letting go a villager after obtaining their photo

[salem_]

whatcya think?
ive read a lot that usually people sell or give away villagers after they would get their photo
but why
im honestly too affectionate to do this even if id get their photo..
id prob want they to stay even more

 

[Cnydaquil]

same! i have a pretty good lineup at the moment so i would absolutly keep them!

 

[Kaey]

there are a few villagers I plan on never letting go, but for others I will let them go after getting their photo.
getting their photo is like a momento!!
I'd like to meet many different villagers so I don't think I could stick with the same 10 forever

 

[Hedgehugs]

if you got dreamies and need to replace someone then i think getting their picture before moving them out is a pretty admirable goal.
honestly might start doing that. can't say i hate a single villager in the game to the point i would purposely try not to get their picture and move them out asap lmao.
...im also a masochist and really like a sad goodbye as they're moving out.

edit: im gonna make a cemetery and use their photos for the graves. might sound kinda messed up and little funny but i don't want them to dust up in storage lol

 

[niconii]

Actually I've been doing this ever since I figured out photos were a thing! At least for villagers that are just okay for me.

It's been maybe about a week since Beau gave me his photo and I don't think I'm letting go of him soon even if he just has a starter home. I just like him too much and tbh I think I prefer his starter home interior to his real one but aah, idk might let go of him in the future. ;;

 

[Fendi]

I guess for some people, obtaining a villager's photo is the goal as they probably have an interest in collecting them. I guess if you see it as a collectible, then I could see why, but I think I'm the opposite where I would be more inclined to keep them forever after getting their photo.

 

[Briar]

I plan to let some of my villagers leave after I've gotten their photo, and for me it's because there are a lot of villagers that I like and would want on my island at some point. There are a few villagers on my island that I don't plan on letting leave, but there are also a few that I know I must let leave if I ever want to have any of the other villagers I like on my island.

 

[Etown20]

There are a few villagers I plan on holding onto for a long time, but I would also like to meet more villagers, so getting their photo feels like a nice point of closure before letting them go.

 

[RoyNumber1]

I’m not planning on keeping my villagers as I have no dreamies. I’m just going with whoever decides to live in my island. Getting their picture feels like a accomplishment to me.

 

[Hirisa]

I’ve been thinking about this because today Hamlet gave me his picture. I adore him so much, and even though I am pretty strict with myself about letting villagers go when they ask, and I’ve “won” his friendship prize, I would be so bummed to see Hamlet go.

At the same time, he was a starting villager and his house is so not what he deserves. Maybe I will let him go if he asks and if we cross paths again I will invite him back. Uggh I just don’t know.

 

[Nefarious]

There's so many villagers in the sea, too bad there's only 10 slots for them.
I only have a few dreamies that I'm keeping, so the rest of my plots are going to be used to welcome new faces. I do bond with the villagers, but there's only so many you can keep, I rather have a memento, some pictures and videos, and have that to remember them by. Meeting as many as I can and getting their framed photos is a goal of mine.

 

[*The Oakboro Mayor*]

If a villager gave me their photo, they are staying. 100 percent. I think if I let them be such close friends with me than it would be worth it to keep them! Also I would be way to nice to let them go if I hated them hehe

 

[Lurrdoc]

I gotta' agree with you. I don't let em go just because of a photo. I let 'em go when I feel like it's right.

 

[Shyria]

I think you got this the other way around! (At least for me)

It's not a matter of only keeping them to get their photo then boot them out. To me, it's more that I want to meet many villagers, and if I don't let some move away at some point I never will...
So I keep the ones I get along best with for as long as I can, and then decide to let some go when they ask, but only once I know I've developed as good a relationship as I could with them, and I have their picture to remember them!

That way I get to give a chance to more villagers, and still enjoy meaningful bond with all my neighbours!

 

[Insulaire]

Most of my villagers are permanent. But I’m rotating one spot to get all the DIYs and reactions, and since it takes 1-2 months investment to get to that point anyways, getting their picture means I can let them go if I have all their personality type’s reactions— it’s a good final memento and it’s unlikely I’d ever have them cycled back in for that long again (unless we get more plots), so it’s a now or never kinda thing too.

 

[Grom]

picture = see u on the next tour stop

 

[Mayor Fia]

It's been a think since for as long as I can remember. In New Leaf I would keep villager I don't care for the sole purpose of having their photos. Now I think more people because of the way the mail is done. Back in NL you could go and save mail at the post office and you could organize to if you. It was to me easier system. Now with NH I just want photos because I'm not a fan of how mail is done.

 

[Rubombee]

Thanks to people's answers in this thread I understand more why people would do it! I probably would be on the side that likes to keep more but I can't exactly tell since I haven't actually gotten a photo yet :'D

At the same time, he was a starting villager and his house is so not what he deserves. Maybe I will let him go if he asks and if we cross paths again I will invite him back. Uggh I just don’t know.

If you let him go, have someone else pick him up, and later re-invite that same Hamlet (from the person who picked him up) he'll remember you!

 

[VelveteenCat]

Today Pate gave me her photo. I knew she would be the first one to do so since I've had her for a long time and we are close. I also had planned to send her off to see the world and accomplish her dream of becoming a pop star once I got the picture. I don't know, it's hard. I want Gloria instead of her, even bought Gloria's amiibo, but the thought of letting Pate go kind of hurts. This is the first time I'm struggeling. Already invited Gloria to my campsite in hopes that meeting her would make letting go of Pate easier, but the two are just so fundamentally different ... I thought about keeping Pate, but her house exterior doesn't look that great and Gloria would be a better fit overall. Besides, if I kept Pate, that would mean that I'd have three peppies. Still, her giving me her photo proved even more that she really considers me a friend and I feel like I'm just tossing her aside which isn't great.

 

[axo]

I only have Sprocket and Quilson's photo right now, and I had planned on letting both of them go originally. Now, Quilson has really grown on me and I think I might keep him as the smug in my town (replacing Henry, who I originally wanted as my smug) but I'm still going to let Sprocket leave since he doesn't fit my town theme. It does make me sad and a little more hesitant to let a villager leave once they've given me their photo, it's like saying goodbye to a really good friend who you know loved you as much or more than you loved them. Kinda makes my heart hurt.