The official Animal Crossing: New Horizons guide revealed the relationship between Flick and C.J.

[New Horizons lover]

They released an image that revealed the relationship between Flick and C.J.

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[Xara]

they’re roommates

 

[Hesper]

they’re roommates

Oh my god, they were roommates

 

[LuchaSloth]

I think it's ridiculous that people had relationship connotations in mind to begin with. Not that there would have been anything wrong with it...but, there was never anything to suggest that it was the case. "Partner" is such a vague term for people to latch onto. Especially in a children's video game with cartoon animals...and even more so when you know that they do business together. It was pretty clear to me from the first time I heard CJ say it, that it was a business relationship where his partner made models. There are no romantic relationships between any of the characters in Animal Crossing, and there never should be. That goes for all orientations, obviously. It's just not something that there is any real need for.

 

[meggiewes]

@luchasthe only romantic relationship that I ever saw from AC was the Pelly/Pete/Phillis vague pelican love triangle. Plus Kappn and his wife and child.

 

[Sheep Villager]

@luchasthe only romantic relationship that I ever saw from AC was the Pelly/Pete/Phillis vague pelican love triangle. Plus Kappn and his wife and child.

Don't forget the power couple that was Reese and Cyrus!​

 

[meggiewes]

Don't forget the power couple that was Reese and Cyrus!​

Oh yeah! How could I forget our favorite couple? I still want to see them back with a little purple alpaca kiddo.

 

[hallejulia]

I was sure they were just business partners but it sure would've been nice if they were an actual couple.

 

[Krissi2197]

I don't understand why some people are saying that there shouldnt be couples in animal crossing. Who cares if there is?

They may be confirmed roommates/business partners but my headcanon is them being boyfriends lol the guide isnt really going to change that for me.

 

[meggiewes]

I don't understand why some people are saying that there shouldnt be couples in animal crossing. Who cares if there is?

They may be confirmed roommates/business partners but my headcanon is them being boyfriends lol the guide isnt really going to change that for me.

I can't speak for anyone else, but sometimes it is nice that I can play a game where there is no romantic interactions or love interests. I'm a romantic at heart and love romance. Romantic novels and dating sims are my jam. But it is really nice to have a game where the interactions are simply friendships with no strings attached.

 

[MidnightAura]

I read this too in the guide. I always assumed they meant business partners. In Wild world sometimes there is hints towards villagers romantic relationships. Like a villager would come up and ask what you think of x and y and the responses are either “Just friends” or “Lottsa smooching”

 

[Krissi2197]

I can't speak for anyone else, but sometimes it is nice that I can play a game where there is no romantic interactions or love interests. I'm a romantic at heart and love romance. Romantic novels and dating sims are my jam. But it is really nice to have a game where the interactions are simply friendships with no strings attached.

I suppose but in previous AC games there were relationships so idk why if in this one they actually were in a relationship it would be any different.

 

[Blue Cup]

I think it's ridiculous that people had relationship connotations in mind to begin with. Not that there would have been anything wrong with it...but, there was never anything to suggest that it was the case. "Partner" is such a vague term for people to latch onto. Especially in a children's video game with cartoon animals...and even more so when you know that they do business together. It was pretty clear to me from the first time I heard CJ say it, that it was a business relationship where his partner made models. There are no romantic relationships between any of the characters in Animal Crossing, and there never should be. That goes for all orientations, obviously. It's just not something that there is any real need for.

Pretty much sums up my feelings on the matter exactly. Head canons are fine and even entertaining, but it's the people that can't separate that from what is actually going on that have the problems and thus make problems for others where shouldn't even be any. Case in point: I was jumped out of the blue because I stated the fact that Raymond is just copy and paste smug villager with a different skin, but apparently there is some head canon theory going around that he's an LGBT character, thus making the actual fact of the matter somehow blasphemous to them, so they went on the attack.

Love and tolerate, but please for the love of God, learn how to separate your head canon from the truth.

That said, I would love to see more inclusive stuff.

 

[naranjita]

I suppose but in previous AC games there were relationships so idk why if in this one they actually were in a relationship it would be any different.

let's be real, it would be different because it would be a gay couple... no one ever had a problem with cyrus and reese, or the pigeon love triangle in Wild World, or with smug villagers flirting with female players, or with kapp'n getting married to a woman, and lots of people even saw romantic undertones in the relationship between nook and sable... but the moment some people see romantic undertones between two same-sex characters, it's all "oh well, i just don't want romance in my animal crossing, nothing against gay people of course". right, then why did no one ever complain about the endless straight romances? lol

and also, people whip out the "well, it's a children's game!" argument... again, there's been several explicit straight relationships already, and nobody ever argued that those didn't belong in a game for kids. why do you see gay relationships as inherently more adult than straight ones?

 

[Krissi2197]

let's be real, it would be different because it would be a gay couple... no one ever had a problem with cyrus and reese, or the pigeon love triangle in Wild World, or with smug villagers flirting with female players, or with kapp'n getting married to a woman, and lots of people even saw romantic undertones in the relationship between nook and sable... but the moment some people see romantic undertones between two same-sex characters, it's all "oh well, i just don't want romance in my animal crossing, nothing against gay people of course". right, then why did no one ever complain about the endless straight romances? lol

and also, people whip out the "well, it's a children's game!" argument... again, there's been several explicit straight relationships already, and nobody ever argued that those didn't belong in a game for kids. why do you see gay relationships as inherently more adult than straight ones?

I mean... this was all going through my head but I wanted to give people the benefit of the doubt lol but you have a point.

 

[Rosie Moon]

I read this too in the guide. I always assumed they meant business partners. In Wild world sometimes there is hints towards villagers romantic relationships. Like a villager would come up and ask what you think of x and y and the responses are either “Just friends” or “Lottsa smooching”

Ikr, there was a lot of that kind of stuff in Wild World, it felt like a high school drama set in a forest village.

 

[Insulaire]

Based on his decor, I think Graham desires a potentially impure relationship with Chrissy and Francine

 

[Underneath The Stars]

aayyyyy saw this earlier on twitter, gonna exit this thread now because i know it could just get messy so let me just like the posts i agree with

 

[MidnightAura]

Pretty much sums up my feelings on the matter exactly. Head canons are fine and even entertaining, but it's the people that can't separate that from what is actually going on that have the problems and thus make problems for others where shouldn't even be any. Case in point: I was jumped out of the blue because I stated the fact that Raymond is just copy and paste smug villager with a different skin, but apparently there is some head canon theory going around that he's an LGBT character, thus making the actual fact of the matter somehow blasphemous to them, so they went on the attack.

Love and tolerate, but please for the love of God, learn how to separate your head canon from the truth.

That said, I would love to see more inclusive stuff.

What? He’s a cat! How can he be LGBT??
And I agree about Raymond.

I have no problem if CJ and Flick are a couple. But Nintendo says they aren’t. If people want to pretend they are a couple then thats their business.
I don’t really view any of my villagers in any of my towns as in relationships with each other.

 

[SuperK98]

I'd be interested to know what the Japanese dialogue says about their partnership haha. Stuff like that has been known to get lost in localization, like how Gracie and Saharah are men in the Japanese games.

I think it's funny that we're having a fairly serious discussion about the sexual orientation of talking animals in a video game lmao