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I kinda go back and forth on the whole Wizard's secret love child thing, on the one hand there are a LOT of hints that it's Abigail (her latent magic and seemingly now permanent purple hair, Caroline's old visits to the Wizard tower she had to stop because of Pierre's jealousy, the Wizard's speculation about having a child in the village and heavily implying he and the Witch are separated because he had an affair) but OTOH I just kinda like the idea that it's Caroline better. I do wish there was a mod that would add events around Abigail actually becoming his apprentice though, there's a ton of setup about her magical talent and his desire to train someone, but it all just gets left hanging. Hell I wish in general there was more progress for the characters who you don't end up marrying besides them all ending up perpetually stuck in their respective ruts. I'm way too far into my 1.6 save that's already kinda running out of steam to throw in the rival hearts mod, but it's definitely going in next time.
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Sydin posted:I kinda go back and forth on the whole Wizard's secret love child thing, on the one hand there are a LOT of hints that it's Abigail (her latent magic and seemingly now permanent purple hair, Caroline's old visits to the Wizard tower she had to stop because of Pierre's jealousy, the Wizard's speculation about having a child in the village and heavily implying he and the Witch are separated because he had an affair) but OTOH I just kinda like the idea that it's Caroline better. The thing I like about it being Caroline is that Abigail's magic and wacky hair can both be explained by the witch and wizard being her grandparents, it also explains why Caroline's hair is such a weird green hue as well, the only thing that doesn't track is Pierre being jealous about it
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Apr 10, 2024 18:48
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TurnipFritter posted:like she curses Haley's Camera so everything she takes a photo of dies, Worlds shitiest twilight zone: a magic camera that will cause any living thing that’s taken a photo of to die. It does not make them die sooner. It just makes them mortal on the off chance they weren’t already
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Worlds shitiest twilight zone: a magic camera that will cause any living thing that’s taken a photo of to die. Smartphones are thus a tool of anti-magic activists trying to eliminate the immortals from our world. This reminds me of how in the TV show Ultraviolet (no relation to the movies, very good stuff) their vampires didn't show on film, so when they went after them with guns they'd attach a little videoscreen to the top of the gun. If you could see it with your eyes but it's not on the screen, it's a vampire.
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explosivo posted:Convenient Inventory with the deposit to nearby feature is great, NPC map locations is great, Visible Fish is great... just a bunch of little things that really improve the experience without feeling overly cheaty. I don't love how there's still so much friction compared to games that have come out since, but all that stuff is moddable so 
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Worlds shitiest twilight zone: a magic camera that will cause any living thing that’s taken a photo of to die. This is how we defeat Yoba.
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Apr 10, 2024 19:50
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Mederlock posted:the only thing that doesn't track is Pierre being jealous about it Pierre being a dick always tracks
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Apr 10, 2024 19:51
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Maybe I will actually finally install NPC Map Locations whenever I get to 1.6 (read: when I have finished FF7 Rebirth)
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hmmm this is concerning, the internet has taught me a wizard's source of power is remaining celibate
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Apr 10, 2024 20:16
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Seems like we need a paternity test expansion with its own follow up character progressions
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Mad Wack posted:hmmm this is concerning, the internet has taught me a wizard's source of power is remaining celibate Are you conflating wizards and monks? Or perhaps wizards and incels?
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Grundulum posted:Or perhaps wizards and incels? Incels are certainly magical. For example, Clint manages a disappearing act whenever its time to pick up the tools 
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Mad Wack posted:hmmm this is concerning, the internet has taught me a wizard's source of power is remaining celibate
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Apr 10, 2024 20:57
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Yeah how many kids does the Wiz have, and does he happen to have 7 older brothers? ...dammit Mr. Qi is his 8th son, isn't he
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Apr 10, 2024 21:09
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Honestly one of my favorite things about Stardew is that they DONT outright just tell us/prove these things.
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Abigail being the Wizard's child feels almost too clean, because it gives a concrete excuse for why her family is somewhat dysfunctional even though a lot of families are unfortunately just like that. Their situation honestly reminds me a lot of the Pataki's in Hey Arnold: the dad who's obsessed with his business and money to the point of neglecting his family, the spacey mom who leans on
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I also enjoy that it's not outright stated. It's fun to pick that apart for yourself the first time through. Thanks to the goon who recommended Dynamic Reflections! That plus visible fish has made the water in the game look stunning.
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Apr 10, 2024 21:33
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 Enjoy your last year winning, Pierre.
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Apr 10, 2024 21:34
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Zesty posted:
lmao I've decided I reject the Abigail as the Wizard's daughter theory. Just a strange bit of fanfiction people grasp onto. Farewell...
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I feel like this makes it so explicitly probable that people who knee-jerk say it can't be the case are just weird hipsters.
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Apr 10, 2024 21:45
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My personal headcanons are so complicated that I need conspiracy boards to explain them, I'm not moved by simple A + B = C logic. Plebians.
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Midnight Voyager posted:I feel like this makes it so explicitly probable that people who knee-jerk say it can't be the case are just weird hipsters. There's no way all these very suggestive lines got put into the game just for the answer to be "actually, nah" That's just not how storytelling works.
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Apr 10, 2024 22:05
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The wizard's daughter was your grandma, that's why she is never seen nor mentioned by grandpa, she blanked his mind. Half the birds in town are your aunts and uncles, your dad only survived because he had a rabbit's foot in his pocket.
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Apr 10, 2024 22:07
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I think Concerned Ape made a very chill, feelgood game full of overall decent people. He added character flaws to many of them to prevent them from being boring, one dimensional cardboard cutouts, and in some cases opportunities for character growth. Of course the internet, being the internet, hyper-fixates on those flaws, and enters a feedback loop that ends with "X character is actually Hitler and in this essay I will explain why their existence is the worst thing ever and they deserve to be violently murdered"
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Mostly true, but Pierre and Lewis are just terrible people.
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Apr 10, 2024 22:14
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Abigail is the Krobus's daughter.
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Apr 10, 2024 22:23
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brb writing a mod that makes Krobus always refer to himself in third person as The Krobus
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Eric the Mauve posted:brb writing a mod that makes Krobus always refer to himself in third person as The Krobus I will install this, idk where that habit came from but I can't shake it
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I genuinely love this thread, it's like 10% game mechanics and 90% discussions about lore that comes from a place of love. It's all so wholesome
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Midnight Voyager posted:I feel like this makes it so explicitly probable that people who knee-jerk say it can't be the case are just weird hipsters. Pretty much, yeah. Caroline is one of the least likely women in the game to be the wizard's daughter, because she specifically talks about moving into town and him already being there. So in order to make that work, you have to construct some extra backstory about her family living in the valley before and her somehow moving away on her own, or the wizard and witch living wherever she was from and coincidentally all moving back to the same place, and now you've gone out on a limb to explain something that the game has already given you a simpler and more sensible explanation for. And that still doesn't get at why the wizard would want you to keep it a secret; that makes sense if it's a love child from his affair with the local shopkeeper's wife, but doesn't make any sense if it's just his regular-rear end kid with the person he was married to at the time.
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Radia posted:lmao You can't do that! You can't just have an opinion like that! I love the thread too. And when I bitch about Stardew characters it's just because it's fun to be a bit mean to fictional people that it can't hurt. I don't think Pierre is the worst, I just enjoy calling him names. Clint I *do* think comes off much creepier than was perhaps intended.
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Sloober posted:that's some monstrous sprinkler placement there chief we’ve been over this. i could move the whole column down a row, but then i’d just have three tiles of coverage wasted on the bottom row instead, and additionally i’d have wonky lines of sprinklers. not sure what you want me to do? 
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Wafflecopper posted:we’ve been over this. i could move the whole column down a row, but then i’d just have three tiles of coverage wasted on the bottom row instead, and additionally i’d have wonky lines of sprinklers. not sure what you want me to do? They're just joshin, your farm is perfect because it is yours Hey anyone who has a bit of their farm they're proud of, let's see it! I want some inspiration going into Year 2.
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The worst things about Clint are his festival dialogues pining for Emily after you’ve already married her
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Zesty posted:
the trash display whips rear end tbh
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counterfeitsaint posted:I think Concerned Ape made a very chill, feelgood game full of overall decent people. He added character flaws to many of them to prevent them from being boring, one dimensional cardboard cutouts, and in some cases opportunities for character growth. Of course the internet, being the internet, hyper-fixates on those flaws, and enters a feedback loop that ends with "X character is actually Hitler and in this essay I will explain why their existence is the worst thing ever and they deserve to be violently murdered"
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My goal for the next grange display is going to be 9 Lucky Purple Shorts now that I know where an endless supply is. I'm not patient enough, but you could theoretically decorate the entire town with them now.
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counterfeitsaint posted:My goal for the next grange display is going to be 9 Lucky Purple Shorts now that I know where an endless supply is. Gold-trimmed shorts in the middle, I hope.
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Not gunna link Twitter, but apparently there’s a new patch (1.6.4) coming next week - “more bug fixes and a few goodies” And it has no impact on the timing of console 1.6 releases.
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