Well, weird? yeah but I don't see it as "bad", some people consider their pets as friends, so what's the difference? Plus we all have, to a different degree, love-care for our villagers, but don't get too caught up, even if you're not a people's person (heck I'm not) we all need some human interaction once in a while.
Villagers being real friends, is this kind of pathetic?
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HopeForHyrule
Bunny Fanatic
I didn't participate in my hamster town, and Hamphrey won with a six inch fish...
But I did catch a ribbon eel in my bunny town and annihilated them; I felt kinda bad, but they were good sports about it. ^_^
But I did catch a ribbon eel in my bunny town and annihilated them; I felt kinda bad, but they were good sports about it. ^_^
Lol. That's a good example.
Real pet. Virtual pet/villager. Almost the same thing. Didn't even think about it like that.
The way our villagers make us run all their errands it's almost like they own us at pets instead. "Take this package to someone standing two feet away, slave mayor" :<
Yeah, or give me fruit, I'm hungry and too lazy to walk to the tree 2 ft away from me!!!
Yeah, or give me fruit, I'm hungry and too lazy to walk to the tree 2 ft away from me!!!
"I had a bad experience with bees and now I'm afraid to shake trees"
*sees them shaking trees a day later*
Let me guess, a lazy? They seem to have a millisecond short-term memory! xD
Punchy invited me to his house and claimed he didnt know the way back......we were standing in fromt of his door...........
HopeForHyrule
Bunny Fanatic
I love when I walk into Cole or Stitches' house, stand RIGHT in front of them and they're all, "Ahhh! You scared me! You're really stealthy, like a ninja." Cracks me up...XD
EXACTLY I JUST SAID THIS LMAO
2munchkin2
Senior Member
oh get a life troll
After all my rotten luck with my 2nd town recently, I had some good luck! I was plot resetting to get fuschia as my 6th villager in my new town of Sodapop and it only took a few tries! I was surprised considering I was going through three personalities and therefore 60 - 70+ other villagers couldve popped up ._.
...It was Bob. It's always Bob.
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Punchy does the weirdest stuff ever to me, yet he's so relatable because he's always talking about food.
Punchy is my spirit animal
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Nice! Fuschia is pretty awesome, even though she totally clashes with my town she's in. She has the best music ever in her house though. Rock star deer ftw
scartwright
Mayor Samantha of Harmony
Though I think this is mostly resolved now, I'd like to say my piece.
We live in a world where people can legally marry their pets, in fact I literally just read about a woman who had a relationship with a tree. So if you're worried that you're weird, don't be.
Though AC isn't my mental sanctuary, I do have characters and stories that, if I didn't think about at least once a day, I would never get to sleep or manage to get through my day. I was once in a relationship with a man who made my self-esteem as low as it could possibly go, I got so depressed that I could barely summon the strength to go to the bathroom, never mind eating. I was like this for 2 long years and in that time my 'characters' were the only thing I had. It took a long time to get to where I am now (having a lovely new man who gave me a beautiful baby girl helped!) though I'll never be in great mental shape.
I guess I went a little off-topic there, sorry. My point is, you should seek happiness where you can. It sounds like you have a nice job working with children, so you're obviously a nice approachable person. Take a good look at yourself and appreciate your good qualities. Children come to you for advice about things they love, isn't that amazing!?
As for human interaction, you have so many supportive people on here. It's just a case of building it up to a real-life relationship as well as an online one. We're all AC fans, so no problem finding someone with similar interests! Find someone who lives reasonably close to you and start Skyping. Get used to each others voice and physical appearance and, given a little time, you'll wind up great pals IRL too!
We live in a world where people can legally marry their pets, in fact I literally just read about a woman who had a relationship with a tree. So if you're worried that you're weird, don't be.
Though AC isn't my mental sanctuary, I do have characters and stories that, if I didn't think about at least once a day, I would never get to sleep or manage to get through my day. I was once in a relationship with a man who made my self-esteem as low as it could possibly go, I got so depressed that I could barely summon the strength to go to the bathroom, never mind eating. I was like this for 2 long years and in that time my 'characters' were the only thing I had. It took a long time to get to where I am now (having a lovely new man who gave me a beautiful baby girl helped!) though I'll never be in great mental shape.
I guess I went a little off-topic there, sorry. My point is, you should seek happiness where you can. It sounds like you have a nice job working with children, so you're obviously a nice approachable person. Take a good look at yourself and appreciate your good qualities. Children come to you for advice about things they love, isn't that amazing!?
As for human interaction, you have so many supportive people on here. It's just a case of building it up to a real-life relationship as well as an online one. We're all AC fans, so no problem finding someone with similar interests! Find someone who lives reasonably close to you and start Skyping. Get used to each others voice and physical appearance and, given a little time, you'll wind up great pals IRL too!
Okay. I've been looking at this and carefully measuring how I want to respond since the post first popped up, and I think I've got it. Apologies in advance for any rambling or incoherency.
I suffer from both anxiety and depression. The latter comes and goes, but the former is pretty much a constant. New Leaf is basically an interactive comfort item for me. It's soothing in the same way a blanket and a cup of hot tea are soothing. It gives me a space (albeit a virtual one) in which I have control over things, and there's no real consequence for screwing up (aside from time travel accidents, but I am so careful about that - or somebody plotting in a bad spot, which I am less concerned about). It's something simple and safe.
I'm also a closeted, queer trans man living in Mississippi. Being out offline would be dangerous for me at this point in my life... so playing as a guy in video games is the closest I can get aside from when I'm hanging out privately with my fianc? and/or the few friends I'm out to. Not only that, but I can have my mayor wear "feminine" clothing or dye his hair pink and still be treated like a dude. That's a big deal to me. I like "girly" stuff, and the thought of having to completely give it up in order to pass sucks. In New Leaf, I don't have to worry about giving it up. Whether I'm wearing a leather jacket and jeans or a frilly dress and a hair ribbon, Kapp'n is still going to tell me I should become a wrestler.
I do have friends both on and offline (though I only get to hang out with my meatspace friends once or twice a month at most), and I have a pretty great relationship with my mom and my little brother, but Animal Crossing is still important to me in a lot of ways... and even though I know my villagers aren't real, they're still my little buddies! I get all sorts of warm, fuzzy feelings for them. I get attached to them, just like I do to characters in other games. When one of them says or does something particularly cute/funny/ridiculous, I send pictures to my friends. I am invested in Matcha and its denizens, and I don't think there's a single thing wrong with that.
As long as it's not taking over your life, use whatever coping mechanisms you need to.
I suffer from both anxiety and depression. The latter comes and goes, but the former is pretty much a constant. New Leaf is basically an interactive comfort item for me. It's soothing in the same way a blanket and a cup of hot tea are soothing. It gives me a space (albeit a virtual one) in which I have control over things, and there's no real consequence for screwing up (aside from time travel accidents, but I am so careful about that - or somebody plotting in a bad spot, which I am less concerned about). It's something simple and safe.
I'm also a closeted, queer trans man living in Mississippi. Being out offline would be dangerous for me at this point in my life... so playing as a guy in video games is the closest I can get aside from when I'm hanging out privately with my fianc? and/or the few friends I'm out to. Not only that, but I can have my mayor wear "feminine" clothing or dye his hair pink and still be treated like a dude. That's a big deal to me. I like "girly" stuff, and the thought of having to completely give it up in order to pass sucks. In New Leaf, I don't have to worry about giving it up. Whether I'm wearing a leather jacket and jeans or a frilly dress and a hair ribbon, Kapp'n is still going to tell me I should become a wrestler.
I do have friends both on and offline (though I only get to hang out with my meatspace friends once or twice a month at most), and I have a pretty great relationship with my mom and my little brother, but Animal Crossing is still important to me in a lot of ways... and even though I know my villagers aren't real, they're still my little buddies! I get all sorts of warm, fuzzy feelings for them. I get attached to them, just like I do to characters in other games. When one of them says or does something particularly cute/funny/ridiculous, I send pictures to my friends. I am invested in Matcha and its denizens, and I don't think there's a single thing wrong with that.
As long as it's not taking over your life, use whatever coping mechanisms you need to.
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Honestly one of the best things about this game is that they allow you to wear any clothing at all, so no matter what you identify as you feel included. That's so important. There are so few games that allow that as well and I hope it starts becoming the norm eventually. I can't say that I totally understand the challenges your going though, as I'm not trans myself, but I know that it's so important to have these kind of things that make you feel like you're fine just the way you are. Safe spaces are so freaking important.
I'm glad you get a comfort out of the game as well. I bet the people who created this game would be really happy to know how much we benefit from a game like this.
SensaiGallade
✨ Étoile 2020 ✨
Never let others contradict and tell you how to live your life. You believe what you want to believe and don't have anyone else control you. it's what makes you happy that counts rather than putting up with hostility and anger. Be who you want to be; live your life to the fullest. Believe in yourself and never listen to the hate of others. I know I believe in you.
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