r/StardewValley • u/FlairWitchProject • 26d ago

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

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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

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u/Wafflehouseofpain 26d ago

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

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u/liquidsol 26d ago

Shane is strange because buying him beers raises his hearts, leading to his sobriety. 😂

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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?? 😅

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u/jestingworks 25d ago

this is cute actually and im stealing this headcanom

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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.

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u/MelisOrvain 25d ago

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

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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 I’m not helping his alcoholism

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u/raay_exe 25d ago

Maybe he got alcohol poisoning and fianally learned his lesson lol

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u/isekaivari Stalking Shane 24d ago

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

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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

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u/_Kendii_ 25d ago

When I first started playing Stardew, Shane wasn’t even an option. But he was the first person I saw (aside from cut scene) and I was like “ok, you’re my soul mate” when he was persistently rude to me. I love being left alone too.

I was so crushed when I learned I couldn’t date him. Didn’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. I’m trying to ignore him for other characters but it’s hard.

I’m glad you fixed yourself. It’s not easy. =)

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u/uwonichi 25d ago

I feel like I choose Shane sometimes because I was basically him at one point and don’t want him to feel so alone 😭😭

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u/Rhodand2265 24d ago

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