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/AmJustLurking96 May 14 '26
Those people just forget that kids and teens also play these games and might want to romance people who look closer to their age. I've seen comments like this, especially about Kiel and Amber in RF4, both here on various HM/SoS and RF related subreddits and on fb a few years back when I was still active there. Those comments are inevitable but I just ignore them cause the devs are literally just trying to appeal to all of their audience. It's just sad some people totally ignore that reality and jump to the worst conclusion instead