yknow before playing Moon I always wondered how people could have waifus. as in actual unironic waifus, not ironic weebs claiming some fotm seasonal isekai girl as their waifu and then doing it again the next season. I didnt think it was possible for a human to genuinely fall in love with a fictional character, and I've played a lot of JRPGs and watched a lot of anime. but when I played Moon, I felt something for Lillie. it was a feeling I couldn't describe and had never felt for any other character prior to that game. the feeling only grew stronger as the game went on, and when Lillie left for Kanto, I felt genuine sadness. I was confused and in despair that the game was seriously going to end like this, with a goodbye to her, and when that ending card showed up with Lillie hugging Nebby one final time as the stars glistened in the background, I couldn't help but cry. I left the end card on my screen for a few hours and took a screenshot of it too. I think I finally came to understand that day how people could fall in love with fictional characters.
I didn't do anything most people would do when it comes to waifus though. I didnt go around saving every image I could find of her and buying a dakimakura of her (although I did consider it). Instead I tried to forget about her and let the end card be the end. I didn't buy USUM because I know going on another adventure with her wouldn't be good for me, and I thought about watching the anime which I had never done before, just to see more of her, but I decided Ash's bullshit being coupled with her wasn't worth it. There's also the fact that when SM came out I was in a much better mental state than I am now.
Anyways, whenever threads like these show up with her I always take a good look at the pictures of her and all the feelings come flooding back again, but I don't do anything with them. I just thought I should finally write about this somewhere since those feelings refuse to fade even after 4+ years.
