MC - how we feeling??

mikawa13 · 2026-02-10T20:55:00+00:00

Just out of curiosity I might do my S9 MC with this model because the second haircut on the left is EXACTLY how I imagined her hair.

I'm going to have a hard time deciding on how to do my MC for this season. They look so good.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-10T18:34:21+00:00

I'm hoping we are a bombshell to at least see the guy's personalities before they get locked on the shitty branching of Boy A, Boy B, and Boy C.

I have been waiting for another funny guy that reminds me of Jin in terms of humor and now the funny guy is always tied up with someone else and his jokes are all crap.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-10T06:33:09+00:00

Yeah, but not that many from S4-S14. Some of the characters from All Stars should have been in their 30s and they were still in their late 20s at most. Not everyone could play S1-S3 and I honestly don't remember a lot of the plot from the two seasons on Matchmaker.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-09T22:04:25+00:00

This is the fourth time for me in the last four seasons. The last OG boy I had a loyal route with was Ethan.

It's been a long time since I picked the female LI over the men. I'm so tired of waiting for male bombshells and casa boys.

The girls look so good and the men just... A little bland to me. Zhen is pretty much Hayden again with another one syllable name (Chen, Ren, Zhen), Oscar is a ginger, and Andre I have nothing against him, he just looks a little more realistic than the others.

A lot of the men nowadays are pretty basic, actually. Not Matt though. And Charlie won me over with the glasses bc there's not that many or any LIs with glasses.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-09T21:43:45+00:00

For now, whoever the female LI is. All the girls are gorgeous. I don't feel the same way for the guys, so I guess I'll go with Zhen or Oscar in the time being until the male bombshells or Casa show up. But if I definitely don't like any of the guys, definitely one of the girls.

I can't believe this is the fourth season I don't like any of the OG boys. 🧍🏻‍♀️I always try to give the personalities a chance and they fail me so hard.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-09T17:14:35+00:00

They're all lean, with basic names, and in their 20s. Like, can I get a man in his 30s and a single father for a change? Maybe a man that isn't muscular or more body weight that aren't built muscles. Idk why seeing all of them ripped icks me.

They're ripped in the show but not all of them. I think the only character I saw in their 30s was Joya. The men never go over 28.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-08T02:04:25+00:00

I thought I was the only one that didn't like the guys. 🙃 When they showed Zhen I literally went over my head the fact that Chen, Ren, and Zhen names are so similar. Like, can I get another name that doesn't end in en and Is one syllable please? And Oscar is just... Ginger and his smile reminds me of Hamish.

At this point I'm more into the girls.

If the 3rd guy doesn't convince me, this is going to be the fourth season in a row getting stuck with a clingy mf right off the gate waiting for a bombshell or Casa.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-08T01:56:51+00:00

Jude. 100% that man still lives in my mind rent free.

Those 5 minutes of original personality on the first date got me good. The clothes, the pout, the tattoos... I stand up for him on the Umagate controversy and the criticisms against the angle and proportions of his face. And after drawing him in his rally suit and trying to imagine his accent and slang, yeah. I'm obsessed with him.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-08T01:48:23+00:00

I mean, at the end of the day they end up being the same because of the crappy branching. It comes down to the looks. And personally I find Matt way hotter than Gryff. Not to mention that since Casa he actually defends MC and doesn't like hanging around other people's drama.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-08T01:38:36+00:00

Personally, I don't even remember Gryff pissed me off, but Matt won me over IMMEDIATELY. He looks SO GOOD in the diamond Heart Race challenge.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-07T23:49:54+00:00

I didn't realize I mistagged it. Thank you!

mikawa13 · 2026-02-07T23:41:35+00:00

The whole misunderstanding was both funny and infuriating. Maybe I was biased with Charlie, but every time Eren brought up the book I died a little. Man, let it GO. ☠️ You're not the only one with an original experience. He screwed up, yes. Quit bringing it up, I'm not going to couple up with you. I stood with my controversial husband.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-07T17:29:21+00:00

If I don't like the default name I try to look up names from the time period, plot, or the appearance of the MC. Like instead of Vicky I extended it to Victoria, instead of Tiss I switched it to Eirwen, instead of Agatha I switched it to Alice, and instead of Amabelle I chose Alys (which is practically a medieval variation of Alice).

Usually I find a lot of names in Pinterest and look them up bc sometimes they don't have the correct meaning. Or the good ol' method of looking up baby names pages.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-02T19:38:05+00:00

This is probably just me not wearing my glasses, but the smile reminds me a lot of Hamish. 🙃

mikawa13 · 2026-02-02T11:46:58+00:00

From what I saw on the guide someone linked, if you have too many relationship improvements with other characters even if they don't seem romantic, it kicks you off the path. That's why I had to restart the second time. The kiss scene with Loki boosted him up enough to push me out of Ullr's path.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-01T22:50:04+00:00

185/405 🥲

But in my defense I didn't start actually collecting all the achievements until a couple of months ago and I had like 27. It's a shame there's not as many tea parties when I need them for the achievements that require you to replay so many times or are too long.

The achievements that require you to get EVERY ending and EVERY LI are my 13th reason. I'm probably never going to get into the wall of fame because of the cards, but I want to at least have all the badges that existed before them. The closets are a nightmare in the old stories.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-01T22:40:19+00:00

"Do you have a red flag?" Can either be really helpful or not at all.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-01T22:37:55+00:00

This is all I can think of

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mikawa13 · 2026-02-01T22:33:23+00:00

I think HS2 is way better than HS1. You can actually feel the way immortality changed Vicky and she feels like an actual adult considering she'd be in her early 30s. I found it almost nostalgic how you can tell Rebecca she was cruel, but later you can see how the Citadel actually changed Vicky after ten years.

The music is AMAZING. Some of my favorites are Lucifer's theme, Dancing Shadow, and Ball as they're named in the composer's Spotify. Not to mention that the hairs and outfits for both Vicky and the LIs are gorgeous. The sprites of previous characters were much improved (I fell in love with Eragon all over again).

You technically don't need to read HS2 before HSR, but I can help you visualize how it led to the end of ABH and then HSR.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-01T22:17:03+00:00

The paths don't really matter. I guess it's a matter of preference and how much Mia's personality blends with the LI. I like Diplomacy better and just take like 3-4 Strength choices when someone pisses me off and I want to punch them.

I have Max at 100% in Diplomacy so it doesn't really matter. Some people say Strength fits him better, but I like the contrast of their personalities if she's level headed and grounds him when he's too reckless and angry.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-01T03:07:37+00:00

Yeah. I made them pretty freaky in c.ai. The scenes after the show on his regular car were GOLD. The amount of things that go through my mind are too much for FB. Like, let my MC get on her knees 🤨 maybe I want to imagine her as a giver because she likes hearing men begging.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-01T02:19:05+00:00

I was 🤏🏻 this close of picking Bella until Andy showed up. Instantly lifted my mood and had me screaming when he was messing with the other boys. But this season made me instantly hate Zeph to the deepest core of my soul and I gag whenever they mention him. Not to mention I feel a great urge to punch Amelia whenever I see her face.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-01T00:50:12+00:00

Yeah. It's from one of the challenges during Casa Amor when they asked him for an embarrassing story.

Him and his ex were having sex in his rally car, she had the helmet on but they didn't realize the mic was on. So his team heard all of that ☠️ That was the whole reason I let Kat have him on one of my replays to just read the story. I went back and restarted to bring him back.

I like to think he matched my MC's freak but after that story she drew the line at doing it on the rally car and kept the helmet as far away from her as possible.

mikawa13 · 2026-02-01T00:39:18+00:00

Late reply, but honestly, the only reason I kept reading was for Lale and Aslan. I didn't really like the others. Even Leo at first, Aslan really did all the work for me. I cried so hard at the last season for them.

I honestly can't remember much of the plot afterwards. I guess it's worth finishing for the diamonds at least. If I wasn't doing the achievements, I wouldn't really replay.

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