First, she was built up to be this ethereal, flawless, loving being. Then that image cracked when the show began to show us that she was manipulative, hypocritical, and a liar. Either way, we were meant to believe that she was stillintelligent and in-control. That her actions were calculated, and that her decisions were resolute.
But no. None of that was the case. Rose was a young, idealistic, inconsiderate, selfish person who never meant for this to happen. She wasn’t a cunning, inspirational leader who sparked a rebellion for liberation, she was someone who got caught in her own web and spent 2000 years covering for it. She spent centuries lying and lying and lying to the people who were dragged into a deadly war because she wanted to run away from home. And she could never, ever own up to it.
Hey so do you think it takes Pearl so long to regenerate because she essentially has to battle through her Nine Circles of Repressed Traumatic Memories every time?