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Merry's many forms
Lucius Merryweather, more commonly referred to as Merry, is a male English-language VTuber from Denmark who debuted on October 28th of 2020. He is the head writer and owner of Merryweather Media, a visual entertainment studio based in Tokyo & Singapore that specializes in webcomics, but is also known for their extensive VTuber lore video productions.
Merry is the lead writer of the VShojo: Mythos series, having produced lore videos for Nyanners (ex-VSJ), Ironmouse, Veibae (ex-VSJ), Zentreya, Projekt Melody, Haruka Karibu, Froot, Silvervale and kson with his studio team and wrote the lore for Matara Kan. He is also the founder of the AstraLine agency, being part of its inaugural roster alongside Lumi, Nick Nocturne, Alfhilde and Fredrik Knudsen.
He and his studio have also produced content for Hololive's Mori Calliope and Pavolia Reine, as well as Nijisanji's Vox Akuma, Doppio Dropscythe , Kyo Kaneko and Zaion LanZa; with Merry having contributed writing work to most of them. Additionally he produced the lore for First Stage Productions EN's 2nd Generation 'Ravanis' including Malim Cendari, Altus Zendoji, Ryzar Blazenfang, Nayuta Umbrage and Nix Voltare.
He is also an officially published author on WEBTOON, having written and produced Winter Moon, Everywhere & Nowhere, Internet Explorer, Stalker x Stalker, Fox Girls Are Better, Clinic of Horrors, Meme Girls, Meme Boys, Goth Girl & The Jock, My Succubus Girlfriend and many more for the platform. His WEBTOON account is Merryweather.
Personality[]
Merry has a very relaxed vibe the majority of the time, but when he gets excited he barks like the dog boy he is. He usually hardly swears and requests those on his chat refrain from doing so as well, though recently he has been known to drop a few curses when in an excited/chaotic mood.
He is easily scared by horror games such as the Chilla's Arts series, but otherwise has a very relaxing aura even in collabs (except in Yu-Gi-Oh collabs). This vibe has sometimes been known to descend into chaos on a few occasions; for instance, during games of Frostpunk where he pretends to be a "maniacal dictator of Wooftopia", or during his Yu-Gi-Oh streams where he frequently acts like a villain.
Appearance[]
Merry takes on a dog boy appearance, sporting blue-black hair (even though he insists it is black) in a shaggy cut, with a single red streak and short pointy ears. Despite explaining that he is a mix between a Danish Spitz and a Turkish Kangal, which explains the appearance of his ears, they still often get mistaken for cat ears.
As of April 2023, Merry's main look is a princely royal outfit drawn by Yuniiho, and rigged by 2wintails. His outfit consists of multiple layers of garments (shirt/waistcoat/overcoat/cape), a pen sword, a small crown, and a huggable inkdog/inkdog plushie that can be toggled.
Merry also has a dog form created for him as a gift by Yuniiho in 2021, and an "ugly bastard" (aka Uncle Merry) form created by Carillus which first debuted in April 2021.
Merry's debut model was drawn by Kirero and released in October 2020. His outfit at the time consisted of a brown pinstripe three-piece suit with a red tie. On November 19, 2020 he debuted a new navy/black military outfit also by Kirero, which he uses for certain games.
In May 2021, he gained another outfit for the Kirero model: a black three-piece suit with an overcoat and top hat. It also includes a Cthulhu plushie, a walking stick, and a pop-up book that has Eldritch tentacles popping out of it.
In December 2021, he debuted a maid uniform designed by Kirero, with an axe, tea set, and a Yu-Gi-Oh duel disk. This model would come with updated rigging by 2wintails. This would mark the final Kirero model, though Merry would still use it from time to time.
During March 2022, Merry revealed a markedly younger-looking model designed by Emu (emulapis/emucchi) and rigged by 2wintails, rectroactively referred to as "Femboy Merry" (or "Young Master Merry" on the official Lucius Merryweather Trading Cards). While this version also has a brown vest, it also comes with shorts and a markedly lighter blue hue to his hair.
During July 2022, Merry debuted a different model, commonly known as 'IkeMerry' amongst the Dog Army. This form had much more masculine presenting appearance compared to his previous forms, with an overall more edgy feel as designed by DyaRikku. His outfit consisted of a skintight black shirt which accentuated his muscles, neat white trousers with a black belt, a pen hanging from the belt with a short golden chain and mid/high calf black boots.
In October 2022, Merry debuted a "Royal" update to the Femboy Merry model, drawn by Emu with rigging by Ransom.
Between October 2022 and April 2023, Merry would feature a variety of costume changes on on the Femboy Merry model, drawn and rigged by Drakont. These included a Panda outfit, a Jiangshi (Chinese Vampire) outfit, a Cyberpunk outfit, and a (cursed) Christmas outfit among others.
In April 2023, as a send-off for the Femboy Merry model, Merry debuted a "God Merry" costume drawn and rigged by DrakontKnight. This model included a variety of "cursed" features, including an "over-'roided" muscular appearance, a Super Saiyan mode, and multiple meme toggles that would go on to crash the "farewell" stream it was featured on.
In November 2024 Merry introduced a whole new rebrand to his model and lore! Bidding farewell to Royal Prince Merry and welcoming a new wizard persona! Keeping his gold-red-blue theme he is decorated with gold jewellery and brought back the iconic monocle from 2021 but with a more fitting style. He wields a massive staff which contains his power. This model was illustrated by his own studio Merryweather Media and rigged by Merryweather Media's rigger Drakont.
History[]
Merry debuted in early October of 2020, gathering over 12,000 followers on Twitch within his first two months of VTubing. Prior to debuting as a VTuber, he also had a fanbase on other platforms as an independent webcomic writer and producer.
2021[]
On 1 April, Merry debuted an "ugly bastard" version of his model, illustrated by Carillus. The video can be seen here. It was initially known as the "impostor" model, where the "impostor" would go on to cancel all male VTubers.
On May, Merry introduced a new outfit called the "Cthulhu Gothic Suit", and a new "alter personality" alongside, adopting the name Lucius J. Merryweather for the first time. He would go on to use this model for his more horror-themed streams, including creepypasta storytime streams.
On 13 December 2021, Merry revealed a new maid outfit for his model, designed by Kirero and rigged by 2wintails.
2022[]
On February 1st, Merry was revealed to be the writer and director for Nyanners lore video. Following the positive reception, he was brought on by VShojo to continue creating lore videos within a shared universe for all of their members, with many cameos from vtubers outside of VShojo as well, such as Haruka Karibu (now part of VShojo), Snuffy, and many others.
On February 27th, the official lore of Bubi and Ironmouse was released The series of lore videos produced by Merry's team would then go on to be referred to as "VShojo: Mythos".
On 14 March, Merry introduced a new look - the "bratty Twink Merry" aka Femboy Merry. The model was designed by Emu (emucchi/emulapis) and rigged again by 2wintails.
On April 10th, Veibae's lore video was released, featuring Silvervale and Snuffy in key roles, as well as multiple cameos.
On May 20th, Zentreya's lore video was released, featuring Projekt Melody as her evil alter ego MELWARE.
So far, Merry has been the writer for all of VShojo's lore videos. The majority of them were illustrated by Jowa (Joakim Waller) and AT2 from Merryweather Media, with additional art from Carillus and MinsterPDuke.
On March 15th, Merry appeared on Mysta Rias' channel for an Apex Legends collab.
On June 22nd, Merry hit 100k followers on Twitch.
On July 10th, Merry created his bilibili account Merrydawg/MerryOfficial.
On July 12th, Merry celebrated 1,000 followers on bilibili, going on to hit 2,000 on the same day.
On July 20th, he revealed a sixth model with a more mature look, drawn and rigged by DyaRikku. This included a new lore video that included more of his personal struggles as a webcomic writer.
On July 23rd, Merry hit 100k followers on TikTok.
On December 6th, Merry hit 300k followers on Twitter.
On December 11th, Merry hit 200k followers on Twitch.
2023[]
On April 15th, Merry debuted with a new 2D model illustrated by Yuniiho and rigged by 2wintails. This debut included a new lore video.
Sometime in April/May, Merry made the decision to adopt the fuller name of Lucius Merryweather, explaining that it would make it easier to distinguish him and the Merryweather Media studio as separate entities. This change would be reflected on his social media accounts and branding.
On July 12th, Merry announced that he was the scriptwriter for Pavolia Reine's lore intro video, which premiered during her 3D model debut. The video was fully produced by his studio team.
On August 29th, Merry announced the formation of a new VTuber talent agency called AstraLine. The initial roster of the agency debuted on 3 September, with Merry's new "Dark Prince" design being debuted alongside Lumi, Nick Nocturne, Alfhilde and Fredrik Knudsen.
2024[]
On March 31st Merry debuted his 3D model, created by MAO based on his 2D live model illustrated by Yuniiho.
On November 16th Merry debuted his 'New World Debut' including new Astraline lore, a rebrand and a new model rigged by Drakont and illustrated in studio, Merryweather Media.
On November 23rd Merry made a guest apperance in Zander Netherbrands 3D Debut.
On 19th December Merry debuted his 2024 Christmas model.
Events[]
- Guest appearance at Genki 2019, marking their first appearance as a special guest in their native Denmark.
- Guest appearance at J-Popcon 2021 as a special guest.
- Guest appearance at DigiKomi 2021 as a special guest together with Lumi.
- Guest appearance at KamiCon 2022 alongside Lumi and Sif Avellana, marking their first time visiting the United States.
- Guest appearance at Dreamhack 2022 in Dallas, Texas alongside Yuniiho and Lumi.
- Guest appearance at Anime Expo in California 2022 with Lumi, representing Merryweather Media and as lore writer for VShojo
- Guest appearance at TwitchCon Amsterdam 2022.
- Guest appearance at AFA Creators Super Fest 2023 in Singapore, together with the Merryweather Media studio.
- Guest appearance at San Japan 2023 in Texas, promoting both Merryweather Media and Astraline.
- Guest apperance at VEXPO 2024 in England with Lumi and Aofie.
Fans[]
Inkdog emote designed and drawn by Yuniiho.
- Merry's fans are called the Dog Army, and can be found on Pencord, his official discord server.
- At times, he has also referred to them as "The Doggo Army" or the "Woof Army".
- Merry often refers individually to his fans as my Lady/Lord/Nobel/Royal based on their preferred title, if Merry does not know their preferred title he often asks or calls them all of the titles inclusively.
- Merry's fan mascot is called "Inkdog". Inkdogs can be found in all colours and sizes, and are usually friendly and huggable.
Relationships[]
Merry spends a lot of time with his studio team on his various projects; the name "Merryweather Media" is used to refer to the webcomic and digital entertainment studio headed by Merry himself. While Merry is known for writing and producing regular comic content for WEBTOON and his social media accounts, the art, lettering and editing are handled by various creative staff (artists, editors, VAs).
Some of these staff members with a streaming presence are informally referred to as "Team Merry", and can often be found visiting each others' streams. A list of those who are also streamers/VTubers are below:
- Carillus: Creative & Merch Director at Merryweather Media, artist of Fox Girls Are Better. AKA "Curryboy", or "Disappointed Dad".
- Cazz/RAINA: Studio manager and producer at Merryweather Media. AKA "CAZZANDRA!"
- Osiimi/KireinaPinkyFox: Artist of Crawling Dreams and various VTubers co-produced by Merryweather Media
- Mayui/Yuureya: Artist of Winter Moon
- Monomogi: Artist of My Incubus Boyfriend
Merry has a VTuber Wolf cousin named Lumi, who was actually the first VTuber to be produced and debuted by the Merryweather Media team (before Merry himself debuted); she also occasionally hosted the Merryweather Media Youtube channel announcements before going on to fully self-produce her own channels and content. In an interview with Domo Arigathanks, Merry mentions that Lumi is his oldest friend, having met her in World of Warcraft over a decade ago and IRL for the first time in Japan.
Other than Lumi, Merryweather Media has assisted in producing a handful of other VTubers as shown below:
- Elizabeth von Mountbatten (Also VA for various Merryweather Media JP Comic Dubs)
- Sif Avellana
So far Carillus has officially collaborated on stream with Merry, often resulting in a straight man-funny man dynamic between the two. Cazz/RAINA has sometimes appeared on ad-hoc voice calls while Merry is streaming, and has done impromptu VA for some of this Final Fantasy 14 playthroughs. Merry has also collaborated with a fair few of his friends listed below.
Other than the above, Merry is friends with Bunny_GIF, Noble, Nux, Projekt Melody, Wolfychu, FeFe, Ironmouse, Vox Akuma, Mika Melatika, Mysta Rias, and many more.
Quotes[]
- "I'm just a dog, I'm dogging...DO NOT LOOK THAT UP!"
- "Woof Woof."
- "Wang Wang."
- "I can handle big boys."
Trivia[]
- Although Merry's accent is typically assumed to be British, he has no British heritage - he is actually half-Danish and half-Turkish.
- He loves receiving headpats, and is known to demand for a "TREAT!" from his friends.
- Despite being Danish, Merry's company is based in both Japan and Singapore. Merry is known to complain about the unfriendliness of the Danish tax and financial system, citing them as the reason he chose to incorporate his company in other countries.
- He is known on the Maxmoefoe YouTube channel as the one who helps Max get all his pokemon stuff.
- He can type at over 160 words per minute, and often makes claims that he is the fastest typing VTuber.
- He has created and written for over 30 different webtoon series.
- His VTuber YouTube account has over 200,000 subscribers, and his company YouTube account (Merryweather Media) has over 1.3 million subscribers.
- He is a longtime friend of Fredrik Knudsen, and frequently does writing collabs with him.
- His comics have been featured on PewDiePie's channel.
- He claims to have been writing webcomics since 2012.
- On April 1st, 2023 he changed his profile picture to a Bald Hex Haywire. He was stuck with it for several days due to policy changes with Twitter Blue.
- He used to be a phone salesman ("top of my department!").
- He dropped out of school after middle school.
- He has 3 sisters who are all at least 10 years older than him.
- When his father passed, he left behind a mysterious debt of 1.5 million dollars.