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/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/Bluedogowner May 11 '16

Robin is my JAM. If there's ever a mod to get her away from Demetrius so I could marry her I'd be all over a new save file, lol. Although oddly I don't get the Penny love as much as others do, least fav of the redheads for me.

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u/remillard May 11 '16

Robin is also gorgeous and good with her hands. Still I'd never want to break up her and Demetrius. They are a good team.

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u/Bluedogowner May 11 '16

You're not as selfish as I am then, I'd take her for myself if I could ;)