1/14/2024 0 Comments Rule of roseThis would explain her jealous attachment to Jennifer, the one person she seemed to consider a true friend. Jennifer even refers to her as The Lonely Princess, suggesting that this isolation has left her alienated from the other children. Due to her near-constant sickness, it seems Wendy was often isolated in the sickroom. One, isolation, and two, seeming favoritism. Wendy’s illness has two major consequences. Worse, she’s sickly and often bedridden, too ill to undertake difficult chores or play much with the other children. Moving on to the main topic of this post, who is Wendy anyway? Well, she’s a little girl, an orphan, implies she’s already suffered great loss. ” These children were all victims in one way or another, victims of unscrupulous adults who used and abused them, victims of a society that neglected and forgot them, and victims of the pain and suffering they inflicted on each other. As Jennifer says after discovering Brown’s death in-game, as much as she hates the other children, she “hates most of all for playing stupid games and not having the strength to stand up to. This is not a condemnation of Jennifer she was absolutely threatened and coerced, but I bring it up, not to excuse Wendy’s behavior or to attack Jennifer’s, but to make clear that no one was immune to the fear and pressure these children faced. It’s also important to remember that, in reality, Jennifer chose to sacrifice Brown (if the storybook can be trusted, which I believe it can). Again, isn’t an excuse for the children’s behavior but a reminder of the context of that behavior. No doubt for a long time, animals were the only things weaker than the children themselves, which made them natural targets for the orphans’ unfocused anger. While this doesn’t excuse her cruel behavior, it does go a long way toward explaining how her young morals became so warped.Īlso significant is that, in the feral society the children built, violence, especially violence against animals has became normalized, almost ritualized. Even more, she’s a child who has grown up in conditions that could hardly be called nurturing or edifying. It must be remembered that Wendy is a child (no more than eight years old in appearance), lacking the coping mechanisms or nuanced understanding of an adult. But is Wendy a heartless monster fueled only by jealousy and malice? I don’t believe so. After being Jennifer’s only human friend throughout most of the game, she suddenly turns treacherous, killing Brown, the loyal dog that Jennifer (and the player) have come to love. Wendy is a controversial character in Rule of Rose, for entirely understandable reasons. And while she’s a tough character to get an emotional or intellectual grip on, understanding her is essential to understanding Rule of Rose. In this post, I’ve decided to focus on a character who doesn’t get as much attention as her role in the narrative deserves. I’ve been reluctant to discuss Rule of Rose, not because I don’t love it (it’s easily one of my favorite games of all time and right up there with Silent Hill 2 when it comes to storytelling through suggestions and symbols), but because Rule of Rose Mysteries exists and has already dissected much of the game in brilliant detail.īut I love the game enough to risk being a bit redundant.
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