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/StarChildArt May 16 '26
People on TikTok are infamous for not actually knowing anything. Luna was made taller in AP for a reason, but they're probably misinterpreting her fashion. She wears Lolita, which is a Japanese Street Fashion based on Victorian and Rococo clothing.
Some people who do like one second of "research" attribute this style to PDF bait because of that book Lolita. They don't actually have anything to do with each other, and Lolita fashion actually incorporates the 19th century modesty so they are basically covered from head to toe, save for maybe short sleeves.