Utilizing Star Control:

Star Control does have characters, but they're all forgettable.  What stands out is their diverse alien races.  The aliens in Star Control actually feel different from humans, in exciting and interesting ways.  If we view every species as a 'character', they could all make my fictional character hall of fame, and I could give high praise to Star Control while I'm at it.  Two birds with one stone:

Arilou:  Relic of Ancient Times

Chenjesu:  Tanjou

Chmmr:  A Battle Of Teamwork

Druuge:  Galbadia GARDEN

Humans:  Wild Child

Ilwrath:  Growing Fear

Melnorme:  Delightful Day

Mmrnmhrm:  Hanrangun no Theme

Mycon:  Deep Labyrinth ~Main Theme~

Orz:  Seymour's Ambition

Pkunk:  Life or Death

Shofixti:  Predicament

Slylandro:  Born into this World

Spathi:  The Silent Beyond

Supox:  Kokoro

Syreen:  How Can I Keep From Singing

Thraddash:  Fighting KOS-MOS

Umgah:  Albedo

Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah:  Gnosis

Ur-Quan Kzer-Za:  Proto Merkabah

Utwig:  Eruyt Village

VUX:  Forbidding Corridors

Yehat:  Followed Space Shuttle

Zoq-Fot-Pik:  Escape

Androsynth:  Book Of Days

That bags me another 25 songs.  Because Starcon is sci-fi, I finally found a reasonable place for all my high quality Xenosaga music.

While I'm at it, Ged from Wizard of Earthsea can have Somber Memories.  The Ghibli film of Wizard of Earthsea is quite decent, and I've read the entire book series.  Dagny from Atlas Shrugged can have The Hunters.  Garion from the Belgariad can have Caribbean Blue.  Tess from Jaran can have Breeze The Conductor.  Johauna from The Penhaligon Trilogy can have The Legendary Sword.  Tertius from Middlemarch can have lamentation.  Parry from Incarnations of Immortality can have Eternal Ruins.  Norton from the same series can have This Journey without End.  Nicholas and Kate from Nicholas Nickleby can have normal battle 2 and a push on the back.  Amy from Little Dorrit can have Port Noir, Harbor Town.  Amy from Little Women can have Symphony.  Romeo and Juliet can have Battle, Battle's End and shitsui.  Elizabeth from Pride & Prejudice can have Mhaura.  Billy from Where the Red Fern Grows can have At the Edge of Dawn CASE 2 ED.  Ivan from The Brothers Karamazov can have Ivan's Theme.  Pyotr from War & Peace can have Relaxation.  Chichikov from Dead Souls can have Bouken Suisei.  Georgi from The Red Wheel can have Immoralist.  Charlotte from I Am Charlotte Simmons can have Koibito no Mukashigatari no Yuugure no.  Sherman from Bonfire of the Vanities can have TEMPERED SOUL.  Becky from Vanity Fair can have Calmly Travelling.  Edmond, the Count of Monte Cristo, can have Karma.

I've read all these authors, all this great literature, so I should avail myself of their fictional characters.  I earned it!  It also allows me to honor the authors of these franchises within my wonderful hall of fame, putting them front and center alongside all the modern popular anime and video game characters.

With this, I've reduced the unassigned quality songs down to 10.  And if I haven't found a good use for these 10 after all this time in all likelihood the songs aren't that great anyway.  I think I'll just drop these remaining 10 and declare the project complete.  My new wonderful playlist, containing all the best music and all the best stories in the world, stands at 1781 songs.

Utilizing the Book of Swords:

I added Shiori Amsynth, Sacripant, Isolde and Hitomi from my own books.  I also added Rapunzel and Moana from Disney's Animated classics, Arthur (Aquaman), Eri from Boku no Hero Academia, Ayumu 'Osaka' and Chiyo from Azumanga Daioh, Mio from Nichijou, Yoko from 12 Kingdoms, Yohko from Devil Hunter Yohko, Sakura from Idoly Pride, Haruka from Harukana Receive, Kanata from Nanare Hananare, Tachikomas from Ghost in the Shell, Chocolat and Oka from Noucome, and Jun from Medalist.

About half of these characters had been in my hall of fame previously, but were cancelled due to being too weak.  But now that I'm desperate for more names they're welcome again.

The boldest move was to add the 12 magic swords from The Book of Swords.  They truly are the main characters of the story, and it's embedded within the lore of the story itself that the swords are alive and have a will of their own.  I remember those swords so vividly it's like I read the series yesterday:  Coinspinner, Wayfinder, Sightblinder, Doomgiver, Shieldbreaker, Woundhealer, Townsaver, Farslayer, Dragonslicer, Stonecutter, Soulcutter and Skulltwister.

That let me incorporate 32 more songs into my wonderful playlist:  The Past, Blood on the Cobblestones, song of departure, killing, Unused Track 6 (Air), Beyond the Deep Blue Seas, Beach of the Void, will, Under her Control, Shuffle or Boogie, the world starting to move, Another World of Beasts, Come, Fukai Mori, Starting Up, Adventurer's Challenge, Rise, Al Bhed Tribe's Chi, Thunder Plains, unblessed soul, Inaccessible Road, Dry Trail, Anakin's Betrayal, Invidia, The Darkness Nova, marche, A Ship Soaring the Skies of Conquest, Pain the Universe, APOCALYPSIS NOCTIS, The Azure Cavern, In the Abyss of Despair (True Ending Final Boss Cartesia) and #1 Crush respectively.  They had to match the personalities of the characters they were matched with, though, so there's still a lot of great songs I frustratingly keep not including.

That leaves 62 songs without a master.

Utilizing World of Warcraft:

There are 25 fictional characters I hadn't made use of yet, namely, the 25 characters I leveled to max in World of Warcraft, representing every race and class in the game (at the time I was still playing the game).  I spent years of literal playtime on this game, and produced all of these wonderful characters and the wonderful memories I have of leveling and gearing them.  I may as well use them now that I need more song-holding names.  So I employed all 25 of them to carry 25 World of Warcraft tunes of the highest quality.

This meant WoW songs that had been applied to other characters were taken away and given to my WoW characters.  The old fictional characters got new songs from my quality 4-star list to represent them.  Zhang Fei got Stand Alone.  Zhuge Liang got A Place for Reflection.  Ling Tong got ocean battle.  Meng Huo got Vamo'alla Flamenco.  Aegon (Snow) got Sword of Doubt.  Nuen got Home of the Spring Breeze.  Konoha got Yume Note.  Fate (Tertium) got Intension of the Earth.

The main benefit of attributing WoW songs to WoW characters isn't these eight songs getting to replace the old WoW songs, though.  The main benefit is the other 17 WoW songs that previously had no master, now all properly represented.  Now all the best WoW music is in my wonderful playlist, and all with characters that could not represent them better.  That's the main benefit.

I also added Ravagin from Triplet, a very good novel by Timothy Zahn.  He got Forbidden Land Eureka.  Also Raenys and Travis from Unicorn Overlord.  They got Autumn is Coming and Rough Lands Theme (HOMAM 3).

Now only 96 high quality 4-star songs remain unassigned.  It's a shame they haven't released a new Dynasty Warriors with an expanded roster of characters.  I could use them right now.  On the bright side, by some weird coincidence, my wonderful character list sits at exactly 1700 now.

In a feat of strength, I had Squad 31-E and Squad 31-X work together to take down Skullfeather First Form.  I told you Squad 31-E was developing nicely.  This gave them all important title badge experience due to defeating it for their first time.

Two Texas teams made it to the Sweet 16, so I still have plenty left to cheer for.

Oidasareta Kiyoubinbou is getting a second season, which is nice, considering Sophia is in my wonderful fictional characters hall of fame.  It isn't just me who loves her.

In Case of Emergency, Break Glass:

The only way to get an enormous number of additional fictional characters is to break a taboo -- use characters from Dynasty Warriors.  Dynasty Warriors are historical personages, but their video game versions are clearly fictional superheroes with over the top magical powers.  If I look at their Dynasty Warriors versions as fictional characters, then I can bypass my 'this is a fictional character hall of fame, only fictional characters may apply' rule.

If I'm going to be breaking a taboo anyway, I may as well go full hog and include every single Dynasty Warrior as a hall of famer.  That too is the only way to get a sufficient number of song-eligible names.  So without further ado, let's assign a quality 4-star song to every single Dynasty Warrior:

Wei:

Xiahou Dun:  Combat -adversity-

Dian Wei:  Farewell Song

Zhang Liao:  let my soul burn (maxi's theme)

Cao Cao:  Tyrano Castle

Xu Zhu:  Jesters of the Moon

Xiahou Yuan:  Combat -subjugation-

Xu Huang:  The Sensational World

Zhang He:  Dance With The Balamb-Fish

Cao Ren:  Under Martial Law

Cao Pi:  Dark World

Zhenji:  Overture (FF6)

Cai Wenji:  Tenderness In The Air

Jia Xu:  HEADHUNT

Pang De:  Combat Theme 1 (HOMAM 3)

Wang Yi:  Feel My Blade

Guo Jia:  Successive Battles

Yue Jin:  The Battle (FF5)

Li Dian:  Battle 1 (FF3)

Yu Jin:  Panic

Xun Yu:  Run Through Flames - Largo Bridge (Extra Version)

Cao Xiu:  Mitsui 01

Man Chong:  Martial Law

Xun You:  Watching the Tower in the Sea of Flames

Wu:

Zhou Yu:  Clear and Serene

Lu Xun:  scarlet

Sun Shangxiang:  Anxious Heart

Gan Ning:  Pirates Ahoy!

Sun Jian:  Sealed Away

Taishi Chi:  Sentou Scene 2 A

Lu Meng:  Battle Theme #2 (FF11)

Huang Gai:  Sentou Scene A

Zhou Tai:  Protecting my Devotion

Ling Tong:  ocean battle

Sun Ce:  a high spirited tiger (xiba's theme)

Sun Quan:  Four Heroes

Xiaoqiao:  Good luck to the store!

Daqiao:  I hope the weather will be sunny tomorrow

Ding Feng:  Save Them!

Lianshi:  The Mines of Narshe

Lu Su:  Returners

Han Dang:  Sentou Scene 2 B

Zhu Ran:  HEATMAN STAGE

Cheng Pu:  Kagerou

Xu Sheng:  Atsuki Ya no Gotoku

Shu:

Zhao Yun:  Deliver Me

Guan Yu:  The Mountain Song

Zhang Fei:  Stand Alone

Zhuge Liang:  A Place for Reflection

Liu Bei:  Three Kings

Ma Chao:  Airship (FF11)

Huang Zhong:  Avilla Hanya

Wei Yan:  beyond the wasteland

Guan Ping:  myu 02

Pang Tong:  Koko

Yueying:  GIRAFFE BLUES ~Freyja Solo~

Jiang Wei:  battle of e platoon

Liu Shan:  New Day, New Life

Xingcai:  Phosphor

Ma Dai:  Brave Advancement

Guan Suo:  Ahead On Our Way (FF7)

Bao Sanniang:  Descendant of Shinobi

Xu Shu:  Off the Edge of Despair

Zhang Bao:  Grand Finale?

Guan Xing:  The Serpent Trench

Guan Yinping:  Fisherman's Horizon

Fa Zheng:  A Full Scale Attack

Zhou Cang:  Fune

Xiahouji:  Kirei na Kanjou

Jin:

Sima Yi:  Kingdom Of Tantal (Day)

Sima Shi:  The Snowbound Land

Sima Zhao:  Seat of the Empire

Deng Ai:  Battle 2 (FF3)

Wang Yuanji:  Subconscious Domain (Winter)

Zhong Hui:  Absence of Light

Zhuge Dan:  Seeking Power

Xiahou Ba:  wind blows, battlefield

Guo Huai:  Wheel Of Fortune

Jia Chong:  What Lies Within

Wen Yang:  Harvest Dance

Zhang Chunhua:  Sohma, the Snow-Covered Expanse

Xin Xianying:  Aka Fusha

Other:

Diaochan:  Necropolis (HOMAM 4)

Lu Bu:  The World's Awakening [Final Boss Theme]

Dong Zhuo:  Inferno Towns (HOMAM 3)

Yuan Shao:  Combat Theme 2 (HOMAM 3)

Zhang Jiao:  The Ancient Library

Meng Huo:  Vamo'alla Flamenco

Zhurong:  Gurugu Kasan

Zuo Ci:  Matouya no Doukutsu

Chen Gong:  Delightful Spekkio

Lu Lingqi:  One Day Like This

Dong Bai:  Sora

Hua Xiong:  The World for the People

Yuan Shu:  City Theme - Academy (HOMAM 5)

* * *

I had 213 quality 4-star unassigned songs to work with, so the 94 songs I chose for these 94 Dynasty Warriors were not the 'top 94 unassigned songs,' they were the 94 songs that best fit these characters, from out of the 213 songs available.  How do I know which songs fit these characters best?  Because I've played every Dynasty Warriors since 3, for thousands of hours, and I know all these characters by heart by now.  I leveled virtually every one of these characters to max at some point in the series.

This means that among my remaining 119 unassigned songs are really stellar songs I'm really going to miss.  But there's nothing I can do about that right now.  At least I found a home for 94 songs.  Humorously, this sails Dynasty Warriors by far to the top of my wonderful fictional character hall of fame.  Final Fantasy, with its 62 wonderful characters, is nothing compared to the new top dog.  >.<.

215 songs left to assign characters to:

I added Thom, Rodel, Nynaeve and Aviendha from The Wheel of Time to my wonderful fictional characters hall of fame.  Also Hikaru and Sheryl from Macross.  Nagato and Asuma from Naruto were also added.  As was Jubilation (Jubilee) from X-men.  As was Exdeath from Final Fantasy.  As was Mallory from Neverness.  As was Robo from Chrono Trigger.  As was Daenerys and Aegon (Jon Snow) from A Song of Ice and Fire.  As was Muzan from Kimetsu no Yaiba.  As was Meruam from Hunter x Hunter.  As was Optimus Prime from Transformers.  As was Mario and Peach from Super Mario Brothers.  As was Glen/Shade, Rain/Sunbeam and Nuen from The Twin Spires.  As was Hei Ming Jong, Yue Fang Jong, Gai Yi and Fae Lao from The Emperor's Son.  As was Gust, Gale and Vistan from Wind.

Thom received Marco Polo, Rodel received Magical Power of Evil Mae Vangard, Nynaeve received The Decisive Battle (FF5), Aviendha received An Oasis in a Desolate Desert, Exdeath received The Evil Lord Exdeath, Hikaru received National anthem of MACROSS, Sheryl received Iteza Gogo Kuji Don't be late.  Nagato received Avenger - Determination.  Asuma received Hokage.  Jubilation received amber valley.  Mallory received Silk Road in the Sky II.  Robo received Robo's Theme.  Daenerys received the evil flame.  Aegon (Snow) received Sword of Doubt.  Muzan got Mugen.  Meruam got Hammerhead ～The Last Bastion~.  Optimus received Boss Battle 1.  Mario received Mario Bros. Main Theme.  Peach received Beware the Forest's Mushrooms.  Glen/Shade received Mistaken Love.  Rain/Sunbeam received Unrequited Love.  Nuen received Home of the Spring Breeze.  Hei Ming Jong received Zangief Stage.  Yue Fang Jong received T. Hawk Stage.  Gai Yi received Blanka Stage.  Fae Lao received M. Bison Stage.  Gust received The Old Ways.  Gale received sun moon and stars.  Vistan received Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance.

Despite assigning all these songs, I still have 215 unassigned 4-star songs that deserve to be heard as often as my 5-star songs.  I used every character I could think of, including the ones from my own books that I had previously taken out.  None of these characters are undeserving.  A lot of them are the protagonists or antagonists of their stories.  The big question for most of these names is 'why weren't they included already?'

But there aren't 215 more names like that floating around unused.  Ideally, over half my 4-star music would be in my wonderful playlist, because over half my 4-star music is essentially as good as my 5-star music.  But right now I'm at 371/1100, or one third.  I suppose I can slowly consume more art and discover more wonderful characters and chip away at these missing 215 songs in the years to come.  But that feels far too slow.  I want to listen to this music now.  >.<.

There was no new event in Heaven Burns Red this week, but plenty of loot was handed out.  I got base Minori to level 3 limit break, diva Ruka to level 3 limit break, one piece Bon Ivar to limit break 2.5, and shrine maiden Risa to level 1 limit break.  I also maxed out Mari and Misato's mementos, and almost maxed out Adelheid's.  The goal is for all Memorias with eternal daphnes, they should also have max mementos, to best make use of the fact that they have eternal daphnes.

I finished my reread of The Twin Spires.  There are some boring digressions where people waste time talking about philosophy, but overall the book is solid.  Especially once the elves are introduced.  I wrote this book a long, long time ago, so it's satisfying to see how well it still holds up.

I'm very much enjoying the endless basketball of March Madness.

Knight of the Seven Kingdoms watched:

Overall this was an excellent addition to the Game of Thrones corpus.  The pointless 'shock' scenes were pointless and offensive, but the core of the story was good people standing up against evil authority figures for the sake of what was right.  I can get behind that.  I also really liked Aegon, or 'Egg,' for his perspicaciousness.  It's rare for western media to depict a young boy as much smarter than the people around him.  Aegon was so charming I added him to my fictional character hall of fame.  He received the fitting theme song of 'The Dragon Emperor.'

While I was at it I added Margery from Game of Thrones as well.  She's beautiful, clever, and talented at getting what she wants through legal means.  She received a theme song befitting her ambitious nature, 'The World is Not Enough.'

I also added Lan from Wheel of Time, properly 'Al'lan,' last king of Malkier.  He is dedicated, devoted, disciplined, brave and skilled.  All you could really want in a man.  He also has wealth, fame, and power, the trifecta all women are looking for.  He receives 'Theme of Battle' from Lodoss War, which shares the same fantasy vibes as Wheel of Time.

Silverado is a fantastic movie so it deserved some love.  Jake is the best character from the movie so I went with him as its representative.  Pioneering Town Orerush has a western vibe to it so Jake got that as his theme song.

Ayumi the Precure was in my hall of fame before being yanked out for being too minor a character, but now that the standards are lower she ought to qualify again.  She got Lavos' Theme, representing her dual nature as both the threat and the savior.

Ayumi from The World God Only Knows is quite cute, passionate and discerning.  As a result she gets the theme song Pasion.

Strago is a good song, but Strago the character isn't really up to snuff.  I came up with an innovative solution, though, that can satisfy both sides.  What if I combined Strago with Tellah from FF4 as one character, seeing as how they're both old mages who have forgotten but can occasionally recall mighty spells?  Strago/Tellah is a worthwhile character deserving of a song, and so Strago/Tellah was born.

March Madness has begun.  Already the first two games were thrillers, both decided by the last shot (both last shots were misses, but if they had been hits. . .).  This next month is basically going to be sitting in front of the tv and watching basketball all day every day.

Tomorrow I'll get the last two protean shards I need to promote diva Ruka to limit break level 3.  That will make my already strongest squad much stronger.  Not that I need it anymore, I already beat the last boss. . . But who knows, maybe Chapter 5 Part 3 will have some terrifying new foe I need to prepare for.

Be Strong:

I discovered Innocent Vision was a remix of Ephemeral Dream.  My music hall of fame does not allow for remixes, so it was cut.  But I wanted to maintain my 5,500 song baseline, so I added the original opening of Kenichi, 'Be Strong.'  The full version isn't actually that good, but the cut-for-tv version is really catchy, so I went with that version.  Be Strong is a Kenichi theme song, so it requires a Kenichi character to be attached to it.  As such, I added Renka to my fictional character hall of fame and gave her the song.  Renka Ma is Kensei Ma's daughter, a hottie from China who wears sexy China dresses and does Chinese kung fu.  She also has a crush on Kenichi, and I always approve of girls who love boys.

Meanwhile, I added Yuuka from AKB0048 to my fictional character hall of fame.  She's the blonde, twintailed childhood friend of Nagisa, who actually shows more commitment and strength of will than the main heroine, Nagisa, when it comes to joining AKB0048.  She's also a girl who feels romance for a boy, which makes her infinitely more attractive than a girl focused on her career.  She gets the AKB0048 song 'In a stormy night.'

All the other main characters of Xenoblade 3 are already in my hall of fame, so I figured it was time to include Taion too.  He gets Li Garte Prison Camp as his theme song.  Xenoblade 3 is one of the best games ever made, so it can never receive enough honors.

Anya's teacher in Spy x Family who keeps stressing 'elegance,' is named Henry Henderson.  He's a man of great gravitas combined with obvious considerateness for his students.  It's a great, memorable combination.  He also is elevated to the wonderful hall of fame, with the apropos theme song of teach me, mont blanc.

Maon the whistler is the second prettiest and most interesting girl in Tamayura.  I had a great Tamayura song sitting around, 'Hajimari no Umi,' so Maon can become its poster girl.

Kin of the Stars is an excellent song, so I gave it a host in Lafiel's outoto, Duhiel.  Duhiel actually leads a successful armada in battle later in the series, beyond what the anime shows.  He's a good kid, as expected of Lafiel's brother.

Mara Jade is Luke's true lover.  Luke is not gay like Mark Hamill says.  He isn't a stupid hermit on a deserted island or dead like the fake Disney sequel movies say.  He's happily married to Mara Jade and a great hero and head of the Jedi Academy, like the Timothy Zahn books say.  Given how romantic the song is, and how close Mara is to Luke, she gets the theme song Luke and Leia.

Through some lucky free rolls, I got base Minori's level 2.5 limit break.  Go Squad 31-E, prove 31-A isn't actually better than you!  Sextuplets for the win!

Congratulations to Queens college for making the Dance for the first time (and the last time) in their history.  Queens college won't exist next year so this was certainly a good time to make their mark on history.

Trump has ruled out nuking Iran, which means we have no means to open the Strait of Hormuz, which means 30% of the world's fertilizer won't be available for spring planting season, which means at least 15% of the world's food supply, three months from now, will not exist.  Explain to me how the starving Africans and Indians are going to eat three months from now.  No one has given any explanation for how this magic trick will occur.  It's like we're heading off a cliff and no one cares but me.

It's very frustrating that we developed this code of never negotiating with terrorists, especially when they try to blackmail us with hostage crises.  Then Iran takes the whole world's energy and food supply hostage and we immediately back down and try to please them.  We rule out hurting them in any way and beg for a negotiated ending.  It's so pathetic.  How can anyone win a war with rules of engagement like this?  Obviously we can't.  Trump has doomed us to yet another losing war.

What makes this all the more ironic is Russia is one of the leading producers of oil and fertilizer, so this chokehold on the strait of Hormuz does nothing but enrich and empower Russia.  Inadvertently, Trump has aided Russia in the Ukraine war in the best way imaginable.  So maybe I should just relax and enjoy the show, seeing as how I care more about winning the Ukraine war than the Iran war.