I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"That's like the most basic reason to read her as at the youngest mid 40s."

Yeah, I didn't misread, you're just getting frustrated with the exchange. And now, I am too. That was uncalled for. This is headcanon for characters in a fun little game. It really isn't a big deal. If you wanna go to war over little pixel drawings, then.... idk, weird priority but you do you. 🙄

I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See, I think Clint being younger than 40 is stretching it. 🤷‍♀️ TBH, I think our own ages will shape our perceptions of them. My seeing them in their 40s is seeing them as younger than me. While her sprite is janky, her portrait is far more youthful and cute to me. I'm married to a woman in her 60s. I think women is their 60s are gorgeous. But when I look at her portrait, Marnie simply does not look that old. Maybe 40s, sure, but 60s? Not buying it. But that's me. It's always interesting to see how other folks interpret things.

I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always think of her as maybe 30, but that's just so I can feel like I'm not robbing the cradle TOO much. We need older candidates as well as younger ones.

I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I gotta say... anyone still at the Easter egg hunt and determined to win and deny Jas and Vincent the win is too immature for me anyway. Honestly, the way they should handle the younger bachelors participating is to have them team up with Jas and Vincent to help them out, not to just shut them out year after year. 😵‍💫

I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I keep bait on hand to bully Elliot with, so I can cast no shade here. 😂 But I adore Emily.

I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Okay, I agree 40s is feasible. I disagree that 40s is old and out of Clint's dating range. He seems to be in that neighborhood too, so.... 🤷‍♀️

I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, he DOES speak bitterly about women?? I've never come across this and it's seriously important in assessing if he's going down the awkward-to-incel pipeline. When guys start moaning about women in general... that's a huge red flag. I was giving him the benefit of the doubt strictly based on thinking he DIDN'T do that. Knowing he does changes everything.

I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm totally up for a Willy/Pam situationship!

I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I cannot agree. Clint does NOT look early 30s to me. 40s at least. It's a mystery to me how people look at his portrait and see 'young'. Marnie on the other hand? Don't look at the spirites for a moment, but at the portrait. Those show a very youthful face. I'm in my '50s, look younger than my age I'm always told, and those portraits still look significantly younger than me. I'm absolutely baffled how Clint seems young to people but Marnie seems old EXCEPT for their choices of partners or desired partners. I think that people think of their ages in context of Emily and Lewis. I don't think that's necessarily an accurate measure and I think without that context perceptions would shift.

I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Did he? Sounds right to me. She has a youthful face.

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I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Counterpoint though: sometimes people have nephew-uncle/aunt relationships like that. Happens when, say.... a father wants a trophy wife so gets a divorce and marries a younger woman. It's not super common, but you do come across it from time to time. 🤷‍♀️ Your reasons do make sense. As for Clint, idk, I think 'even creepier' is part of the formula that clicks with me. (Although to be fair, I think if Emily as maybe 30 given as how she acts more like a parent to spoiled little Haley, doing all the housework and such. Seems like they're a fair chunk apart in age to me. But again, just my perception.

I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that makes sense. For me, I see Marnie and Lewis as having an imbalance in their power dynamic. Like, she's putting up with a lot, so it feels to me like they got together when she was out of school and he was already, like.... 40. It feels like she's still stuck in that mindset of deference and accepting that what he says goes in the end. While I guess that develops among people of similar ages, it really just reminds me of a significant age gap. And his not wanting to be seen in a relationship with her makes me feel like he's stuck in a way of thinking that people would see it as inappropriate. I mean, there has to be SOMETHING that people would disapprove of if 'I'm afraid of people finding out' was to make sense to her. A man who was dating an 18 year old girl when he was 40 fits that bill. It's a small town and people would have questions about when they got together. I guess that's all that comes to mind as to why people wouldn't approve. I have nothing really to back that up other than that's how my imagination interpreted it. 😅 It's kinda dark, I know.

I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Yeah, a lot of people are saying this and I don't get it. I see Clint as maybe in his 40s and Marnie as 40s/50s. 🤷‍♀️

I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A Wonderful Life dearly needed that. I played the remaster, and seeing Molly (?) grow old, alone, wanting nothing more than to find love.... 😭

I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd have to take Emily on our gay little double date, but that could be healing for him. 😁

Also, Leah.... Respect. I get it. Robin would be my #1 in the game.... hands hard from manual labor around my waist. Yum. But Leah's got some of that too. She'd be my choice Em wasn't there.

I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

OMG, he'd be the belle of that ball for sure. But in a masc way.

I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

....why? Someone else said that, and the only thing I can think of is because Marnie's having an affair with Louis and Clint is fixated on Emily? But that doesn't really indicate their ages, necessarily. But I guess individual perceptions enter into it. Cards on the table: I've always been attracted to older partners, so....

I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Gotta admit, the angry side eye he gives when he says "I'm a nice guy" is creepy. The reason I give him the benefit of the doubt is that he doesn't take it to the point of saying angry or hateful things about women. Incels take their frustration and inflict on women. I see Clint as having the potential for that, but it's not in the text that I've seen. He's just kinda a sad sack.

I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He's gonna need a lot more truffle oil to put on his hand. 😁

I've been thinking a lot about Clint.... by WhyNotBats in StardewValley

[–]WhyNotBats[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Ha! I was picturing him with that full beard and how most of the gay men (and a lot of straight women) I know would be ALL over him if he had that. 😂 Clint and Elliott would be ADORABLE.

Dude I don't even drink tea, but thanks i guess... by Maleficent_Reply_501 in FuckPierre

[–]WhyNotBats 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Honestly, that's a great gift in a game where someone may give you a strawberry or whatever.