Hogwarts Mystery Theory that isn’t an actual theory
why Tulip care so much about Dennis
ehhhh I could just write ”bc it is her best friend” BUT NO
that is too simple so here is me explaining more about this!!
I have seen some few being negative about this quest and how Tulip act. But let me hopefully change your mind!
a reminder; the whole quest started with that Dennis is depressed, Tulip is the only one who can understand him and want to make him happy again.
Why is it so important?
Because he is her only friend (this is in year 3 remember that) and Tulip have just lost her only human best friend, aka Merula. We know they both fights in year 5 (or was it 4?… I can’t remember) and say “don’t trust Merula Snyde, she will stab you in the back.” and “don’t trust Karasu, she will stab you in the back.”
Merula and Tulip became friends early in Hogwarts years. Tulip who was from a very district family found Merula who had both her parents in azkaban, meaning she could do whatever she wanted and Tulip, somehow, was attracted for how she lived. Which I think that Merula brought out the wild side of Tulip. Tulip could be herself around Merula.
They both found Jacob’s room since they wanted to prove the world they were great as anyone else if they found The Cursed Vaults. But they both went to the room behind each others back.
And we know what Tulips boggart is, it is Merula who says she betrayed her and calls her a liar. Look in to it deeper, Tulip worst fear is to betray people that she becomes close with. And seeing Merula and hearing Merula is like a never ending with hearing how bad she is as a friend.
“it’s just that I’ll never hear the end of it from Dennis otherwise.”
Tulip maybe lost Merula as a friend, that is why she is trying so hard to make Dennis happy. She don’t want to betray him too. A reason why Tulip says “do you mind if I offer Merula to sing with Dennis?” it isn’t to hurt MC’s feelings, she just haven’t known MC for so long as Dennis. She is more scared to be alone if Dennis become angry at her. We are the ones who say “You are my friend” but we never hear that from Tulip, I think she still fear to have people close to her. Which she later grow away from.
She likes us because we understand that Dennis means a lot to her. Tulip must have been so alone when she and Merula fought each other. She had only Dennis left.
Also, I think Tulip miss Merula, she doesn’t really say anything bad about Merula. Maybe some few stuff but as fast MC says “Dennis liked Merula?” or “How could you be friend with Merula?”
Well Tulip knows Merula better than us and it was her first friend, ofc she going to defend Merula sometimes, since she perhaps put a big blame on herself why the friendship ended.
AND Dennis is a very picked toad. MC and Merula is the only ones he likes beside Tulip. To make Dennis happy was to ask Merula if she could sing with Dennis.
Tulip maybe have moved on from Merula, but if it makes Dennis happy to sing with Merula then so be it. She would ask straight away Merula if she hadn’t heard MC saying they wanted to attend to the Frog Choir.
and then we have this, Merula says she manipulated us if we gave her the place instead of us ourself.
So Merula manipulated us and I’m sure Merula can have manipulated Tulip too. Perhaps manipulated Tulip to find the Vaults, since it have always been Merula who wants to find the Vaults.
Not to talk about this again, but; Tulip knew Merula.
Tulip knows Merulas history, Tulip can tell when Merula lies and not. I’m sure she and Merula discussed a lot about their parents when they were friends.
Merula doesn’t want to find herself weak infront of MC her “enemy” (in my headcanon, we are friend-enemies!) and of course she just say “I’m so great at lying, you fell for my sob story.”
Of course, in the duel Merula tells the sob story but I think she was actually sad because if she won, she wouldn’t need to be worried about not to have a competition against MC who gets EVERYTHING in these sidequests.
This is also in year 3 this side quest happens, we won’t get a “thank you” or anything from Merula. It is in year 4 or 5 we start to talk more with her and she find us “okay”.
so to sum everything up: Tulip only want Dennis to be happy because she is afraid to be a bad friend. So even if Dennis get to sing with Merula, she is still happy that Dennis is happy.
I also came to this show only to see the smallest toad singing, aka Dennis.
thank you for coming to my ted talk.