Prompt: Morality
Rose never really put much thought into religion. She went to the services offered at Saint Vlad's simply to spend time with her best friend—and later on to sneak peeks at her handsome mentor. A time or two she latched onto something that sparked her interest—like the history of Saint Vladimir and his faithful companion Anna—but those instances were few and far between; for the most part she usually just daydreamed the entire time she was there, not really paying attention to what the priest said..
That is, not until after Dimitri was restored from being a Strigoi.
After witnessing that particular miracle with her own two eyes, she started listening a little bit more—and not just so she could quote back the meaning of the service to Dimitri, although that did happen once or twice. It was mainly because she'd seen his soul restored to his body from wherever it had gone upon his Awakening—and because she knew first hand that there was something waiting on the other side.
Still, she can't really grasp or get behind the concept of organized religion—after all, the good book said 'judge not lest ye be judged' and it seems to her there was an awful lot of judgment in the church and in the Alchemists—and she refuses to believe that one belief was right and all others completely wrong. Instead of staunchly following one belief, she simply chooses to embrace the concept of a universal higher power known as God that is good and kind and loving.
As far as she's concerned, you just have to do your best to be a good person and admit any mistakes you might make along the way. Since that morality is the basis of practically every religion, it seems to her that making a distinction between them is a pointless waste of time and energy.
(And yes, she's even started praying—especially when Dimitri is sent out on a mission without her. She figures that after all the shit they've been through, having God on their side can't hurt.)
A/N: In reviewing the head canons in this collection I notice several editing errors where there is no space between words. Please know that when I enter these I copy and paste them from my tumblr blog and there are spaces between each and every word. For some reason system reformats the document—I really wish they would fix that damned glitch—and I will have to go back and correct these errors when I have some free time. :o)