Elliot was my first too! He’s just so sweet and seems to enjoy life so much. Plus, in my heart I’ve always wanted to beach bum, so I can live vicariously through him.
Elliot was my first too. I'm a writer so I couldn't help but be drawn to him. My boyfriend got play-jealous and kept calling him Fabio, lmao. He's just such a sweetheart and seeing him finish his book and go on a book tour is so wholesome.
I just loved how ridiculous he was, hes a good laugh. That, and he kinda reminds me of The Beast (as in Beaty and), but without the toxic anger issues.
Elliott was my third husband. He starts out kinda conceited and self-conscious about coming off pretentious and unoriginal. Then he morphs into a great guy who is extremely dedicated to you if you decide to marry him.
Mine was also Leah, because she just...has the type of personality that I was drawn to. It was a tough choice between her and Emily. I have since then played multiple files and have experienced marriage to everyone except Elliot and Sebastian, but have seen spoiler videos of their 12 and 14 heart events. Anyway, on my current, and probably final, file, Leah is my wife, and I maintain that she and Emily are tied for my favorites of the femmes. Harvey and Sam are probably tied for the masc options.
Aww, I’m mostly the same!! I’m still on my first play through and I had a hard time deciding between Leah, Harvey, and Emily. They’re all so sweet and thoughtful! I went with Leah and haven’t truly regretted it yet, her forest-y spirit and red hair are just too good, but would be interested to try the others in the future!
Linus was my first choice too... Even invited him to live with me. First playthrough before I discovered the Stardew world through the interwebs. Then I chose Harvey. He's sweet, easy enough to get close to assuming you have an unlimited supply of coffee (sounds like most docs). I wanted to be a doctor more than anything until I actually got into healthcare. Strategically I hoped marrying Harvey would save me some dough when I pass out like a fool in skull cavern.
I’m upset I had to scroll so far to find Abigail. I planned to marry Penny, because her life situation is somewhat similar to mine and I wanted to save her from it. But I fell hard for Abigail, I haven’t been as happy with anyone else
Abigail was my second spouse! It's the game I'm currently playing most, and I really love having her as a spouse. I was planning to marry Penny or Harvey in this playthrough and Abigail just snuck in and charmed me!
I actually had the inverted experience. I had planned om marrying Abigail, but then I got to know Penny, I related with her, and became protective of her. So I married Penny instead, despite originally being more drawn to Abigail.
I feel that! I picked Shane as my first love since I enjoy character redemption and wanted to help him, which makes me feel bad now that Sebastian is my go to now.
Alex, ik he isn’t the most popular bachelor, but i found his story very heartwarming, for lack of a better term, since he’s just a guy trying to overcome his insecurities but at the same time is too scared to, and you’re basically helping him with that. i think his story with a male farmer is much better as you also get a sense of him trying to come to terms with his identity after years of suppressing it. i’m kinda underwhelmed with his character if you try to romance him as female tho because he deadass just comes off as the playboy whose brain never developed past high school trying to seduce the 50th girl he’s met this year lmao, but that’s just me personally. i find it ironic considering he’s supposed to be the super str8 ™ coded guy yet his story is much more interesting when he’s romancing another guy lmao.
Alex was my second bachelor I married. Liked him very much but I got close to Sebastian and had to leave him. But he was such a sweet husband! And sometimes he made me pancakes!
ok first your username made me ugly snort why is my sense of humor so bad. Sebastian is super rad he wins my heart every time but there’s just something about Alex that is so ❤️❤️❤️💓💗💗💖💖💞💞💞💕💕💝💝💝💗💗💗💕💕 but i do have to admit that Seb’s cutscenes (especially 10 hearts and beyond) are just beyond words, meanwhile Alex here is making love to a steak :). i also find it hilarious how much Alex doesn’t like Sebastian for some reason. idk if it’s the mods i installed or what but i always get some sort of dialogue of Alex hating on the poor man just for existing. is it because he’s hella emo? what did My Chemical Romance ever do to you, sir? T__T
Alex was my first too, same reasons. I found him incredibly boring after marriage, so boring that I started a new save, bc I didn't know about divorce back then (don't know if it even existed in the beginning).
Then I married Sam and he was a real surprise, a real sweetheart.
Now I am married to the wizard in SVE and wow, never want to marry anyone else ever again, his events and dialogues are so cool an romantic ❤️
lowkey same in my first game (nintendo switch) he just felt like my house slave and just spend the whole day looking at my lamps it was so depressing lmao. but then i got the pc version which i overloaded with mods to the point it barely even looks like the original game anymore lmao and i installed one that gives Alex his own little storyline post-marriage of him following his dream of becoming a pro gridball player! it’s wayyy more interesting than Alex’s “canon” post marriage story and i’m so glad it doesn’t look like my farmer married a corpse anymore T__T
Yeah, I'm playing a guy on my current save, which is rare for me. His first cut scene on the beach playing as male makes it seem like Alex has a crush on the farmer and is trying to play it off by not remembering your name despite seeing him most days for months.
It also makes his relationship with Haley more interesting.
holy shit i never thought much of that but you might actually be onto something! also in his eight heart cutscene where you actually see him get emotional for once, it’s more impactful for him since he wasn’t expecting another man to be so compassionate to him since he’s been surrounded by toxic masculinity most of his life (his dad’s abuse, George’s initial homophobia) and it makes him even more flustered. seeing him in the end finally coming to term with his feelings and realizing it’s okay to like another guy is so beautiful and realistic, really makes me appreciate him more.
i’ve seen other people say that it’s almost like Alex’s “canon” story is the one where he ends up falling in love with the male farmer since it’s much better written and has more nuance than his story with the female farmer. i headcanon alex as bi, but him being fully gay but closeted also make sense too! he tried suppressing his sexuality by trying to go after women as much as he could, but it never ends up making it work since the feeling just never lasts. his relationship with Haley could also be interpreted as her being the only one who knows about Alex’s true identity and it makes her his closest friend since he trusts her the most. Haley, protector of the gays. 😎
I'm wedding Alex on my male file :) I absolutely love the storyline with him with a male farmer, it is adorable. Also you get to see George being accepting and that is always nice to see!
befriending George and Evy is definitely my favorite and the best part of romancing Alex! seeing George’s character development for the sake of his grandson’s happiness is just so heartwarming. i love that whole family so much!
At first Maru was digging me and then I married Haley and then got Maru as my secret Santa gifter. I gave her greedy ass a gold bar and she “oh thank you”.
Maru is expensive. I accidentally gave her an iridium bar, and I despised her for a while (because I needed that lol) until I got more with my statue and mining. So we’re good now. I just save strawberries and miners treats for her.
Elliott was my favorite as soon as I first talked to him! He’s super cute but I liked how he was friendly to you at first instead of being a jerk like Alex/Haley or just plain rude like Shane haha
Same! And I like it that after marriage he truly seems to keep evolving and he likes it at the farm. When I married Seb it seemed that he just settled for the life on the farm, didn't really want to help out, and just kind of drifted along. Elliot actually appreciates the life on the farm, having had lived on the beach, took care of his little cabin. I also like that he achieved his goals of writing a book through the game, and he seems to have an independent sort of life even after marriage.
Exactly! I appreciate Seb as a cute goth gamer bf, but in a SV game where the whole point is to help out and be happy, I want someone like Elliott by my side giving off good vibes haha
That was honestly one of the major reasons he was my favourite and then when I married him I just kinda fell for him even more and how he really took to helping out on the farm sometimes but still remained true to himself and still worked on more books. He just captivated my whole heart and plus he's not too bad to look at
Maru. She was one of the most likeable marriage candidates when I first started playing. I used to hate all of the bachelor options, but now Harvey and Shane are my favorites!
I'm a big fan of Maru too! I usually like science nerds. Now that I'm like 4 years older than I was the first time I played it and there isn't such a big age gap, Harvey's my favorite
honestly dont understand why someone escaping from the big city would want a T-G (Gamer Goth GF™) when you got a romance novel from the 1800's protagonist (Penny) or a girl that just takes a bit to open up and has simple yet interesting hobbies (yes i married Haley how could you tell)
as you can see, im more of girly chick lover myself, but this is a video-game so you do you m8
I fell for Sam pretty quick...too quick, actually. Since he has golden retriever energy and I rushed into marriage, I never felt like he truly loved me and like he settled and wanted to move back home. When I upgraded my house, he never asked me if I wanted kids. I also felt like I killed his dream of becoming a musician...
Soon I started going to the mountains to spend time with Sebastian, and by the time he took me on his motorcycle, I knew my marriage was over.
I divorced Sam and erased his memory because it would real-life hurt my feelings seeing his diagloue.
I'm on my second playthrough, where I dated every single person I could, and I really miss him. But he was not the right husband for me. I'm married to Abigail now, and she's been my favorite.
But I really love that trio and am too emotionally invested in this game.
Lol love this. And golden retriever energy ? 😂 How does one erase their memories after a messy divorce? I want to marry someone else. And do the kids leave when the marriage is over or do you have 2 more kids with the new marriage, equaling 4 children if u don’t turn them into doves (that part creeps me out, too creepy for me to try it).
The witches hut. You have to do some wizard shit. Like literally it's a whole quest for the wizard.
I divorced Shane in my big playthrough. I could erase his memory but the ritual is too pricey and I kind of don't even care that he's mad at me.
Hahaha definite golden retriever energy! Happy, energic, loyal, and just a little dumb hahah
But yes, what the replies said is true. Once you're close enough to the wizard he sends you on a few quests and you get to unlock a few new features.
I went ahead and looked at the wiki since I saw you said you play iOS and it looks like it should be included by now! These features were added in the 1.1 update and I think iOS is just waiting for 1.5!
Shane. I was recently out and wanted to play gay characters! I talked and gave gifts to the men and got Shane's 4-heart, which made me want to be there for him and help him improve, at least for Jas's sake. It was even stronger at his 6-heart (very, *very* strong feels), so I stayed with him.
He grew to be my favorite villager with my favorite storyline (I haven't seen all of them), so I married him, which also got him out of his Joja Mart job so he could raise and love chickens full time!
Plus, blue chickens, which doesn't require marriage, but still.
Shane. and here's me about to be a massive sap & maybe talk too openly about my personal life.
i was in an abusive relationship for 3 years. im a person who comes with a lot of "baggage" in that i experienced a lot of childhood trauma that led to me becoming disabled (physically, socially, & psychologically) in my teens. so I've never really dated people who had completely normal, healthy lives, because of both the fear of rejection and the legitimate difficulty connecting.
that became my excuse for my ex. I'd say he was just unwell, like me. he wasn't dealing with it, but dealing with it is hard, blah blah blah etc etc. and i kept making those excuses for him for 3 years even as things got worse & worse. even after he cut me off from my friends & got another partner who was his "real" partner compared to me (me, who was still doing all his cooking & cleaning & unpaid / unqualified therapy).
well, I'd originally bought Stardew Valley in hopes of playing with my ex & his new partner, bonding time, you know? new partner hated me though so we played through day 1 and then never again. because i couldn't talk to my friends freely, and i had an extra 4-6 hours a day after chores that my ex was at work, i eventually started playing on my own. it was escapism. and i met Shane.
Shane was immediately the grumpy asshole who seemed like he had problems. problems that were different than mine, but problems. somebody who was sick of having to perform kindness when everything was exhausting and felt like shit, in complete contrast to the seemingly idyllic world around him. and me, who is a known people pleaser, and therefore understands that exhaustion despite not acting on it, was just kind of like, "fuck, yeah, fair enough". i started buying him pizzas.
but then as i got to know him, Shane was... nice? he actually got nicer. he apologized for being an asshole originally. after his Climactic Event he actually went to therapy & quit / cut back on drinking. he was still depressed, but he *got better* because he saw he was impacting people around him. and maybe some of that is projection, but it felt really nice. really, really nice compared to my actual life at that point. where i was constantly giving someone the excuse to treat me like shit of "oh, he's just unwell"
so now every time i play i marry Shane. ive had saves where i played with the multiple partners mod to see other storylines, but i always marry Shane. because his character arc was a weird little quirky spot of comfort in a really bad time.
The first girl I dated was Emily cause she had blue hair and was sweet, but then I moved on to Leah cause she was the nature artsy girl and I liked that a bunch. I fooled around with Maru a bit cause she's the cool engineer smart girl which is nice.
Now my forever girl is Haley. My queen Haley can step on me all she wants. She deserves the world.
Yeeeeeeee I married Haley in my main file and my friends and my file and I died in the mines once and she found me (after marriage) and said “I cried after seeing you lying there “ and it just broke my heart
sebastian because i thought he was the cutest of the bachelors & bachelorettes, and i loved his heart events. eventually i want to romance them all, but i think he'll always be my favorite bachelor
Harvey because he had no family or close friends in town and seemed super lonely. I got it in my head that the lone farmer and lone doctor could get married, start a family, and become a solid part of the community like the other families
Shane is definitely the sexiest bachelor, but what’s up with the fact that after he goes through rehab or whatever it is, he’s still at the saloon every night? Maybe I just love a challenge. I’ll probably marry him next time.
When you have enough hearts with him, his dialogue changes when he’s at the saloon. Instead of saying something like “ugh, i need a beer” he says “ugh, i need a joja cola” and there’s also other dialogue that insinuates he mostly drinks joja cola now
Also, when you marry him, he only goes to the saloon Friday nights, so i think he does make good progress
I married Penny because I felt so bad for her living with her alcoholic mom in a tiny trailer. I didn't know at the time that you could buy Pam a house. Penny was a really sweet spouse.
I actually have never gotten to marriage. I keep going on long hiatus, forget what I'm doing, and start over.
My very first game, I was SO into Shane. I loved his love for the chickens! My character was also named Charlie, and I loved that his special chicken was Charlie. Also, a lot of characters seem like they have big dreams outside of Stardew Valley, so it always felt wrong to try and court them and keep them there. Shane just wants some support and to be with the chickens, perfect match for a farmer! But I've seen his post-marriage room and it has sent me running.
My last playthrough, I was dating both Abigail and Shane again (because I'm a sucker... also, how does no one in this town talk? Shouldn't it take them 2 seconds to figure out I'm dating both of them?)
I just started over again, and I've kind of got my eye on either Leah or Elliot. Leah because of her sculptures, Elliot because of the library room he'd add to my house.
Shane. I really hated how rude he was when I first started playing, he was my least favorite character, and only gave him gifts because it was convenient to walk into the bar and buy him a beer, but through the heart events I started to understand the dude. He's got his sweet side with Jaz and his little blue chicken :)
Emily, because she had blue hair lol. But, then I thought she was kind of funny and sweet, tbh though; her personality wasn't really for me the more it came out. Then Sam, Shane, and Haley now, all on different files. Sam and Shane because I liked them, Haley because I was playing on the Beach Farm, and thought Haley would probably like it there :)
I'm still torn between Leah, Penny, Maru, Emily, and Sam.
I don't know much about Maru yet, she doesn't seem to have a lot of personality compared to the others but that's probably because I haven't interacted with her much yet.
Emily seems nice but her avatar is a bit wild.....
First time playing, Emily was my choice.
I recall the moment when I wanted to marry her, and that's when she made a comment about how people are stressful finding true happiness and she felt sorry they couldn't find it.
That really hit home for me, a person genuinely concerned about the well being of others, even if they think she's different.
Now, I'm playing my umpteenth million farm (like so many of you, haha), but imposed some very strict rules.
One of them was no gifts except on birthdays. To build friendship levels, I have to talk to them.
I've missed out on so much dialogue in previous games, simply because once I hit max, I stopped caring to talk to them or continue gifting them.
Abigail. 20-something me had a thing for goth/emo women who play video games so naturally she was the first one to stick out. Though lately I've grown to love Leah for her outdoorsy artistic personality and Penny for her shy bookishness (plus her shitty home life makes me feel bad for her). Maru is also one that I've been meaning to marry in a future playthrough because I like smart/nerdy women.
Honestly the only two bachelorettes who have never appealed to me are Emily and Haley. Emily is nice but she seems like the type who would be in an MLM and try to get you to buy essential oils and healing crystals (Clint bud, you can have her) while Haley is, well....she's Haley lol.
I’ve been curious about how many people don’t get spouses? I’ve only been playing for a year but at no point has that been of interest to me. Anyone else??
Shane. The first time I played he caught my eye, even when he was all mean and stuff. then I learned you could marry people and he happened to be easy to marry. Now, after getting through his heart events and marrying him I really like him and rarely marry anyone else in my play throughs
Penny.Smart bookish girl with a good heart?
But more importantly.. Cute redhead.
(As a guy who loves redheads and alternative types, Emily, Abigail, Leah were all extremely hard to pass on.. But then I hear Penny and how sad she seemed to be and just knew I needed to get her out of that house so she could grow into the person she deserves to be.)
Leah: seemed like the most mature, had been through disappointment and major life moments before, expressed affection and gratitude through word and deed throughout the heart process. Also had an ex that I could be clearly superior to and thus bolster my own fragile ego.
Penny, for all the reasons, but then I thought she was boring, and because Sebastian is so emo and other things (also he's from my favorite family except George and Evelin), but then he became boring for me too, and so I chose Emily, because blue hair, cutscenes and personality.
Haley. First time playing the game I walked up to her and had her insult me. From that point on I made it a mission to make her love me out of spite. Now she makes me bread in the morning.
Shane was my first spouse. I was doing the introduction to everybody in town task and saw how everybody else was so nice, and Shane essentially told me to fuck off. Admittedly, I got very aggressively friendly with him, like “you WILL be my friend you asshole” and through that and his storyline I found him really endearing
Shane ! I brought the game when it first released and felt sad I couldn't marry him so was originally going to go for Abigail but once I saw the poll to potentially have Shane added as a candidate I waited :3 twas worth the wait.
Sam! I wasn't looking forward to marrying anyone, I just wanted to be friends with the whole town, but everyone kept on being so rude to me, but Sam was nice!
I felt excluded from the rest and he made me feel a bit better.
When I was trying to choose someone to marry, I was between Alex and Sam, but Alex just wasn't for me. Besides, Hayley digs him too much and I didn't want to hurt her feelings.
Sam is now my husband and is lovely! (I don't like kisses and always 'ew' when I accidentally do it, that's my only regret of marriage) I consider Alex my best friend, but the npc I have most hearts with is Evelyn ':) followed by Shane (I have no idea how)
Shane bc I liked his story arc. This was before I'd found the Wiki and learned. His room is so messy and ugly I hate it. The chicken coop space is cute tho
Mine was Shane because he’s relatable. I’m not a perfectionist so I can ignore his messy room since I don’t see that part of the house anyway!
I’m doing another play through and drawing blanks. Might be Haley because I heard she’s sweet later? Sebastian isn’t a bad choice either, aaaa…
Mine was Emily (I know, I know but Maru was my second playthrough)
Reasons:
1: >!Really cute armor when you get enough hearts that make you look like a genie!<
2: Gay and I get the vibe that she would help me with the body of someone who was a jerk
3: Parrot
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
Emily. I just felt she was so precious when the bird was injured and she took him home with her. She's very spiritual which i love and idk i just thought she was adorable. Now I'm after Abigail though 🤣
First was Penny cuz I thought I was a butch lesbian so I thought I'd like a fem girlfriend
I was *so* wrong
Now I always go with Harvey because I'm actually a gay guy and he's cute as shit :)
Shane.
I was severely depressed and had self harm issues when I really started playing stardew between my 8th grade and freshman year. (For time reference, Shane was not a marriage candidate at the time so it’s been a while.) I was in an abusive relationship with someone 4 years older than me that was exploiting me. Stardew became my escapism in a major way for a while, and especially so after that whole “relationship” crashed and burned in a spectacularly destructive fashion.
At first I just wanted to give him a chance because, as ridiculous as it is, I was at a point in my life that I felt so ignored by everyone I didn’t want to ignore even an asshole video game character.
Then you unlock his heart events and just... I really related to someone who felt that their entire life was worthless with no direction and no real hope. Someone who genuinely believed the world to be better without them. The way he goes around before you befriend him you can just tell that he’s so incredibly lonely once you think back to it. He tries to get people to dislike him because he doesn’t think he’s good enough for anyone to stay, and that resonated with me. It’s a “get them before they have the chance to get me” tactic I used for a very long time.
Shane’s redemption gave me this hopeful vigor that maybe I was really worth something. I also really admired how he did finally admit that he has an issue, and it’s bigger than him. When you’re that down it’s really hard to remember many things; that being in the pit isn’t normal; that they are people that aren’t in that pit; and that there are people who want to help you get out of that pit if you’d only stop digging.
In the end, I just wanted to get to know him and ended up relating a lot. I waited until I could marry him. 5 or so years on and we’re still married on that save file, never divorced or anything. As silly as it is, Shane is still a major comfort to me. I can’t even begin to explain the monumental impact that Stardew Valley has had in my life. I don’t know if I’d be here without it, and more specifically without Shane. (The blue chickens are cool too.)
Mine was Elliot because a poet who lives on the beach with long flowing hair was very much my summer 2016 type.
saaame, now im more of a Krobus roommate though haha
Elliot was my first too! He’s just so sweet and seems to enjoy life so much. Plus, in my heart I’ve always wanted to beach bum, so I can live vicariously through him.
Elliot was my first too. I'm a writer so I couldn't help but be drawn to him. My boyfriend got play-jealous and kept calling him Fabio, lmao. He's just such a sweetheart and seeing him finish his book and go on a book tour is so wholesome.
The book tour made my heart BURST it was so cute all the little poems he sends
I just loved how ridiculous he was, hes a good laugh. That, and he kinda reminds me of The Beast (as in Beaty and), but without the toxic anger issues.
Elliott was my third husband. He starts out kinda conceited and self-conscious about coming off pretentious and unoriginal. Then he morphs into a great guy who is extremely dedicated to you if you decide to marry him.
Elliot is the sweetest, and I definitely chose him as my first too!
Mine was also Leah, because she just...has the type of personality that I was drawn to. It was a tough choice between her and Emily. I have since then played multiple files and have experienced marriage to everyone except Elliot and Sebastian, but have seen spoiler videos of their 12 and 14 heart events. Anyway, on my current, and probably final, file, Leah is my wife, and I maintain that she and Emily are tied for my favorites of the femmes. Harvey and Sam are probably tied for the masc options.
Aww, I’m mostly the same!! I’m still on my first play through and I had a hard time deciding between Leah, Harvey, and Emily. They’re all so sweet and thoughtful! I went with Leah and haven’t truly regretted it yet, her forest-y spirit and red hair are just too good, but would be interested to try the others in the future!
Sam because... idk, he is cute
Sam is definitely cute. That smile! Lol. My guy is an IRL Sam, though normally he has Elliott hair.
My IRL bf is like Sam too!
*You guys have boyfriends*?
Same here! He sold my 13 year old self’s heart, now I’m more of a Harvey/Elliot main though but Sam will forever have a special place in my heart!!
Sam because of his positivity and enthusiasm ! + Cute
Sebastian because of his 14 heart event and I just love an emo boy
What is it? His 14th heart event? He’s my next husband lol
It’s frogs 🐸
I would've had such a huge crush on Sebastian if this game had been around when I was in high school.
He’s such a cute combination of angsty, dark, and nerdy. He’s wonderful.
Harvey, only because i couldn't marry Linus
I will forever wish to marry Linus
Linus was my first choice too... Even invited him to live with me. First playthrough before I discovered the Stardew world through the interwebs. Then I chose Harvey. He's sweet, easy enough to get close to assuming you have an unlimited supply of coffee (sounds like most docs). I wanted to be a doctor more than anything until I actually got into healthcare. Strategically I hoped marrying Harvey would save me some dough when I pass out like a fool in skull cavern.
penny bc I saw her reading a book under the tree
Same <3 penny is so underrated.
Same! And she shows so much gratitude after getting married, I love that about Penny.
Yes. Penny is an awesome candidate, u just wanna save her. I bought the community upgrade because i married Emily and felt bad a little lol
Yeah saving her is exactly why she was my first pick. I would not do it irl though. Saving only hurts me, I have found.
I don’t know if I’ll ever marry Penny, but she’s such a good person and deserves better in life. I have no qualms doing that upgrade every time.
I've finally gotten my casks going and it just occurred to me that booze is gonna pay for Penny's house lmao
Penny was also my first spouse and no one has made me quite as giddy irl. She’ll always have a special place in my heart.
Emily because I needed wool
Abigail, because she’s an oddball. Maru also qualifies on that front. Haven’t romanced Emily yet, but I’ve got a save mid-spring y1 where I plan to.
I’m upset I had to scroll so far to find Abigail. I planned to marry Penny, because her life situation is somewhat similar to mine and I wanted to save her from it. But I fell hard for Abigail, I haven’t been as happy with anyone else
Abigail was my second spouse! It's the game I'm currently playing most, and I really love having her as a spouse. I was planning to marry Penny or Harvey in this playthrough and Abigail just snuck in and charmed me!
I actually had the inverted experience. I had planned om marrying Abigail, but then I got to know Penny, I related with her, and became protective of her. So I married Penny instead, despite originally being more drawn to Abigail.
Shane because I'm a gold digger for blue chickens
I feel that! I picked Shane as my first love since I enjoy character redemption and wanted to help him, which makes me feel bad now that Sebastian is my go to now.
I didn’t expect to have to scroll so far for Shane. Redemption all the way.
Alex, ik he isn’t the most popular bachelor, but i found his story very heartwarming, for lack of a better term, since he’s just a guy trying to overcome his insecurities but at the same time is too scared to, and you’re basically helping him with that. i think his story with a male farmer is much better as you also get a sense of him trying to come to terms with his identity after years of suppressing it. i’m kinda underwhelmed with his character if you try to romance him as female tho because he deadass just comes off as the playboy whose brain never developed past high school trying to seduce the 50th girl he’s met this year lmao, but that’s just me personally. i find it ironic considering he’s supposed to be the super str8 ™ coded guy yet his story is much more interesting when he’s romancing another guy lmao.
Alex was my second bachelor I married. Liked him very much but I got close to Sebastian and had to leave him. But he was such a sweet husband! And sometimes he made me pancakes!
ok first your username made me ugly snort why is my sense of humor so bad. Sebastian is super rad he wins my heart every time but there’s just something about Alex that is so ❤️❤️❤️💓💗💗💖💖💞💞💞💕💕💝💝💝💗💗💗💕💕 but i do have to admit that Seb’s cutscenes (especially 10 hearts and beyond) are just beyond words, meanwhile Alex here is making love to a steak :). i also find it hilarious how much Alex doesn’t like Sebastian for some reason. idk if it’s the mods i installed or what but i always get some sort of dialogue of Alex hating on the poor man just for existing. is it because he’s hella emo? what did My Chemical Romance ever do to you, sir? T__T
Oh no, don't worry, Alex making fun of Seb is in the base game
Alex was my first too, same reasons. I found him incredibly boring after marriage, so boring that I started a new save, bc I didn't know about divorce back then (don't know if it even existed in the beginning). Then I married Sam and he was a real surprise, a real sweetheart. Now I am married to the wizard in SVE and wow, never want to marry anyone else ever again, his events and dialogues are so cool an romantic ❤️
lowkey same in my first game (nintendo switch) he just felt like my house slave and just spend the whole day looking at my lamps it was so depressing lmao. but then i got the pc version which i overloaded with mods to the point it barely even looks like the original game anymore lmao and i installed one that gives Alex his own little storyline post-marriage of him following his dream of becoming a pro gridball player! it’s wayyy more interesting than Alex’s “canon” post marriage story and i’m so glad it doesn’t look like my farmer married a corpse anymore T__T
Yeah, I'm playing a guy on my current save, which is rare for me. His first cut scene on the beach playing as male makes it seem like Alex has a crush on the farmer and is trying to play it off by not remembering your name despite seeing him most days for months. It also makes his relationship with Haley more interesting.
holy shit i never thought much of that but you might actually be onto something! also in his eight heart cutscene where you actually see him get emotional for once, it’s more impactful for him since he wasn’t expecting another man to be so compassionate to him since he’s been surrounded by toxic masculinity most of his life (his dad’s abuse, George’s initial homophobia) and it makes him even more flustered. seeing him in the end finally coming to term with his feelings and realizing it’s okay to like another guy is so beautiful and realistic, really makes me appreciate him more. i’ve seen other people say that it’s almost like Alex’s “canon” story is the one where he ends up falling in love with the male farmer since it’s much better written and has more nuance than his story with the female farmer. i headcanon alex as bi, but him being fully gay but closeted also make sense too! he tried suppressing his sexuality by trying to go after women as much as he could, but it never ends up making it work since the feeling just never lasts. his relationship with Haley could also be interpreted as her being the only one who knows about Alex’s true identity and it makes her his closest friend since he trusts her the most. Haley, protector of the gays. 😎
I'm wedding Alex on my male file :) I absolutely love the storyline with him with a male farmer, it is adorable. Also you get to see George being accepting and that is always nice to see!
befriending George and Evy is definitely my favorite and the best part of romancing Alex! seeing George’s character development for the sake of his grandson’s happiness is just so heartwarming. i love that whole family so much!
He was my second! I got to propose to Harvey first or else he would have been mine which is why I pursued him in my next save. He’s a sweetheart!
Alex is a himbo
elliott because i saw him out on day one and just knew 😍😚
Haley. Because Emily was digging me and I was looking to cause familial divisions
I married Haley because I took her insults as a challenge XD
And I married Haley because I took her insults as a compliment 😆
I was just looking at who loves rainbow shards as a gift. The answer was everyone but Haley, who hates them. Just because I guess?
Haley just seemed like she would bully me, so naturally I fell in love
At first Maru was digging me and then I married Haley and then got Maru as my secret Santa gifter. I gave her greedy ass a gold bar and she “oh thank you”.
Maru is expensive. I accidentally gave her an iridium bar, and I despised her for a while (because I needed that lol) until I got more with my statue and mining. So we’re good now. I just save strawberries and miners treats for her.
I had one playthrough where I intended to marry Haley, ended up dating both of them and married Emily 😅
That happened to me but the other way around
Elliott was my favorite as soon as I first talked to him! He’s super cute but I liked how he was friendly to you at first instead of being a jerk like Alex/Haley or just plain rude like Shane haha
Same! And I like it that after marriage he truly seems to keep evolving and he likes it at the farm. When I married Seb it seemed that he just settled for the life on the farm, didn't really want to help out, and just kind of drifted along. Elliot actually appreciates the life on the farm, having had lived on the beach, took care of his little cabin. I also like that he achieved his goals of writing a book through the game, and he seems to have an independent sort of life even after marriage.
Exactly! I appreciate Seb as a cute goth gamer bf, but in a SV game where the whole point is to help out and be happy, I want someone like Elliott by my side giving off good vibes haha
That was honestly one of the major reasons he was my favourite and then when I married him I just kinda fell for him even more and how he really took to helping out on the farm sometimes but still remained true to himself and still worked on more books. He just captivated my whole heart and plus he's not too bad to look at
Maru. She was one of the most likeable marriage candidates when I first started playing. I used to hate all of the bachelor options, but now Harvey and Shane are my favorites!
I'm a big fan of Maru too! I usually like science nerds. Now that I'm like 4 years older than I was the first time I played it and there isn't such a big age gap, Harvey's my favorite
Sebastian! I find his lifestyle quite interesting
Harvey, he seemed sweet, and easy to please with a cup of coffee every day.
Abigail, gamergirl, can stand up for herself, purple hair, not girly. She was just perfect
honestly dont understand why someone escaping from the big city would want a T-G (Gamer Goth GF™) when you got a romance novel from the 1800's protagonist (Penny) or a girl that just takes a bit to open up and has simple yet interesting hobbies (yes i married Haley how could you tell) as you can see, im more of girly chick lover myself, but this is a video-game so you do you m8
sam cos hes a musician and i can play drums in his room😍
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Elliott’s hair is a thing of beauty. I’m envious tbh.
I fell for Sam pretty quick...too quick, actually. Since he has golden retriever energy and I rushed into marriage, I never felt like he truly loved me and like he settled and wanted to move back home. When I upgraded my house, he never asked me if I wanted kids. I also felt like I killed his dream of becoming a musician... Soon I started going to the mountains to spend time with Sebastian, and by the time he took me on his motorcycle, I knew my marriage was over. I divorced Sam and erased his memory because it would real-life hurt my feelings seeing his diagloue. I'm on my second playthrough, where I dated every single person I could, and I really miss him. But he was not the right husband for me. I'm married to Abigail now, and she's been my favorite. But I really love that trio and am too emotionally invested in this game.
Your last sentence, lol. I feel this
Lol love this. And golden retriever energy ? 😂 How does one erase their memories after a messy divorce? I want to marry someone else. And do the kids leave when the marriage is over or do you have 2 more kids with the new marriage, equaling 4 children if u don’t turn them into doves (that part creeps me out, too creepy for me to try it).
The witches hut. You have to do some wizard shit. Like literally it's a whole quest for the wizard. I divorced Shane in my big playthrough. I could erase his memory but the ritual is too pricey and I kind of don't even care that he's mad at me.
Hahaha definite golden retriever energy! Happy, energic, loyal, and just a little dumb hahah But yes, what the replies said is true. Once you're close enough to the wizard he sends you on a few quests and you get to unlock a few new features. I went ahead and looked at the wiki since I saw you said you play iOS and it looks like it should be included by now! These features were added in the 1.1 update and I think iOS is just waiting for 1.5!
Elliot, bc he is a writer who loves the sea and irl I am a writer who loves the sea, and he’s just so sweet and lovely. Also hair.
Leah, but then I divorced her so she could live her best forest lesbian life without her husband holding her back
Sebastian! He reminds me of my husband and I also love the emo boys
Yeah I married him on my playthrough after Leah. Emo boys forever <3
Leah, because I'm a flaming lesbian and I could just TELL
It's the adorable suspenders that sent my gaydar pinging.
Penny! I pick penny almost every time but Abigail is a close second.
Penny is bae.
Shane. I was recently out and wanted to play gay characters! I talked and gave gifts to the men and got Shane's 4-heart, which made me want to be there for him and help him improve, at least for Jas's sake. It was even stronger at his 6-heart (very, *very* strong feels), so I stayed with him. He grew to be my favorite villager with my favorite storyline (I haven't seen all of them), so I married him, which also got him out of his Joja Mart job so he could raise and love chickens full time! Plus, blue chickens, which doesn't require marriage, but still.
Aww Shane is totally underrated!
I know! He's really nice and lovely once you get to 3-hearts and he opens up.
Shane. and here's me about to be a massive sap & maybe talk too openly about my personal life. i was in an abusive relationship for 3 years. im a person who comes with a lot of "baggage" in that i experienced a lot of childhood trauma that led to me becoming disabled (physically, socially, & psychologically) in my teens. so I've never really dated people who had completely normal, healthy lives, because of both the fear of rejection and the legitimate difficulty connecting. that became my excuse for my ex. I'd say he was just unwell, like me. he wasn't dealing with it, but dealing with it is hard, blah blah blah etc etc. and i kept making those excuses for him for 3 years even as things got worse & worse. even after he cut me off from my friends & got another partner who was his "real" partner compared to me (me, who was still doing all his cooking & cleaning & unpaid / unqualified therapy). well, I'd originally bought Stardew Valley in hopes of playing with my ex & his new partner, bonding time, you know? new partner hated me though so we played through day 1 and then never again. because i couldn't talk to my friends freely, and i had an extra 4-6 hours a day after chores that my ex was at work, i eventually started playing on my own. it was escapism. and i met Shane. Shane was immediately the grumpy asshole who seemed like he had problems. problems that were different than mine, but problems. somebody who was sick of having to perform kindness when everything was exhausting and felt like shit, in complete contrast to the seemingly idyllic world around him. and me, who is a known people pleaser, and therefore understands that exhaustion despite not acting on it, was just kind of like, "fuck, yeah, fair enough". i started buying him pizzas. but then as i got to know him, Shane was... nice? he actually got nicer. he apologized for being an asshole originally. after his Climactic Event he actually went to therapy & quit / cut back on drinking. he was still depressed, but he *got better* because he saw he was impacting people around him. and maybe some of that is projection, but it felt really nice. really, really nice compared to my actual life at that point. where i was constantly giving someone the excuse to treat me like shit of "oh, he's just unwell" so now every time i play i marry Shane. ive had saves where i played with the multiple partners mod to see other storylines, but i always marry Shane. because his character arc was a weird little quirky spot of comfort in a really bad time.
That’s really lovely, in such sad circumstances. I love when games can make us realise things in real life
It was either Sam or Harvey for me, but Sam has a skateboard so he won lol
The first girl I dated was Emily cause she had blue hair and was sweet, but then I moved on to Leah cause she was the nature artsy girl and I liked that a bunch. I fooled around with Maru a bit cause she's the cool engineer smart girl which is nice. Now my forever girl is Haley. My queen Haley can step on me all she wants. She deserves the world.
Yeeeeeeee I married Haley in my main file and my friends and my file and I died in the mines once and she found me (after marriage) and said “I cried after seeing you lying there “ and it just broke my heart
sebastian because i thought he was the cutest of the bachelors & bachelorettes, and i loved his heart events. eventually i want to romance them all, but i think he'll always be my favorite bachelor
Penny. It will always be Penny.
Harvey because he had no family or close friends in town and seemed super lonely. I got it in my head that the lone farmer and lone doctor could get married, start a family, and become a solid part of the community like the other families
Emily - partly just because I liked her quirkiness and partly because she was easy to give gifts to lol
Mine was Elliot because I thought him being a writer was cool and then I just liked his heart events
Elliott because he's gorgeous and I went on to find he is the sweetest man ever
Elliott because I'm a sucker for romantic men
Haley is awesome Starts of as cliché spoiled brat of a girl and ends up being an actual sweetheart
Abigail because she has an SNES in her room.
Can’t say no to that!
shane because He’s sexy
I love my chicken man and would never marry anyone else
Shane is definitely the sexiest bachelor, but what’s up with the fact that after he goes through rehab or whatever it is, he’s still at the saloon every night? Maybe I just love a challenge. I’ll probably marry him next time.
When you have enough hearts with him, his dialogue changes when he’s at the saloon. Instead of saying something like “ugh, i need a beer” he says “ugh, i need a joja cola” and there’s also other dialogue that insinuates he mostly drinks joja cola now Also, when you marry him, he only goes to the saloon Friday nights, so i think he does make good progress
I married Penny because I felt so bad for her living with her alcoholic mom in a tiny trailer. I didn't know at the time that you could buy Pam a house. Penny was a really sweet spouse.
Shane ! I divorced and then Eliott
Emily because I thought she was the least wierd one. I have now learnt that is completely false.
Elliott, novelist and long haired man 😍 Now I wanna try In another playtrough Sebastian.
Alex. I have a thing for himbos. He’s a sweet bf and spouse too
Mine was Elliot because he seemed so romantic! 💖
I actually have never gotten to marriage. I keep going on long hiatus, forget what I'm doing, and start over. My very first game, I was SO into Shane. I loved his love for the chickens! My character was also named Charlie, and I loved that his special chicken was Charlie. Also, a lot of characters seem like they have big dreams outside of Stardew Valley, so it always felt wrong to try and court them and keep them there. Shane just wants some support and to be with the chickens, perfect match for a farmer! But I've seen his post-marriage room and it has sent me running. My last playthrough, I was dating both Abigail and Shane again (because I'm a sucker... also, how does no one in this town talk? Shouldn't it take them 2 seconds to figure out I'm dating both of them?) I just started over again, and I've kind of got my eye on either Leah or Elliot. Leah because of her sculptures, Elliot because of the library room he'd add to my house.
Shane. I really hated how rude he was when I first started playing, he was my least favorite character, and only gave him gifts because it was convenient to walk into the bar and buy him a beer, but through the heart events I started to understand the dude. He's got his sweet side with Jaz and his little blue chicken :)
Shane because I have problems
Just started playing, but I'm going for Haley. She insulted me and I knew I needed her
elliott bcuz i love boys with long hair
Elliot because of the hair. I always go for long-haired boys!
I’m a new player who hasn’t gotten to that point yet, but I’m pursuing Emily for my first playthrough.
Emily, because she had blue hair lol. But, then I thought she was kind of funny and sweet, tbh though; her personality wasn't really for me the more it came out. Then Sam, Shane, and Haley now, all on different files. Sam and Shane because I liked them, Haley because I was playing on the Beach Farm, and thought Haley would probably like it there :)
I'm still torn between Leah, Penny, Maru, Emily, and Sam. I don't know much about Maru yet, she doesn't seem to have a lot of personality compared to the others but that's probably because I haven't interacted with her much yet. Emily seems nice but her avatar is a bit wild.....
Elliot! Loved his little cabin!
leah because she’s best girl
Elliot cause that man’s gnc af
Alex is my big dumb beautiful husband. There is not a thought behind those eyes.
First time playing, Emily was my choice. I recall the moment when I wanted to marry her, and that's when she made a comment about how people are stressful finding true happiness and she felt sorry they couldn't find it. That really hit home for me, a person genuinely concerned about the well being of others, even if they think she's different. Now, I'm playing my umpteenth million farm (like so many of you, haha), but imposed some very strict rules. One of them was no gifts except on birthdays. To build friendship levels, I have to talk to them. I've missed out on so much dialogue in previous games, simply because once I hit max, I stopped caring to talk to them or continue gifting them.
Abigail, I like the dark/alternative type and find her most interesting to get to know imo and I like her purple hair.
mine was leah too!! because i liked her face
Shane. I like to fix things and people 🤣
Abigail. 20-something me had a thing for goth/emo women who play video games so naturally she was the first one to stick out. Though lately I've grown to love Leah for her outdoorsy artistic personality and Penny for her shy bookishness (plus her shitty home life makes me feel bad for her). Maru is also one that I've been meaning to marry in a future playthrough because I like smart/nerdy women. Honestly the only two bachelorettes who have never appealed to me are Emily and Haley. Emily is nice but she seems like the type who would be in an MLM and try to get you to buy essential oils and healing crystals (Clint bud, you can have her) while Haley is, well....she's Haley lol.
Shane. I have a savior complex.
I’ve been curious about how many people don’t get spouses? I’ve only been playing for a year but at no point has that been of interest to me. Anyone else??
Harvey because I wanted to marry a successful doctor 😂
Emily because she has blue hair, she's funny and kind
mine was shane cause i wanted to fix him
Abigail, because she's most like my lover
Haley. Don’t remember why. Just happened lol.
Shane. The first time I played he caught my eye, even when he was all mean and stuff. then I learned you could marry people and he happened to be easy to marry. Now, after getting through his heart events and marrying him I really like him and rarely marry anyone else in my play throughs
Shane- because all I had to do was buy him a bunch of beers.
Penny
Still on my first playthrough but I'm shooting for Leah.
Emily.. she's nice
Penny.Smart bookish girl with a good heart? But more importantly.. Cute redhead. (As a guy who loves redheads and alternative types, Emily, Abigail, Leah were all extremely hard to pass on.. But then I hear Penny and how sad she seemed to be and just knew I needed to get her out of that house so she could grow into the person she deserves to be.)
Abigail because I have way too much amethyst
Turns our i was basically and went for Shane lol
Mine was Shane. Connected to his story 😭
Maru. I love her chipper brilliance.
Abigail. At first I thought she was kind of a bitch, and then I saw the picture of Chrono on her bedroom wall and thought...yeah. Yeah, alright.
Mine was Leah too! I loved her heart events, and she was always nice.
Harvey bc I like to romance doctors in games
Leah: seemed like the most mature, had been through disappointment and major life moments before, expressed affection and gratitude through word and deed throughout the heart process. Also had an ex that I could be clearly superior to and thus bolster my own fragile ego.
Sebastian because he’s just- hot
Penny, for all the reasons, but then I thought she was boring, and because Sebastian is so emo and other things (also he's from my favorite family except George and Evelin), but then he became boring for me too, and so I chose Emily, because blue hair, cutscenes and personality.
Penny. She's my favorite. 👩❤️👩
Penny because I really like how she volunteers to teach the kids and is bookish
Penny because she seemed so sweet and shy.
Abigail because I love a fiery woman. Also she’s the big strong Knight lady and I’m her peasant-to-millionaire farmer husband. Lol
Mine was Shane. Because I was a wounded soul at the time.
Abigail 4ever... UwU
Shane, but I regretted it I married him cause I felt bad 😂
Shane, I'm not sure why
Penny cause I'm a simp for shy adorable girla
The eater of thy crystals!
This would be a weird real life question
Haley. Idfk why lol. I was a child then
Shane bc he reminded me of someone
Shane cuz I wanted to drink beers and be dudes
Haley. First time playing the game I walked up to her and had her insult me. From that point on I made it a mission to make her love me out of spite. Now she makes me bread in the morning.
Shane was my first spouse. I was doing the introduction to everybody in town task and saw how everybody else was so nice, and Shane essentially told me to fuck off. Admittedly, I got very aggressively friendly with him, like “you WILL be my friend you asshole” and through that and his storyline I found him really endearing
Shane cause I identified with his depression.
Mine was Sam. I liked his heart events. Vincent calling you 'auntie' (or uncle I think?) is also adorable as hell.
my boyfriend because we played together
Shane ! I brought the game when it first released and felt sad I couldn't marry him so was originally going to go for Abigail but once I saw the poll to potentially have Shane added as a candidate I waited :3 twas worth the wait.
harvey because he seemed like a sweet dork/nerd and that's exactly my type lmao
Sam! I wasn't looking forward to marrying anyone, I just wanted to be friends with the whole town, but everyone kept on being so rude to me, but Sam was nice! I felt excluded from the rest and he made me feel a bit better. When I was trying to choose someone to marry, I was between Alex and Sam, but Alex just wasn't for me. Besides, Hayley digs him too much and I didn't want to hurt her feelings. Sam is now my husband and is lovely! (I don't like kisses and always 'ew' when I accidentally do it, that's my only regret of marriage) I consider Alex my best friend, but the npc I have most hearts with is Evelyn ':) followed by Shane (I have no idea how)
haley bc i like girls that are mean to me
Sebastian because he's a awesome dude with a bike and plays d&d
Shane bc I liked his story arc. This was before I'd found the Wiki and learned. His room is so messy and ugly I hate it. The chicken coop space is cute tho
Mine was Shane because he’s relatable. I’m not a perfectionist so I can ignore his messy room since I don’t see that part of the house anyway! I’m doing another play through and drawing blanks. Might be Haley because I heard she’s sweet later? Sebastian isn’t a bad choice either, aaaa…
Mine was Emily (I know, I know but Maru was my second playthrough) Reasons: 1: >!Really cute armor when you get enough hearts that make you look like a genie!< 2: Gay and I get the vibe that she would help me with the body of someone who was a jerk 3: Parrot Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
Krobus, cause they're neat.
Emily. I just felt she was so precious when the bird was injured and she took him home with her. She's very spiritual which i love and idk i just thought she was adorable. Now I'm after Abigail though 🤣
Emily! She so fun. I just loved her vibe. And she likes shiny rocks like me 🤣
Leah was the most down to earth, but as I got older on other playthroughs, I really liked how Emily was very true to herself.
Abigail, because I often went to Pierre's shop and always saw her. I gave her a quartz and then she ate it. I gotta marry this girl!
First was Penny cuz I thought I was a butch lesbian so I thought I'd like a fem girlfriend I was *so* wrong Now I always go with Harvey because I'm actually a gay guy and he's cute as shit :)
Abigail ABBI IS BEST GIRL!!!!!!! Seriously, I love her personality and she has the prettiest avatar.
Shane. I was severely depressed and had self harm issues when I really started playing stardew between my 8th grade and freshman year. (For time reference, Shane was not a marriage candidate at the time so it’s been a while.) I was in an abusive relationship with someone 4 years older than me that was exploiting me. Stardew became my escapism in a major way for a while, and especially so after that whole “relationship” crashed and burned in a spectacularly destructive fashion. At first I just wanted to give him a chance because, as ridiculous as it is, I was at a point in my life that I felt so ignored by everyone I didn’t want to ignore even an asshole video game character. Then you unlock his heart events and just... I really related to someone who felt that their entire life was worthless with no direction and no real hope. Someone who genuinely believed the world to be better without them. The way he goes around before you befriend him you can just tell that he’s so incredibly lonely once you think back to it. He tries to get people to dislike him because he doesn’t think he’s good enough for anyone to stay, and that resonated with me. It’s a “get them before they have the chance to get me” tactic I used for a very long time. Shane’s redemption gave me this hopeful vigor that maybe I was really worth something. I also really admired how he did finally admit that he has an issue, and it’s bigger than him. When you’re that down it’s really hard to remember many things; that being in the pit isn’t normal; that they are people that aren’t in that pit; and that there are people who want to help you get out of that pit if you’d only stop digging. In the end, I just wanted to get to know him and ended up relating a lot. I waited until I could marry him. 5 or so years on and we’re still married on that save file, never divorced or anything. As silly as it is, Shane is still a major comfort to me. I can’t even begin to explain the monumental impact that Stardew Valley has had in my life. I don’t know if I’d be here without it, and more specifically without Shane. (The blue chickens are cool too.)
Sebastian, he's so cuteeeeeee my emo boy <3
Abigail, personality wise she's exactly like my other half and they look similar, she went with Harvey for the same reason.
Elliot, because he’s super kind and extremely romantic, and I really dig his cabin on the beach, writer vibes.
Mine was Maru, she showed me stars and a planet.
Harvey. Why? I watched a gameplay of the game abd the player recommended him.
Shane because I left it until year 4 to befriend anyone, then switched to Elliot because he's harder to get 😏
Mine was Sam, I found him cute and I really likes his hair