I literally started the game, with only the knowledge that there would be farming and dating ahead of me, and as soon as I saw Robin I thought "that one, I'm gonna date that one". The knowledge that she isn't dateable still pains me to this day.
I'd say the one cute marital relationship in Stardew is Evelyn and George. Sure, he's a grump, but for all his grouching he never says a single unkind thing about his wife. And she's so fond of him every time she tells a story from their memories together.
I always got that vibe that George is a really sweet guy deep down. My favorite line George said in one of the festivals that Evelyn made him his favorite meal eggs and leeks and is in good spirits and I thought aww so sweet.
In defense of Evelyn: when you’re known for making one thing, you like it but you don’t want other people to give it to you. Evelyn knows she makes the best cookies, but probably not the best chocolate cake. So the cake is a treat, and the cookies are mundane.
It's also not reasonable to be making chocolate cake every few days just as a treat, that's a lot of food. But cookies are easier to make, easier to share, and easier to keep from going bad.
One thing that bothers me about Robin is that she stuck her son in the basement with no window, which he will say he dislikes. Not only is it stupid because she can literally make another room, but the lack of a window is a serious health hazard.
@@alyshaharper8730even if that was the case, it’s still robin’s responsibility to have safe living conditions for her son. I don’t really like the vitriol ppl have for Demetrius
Didn't she also try to get rid of Seb's comic books? I don't see enough people bringing up those flaws up about Robin. Instead, they would simp for her and only bash Demetrius.
@@Jess-iq1bwnah. My own mother would absolutely sell me down the road and make me feel small so that I kept my wings clipped and in my 'place' in the family. Their dynamic always seemed off to me, and I never interact with them. Still friends with the kids, it is not their fault.
Honestly, I don't think Caroline did cheat on Pierre- I think it was much weirder than that. There are a few things that stand out to me. First, Caroline admits to having spent time near the Wizard's tower in the time Abigail was conceived- something she would be unlikely to admit if she had been having an affair, placing herself at the "scene of the crime" as it were. Second, she says she wishes Abigail would "stop" dyeing her hair, and that it resembled her grandmother's hair, "light chestnut-colored hair", like Pierre's. Abigail confirms that the purple was not her original color, but that "it never fades from this color". But what makes me think the Wizard didn't cheat on his wife is the line, "It's rare, but it does happen." He could be referring to a birth control method failing, but frankly I'm dubious that a small town could have a woman become pregnant with no available father and have no one comment on it (such as Marnie, with no mention of past partners). The gravestone for Mona makes no mention of motherhood, which is almost inevitable on women's gravestones, which makes her unlikely in my eyes, and if she were his "other woman" it would be fairly obvious to him. I think that Caroline's time near the Wizard's tower during her conception time frame exposed Abigail to the Wizard's magic and contaminated (for lack of a better word) her. His magic changed her, making her his child just as much as Pierre's and Caroline's. Caroline would have no reason to suspect this, and so no reason not to admit to the farmer she was near the Wizard's tower. Pierre would notice that his child resembled another man, despite her similarities to him while younger, and draw conclusions. The Wizard would be unsure of it (while having had sex with the mother would make it very likely) and have reason to comment on its rarity. The Wizard's wife left him after a "mistake"- perhaps a mistake like not containing his magic enough. And what curse does she cast on the farmer? Putting a strange, changed chicken in their nests, and changing their slimes unnaturally.
And then there's the farmer's mother who's more than willing to keep it at one letter all three years and some cash (or cookies). No wonder my cellar is full of wine 🍷
I'm a little surprised you didn't touch on Marnie in this video. Granted, she's Jas and Shane's aunt, but she's still their mother figure, and does have a very interesting relationship with them. I'd especially have liked to hear what you have to say about her relationship with Shane and how she handles his mental health struggles
Thank you. I was about to comment that Marnie is missing. I feel like she has to juggle a lot and is underappreciated. I'd love to see a deep dive video on Marnie.
"having such a faint image of what was supposed to be the best person in your life is really shitty" as someone who lost a mother at 3 that hit real hard
She even says that she spoils her kids by not giving them too many chores, and says she wants them to have the freedom she couldn't have; she's great, just tired from it all.
So like I feel that when I say I love a Stardew Valley character, I am not saying I agree with 100% of their choices really. I’m saying that their story speaks to me and I find it relatable. I think Abigail is so popular because so many people felt the same way she does about her parents when they were growing up. Like, yeah of course hot goth baddie, but her situation is relatable and that seals the deal. I think Penny is a little less generally relatable, but as someone who grew up as a caretaker for their family I feel drawn to her story. Taking care of a drunk mother is not boring, it’s absolutely fucking devastating and life altering and I wish more people understood the reality her situation represents because I have personally lived it. So, my point. Jodi. Why is she so controversial then? Her character is definitely relatable, but her open resentment of her situation makes people…. Uncomfortable. People don’t often vocalize these feelings, and hearing or reading them can remind us of the resentment we feel in our own lives. I think it’s easy to call Jodi’s actually feelings towards her family problematic without unpacking everything, until you realize that the Jodi doesn’t vocalize these feelings to anyone except for her closest friends, and she really does try her best despite feeling conflicted. Just like a regular person, Jodi keeps going while doing nothing about her resentment and I think this leads many to feel they are looking into a mirror and they don’t like that. We don’t really get a conclusion to this feeling for Jodi, but oftentimes in real life they do end in some action being taken to handle the resentment. Jodi being stuck in this limbo is terrifying to people. Great video! I love how you talk about things. Please make more lore videos.
On your “how are you [Evelyn] the cookie lady when you prefer chocolate cake” tangent, I can very much relate to Evelyn’s plight lol. Being good at something doesn’t mean you like it, and sometimes you just get joy out of other people enjoying them rather than necessarily liking it yourself. As a fun example and anecdote, I’m the “cake person” of the family and my friend group - if anyone needs a cake and doesn’t know how to go about it, I’m their go to. If they want a cake made, I’m probably the one making it. Cake is genuinely one of the last desserts I would ever choose to eat. The main reason my cakes taste good is because I make them the only way I’d willingly eat them, with a nice fluffy icing with just enough powdered sugar to hold its shape for more detailed piping, and literally every effort made to keep the cake from even thinking about drying out. I can probably make a cake from scratch without measuring and can do a full three tiered design in less than 2 hours after the rounds cool, but the cost of that was making so many cakes that the smell of powdered sugar makes me feel ill and my wrists definitely getting pissy if I take longer than that to get my shit together 😂😂 As the non cake favoring cake person, though, I’m a big fan of fudgy brownies, fruit pie, and pumpkin muffins, especially if I’m not the one who has to make them ❤️
I've always see Rasmodius as Caroline's astranged father personally. Like, girly has daddy issues, tried to connect with him by visiting his place, he decided to ignore her, the witch thought his daughter Caroline was Razzy's side ho, she left, he kept ignoring his daughter and she gave up trying to speak with him. Caroline and Abigail both inherited the odd perma-hair-dye trait from him. And bc of my interpretation of the lore I cannot look at Caroline x Rasmodius with a straight face
one thing is certain about motherhood: i never felt the calling, and boy is that a blessing. and no, i will not treat those who choose it as martyrs. they’re my neutrals. we both saw a fork in the road. i made my choice.
I think the wiki refers to how Robin allowed Sebastian to be shoved in the basement with no window, which in a lot of countries is not considered an adequate room. Despite the fact that the lab could’ve been in the basement or Robin simply built him a room, also the fact that she allowed Demetrius to treat her son like that. I can understand why Sebastian feels abandoned by his family, his sister gets a whole room with a basement and observatory, she also gets a lab with her dad and he just got given the basement. And no one respects his job. I can see why, I wish Robin had an arc where she sees how her son is treated by Demetrius and tells him off for it, she’s not a bad mum, but I wish she stood up for her kid more
Well, DEMETRIUS, I figured a SCIENTIST would know that a vegetable is any edible part of a plant, and that the same word can have different technical meanings in different fields, such as botany and gastronomy. Poser.
Ok this event is after the bulltion board is built in fall if you do robin hard wood request. Robin spends a good amount of time making a even bigger bed. Instead of parsing and complement his wife on her good work Demetrius tell her that the bed she built was unseary.
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I don't know whether it was confirmed that Robin was married before, but I always imagined she got pregnant with Sebastian out of wedlock and that she met Dimetrius either while pregnant or while Seb was still and infant, since him and Maru are so close in age. I can't imagine that Robin would marry, have a kid, divorce, and marry again so soon after.
I think it's easy to hate on Jodi because she says the quiet part out loud. I'm not a mother by choice, but I can empathize with all of the nuanced feelings that probably come with so much responsibility and the all-encompassing lifestyle of having a family.
i think it’s definitely important kent apologizes to her because she clearly doesn’t really understand his ptsd, he lashed out and so apologized, which is good. but there definitely should be a conversation between them (that doesn’t seem to happen, jodi will say kent “seems” nervous often)
With Caroline and Abby's fight, a) I dont think it is Caroline who has the issue with Abbigail's clothes, I think it's Pierre but because Pierre is the way he is, it's Caroline who spoke to their daughter about it and b) I think it is less that Caroline was TELLING Abby what to wear but more things like Caroline asking why she can't dress more traditially feminine or a little more conservatively. They live in a small town and Abby runs around in hotpants / miniskirts, her sprite isn't clear but I digress. The fight is more a concerned mum clashing with her daughter due to how fashion changes so drastically from one generation to the next. Which is honestly the most normal conflict in this game. Edit: Also I love Jodi, but her whole thing about being married young, the big age difference between her kids and the fact that, I dunno she seems a lot younger then Caroline and Robin, it all just screams teenage pregnancy leading to a shotgun wedding. Which can also explain why she has such mixed feelings about motherhood and why she spoils the boys, wanting them to be kids as long as possible... because she got pregnant at like 17 or 18 and suddenly she's not a teenager anymore, she's a parent and a wife, plus Kent enlists, probably so Jodi can have the military spouse support while he's deployed so she's also essentially a single mum despite being married and I think she's just a bit overwhelmed sometimes.
I don’t think Abigail is the Wizard’s kid, if only because of some throw-away dialogue with Caroline where she complains about Abigail dyeing her hair (which seems pretty hypocritical to me, no way that green hair is natural lmao).
More specifically, Abigail mentions that it’s been forever since she’s had to dye it purple. Which could be stating it’s supernaturally retained the dye color, or just a cheeky joke at the fact that her character model never changes lol
I don’t think the wizard is her real father either but Caroline still had an affair with the wizard. Maybe Emily is her secret love child she had before she met Pierre.
