- Oct 18, 2017
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Wow, you phrased my comment better than I did! Thank you for that. That's exactly what I was trying to say. Rose is by far the most unhealthy and toxic LI option for Edwin, both due to Edwin's mommy issues and Rose's parallels with Vicky, along with the fact that Edwin still hasn't fully come to terms with the duality of his mom being a "saint" and her porn career, which he noticebly struggles with during his interactions with Rose, and he unfairly projects many of his unacknowledged issues with his mom onto Rose, and he hasn't even begun to unpack his mommy issues.I think there are multiple things at play here. First and foremost its Rose's almost obsession about her daughter to the point it becomes almost questionable. Yes, taking good care for your kid is obviously commendable, important and the right thing to do, but for Rose it has gone so far, that she doesn't even know what to do with herself, when her daughter isn't around to be cared for. That is also the reason, why she immediately starts to take care of Edwin and/or Ian, whenever they are around.
A second aspect is that she - for obvious reasons - hates to feel indebted to someone. And I don't only mean the money she owes to the loan shark. It feels like whenever Edwin (or Ian) does something for her, she feels the need to give at least something back. A meal for example or just making them feel good through sex. For her sex is something she does seem to enjoy more and more, but it is also an easy way for her to pay someone back, even if that person just meant it as a favor and doesn't even want anything in return.
At least so far she hasn't really shown any deeper feelings towards Edward in my opinion and I don't think she has space in her heart for anyone but her daughter.
That said she won't skip state after all is said and done, since she explicitly stated she doesn't want to uproot her daughter (circling back to my first point, she is so obsessed with her daughter that she rather goes through the events in the club instead of inconvenience her daughter), but I don't see her and Edwin get into a stable and committed relationship at the end. At least not from the point in the story we're now at and if I interpret TD's comment right, not all the LI paths will lead to a "happily ever after".
I can see a happily ever after for Hana, Mina and it seems to develop for Frankie as well and probably an affair with Felicia (I mean she already is married), but with Rose? Even if she would be younger...right now I don't see a logical path to reach a ending in which here and Edwin are in some form of committed relationship.
There's also the fact that Rose has gotten out of a long lived toxic relationship, and I don't think she has a good framework of a healthy relationship, judging by her using sex as a currency, instead of something she wants to do. And her doting on Edwin unknowingly stirs up his mommy issues, which Rose has no idea about. There's also her daughter, who will always come first for Rose, as she should. But that's unfair towards a young man like Edwin who needs a partner fully devoted to him and who won't judge him and who will support him (Hana *wink wink*). I think both Edwin and Rose have far too much baggage to be good partners to each other, and they bring out each other's worst impulses.
Hell, I think even Kat would be a more healthy and balanced LI for Edwin, just by the fact that Kat knows who she is and is upfront about her preferences and intentions, while I get the sense that Rose, and Edwin to a lesser extent, don't know what they want.