[JenB]

That's what makes roses cool... we use them to represent love but they've got those thorns, too. A nice double-sided metaphor.

But not the subject of an action comic!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Heh... there actually is a superhero comic titled "Rose and Thorn". The title character is a woman with multiple-personality disorder; "Rose" is her sweet demure personality, "Thorn" is her somewhat homicidal personality...