's inventory system which allows her to easily carry lots of items at once without inconveniencing herself.

- Also she can sew and play a violin something fierce. This is obviously important.

Sample Entry: Right here. Or here, if you'd prefer something actually on Dreamwidth.