floralmarsupial:

Dawg I’ve got a whole comic thumbed out concerning Rose childhood meta, I’m here.
Anyways I’m in the school of thought that completely sympathizes with young Roses resentment towards her Mom. Rose is on record saying that their relationship felt more like sisters than really Mom/Daughter, which doesn’t sound bad until you recognize Mom was a woman in her mid-thirties and literally the only support system Rose had outside of the Betas.
I imagine Rose taught herself how to cook her own eggs before she was 6 because Mom would lose track of time for meals and she eventually exhausted all the cheese sticks and puddings she could grab out of the fridge.
I also imagine Rose pretty frequently tested Mom by drawing on the walls, breaking her things, purposefully clogging the toilets and would end up so frustrated when all her efforts would get her is giggles and slurred affirmations if they were noticed at all.
And I’m telling you now Rose probably packed up a little suitcase with a bag of Chex mix, a change of socks and her favorite books, only to walk directly into the woods with big plans for adventures and teaching her mom a lesson. Waiting for an hour sitting on top of a rock bored out of her mind only to return home, little suitcase still in hand, and find her Mom passed out on the couch with a pot roast burning in the oven.
Shits hard when you’re a kid and you have to be your own adult. Attention and affection don’t feel like they should when they’re the only vague response you get out of a barely cognizant person regardless of your actions. Kids need structure, need that pillar of support so they build the skills to trust and express themselves and be vulnerable. Parents don’t need to be outwardly abusive or unloving to wrong their kids, just not being there for them is enough to do damage and that’s the tea lads.