#animal crossing but strangers

[cinnabuncrumbs]

hi eyea im your biggest fan

[bixels]

In the past, people in the Animal Crossing community would make fun of Tom Nook as a sleazy landlord. Since then, he's really rehabilitated his image as this 'heart of gold' businessman (he's the one who puts bells and furniture in trees for you to find! he adopted orphans! he donates to charity!), but New Horizons genuinely paints the most devious version of him.

He's successfully privatized settler colonialism: you pay HIM to move to a "deserted island" (which apparently the oceans in the AC world are just full of) and start a colony that he is directly invested in. At best he's running a weird vacation package scam (you arrive on the island with no money and in debt for "using his services"). At worst, he's using you to set up company towns. For god's sake, he literally has his own fake currency that he forces you to use to pay off your debt. But don't worry, he's repackaged it in a way that definitely doesn't sound like an MLM scam: the Nook Mileage Program!

You're no longer just his tenant or his temporary part-timer, you're his business lackey. The entire tutorial section of the game has you spending actual weeks running around completing tasks and doing hard labor to set up his colony. You're even tasked with preparing his properties and finding buyers for them. No, you aren't a tenant anymore. You work for the landlord. You are directly responsible for finding tenants for him. And he doesn't even fucking pay you. Not for setting up town hall and museum, or his nephew's shop –– which is the ONLY store on the entire island that sells necessities –– or bringing KK Slider to town, or helping populate his town. Not a single cent. No, actually, you have to pay HIM to BUY infrastructure like bridges and stairs and park benches. And all the while, he's telling you're the "resident representative"; you get to call the shots! That the reward is the community's progress. That what you're doing is in everyone's best interest (but most importantly, his).

Since NH's release, people have done a lot of legwork to say that Tom Nook isn't a capitalist while the game shows him at his very worst. He owns the only general store in town. You're forced to use a phone that he modified and branded as his own. Buy Nook-branded furniture and merchandise at the self-serve kiosk in the town hall, a governmental building! There's no conflict of interest here!

But hey, if you're tired of being the landlord/business mogul's goon, you can also find work as a deluxe resort home designer for a company that also pays you in their special company currency that can only be used to buy their products instead of a real salary! Because that's what the Animal Crossing franchise needs! More vacation homes!!!

[yellowcrowindustry]

Byler x Animal Crossing ✨🍎

[kidovna]

byler but as animal crossing villagers

[willbyerssecretlover]

ANIMAL CROSSING WILL BYERS 🗣️‼️🔥

[putting-eddie-munson-in-places]

i love this blog so much 💙💙 has he been put in acnh (animal crossing new horizons yet?)

he hasn’t played in a while

[medlilove]

Updated my commission info to make it a bit easier to read.

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PM me for any reason/questions!

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[frankenstein-ate-my-left-shoe]

[byler-going-crazy-together]

Aaaaaa ;w; I forgot to post a link to the video of my Stranger Things themed island in ACNH(I uploaded it like almost a year ago asdfghjkl🙈) No one probably cares, but I am gonna post it anyways because I worked really hard on it!😭😭😭 Also, if you do watch it, ignore my rambling, I am just a silly little guy tbh.

My Dream Address is: DA-5224-7689-2918 if you want to visit it yourself!

I am also currently working on another Stranger Things themed island based more on S3!:’) Idk if anyone is interested in me doing WIP posts about it…

Also!!!! Here are some designs I did for my original island(photos are from my new island tho):

You can find them under my creator code:

MA-3402-6680-0822

[torchickentacos]

I hate it when my chronic illnesses are chronic and my disabilities are disabling and my seasonal affective disorder is seasonally affecting me

[04emptiness]

𝕮✮𝖗𝖙𝖎𝖋𝖎✮𝖉 𝖑𝖔𝖘✮𝖗

[pleasantlycrazyworld]

Hello again!!! You’re one of my favorite Eddie writers 🤭🥰 I’ve come to request again if I may! Could I get something cute and fluffy for my Teddie Bear where Eddie sees reader playing a cute game like Kirby or something (maybe modern) and he’s watching her play and wants to learn and they end up playing together 🥰🥰 working together and everything and maybe reader is sitting in Eddie’s lap with a blanket over both their legs and are playing together

I chose to do animal crossing just because it's the only cute game I'm familiar with

Eddie knew you played your little cute game when you're stressed out or if you finally have time to check in on your villagers. Most of the time you would play your game on your switch in his bed as he plays his playstation.

Eddie came home from work one afternoon when you had the day off. He was exhausted but his mood immediately shifted seeing you in your (in his) sweats and tank top, under your favorite blanket and with one of your stuff animals tucked into your lap with your switch resting on top of it. "Hi sweetheart" he broke the silence finally after watching you play for a few minutes as he smiles softly. You look up and smile widely, "Baby!" You pause your game and the two of you talk about your day as he changes out of his work uniform.

"Scootch over silly" He taps your thigh as he tried to climb into bed. Once he sits comfortably he pulls you into his lap, "What are you playing?" Eddie knew what you were playing but he also knows how excited you get to talk about your game just by the way your eyes lit up and you sat up straighter. "I'm playing Animal crossing! It's the game where I have a village, and these animals are like my neighbors...my citizens? I don't think I'm actually a mayor but I do have to do LITERALLY EVERYTHING! (like how dumb is that 🙄🙄🙄these animals don't do shit) so I should be the mayor" As you continue your rant he watches you play and asks questions when he gets confused. He pulls a blanket up onto your two and cuddles into you.

What you didn't know was that night you unlocked something within Eddie, now he's addicted to the game now. He finds the game so relaxing, but so annoying at times like he actually gets pissed off at it and will yell at the game console. He bitches to you about Tom Nook all the time and honestly...you have to agree with him.

Tagging: @succubusmunson @ghosttownwherenoonegoes @emmyshortcake @bloodthirstybreedingbunny @eiightysixbaby @tiannasfanfic @lofaewrites

[piosplayhouse]

Sorry this might be insensitive to say but I think the amount of people on that public sex poll who are responding with some variation of "I would be upset because I didn't consent to it" is kind of hilarious. Literally doing this meme

**Like I understand the feeling they're trying to convey it's just funny they picked that specific terminology and didn't elaborate

***However also this is me when my Sims start having sex in the park bathroom instead of idk , pissing like I told them to because they had a full bladder warning. Piss yourself in the park and get embarrassed about it . I don't give a shit

[dreamer0903]

✨️Making friends!✨️

I'm socially incapable, and I have like...2 friends? so I would be very happy to make new friends, even only online ones!

Something about me:

Age : 20y.o (almost 21😭)

I'm from Italy 🇮🇹

I'm part of the lgbt+ community 🏳️‍🌈 (aroace and maybe bi?? I still need to figure some bits out)

I love reading ---> I loved the whole Hunger games series, obviously Harry Potter, I love horrors and thrillers and sad books like "A little life"

Even though I mainly read fanfics🤭

I love The Marauders, my favourite ship is Jegulus and I'm a bit like Regulus 🎧

Favourite singer : Harry Styles and Taylor Swift ⭐️

Favourite band : Twenty one pilots ⚡️

I love playing on my switch (if you want to share your friend code pls do!!) especially Animal Crossing and Mario Kart (I'm a simple girl) 🍃

Favourite shows: Friends, Stranger things

Favourite actor: Thimothee Chalamet

I have a dog that I love very much even though I'm more of a cat person 🐶🐱

If you have any questions or just want to DM me feel free to do that!

(Pls only 18+, I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable with the age difference🏃🏽‍♀️‍➡️)

[estrellami-1]

Cutesy prompt, also derived from my life but just because I’m thinking about getting a switch after falling in love with animal crossing playthroughs lol:

Modern au, no upside down : Steve hasn’t really been one for video games he doesn’t like the jump scares and the violence there’s enough of that in real life if he turns on the news, but Robin gets him hooked on animal crossing playthroughs on YouTube and he falls in love with how comforting and straightforward the game is, you plant a seed and you see it grow to a sapling right away there’s a sense of accomplishment. Steve usually drives Dustin and the kids to their Dnd nights at a game shop and while it’s pricier than he would usually splurge on he’s been thinking about buying a switch to play animal crossing himself so he decides to go to the one game shop he knows off the top of his head, the one he takes the kids to, that just so happens to be owned by eddie who does weekly DND nights. Eddie talks with him about the pros and cons of different consoles and games and maybe suggests that if he’d like he could come over to his place to try it out first hand and maybe join him for dinner while he’s at it?

(Okay side note while I was writing this I thought of twists that could be added to it, like maybe after hearing his reasoning for liking the calmer games eddie writes a sweet low stakes type of campaign for Steve and convinces him to join them for a campaign to show him it doesn’t have to be violent or scary. Or maybe they have those play in store to try it out kind of things and eddie offers that he can try it out in the store until he’s ready to buy and Steve keeps coming back to the store under the guise of trying out the console but really just to spend more time with eddie. I could think of more but I think it has potential)

💜

Ok so I’m like Steve, I don’t play video games. I’ve played Minecraft and my favorite thing to do is farm 😂 I’ve never played Animal Crossing so my apologies if anything is incorrect! I do think this is a SUPER cute prompt though and I’m so excited to see where y’all take it! 😉

Admittedly, my love, I did not complete this prompt the way you had specified, but I felt like I hit enough of the major points and got to a good stopping place for now. Feel free to send another ask if you want me to continue! ❤️

Title Screen - Part 1

“Robin, what-” he flails as his phone is ripped from his hand.

She judges him. “Sudoku, Steve? Really?”

“I like it! What are you doing?”

“You’re gonna love this. Promise.”

He throws his hands up and waits for her to hand his phone back. When she does, it’s open to YouTube. “Trust me,” she asks. “Just watch the first video.”

He reads the title. “A video game playthrough? Robs, you know I don’t like video games.”

“I know you don’t like violent video games. This one isn’t violent, Steve. Promise.”

He narrows his eyes at her, but she’s his best friend and roommate for a reason, so he plays it as soon as she leaves the room.

When she comes back in to ask about dinner, she’s got a smug look on her face. “Fine, you were right,” he says, rolling his eyes. “It’s cute. I like the bunny.”

Robin chuckles. “I thought you might. Y’know that video game store the kiddos love? I think they’ve got it.”

“Probably,” he allows, very much not thinking about it. Or the very attractive employee who seems to always be there when he is, shopping for the kids. He sets his phone on his chest. “How’s Chinese for dinner sound?”

“I’ll marry you,” Robin says.

Steve chuckles. “Wanna call it in? You know my order.”

“Orange chicken.” She makes a face. “Yeah, I’ll call it in.”

“Thanks.” She waves him off, so as she leaves, he calls, “I’m serious! Thank you! I love you! Marry me!”

“I’ll leave you at the altar!” She calls back, and he cackles.

He plays the video again.

Three days later finds him inside the video game store. Not for him, he swears, but Dustin’s birthday is soon-ish, anyways, and he needs a present, and he had been talking about some figurine or another.

“Hey, welcome in!” Very Attractive Employee says. “Can I help you find anything?”

Steve smiles, shakes his head. “Thank you.” He walks around, doesn’t necessarily look for Animal Crossing, but doesn’t necessarily walk away when he sees it, either. He picks it up, examines the case. Robin’s got a Switch, and he knows she’d let him borrow it. The one part he’s not really sold on is the price. He sets it down, looks at it for a minute longer, as if that would make the price change.

“If you’d like to try, I can put it in the system,” Very Attractive Employee says. His voice is soft, and something about it sounds familiar.

“I dunno.” Steve sighs. “I don’t want to impose, and I know most of the beginning is a bunch of talking and naming yourself and the world, right?”

Very Attractive Employee frowns. “Have you played it before?”

“Ah… no. I, uh.” He’s strangely embarrassed to say it. “I’ve watched playthrough videos.”

Very Attractive Employee grins and motions him over to the trial station. “Yeah? YouTube, right? D’you know who?”

“Uh…” Steve pulls his phone out, opens YouTube. It’s one of the first recommended videos. “HFClub?”

“Ah.” He stills for a moment, then smiles at Steve. “Well, if you’d like to try, it’s available.” He gestures to the console. “And believe it or not, this isn’t a super high-traffic store. It can get kinda boring being the only one here. If you don’t mind me watching over your shoulder, I don’t mind you staying until I’ve gotta close up.” He grins at Steve. “Whaddya say?”

Steve smiles tentatively back, takes a seat, and picks up the device.

He was right; it takes him a good amount of time to get past the opening, but he does have fun, especially with Very Attractive Employee imitating the other characters.

When he looks up again, it’s dark outside. “Oh, shit,” he murmurs, checking his watch. Somehow he’s spent three hours playing. “Shit, man, that’s dangerous,” he laughs.

Very Attractive Employee chuckles. “I know, right?” He shifts. “I’ve seen you in here before buying other games, and you don’t hesitate. Can I ask why today was different?”

“I usually come in to buy things for these kids I used to babysit. This one is purely selfish.” He grins and stretches, grins more when he notices Very Attractive Employee’s gaze is drawn down to where his shirt has ridden up.

“Kids?” He finally asks.

Steve hums. “You might know ‘em, actually, there’s one with curly hair, usually wears a trucker hat. A redhead who will put the fear of God into you. A bitchy kid with hair that could be great-”

“Wait, wait, wait.” Very Attractive Employee waves his arms through the air. “Dustin? Max? Mike?”

“Holy shit,” Steve says, and begins to laugh. “Yeah, exactly.”

Very Attractive Employee looks at Steve for a minute before saying, “So you must be Steve!”

Steve gapes. “They talk about me?”

“Oh, man.” Very Attractive Employee chuckles. “Dustin never shuts up about you, man, he loves you.”

“Oh.” Steve stills. “I, uh. Kinda thought they just tolerated me.”

“No way. Well, maybe Mike, but you know how he is.”

Steve chuckles. “Yeah. Do you know them just from how often they come in here?”

“Oh, no. I’m their DM. Y’know, Dungeons and Dragons?”

“Oh,” Steve nods, thinks. “Eddie, right? And- fuck, what was it. Elf Club, or something?”

Eddie chuckles. “You mean Hellfire Club?”

Steve snaps and points at Eddie. “That’s the one. Man, they love you too, every time I see the brats it’s always Eddie this and Eddie that and Eddie killed our characters but it was great.”

Eddie chuckles. “That’s good to hear. Can I ask why you’re just now looking at this for yourself?”

Steve sighs. “I know the kids love your campaigns, but I don’t like anything too horror-y. I don’t like jump-scares, and it feels like most video games have some element of that. My best friend got me hooked on the videos, and I decided to try it out.”

Eddie nods. “Yeah, this is definitely a very calm game. Feel free to come back in any time to continue trying it out, though. If you want.”

Steve smiles at him. “I might just take you up on that offer.”

Fic-specific tag, once again, is the fic name (no spaces): #titlescreen and as always, my writing tag is #starambles and you can subscribe to either or both to follow along with this fic! Let me know what you want to see happen next in this ‘verse!

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