Probably and possibly have the same use in casual conversation. The only difference is "probability" has a specific use is statistics but the adverb probably is mainly used by the layman to refer to a positive assumption.Where are you pulling your "probability" stats from? What makes it "probable"? It's not, for me.
Perhaps you meant "possibly"?
Regardless, Lyriel got a whole load of hate, when she was introduced.
That's not how you test a bottomless void. The test isn't if the void was dangerous, the test is supposedly to see if there is a bottom to escape to.We do not know that she didn't test it first.
She may well have dropped the rope into the cloud, then pulled it back up & seen it was still intact, so logically presumed that she would remain so, too.
To use a finite piece of rope on a visibility infinite void is not something a thinking person would do. She would be better off tossing something from the garage first, see if it falls, hits something, or comes right back. She might have been lost to the void hadn't the others been worried.
I have to disagree. Lyriel wasn't exactly stubborn but defiant. She was a highborn (yeah, the dev really gave a clear answer on why she was so stuck up just because - yes, this is sarcasm) and felt that everyone should be below her.Because the point you raised in objection to Blair, "being stupidly stubborn", was also directly and massively attributable to Lyriel.
Lyriel's behaviour was far worse.
Blair (being an independent, streetwise, engineer & survivor) as a character seems to be justified in being somewhat stubborn.
She's spent her life figuring out how things work. If someone tells her "this is how it works", I still expect her to pull it apart to see for herself.
For Blair, I think we need to see more on why she was traveling alone in the first place for people to warm up to her. (I still don't think she is streetwise based on how many times she doubts herself during her intro) Yes, she is a survivor, yes, she likes to tinker, yes, she's independent, but there isn't enough justification yet why she's so distrusting.
TBF, storywise, Lyriel can't be a bitch the entire time, she has to mellow out eventually (they're stuck there for hundreds of days).The point is that people also hated Lyriel & the dev turned the way people receive her around.
Her behaviour changed, over time & people became more accepting.
So it's perfectly feasible that, given time & content, he can do something similar with Blair.
It's perfectly feasible. For me, I just need her story to be more consistent with her background.
If I remember correctly, Lyriel's introduction was only tolerable for me because it included some additional interactions with Rae.Ha ha ha, no disagreement there!
And if I'm right, when the other girls were introduced (until Yona), there was always updates for additional interactions with Rae (movie night, day trips, breakfast date, etc.) but the last two didn't. Mayhap that's the reason many people are miffed?
I mean even the wholesome date with Rae was enough justification for me to play through Blair's intro.