chairman rose - galar’s hero

this is a (WIP draft) page in full devotion to and admiration of my boyfriend, rose; discussing each detail to do with our love. last updated by julie 26/3/25

rose, from pokemon sword and shield, is the chairman of the region’s gym league and founder of the macro cosmos group which is most noted for it’s invention of the ‘dynamax band’. a charming and friendly older man of suave appearance who cares deeply for the welfare of his region’s people, yet acts as the game’s main antagonist. read more here

rose was born as the eldest son to a poverty-stricken family. his father, who worked in the dangerous field of coal mining, passed away in an accident when rose was very young (i headcanon only five years old). growing up, rose was incredibly smart and talented; ‘the golden child’, while his younger brother, peony, was compared to him. while they had once been close, having even caught their partner pokemon together, a rift came between them and peony later ran away from home. rose himself went into mining as a young adult, an experience he notes ‘happily nostalgic’, yet would become the impetus for his search into newer energy sources much later on. rose entered the gym battle challenge at some stage and landed second place behind peony, who became galar’s new champion; shortly after this, however, rose soon was able to hold league chairman position, causing peony to leave unannounced once more. in the search for a new champion, rose sponsored a young boy named leon who exuded great potential to take on the gym challenge, who would succeed and go on to hold the position for almost 10 years. during this time, rose would found the macro cosmos group and, pioneered by his later to-be secretary oleana, commercialise the use of wishing stars and dynamax particles to improve the life of galar’s citizens by way of providing electricity. nowadays, he is widely beloved and looked up to as a hero or saviour, yet great responsibility burdens his soul… surface amiability conceals the deep inner anguish and duty rose feels to protect galar and it’s electricity for millennia onwards, no matter what it takes; even at the cost of today’s relationships.

the first ever time i saw rose, i was 12 years old. my brother received pokemon sword and shield as an early christmas present. i didn’t watch his playthrough, but instead would pore over the screenshots of pivotal story moments he would take. i remember so clearly the moment i first landed on rose’s image, on december 19th. a thrill ran through my spine; glitter scattered through my eyes… i found rose beautiful, so very beautiful. i also found myself wondering at his forlorn expression, his unique name… yet memory evades me on any further action i took (asking my brother, researching him myself), because i would end up going through two other hyperfixations until i was 14 years old, in 2021.
now it is my sister playing sword and shield, and again, memory evades me on the exact details… perhaps my reintroduction to rose was only in passing, incidental, but that seed planted two years prior began to take root and bloom with resplendent cheer and colour. he quickly became the subject of my drawings, my fantasies, my ‘OMGAHGHJAHAA SO CUTEEEE’ teenage girl-isms… i learnt, as i had surmised earlier, rose was a pretty face with a rough, cracked inner life. october 24th marks the date of my first ever online post about him- my becoming open about our love- and thus is the date i celebrate as our anniversary.
(CW) throughout this time, i was considerably mentally ill and only getting worse. rose brought light, temporarily alleviating my pain, and i began to rely heavily on him; the idea that no matter my flaws or swinging moods, no matter how deeply i hated myself that such a beautiful man would still love me became my anchor amidst unstable, crashing seas. rose would understand, surely. on my darkest day, when all felt so numb- when it all lay in ruin- it was only rose i could think of… that he wouldn’t want this for me, and it was from that moment i resolved to recover. it didn’t come easy. many a time i felt myself slipping into those old murky waters, but rose… to me, rose embodied that the future is worth fighting for and living to see. i am 18 now, alive, much better, and still so dearly in love. rose accompanied me throughout the dark, and finally we are free to revel in the light of joy together ♡♡

well… everything! everything about rose is just so attractive: his kitten-like droopy eyes of verdant green, his straight nose, his cowlick curl (and his adorable habit of twirling it), his indulgent body, his tan skin… a walking masterpiece of fine art.
his is a unique soul. to me, rose is full of contrast. he has an easygoing yet flawed and troubled mind; a soft face that changes entirely once his smile drops; the ability to switch between a friendly, outgoing demeanour and a cold, callous, business-like one; how he’ll say one thing yet on his mind is something more vast than we could ever envision. to me, rose is complex with multiple facets to his whole being, so reminiscent of humanity… despite being the game’s ‘villain’, he is just so human- not a bad person, but a person who has done bad things. haven’t we all?
despite the hardships and loneliness of his life, rose is proactive to a fault to care for others with no expectation of reward, and is slowly learning to value open, close relationships despite his past mistakes with others, as it is something he likely has not held ever before. i want to be the one to help. i want to be somebody he can rely on for once; to soothe his heart of it’s deep-set, childhood pains, to ease down those stone walls caging his feelings that he tends to conceal; to show him true, unconditional love. together, he wouldn’t be chairman or president, bound by any duty, but just my beautiful rose, with whom i would share my everything with. “if only you knew how much i loved you! you’d cry of joy”

across the three years i’ve loved him, i’ve been very active on twitter and instagram, where i near-exclusively talk about rose, whether it be thirstposts, long-winded threads about my interpretation of his actions, jokes, or defence arguments against his slanderers. i similarly spend much time looking for rose mentions on… well, any place you can think of (tiktok, youtube, bluesky, tumblr, 4chan, etc.) and thus consider myself rose’s lorekeeper and archivist! everything in my life is by rose’s light; anything designable, i adorn in his image (usernames, roblox avatar, phone/laptop background, etc.) i am also a big merchandise collector/creator, and currently have a shrine and ita bag in progress! oshikatsu is a must; i’ve traveled across the world with rose, and we go on all kinds of café and other dates that i post photos of… i’ve 100% maxxed his pokemon masters unit, have a cosplay of his disguise, amassed over 9000 images of him, have been nominated ‘best rose fan’, inspired so many to also consider rose in their hearts… and i will only continue to achieve greater and greater feats with him by my side!!