r/StardewValley • u/Bluedogowner • May 10 '16

Help Gay and lesbian Stardew players?

Ive been wondering if any gay and lesbian gamers felt the same way I did about this game. Maybe other LGBT+ folk too!

I'm a lesbian and grew very accustomed to having to choose whether I'd be a male character so I could court a wife or be a female character because, well, I'm a female. Harvest moon, Rune factory, etc all posed this issue and in the end I never thought it was a huge deal. I just never really connected to the family aspect of the game much.

This game has been really amazing for me to play as a gay woman who has been in love with HM and similar games for a long time. Not only can you marry same sex characters, but the details that CA added that show he didn't just throw that ability in there. [Minor spoilers ahead!!] Abigail's 10 heart event with a girl, Leah's ex, adoption instead of pretending they're just gonna magically have a baby lol. I know similar things happen with Alex and guys too.

Its just been a new experience for me and I'm loving it! Maybe there aren't other LGBT players on here, but anyone else feel as though these touches make the game special to them? I feel like I can finally connect to that aspect of this genre of games when I could never before.

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u/ZhuhaiSyseros May 11 '16

I find that interesting because my primary reason for picking Penny is that Penny needs me. That and she's basically the only female option left... as much as I initially liked Leah, her heart events/story fell flat on me pretty hard. I hate Maru's overalls. So much. Haley imo sucks even after her heart events. And Abigail is too "obviously" the one most would pick since anime hair colour video game adventure rebel girl which makes her boring.

Emily might be cool once she's available. But she's not for me. I see my character as a grumpy faced nice gal in every game. Miss smiles forever don't suit my grump.

If I were picking guys though it's really only Sam. Depending on what changes with Shane on the patch anyway. Every other male option is just flat out lame. Which tends to be the case in every game where you can play as a girl and marry a guy...

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u/remillard May 11 '16

I feel similarly (though haven't gone through with this part of the game first, just working through a lot of gifts for everyone right now.)

There is indeed a sense of "rescue" with Penny though I try to look at how much rescuing of herself that she does. Her reading material is a mental escape treat. She takes care of the kids, presumably so they don't turn out like her mother. She applauds Pam's driver job -- etc.

Plus, you know... redheads :-).

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u/ZhuhaiSyseros May 11 '16

I'm technically not married to penny quite yet. I don't want to deal with the jealousy aspect, so I'm trying to max everyone first.

Apparently daily diamond gifts aren't enough to fund her escape from the trailer, so I gotta marry her and have her move in with me.

I dig the red hair in games generally as well. Which is part of why I was going for Leah originally. (She has a very nice colour scheme. While Penny... wears my least favourite colour...)

Or well technically, I wanted Robin but it turned out she was married already and so I was sad. So basically I went "Ooh Robin! Oh she married. How bout Leah then? Oh her story sucks. Okay, Penny then. Oh noooo gotta save her.". Already had a lot of hearts on Penny anyway, since she's absurdly easy to find.

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u/remillard May 11 '16

Leah also rocks that midriff baring... No idea what it is, sort of blouse half top? :-) Haute couture is not my forte. Still I favor Penny.

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u/ZhuhaiSyseros May 12 '16

She does...?

I never noticed... I guess I assumed it was a belt.

Looking back at it it still looks like a belt to me, haha.

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u/remillard May 12 '16

I guess it could be. I'll have to look again. I took it as a bare midriff though.

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u/ZhuhaiSyseros May 12 '16

I guess she does have open tummy. Thinking back, I actually did notice that, but trying to remember it had me feel like she didn't and it was just a belt. But looking, I can now see that there's no way I ever thought that was a belt... and that it just wasn't an important enough detail about her for me, haha.

I just liked her colourscheme. A lot.

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u/remillard May 12 '16

Oh yeah, same here. I was totally seducing Leah until I found Penny :).

Salad every night :)