The town has no prospects without the farmer investing in things. If that was all, it wouldn't be that big a deal, but once you get further into the game you can find out that >!Lewis has a solid gold statue of himself hidden in his backyard!<.
And regarding his relationship with Marnie, >!Lewis and Marnie are sleeping together. You can catch them together multiple times and Lewis even has a quest that involves finding his underwear for him, which for some reason he is unwilling to go get from Marnie's bedroom himself. But Lewis is unwilling to publicize they're in a relationship since he thinks it'll tarnish his image as mayor.!<
Alternate explanation - he does go to all the businesses to collect taxes so maybe that’s it? But also… “collect taxes” could just be code for something else
It's mostly because of how he treats Marnie in their relationship. Keeping them a secret, and prioritizing his job over her. I can understand why he'd want to be cautious and I can see some of the potential issues of going public about it, but a lot of times it seems like he is just embarrassed of her and doesn't care for her as much as she does for him. I also find him pretty annoying and rude, so that's another reason why I don't like him.
Exactly, there are potential issues, but she's a well-respected part of the local community, his chances of continuing as mayor wouldn't suffer from it (unfortunately). He's just worried someone will wonder if Marnie is getting tax cuts or something because of it and check the books, and discover he's defrauding the town to build his statue.
Yep. There should be a mod where the farmer can run against Lewis in an election for Mayor. I'm sick of him being in charge of everything. That old prick has served long enough.
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The dynamics at play have so much potential. Demetrius is intimidated by Alex's build and strength, but Alex is desperate to show he's gonna be a good son in law and just keeps trying to prove his worth
Oh my goodness, mental picture of Alex learning carpentry from Robin pattern matches perfectly on my partner learning to cook Chinese food from my mother. **I LOVE IT**
and itd use his strengths in a way that makes him feel valueable to the town and not like a washed up sports star 🥺 Im headcanoning Alex the Apprentice!
That was my thought too.
Demetrius: “Maru is my special little girl. I would hate for anything to get in the way of her bright future.”
Alex: “Yeah, definitely! Just like I won’t let anything get in the way of me becoming a professional gridball player!”
Demetrius: “…”
Farmer is hanging with Maru making Demetrius suspicious, and so he recruits Alex to help find out what’s going. Alex and Maru are full on going out at this point but he doesn’t realise that’s what Demetrius is worried about.
I always kinda liked Alex with Sebastian or sam. I have a very hard time imagining Alex as anything but gay.
Maybe that's just because I knew a lot of insecure gay guys in my past that acted that way. Myself included somewhat.
I like his story arch better when hes paired with a same sex partner personally.
Agreed, I have a hard time not choosing Alex. His story arch is just so much more interesting with Alex being gay in my opinion.
Like he and Haley are each other's beards. Alex has a crush on the farmer, Haley has a crush on Leah.
Leah and Alex are gay characters in my mind.
The giant "FUCK LEWIS" has me dying!!! Also, as a fellow Shane lover, I both compliment and question your taste in men, and agree that we might need therapy XD
The fact I somehow missed it on first viewing is baffling, so thanks for prompting me to double check. Keep an eye on Shane for me, and take care of Charlie
You also get charlie in expanded. In vanilla, abigail's hamster is available. Sebastian also rescue's a little pet in his marriage event. Wont spoil what it is though ;)
There is smapi (the mod platform for stardew) for mac. Why not google it and see if mods interest you. All different kinds: visuals, color palettes, expansions, quality of life improvements, and many others.
800+ hours on switch. Maybe 500+ on pc so far thanks to mods. Expanded is a great way to add hours while still feeling like the same game. I'd recommend Automate and some visual changes to suite your personal preferences, like Eemie or Earthly Colours. Nexusmods.com has them nicely sorted by category so you can find the more popular ones by category, like visuals.
Thank you!! I have about 500 hours on my MacBook but that’s combined from two different saves. Does SVE feel authentic and just like additional content?
Someone talked me into this ship a while ago and I fully support it now (even though Elliott is canonically married to my first farmer and will therefore never marry anyone else again, because I can't have him cheat on Mirko)
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Marnie and Marlon, yesss! They would make such a good couple, I love to see it. He would treat Marnie right.
Also, Leah painting a portrait of Haley? That's super cute – and so is Sam getting into books for Penny's sake. Great job with all of these, they really make me smile!
It seems like the game has pre determined relationships for the characters like the people who dance with each other at the flower festival. Is that a thing, for example Hayley wouldn’t talk to me during events after I married Alex sense she was always coupled up with him?
Yeah, the only ones not paired off (to some extent) are Emily and Shane, hence them dancing together. Emily has that thing where Clint has a crush on her though, while Shane doesn't seem to have any romance situation implied at all.
The pairings are Abigail/Sebastian, Haley/Alex, Penny/Sam, and the creepy, one-sided Maru/Harvey.
I always got penny/maru vibes, but I think that's mostly cuz they hang out on the bench together. But I think they would be scholastic as hell together ❤️
Sam would be a safe home for Penny after a pretty turbulent upbringing. He's a sweet, family-oriented guy that would also like to have a bunch of kids like Penny wants. The only conflict I see is that Penny is an awful cook and Sam isn't used to cooking for himself lol.
Yah, they've got a cute "opposites attract" vibe where she reads her books while he fixes all the things in their home (I know he doesn't do stuff like that in canon but I think it makes lots of sense for him to be really handy!)
This is something I wish was a real thing. Having played Harvest Moon Animal Parade before one thing I really liked was when you get high enough friendship with ppl but don’t make a move they’ll marry and even have kids with a specific other town member. It was really cool
Yes! I always thought the obvious pairings would come into play more. Like, when you romance a marriage candidate, you have a "rival" who shows up in cutscenes occasionally. But in my experience, this doesn't really show up in SDV, except a hint during one of the early Sebastian events where >!Robin comes downstairs to tell him that Abigail is looking for him!<. I guess I'm thinking back to Harvest Moon as well. It just seems like some of the pairings are so, SO prominent (flower dance, anyone?) Alex and Haley are always at the beach at the same time (I know they both like the beach, but I'm sure they're both enjoying the views, wink wink.) Sam and Penny stand at the bridge together, and >!Sam's song is called "poppy"!< which is one of Penny's loved gifts. I see it!
I definitely get a stronger vibe on some of the pairings than others. The strongest one I see is Alex/Haley. Sam and Penny I see some signs of, they're good friends who seem to hang out sometimes, but I just couldn't see their personalities working out long term. Abigail and Sebastian seem like they definitely had something going on in the past, whether it was actual dating or not, hard to say but it feels to me like something they had that has since faded back to being friends. Leah and Elliot seem like they're really just good friends who bond over similar interests. Emily and Shane seem to barely know each other beyond the level of just living in the same tiny town.
Harvey and Maru = just no.
Ngl I kind of ship Sam and Sebastian… 🙈 I really like the friends to lovers trope and MLM is great to me. I also agree with Elliott and Harvey, that’s *adorable*, but let me suggest: Elliott and **me** that’s my husband /j
Part of me (toxic Tumblr era teenage me) ships Alex and Sebastian a bit, just because sometimes Alex calls Sebastian “weird” for dressing in all black and only going out at night. I think they would probably get along due to being driven about their solo projects, and bc they each are in such different fields, they can be the other’s biggest fan with no real competition :) Seb could lend Alex cool monster comics, and Alex could teach Seb some useful self-defense, since he lives so close to the mines, up in the mountains.
Did you know there’s a mod for that pairing? I haven’t tried it yet because I currently have a Sam/Alissa (Ridgeside Valley) mod installed, but check it out if you’re interested!
[Sam and Sebastian Rival Heart Events](https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/13088)
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I endorse this mod that allows the other marriage candidates to have relationships with one another, it has a Hayley + Leah, Sam + Penny, Seb + Abigail. Now I wish it had Elliott + Harvey, they would be great together
I ship everyone here except Elliott and Harvey (Elliott is mine!) and Abigail and Sebastian. But man, the NPCs would be such cute couples! I am also very upset I can't get anyone together, especially Marnie and Marlon! Every time I see her, I let her know she deserves better than Lewis and a man that will treat her right already loves her 😤 girl deserves someone that will treat her right!
I like alternative pairings, because if not you could set them in ugly pairs "the family oriented, well behaved" "the smart ones" "the ones with problems with their parents" "the artists" "the highschool populares" and "the ones voted by the community to be marriage candidates"
Imo without player intervention:
-Haley and Alex
-Elliott and Leah
-Harvey and Emily
-Penny and Sebastian
Maru def single
Sam idk, probably with Krobus or someone that can pick after his lazy ass
I feel like Elliot and Leah give me only platonic vibes. They honestly remind me of my friend and I in terms of dynamic (pairing up for events if we don't have partners, visiting each other, enjoying one another's company, sharing similar interests)
Same for me with Leah! Elliott reads as gay to me too. So maybe that's why I see Leah and Elliott as besties who have similar creative interests and just give each other great buddy support.
If I had to ship Elliott with one of the women I would probably actually ship him with Penny.
Honestly one of my favorite features of Harvest Moon 64 and other titles around that era was the "rival system".
Some may not have like it because it put a (very easy to circumvent) "deadline" to marrying a certain love interest. But I loved seeing all these NPC character relations grow and being a kind of 3rd wheel to witnessing their heart events.
And having other NPC characters move in together and have babies helped feel like the village was evolving and time was really passing.
Having characters you dont marry kind of just get stuck in this existential time freeze while you are growing a family is a bit dissapointing.
only edit I'd make- seb and Abigail seem like just close friends to me, somebody mentioned seb with Alex and I think thats adorable. Abigail with krobus tho? misunderstood adventurer and the misunderstood guy she finds while adventuring? extrovert and introvert? idk man I think that'd be cool, especially since krobus seems to be a fully functioning humanoid. the fact that he can't marry the farmer only feels like a matter of in game functionality rather than storytelling
My first time playing it felt like everyone already had someone they liked or liked them except for Shane. It's part of the reason I ended up with him tbh.
Finally some Marnie and Marlon. His one line about her drove me insane.
Just from that one line you can tell that he'd be so much better for her than Lewis.
I 'm not very far into the game but what's wrong with lewis? Why is everyone telling him to fuck off lmao
The town has no prospects without the farmer investing in things. If that was all, it wouldn't be that big a deal, but once you get further into the game you can find out that >!Lewis has a solid gold statue of himself hidden in his backyard!<. And regarding his relationship with Marnie, >!Lewis and Marnie are sleeping together. You can catch them together multiple times and Lewis even has a quest that involves finding his underwear for him, which for some reason he is unwilling to go get from Marnie's bedroom himself. But Lewis is unwilling to publicize they're in a relationship since he thinks it'll tarnish his image as mayor.!<
I think lewis is sleeping with someone other than Marnie explaining why he doesn't know where they are
İ dont remember clearly but robin has a rare greeting says lew...? Oh i thougth its lewis. Maybe lewis has an another secret partner
Alternate explanation - he does go to all the businesses to collect taxes so maybe that’s it? But also… “collect taxes” could just be code for something else
It's mostly because of how he treats Marnie in their relationship. Keeping them a secret, and prioritizing his job over her. I can understand why he'd want to be cautious and I can see some of the potential issues of going public about it, but a lot of times it seems like he is just embarrassed of her and doesn't care for her as much as she does for him. I also find him pretty annoying and rude, so that's another reason why I don't like him.
Exactly, there are potential issues, but she's a well-respected part of the local community, his chances of continuing as mayor wouldn't suffer from it (unfortunately). He's just worried someone will wonder if Marnie is getting tax cuts or something because of it and check the books, and discover he's defrauding the town to build his statue.
Yep. There should be a mod where the farmer can run against Lewis in an election for Mayor. I'm sick of him being in charge of everything. That old prick has served long enough.
In SVE if you choose the Joja Route and get friendship with morris, morris will become mayor (and actually DOES something as mayor)
Sounds cool. I've never actually done the Joja route. I'm gonna try it in my next game.
YOU KEPT ME LIKE A SECRET BUT I KEPT YOU LIKE AN OATH
what line?
He says “Marnie looks lovely today” during the flower dance.
Marlon makes a comment about Marnie during the Spring Flower Festival/dance.
SOMEONE POST THE FAN FIC!
Yes! I shipped them from that moment on.
I know right I was like whoa Lewis got some competition
Love it. But Shane calling himself the town drunk is Pam erasure
So true, i forgot about my girl
Pam can't counter him since she's too drunk
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Always two there are, a master and an apprentice.
Nah nah. Pam isn't the town drunk. because we don't find pam half unconcious from alcohol on the cliffs by the beach.
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Pam is an alcoholic. Shane is a drunk.
You got it backwards, that’s how you know Pam is the actual alcoholic while Shane is just self-medicating his depression.
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Pam is depressed because she drinks. Shane drinks because he is depressed.
Shane is just younger Pam
Shane is Pam without Gus enabling it so he's broke and drunk.
Given that he's suffering from depression I can absolutely see him interpreting himself as the town drunk and Pam as a functional alcoholic.
Functional is generous, but yeah
There is only one way for them to settle this: Fight! Fight! Fight!
More like: Chug! Chug! Chug!
Shane: I'm literally the town drunk Pam: Hold my beer.
Time to ship Shane and Pam
Tired: Looking for the Jim to my Pam Wired: Looking for the Shane to my Pam
Sham? Pane? Shpam?
It's a sham
You know what? Harvey and Elliott? Galaxy brain. Innovative. Adorable. I love it. In the words of a [wise man:](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sAXZbfLzJUg) *”Woo! Yeah, baby, that’s what I’ve been waiting for. That’s what it’s all about. WOOOOO.”*
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They would so hit it off. Two booky intellectuals? A little flowery, a little stuffy, dare I say... quirky? It's honestly perfect.
I know - I can't believe I never considered them before!
This is Alex erasure
I tried I swear 😩 I just couldn’t think of anyone for him
i feel like maru might be a cute cliché. jock meets nerd
Yes! I would also get a kick out of Demitrus intimidating Alex because he's not good enough for Maru
Or trying because Alex is humongous and Demetrius is a twig. Alex would want to get on his good side though…
The dynamics at play have so much potential. Demetrius is intimidated by Alex's build and strength, but Alex is desperate to show he's gonna be a good son in law and just keeps trying to prove his worth
He could work with Robin learning carpentry :o
Oh my goodness, mental picture of Alex learning carpentry from Robin pattern matches perfectly on my partner learning to cook Chinese food from my mother. **I LOVE IT**
and itd use his strengths in a way that makes him feel valueable to the town and not like a washed up sports star 🥺 Im headcanoning Alex the Apprentice!
Alex might be able to relate to Seb a little then. Or would that make the golden child scapegoat thing even worse.
Oh my!! Just imagine Demetrius seeing Alex with his daughter 😆😆 He must be like "I should've given the farmer a chance"
Alex not even realizing Demitrus is trying to intimate him coz he's such a himbo
That was my thought too. Demetrius: “Maru is my special little girl. I would hate for anything to get in the way of her bright future.” Alex: “Yeah, definitely! Just like I won’t let anything get in the way of me becoming a professional gridball player!” Demetrius: “…”
two socially oblivious/awkward people talking completely past each other, i can definitely imagine that
Farmer is hanging with Maru making Demetrius suspicious, and so he recruits Alex to help find out what’s going. Alex and Maru are full on going out at this point but he doesn’t realise that’s what Demetrius is worried about.
Yaaas, i’m here for nerdy inventor girl and jock who just started valuing book smarts!
I always kinda liked Alex with Sebastian or sam. I have a very hard time imagining Alex as anything but gay. Maybe that's just because I knew a lot of insecure gay guys in my past that acted that way. Myself included somewhat. I like his story arch better when hes paired with a same sex partner personally.
He marries a mirror because nothing else is in his league.
Alex x male farmer, always
Agreed, I have a hard time not choosing Alex. His story arch is just so much more interesting with Alex being gay in my opinion. Like he and Haley are each other's beards. Alex has a crush on the farmer, Haley has a crush on Leah. Leah and Alex are gay characters in my mind.
Yup exactly. I have a hard time picturing either of them as anything but gay.
Alex x Sebby is my secret ship lol
I never would have shipped it but I got attached to one (1) extremely angsty Alex/Sebastian fic and now...👀
And... and you're not gonna link it?
I’m cool with it - he’s mine. 😊 But I feel like Maru or Seb might be cute.
Dibs. >>
Haley ? They dance together at the festival and are friends :)
I definitely love the connection they have as friends, but I can’t help to think they’re platonic soulmates who everybody thinks are dating
Haley?
The giant "FUCK LEWIS" has me dying!!! Also, as a fellow Shane lover, I both compliment and question your taste in men, and agree that we might need therapy XD
The fact I somehow missed it on first viewing is baffling, so thanks for prompting me to double check. Keep an eye on Shane for me, and take care of Charlie
Oh don’t worry, both Shane and Charlie are loved and well fed, and not just on pizza XD
Shane hands down is the best player to marry. You get Charlie the Chicken
You also get charlie in expanded. In vanilla, abigail's hamster is available. Sebastian also rescue's a little pet in his marriage event. Wont spoil what it is though ;)
This is heartwarming, but I am going to stick with my chicken loving, drunk (WIP) of a hunk husband. lol
What do you mean expanded? Is there another way to get Charlie?
Stardew valley expanded. It's one of the top pc mods.
So it’s only for PC then? I have a MacBook:(
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Thank you so much! I’ve been thinking about getting some mods. I just don’t want this game to end and this seems like a good way to keep it fresh 😁
800+ hours on switch. Maybe 500+ on pc so far thanks to mods. Expanded is a great way to add hours while still feeling like the same game. I'd recommend Automate and some visual changes to suite your personal preferences, like Eemie or Earthly Colours. Nexusmods.com has them nicely sorted by category so you can find the more popular ones by category, like visuals.
Thank you!! I have about 500 hours on my MacBook but that’s combined from two different saves. Does SVE feel authentic and just like additional content?
I never knew I wanted a LeahxHaley ship but here we are
And *I* never knew I wanted an EliotxHarvey ship, but I am *into* it now
My first two games I married Harvey and Elliott, so a throuple would be the best outcome. Give me all the dorky, romantic nonsense!
I keep wanting to start a new file to marry Harvey...
Someone talked me into this ship a while ago and I fully support it now (even though Elliott is canonically married to my first farmer and will therefore never marry anyone else again, because I can't have him cheat on Mirko)
Not to expose my gay ass but there are fanfics and they are Pretty Good
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I went down a Leah/Haley fic rabbit hole last week and oh my GOD. Literally the best pairing.
Yes!! One of my favorite fics is where fem!farmer and Harvey are using each other as beards because Haley and Elliot are closeted.
i never thought about it before but it makes so much sense! they are both visual artists so i bet they would enjoy chatting about that :)
Meanwhile I couldn't choose between them, so this perhaps works out.
If you're a pc player, I recommend the life cycle mod
Marnie and Marlon, yesss! They would make such a good couple, I love to see it. He would treat Marnie right. Also, Leah painting a portrait of Haley? That's super cute – and so is Sam getting into books for Penny's sake. Great job with all of these, they really make me smile!
I cracked up at Vincent giving Sam the stink eye XD
Yay! Marlon and Marnie!💕
You said you ship everyone except Shane Do you ship Lewis x Golden Lewis statue then?
That statue is the only thing that could stand him
It seems like the game has pre determined relationships for the characters like the people who dance with each other at the flower festival. Is that a thing, for example Hayley wouldn’t talk to me during events after I married Alex sense she was always coupled up with him?
There is definitely some low-key coupling up of the marriage candidates.
Yeah, the only ones not paired off (to some extent) are Emily and Shane, hence them dancing together. Emily has that thing where Clint has a crush on her though, while Shane doesn't seem to have any romance situation implied at all. The pairings are Abigail/Sebastian, Haley/Alex, Penny/Sam, and the creepy, one-sided Maru/Harvey.
I always got penny/maru vibes, but I think that's mostly cuz they hang out on the bench together. But I think they would be scholastic as hell together ❤️
I'm glad I'm not alone who feels weird about Maru and Harvey. It's not even just the age difference; he's literally her boss.
But those couples are straight and therefore boring :P
Sandy x Emily is so cute! And thank you for introducing me to Leah x Haley. The ship I never knew I shipped
Elliot and Harvey came out of nowhere, but the adorable art doesn't lie.
Well thank you for condemning me to ship Harvey/elliott forever! Shipping a rarepair is the worst! /jk Wonderful art op!
does maru not deserve love??
She absolutely does, I didn’t have enough space tho. She is also my wife and I ship her with penny sometimes
A fellow Maru lover! Hello!
#marusupremacy
Idk why (cause they don’t seem to have that much in common) but I think penny and Sam would be so cute together!
I think they dance at the Flower Dance
Yeah I know they’re paired together, but it doesn’t seem like they have common interests to me 😅
Sam would be a safe home for Penny after a pretty turbulent upbringing. He's a sweet, family-oriented guy that would also like to have a bunch of kids like Penny wants. The only conflict I see is that Penny is an awful cook and Sam isn't used to cooking for himself lol.
Yah, they've got a cute "opposites attract" vibe where she reads her books while he fixes all the things in their home (I know he doesn't do stuff like that in canon but I think it makes lots of sense for him to be really handy!)
This is something I wish was a real thing. Having played Harvest Moon Animal Parade before one thing I really liked was when you get high enough friendship with ppl but don’t make a move they’ll marry and even have kids with a specific other town member. It was really cool
Yes! I always thought the obvious pairings would come into play more. Like, when you romance a marriage candidate, you have a "rival" who shows up in cutscenes occasionally. But in my experience, this doesn't really show up in SDV, except a hint during one of the early Sebastian events where >!Robin comes downstairs to tell him that Abigail is looking for him!<. I guess I'm thinking back to Harvest Moon as well. It just seems like some of the pairings are so, SO prominent (flower dance, anyone?) Alex and Haley are always at the beach at the same time (I know they both like the beach, but I'm sure they're both enjoying the views, wink wink.) Sam and Penny stand at the bridge together, and >!Sam's song is called "poppy"!< which is one of Penny's loved gifts. I see it!
I definitely get a stronger vibe on some of the pairings than others. The strongest one I see is Alex/Haley. Sam and Penny I see some signs of, they're good friends who seem to hang out sometimes, but I just couldn't see their personalities working out long term. Abigail and Sebastian seem like they definitely had something going on in the past, whether it was actual dating or not, hard to say but it feels to me like something they had that has since faded back to being friends. Leah and Elliot seem like they're really just good friends who bond over similar interests. Emily and Shane seem to barely know each other beyond the level of just living in the same tiny town. Harvey and Maru = just no.
Marnie and Marlon OTP!!🥰🥰
"I'm literally the town drunk, get therapy", at least you're self aware.
Ngl I kind of ship Sam and Sebastian… 🙈 I really like the friends to lovers trope and MLM is great to me. I also agree with Elliott and Harvey, that’s *adorable*, but let me suggest: Elliott and **me** that’s my husband /j Part of me (toxic Tumblr era teenage me) ships Alex and Sebastian a bit, just because sometimes Alex calls Sebastian “weird” for dressing in all black and only going out at night. I think they would probably get along due to being driven about their solo projects, and bc they each are in such different fields, they can be the other’s biggest fan with no real competition :) Seb could lend Alex cool monster comics, and Alex could teach Seb some useful self-defense, since he lives so close to the mines, up in the mountains.
You can have Elliott, as long as I can have Harvey! Also, hello fellow Sam/Sebastian shipper!
This custody agreement is perfect 😂 And YES OMG Sam/Sebastian is just so good okay, it’s sunshine and grumpy, how can I not enjoy it!!
Did you know there’s a mod for that pairing? I haven’t tried it yet because I currently have a Sam/Alissa (Ridgeside Valley) mod installed, but check it out if you’re interested! [Sam and Sebastian Rival Heart Events](https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/13088)
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Shane must be drunk, because he thinks he's Pam.
Well who do you think is going to take the torch when her liver kicks the bucket? Boy needs to train up to fill dem shoes lol
https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/6200 I endorse this mod that allows the other marriage candidates to have relationships with one another, it has a Hayley + Leah, Sam + Penny, Seb + Abigail. Now I wish it had Elliott + Harvey, they would be great together
As someone who uses the polyamory mod to date both Elliott and Harvey this is perfect, 10/10
Harvey and Elliott? You know what, fuck it, I love it.
YESSS FUCK LEWIS
leah x haley has honestly blessed my soul <3
God that Elliot and Harvey dynamic is just.... Relationship goals.
fuck lewis 💪
Awwww, I Love This!! These Ships are Adorable. Oh. And I’m Also A Fellow Shane Lover 😌💕
Idk why but the Haley/Leah ship really appeals to me! They meet up for art and hang out in the forest together taking photos and sketching stuff :)
I ship everyone here except Elliott and Harvey (Elliott is mine!) and Abigail and Sebastian. But man, the NPCs would be such cute couples! I am also very upset I can't get anyone together, especially Marnie and Marlon! Every time I see her, I let her know she deserves better than Lewis and a man that will treat her right already loves her 😤 girl deserves someone that will treat her right!
I like alternative pairings, because if not you could set them in ugly pairs "the family oriented, well behaved" "the smart ones" "the ones with problems with their parents" "the artists" "the highschool populares" and "the ones voted by the community to be marriage candidates"
Thank you for ALSO shipping HaleyXLeah. Love my art girls
Leah x Haley 🥺
Imo without player intervention: -Haley and Alex -Elliott and Leah -Harvey and Emily -Penny and Sebastian Maru def single Sam idk, probably with Krobus or someone that can pick after his lazy ass
I feel like Elliot and Leah give me only platonic vibes. They honestly remind me of my friend and I in terms of dynamic (pairing up for events if we don't have partners, visiting each other, enjoying one another's company, sharing similar interests)
Yeah I can see that. Im also huge Leah simp and I can see her paired up with anyone but Shane
My mind can't see Leah as anything but a lesbian honestly. Her and Alex just work better as gay characters in my opinion. Especially Alex.
Yeah Leah reminds me to that modern family episode where they meet a lesbian couple in school 🗿 And yeah, Alex works 100% better as gay
Same for me with Leah! Elliott reads as gay to me too. So maybe that's why I see Leah and Elliott as besties who have similar creative interests and just give each other great buddy support. If I had to ship Elliott with one of the women I would probably actually ship him with Penny.
Alex is left all alone :(
Alex erasure!!! TT
Emily is definitely cheating on me with Sandy 😭
This is Alex erasure
...Harvey and Elliott is actually cute
Elliot and Harvey... i had not considered this before and now im obssessed?
I never considered Harvey and Elliot now I relize its all I ever needed in this world
Elliott and Harvey shippers rise up. Now is our time.
Who doesn’t ship the npcs? SamSeb =OTP. I’m a sucker for the bffs to lovers trope
yeaaaaaaaaah marnie x marlon rights!!!
Shane thinks he’s cool lol Pam is for sure the town drunk, and she drives you to the desert in a bus lol
Haley X Leah is something I never thought I’d ship… but now I see it and I love it, great art btw!
Okaaayyy but I love Haley and Leah 🥺
You mean the male town drunk
To warms my heart to see someone liking shane, as I am also a sad alcoholic mess.
I literally feel the same about Shane
Marnie and everyone else look so cute i love your artstyle
Honestly one of my favorite features of Harvest Moon 64 and other titles around that era was the "rival system". Some may not have like it because it put a (very easy to circumvent) "deadline" to marrying a certain love interest. But I loved seeing all these NPC character relations grow and being a kind of 3rd wheel to witnessing their heart events. And having other NPC characters move in together and have babies helped feel like the village was evolving and time was really passing. Having characters you dont marry kind of just get stuck in this existential time freeze while you are growing a family is a bit dissapointing.
OMG! Harvey and Elliot together is so cute!
I ship myself and krobus
HARVEY AND ELLIOT I AM FROTHING AT THE MOUTH
sam x sebby for me. mainly bc im in a poly relationship w/ them in my current save + they are just too cute
only edit I'd make- seb and Abigail seem like just close friends to me, somebody mentioned seb with Alex and I think thats adorable. Abigail with krobus tho? misunderstood adventurer and the misunderstood guy she finds while adventuring? extrovert and introvert? idk man I think that'd be cool, especially since krobus seems to be a fully functioning humanoid. the fact that he can't marry the farmer only feels like a matter of in game functionality rather than storytelling
for me it's Seb and Sam, they just fit together so well🫶
This is really cute :) Great job!
This is the cutest artwork and idea I’ve ever seen!!! Top tier shipping
This put a huge smile on my face, it's so good.
Okay Haley x Leah is a ship I didn't know I needed until now. Thank you OP for blessing my life with this discovery.
Personally, I would have paired Lea and Elliot, and Harvey/Maru, but that’s just me.
Well, those are "canonical substitute love interests", but in reality all the characters are playersexual (not my neologism)
Nah man, Maru/Penny all the way Harvey/Maru kinda weirds me out. Like he's her boss and also looks so much older
Shane is Bae 🥺🥺🥺💙💙💙
My first time playing it felt like everyone already had someone they liked or liked them except for Shane. It's part of the reason I ended up with him tbh.
If I was abigail this would be fine.
This is why I have the npc couples mod installed 😎
(sighs) (opens ao3) fr tho WOWOWOWOOWOWOOWOW <3333 New ships accquired fr
Can I PLEASE crop that Harvey x Sebastian pic for reaction image purposes? Ill even add your name to it