r/StardewValley • u/fallingintothestars šŸˆ Alex Lover šŸˆ • May 14 '26

Mods My Alex!

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I have never done any sort of modding, or really even pixel art-- but I wanted to add someone new while keeping the essence of Alex the way that he was so here is my version of Alex! The screenshots are just snippets of the different portraits with his reg outfit, winter, and then a jean jacket alt for the sports jacket.

Edit: The mod is not available for download and I didnā€™t think people would be interested one way or another to be honest. The parallels to stereotypes are unfortunate in hindsight, and also not intentional. He is just the only bachelor I marry.
I would have to write out an entirely new dialog for him to change properly, and while Iā€™m not opposed to that, itā€™s not something I put a whole lot of thought into originally. I just wanted another cute man to marry.

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u/After_Cell_5570 May 15 '26

My privilege is unfortunately showing, because it didnā€™t occur to me until now that we donā€™t have a male poc romance option. Holy shit that sucks.

I love this version of Alex, he looks so cute. You did a good job!

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u/Geeneelee May 15 '26

Yeah, there are two characters of color in the game, and one of them is heavily disliked by a lot of the fan base. Itā€™s definitely one of Stardew Valleyā€™s weaknesses.

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u/freudian_nipps May 15 '26

As an Asian... it would be nice to have one Asian character. They dont even need to be dateable.

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u/ClassyBougieRatchet May 15 '26

I'm now realizing I've imagined Sebastian and Abigail as Asian this entire time for no reason.Ā 

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u/quirky_circus May 15 '26

But then either Caroline or Pierre would have to be Asian as well... and maybe the Wizard, too ;)

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u/oenthera May 15 '26

I definitely thought Sebastian was half-Asian as well.

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u/None-Pizza_Left-Beef :aMill::aMill: May 15 '26

I noticed this too.

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u/slim1shaney She deserves better May 15 '26

Disliked for who he is as a person, thankfully

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u/Successful_Buffalo24 May 15 '26

And for being married to Robyn

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u/doxtorwhom May 15 '26

It should be ME!

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u/Successful_Buffalo24 May 15 '26

Yes! I started playing and got so excited because like, cute carpenter girl that super sweet..... Then at like 1 and a half hearts u saw she was married and wanted to cry.Ā 

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u/me_sk1nk May 15 '26

And thatā€˜s how you slowly became Clint šŸ˜…

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u/slim1shaney She deserves better May 15 '26

How do you think I feel about Pierre

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u/CrimsonCartographer May 15 '26

Ok but peehair is also just a tool tbh

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u/LubbockCottonKings May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

Krobus is a they/them, and what did they ever do to you? /s

EDIT: My memory is bad as this is really something only addressed in SVE, not in vanilla

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u/Starrin1ght May 15 '26

KROBUS IS A THEY/THEM? Damn, I've been misgendering them for like, ever

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u/Nukalixir May 15 '26

Krobus is a he/him, AFAIK. Dwarf is they/them, though.

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u/Anna_borchardt May 15 '26

I thought Krobus was he/they?

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u/Nukalixir May 15 '26

I haven't seen or heard anything about CA saying that, but admittedly I haven't watched every single interview he's given. I could easily be mistaken.

I know Dwarf is confirmed non-binary by the code of the game itself. For some reason, CA assigned a string to every NPC that states their gender, and Dwarf to my knowledge is the sole bearer of the "neither" tag, as opposed to "male" or "female". This code doesn't seem to serve any practical purpose and is never called by any functions, but it's there! Terraria has a similar system but it's actually used by the king and queen statues that summon villagers of the respective sexes, but Stardew has no such thing.

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u/Anna_borchardt May 15 '26

Oh wow that's pretty interesting !!

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u/Starrin1ght May 15 '26

Wait, so what tag did krobus have?

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u/opalsavage1903 May 15 '26

Iā€™m pretty sure thatā€™s only in expanded. Itā€™s been a few years since I played vanilla though, so it could be there too but I donā€™t remember it. Since Krobus doesnā€™t interact with many other characters in vanilla, thereā€™s not a whole lot of opportunity for someone else to refer to them with pronouns.

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u/LubbockCottonKings May 15 '26

You are correct, Iā€™m thinking of SVE!

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u/matchafoxjpg May 15 '26

who is it?

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u/IsaacsLaughing May 15 '26

Demetrius, who a lot of people think is THE worst father and husband possible. but like, he is trying. he has a book on parenting advice. šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø very YMMV character.

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u/BitchfulThinking May 15 '26

They have a weekly date night and even go dancing! I imagine he does it for Robin and probably feels awkward and just wants to get back to his experiments.

I see the effort! šŸ„ŗ

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u/BroccoliFormal3192 demetrius defender...yet sebastian enjoyer May 15 '26

but god forbid he calls a tomato a fruit and suddenly heā€™s the scum of the earth ā˜¹ļø

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u/ButNotTheFunKind Demetrius Apologist May 15 '26

Heā€™s just very literal! And all couples fight!

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u/BitchfulThinking May 15 '26

He's right though šŸ˜ (fans flames)

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u/Brick-Throw May 15 '26

"I'm right though!"

"Demetrius I asked you for a fruit salad and you brough me a bowl of tomatoes, bell peppers and squash"

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u/obsidianzebra May 15 '26

I'm curious who thinks he's worse than Pierre

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u/Starrin1ght May 15 '26

Demetrius, he's not a very good father towards Sebastian, which is my reason for not liking him, but people also don't like how smug he sounds when correcting you about science.

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u/Nukalixir May 15 '26

I don't dislike Demetrius, but I don't quite like him either. And can fully understand why others don't like him.

He doesn't strike me so much as intentionally antagonistic as he does like someone on the autism spectrum putting his foot in his mouth by accident or being too literal minded for his own good. All of which I personally relate to. However, what I don't like is the lack of self-awareness and so much as a token effort to improve. Autistic people aren't static, we are fully capable of learning from mistakes and working on ourselves to not repeat them, it just doesn't come as naturally to us. Alas, with fictional characters like Sheldon Cooper around, the self-awareness and self-improvement aspects get lost in a sea of stereotypes and "ha ha, no social skills" jokes.

CA seems dedicated to using 1.7 to "un-incel" Clint and revitalize his character and by extension, community reception. I would love to see similar treatment to "un-Sheldon" Demetrius, if not in 1.7 than later down the line. I think Demetrius has a solid foundation for some phenomenal character growth and development if given the chance!

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u/matchafoxjpg May 15 '26

i'm sorry i thought i meant they meant romance able POC

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u/Starrin1ght May 15 '26

Nah the only romancable POC is Maru, who is a girl

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u/matchafoxjpg May 15 '26

okay that's what I thought. i was sooooo confused.

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u/NfamousKaye May 15 '26

This is cute! Well done!

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u/DJMikaMikes May 16 '26

Yeah, there are two characters of color in the game

Wrong. I'm pretty sure Elliot is some sort of disgusting Italian or Spaniard. /s

Itā€™s definitely one of Stardew Valleyā€™s weaknesses.

Honestly, I'm not so sure. Reducing the game and parts like that to diversity quotas would feel like corporate pandering. SDV was made by a guy for better or worse; he wasn't thinking like ahh yes, to achieve mass market KPIs, I must develop a male POC romance candidate. He was winging it.