Yellowie The Goldie
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Because reality is, Ian is written as a character that is smart from the very beginning: that's his entire thing. He's not as tall as Jeremy or as charismatic as Wade (implied to be in the past) or as good looking. He's...average. Not bad or good average, just 'okay' average. He is a character that is the opposite of Jeremy.I may be the only person in this thread disappointed in the difficulty of making Ian a himbo. He can be a chad and a fuckboi sure, but a properly dumb himbo stretches credulity.
It's easier to play Lena as a "bimbo" between her clothes, lesser use of emotional intelligence, and frustrating Seymour with low wits. Ian is forced into emotionally intelligent conversations with his friends, doesn't have nearly the array of clothing options Lena has, and also no one frustrate with a lack of wits. The closest Ian has to that moment is choosing all the wrong answers for his book, but that just means he's a bad writer. Although he does tend to have people comment on his changing physique a lot more, which I imagine a himbo would be appreciative of.
Anyway start Ian's himbo arc EK. You won't. Coward.
Ian is a contemplative character, whose internal world of thought is often richer and more complex than his outward actions or speech suggest. That's how he is written from the beginning and no matter what happens, what he remains as. Lena is a lot more flexible: she can be charismatic, funny or slutty depending on how her personality is shaped with in game choices.
Ian is not good looking enough, nor charismatic enough on his own to be a Himbo. Because at it's core: a Himbo is a dumb, charming, sexually attractive, sexualised man. Ian is the exact opposite of that. I would argue that Jeremy is actually a Himbo tbh.