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Harvest Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 4

Day 4: Your favorite bachelor + why?

Ok, I don’t have a clear cut favorite here. It’s mainly a toss up between Ford and Gill, (though I still have a fondness for Doctor/Trent!)

(Spoilers ahead if you haven’t played Trio of Towns or Tree of Tranquility!! I mean... you guys probably already know this stuff, but still!!)

Ford is a more recent favorite (obviously), Trio did an excellent job developing his personality from being kind of a loner, mainly focused on his work, and oblivious to love. It really showed how much he changed over the course of the game as he develops feelings for your character. It wasn’t a sudden “I think I have a crush on you *blushblush*” once you hit a certain flower color, Ford has to figure out what love even feels like.

Due to his parents not being very caring of him or their home life (it’s highly suggested that they were... not very good people and it’s a good chance that they drank and gambled a lot), it made Ford socially inept and gave him several types of phobias, explaining why he wants things done a certain way. Though his personality and habits make him considered the oddball, but he just embraces this fact about himself and I like that.

I also really love his friendship with Brad and Wayne, their friend events are hilarious and makes them feel like real friends, and as much as Ford will seem annoyed with them the majority of the time, he honestly respects them. You could argue that he looks up to Brad as an example of what a good marriage should be like. Seeing how happy he and his wife are, Ford starts to rethink that marriage isn’t such a bad thing.

Oh! I also really appreciate that they finally had an older bachelor that didn’t constantly bring up how much older he was than your character, that in itself got old. The only argument I could see is that the previous “older” bachelors didn’t have the same problems as Ford, so age wasn’t a main issue for him, love was.

Gill was a surprise (as I stated in my previous post). I really thought he was going to be a snob and bratty, and can come off a little bit of a jerk in the beginning, but you kind of understand why once you find out that he had to “grow up” at an early age. He’s very hard working, trying to get more people to visit the island because he loves his home and wants others to love it too (plus you can understand from an economical standpoint as well that the town needs to generate business to bring money in).

His dad, Hamilton, is good-natured goof, but it works for their dynamic and Gill still really respects and loves his father, but he also worries about him after losing his mother, having gone into a depression (according to the official Bokomono website). Because of this, Gill tended to all the chores his mother would have likely done and cared for his father and their home until his father was able to get back to his old self. (Due to all that practice, it would explain why you always receive perfect lunches from Gill after you get married, you wouldn’t think of Gill as a house husband-type at first.)

I also really liked the tidbits you learn from his father, where it suggests that Gill was able to see the harvest sprites in his youth (he’s the only human character that I’m aware of that was basically confirmed to have able to see them other than the main characters, unless you want to count Jamie from “Magical Melody”, but I always think of them as a demi-god). They always bring up that children are said to be able to see Harvest Sprites, but I have never heard any of the adults claim to have seen them in their youth or any children pointing them out, so I just thought it was interesting that super strict and mature Gill is the one who had been able to see them.

I still have two questions after all these years, a) Why doesn’t Gill become a teacher when you marry him, but does if you marry someone else? and b) Who convinced him to play Commander Gilligan? I figure it had to be Hamilton, but still...

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Harvest Moon 30 Day Challenge

(or more, or less, depending on how boring my answers are and how lazy I am).

Day 1: What’s your favorite console Harvest Moon game? 

....It’s a toss up between “Magical Melody” and “Tree of Tranquility” (I would say “Animal Parade”, but I honestly haven’t played it yet! Like most of the console HM games!)

From what I recall, “Magical Melody” lacked actual heart events, though it was made up for with cute rival events and random events. I also found the idea of villagers moving in or leaving very interesting (though sad) and really enjoyed the festivals, but my favorite thing was the mini-game to retrieve the blue feather! It just felt like a really romantic idea to have to work to retrieve one instead of buying it.

With “Tree of Tranquility”, I really enjoyed the game’s main story.

I thought it was much more interesting than MM’s (though both have a similar idea), plus I ended up learning a lot more about Gill, making him feel like a much more developed character from the rest of the villagers, which lead me to marry him. (I honestly didn’t think I was going to marry him, I really disliked his spring outfit when the game was announced and thought he looked like a snob, lol. I originally was going after Jin or Toby!)

I also really liked the introduction of having a side job in the game, but.. I almost never had to farm, just the bare minimum, mainly to just eat or give gifts. It also took away the challenge of wooing Gill and I was married in 2 seasons! That’s a record for me!

And though you still have to look for the blue feather in this game, it wasn’t nearly as challenging as it was in MM.

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I haven't made the first version of her uniform yet, I just ended up making this one first.

Part 2 - Purple Heart

I’ve been wanting to play this since it was announced in Japan! It looks so cute...

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So you know, if you find a Shiny Apple, you plant that bitch, lol. Don't sell it, plant it, then you'll get a tree of shiny apples~! But the tree dies after 6 or 7 pickings I believe, so save an apple or two from the tree.

Okay first off....I have never played Animal Crossing before

But apparently fruit is important. So I will announce right now that I have APPLES in my town. (Btw I named my town Azalea b/c fuck yeah Slowpokes ftw)

I have no idea how rare or valuable Apples are….but if you want let me know.

I think I just found the perfect B&B... (Dream Address: 2100-0784-7385)

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Our pet emus had babies about a month ago, they've grown so much! I happened to be at my house to see them having their first bath with their parents ♥