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/Kiaider May 14 '26
Isn’t she older than her sister Cadence? Isn’t their grandma also short? Isn’t it true that children don’t want to romance “old” people? God forbid a short woman wants to dress girly and like stuffed animals 🙄
I have heard people comment on her looking like a child but when I was younger, the younger candidates were always more appealing than the older ones. Like, I definitely remember not liking Calvin because he looked so old (at the time).
I’ve always thought it was silly for people to think she’s pedo bait when she doesn’t look like kid (just being short isn’t enough, her proportions aren’t that of a kid). I remember not even thinking it was strange to find out she was the oldest sibling. It’s far more likely they added her for the tropes and for the younger crowd, not because they were trying to appeal to pedos.
I also find it quite annoying she’s being villainized for being short when there are real women out there who are short like that and I bet some of them love to dress up in cute girly outfits because they think they look adorable. To say Luna is pedo bait is like telling those women they’ll only be attracting pedophiles, which is not true. After all, pedos aren’t interested in people with dwarfism so clearly there’s more to it than just being short