The Secret Message - Revealing ConcernedApes Stardew Valley Crush?

kazz_y_lazz

Greenhorn
The Stardew Valley Bachelors and Bachelorettes are 12 distinct characters with a lot of thought and attention put into each one; likes, dislikes, personalities, character interactions, clothing.. the list goes on.

I try to put myself in CA's shoes when wanting to leave his beloved players a hidden message. You don't want a hidden message to be in your face, but you still want to communicate something important, that you feel is part of a dialogue. As Stardew Valley players immerse themselves and fall in love with their own marriage candidates, we are left to wonder.. "Who has Eric Barone's heart?"

Looping back to our eligible bachelors and bachelorettes, one other detail that was designed by none other than CA are: Their names..

Alex, Elliot, Harvey, Sam, Sebastian, Shane, Abigail, Emily, Haley, Leah, Maru, Penny

I love anagrams and after re-arranging the first letters of the beloved marriage candidates we can read:

PSS LEAH HAS ME


I really wondered if this was a stretch with PSS being a typo for PPS (Post Sub-Script). And it could be! And this could all be a HUGE stretch, so let's stretch even further. :junicheer:

There is a strong case to be made CA wrote himself into the game as a character, Sebastian. If we remove Sebastian from the list of marriage candidates (11 eligibility for Sebastian) we get an in game, hidden message from our game developer:

"PS LEAH HAS ME"



Yet people change! Passion fades, interests grow apart, and maybe that's where the "And actually the thing is the message is not even really relevant anymore. It was like originally revealing something that's like actually not even true anymore."

Maybe CA truly grew to love the personality he created in Leah and wanted to share this with his community– secretly of course. Yet, with time, and a real life partner to cherish, CA has grown apart from his in game love. Despite that loss, he will forever be reminded of the secret love note left to honor his first Stardew Valley Crush.
 
Contented-Slime

Contented-Slime

Sodbuster
To be honest, I already thought Leah was his favorite. A few reasons: (correct me if I'm wrong)
If you choose: (creepy) May I have a kiss? you can completely skip one of her heart events that has a lot of character development within it
On a side note: the fact that your choice completely changes the heart event and not just a certain aspect of it is not something you can do with any other villager
Also, her character design appears practically in two characters (her and robin)
She also has a lot of character development and she actually has an ex, another thing that no other character does.
If you think her having an ex isn't that big of a clue, consider the following:
Leah's ex was a character entirely created to enhance one specific characters story line.
In conclusion, it feels as if Leah was one of the first created characters that had the most amount of detail, and Concerned Ape realized that he couldn't put that much effort into every character in his beloved game. In other words, Leah is his "golden child" bachelorette.

And that,
was my opinion.

Peace!
 
mrxp

mrxp

Planter
Contented-Slime said:
She also has a lot of character development and she actually has an ex, another thing that no other character does.
If you think her having an ex isn't that big of a clue, consider the following:
Leah's ex was a character entirely created to enhance one specific characters story line.
Click to expand...
what if concernedape was leah’s ex
 
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