#hm gotz

[durotoswrites]

Rarepair art collab with the talented @chaosdestructionlove ! We each chose three random characters and decided on lumberjack boyfriends ^-^

I drew Gotz and the left background, while they drew Kurt and the right background. Had a lot of fun with this one! 🥰 Thanks for working with me, @chaosdestructionlove !

[heckyeahhm64]

Aww, he's so happy

"Grandma's grandson" is such an awkward way to say it. I bet later that night, Karen was lying in bed, unable to sleep, thinking "why did I call Cliff my grandma's grandson"

Karen mostly thinks about alcohol

[dreamerwitches]

Witch doppels part 3, the final part for the og witches

I was happy with Patricia really quickly. I love the circular silhouette. Her collar is part of the magi with the rest of her stemming from behind her neck. I suppose I could do a second go cause her body isn't particularly utilised. Hm

Roberta was easy for me to do but it could do with another go as well. I knew I wanted the magi to be pole dancing lol my magi for her is an adult (and she canonically aged to like 30-40) so this is fine. If I were to do a doppel for her younger form I'd probably have her on a swing in the bird cage. The chain would have gems in it as well as gems floating around. Perhaps I'd try a version including Gotz elements.

Walpurgisnacht had two goes since I thought the first was too tall. I definitely prefer the second as it's an improvement for sure. The magi has a veil to mimic Walpurgis' cut off head and she has mini shadow magical girls around her on the cog. The hands take from her concept art and have checkerboard nails.

I thought it was important to incorporate the whole of Itzli cause duh, she's awesome. The magi's body is below her brain, I definitely wanted her head incorporated with that part. I wanted her to be covered in clovers like she's rotting. The hands are from her attacks from SLOT 2 and I made the ball things eyes to suit with her theme of constantly observing.

Not 100% happy with Quitterie but it's good for a first go. I knew I wanted the magi to have the Kyubey head of her disguise. Quitterie's pin cushion has Kyubey eyes on it. I'd like to change this to incorporate Quitterie and the magi together more.

[zephyr-bazaar]

Even tho I know some of your favorite ships based on the Exchange, would you like to share any fave HMSoS rarepairs/crackships? :3 (esp. STH/HoLV/MM related since I've been balls deep in StH the past 3 weeks.)

HM… I saw a Kurt/Gotz pic a while back and I REALLY liked that!!

It’s kind of hard to think of rare pairs specifically, but I also think Carl/Katie and Louis/Ann are cute!! Way cuter than their canon pairs (Sorry Joe and Lyla LMAO

When I was a teen and Desperate For Yaoi I liked Mikhail/Ivan as well, but that’s fallen by the wayside since I just straight up started self inserting as Oliver.

Wayne/Ludus is also cute!!

WAIT ALSO: Wayne/Frank I CANT BELIEVE I ALMOST FORGOT THAT ONE. Just a twink and his daddy making it through the world… I hate when people marry Wayne because they’re doing their uncle who let you into his home when nobody else would dirty.

Is Huang/Zack rare?? Because I always loved that and I think the same of people who marry Wayne but with Huang LMAO

Also Rod/Allen!! Or Rod/Neil actually probably Rod/Neil

WAAAAAAAAAAAY back in middle school I liked Julius/Luna but now I prefer Julius and his canon beautiful transgender wife.

OH idk if it’s a rarepair or not but a close friend just said Giorgio/Marian I LOVE GIORGIO/MARIAN SO MUCH ITS ONE OF MY FAVE BOKUMONO SHIPS PERIOD

Those are the biggest ones I can think of!! My big ships are usually more common ones like Luke/Gil (luv Luke/Gil) or Dia/Gina

(also wrt your username I love Kazuma/Sherlock in DGS)

[cow-wizard]

For any farming game you like: 🥔(Potato), 🍄(Mushroom)

i have...so many favorite non-romanceable npc's lmao what if i'm extra and list them all under a read more? yea that sounds fun

fave non-romanceable character(s):

I have to start with Nik, Nak, and Flak from Save the Homeland and the AWL series (Ace, Jack, and Hart from the SOS remake) because they are so silly little guy-coded.

FoMT: Gotz

AWL: Galen & Nina

Magical Melody: Tai (his aesthetic is so fun)

Island of Happiness/Sunshine Islands: Gannon

Tree of Tranquility/Animal Parade: Mira

Grand Bazaar: ngl I love all the npc's this game's art style is so cute (but Claude, if I have to pick. Mr. Definitely Not A Vampire)

The Tale of Two Towns: Mako

A New Beginning: Hana & Kosaburo

Story of Seasons: Giorgio & Marian

Trio of Towns: Caolila (she's so pretty T_T)

Olive Town: Beth, Lars, Clemens, & Misaki

for the non-HM/SoS series...

My Time at Portia: Higgins. listen. he's the worst. but also...I love having a rival character who's actually Mean?? it's fun!

My Time at Sandrock: Dan-Bi, Krystal, Pebbles

Coral Island: Frank, Dippa, Dr. Ling

2. which non-romanceable character do you most wish was a marriage candidate:

HM/SoS:

definitely Gotz. widower woodsman and he wants people to be safe?? plus his remake design is great.

also Mako. no you are not noticing a pattern--

although...does Clemens fit into this niche? probably.

Coral Island:

Derek (i just want him to come back T-T)

Axel

i think those last two are pretty popular options but i'm not sure haha, either way wow I have opinions on characters. my opinions are that i love them hsdnbfnb tysm for the ask!! and for making the meme!

[emeraldhazeart]

For the Fruit Salad ask Game: 🍊, 🍈!

Thank you for the ask 🤗 Link to the full fruit salad

🍊 Who’s a character you don’t write for that often, but keep meaning to write for more? (They’re so interesting! But maybe you have trouble pinning them down, or keep getting distracted by another blorbo…)

I want to write for all of the Forget-Me-Not/Forgotten Valley characters, but I feel like I'd need to play AWL/DS again to really get into the right mindset for them. With the remake coming so soon, I'm hopeful that it'll give me the boost I need. But no promises 😅

I'd especially love to write for Celia/Cecilia. She's one of my favourite characters anyway, but I feel like she gets overlooked a little in fics in favour of the more interesting girls like Muffy or Nami. Her backstory isn't quite as obviously dramatic as theirs, so I understand, but I think there's a lot of unexplored depth to her that we haven't seen yet. It could be really fun to explore who she is underneath, whilst still staying true to who she is.

🍈 Who’s your blorbo and what are some of your favorite headcanons/ideas about them that repeatedly show up in your fics? Free pass to rant about blorbo opinions.

I've already talked about Celia, so let's gush about my other favourite Bokumono character: Harris!

Where do I even start with this man?

Headcanons:

I'm not even sure if it's canon, or just the way I write him at this point, but I definitely think of him as quite a shy, reserved person. I headcanon him as very softly spoken.

I headcanon that he didn't choose to become a police officer; his father pushed him into the role. But he's always lived in his father's shadow, so he's never actually thought about what he wants for himself.

Tbh, I think his role in HM64 fits him better. I keep forgetting he's a policeman, not a postman in HM FOMT!

Because his sprites in HM:FoMT seem quite slim, I've always pictured him as more of a tall, skinny man than the chubby figure he's portrayed as in official artwork.

I think he gets his gentle, quiet personality from his mother. Where she is, I'm not sure, but the fact that's he's so empathetic to Gotz over the loss of his family, makes me think Harris probably knows grief too.

He strikes me as the kind of guy that would like English cricket over other sports like football or baseball.

While the idea of moving to the city is nice, he's a country boy at heart, and he feels most at home in the town he grew up in. Harris would be miserable if he had to live in the city longterm.

In fact, that's why things didn't work out with him and Aja. She was desperate to move to the city, but even though he loved her dearly, he couldn't bring himself to follow her.

He's actually quite shy, and doesn't have many close friends, despite being a very friendly person. Gotz is really his only true friend in town, before the Farmer moves in. But he grows so close to the Farmer that he eventually comes to them about his love life, trusting them with his deepest secret.

And, I'm gonna stop there, or we'll be here all week 😅

Thank you for sending the ask ❤️

[ladylemrelle]

I DS cute I am getting so close to 60 sprites!!! That part of the game is what made it incredibly difficult for me to play frequently/ regularly for the past decade or so.

I’m finally about to hit it!!!

And I’ve got to choose between Rock, Gray, Cliff… or one of the other guys I guess. I’m kinda leaning Cliff so I can marry him the new mineral town since he and I are married and expecting baby soon in the original mineral town. Of all the men in the valley, i still wish I could marry Daryl! Give me the cute nerdy mad scientist!!!

Or Grant cuz he doesn’t need Samantha and I kinda feel for Kate despite how mean she is especially toward her dear dad.

I still get paranoid about Gotz pulling the same crap he did to me in my first play through of MFoMT in which he refused to build for me ever again and sabotaged my relationship with Gray by end of year 3, which meant Mary was moving in cuz I couldn’t get the necessary final build requirements to propose to Gray.

However, I think I kinda prefer in that version I ended up with a file married to Cliff instead, he’s really sweet and cute!

[harvest-moon-diary]

Gotz's advice on protecting and respecting nature

[cursedwateringcan]

[durotoswrites]

Part 3 of 3 of the ask from @friendofbats !

This is going to be interesting.  I’ve always thought of them as good friends, but I guess it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch of the imagination for their chemistry to work romantically.  This is actually really cute!

Gotz x Harris

SEND ME A SHIP and I’ll tell you: Who said “I love you” first

Oooh, again, this is tough.  Gotz is a widower who is still grieving, and Harris went through unrequited love with Aja.  I can see Harris confessing and immediately being horrified that he won’t be worthy to take Gotz’s wife’s place and he’ll be worried he’ll be rejected just like Aja did to him.  But Gotz would explain isn’t looking to “replace” his late wife - Harris also has a place in his heart, and he loves him, too.  He’s ready to move forward in life - forward with Harris.

Who would have the other’s picture as their phone background

Gotz would find that kind of thing sappy, although the idea might make him blush.  Harris might have a photo of the two of them on his phone, though, that he checks throughout the day. ^-^

Who leaves notes written in fog on the bathroom mirror

Neither.  Gotz would just wipe it away in his half-awake stupor anyway as he got ready for the day, lol.

Who buys the other cheesy gifts

Okay, I can see Harris getting something cute for Gotz.  Maybe a new axe with something cute engraved in the handle.  I can imagine Gotz being really touched by this. <3

Who initiated the first kiss

Gotz.  Harris wouldn’t want to make the first move physically because he’d be afraid of stepping over boundaries regarding Gotz’s late wife.  I imagine there being a situation where Harris does something really sweet and heartfelt for him and Gotz just gives him a big hug and kisses him without thinking.  It takes him a few moments to realize what he’s done, and they’re both blushing and giggly and happy.

Who kisses the other awake in the morning

Harris.  I don’t picture Gotz as a morning person, and he’s been alone for so long that he’d have to get used to other people being in the house.

Who starts tickle fights

There are no tickle fights in this relationship.  I could see them “accidentally” bumping past one another, though.

Who asks who if they can join the other in the shower

I feel like they'd naturally just ask each other.  I imagine them using the hot springs a lot, so they just join.  The washing off and rinsing beforehand, though… I can imagine them being a little shy doing that around each other after their relationship starts, but neither of them make a big deal out of it, because I feel like that’s something they would’ve done regularly as friends.

Who surprises the other in the middle of the day at work with lunch

Harris, for sure!  I can imagine him picking up something from Doug’s and stopping by in the afternoon to make sure Gotz remembers to eat.  I headcanon that that’s what they’re doing anyway in game when he’s hanging out over there in the afternoons.

Who was nervous and shy on the first date

Both.  I feel like their first date would be a hike in the woods up the mountain trail, with neither of them really knowing what to say.  They’d take in the scenery and eventually see something that acts as an icebreaker, like a squirrel or bird, and then they’d naturally open up to one another.

Who kills/takes out the spiders

They both take them outside with no fuss.

Who loudly proclaims their love when they’re drunk

Both.  Harris is pretty loose-lipped in the bar in HM64, and I can see him being the same way in Mineral Town.  I don’t imagine Gotz going out to drink much, but maybe he joins Harris at the bar after they start dating.  I imagine Gotz as being quite the romantic when he was married, so I can easily see him gushing about Harris after a few drinks.

Thank you for your patience on these asks!  I had a lot of fun doing them, and it was fun to think of the unique pairings.  I love rarepairs! <3

Send me a ship ask game!

[heckyeahhm64]

I kinda feel like I'm leading Karen on at this point :(

Oh no, even her dad ships us D:

[love-bokumono-fics]

WIP Wednesday - Friends of Mineral Town Part 1

I'm going to make 2 WIP Wednesday posts today for the FoMT WIP Wednesday feature. When I sorted by Date Updated, I realized that the most recent 10 fics have all received a feature on the blog over the last couple months. Which is great!

But I also want to take time to feature some of the WIPs that haven't been updated in a little bit, but still deserve some time in the spotlight.

Part 1 of WIP Wednesday is going to be the first 10 fics showing up on AO3, and Part 2 will be the next 10 fics!

Happy reading!

Do you have a FoMT WIP that didn't get featured today? Drop the link to it in a Submission box! We're always happy to feature submissions!

Pot-Puri - by Sakrovishte; WIP, 5/?, 14k

Rating: Mature; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Category: F/M

Fandoms: Friends of Mineral Town, A Wonderful Life

Relationships: Pete | Jack/Popuri, Muffy | Muumuu/Pete | Jack; Characters: Popuri, Pete | Jack, Muffy

Additional Tags: First Love, Love Triangles, Jealousy, farm struggling

Summary: Chickens and chicken eggs were all Popuri knew. She knew a simple way of life. A good life but there was always that little voice that cried out inside of her.

Doug's Inn - by FriendOfBats; WIP, 3/?, 10k

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences; Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings; Category: F/M

Fandoms: Friends of Mineral Town

Relationships: Claire the Farmer/Cliff, Other Relationship Tags to Be Added; Characters: Claire the Farmer, Ann the Innkeeper | Ran, Doug | Dudley, Cliff, Rick, Popuri, Kai, Gray

Additional Tags: POV Multiple, Drama & Romance, Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, Mild Sexual Content, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Eventual Romance, Bittersweet, Mental Health Issues, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Tags May Change, Bad Decisions, Slice of Life, Angst, Character Development, Other Ships Not Mentioned in Tags, Secrets

Summary: Claire "Shelly" McPherson decides, once and for all, to leave the big city and her past behind her. On a whim, she buys a one-way ticket to Mineral Town and books a reservation at Doug's Inn. It's there that she meets new friends and discovers, in the idyllic little town, the secrets that everyone is harboring... secrets not even the town bartender has heard about.

Sakura Sisters - by LuluRuru; WIP, 4/?, 12k

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Category: F/M

Fandoms: Friends of Mineral Town

Relationship: Ships will be revealed soon!; Characters: Claire, Naomi, Brandon, Cliff, Doctor | Trent, Gray, Kai, Rick, Elli | Elly, Jennifer, Karen, Mary the Librarian | Marie, Popuri, Ann the Innkeeper | Ran, Mineral Town Residents

Additional Tags: Family, Slow Burn, POV Alternating, Updating tags as I go

Summary: Mineral Town is the destination for these two sisters. Claire appears dainty and sweet but really is childish and a loudmouth. Naomi appears shy and uncaring but is perceptive and a go-getter. The two of them are here for different reasons, but both of them have to manage Sakura Farm together. Will Claire be able to find her childhood friend and the boy who saved her? And will Naomi be able to find her true calling in life? The road ahead will be tough, but these two can do anything if they put their minds together. After all, that's what sisters are for, right?

Wildflower - by EmeraldHaze15; WIP, 7/?, 14k

Rating: Mature; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Category: F/M

Fandoms: Friends of Mineral Town

Relationship: To Be Decided; Characters: Claire the Farmer, Harris, More to come, Basically the whole of Mineral Town, Ann the Innkeeper | Ran, Popuri, Rick, Mary the Librarian | Marie

Additional Tags: Tags Contain Spoilers, Abusive Relationships, Running Away, Bruises, Hurt/Comfort, mentions of prior abuse, Emotional Scarring, Trespassing, Domestic Violence, Pseudonyms, Tags Are Hard, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Mineral Town, Peril, No Smut, Panic Attacks

Summary: The world is a scary place, especially when Claire is all alone. But maybe she can begin to heal in a little place called Mineral Town... Rated 'M' for heavy, dark themes and emotional trauma

Barriers - by krose13; WIP, 23/?, 165k

Rating: Mature; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Category: F/M

Fandoms: Friends of Mineral Town, Harvest Moon DS Cute

Relationships: Claire the Farmer/Gray, Ann the Innkeeper | Ran/Cliff; Characters: Claire, Gray, Ann the Innkeeper | Ran, Cliff, Kai, Karen, Popuri, Mary the Librarian, Rick, Basically the whole Mineral Town cast, plus Forget-Me-Not Valley

Additional Tags: Drama & Romance, Complicated Relationships, Sexual Content, Slow Burn, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Not for the kiddos, Fluff and Angst, Jealousy, Unplanned Pregnancy, trying to fit a realistic pregnancy in hm time is a challenge but we doin it, POV First Person, Mutual Pining, Drug Use, Dreams and Nightmares, Drowning, I’ll probably have to add more tags as we go along but

Summary: Unlike everyone else in town, Gray wants nothing to do with the new farmer. He can't stand Claire, despite all her attempts to befriend him. But when one small mistake leads to an even bigger problem, he might be seeing a lot more of her than they both had planned.

A Blacksmith's Guide to Happiness - by Practicado; WIP, 42/?, 242k

Rating: Explicit; Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings; Category: F/M

Fandoms: Friends of Mineral Town

Relationships: Claire the Farmer/Gray, Claire the Farmer/Doctor Trent

Additional Tags: Love Triangles, Sexual Content, Virginity, Slow Burn, Fluff and Angst, Angst and Humor, Healing, Romantic Friendship, Sarcasm, Love, Friendzone, Jealousy, Falling In Love, Religion, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Complicated Relationships, Trying to make these relationships as realistic as possible LOL, dry humour, like a lot of it, Really don't know where I'm going with all of these tags lmao, Age Difference, But the main character thinks it's okay bc she's naive, but everyone else knows better smh

Summary: Rough city boy meets innocent farm girl. Disagreements, conflicts, and trials that threaten to come between them ensue. Gray is a cynical blacksmith apprentice who's been around the block a couple of times. Claire is a naïve farmer who doesn't even know where that block might be located. Both have suffered from a pain-filled past, yet they learn to heal with the help of each other. Despite their continuous fighting and inability to see eye to eye, something beautiful still manages to blossom between them. That is, until a certain doctor enters the picture. Slow-burn romance containing explicit language, sexual content, serious character development, and an overuse of sarcasm. Takes place in the aughts: Mineral Town, 2004

The Wayfarer's Way. - by callieicos; WIP, 12/?, 52k

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Category: F/M

Fandoms: Friends of Mineral Town

Relationship: Claire the Farmer/Cliff; Characters: Claire the Farmer, Cliff, Ann the Innkeeper | Ran, Carter the Pastor, Mary the Librarian | Marie, Doug | Dudley, Stu | Yu, May | Mei, Elli | Elly, Brandon, Gotz | Gotts, Gray, Duke, Manna, Kai, Will

Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Coming of Age, Friends to Lovers, I'll add more tags the more I write, Slice of Life, Eventual Romance, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Pining, Hurt/Comfort, Reunions, Character Development, Neurodiversity

Summary: Traveling to Mineral town was a huge change for Cliff. Whether that's a positive change or negative one is beyond him. Still, he makes the most of his stay and along the way, learns to open himself up to others again. Claire, Mineral Town's newest resident and farmer, is learning how to become more independent, while also finding people who accept her. Together, Claire and Cliff learn to become friends and get a feel for their vastly new lifestyles together.

The Shy Newcomer - by durotos; WIP, 122/?, 565k

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences; Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings; Categories: F/M, Multi

Fandoms: Friends of Mineral Town

Relationship: Claire the Farmer/Cliff; Characters: Claire, Cliff, Gray, Karen

Additional Tags: Slice of Life, Romance, Coming of Age, Slow Burn, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, very slow burn, PROBABLY THE SLOWEST BURN EVER, Multiple Pairings, Mental Illness, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism

Summary: Claire, aching for something new in life, moves to Mineral Town and realizes at once that she has left everything she has ever known. At heart, a story about a young woman discovering that there is more to life if she just looks around her. A story of true love, friendship, hard work, and being part of something bigger than yourself.

Summer Days - by fieldberry; WIP, 9/?, 20k

Rating: General Audiences; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Category: F/M

Fandom: Friends of Mineral Town

Relationships: Claire the Farmer/Kai, Claire the Farmer & Kai; Characters: Kai, Claire

Additional Tags: Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Slow Build, Eventual Romance, Drama & Romance, Drama, Romance, Slow Romance

Summary: Claire isn't sure what to expect when she risks it all and moves to the countryside--certainly not a handsome, charming young man watching stars on the beach one lonely night. A spark ignites between the two ex-city folk, and through the ups and downs of the following summers, grows into something much more.

Seedlings and Sprouts - by TheBeckster; WIP, 10/?, 8k

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Categories: Gen, Multi

Fandoms: Friends of Mineral Town, Story of Seasons (2014), Star Wars, Trio of Towns, The Tale of Two Towns

Relationships: Carter/Doctor | Trent, Claire the Farmer/Cliff, Fritz/Raeger, Gotz/Vesta

Characters: Cliff, Claire, Doctor | Trent, Carter the Pastor, Fritz, Raeger, Gotz | Gotts, Anakin Skywalker, Beru Whitesun, Owen Lars, Georgia, Iluka

Additional Tags: yes this collection includes a star wars crossover, Tumblr Prompt, prompt collection, I'll figure out tags later

Summary: A collection of tumblr prompts I've filled over the last couple years based on Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons games. Every chapter is a different prompt. Should be posted in chronological order from oldest to newest. Prompt themes and ships will be included in the chapter titles.

[otome-loli]

The SOS:FOMT remake and why the designs make SENSE

A lot of people dislike the SOS:FOMT remake designs because of the fact that they don’t bear a lot of resemblance to their old designs. However, the designs used in FOMT were ported over from HM64, however, the characters had completely different roles and personalities in comparison to HM64. That said, I know that BTN had changed their roles and FOMT just carried it over, but I’m focusing on FOMT and HM64 because FOMT is getting the remake and HM64 were the original designs. 

Overall, their new designs fit within the aesthetics of a new game and better suit their new roles and personalities, as opposed to the ones they originally had in HM64. If they had kept their roles and personalities from HM64, I could understand being upset with the redesigns, however, I feel that their designs needed to be updated even if it means they don’t look the same anymore.

Because truth be told, they aren’t. 

Let’s start with the ones we’ve already seen, Karen, Popuri, Rick, and Cliff. 

In HM 64 Karen:

Is the daughter of Gotz and Sasha and is the cousin of Cliff and works in a vineyard/bar. 

Is rude and ungrateful, becoming defensive towards strangers

Has a strained relationship with Gotz

In HM64, Karen’s outfit complements her personality. She’s rude and harsh, similar to Gotz and likely got her style of clothes from him. Your rival for her was also Kai instead of Rick. In HM64, she was the daughter of a rude and hard to befriend man who was described as lazy and unmotivated by his wife and a quiet but kind mother who doesn’t seem to socialize much. 

In HM:FOMT Karen:

Is the daughter of Jeff and Sasha and works in the local supermarket. 

Is chill and laid back, rather friendly and easy to get along with.

She gets along with both of her parents. 

You can see how her design is still pretty much the same despite the fact that her personality and role in the story has changed. This design doesn’t really suit someone who has a gossipy and strong-willed mother and a quiet and anxious father. 

However, her new design better reflects her personality and parents. It pays homage to her blond bangs and dark hair by having her hair transition from a light blond to a dark brown, it also pays homage to her original design by keeping her boots and shorts, as well as the vest and undershirt, but gives them a more stylish appearance. It’s something that is befitting of a girl that is no longer temperamental and rude, but rather someone who is casual and friendly. But otherwise, she looks more like Sasha and Jeff as seen in their new designs here

Jeff and Sasha’s designs even better suit their personalities with Sasha’s being more reminiscent of someone who is actually strong-willed and a social butterfly while Jeff’s looks more like a guy who runs a supermarket as opposed to looking more the version of himself who was Duke’s nephew and ran a bakery. Between the transition to HM64 and FOMT, the main thing that stayed the same for Karen was her love of drinking, but otherwise, she was a completely different person. 

In HM 64 Popuri:

Is the daughter of Basil and Lillia

Works at the flower shop

Seems to be overall more mature although still considered young and upbeat. 

You can see here how this design is better suited for someone who works more so with flowers than they do chickens. Both Basil and Lillia are florists and both have friendly and upbeat personalities. In HM64, your rival for Popuri is Gray instead of Kai. Her parents get along well and she is an only child, as a result, she helps out more in the shop. 

In HM:FOMT Popuri:

Is the daughter of Rod and Lillia, and sister of Rick. 

Works on a poultry farm.

Is more childish and doesn’t seem to help out as much on the farm. 

Like Karen, you can see how her personality has changed but her design didn’t. With Popuri, her personality didn’t undergo many changes, however, they did make her more childish with her having a huge sweet tooth and participating in festival events mostly meant for children. While still youthful, her outfit doesn’t seem beneficial for someone who works in a chicken coop even if it isn’t as much as she’d like because Rick takes care of most of it. Her outfit is better suited for someone who is a florist or works in a flower shop. 

However, her new design is better suited for someone who is still feminine, girly, and childish but also someone who works on a poultry farm. It pays homage to her original job by giving her a flower-like bow for her braid and giving her a two to three-piece outfit consisting of a blouse, bodice, and dress. It keeps in with her childish nature as well as for someone who would work on a poultry farm. Her boots are similar to the ones that Rick has and the shorter dress makes it easier to get around a coop. 

While we don’t know who her father will be in this game, we do have Lillia’s design here

Assuming they still keep Lillia’s personality and illness the same, it’s safe to assume that she doesn’t get to leave the house as much. It pays homage to her original design with the dark colors and long dress, as well as keeping her hair tied back. 

You can easily see how Popuri’s style of clothes is very close to that of her mother’s in both games. 

In HM 64 Rick:

Is the cousin of Gray and Ann and is the nephew of Doug

Works in the tool shop where you can purchase brushes, milker, etc. 

Is not your rival in any way. 

As you can see, his outfit is pretty well suited for someone who works in a tool shop. In HM64, we don’t know who his parents are, but we do know that he’s related to Gray, Ann and Doug. Because of that, we can see the resemblance between him, Ann, and Gray since they both have blonde hair and he has brown eyes like his uncle Doug. The apron allows him to reach and work with tools easily and the shoes presumably protect his feet in case any of them fall and seems to have a sweatband of sorts to keep the sweat from his eyes while working. 

In HM:FOMT Rick:

Is the older brother of Popuri and son of Lillia. 

Works on a poultry farm

Is your rival for Karen

Like the previous ones, you can see how his design didn’t change even though his roles and relations did. Here, he doesn’t look related to Lillia or Popuri, but that can be attributed to Rod as we don’t see him in FOMT. While this outfit isn’t horrible for working with poultry, there are some that could be a little more effective. 

His new outfit in the remake pays homage to his original design by keeping his hair the same color, his bangs, his glasses, and even keeping the green long-sleeved shirt, apron, and pants. However, is better suited for a poultry farm, they even gave him an eye color similar to Popuri’s so they look more related. 

With a shorter apron, it’s less likely to get pecked at by rowdy chickens and with pockets on both sides as opposed to just one in the middle, it’s easier for him to store and access small things for dealing with the chickens. And his pants are also tucked into his boots so the chickens can’t peck at that either. 

We’ve already seen Lillia’s redesign for the new games, so I won’t go over it again. While his outfit isn’t similar to either Popuri or Lillia, it is better suited for someone who is more active in caring for the farm. 

In HM64 Cliff:

Is the cousin of Karen and nephew of Gotz and Sasha. 

Lives off the land and in a cave behind the carpenter’s shop.

Doesn’t worry about not having a job, just a quiet guy enjoys animals and fishing. 

As you can see, he looks like a guy who prefers to live off the land rather than a nomad who travels place to place. His hair even has blond highlights, similar to Karen since their cousins in this version of harvest moon. He has thick braces on his arm, useful for his pet hawk Kane/Cain to land on. He’s just a simple and quiet guy who likes animals and doesn’t worry about a job because he lives off of the land. 

In HM:FOMT Cliff:

Has no known family in the town

Needs a job in order to stay and is presumably a nomad for that reason, doesn’t live off the land. 

Rather than just being quiet, he’s simply shy and has a bit of trouble opening up to people.

Just like with everyone else, noticing a trend here?, Cliff’s design wasn’t updated to better suit his new personality and role. He still maintains the outfit and looks of a guy that looks like he lives off the land rather than someone who needs a job and has no known family. The only thing that really changed between the two designs is that he lost his thick arm braces as Kane/Cain is not mentioned anymore in the games. 

While I am going to miss his blond hair and highlights, his new outfit looks more like someone who is a nomad as opposed to looking like someone who knows how to live off the land. Since he has no known relatives, we don’t have anyone to compare his outfit too. However, unlike the others, it doesn’t seem like his outfit fulfills a particular kind of job or purpose, which attributes to his nomadic lifestyle as he searches for a job and place to stay. So far, his design pays the least amount of homage to his original one, however, given how much he and his role has changed, it makes sense as he is more of a “new person” than the others revealed so far as they’ve normally have had at least one family member in common going from HM64 -> FOMT> 

I’d like to do the others, but their designs haven’t been revealed yet. So chances are, I’ll either update this post or make a part two I necessary analyzing and discussing the character art. 

In the end, while the old designs are more nostalgic for a lot of us, at the end of the day, they gave them new designs to represent who they are as people... and FOMT is vastly different from it’s HM64 counterpart even though a lot of the characters at the same. A majority of the time, their mother has stayed the same although their father changed, however, some changed more than others. 

Ultimately, I’m glad that Marvelous decided to treat the FOMT versions as if they were different people rather than just cashing on the nostalgic designs to be a selling point of the game. Their new designs further distinguish them from their hM64 counterparts because they are basically different people in comparison to their HM64 versions. 

If HM64 was the game getting the remaster, then I’d say that they should probably stick closer to the original designs. However, they aren’t and it’s FOMT getting the remake. 

It’s also important to note that the game is a remake rather than a remaster, which basically means that this is a completely different game compared to the original (as a remaster would just be graphical and mechanical updates) and I’m glad they’re treating the characters as if they are brand new characters. 

Once more designs are released, I’ll discuss them either here or in another post.

Part Two - Mary, Elli, Doctor, Gray

[rotten-dan]

sometimes u just, FORGET HOW HEAVY HM IS

fucking walked in on Gotz having a chat with Harris about how he patrols the mountain cuz his wife and daughter fucking DIED on the mountains.. . Gotz says that if he can prevent people from meeting the same fate they can rest a lil more peacefully

and im

deeply hurt

[emeraldhazeart]

🍃 Harvest Moon 30 Day Challenge 🍂

Day 21: So, do you think it’s weird that the same characters keep showing up in each game but with different familial relationships?

I have a sort of a theory that I'm mulling around in my brain, but I haven't actually played any of the games older than FoMT, so I don't feel confident writing it up fully.

In short, I think of the HM/SoS games as at least 2 parallel universes, somewhat similar to the official Legend of Zelda timeline.

Right at the top/earliest you have SNES and MM - it's fairly well established that the 5 ladies from SNES - Ellen, Nina, Ann, Eve and Maria - are the grandmothers of the HM64 ladies - Elli, Popuri, Ann, Karen and Maria. So any game featuring the SNES girls is the oldest in the timeline.

Below that, it branches into 2 parallel universes - one (HM64) where Ann and Gray are siblings, Maria is the mayor's daughter, Lillia is married to Basil and Karen's father is Gotz, etc.

The other timeline (BTN/FoMT) is where Popuri and Rick are siblings, Mary is Basil's daughter and Karen is Jeff's, and Lillia is married to Rod etc. Same cast of characters, different relationships.

Other games with the same characters but different settings also feature on either one of the two time lines. For example, IoH and SI have the same cast, but different islands. So, since Cliff, Karen, Popuri and Doctor Trent from BTN/FoMT visit IoH, I put IoH on the BTN timeline, and SI on the HM64 timeline.

The same goes for ToT/AP - Gray from HM64 shows up in ToT (he's a rancher there, so it has to be the HM64 version), so I put ToT on the 64 timeline, and AP on the BTN timeline.

It's not a perfect system, and I haven't researched it thoroughly enough to make a definitive version, but that's kind of my headcanon for why there are so many identical characters running around.

[harvestmoonconfessionsv2]

So this is a bit random but sometimes, especially when I play some of the older HM games like FOMT and HMDS, I wonder what it would be like to be able to play as all the other characters and get to know them as well as the main character. It would be cool to have a HM game a bit like Fantasy Life, where we could mine and run a Blacksmith with Grey, run a supermarket with Karen, cut wood and construct buildings with Gotz, be a botany expert with Basil, run an Inn with Ann or Ruby, create cool artworks with Cody, make scientific breakthroughs with Daryl, be an archeologist with Flora, look after patients with Dr Trent, Dr Hardy or Elli, make music with Gustafa, and so on. And the decisions they make impact the game as much as the main character’s decision, and their success helps other people’s success in their jobs. E.g. Basil could find medicinal plants to help the doctors, or if the Inn does well, the supermarket does well because there are more tourists, etc. Even if it was just as a minigame, I think it would be a cool concept.