#meanwhile Ethan is watching from the funny fungus network and he wants to take shit into his own hands

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I love the idea of Mia doing everything she can to be the best single mother to Rose. I like to think that they were really close when they were little.

They had tea parties, they made blankets forts, they baked together, they played with toys together.

They had no idea how hard it was for her mother until she started getting older, and noticing things. But she never wanted to talk about, especially since she would be too young to understand it. Maybe when they were older, but even then she was scared to. The most she’d say is stuff about their father was that he was a good man and would’ve loved her, or that he died to protect her. Classic “he’ll always be with you” type stuff. She always tried to guide Rose in a direction that so that they’d never make the same mistakes she did in life.

She always doubted herself in her abilities to do this alone. Of course, she wasn’t alone, she had Chris for support and help…but it still didn’t change the overall feeling of not being cut out for motherhood. Since Ethan died, confidence was sort of sucked out of her. He was her guide though, the fact that she knew he would tell her to keep going and not give up, to try her best.

In the first few years she was really struggling to hold herself together. There were so many moments where she just completely broke down behind closed doors. One day Rose saw her and tried to comfort her, but being 3 years old she didn’t exactly understand what was going on.

Rose didn’t grow up with much exposure to other kids due to living under protection but eventually she was able to go to school. Mia was super worried about how it would go, but she at least wanted normalcy in their lives. She and Chris weren’t happy about the bullying at all (obviously. They were pissed), and at one point Mia sat down on the couch with them to talk. Rose kept saying bad stuff about themself, and it really hit deep for her to hear, and also had a lot of self hatred. She wasn’t the best at lifting people up anymore, but she made sure to never let them believe those awful things about themself. To shower them in support and validation.

At some point Rose either went to boarding school or to live under stricter protection. It’s not exactly clear, maybe a combination. Mia didn’t want her to go but she didn’t really get a say in it. Chris is probably their link together since it’s likely he sees both of them, but probably Rose more. Maybe they were able to call each other on occasion, but it still felt rather isolating.

Needless to say, Mia still has all of Rose’s old toys, some of her clothes, and even her old bedroom…hoping that one day she’ll come back, perhaps once she’s older.

#Mia is just comforting Rose #meanwhile Chris ain’t taking shit and contacts the school #reminds me of that one Ted Lasso episode #if you know you know #of course Mia is also like “how dare you let this happen to my daughter! #meanwhile Ethan is watching from the funny fungus network and he wants to take shit into his own hands #resident evil #mia winters #rosemary winters