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Rose Wilson History Lesson [part 2]
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In New Titans #122, Sarge Steel introduces Rose to her new Titans team mates, Green Lantern and Minion. Her response: "I told you before you pompous jerk, i don't wanna be here! I don't like heroes and I ain't about to stick around to become their official mascot either." It was a pretty lackluster introduction for Rose!
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Rose's next appearance as a Titan is in Deathstroke Annual #4, in a back-up story. Rose is still unhappy with her situation. Arsenal tells her she can't leave and must stay at Titans Headquarters. Rose is infuriated, so much so, she can't sleep. She sneaks out and runs across some street thugs. They tease her and she beats the living crap out of them [Lili's friends taught her how to protect herself]. The story ends with Sarge Steel wondering: Would the Titans be protecting Rose or protecting others FROM Rose?
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Deathstroke #51 gave a glimpse of Rose's meta-human abilities. During her brief time on the team, Rose befriended some of the younger members of the team. During a training exercise with Damage, Rose was injured and almost fell into a coma. As Damage brought her to the hospital, her meta-gene powers kicked in. Rose had an extensive precognitive vision where she saw her father's (Deathstroke's) future. She appeared as an astral form, witnessing her father's future unfold – a future where Deathstroke was caught in a never-ending drudge match with Hawkman. During this jaunt, Rose was able to project her astral form and inhabit the body of someone in the future (similar to her brother Jericho's ability). Before she could explore these abilities further, she recovered at the hospital – thus ending her dream vision. |
New Titans #126 features Rose's best issue as a Titans member, and the only issue where she interacts with the team! A great character issue, the Titans play some fun wargames. Impulse confides in Arsenal that he has a crush on Rose, but she doesn't even notice him. During the war games, Rose expresses a physical attraction to Kyle Rayner ["Oh, the things I could do to him" she muses]. When Donna over-reacts concerning Rose's safety, Rose rebuffs her, crying: "I had a mother, you aren't her. And no one can replace her." She storms off, as Impulse unsuccessfully tries to comfort her. |
The end of Rose's membership is detailed in Deathstroke #55. Slade has now been reborn as a young man with no memories; Rose visits Slade in the hospital to inform him she is leaving him and the Titans to live with a friend of her mother's; Sarge Steel objects, but Rose nonetheless leaves the Titans and her father. |
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