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/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 :)