While I do dislike having to read people post about thinking Rosa's DS outfit makes her look like a slut, the part that gets me most out of sorts is the fact that most of the time, while people are more than happy to say Rosa looks like that, they turn around and say Rydia looks sexy when Rydia's wearing the exact same amount of clothing or less. It's an even bigger double standard when they say Rydia's The After outfit looks sexy while still saying Rosa's looks slutty, because Rydia's The After outfit shows even more skin than Rosa's.
I still have feelings to sort out when it comes to this issue. One part of it is that I can't help but think the changes made to their character designs for The After was made explicitly with fan comments on each of them in mind, and it irks me that Rosa's shoved in this massive robe that threatens to hide her face while Rydia gets an even more scantily clad look. Rosa DOES look fitting in that robe, but the reason behind a change and portrayal is everything to me, and I can't help but think the reason behind it for these two is that certain gamers (especially the BAD Rydia fans) refuse to accept the notion that Rosa could be just as sexy or moreso than the more popular Rydia, and it all stems back to how I typically see Rosa put down at the same time as Rydia gets built up. Whenever THAT happens, Rosa gets treated like the symbol of everything Rydia isn't, in turn made out to be the epitome of suck (because if she's the opposite, and everything about Rydia is awesome, it logically follows that...).
Before I say anything else that mentions Rydia this thread, I need to say this outright: I don't hate Rydia. I think she's a great character in her own right, and I see Rosa and Rydia as two sides of the same coin. What I DO hate is how a segment of Rydia fans treat Rosa like crap (e.g. the lie about Rosa pre-game and the portrayal in doujins, as petty as the second one sounds at a glance), and what that does to the way everyone views Rosa. At this point, the combination of overhyping Rydia and putting down Rosa that I've seen has numbed me to what I saw in Rydia to where I only objectively remember what I used to see in Rydia, and as you can see here, has me placing excessive focus on Rosa. If the situation were opposite, with Rydia the misaligned one and Rosa the one built up too high, I'd be defending Rydia instead.
It pretty much cycles; the more I need to defend Rosa (especially if it's on my own), the stronger my feelings get for the character. The less I have to defend her, the more I stabilize and closer I come to evening out between the two.
Sorry for giving you HUGE messages to read, it's my nature. I also just now saw the notifications I've been getting. Awesome, will be reading those after I posted my reply.
EDIT: I want to further emphasize that I capitalized the bad in "bad Rydia fans" to note that I'm not saying ALL Rydia fans are that way. I mean a specific subset of Rydia fans.