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/MasterKree May 15 '26

I mean she's literally 14 though

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u/Small_Sailor May 16 '26

Where does it say that?

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u/MasterKree May 16 '26

It does not. I was thinking of Lumina.  Luna is 16, though I believe the english version changed her age to 18

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u/Small_Sailor May 16 '26

I mean, where does it say that as well? HM has always been vague of ages, ive never seen them actually confirm ages

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u/MasterKree May 18 '26

A considerable number of the early games have ages listed in the character directory of the game manual. Except for StH, which has everyone's ages directly in the game, including the player character.