In defense of Rosa

[*PaladinCecil*]

Thank you for letting me know, Sarc.

I guess I'll also let off some steam about Rosa's underratedness and Rydia's overratedness.

I'm also really sick all of the praise Rydia gets. Many Rydia fans bash on Rosa just so they can bloat up Rydia's ego even more. What even gets me more mad is people saying Rosa is ugly but saying Rydia is pretty and those people using fanart where Rydia's beauty is extremely exaggerated compared to what she looks like in the game. They make her hair so much longer than it actually is and make her much prettier than Square Enix really depicts her to the point where those fans practically made up their own character. It's one thing to lie about how pretty someone looks but using that to put down another character is uncalled for.

Also, using the argument that Rydia has a better personality than Rosa is also really biased. People always claim that Rosa is just a wuss and a damsel in distress while they say Rydia is so much more courageous than her. Rydia is also as much a wuss as Rosa seeing how she's afraid of even the thought of fire, she got knocked off the Fabulian boat first, and she starts crying over everyone that's died in the Eblana Cave. I'm not saying that Rosa is a better person than Rydia. They both are wusses in their own way and people who hate on Rosa and praise Rydia should acknowledge that fact.

One of the many reasons I like Rosa better than Rydia is because she's a more respectful and forgiving person than Rydia. Rosa doesn't mind the fact that Edge has feelings for her while Rydia hates him for it which shows that Rosa is a more tolerant and kind person than Rydia. Also, Rosa is really forgiving to those that offend her (like when Kain kidnapped her and almost had her sliced/crushed because he was jealous of Cecil) while Rydia isn't as forgiving (like when she attacked Cecil and Kain for unintentionally killing her mom). This shows that Rosa is a better character in some ways than Rydia. Also, unless the "before FFIV Rosa left Cecil for Kain" claim is proven to be true in FFIV DS I'm not even going to consider listening to that argument.

I think you're being a little over-critical toward Rydia for the way she acts and reacts in the game, but you're nowhere near as bad as the majority of people are when they talk about Rosa. It's pretty unanimous among people that Rosa is a weakling and a wuss for not being stronger than the main character when kidnapped in Fabul and not being dumb enough to resist and risk having her beloved Cecil murdered for it (my points here might only apply to the SNES version; the DS version goes differently where she doesn't get enough time to react). It's also pretty unanimous among people that Rosa's idiotic, weak and obsessive for crossing land, mountain and desert on her own in pursuit of Cecil because she loved him deeply and wanted to make sure her beloved didn't DIE. AND, I might add, with her Desert Fever being the only bad thing to happen to her as a result of her journeying alone. If THOSE sentiments are acceptable, I'd say seeing Rydia as a wuss for being afraid of fire is fair game.

I see strengths in both of them. Back when people weren't so hopped up on praising their green-haired goddess at every chance they could, Rosa and Rydia were more like opposite sides of the same coin. Things have changed in the past 15 years. I see the good parts of Rydia, but I can't appreciate them at all anymore because of what her fans have said and done about her and Rosa. I'm not being stubborn, I literally cannot appreciate Rydia as a character anymore, even if I try. I see what makes her a good character and it's empty and hollow to me. I feel nothing for her but a passing acknowledgement of what makes her what she is.

You got the dumping before FF4 thing reversed, the person claimed she was dating Kain but dumped him because Cecil had more power and that's all she cares about in a man. Which is a complete lie, I've even found a website someone made to post up their translation of a guide that says the exact opposite: that society and family constantly pressures her to go for Kain because he's of noble birth and discourages her from pursuing Cecil because of his dark knight class and unknown parentage, yet her heart belongs only to Cecil. But, people love to hate Rosa, so lies are acceptable.