The not!Roseness is disturbing because on a meta-level, she seems to be doing exactly what Rose was there for. What is Rusty's thing with "a humanizing woman who will save the main character from his enormous manpain by reminding him of vague things about how there is still worth in the universe with herself as a symbol of that"? From everything I've read, he didn't do this with QaF, so you have to start wondering if he's just that bad at female love interests.