Why can't we have dusty?

[Midnightroyal1]

I feel like it is weird we cannot have Dusty (Alex's dog) because I feel that not only would Dusty love to still be with Alex, but Alex would love to have his buddy with him; if this were to be added, I think if you have already been married to Alex for a couple of weeks, he should bring it up to you like, "My grandparents are having a hard time taking care of Dusty, can we take him to the farm to live with us?" and you could have the choice to say yes or no.

 

[Hedhogthe3rd]

This would be fun! I think having more perks with marriage candidates like getting to have Dusty is a good idea.

 

[Gridball Pom Queen]

I like that actually lot actually! Jas should move in if you marry Shane instead of his beer bottles.

 

[Cuddlebug]

I feel like it is weird we cannot have Dusty (Alex's dog) because I feel that not only would Dusty love to still be with Alex, but Alex would love to have his buddy with him; if this were to be added, I think if you have already been married to Alex for a couple of weeks, he should bring it up to you like, "My grandparents are having a hard time taking care of Dusty, can we take him to the farm to live with us?" and you could have the choice to say yes or no.

That's a good idea, especially since Abby and Emily will be bringing their pets with them when they live on the farm.

 

[Midnightroyal1]

I like that actually lot actually! Jas should move in if you marry Shane instead of his beer bottles.

YES!

 

[Maher]

Let's not forget Shane building a coop for Charlie on the spouse pad.

 

[Gamer1234556]

It's weird how Charlie moves in with Shane... yet Jas doesn't.

 

[LadyOscar]

I feel like it wouldn't make sense to have Jas move with Shane. He's her godfather, but Marnie is her aunt, and has been the more stable adult presence in her life. It's a shame she can't come visit on the farm, but at least Shane does go to Marnie's once a week.

 

[Gamer1234556]

I feel like it wouldn't make sense to have Jas move with Shane. He's her godfather, but Marnie is her aunt, and has been the more stable adult presence in her life. It's a shame she can't come visit on the farm, but at least Shane does go to Marnie's once a week.

Shane is literally Jas's guardian. Jas herself admits that Shane was friends with her parents, and took her in when they passed away.
Yet Shane for some reason doesn't mention Jas's parents at all in-game, which I find very odd, because tons of fan media have this as a main motivator to Shane's depression... yet the base game hardly mentions it.

This has bothered me so much I even made a post in the Game Suggestions subforum, because this has seriously bugged me as to why Marnie and Jas's relationship hadn't been clarified by the game. Jas refers Marnie as her aunt, yet Marnie doesn't really mention Jas as her niece as far as I am aware.

The whole family situation has always bothered me with how vague it is, because it sort of causes a ton of problems for Shane's characterization, because Jas is supposed to be one of Shane's biggest motivators for sobriety, that having Jas be sidelined in his story makes the whole arc extremely messy.

 

[LadyOscar]

Shane is literally Jas's guardian. Jas herself admits that Shane was friends with her parents, and took her in when they passed away.

OK, I just went and scrutinized the wiki to assist my memory, and wow, it really is vague. Jas says:

“Did you know Shane's my godfather? He was a friend of my parents. ...they died. *sniff*”

Which isn't quite the same as saying he took her in. Marnie apparently never really mentions Jas, but says Shane arrived "a few months ago". When did Jas's parents die? Did she and Shane come together, or had she been at Marnie's already? Is Marnie her biological aunt?

Given Shane's drinking issue and his feelings of worthlessness, it makes sense to me that he would either send or bring Jas to Marnie instead of trying to parent her himself, and not want to uproot her after his marriage. Since the two farms are right next to each other, I like to imagine Shane and Jas actually go back and forth a lot.

 

[LRangerR]

I want to adopt a random cat from somewhere ;(
Who would be the most likely person to have a cat, and what other bachelor/ettes come with a pet? I know Seb has his frogs and Em has her parrot, and Abby has her console, but it's not the same.

 

[Gamer1234556]

OK, I just went and scrutinized the wiki to assist my memory, and wow, it really is vague. Jas says:

“Did you know Shane's my godfather? He was a friend of my parents. ...they died. *sniff*”

Which isn't quite the same as saying he took her in. Marnie apparently never really mentions Jas, but says Shane arrived "a few months ago". When did Jas's parents die? Did she and Shane come together, or had she been at Marnie's already? Is Marnie her biological aunt?

Given Shane's drinking issue and his feelings of worthlessness, it makes sense to me that he would either send or bring Jas to Marnie instead of trying to parent her himself, and not want to uproot her after his marriage. Since the two farms are right next to each other, I like to imagine Shane and Jas actually go back and forth a lot.

If that was bad enough, apparently I came across this: My Potato Games - Marnie encouraging me to give mead to... | Facebook
And here she uh... literally calls her her niece (yeah, I get that she literally mentions mead for some reason, I think the game has this habit of having characters mentioning gifts to help the farmer for the game... but it leads to this ****)

It's really just... confusing and makes my head hurt. Even more is that there is a picture with baby Jas and young Marnie in one of the notes. Drew Marnie, Past and Present! : r/StardewValley

Like... the biggest thing is that the game really doesn't answer the question of whether Marnie IS her aunt or is just a really close friend of her parents... even though it's confirmed that Shane is a close friend of her parents.

But Shane also doesn't really mention Jas's parents either. There are straight up weird lines from him that sort of try to explain his backstory... but don't mention Jas's parents.

Spoiler: Game Dialogue

“I guess I've grown attached to Marnie and Jas. We're a ragtag bunch but it kind of feels like a weird family. I never really had much of a family as a kid.”

There are also some lines regarding Jas that aren't in the Wiki that I found ingame, but uh... I don't have access to them. Maybe I should start screenshotting stuff lol.

Like once again... I get that not everyone can be an open book, but keep in mind that Shane is supposed to be a marriage candidate. How do you root for a man like him if his honesty is something even the game can't really keep consistent (which doesn't help as his 14 heart event sort of has a relapse scare that the game has to awkwardly back down from). Isn't this like important information? Should they matter way more than just one bizzarely flippant line about how he sees Marnie and Jas as family... yet Jas's parents like... don't exist to him? He doesn't even mention them at his infamous Cliff event.

Like I get this is supposed to be about Dusty, not Shane, and I apologize if I am sort of derailing this thread, but this always seriously bugged me.

 

[Terdin]

Abby has her console

Abby has her guinea pig. David apparently stays with her parents, but she does bring David Jr and his cage.

 

[Maher]

When I first encountered Dusty, in that pen outside, I just kind of assumed he was the town dog, or something. Communally held and cared for. So I didn't really think of him as Alex's or the Mullners' dog per se. The bond between them seems like it could be that, as an orphan, Alex sees a kindred spirit in this dog that lives in a pen labeled "dog" and will go crazy over a steak.

 

[Lenora Rose]

When I first encountered Dusty, in that pen outside, I just kind of assumed he was the town dog, or something. Communally held and cared for. So I didn't really think of him as Alex's or the Mullners' dog per se. The bond between them seems like it could be that, as an orphan, Alex sees a kindred spirit in this dog that lives in a pen labeled "dog" and will go crazy over a steak.

The fact that it's Pam who first mentions Dusty means I came up with an implied backstory to Dusty. The gist of it is: one of the nights Pam was driving the bus before it broke down, she ran into some people and their obviously mistreated dog, and jumped in and rescued it. Then she brought the dog home, and realised she had no idea how to take care of a dog. She was barely keeping it together to take care of her daughter. And Dusty was as wary as any abused animal is.

But the Mullners' grandson had just moved in after his mom passed away, and he almost instantly bonded with the dog. Granny is allergic (or George is), so they can't bring the dog in, and that leads to it living in a box in the grounds between their home. But Alex ends up taking care of it, even though the dog officially "belongs" to Pam, and everyone is happy; his grandparents because their grandson is better with the company and the responsibility, Pam because she doesn't have to take care of it, Penny because she doesn't have to clean up after it, and Alex because he has and loves a dog.

(This also explains why he doesn't take Dusty along, but yes, he absolutely should be able to.)

 

[Maher]

The fact that it's Pam who first mentions

That explains why I thought that that he was Pam's for a bit.

It's interesting that it's Trash Bear who actually gives him a steak during his cleanup of Pam's home's grounds.

 

[Farmer Evie]

OK, I just went and scrutinized the wiki to assist my memory, and wow, it really is vague. Jas says:

“Did you know Shane's my godfather? He was a friend of my parents. ...they died. *sniff*”

Which isn't quite the same as saying he took her in. Marnie apparently never really mentions Jas, but says Shane arrived "a few months ago". When did Jas's parents die? Did she and Shane come together, or had she been at Marnie's already? Is Marnie her biological aunt?

Given Shane's drinking issue and his feelings of worthlessness, it makes sense to me that he would either send or bring Jas to Marnie instead of trying to parent her himself, and not want to uproot her after his marriage. Since the two farms are right next to each other, I like to imagine Shane and Jas actually go back and forth a lot.

I wonder how Jas' parents died. It's possible they were in a car accident or the like, but they both could've gotten terminally ill??? Also I've been to a couple of christenings, and my dad is the godfather of two of my cousins, and the godparent's job is to pledge to take care of the christened child(ren) if anything happens to their parents. It's possible Shane had Jas, realised he couldn't take care of her (or Marnie and/or Jas told him), shipped her off to Marnie, then realised that 1. Jas' parents relied on him to take care of Jas and 2. He was having troubles himself and moved in with Marnie after a couple of months without Jas to be with Jas and under Marnie's care.

In the cutscene where Shane apparently gives up drinking, the player goes, "Oh, he should be cleaned up and be able to take care of Jas now and then when I marry him Jas will come with!" and then that night and every night after he's still in the damn saloon guzzling beers. And his spouse room is littered with beer cans and trash. Just clean that up. Please. And maybe even give him a cleaner portrait with a shaved beard, clean clothes, etc, etc. And once you take down Joja he starts his egg farm with the blue chickens and helps out with Marnie from time to time, and then there's a new building in Cindersap Forest near Marnie's ranch where he keeps his chickens and they just randomly run around Cindersap and sometimes Pelican Town. And in that building there's a small shop where he sells blue chickens and their eggs, and all the products. Of course, the blue chickens and the products would sell for a lot more (like base quality blue egg = iridium quality normal egg).

And if Jas moves in with him then the spouse room should change and be Jas' bedroom. There could also be a situation of split custody between Shane & the farmer and Marnie (Jas stays with Shane & the farmer on certain days, and stays with Marnie on certain days). She should also help out with the animals on your farm (just petting them because she's a kid) so that at least you're benefiting from the Shane relationship path, because otherwise he does nothing except for occasionally watering your crops and making a mess in his spouse room and liver.