Waiiit, Merlin is never attracted to anyone?? But they also won’t have a romantic relationship with someone if it’s not physical? Help 😵💫😭
As far as nonhumans go, Merlin may be one of the best human LARPers. But Merlin isn't human in the slightest. They are an escaped demon from literal Hell. A spiritual entity like that eldritch hellhound on the street.
They are attracted to souls. End stop. Merlin likes what they like and loves what they love without the divisions that humans like to slap on things like "platonic" or "romantic".
They do not have a human point of view on such matters.
It's all the same to them. They only act differently to accommodate the preference of their partner. If they're in a romance, it's because said partner wants romance. A partner they fully expect to actually give a damn enough about their well-being to feed them if they expect Merlin to take on all the itinerant baggage of "romance".
They aren't hooking up within anyone fixated on their physical libido (or lack thereof).
Merlin isn't physically attracted to anyone. Merlin isn't romantically attracted to anyone. Does Merlin actually have a human-relatable gender/sexuality/body/race/soul/morality/psychology/desires/hunger?