#elliott and maru are my favorites so far

[boinurmom13]

ok i GOTTA ask but why do you hate penny 💔💔i am genuinely curious

i ramp up my hate more than i should. like, i dont hate her as much as i do clint or lewis, but shes def my least favorite bachelorette.

ive always found her to be boring in the overused “shy girl” kind of trope, or the “tryhard nice girl” ig. in reality it just simmers down to shes stupidly boring.

like, i hate shane cuz hes an ass, but his story is the most flourished ive seen amongst the spouse choices. and hes a great character. i dont favor harvey as a spouse, but he had a dream and aspiration before becoming a doctor, and thats something to his name. abigails adventurous and overcomes her fear of going into the mines, sam matures, elliotts charming, haley matures, emilys sporadic and interesting, leahs strong willed and funny, marus sweet (still boring, but i like her cuz i too like science and strawberries), so on so forth.

its not just penny, either. like, i find sebastian to be overrated because hes also a little boring. yeah, hes good with boundaries, and yeah hes the typical emo boy everyone loves, but other than feeling free on the farm, hes kinda got no plot to him.

and im not saying every single person and character has to have this huge revelation and turning point to be a good character or be likeable. no, not at all. pennys likeable because shes kind and sebastian is likeable because hes probably really relatable to half the people who play sdv (even i relate to him to an extent). hell, elliott doesnt really have a change in character other than him publishing a novel, but hes a little dorky and has a dream hes trying to achieve. sebastian wants to move to the city, which is a dream, but its still like. a boring one, almost? even then, that puts him above penny, which as far as im concerned (ive only romanced her once, and it was to get the group ten heart scene with the bachelorettes) all she has to her name is “im sweet and good with kids.” shes a great, simple, basic character if youre looking for the “nice girl” trope, but shes still boring.

i dont HATE penny, right, like not as much as clint or lewis, but i do find her to be incredibly overrated for such a boring character. when put against the other spouses, penny just falls flat. i know thats saying a lot when harveys literally right there, but i assure you hes also one of my least favorite spouses, too. i like art of penny, and i like ramping up her personality to be more than shy and nice, where occasionally she does friendly banter with sam and his friends, or is some sort of in touch with internet culture while not pursuing it, but i just dont like canon penny. i find her really boring. shes a great spouse for someone who wants a simple person in their gameplay, but ive just never really pursued her because i find her lacking.

while i would bring up her two heart event with george, calling her ableist for moving him w/o his permission, i feel as though thatd be wrong. penny’s nice enough to change her ways, and im willing to give her the benefit of the doubt on this once. she “helps” goerge, and depending on how you answer, she apologizes to goerge. (of course, you lose friendship points with her, but a lot of people dont respond to criticism nicely. hell, i dont respond to it great either). im not saying what she did was right. no, it wasnt. but i hope penny would be mature enough to learn and change from that, which is why i feel the 2 heart event is a bit of a weak claim.

tl;dr: i acknowledge pennys great for different people, but ive found her boring for my liking.

i hope this explains it well, or at least to your liking! i tried not to sound rude, because my intent is not malicious. im sorry if it comes off that way. sorry for any typos/confusing grammar as i do not proofread. like. ever.

#sdv #stardew valley #penny sdv #i ramp up my hate on her for a comedic effect #i dont actually throw stones at her in game #shes actually one of the first ppl i make friends with #mostly cuz shes always right there #and otherwise id forget about her

[wordsgood]

(a few of) my ocs, sorted by who they'd romance in sdv

if my ocs were in a stardew valley au, who would they romance??

Rae: this is both the hardest and the easiest, because Rae is both a misanthropic loser and a bisexual disaster, and she'd hate that nearly every woman in pelican town is somehow exactly her type. but Rae would fall in love with Penny, it's written in the stars. YES, she would be into Leah and Abigail right off the bat, YES, she would try to dance with Maru at the spring dance, YES, she would secretly love getting trashtalked by Haley, but then she would find herself dressing Pam down for being a strain on Penny's health, she'd be bringing bits of weird stuff she found on the farm to the trailer, she'd even be voluntarily hanging around the kids just to spend more time with Penny... being Penny's girlfriend would bring out the best side of Rae, her more attentive and self-effacing and protective side, and I think that'd make both of them very happy. and cute.

Loreleaf: in the farm I made specifically for creating a Loreleaf farmer, I went with Shane, because I was curious about why everyone loved Shane and figured why not, and I think their matching 'ugh, existence is the worst' energies match well, but I'm actually on the verge of breaking up with Shane and going with Harvey. but, if I'm being honest, Elliott is the only one for Loreleaf. he's Loreleaf's exact opposite, all vivacious and bombastically kind, and it would break all of Loreleaf's walls down in approx. 3-5 business days. they would be adorable. Loreleaf is, in canon, basically illiterate, and in AUs, he's severely dyslexic and doesn't like reading, so I picture a lot of 'I don't understand what you do but I support you???' and also a lot of beauty and the beast-style reading-out-loud montages. also also, fight me, Elliott is a brawny boy, and I think scrappy skinny trashboy Loreleaf getting bridal-carried by his fancy lad boyfriend/husband is a very good mental picture.

Hazel: in the giant pan-novel SDV AU that lives in my mind, I think Haze could end up with a few people - Abigail, maybe, or even Emily - but my favorite option is currently Harvey. in my previous farms I haven't interacted a lot with Harvey but just the contrasts between the two are promising. melodramatic, self-obsessed Haze with a pretty down-to-earth guy like Harvey would be, first and foremost, very funny, but I also just like Haze trying their 'I'll be the bad guy and make you leave FIRST!" schtick on him. somehow I don't think it would get very far. not to mention Haze has all those health problems and Harvey might actually get them to slow down and let him take care of them. it'd be really cute, at least with the version of Harvey that lives in my head.

Sixes: this one is a little bit weird for me to realize, but, like, it's Haley, huh? Sixes is a guy who is drawn to difficult personalities because he is a difficult personality. anyone who would act remotely nice towards him when he's in Bitch Mode is not someone he can hang with, because when he's in Bitch Mode, he knows he's being irrational and overreactive and he doesn't care. Haley wouldn't put up with it. and Sixes wouldn't put up with her Bitch Mode, either. I haven't done a lot with Haley in any of my farms so I don't know exactly how she is once you actually friend her, but I can just see these two passive aggressive drama queens trying to out-snipe each other as a form of quality time and verbal affection. no one would get them together and that would suit them just fine.

Jatatyla: Jat might have been easy because of her well-documented love for bitchy blonde femmes but Tracy and Haley are not actually that similar outside those attributes, so she doesn't have to fight Sixes for Haley's hand. while she isn't trying to make Rasmodius fall in love with her (she will fail), Jat is pretending not to be head over heels for Leah. Jat seeks out stability to balance her own tendencies towards chaos and Leah is just about as stable as you can get. She's kind, self-possessed, easy-going, independent... Leah screams Jat's type. Jat dreams of braiding Leah's hair and being her trophy wife once Leah is a world-famous artist dragging her to gallery openings and galas. also, Jat will egg Kell's house.

BONUS: Doli Lin, Lev, Ashleah, Robyn: as the resident POV Aros, Doli Lin and Lev and Ashleah live with their friends, on their own, or perhaps in an Aro Bungalow near the forest lake where they can learn wizard stuff from Rasmodius, who is also aro. it's not aro wizardry or anything, it's just they're the only ones who have time to learn magic because they're not running back and forth with gifts all the damn time. they are very happy with this setup.

#char: rae #char: loreleaf #char: hazel #char: sixes #char: jatatyla #i really am on the verge of writing sdv x oc fic. like right on the edge #but i also want to write my prophecy girls tma au :( #one day when i'm published this will all actually be good for something #but in the meantime have this!!! i might do a part 2 since i left out a few characters #oc games

[doodlboy]

Now you may be wondering: "hey Elliot, did you stay up until 4am playing stardew val-"

YES

#actually i spent a decent portion of my day playing it #aside from chores and stuff i spent most of the day #it is very hard to stop #elliott and maru are my favorites so far #i also now have 8 hearts with elliott so i dont think ill miss the flower dance next year skdhdkd #im struggling tho- #everything is very expensive and i dont have animals yet- should i have animals??? #im on day 6 of fall and ive gotten a few of the bundles in the community center done but like- im stuck #bc i have to like- manually water a LOT of crops and it's very time consuming and tiring so im gonna have to figure out how to work that out #i dont really have anything else to post rn so im gonna leave it at that and pass out #g'night y'all #ilysm #take good care of yourselves #love yourselves #dont forget your meds #and drink some water #you're very wonderful and i appreciate your existence #*mwah* #✌💜🌙 #pedigree rambles

[thatwitchrevan]

No one will ever get to move to my farm but very soon I will have the means to produce my boyfriends, my soon to be girlfriends, and my best friend all of their favorite things whenever I want so I think all of us are winning.

#so far I have: #preserves jar and endless crops to make pickles for harvey #also a keg and fuck tons of coffee beans #crab baskets for elliott though i haven't caught any crabs or lobsters yet #strawberrys and a lightning rod to make batteries for maru #endless fruit and a keg to make wines for leah #also i can get driftwood from the rivers around my house #and endless chickens and summer peppers for shane #plus now i have a cow so i can make pepper poppers and eventually pizza #(and beer but he's in recovery I'm not giving him that) #what i still need: pomegranate tree for elliott #salad ingredients and recipe for leah #ducks also for elliott #uhhh #i know there's some favorite items I'm forgetting but yeah I've mostly got gifts sorted forever #year two is great #except for the dating being rubbish but yk #griffin plays stardew

[boxesandrings]

Hello! First off, I simply adore your writing. Your characterizations simply feel so... natural! It's lovely! Second, could I request some fluffy Harvey/Elliott at either the Feast of the Winter Star or the Spirit's Eve festival? That would be grand. Thank you!

Teehee sorry this took so long! I had written a story about the two of them at the Feast of the Winter Star and then hated it so much I completely started over 🤪 So I hope you enjoy this now seasonally appropriate Spirit's Eve fluff!

Title: Meet me Halfway

Rating: G

Summary: Harvey is crushing on Elliott, but is more than okay with keeping things the way they are. When Elliott invites him into the maze at the Spirit's Eve festival though, the men get much closer than Harvey ever thought.

Characters: Elliott, Harvey, Sebastion, Marlon, Maru, F!Farmer

Words: 2841

Harvey had been standing by the refreshments table when Elliott passed behind him, his fingertips lightly grazing against the Doctor's shoulders. Harvey jumped, almost spilling his drink but managed to steady himself, cheeks flushed as Elliott laughed.

“A bit on edge, Doctor?” Harvey cleared his throat and set his cup down, his other hand reaching to the back of his neck.

“No! I mean, kinda. I have to say, I think this is probably my least favorite festival.” Elliott nodded. Harvey studied his face, trying to read the man next to him. Was there a slight blush in his face as well?

Even though they had lived in the same town for years now, only a few months ago had it struck Harvey how cute the man living on the beach was. They had talked a bit around town and at festivals, and of course Harvey was Elliott’s doctor. But since the community center had been restored Harvey had begun to spend more time there, reading articles that his colleagues from the city had sent him or using the craft room to work on his model planes. Elliott was there constantly as well, and the two men began to grow more familiar.

Harvey’s feelings surprised him. It wasn’t that he had never had feelings for another man before, but just how suddenly they had developed after getting to know Elliott was strange to him. Harvey had accepted who he was at this point in his life; he was rigid and methodical, overthinking most aspects of his life. But Elliott had somehow swept in and threw his life out of order— Harvey acted impulsively around him, and it scared him.

But what scared Harvey even more was that he couldn’t tell how Elliott felt about him. Elliott was definitely flirty with him, he couldn’t deny it. But Elliott flirted with everyone, or at least seemed to. Elliott was confident, outgoing, and rather touchy with almost everyone in town. There was no way Elliott felt the same way about him, introverted and anxious, but Harvey couldn’t help but feel the hard thumping in his chest everytime Elliott was around.

Beside him Elliott nodded, scooping some of the hot apple cider Gus was providing into his own cup.

“I can understand that. While I’m sure you’ve caught on that I tend to have a certain… flair for the dramatic,” Elliott regarded Harvey out of the corner of his eye, a coy smile on his lips, “this holiday quite honestly might be overdoing it.”

As if the universe was proving a point, a loud clanging noise rang out behind the men. Elliott’s eyes went wide with fear as he jumped, his body colliding with the Doctor’s as he moved away from the noise. Harvey dropped his drink as he steadied the man in front of him, not sure whether to be disappointed by the loss of his cider or elated by the touch. Once Elliott was no longer falling, Harvey turned to investigate the noise.

Behind him, one of the walking skeletons was at the edge of his cage, a bony arm outstretched and rattling against the bars. Sebastian had fallen back onto the ground and was trying to crawl away from the beast with wide eyes. Marlon stepped in quickly after the skeleton had made its move, pushing the monster further back in with a large stick. Once the skeleton was far enough back, Harvey watched as Marlon offered a hand to Sebastian and pulled the boy up, saying something stern but inaudible from this far away. Harvey turned back to Elliott, who was watching the scene with a grimace.

“You want to move somewhere else? Like, away from this?” Elliott’s gaze snapped back to Harvey, his unsettled look quickly turning into a smile.

“I’d like nothing more, my dear doctor.” Elliott linked his arm through Harvey’s and began to march off, Harvey blushing furiously as he stumbled along.

Elliott led them far away from the refreshments, until Harvey found them standing in front of the maze. Elliott looked toward the entrance, then turned to the Doctor.

“Do you want to go in? I’ve never actually tried the maze before, but with you I’m feeling a little bit more bold.” Elliott winked and Harvey coughed, scratching the back of his neck.

“I’m not sure how much of a help I’d be in there. Honestly, the one time I tried before I barely made it 20 feet.” Elliott laughed.

“Well, maybe with the two of us working together we’d go 30.” Harvey chuckled. Before he could agree, someone called out behind him.

“Hey, Doc! You going in?” Harvey and Elliott turned and saw Maru and the Farmer walking toward them, hand in hand.

“Yes! The two of us are going to try to make it an astonishing 30 feet in.” Elliott had answered before he had gotten the chance to, so Harvey nodded along. Had he really agreed to go in, though? Beside him, he saw Elliott tip an imaginary hat toward the Farmer. “Howdy, partner.”

The Farmer sighed, letting go of Maru’s hand to brush her hand through her hair. “El, just because I live on a farm doesn’t mean I’m a cowboy.” Elliott tilted his head to the side, smiling slightly.

“I mean, you sure ride that horse of yours almost everywhere.” Harvey bit his lip, using the moment to bring himself back to reality. Elliott wasn’t flirting with him, he was like this with everyone. The Farmer sighed again, grabbing Maru’s hand once again.

“Whatever.” She began to pull Maru toward the maze. “Later, losers. We’ve got a maze to finish.” Elliott laughed next to Harvey, and waved the two women off. Maru looked over her shoulder grinning at Harvey, mouthing ‘you got this’ in an animated manner until she disappeared behind the first hedge, trailing after her partner.

Harvey furiously blushed. Maru had figured out his crush weeks ago after the two of them had gone out for drinks after work, when Harvey had been so busy staring at Elliott that he had walked straight into a stool and fallen over it.

“Well, no time like the present, I suppose.” Harvey blinked back to reality. Elliott was standing in front of him, the two men eye to eye. Harvey swallowed.

“I guess.” He put on a weak smile, attempting to feign some kind of confidence. Elliott nodded.

“Then let’s away!” Elliott turned and began to walk toward the maze. Harvey sighed, and followed quickly after.

It wasn’t long until the pair came to the first challenge of the maze. As Elliott and Harvey walked side by side, making pleasant small talk, that green hands began to poke their way out of the ground. Elliott jumped, his body colliding with the Doctor’s.

“Oh, Yoba!” Harvey instinctually grabbed Elliott, pulling him close.

“Oh, no, nope! No. Come on.” Harvey let go of Elliott’s shoulder, his hand grabbing the man around the forearm. He took off down another branch, Elliott running behind him.

Once they no longer saw the hands coming out of the ground, men stopped, panting.

“Okay, I get why you didn’t like to go in here.” Elliott looked up at Harvey, still out of breath. Harvey, unsure of how to react, just began to laugh, dropping to the ground as he tried to regain his composure. Elliott sat beside him, brushing his hair back.

“Yeah! No duh.” Elliott began to laugh as well, the men giggling in the dark. Once composed, Elliott turned to face Harvey.

“You know, I quite like it when you’re more relaxed like this. Not that you’re always stiff, just… you seem like there’s a lot going on in your mind.” Harvey weakly smiled and stood up. He was getting too loose.

“Well, that’s being a doctor, I suppose. Especially being the only one for quite a distance.” He offered his hand to Elliott, who took it and pulled himself up.

“That makes sense. You’re always thinking of others.” Elliott smiled. The two men regarded each other. Harvey found himself getting closer, their bodies almost touching, until he noticed a hedge off in the distance reflecting light. He took a step away.

“Wait, what’s that?” Elliott turned around and tilted his head, searching for what Harvey was referencing. Once spotted, Elliott faced him again.

“I guess we know where to go next.” Harvey nodded, and the two moved toward the light source.

The pair came to a large TV, alternating with static and a series of strange images, weird whispers emanating from the speaker bar attached.

“I mean, it’s not as unsettling as the hands but… I’m not a fan of this either.” Elliott was scanning the TV, frowning.

“I know Lewis is trying to boost tourism, but this seems like a lot,” Harvey added, taking a step closer toward his companion. It was human nature to huddle when scared, right? Elliott surely wouldn’t notice. Harvey thought about how he had held the writer when the hands came out of the ground. As terrifying as that was, he almost wanted to do it again.

“I don’t think Lewis built it. I think the Wizard in the woods said he was doing this,” Elliott suggested. The pair heard a snort and both jumped back, trying to find the source.

Maru stepped out from behind the TV, a funny look on her face. “He’s not a wizard, he’s just some hermit in the woods who likes to play with grass.” Harvey’s shoulders relaxed. It wasn’t a monster, it was his nurse.

“I don’t know. Leah said she’s seen some weird things going on at his tower at night.” Maru snorted again and turned her attention back to the screen.

“He probably has some of those LED strips that change colors on the outside of his home.” Elliott nodded, but didn’t look too convinced.

“Maru, what are you doing just lurking out here? And where’s your girlfriend?” Harvey looked around, making sure the TV was the only horror nearby.

“I wanted to figure out how this is working. There’s no plugs out here, and when I opened the battery compartment it was empty. There has to be some other energy source in here.” Maru held up her pocket knife in one hand, a couple of screws in the other. “And she went on ahead to keep exploring so I could play with this. When I’m done I’ll meet her in the middle point of the maze, it’s just up ahead.” She returned her full attention back to the monitor, walking around it’s backside once again.

Harvey turned to Elliott, who shrugged. “Should we move on?” Harvey smiled.

“Lets.”

From where they were standing, Harvey could see the middle point that Maru had talked about. The pair headed toward the fountain, and paused to watch the water shoot high up into the air.

“Well, I’d venture to say we made it quite a bit farther than 30 feet.” Harvey chuckled as Elliott gently elbowed him.

“Quite a bit farther than I made it last time, for sure.” Harvey smiled at Elliott, then turned his gaze back to the fountain. “I’m surprised it’s already the halfway point. It doesn’t seem like we’ve gone too far.”

“I suppose what this maze lacks in physical size, it makes up for in psychological horror.”

As if on cue, the men heard a yell from beyond the midway, and Abigail ran back in toward them, a blur of purple.

“No way, nuh-uh, nope! I’m out.” She blinked out of her confusion, and looked up at Harvey and Elliott. “Dudes, I’m OUT of here.” Harvey stuck a hand out, trying to stop the teen from bolting past him.

“Woah! Abby, what’s wrong? Are you okay?” He scanned for any obvious signs of injury, his doctor instincts kicking into gear. Abigail was generally fearless, even in regards to her own safety. It took a lot to rattle her.

She looked up at the doctor, her eyes wide with fear. “Dude, I mean Doc, there’s some big spiders back there. Like, me-sized. I’m outta here.” She brushed past Harvey and Elliott, making her way toward the path that the men had just come from. “Good luck!”

Harvey looked toward Elliott, who had noticeably paled. Elliott swallowed, then met the doctor’s gaze. “I mean, making this far was a personal victory anyways? Why push it?”

Harvey stared at Elliott, mouth ajar, before bursting into loud laughter. He sat on the edge of the fountain, trying to take deep breaths to contain his joy.

“Oh thank Yoba, I did NOT want to go in there.” Elliott laughed and sat beside him, his fingertips resting only an inch away from Harvey’s own.

“I think we did very well, though! I mean, halfway is nothing to sneeze at.” Elliott looked toward Harvey and winked. “And you’ve been so brave! Why, the way you rescued me from those hands was quite impressive.” Harvey coughed and stood up, suddenly aware of how close he was to Elliott.

“Yes, well, of course.” Elliott looked up at him, his smile slowly falling. Finally, Elliott sighed.

“I don’t know how much more direct I can be, Harvey.” Elliott’s voice was low, and much more serious than Harvey had ever heard. He turned to Elliott.

“What?” Elliott stood up and crossed his arm over his stomach, nervously rubbing his forearm.

“I mean, I hoped you would have caught on by now, over the past few months, or maybe you have and are just trying to be nice? I don’t…” He trailed off, his gaze lowering toward the ground. “I guess I just like you, Harvey, and I was hoping that by inviting you into the maze with me something would happen, but you keep pulling away and I just… I don’t know.”

Harvey’s jaw dropped. Elliott was flirting with him. Him! And oh Yoba, he had blown it, overthinking each touch, every word, the tone of his voice. Elliott had liked him, and Harvey was too full of fear to do anything. Had Maru known? Is that why she wished him luck?

Harvey sputtered, trying to spit out something, to reassure Elliott. He likes me too. Elliott sighed, meeting Harvey’s eyes again, forcing a smile.

“I’m sorry, that was probably a lot at once. I don’t know why it all came out like that. We can head out if you want.” Elliott took a step back.

Harvey needed to act, to break through his fear. He likes me. Now was not the time to be frozen by indecision, to read far too much into every action. Elliott was there, in front of him now but moving away.

Without thinking, maybe for the first time ever, Harvey reached out and grabbed Elliott’s shoulders, pulling the man in closer to him. Their lips connected, and as Harvey kissed him he could feel his heart beating violently in his chest. Elliott had tensed momentarily when the Doctor had grabbed him, but Harvery could feel him smiling now, melting into the kiss as Elliott placed a hand on the side of his face.

When he pulled back, Harvey was breathless, his hand shaking as he brushed a piece of hair out of Elliott’s face. Elliott was smiling, his cheeks flushed red.

“I like you, a lot, Elliott. I just… I didn’t think you felt the same way.” Elliott laughed quietly, his thumb stroking Harvey’s cheek.

“For such a bright man, you can be awfully dense.” Harvey smiled.

“Yeah.” Harvey moved to kiss Elliott again when he heard something shuffle in the maze behind him.

The men looked toward the path, still holding each other, as the Farmer huffed out of the maze, holding a rather large pumpkin in her hands.

“It’s just a pumpkin! I had to make my way through all that for a pumpkin! And not even a special one like last year, it’s made of foam!” She looked up, her expression softening when she realized what she had walked into. “Oh, um.”

“Maru’s back at the TV still,” Elliot said, his hands not moving from Harvey’s face. The Farmer’s eyes flicked back and forth between the two men’s faces, trying to press her lips together to stop from smiling.

“Thanks. Uh… yeah.” The Farmer walked quickly toward the way back, passing the men with a poorly suppressed smile on her face. Harvey figured she’d break the news to Maru as soon as she saw her.

“Well, where were we?” Harvey turned his attention back toward Elliott, who was smiling warmly at him. Harvey bit his lip, smiling.

“Oh, yeah.” He kissed Elliott again, much calmer than before, enjoying the feeling of their lips touching. Harvey pulled back again. “Want to go back and get a drink? I spilled my cider earlier”

Elliott dropped his hands from Harvey’s face and laced his fingers between the Doctor’s. “I’d love nothing more.” The two men went back into the hedges, hands swinging between them as they made their way back through the maze.

#sdv requests #fic request #sdv elliott #sdv harvey #stardew harvey #stardew elliott #ao3fic #request #requests open #stardew maru #stardew farmer

[bokunobirthdays]

I see no god up here other than me-

Elliott - My boy! My favorite boy! I literally love him so much, he’s just so good. We are to be married in the Spring (if it ever rains). And if Emily will ever gift me some freaking cloth.

Jas - She’s just so cute. Her purple hair is adorable and I love her little bow. I just wish she would feel more comfortable around me.

Vincent - He’s just a good little boy and I love him. He always talks about his dad and I don’t know what I’ll do with myself if he doesn’t come back. Also, he just wants to be like his sunshiny big brother and that’s so pure.

You’re the best-

Willy - A kind old man. I hate crafting in this game, so he supplies me with all of my crab pots so I can catch Elliott some lobsters. Thank you, Willy.

Sebastian - One time his mom called him “Sebby” and I think about that constantly. He’d definitely be my favorite if not for Elliott and I really want to ride on his motorcycle. Also he plays synth like ya boi.

Sam - The best big brother, a sunshiny boy. Honestly, I ship him with Sebastian because they have the best dynamic.

Evelyn - How could I not love her? She’s just a kind old lady. I recently found out that she and her family have a canon last name, but I can’t remember it for the life of me. It’s so cute how part of routine involves just checking out the flowers.

Robin - She is singlehandedly the reason I can get married to Elliott and have his children. Thank you, my queen.

George - He’s a bit cranky and insociable sometimes, but he can be really nice when he wants to be and I can appreciate that.

Hey, I think you’re pretty cool, I like you a lot-

Abigail - She was definitely the first to catch my eye, but she hasn’t grown on me as much as a lot of the other characters have. She’s really pretty, though, and she plays the drums. That’s pretty rad.

Jodi - I just think she’s neat.

Penny - She’s really cute and I can appreciate her singlehandedly educating the children of the community. But she looks really sad sometimes and I don’t know what’s up with that. I just want to know how I can help her.

Leah - She’s actually one of my lowest bachelorettes, hearts-wise, only ahead of Haley and Harvey. I’d talk to her a lot more often because I really like her, but our schedules just clash so badly that I never get to see her naturally.

Alex - I HATED him at first because he was just a douchebag, but now that he’s warming up to me, he’s gotten a lot better. Now he’s just a nice himbo and I can respect that.

Caroline - One time she complained to me about Abigail’s dyed hair, but I’m so confused, her hair is   g r e e n.

Emily - Please Emily, just give me your cloth. I’m begging you. it’s all I need in this life. I got two pearls (which are supposed to be rarer than cloth, but whatever), now all I need is some cloth. I give you presents all the time, just give me your cloth. Please. Emily. I need it. I check my mail every morning for your gift of cloth. But I am disappointed each time. I beg you, Emily. Cloth. Just one word. I know you have extra. CLOTH EMILY. THE C L O T H-

I remember you -

Maru - Idk, she just hasn’t really grown on me. She’s cool and pretty cute, but I just can’t get into her like I can some of the other characters. Plus, every time I talk to her, all I can think about is the family tension between Demetrius and Sebastian.

Haley - I don’t hate her and I never have, but she’s just a blonde. That might change as I get to know her like it did with Alex, but I don’t even want to get to know her. Alex had some potential because he seemed interesting, but Haley just looks like she’ll still be as arrogant and annoying as she is right now.

Linus - He’s helped me out, I’ve helped him out. It’s mutually beneficial.

Demetrius - I love it when I talk to him while he’s working or observing or whatever he does and he says, “I’m taking a break from my work,” like, no you’re not. You’re literally working as I’m speaking to you. But whatever.

Pierre - He helps me make money. What else can I say?

Clint - He’s portrayed as having romantic feelings for Emily and I really don’t know how to feel about that.

Shane - Like Alex, I didn’t like him at first. He was just a no good, jerky drunk. But my best friend married him in her first playthrough and encouraged me to get to know him. So, I did, and he is slightly less jerky now.

The Governor - *shrug*

Gus - I keep waiting for him to put pink cake back in his stock so I can get some for Jas and Vincent, but I missed my one opportunity.

Harvey - I cannot take him seriously as a bachelor. Maybe it’s just because I don’t like his mustache, but he just seems too old. Idk.

Mayor Lewis - Sometimes he compliments me on my farm, but then sometimes he makes fun of it and I’m not here for that

Marlon - He’s the only name I’ve had to look up so far if that tells you anything.

Pam - I just feel bad for Penny because of Pam, but I know she’s trying and I don’t want to hate her.

Marnie - I do not like her relationship with Mayor Lewis, it’s quite upsetting. But she makes sure I can get chicks, so that’s pretty cool of her.

Gunther - I had absolutely no interest in filling up the museum at first, but then I found out how cheap everything sold for, I decided I might as well. He gives me gifts, so I guess I can’t complain.

Wizard - I have so many things I could give him as gifts, but I just don’t want to give them to him. Besides, his house is so unnecessarily hard to get to, so I don’t want to bother putting in the effort.

I haven’t met you yet-

Kent - He’s the only one I’m including because I met him after I made the list, but before I made my thoughts. I don’t know where I’d put him. Probably in “Hey, I think you’re pretty cool, I like you a lot” because he seems like a good dad. He’s not bad, but he doesn’t stand out all that much either.

You are literally the worst. Actual scum. Leave this planet and never return-

Morris - Penny keeps telling me about how her mom has to go to the Jojamart for shopping because things are cheaper there. Even though I’ve never shopped there (I’m a loyal customer of Pierre’s), I’m pretty sure things are more expensive. But I could be wrong, idk. Anyway, I hate him.

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[oldtumblhurgoyf]

Stardew Valley Game Plan

Spring

put all the money I can muster (fishing, foraging, etc) into as many parsnips as I can plant by spring 8. Then take (almost) all of that money and put it into strawberries to be planted the day of the Egg Festival, spring 13. (perhaps take 5 gold star parsnips for the community center) Put just the money necessary into spring crops to complete community center.

Acquire a combination of 11 dandelions and/or leeks to gift to Penny. Two every week in spring and the first week of summer. One in week two of summer.

Summer

Put as much of that strawberry money into blueberries as possible come summer, also planting necessary community center crops. Plant 8 melons for Penny. Beginning at the end of the second week of summer you gift her two of these each week. In fall you can gift her one on the first, one on the second, and then again on the third because that’s her birthday. My hope is to achieve bouquet levels by the second of fall so on her birthday the gift will complete the final two hearts. Then any rainy day in the rest of the fall I can grab the amulet to propose.

First blueberry harvest is summer 14. So you can put off all other crops except the melons for Penny until you have the money from that harvest.

Fall

When summer ends you sink a on of money into your fall crop of cranberries. Pretty much as much as possible. If you haven’t done it yet, upgrade your house as well (I need to look into if the house upgrade is necessary to grab the proposal amulet or if I can get the amulet and then upgrade).

Notes

For strawberries it likely doesn’t matter, but from blueberries on, plant your crops in a 3x3 grid with the center open so you can plug in any sort of sprinklers you get as the season goes on, lessening the work and time you spend watering every day. Prioritize fishing and foraging early in the season to get those knocked out. Then spend any other time available in the mines specifically looking for minerals to upgrade tools and fill your fields with sprinklers.

IMPORTANT: Keep about 1500 on you every Friday and Sunday to visit the traveling merchant. Netting some animal products or especially the red cabbage and sandfish can save you thousands of gold and lots of time and effort. I’d kick myself if those items were there on a day I didn’t have money for them. Though in a pinch you should be able to scavenge up some stuff to sell day of and make it back in time to grab up those coveted items.

The next step on this is to figure out exactly how much of my spring and summer berry money should go into more seeds and how much is available to spend on farm buildings, animals, and the community center. I am leaning toward all strawberry profits going into the next set of crops and then after I see how much I get from the first blueberry crop I can crunch some numbers and see what I can accomplish. Animals can wait until fall I believe (I think I got stuff from them for the community center within three weeks of caring for them every day). But if it’s possible to knock out all my goals in Fall then by damn I’m gonna shoot for that.

Still need red cabbage or red cabbage seeds (and then the greenhouse if that’s the case) from the traveling merchant, but everything else should be achievable.

Also debating how early I should grab a stable. Faster travel is really big so probably sooner than I think (mid summer is my thought currently).

Mining strat: Dive as deep as possible first. It gets you better gear, a stardrop or whatever that fruit’s called, is necessary to get the red quartz to complete the community center, and then gives you more choices on where to go to mine the minerals you need later (you could even just go to the 5 levels via elevator only grabbing the easiest stuff and not bothering to look for a ladder down a level). Basically, take a ladder as soon as you find one until you hit the bottom of the mine.

That’s honestly probably the condensed culmination of my Stardew spreadsheets. I think this is the ideal strat. Other love interests that might be feasible are Sam (Summer 17 birthday, so I’m not sure that gives you enough time prior but it may, and you should have enough time after), Elliott (Fall 6 birthday so basically he’s the male version of Penny as far as things go except Penny’s favorite gifts are much easier to achieve) or perhaps Maru (Summer 10 birthday, so least ideal as far as making her your girlfriend in time to use a birthday gift to net the last two hearts).

I’m doing another play through with all this in mind and then I’ll probably look into presenting it in some sort of guide. My next play through I’m actually going to note what I do each day so I can look back and pinpoint any misplays or misused time.

#stardew valley #sdv #sdv farmer #when even friendship is just another crop to be harvested

[sugas-sweetheart]

Hiya! I know you started Stardew recently, but do you have a favorite character yet? :-)

I’m very much biased towards Sam, Abigail and Sebastian rn hehe, gotta stick with my fellow musicians and alternative ppl,,, The characters all seem very sweet so far, Elliott seems interesting because he’s also fairly new to the town, Maru bc scientist <3 but yeah! The first three I definitely really like so far and I’m still getting to know the others

what about you anon?

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[sno4wy]

Multiask about SV: Favorite villager? Favorite romantic option? Favorite activity (farming, mining, fishing, foraging)? Favorite season? Favorite festival? Do you think Pierre's a bit of a dick? How do you feel about Clint? Robin is bae, don't you agree? :D

OMG sorry I didn’t see this until now, for some reason I don’t get notifications and I don’t log into this account as much anymore. x_x

It’s hard to pick a favorite villager. I really like Demetrius because of the periodic table in his lab (haha I know, silly reason :P), and I like Marnie because of how much she genuinely loves her animals. Marnie annoys me a bit because of the early days when I needed to buy farm animals BUT EVEN THOUGH HER SHOP WAS OPEN SHE DIDN’T SELL THEM ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS. >:| 

Favorite romantic option is Elliott. :D I was thinking about divorcing him, erasing his memory and then romancing him again, but in the end I liked him too much to do that. xD Maru is a close second, I just love how she’s so brilliant! She makes an AI, ffs! :O Maru is freaking amazing!

Favorite activity is definitely dungeon-delving in the Skull Caverns. It’s kinda funny, but I started out hating the Mines. I was trying to slug it through with just my basic equipment and I was convinced that I sucked at the game because of how badly I was doing, then I decided to buy some better stuff and it was really amazing what a difference that made. Nowadays, I’m addicted to bomb-mining, I rarely even use my pickaxe. xD There’s something satisfying about blowing up a whole map. I also used to hate fishing, but I really like it now too. I tend to like fishing in any kind of game that I play though, so I guess that’s not terribly surprising!

Favorite season is winter, because I don’t feel as guilty going to the Skull Caverns then. xD Spring is a close second, because I like all the initial set-up that goes in for the year. 

Favorite festival is the Dance of the Moonlight Jellies, despite the relatively low amount of stuff that you get to do during it. What sold it for me though was that I was kinda sad when I was playing during when it came around in Year 2. Rando was already married to Elliott, but it was the first year that they were together, so I was really surprised to see that Elliott had moved to stand beside Rando when the jellyfish came in. That was just incredibly sweet and romantic, uplifting when I needed it but didn’t expect it. As far as interactive festivals go, I like Spirit’s Eve the most, but it does get kinda boring when all you do is go there, get the golden pumpkin, and then that’s it. 

Pierre’s definitely a bit of a dick! xD I mean I guess he’s slightly better than Morris and the Joja corporation, but not that much better. Clint is... eh, I’m kinda neutral about him. I feel bad for him that he can’t get Emily, but on the other hand, I just can’t relate to him very much. And Robin is definitely one of the MVPs of the game. I feel so bad for her when she’s working in the rain or snow, through her birthday no less. xD At least when she does that it makes it easier to find her and give her stuff. >_>

I’m on Year 5 now, still the same save file and I’m still really enjoying the game. My current goal is to plot out my farm next spring and fill it with Ancient Berries, then fill the quarry with gem makers, and finally the desert with kegs. xD

#slowlymychaos #stardew valley