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Pearl was definitely in love with Rose. It's extremely similar to the Snape/Lily situation. Pearl and Rose were extremly close friends for a long time. They were each other's confidantes and saw something special in each other. Rose/Lily is warm and accepting. Pearl/Snape is awkward, too serious, loves follwing the rules. Pearl/Snape's feelings were always stronger. Rose/Lily fall in love with the opposite of their friend. Greg/James is outgoing, fun, somewhat of a rule-breaker. This is devestating to Pearl/Snape. ("Steven your father is kind of a mess..."/"You're just like your father. Lazy, arrogant... ") The feeling manifests in them differently; in pearl it mostly becomes love and protection, in Snape; bitterness and obligation.

But in the end of the episode it is made clear that Pearls feelings for Rose were more than a close friend/role model. "Everything I did, I did for her." She relives/fantasizes about a particularly exciting and intimate moment they had after a battle. It is unclear if when it rises to a moment where they hold hands/entwine fingers it is a true memory or what Pearl wished had happened. Either way, it is a revealing look into the way Pearl felt about Rose and why she is the way she is now.

