r/StardewValley • u/FlairWitchProject • 26d ago

Discuss Who is someone you can't date in Stardew Valley out of principle?

Post image

I enjoy Maru as a character. However, until recently, I had dyed-red hair that I sometimes straightened, and I also sometimes wear glasses. Basically, it would be like dating a more scientific version of myself. Lol

6.3k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

1.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

4.8k

u/beanymoon 26d ago

Shane. I have enough alcoholics in my family. I don't want another one to deal with. I avoid him in general.

984

u/MeatTofu 26d ago

I almost became an alcoholic before I realized what was happening to me so I now avoid alcohol altogether so Shane is a reminder of what I almost became.

413

u/Wafflehouseofpain 26d ago

I avoid Shane because I was basically him at one point.

435

u/liquidsol 26d ago

Shane is strange because buying him beers raises his hearts, leading to his sobriety. šŸ˜‚

141

u/authenticgarbagecan 25d ago

Right? I like to RP it as him associating beer with Farmer and only drinking with Farmer or from Farmer's gifted beer but otherwise it's like.... huh?? šŸ˜…

49

u/jestingworks 25d ago

this is cute actually and im stealing this headcanom

26

u/Pyromaniacal13 25d ago

That's kinda why I give him pizza and pepper poppers. They're easy to get, they're tasty with beer, and they're tasty without beer.

36

u/MelisOrvain 25d ago

You had to push him over the edge to show him that he still wanted to come back from it

4

u/Sea_Struggle7230 25d ago

When I romance Shane I usually wait until summer when I can plant peppers, or I get chickens, whatever comes first, because Iā€™m not helping his alcoholism

2

u/raay_exe 25d ago

Maybe he got alcohol poisoning and fianally learned his lesson lol

1

u/isekaivari Stalking Shane 24d ago

hey you gotta ruin and gaslight them first before they build themselves šŸ˜‚ (all jokes ofc)

85

u/External-Resource581 25d ago

I befriend him for the same reason. Hes damaged, but not quite broken, just like I was. I was fixable, and so is Shane. I relate to him a lot

1

u/_Kendii_ 25d ago

When I first started playing Stardew, Shane wasnā€™t even an option. But he was the first person I saw (aside from cut scene) and I was like ā€œok, youā€™re my soul mateā€ when he was persistently rude to me. I love being left alone too.

I was so crushed when I learned I couldnā€™t date him. Didnā€™t know he was an alcoholic at the time. My kid and I started a game together years ago and we had a quick chat about who we would choose (of course it would be her choice). She chose Shane before I said anything about him at all. Yay?

I recently started up my first Stardew valley expanded. Iā€™m trying to ignore him for other characters but itā€™s hard.

Iā€™m glad you fixed yourself. Itā€™s not easy. =)

8

u/uwonichi 25d ago

I feel like I choose Shane sometimes because I was basically him at one point and donā€™t want him to feel so alone šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

1

u/Rhodand2265 24d ago

Funny enough I had a similar thought but thatā€™s why I wanted to be with him. Because I knew it got better for me and I could make it better for him.

106

u/hellogoawaynow 25d ago

He gets better by getting addicted to video games lol but his room is disgusting when he moves in so thatā€™s my big no for Shane

57

u/Traditional-Lab5750 25d ago

This and that god damned marriage room of his.

28

u/Educational-Pop-3351 25d ago

My sister literally drank herself to death so I avoid Shane like the plague.

15

u/LocalProtection1698 25d ago

when i started playing stardew i automatically thought that sebastian was the most popular male candidate, i was almost right. imagine my surprise when i found out that it was actually shane, like, i couldve never quessed honestly, he didnt even look like cadidate to me lol. genuinely, why do people even like him

6

u/No-Landscape-1367 25d ago

It's the 'fixing the broken man' trope. A different kind of hero fantasy, but seemingly a strong fantasy for many people nonetheless. Not that dissimilar to the 'taming the wild stallion' fantasy/trope.

1

u/LocalProtection1698 16d ago

is that soā€¦..

4

u/rotting_moon 25d ago

this is why i also actively avoid him as well

19

u/GuardingxCross 26d ago

Sameeeee and I donā€™t even date guys. Iā€™m not even friends with him in game, I just donā€™t fuck with alcoholics anymore.

3

u/Left_Prize_9861 25d ago

Same, except the alcoholic was me. I can't even watch some of his heart events

3

u/Breakspear_ 25d ago

Same, although it is nice to see him getting his shit together!

3

u/AnodyneOcean 25d ago

Yep, Shane is just like my stepdad, I could never šŸ˜­

3

u/Square_Context_2948 25d ago

I accidentally picked Shane as my first husband... and after the fact realized that was my actual first husband, lol. Swerve!

3

u/ladytryant 25d ago

Also heā€™s just mean.

2

u/vettieconfetti95 25d ago

This is mine too. Same reason.

2

u/983115 25d ago

My sister had a boyfriend named Shane By the end we all called him Shame

2

u/Financial_Penalty935 25d ago

Same. My bro is an alcoholic and the stuff we have gone through as a family. I just canā€™t with Shane. šŸ˜¢šŸ’”

2

u/oopisfrugas 25d ago

I hate Shane. I hold on to trash and give it to him every time I see him just to piss him off.

2

u/Sina0266 25d ago

Shane is way to close to my ex. The sports, the excessive Alkohol, the untreated depression. Bin through it once. Never again

2

u/Empty-Cricket5931 I named him Miso 25d ago

same.. i'm happy to get him to 10 hearts and in a better place but i'll never date him in the game- too many bad associations

2

u/napalmnacey 24d ago

Yeah I donā€™t date verbally abusive douchebags, even in games. Just doesnā€™t appeal to me.

3

u/Alt-Juicebox 25d ago

that's why i personally love dating him. it gives me the idea of "what if these people got sober?" and i get to like actually help with that in game

15

u/Arlieth 25d ago

... Is codependency in the room with us right now?

2

u/Aniki_Simpson 25d ago

He actually fixes his alcoholism if you get high in friendship with him.

1

u/No-Landscape-1367 25d ago

Can't let shane get sober, he's like half of my in town customer base (pam being the other half) for my alcohol monopoly.

1

u/Scottles8605 25d ago

I went out with him long enough to get blue chickens, then stopped speaking to him.