stardew has never once been a cozy game. you run that shit like the navy. plan your crops accordingly. survive the mines. overthrow capitalism. put the mayor’s lucky purple underwear in the town’s pot luck soup
I genuinely thought the world would be a more pleasant place after Covid given what we all went through. Couldn't have been more wrong. Everyone's lost their fuckin minds.
i love romance but i also think ship-centered culture as a whole sort of ruined how many people engage with art
many stories do make possible enjoy its themes along shipping, but others have to be stripped of their meaning and dept so ship can work and that's pretty sad.