I really liked her scene with Gwyneth, actually, especially since Gwyneth called her out on it - Rose wasn't trying to be dismissive or condescending, she was trying to help, but she was, and she felt guilty about it when she realised.

yes! it shows rose in a positive light, and also very in keeping for her character -- she tries to do the right thing, but she is naive and hasn't had a lot of practise thinking beyond her own experience. but she's confronted with that and seems to realise that.

Torchwood wouldn't make those canons just to appease a lovesick agent; they were just a bonus. She was trying to save the world AND see the Doctor - and when she did see him again she was overwhelmed.

it's the only way i can interpret it, because otherwise it's completely and utterly illogical, and also it's incredibly unfair and awful in its characterisation of rose.

I like to think she realised it in the alt!verse, and was very much exaggerating her emotions in JE, rather like Sarah clearly did in SR.

and now we can retcon all that just like they retconned sarah jane's random SR emo when she got her own spin-off, right? right!