Talk:Caleb Widogast/@comment-5989733-20190221180556

I feel like there should be some sort of reorganization of Caleb's relationships. When I think about how to organize such things, I have multiple goals: (#1) it should be intuitive/standardized, (#2) it should put most influential relationships at the top and less influential relationships further down, (#3) it should have some way of separating positive, neutral, and negative relationships.

1. Chronologically by time in which the individual came into Caleb's life. The positive of this is that it is very intuitive and easy to standardize. One downside is that some of Caleb's most important and positve relationships within the Mighty Nein, and therefore relevant to the viewers, came into his life later and would be further down. At the same time Caleb's relationship with Astrid and Eodwulf, which does not come up often in the show, would be near the top before the Mighty Nein. Additionally, Caleb's relationship with Trent Ikithon would be before the Mighty Nein and it would be a negative relationship sandwiched between neutral and positive relationships.

2. By closeness/relevance to the average episode. The positive of this is that it is intuitive and in theory flows very nicely. It is also much easier to separate positive, negative, and neutral relationships. However, the negative is that this approach is not standardizable, as "closeness" is highly subjective and relationships can have very different dynamics. Editors could spend ages arguing over the best possible order by this method.

3. By subgroup. The "Relationship" section could be broken down into different categories, possibly including "Pre-Stream Relationships", "Relationships within the Mighty Nein" (including guests), "Relationships with NPCs". The positives include intuitiveness by subgroup, easy standardization by subgroup, and there are more top slots to put most influential relationships (i.e. Caleb's parents are the most influential of the pre-stream non-Mighty Nein relationships, Nott is the most influential within the Mighty Nein). The negatives would include figuring out how to organize within the subgroups.

Personally, I'm in favor of Option 3, but I would like to hear other people's thoughts.