So a week ago (September 4, 2019) was the 20th anniversary of the day that I fell madly in love for Misty. It was a significant date because not only did I have a strong attraction towards Misty for almost 14 years, but because it marked the date that I began to become attracted to fictional female characters. It's not necessary a sexual attraction, and in fact more often than not it was a strong sense of admiration for that particular character. It was in 2005 that I coined the term "Heart-Melters" to describe the warm feeling that I get when thinking about the character, but really the era began on September 4, 1999. Since then I had written about these characters multiple times, starting with a post on Nintendo NSider titled "The Heart-Melters Gallery." Over the subsequent 14 years I've had six more characters join the ranks of Heart-Melters. I wrote about ten of them in 2010 to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the original NSider post and later in 2013 I wrote about two other characters that became Heart-Melters during the turbulent 2012 year. Since then I haven't done very much writing about the Heart-Melters, but that doesn't mean the Heart-Melters have been dormant. In fact, two more characters have joined the ranks. I've just been too lazy to write actual induction posts, but with the 20th anniversary of my crush on Misty coming and going, I figured I should stop procrastinating and write the two, especially since one of them have become one of my favorites.
These induction entries would be very much like the previous ones I had written back in 2005. I would present a short biography of the character, and then write about my experiences with said character leading up to the moment where they become a Heart-Melter. Once they become a Heart-Melter, the period of time where they are an active Heart-Melter would become known as the "age." And finally, I would present a rudimentary ranking of the Heart-Melter compared to the others in three domains: Intensity, or the strength of my attraction towards that character; Duration, or the length of time the character spent as a Heart-Melter; and Recurrence, or the level of attraction that I maintain towards the character once their active age had ended. After that I tally up the ranks to get a score. Like I said, it's very rudimentary
Anyways without further adieu, I give you the 13th and 14th members of the Heart-Melters Gallery.
