MERLIN | 5.08 The Hollow Queen

Alright! Tier list of how likely are hpma characters of becoming dateable ( if we ever get the romance option)

Ok so here´s the list in question and my absolutely undenyable scientific reasonings behind each placement. ( /j, I understand my logic ain´t perfect so feel free to disagree)

IT´S GONNA BE VERY LONG SO BEWARE

Very likely tier

aka these characters are pretty much guaranteed to become an option or at least have a really high chance (85-100%)

Daniel: I think this one is like,,,out of question lmao. It´s pretty obvious that if you could date somebody in this game, he would be an option. First and foremost, he´s the only male companion available in the game rn, making him the most fitting male character for this role and you can´t make a romance option with no boys like cmon. Second, he´s one of the most prominent characters in a storyline and is pretty much considered to be one of mc´s closest friends along with Ivy and y´know how it goes. Also, we can take into consideration the "favoritism advantage", as in it´s pretty obvious he along with Cass is the most beloved character by the fandom and I believe it is something you as a dev should take into consideration when making a romance option.

Ivy: pretty much many of the same logic used for Daniel is applied here. She´s tecnically our first friend in the game, she´s one of mc´s closest friends and she is one of the more prominent characters in the story (she, mc and Daniel are at this point the "main trio" of the game), making her the most likely female character to be available as an option. I would say she doesn´t have a really strong "favoritism advantage" as there are less fans liking her than Daniel and Cassandra, but there are some people who seem to like and favor her and tbh I feel like it wouldn´t really affect the decision behind making her an option.

Cassandra: as much as she is supposed to be our "rival" in the game, first of all, Merula from HPHM exists. Second, we still have like, 5 more years (well, 4 tecnically, but you get the point), so there could be a possible chance of her either redeeming herself to some degree or just becoming less antagonistic towards mc. And it´s not like she hates the mc either, I feel like she actually kinda enjoys their company, just has troubles admitting her liking to us. Plus it´s not like dating a "rival character" is something new. But even if we forget about the whole "she´s supposed to be our rival" shtick, she is just a really good option for the romance. AS MUCH AS I HATE GOING OFF VIBES, she really does give of the dateable vibe, sorry. Not to mention the "favoritism advantage" not only from the fans but the developers as well. I would say that given everything, she most likely would be a lot harder to rizz up than Daniel and Ivy, in a sense that it would probably be more time consuming to get her to date us, but I feel like it would be a rather rewarding in the end of a day.

Pretty likely

aka there´s a possibility they won´t be available as an option, but given everything they have a high chance of actually being one (60-84%)

Lottie: I feel like out of the rest of the cast we have, Lottie is the most likely to be dateable, although she´s only availbale as a dancing companion at this moment (hope they fix that fr). The chances are a lot less than the three characters from above, with her not being a very prominent character in the story besides Year 2 and her not having a lot of fans but I feel like she does have a certain probability of being chosen for the role, especially since the more option there are the better. Right??? (she deserves more love btw)

Uhh

aka I have no idea at this point, it really depends (50%)

Colby and Fischer aka Frey twins: I´m gonna be real with you, when I first made this tier list, I had put them in a "unlikely" tier, below Kevin and Robyn, because I felt like given everything the chances were very low. They are not available as companions, they are highly implied to have some of crush on Cassandra and they don´t have a strong "favoritism advantage" even from the devs themselves (this mostly applies to japanese and korean twitter accounts for the game, which "forgot" to post their character cards (you probably know which ones I´m talking about) which contained character description, concept art and voice actors listed (as I do know that along with character from "very likely" tier they were the only ones who had their character description uploaded to the official site, at least in english,so perhaps this point is sorta weak in that regard). But the more I though about it, the more I realised they do have certain probability. Or shall I say, one of them. Yes, I feel like there´s a chance that we could potentially date one of the twins,as in only one of them. Which one is most likely to be dateable? At this point I have no idea, but my bet´s on Colby. That being said, the only possible logical explanation I could give is "we need more than one male option available" and Kevin isn´t likely to be one, so the Freys, especially Colby are the most likely contendants for it. But other than that, it´s just a vibe and gut feeling thing, which is not a very good argument material.

Most likely not

aka the chances are below 50%. It´s not completely out of the question, but I´d say the chances are very low albeit not non existent.

Robyn: in spite of her being a companion character for every game mode except dancing and having certain favoritism advantage, let´s be real here, the affection system behind her is probably only designed to buff her specific character desks. But yeah, girl´s got a crush on Kevin, pretty obvious one at that, so she probably won´t be a dating option. Also a gut feeling moment, I feel like at some point in the story Robyn and Kevin will date eventually, but again, it is a gut feeling, so it´s not an argument material, but yeah.

Kevin: same logic as behind Robyn except he´s not even a companion character so the chances are even lower kfdvjhkfdvjkhl

and that´s the list and my reasons behind each placement

IF YOU REACHED IT THIS FAR THANK U SM FOR READING THIS LIKE FOR REAL YOU GUYS R AWESOME FOR MANAGING TO READ ALL OF THIS!!!

Was tagged by @humanaaa to make a list of 13 songs I've been listening to lately!!

Haven't listened to many different songs lately (currently my main playlist is a Disorganized Hell), but these are the ones that I've been listening to the most:

Deep Cover - Milgram

Chimera - Deco27 (MegaTeraZero Cover)

Bug - KairikiBear (Chogakusei Cover)

Zombies - Deco*27 (Giga Remix, Chogakusei Cover)

This Is How To Be In Love With You - Milgram

Overdose - natori

Turing Love - NanawoAkari & Sou

Dramaturgy - Eve

PLATONIC GIRL - MikitoP (Amatsuki & luz Cover)

Double - Milgram

Say It - Yorushika

Aesthetic Sense - wanuka

Conveying Love Or Something Like That - aimyon

(Of course Deep Cover would get first place JKSKDBKSDF!! Been hearing it non-stop since it released. Like, go seigi girl!! Banger!!)

Besides that I've been hearing mostly songs from Milgram, Deco*27 (he can't stop releasing banger after banger❗❗), and some other vocaloid producer songs. Tho I usually prefer to listen to human covers (sorry Hatsune Miku i hope you can forgive me 🙏)

I'll tag @tokyogruel @good-beans @cubelogic @nilovalentine @mukuberry and @rainbowghostcat!! As always, no pressure tags, and anyone else can join :3

do other fields have this thing where 80% of people who are, in theory, mid-career experienced professionals are barely capable of performing fairly basic tasks without personalized guidance, or is software development just suffering under the curse of an entire generation being told to go into the field if they want to earn enough money to pay rent

In lieu of Stuff Your Kindle day, can we talk about the issue of how the m/m genre of books, romance or not, is almost entirely dominated by women? Can we talk about how the most recognisable gay couples in media are written by women? Can we talk about how queer men can't even write about ourselves, how we are only allowed to exist when it's from the point of view of a straight woman sexualising us?

Can we talk about that? Or am I going to get called misogynistic for pointing out the disparity between who gets the writing deals, & who gets their books turned into movies, & whose shit gets popular versus whose doesn't? Can we talk about how m/m fiction is only allowed when it appeals to a cishet gaze, or is that too much for tumblr to take?

Can we also talk about how trans queer men are even more hated by publishing? Can we talk about how we get shit from both sides? Can we talk about how books about the experiences of being a queer man, written by queer men, never get the same recognition as books written by women on this subject (barring academia which has its own problems)?

Can we talk about that? Can we?

i’m so curious as to how michael and lucifer acted when then saw each other again after chapter 37. how do you go back to normal after that???

spoilers for A&M

here's the thing: Michael was hoping for this to change everything, for everything to change between them. he won't admit it to himself, but he acted hoping this would do something for this ridiculous tension between them. more than anything, he wanted Satan to seethe because he doesn't have him, to make Satan remember he will never be satisfied without Michael. He wanted Satan to see he should return to Heaven and see that he's powerless to God and to Michael. He denies finishing inside because of his own shame and to make Lucifer seethe.

Except things don't change. Lucifer acts like it was nothing important, doesn't acknowledge it much. The first time they see each other again, it's in public, and Lucifer looks normal and healed, perfect as usual.

At some point, Lucifer probably cracks a joke about it while they're discussing some attack plans — something like "Oh, Michael, you shouldn't raise your voice at me. Last time you did that, you humped me like an animal in heat." Michael gets angry. But that's it. Just a joke or two. Otherwise, Lucifer doesn't even bring it up.

To Michael, this is worse. It looks like it meant nothing to Lucifer, like it was just a regular evening discussion between them. Michael had tried to make Lucifer seethe and have a crisis, but now it's the other way around. Michael is seething, confused about his own desire. Baal and Lucifer seem closer than ever.

Michael realizes he's lost in whatever war is happening between him and Lucifer, but he can't do anything except hang his head about it and curse himself. I think it hangs over them heavily in their last meeting before Michael returns to Heaven. They don't mention it, but maybe Michael's can't resist brushing his gauntlet against Lucifer's wrist to remind him how he held it against the wall. But Lucifer just hums and tells him he's overstayed his welcome.

me trying to keep calm in the tags/comments when ganke is drawn skinny in milesganke fanarts bc the movie could be the artist’s only exposure to him and they don’t know ganke is fat in the comics (i’ve set my house on fire)

hii hoshi 🫰🏻 what are ur thoughts on mahito? ive seen fics abt him on my feed lately and its got me pretty interested…

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The urge to purge my entire F/O list except for a couple characters that's not Spamton and Starlo

Cuz holy heck Starlo is affecting me the same way Spamton did

despair

hiii hello yes it's me the guy that started drawing bible stuff for no reason I'm back uwu

I did done a jesus design here's some other sketches of He:

anyways I watched + read "the last days of judas iscariot" simultaneously this morning (and by this morning I mean at 3am in the morning and then sleep for 2 hours before having to wake up I am so fuckin tired lmaoo) and then just

fuckin

chew on the near end stuff (predictable I know) but also like

it's interesting lol

I'm not really verse in any kinda religious stuff (I'm atheist my whole life and will probably continue to be atheist) so i can't tell you if anything related to religion in the play is accurate but liek

the difference between this version of judas vs jcs judas and how those differences change bits n pieces of the story is interesting uwu

anyways sth sth the black halo in this instance represents despair and how judas is trapped in it in the end and while jesus is there the halo fractured and becomes those spiky things but it still lingers around judas and ultimately return back into being a halo just like how judas went back into catatonia

sth sth I will chew their small (but real fuckin juicy) interaction into mush that shit is so good to me

also I love saint monica and mary m lol shout out to them

also also this was the production I watched + where the poses came from

screenshots I used:

side note I love how they execute the set lol such a versatile lil set and use of lighting to convey different places n emotions n shit I love I stan

the nerve of ally beardsley to follow "what are you like four different dogs?" with "oh are you in the butt crushers?" knowing full well at this point if there's one thing brennan lee mulligan adheres to as a dm it's consequences. their energy this season is unparalleled

good news i have another dress that makes me feel like a 1810s fashion plate (read: the best kind of dress)

if you ever find yourself looking at a list of the ships you're obsessed with and you notice that none of them are yuri then you need to fix that immediately. everyone should have at least one yuri ship they're unhinged about ok that's gotta be a fandom standard

Homestuck is going to space, baybee. (Link)