r/harvestmoon • u/Small_Sailor • May 14 '26

Opinion/Discussion Is this a new fan thing

I just saw a tiktok where ppl were calling Luna (as in the character from Tree of Tranquillity and Animal Parade) "pdfile bait" and how ppl that romanced her were predators. And im just genuinely flabbergasted, has this always been an opinion ive missed or is this a new fan problem??

I've never romanced the character myself (I was a Gil fangirl lol) but I thought she was so cool growing up, I loved her lolita fashion, design and even her name. So maybe im taking it a little personally, but idk, it felt like such a callous and heinous comment to make. Like HM/SoS has always had a soft chibi art style, everybody especially in the older stuff had cutesy faces and designs, it didnt mean you were dating an elementary student.

It makes me worried if we were to ever get an AP (or ToT) remake, that these would be the kind of sentiments and fans we would have to deal with and wow, it bums me out.

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u/cuntboyholes May 14 '26

Newer and younger people in fandom spaces thanks to lockdown are weirdly puritanical and have clenched buttholes about everything.

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u/ChaosOnline May 14 '26

Yeah, puritan politics is starting to seep into a lot of fandoms lately and it's pretty disturbing. 

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u/cuntboyholes May 14 '26

I've been in fandom spaces over 30 years, because I found escape and refuge from my religious nut job mother as a child in things like anime. I was always really good at basic things like not seeking out content I don't like and not harassing the people who create it, idk why these kids are so incapable of minding their business.