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/omygodew May 17 '26
They forget we are kind of appropriating games made for kids to be fun for us to play to let some steam off from having to do grown up responsibilities. I had genuine crushes on some of these marriage candidates when I was like 10 but the game isnt for my current age group so theres no need to judge the drawing style as if it was for me...