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me when haley 😳

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tag urself or ur friends :D (if reposted somewhere pls credit my tumblr :D ty!)

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Haley's Hobbies

Chasing the writing spirit while I still got the drive and time. Thanks for @runawayface for posing the question of, "Who in the Valley has a weird hobby?"

Inspiration from this and this along with some knowledge gleaned from Dollightful

P.S. Jas is her Afro-Latina version from the Diverse Stardew Mod

Summary: What if photography wasn't Haley's only hobby?

WordCount: 869

If Haley ever had to choose, it was photography. 100% In a heartbeat.

But also, photography required good lighting and when you specialized in landscapes and nature shots, good weather was pretty important unless she wanted to risk her equipment in the rain. No thanks. So, on days or weeks when photography and beach trips weren’t super viable, Haley indulged in her lesser-known hobby.

It started one day when her sister suddenly decided to clean out the spare room and convert it to her new sewing room. Em had made Haley go through all the boxes of stuff their family had never thrown out. Emily had insisted only old family things could go up to the attic and Haley was only allowed to keep things if she could find space in her room. Lame. And that’s how a box filled to the brim with old Ever After dolls, sat in the corner of her room. Least until she finally looked up if it was really worth reselling some of the ones still in their boxes online. The fact there was a market meant Haley was right not listening to Em and holding on to them. Ha.

Haley was more surprised that there seemed to be people interested in the ones out of boxes too. She’d already sold off a good portion of the figures still in the best condition by the time she figured out why they seemed to be such hot commodities one rainy day. People repainted dolls? Weird, how? Her curiosity had gotten the best of her, as one video turned into dozens, and she’d fallen down the rabbit hole of doll modification, and, like it didn’t seem super hard to repaint and give them new hair. She still had a few dolls a little too raggedy to sell and some old pastels and little nail brushes and acetone. She could so totally do it.

And for a first attempt, it actually wasn’t terrible. But Haley knew she could do better. Plus she had a stock box now. Haley just needed to try a little more seriously. Get some Mr. Super Clear, and some good pencils, and some nylon for the hair. She already had the gel lamp if she ever wanted to work with resin and… Things may have spiraled out from there.

Alex refused to come over for movies anymore when the weather was bad. Not unless Haley promised on her Gran’s bracelet that the mini mannequins had been put away after an incident involving him spotting a couple of naked dolls... hanging out her bedroom window...on some clothes hanger... you know, to dry. That and jars of acetone with doll heads littering Haley’s vanity.

Em had even offered to share the sewing room, letting it be more of a communal hobby space where they spent rainy days crafting together, Emily making clothes on a large scale, while Haley worked in miniature accessories, occasionally collabing on dolly couture.

Even if she had a couple hundred followers on instagram for her Dollie_inda_Valley account, it wasn’t a hobby Haley advertised to everyone. So when she pulled Jas as her Winter Star recipient. I mean it wasn’t like Haley was gonna half ass it just because it was going to go for a kid. What kind of doll would like though? Haley didn’t really know much about Marnie aside from her affair with the mayor, and even less about her extended family. Haley guessed Jas probably liked animals if she lived on the Ranch, and didn’t they, like advertise raising some blue chickens during the fair last season? It was something, and honestly, Haley thought she did a pretty damn good job, given that was her start.

A blue-flamed phoenix was kind of like a glamorous blue chicken.

Haley had picked out an old Cedar Wood doll, painting delicate, fire-inspired patterns in gold across her limbs and face, making sure to avoid the joints as much as possible so the paint wouldn’t chip when Jas played with it. Em had helped create the doll's clothing, a mostly blue tutu-inspired dress with a dramatic train that faded from a deep royal blue, into reds and yellows. The color palette extended to the doll’s hair, a royal blue, with the more traditional fire colors peaking up from the under layer. Haley elected for yarn plugs, partially to speed up the rerooting process, but also because it would give the doll a hair texture more similar to Jas’. Haley was cutting it close after redoing the face-up. The first attempt was glam and powerful and totally her style, but maybe Jas would prefer something softer. Days before the gift exchange, Haley went a full 180 on the face, going for something softer, sweeter more like a blue reimaging of the town school teacher. Shimmery gold freckles peppering the doll’s deeper complexion. Haley had worked through the night adding more and more gold bracelets, and chains and hair beads onto the doll’s design to maintain the regal appearance she’d first come up with, but it was done, and she was ready, gift box under her arm as she went with Emily to the town square. She hoped Jas would like her present.

#reblogging this again because this is beautiful and needs more recognition #sdv #sdv emily #sdv haley #sdv jas

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Shane and Jas spending the day on ginger island for the fic request please and if you have time. (After Shane’s 6 heart event, cause I think they need some good times together)

Sure thing, I hope you like it! I had fun writing this one, thanks for sending it in!

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Shane looked out at the waves, letting his mind wander. It had been so long since he had been on holiday, or even just taken a day off like this. Usually he’d spend his off time in the saloon, or alone in his room at the ranch, but today…

“Hey Shane, can I ask you something?” Jas said, bringing him back down to earth. She sat a few feet away from him, making a sandcastle with the new bucket and spade he’d bought her.

Marnie had suggested that the three of them should spend the day together and visit the new resort on Ginger Island, but had fallen sick the night before. So now Shane was standing on a beach, miles away from home, truly alone with Jas for the first time in…well he wasn’t quite sure how long it had been. He’d gotten good at missing out on time with her, leaving Marnie to do all of the childcare.

But that was then. He’d been seeing a therapist in Zuzu City for about a month, and things were going well. It was just another part of his routine now, like going to work or feeding the chickens. He could feel his desire to get better growing stronger. It made him want to work on himself, be a better nephew to Marnie, a better friend to Emily, and maybe even be a proper godfather for Jas.

“Course you can, what’s up?” Shane turned to her with a grin. The way he was feeling lately, he felt like there was no question he couldn’t answer, no topic he couldn’t talk about.

“Did my parents like going to the beach?” Jas asked.

Shane froze. Shit. He stood there staring, frozen for what felt like hours. Jas’s parents. He’d never been able to talk to her about them before, at least not without Marnie around to help. He always said something wrong…

“Er…Yeah, yeah no they did!” He eventually spluttered out, Jas’s curious eyes still on him. “In fact, we all used to go down to the beach all the time!”

“You mean the one back home?” Jas said, “the one I go to with Vincent?”

“Yeah that’s the one!” Shane replied, “Your dad and I would always try and build the biggest sandcastle we could, and then when we were done your mum would always come running over and knock it down.” Jas giggled at the story, before going quiet and looking down at the ground.

“Shane?” She said after a few moments.

“Yes Jas?” Shane replied, sitting down next to her.

“Do you miss them?” Jas asked quietly, not looking up. Shane watched her, thinking about how to answer.

“Yeah, I do sometimes. I miss them a lot.” He said carefully.

“Is that why you used to spend so much time away from us at the saloon?” Jas finally looked up, tears in her eyes.

“Woah, hey, come here.” Shane said, pulling her into a hug. She hugged him back, sniffing loudly.

“I know I haven’t been the best godfather I should be,” Shane continued softly, “But I promise that I love you so much. And I’m going to be around a lot more from now on. We’re a family, and no matter how much I miss your parents, I’m going to do my best to be there for you.”

“But…but what if-”

“Hey, no buts, I mean it. There’s a man in the big city who’s been helping me get better, and Doctor Harvey has been too. It’s going to be okay.” Shane finished. Jas sat in his arms, sniffing occasionally but not crying. Shane looked down at her, rubbing her back in a way he hoped was soothing to her.

Jas hadn’t been given the easiest start in life. She’d lost her parents, Pelican Town didn’t have a proper school, and to top it all off Shane hadn’t been around when she’d needed him. But he wanted to change that. He was going to change that.

As they sat together in the sand, watching the waves go in and out, Jas’s sandcastle long forgotten, Shane repeated his promise to her in his head. He would stay in therapy, keep saving his money, and be the best father figure to Jas he could be.

#stardew valley #sdv #sdv shane #sdv jas #request

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request for @yellowstone-demon of Elliott from Stardew Valley

i love his hair 10/10 would hold his hand

#him!! #i love this so much omg

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Hey sdv fandom, give me something to write about!

I want to start writing for Stardew again cause it's been ages but I don't have any ideas, so I'm opening up requests!

Give me a character and an emotion or place or situation or whatever else you want to see and I'll write a quick one-shot about them!

Rules:

NSFW: Yes

Gore: I'll do light injuries or broken bones but nothing too extreme

I'll even write something positive about characters I hate! 😂

#stardew valley #sdv #sdv alex #sdv emily #sdv haley #sdv elliott #sdv sebastian #sdv maru #sdv shane #sdv abigail #sdv sam #sdv penny #sdv harvey #sdv leah

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Animal products! I find farming fun during the early game, but the second I get a barn I prefer to make most of my money through cheese, mayo, truffles, etc!

Stardew Valley tumblr, I’m curious! Rb this with your fav/preferred method of making money in Stardew, it’s been different for most of my friends that play this game so I wanna see how people think about it!

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Finally bought the game on PC so I can start using mods 😈😍

#sdv #stardew valley #okay but i never play pc games the wasd controls are so hard to get used to 😭

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Penny in her new home (or how do I avoid backgrounds.. more plants)

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the most humiliating part of stardew valley is the first flower dance when no one wants to dance with your farmer so they just gotta stand in the corner like a fool

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COVID is slowly becoming a “third world” disease. While first world countries are hoarding vaccines, having doses for populations many times their size, third world countries can’t get any because pharma companies want to sell to the first world countries first. Even then, first world countries will receive them first. While rich countries recover from COVID, they will forget about the pandemic while many other countries live the absolute worst moment of the pandemic without being able to vaccinate their population.

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I just think he's Marvelous....

I do ✨ Commissions ✨

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he has to do something to keep his sanity 

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Love this! 💙

did the haley sprite this time

i wanna do another bachelorette next to even it out but uhh idk who yet

shane | sam

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Girls don’t want a boyfriend. Girls want to quit their job and move away to a valley in the mountains to start a small farm and grow fruits and vegetables and go on adventures and slowly fall in love with a cute local

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haley sdv enjoyers take this

#my WIFE

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Day 4: Construction