We wish we could kiss them but the devs won't let us... A bracket for characters in games that cannot be romanced! Round One: Group A starts on September 5th.
Is there anything sadder than realizing that your absolute favorite character in a game cannot be romanced? This is the bracket for you! or, well, for those characters.
Welcome to the undatable character bracket! Competitors will be judged on which one the voter most wishes was a romance option.
Submissions are CLOSED.
Round One: Group A will be starting on September 5th!
I've gotten two messages now that Jeremy King from Our Life: Beginnings and Always is datable in XOXO Droplets. While "characters who are a romance option in another game" wound up not being a disqualifier in the official rules, I'm pretty sure Jeremy King is the only character in the bracket where this is the case.
Should Jeremy King be removed from the bracket, since he can be romanced in XOXO Droplets?
Yes, Jeremy King should be replaced with a different competitor.
No, Jeremy King should not be removed from the bracket.
Voting ended onAug 27, 2023
I would probably swap in Deacon from Fallout 4, who was not submitted but I like quite a lot.
Additionally, I've fixed a few minor typos and errors in the bracket, and will be updating shortly. Thank you to everyone who's caught my mistakes!
As the submitter of Jeremy King, I'd like to qualify that I specifically want the version of Jeremy that has the history with the olba mc. I put in while submitting him my reasoning but basically I know he's datable in another game but that game has a completely different MC. I don't want that MC to be able to date Jeremy. I want the olba MC to be able to have an enemies to lovers relationship with Jeremy.
That makes sense to me! I just wanted to put it up for a vote since multiple people had contacted me about it.
I've gotten two messages now that Jeremy King from Our Life: Beginnings and Always is datable in XOXO Droplets. While "characters who are a romance option in another game" wound up not being a disqualifier in the official rules, I'm pretty sure Jeremy King is the only character in the bracket where this is the case.
Should Jeremy King be removed from the bracket, since he can be romanced in XOXO Droplets?
Yes, Jeremy King should be replaced with a different competitor.
No, Jeremy King should not be removed from the bracket.
Voting ended onAug 27, 2023
I would probably swap in Deacon from Fallout 4, who was not submitted but I like quite a lot.
Additionally, I've fixed a few minor typos and errors in the bracket, and will be updating shortly. Thank you to everyone who's caught my mistakes!
Just fyi as the person who submitted Jeremy King specifically Our Life version, he's in Our Life: Beginnings & Always and it looks like you have him listed in the sequel (Forever & Always) which I'm not sure he'll show up in.
Hey! I don't know if you've played Our Life but just want to let you know while you're collecting images, Terry is trans and you'll want to use the image from his Step 4 appearance. Hope this doesn't come off as rude. I just know it's hard to research every single character in all these games so I wanted to give you a heads up.
Thanks for the heads up! I remember reading about him on the wiki and can definitely use his Step 4 appearance.
The brackets and groups! I've done my best to seed them to give lots of variety for each poll. This post will be updated if anything changes, and will also include links to the poll masterposts for each group.
Just out of curiosity, are you a fic writer on Ao3? The marriage in nine days kinda caught me off guard a little bit, sorta.
HAHA yes, I most certainly am. I guess I'm pulling that whole "sorry this update was late, I was in a coma!" kind of thing, aren't I?
In all seriousness, though, I've had the idea for this bracket for a few months. Sometimes it takes life getting crazy to give you motivation to work on something; the timing just worked out strangely. Thanks y'all for the congratulations!
thank you all for being patient with me! The bracket is now seeded and I'm working on graphics. Due to scheduling (I'm getting married in 9 days??) I will be postponing the bracket a bit.
I've divided up the bracket into four groups of 32 (sixteen matches each) to avoid having to manage 64 polls simultaneously. Round one will last for one week for each group.
Group A will go live on Tuesday, September 5th.
I'm thinking about staggering the posts, instead of having them all go up at the same time. Maybe one every half an hour?
Thank you all for the information about Inari! I've decided to remove them from the bracket. I've replaced them with Ondolemar from Skyrim, who was initially removed only due to the sheer quantity of Skyrim characters.
Inari was a character that seemed to have a romance that qualified as not being a "full" romance route, similar to Krobus in Stardew Valley. I was going off of the submitter's propaganda and a surface-level wiki dive, so I'll attempt to do more research to confirm.
I'm curious, did some of the monster prom series submissions have reasons for why they should count? Because I know Sadie, Moss Mann, and Jerry all have secret endings in camp where you end up at the meteor shower with them. I don't remember clearly the endings for the other two but I do distinctly recall going on a date with Moss Mann and him killing me lol. I also know for certain he's a datable hitchhiker in Roadtrip, it's just random whether you can pick him up or not.
Ahh, I see! I struggled to find detailed information on each of them to be honest. I've only played the original Monster Prom and none of the sequels. I'll flag them as a note to do more research on.
These are all of the bracket participants! Please do not get upset with me if your blorbo did not qualify; I did my best to research each game I was unfamiliar with. The most common reason for a character to be disqualified was being from a game without any romance at all.
Madoka Aoyagi from Aokana Four Rhythms Across the Blue
Reiko Satou from Aokana Four Rhythms Across the Blue
Nahara from The Arcana
Nazali from The Arcana
Nasmira from The Arcana
Brasidas from Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Soma Jarlskona from Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
Alfira from Baldur's Gate 3
Volo from Baldur's Gate 3
Mallory from Black Closet
oniontheif from Blooming Panic: Full Bloom Edition
Mossie from Cattails
Guinevere from Code: Realize
Kotoho Sakuragawa from collar x malice
Antonio from Coral Island
Helene Leventis from Crown and the Flame - Choices (mobile app)
Owen Herriot from Cupid Parasite
Viktor Vector from Cyberpunk 2077
Johnny Silverhand from Cyberpunk 2077
Goro Takemura from Cyberpunk 2077
Mayor Mingus from Dialtown
Jerry from Dialtown
Pierre from Dialtown
Monika from Doki Doki Literature Club
The Arishok from Dragon Age 2
Varric Tethras from Dragon Age 2Avaline Vallen from Dragon Age 2
Vivienne de Fer from Dragon Age Inquisition
Cole from Dragon Age Inquisiton
Scout Lace Harding from Dragon Age: Inquisition
Cremisius "Krem" Aclassi from Dragon Age: Inquisition
Sten from Dragon Age: Origins
Quizzmaster Quinn from Dream Daddy
Morgott the Grace-Given from Elden Ring
Matthew Gursky from Emily is Away
Magnolia from Fallout 4Nick Valentine from Fallout 4
Phila from Fire Emblem Awakening
The Gatekeeper from Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Hypnos from Hades
Orpheus and Eurydice from Hades
Chaos from Hades
Charon from Hades
Sisyphus from Hades
Alecto from Hades
Inari from Harvest Moon, Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns
Azami Koshiba from Hatoful Boyfriend
Blanc Lapin from Ikemen Revolution
Lyla Park from Life is Strange 2
Kyousuke Natsume from Little Busters!
Javik from Mass Effect
Urdnot Wrex from Mass Effect
Zaeed Massani from Mass Effect
Mordin Solus from Mass Effect 2 & 3
The Illusive Man from Mass Effect 2 + 3
Samara from Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3
Evfra de Tershaav from Mass Effect Andromda
Zevin Raeka from Mass Effect Andromeda
Jeff "Joker" Moreau from Mass Effect trilogy
Moss Mann from Monster camp
Gerard from Monster Camp and Monster Roadtrip
Tate from Monster Prom
Sadie from Monster Prom 3: Road Trip and Monster Prom 2: Camp
Jerry the Murderer from Monster Prom series
Mali from My Time at Portia
Jaehee Kang from Mystic Messenger
Vanderwood from Mystic Messenger
Shinbi from Nameless (the one thing you must recall
)Soi from Nameless (the one thing you must recall)
Thirteen from Obey Me! One Master to Rule Them All
Aurora Emery from Open Heart - Choices
Jeremy King from Our Life: Beginning & Always
Miranda from Our Life: Beginnings & Always Terry from Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Rio Iwasaki from Persona 3 Portable
Junpei Iori from Persona 3 Portable
Yosuke Hanamura from Persona 4
Kanji Tatsumi from Persona 4
Goro Akechi from Persona 5
Yusuke Kitagawa from Persona 5
Ryūji Sakamoto from Persona 5
Eothas from Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Grim from Romancelvania
Gaius from Rune Factory 3
Illuminata from Rune Factory 4
Porcoline Tulle De Saint-Coquille from rune factory 4
Ventuswill from Rune Factory 4
Lin Fa from Rune Factory 4
Volkanon from Rune Factory 4
Terry from Rune Factory 5
Malix from Seduce Me the Otome
Halek Prince from Shepherds of Haven
Bao-Dur from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
Clint from Stardew ValleyGus from Stardew Valley
Jodi from Stardew Valley
Kent from Stardew Valley
Krobus from Stardew ValleyLinus from Stardew Valley
Marnie from Stardew ValleyMayor Lewis from Stardew Valley
Sandy from Stardew Valley
Robin from Stardew Valley
The Wizard (aka. M. Rasmodius) from Stardew Valley
Clemens from Story of Seasons Pioneers of Olive Town
Jacopo from Story of Seasons Pioneers of Olive Town
Karina from Story of Seasons Pioneers of Olive Town
Flora from Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life
Lars from Story of Seasons Pioneers of Olive Town
Brynjolf from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Cicero from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Erandur from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Faendal from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Hadvar from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
J'zargo from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Miraak from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Seranna from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Teldryn Sero from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Olivia Vanderwall Nevrakis from The Royal Romance - Choices
Iorveth from The Witcher 2
Vernon Roche from The Witcher 2
Julian Alfred Pankratz (Dandelion/Jaskier) from The Witcher 3
Emiel Regis Rohellec Terzieff-Godefroy from The Witcher 3
Karen Hanatsubaki from Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side 3
Thank you all for your submissions! Here's some fun statistics for you all.
We received a total of 263 submissions! Of these, 131 are unique and eligible characters for the bracket. When it comes to media I wasn't as familiar with, I did my best to research whether or not characters would qualify and erred on the side of caution. I'll be posting a list of accepted characters shortly.
The most submitted character was Yusuke Kitagawa from Persona 5, with eight submissions! Brynjolf, Linus, Goro Akechi, Varric Tethras, and Monika were close behind with seven submissions each.
The media with the most submissions total was Stardew Valley, with 36 submissions! Skyrim was in second with 23 submissions, and Persona 5 in third with 20 submissions.
The character with the longest submitted propaganda is the Gatekeeper from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It's 551 words long. Jesus christ.
I'll be taking a few days to seed the bracket and get everything set up! See y'all soon!
I'll be taking a few days to fully set up the bracket, get my graphics ready, and schedule all of the polls. Round one will run for a week, probably from like the 21st to 28th. There will then be a break between rounds one and two, and polls will resume on September 7th or so.
