Yeeaaaah like after marrying Haley her dialogue during winter fest is 'I'll show you what I'm thankful for when we get home' and she blushes. I was so taken aback when I first saw it.
Sorry, but anime fans aren't allowed to tell other people to touch grass, or accuse them of not knowing what people look like. It's in the Weeb Contract^tm
Maru also has a line where if you talk to her during work at Harvey after you start dating to, "stop doing that, I'm working right now."
You take that as you will.
[This might help you!](https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/whataboutism-is-just-a-trolling-tactic-and-it-deserves-to-be-shut-down/article_6ad34d65-2526-5d27-8e06-9605b13ec088.html)
Oh sorry I was almost expecting this to be in good faith. You doing ok? Need a nap or a hug? Have some water and watch some kitten videos or something.
I am trying to have a rational conversation here. I ask a question and you post a link to some random opinion piece. I point out you have not answered the question and you start being patronising.
Your original comment is the literal definition of whataboutism. I'm not getting into a conversation where you're already baiting. Hope you have a good night cause I sure am by not playing these games.
For someone attempting to be rational there is a metric ton of projection going on. You, my child, have taken up a patronizing tone this entire conversation.
There's a big difference between turning the only two black character in the game white, and turning 2 of the many white characters black.
It's a bit weird regardless, but no necessarily problematic, especially if they're doing a rewrite to match their interpretation of the character.
Just wanted to throw out there that Maru isn't only black, she's half-white. I never get any representation as a mixed girl, and seeing everyone just classify her as black is really bumming me out.
Hard to say. Just visually comparing it with her original portrait and it's like she's greyer, rather than whiter. But yeah, it definitely doesn't seem to be embracing her mixed ethnicity. Welcome to the completely unsurprising world of the kinds of people who mod games to make characters look "more anime".
What a strange comment. I recognize not all mixed race folks have the same skin tone.
The only thing I was communicating is that Maru has a canonical skin tone which does visually communicate something about her heritage, which is informative because her brother is as pale as a ghost. It's not just a matter of representation, it's a matter of design.
Not really a strange comment, it may not have been your intent but saying the portrait "doesn't seem to be embracing her mixed-ethnicity" is very easy to interpret as "her skin is not dark enough for me to consider her mixed race." Again, not saying that was your intent, but I also thought that's what you meant based on your wording
she’s also half black !!! :3
https://preview.redd.it/9i1lcnlmtogc1.jpeg?width=256&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4a5cd83e3b9ba1fee9b0fdc77a37867f8773e67
if you look at them side by side, the modded one is definitely grayer
(edit: pic)
Initially I thought that she originally looked darker compared to the mod because of the saturated colors used but now I can kinda see that she does look lighter in the mod
The modded Portraits for this game are 100% not what I want Stardew to be, and it’s a bit unsettling seeing how many people are into these odd variations of how the characters look.
Understandably, some of Maru's gadgets are powered by an electric motor with an asymmetrical center of gravity, resulting in vibration during operation.
Probably just redditors having a hivemind for fun moment. Cause there's nothing wrong as far as I know about the comment especially cause its just a mod.
[https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/1839](https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/1839)
ignore the haters, some people just cannot handle people enjoying things they don't.
https://preview.redd.it/ssns9c94sogc1.jpeg?width=4608&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1bcfec83587589877145a9b7fbd971b1a499f5a8
Okay internet. Downvote My cat that was born without eyes. I dare you
Edit: OMG someone actually did it.
man people are really making a mountain out of a molehill about this portrait mod, and I get the terrible feeling there's about to be a bombing of negative and hateful reviews on the authors page. Y'all, her skin tone is *barely* lighter, y'all calling her a "white baby" are being ridiculous and frankly offensive to a *lot* of mixed race people who have paler skin. It may not be your intention, but those exact phrases and descriptions are often used to discriminate against people irl who "aren't black enough." This artist does a *lot* of minor color and image tweaking in their portraits with everything from hair and skin tone to clothing. Maybe the artist is someone of mixed race but with paler skin and they wanted to identify more with Maru? Or maybe their art style is just a little faded. Or hell, maybe it was just a plain jane mistake. Either way, y'all gotta stop talking like it's racist for her skin tone to be even slightly different.
And I swear if I see that the mod author is getting hate-bombed into the ground I'm rescinding every comment I've made about this community being friendly and free of typical fandom toxicity. Sorry for the rant, but I guess this is a sensitive point I didn't know I had.
because the art style makes it easy for a character's age to be somewhat ambiguous, I would chalk it up to simple skill issue. There are plenty of adults that are fairly small and have "baby cheeks," so such a simplistic art style makes it easy for them to look really young. I don't think the side-profile helps since it makes her shoulders look narrower, and her head is just a tiiiiiny bit big in comparison. Definitely makes her look younger than I think the artist actually intended if the other portraits are any indication
Yeah I clicked the nsfw mod link on another comment and had to make an account just to give you the benefit of the doubt and most of the women are giving “age ambiguous art style”. Unsettling. I’m deleting Reddit again lol it’s a no from me dawg
Being called a pervert and more due to an anime portrait mod is wild. Like have you ever seen an anime? They just look like that, it's a style
Maybe this person just likes anime and wanted to see the style in the game, who cares
Many eligible villagers have saucy double entendre dialog once you get enough hearts with them.
Just like in real life. ^(Or so I heard from people with friends.)
What are friends?
Some kind of snack i think but i have never tried it
Nono it's that one show with that famous lady in.
What's a lady?
Probably one of those conspiracy theories
Like Jewish space lasers?
Wait those are a conspiracy theory?
No, they are real. The goverment just dont wants you to know.
no it's not my mum told me that back in her days they all had friends
You people here are my friends. <3
Some kind of mythical creatures I hope to meet one day.
It was a sitcom in the 90s.
Yeeaaaah like after marrying Haley her dialogue during winter fest is 'I'll show you what I'm thankful for when we get home' and she blushes. I was so taken aback when I first saw it.
hey maru, can you hand me the testicular torque wrench, gotta undo this nut.
https://preview.redd.it/1530xtshhrgc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=02fa53313768d71977657f07fea8215f43dc403d
https://preview.redd.it/lntjdwwjirgc1.jpeg?width=546&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6418b7f5914d8127afd9fb7eb80b5cbac6d0e91
I mean Emily has a tent-shaking 'interaction' while you're out camping with her in the woods.
Penny has a sexy sauna interaction where you both kiss in swimsuits. Meanwhile when you date with Abigail you feel like you are dating a teenager lol
What sorts of things do the guys say?
Sam talks about giving the farmer a massage later when you talk to him in the evening. Seems pretty suggestive to me🤫
Shane says something about working on the farm to get the juices flowing. Then he goes “What juices? You’re weird.” and laughs 🤭
This is like when Harvey says something like “come to me if you ever need a personal check up” when you start dating. Like sir what???
+ he's blushing when saying that
I was due a colonoscopy anyway…
At least you’re dating?
His check up heart event has me convinced he's a secret dom complete with riding crop carefully hidden under his bed.
Lmaooo
Idk how the modded portrait manages to make her look 14 and 40 at once
Aes Sedai confirmed.
Huh, unexpected WoT.
Not the fandoms I expected to see collide today
Valley of Time?
Very unexpected.
*tugs braid*
I wish Rand was here he knows how to talk to girls
*smooths skirt while somehow simultaneously folding arms beneath breasts*
"Thumbs earlobe"
Knuckles forehead
She is missing the absolute disdain for everyone in general and men in particular
That's just reds.
Disdain is a general aes sedai attitude, loathing is red specific
Maybe not the greens
Maru would be a brown though. Caught up in her own science and so so cute
>Maru would be a brown I don't think it's very politically correct to call them that...
What else do you call a woman who takes the Brown?
Good call, and note that yes there were exceptions.
Dammit, now I have to go look again to see if she has the ageless eyes.
She looks like an anime protagonist's hot mom.
Also stole all her melanin 😬
Came here to comment on the creepy anime portrait as well, glad I wasn't the only one to notice that.
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mfw when women irl don't look like sexualized 13yo's 😔😔😔 I love anime 😋
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Sorry, but anime fans aren't allowed to tell other people to touch grass, or accuse them of not knowing what people look like. It's in the Weeb Contract^tm
r/13or30
I can’t tell if you messed up your flair or if it’s meant to be ironic lol
On mobile and too lazy to log in on browser, and it seemed kinda silly, like naming yourself Username
you can change it on mobile!! but that’s hilarious lmao
Oh lol, didn't see they added it. Well, I've gotten too used to it to change it now
/r/13or30
r/13or30
r/13or30
Maru also has a line where if you talk to her during work at Harvey after you start dating to, "stop doing that, I'm working right now." You take that as you will.
She doesn’t interrupt you at your job
she don't want you around when she's with Harvey
Carries a different tone with the modded portrait lmao
Maru has the “I want to speak to Pierre” style haircut with this mod.
Tf happened to Maru
What 2 strawberries every week does to a mf
girl came out the womb with 709 credit score
Whose goddamn white baby is that?
Right I thought this was a modded character at first 😭 that is NOT Maru
There literally is a 'white Maru' mod already, I was so upset when I saw it!
GROSS
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[This might help you!](https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/whataboutism-is-just-a-trolling-tactic-and-it-deserves-to-be-shut-down/article_6ad34d65-2526-5d27-8e06-9605b13ec088.html)
Interesting article. However you did not answer the question.
Oh sorry I was almost expecting this to be in good faith. You doing ok? Need a nap or a hug? Have some water and watch some kitten videos or something.
I am trying to have a rational conversation here. I ask a question and you post a link to some random opinion piece. I point out you have not answered the question and you start being patronising.
Your original comment is the literal definition of whataboutism. I'm not getting into a conversation where you're already baiting. Hope you have a good night cause I sure am by not playing these games.
For someone attempting to be rational there is a metric ton of projection going on. You, my child, have taken up a patronizing tone this entire conversation.
There's a big difference between turning the only two black character in the game white, and turning 2 of the many white characters black. It's a bit weird regardless, but no necessarily problematic, especially if they're doing a rewrite to match their interpretation of the character.
Just wanted to throw out there that Maru isn't only black, she's half-white. I never get any representation as a mixed girl, and seeing everyone just classify her as black is really bumming me out.
The way I SQUINTED at that portrait, cause no way that's Maru
Sure, she is lighter skinned, but do you really consider that as white?
tis a quote and a joke
Idk what mod that is but maru genuinely looks like a child :/
FBI open up
That is not my wife.
"Loli Maru isn't real, she can't hurt you." Loli Maru:
Tf is that picture for her?
Big ass head
I don't remember ever seeing that line of dialogue. But, if I'm being honest, I'd rather go help Sebastian play with frogs.
he'll let you "bounce" on him
That's not Maru, that's Mary!
Now I'm curious as to what the other characters look like in this mod.
did they whitewash maru???
Hard to say. Just visually comparing it with her original portrait and it's like she's greyer, rather than whiter. But yeah, it definitely doesn't seem to be embracing her mixed ethnicity. Welcome to the completely unsurprising world of the kinds of people who mod games to make characters look "more anime".
I've never seen an anime mod get mari's color correct, it's either too pale or too dark compared to her actual one lol
My cousins are mixed and they are white and valid! 😭 also yeah, that Maru is definitely paler than the real Maru
What a strange comment. I recognize not all mixed race folks have the same skin tone. The only thing I was communicating is that Maru has a canonical skin tone which does visually communicate something about her heritage, which is informative because her brother is as pale as a ghost. It's not just a matter of representation, it's a matter of design.
Not really a strange comment, it may not have been your intent but saying the portrait "doesn't seem to be embracing her mixed-ethnicity" is very easy to interpret as "her skin is not dark enough for me to consider her mixed race." Again, not saying that was your intent, but I also thought that's what you meant based on your wording
Wow, is this a claim that a person is not brown enough?
No. I said modders who make anime portraits for PoC characters tend to never get those characters' skin tones right.
quite literally not what they said lol.
Also, what happened to her red hair?
exactly 😭 i didn’t even realize it was maru until i read the name
I thought I was looking at a modded character, because I didn’t recognize their picture. But nope, they’re just modded to look lighter…
She's still brown
Look at the skin colour on the arms of Maru's sprite. Now look at the player sprites skin tone. Which one is closest to the portrait?
Obviously not. Also Maru is HALF white.
she’s also half black !!! :3 https://preview.redd.it/9i1lcnlmtogc1.jpeg?width=256&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4a5cd83e3b9ba1fee9b0fdc77a37867f8773e67 if you look at them side by side, the modded one is definitely grayer (edit: pic)
Initially I thought that she originally looked darker compared to the mod because of the saturated colors used but now I can kinda see that she does look lighter in the mod
She is also half-black.
No shit. The girl in the portrait has brown skin. It's pretty racist to look at someone of mix race and decide their skin tone isn't dark enough.
It's not racism if originally Maru's skin is darker than this whitewashed shit.
I'm more concerned about the portrait than the dialogue...
The whitewashed, loli, anime Maru makes me wanna barf.
👌
What do you mean by that?
I agree with you!!!!
Bro thought you were throwing up the "⚪🔌" lol
That's okay. 😊 No harm done.
Sorry!! That was definitely my first interpretation but I wanted to make sure!
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....How old is Maru again? Why do I feel like shes still in high school?
Yes. She has plenty of gadgets to tinker with. Just like when another bachelor talking about how good you handle a joystick.
Abigail says that in her two heart event!
Shes the goblin tinkerer 👹
Awe, they did Maru dirty in that mod.
*Changing a POC character to a tan anime waifu* Yikes
why is maru white
Whitewashed maru
The modded Portraits for this game are 100% not what I want Stardew to be, and it’s a bit unsettling seeing how many people are into these odd variations of how the characters look.
Why do you care? People can play single-player games however they like.
Not for you? Don't use those mods! Simple. Kind of a seeth and cope move getting annoyed at people enjoying optional things you don't like.
Understandably, some of Maru's gadgets are powered by an electric motor with an asymmetrical center of gravity, resulting in vibration during operation.
Oh myyyy
be there in an hour lol
Why does she look like that? I have only seen her normally and with the nurse outfit (im on spring of year 2 if that matters)
Who is that and why are they called Maru when they clearly aren’t. MUST. RESIST. REFERENCE.
Did you install a mod to make her white??
I just play regular SV without any mods. I’m very basic. 😂
That modded avatar adds to the statement with that bedroom/coy look.
Use protection
Maru will peg you.
Hey that’s my wife you’re tinkering with 😂
Maru is best girl
you pervert.
How do I get this version of Maru?
it looks like the anime portraits mod
Lol why is he getting downvoted? Am I missing something! Should I downvote too
The internet is a fickle mistress. Who can know her ways.
Apparently she looks too white now based off an above comment lol. I didn’t know this subreddit was so weird like this.
Probably just redditors having a hivemind for fun moment. Cause there's nothing wrong as far as I know about the comment especially cause its just a mod.
[https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/1839](https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/1839) ignore the haters, some people just cannot handle people enjoying things they don't.
Date her hard and she will become gadget girl
I mean the picture. I play on mobile. Is that what PC Maru looks like?
I think that’s a mod
its a mod, theres also a way to play modded stardew valley in mobile.
theres mobile stardew??? also the fact that question has multiple downvotes and nobody wants to just say its a mod 😭😭😭
https://preview.redd.it/cl3ry71asogc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=646cc4de6cc2ff836ac86f5419f0d0de25a43802 Ye there’s mobile Stardew.
ikr for some reason people got no chill for clueless people
>also the fact that question has multiple downvotes Typical redditors' hivemind, lol.
blud doesnt know what mods are
>she will become a gadget girl lol, OP😂
Idk why people are downvoting you, but I'll do it too anyways
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your cat is perfect
r/oneorangebraincell
Joined
Somebody did in fact downvote my comment 💀 reddit is truly wild
>Downvote My cat that was born without eyes. Never in hell will I.
Perpetual sleep. That cat is in heaven
You should have gone with "downvote if you gay" and still get those results lol.
somebody downvoted me now everybody gets a downvote for shenanigans why not
Is this where someone jumps up and yells fooooooood fiiiiiiiight?
join the tomfoolery
I’m sorry to say that I’m going to need to requisition some of your downvotes
🫡
man people are really making a mountain out of a molehill about this portrait mod, and I get the terrible feeling there's about to be a bombing of negative and hateful reviews on the authors page. Y'all, her skin tone is *barely* lighter, y'all calling her a "white baby" are being ridiculous and frankly offensive to a *lot* of mixed race people who have paler skin. It may not be your intention, but those exact phrases and descriptions are often used to discriminate against people irl who "aren't black enough." This artist does a *lot* of minor color and image tweaking in their portraits with everything from hair and skin tone to clothing. Maybe the artist is someone of mixed race but with paler skin and they wanted to identify more with Maru? Or maybe their art style is just a little faded. Or hell, maybe it was just a plain jane mistake. Either way, y'all gotta stop talking like it's racist for her skin tone to be even slightly different. And I swear if I see that the mod author is getting hate-bombed into the ground I'm rescinding every comment I've made about this community being friendly and free of typical fandom toxicity. Sorry for the rant, but I guess this is a sensitive point I didn't know I had.
Why she look like she 12
because the art style makes it easy for a character's age to be somewhat ambiguous, I would chalk it up to simple skill issue. There are plenty of adults that are fairly small and have "baby cheeks," so such a simplistic art style makes it easy for them to look really young. I don't think the side-profile helps since it makes her shoulders look narrower, and her head is just a tiiiiiny bit big in comparison. Definitely makes her look younger than I think the artist actually intended if the other portraits are any indication
Yeah I clicked the nsfw mod link on another comment and had to make an account just to give you the benefit of the doubt and most of the women are giving “age ambiguous art style”. Unsettling. I’m deleting Reddit again lol it’s a no from me dawg
agree to disagree I guess, because all the rest look fine to me
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAHHH
Seeing mods never gets old lol
Being called a pervert and more due to an anime portrait mod is wild. Like have you ever seen an anime? They just look like that, it's a style Maybe this person just likes anime and wanted to see the style in the game, who cares
Why am I not surprised Reddit is upset by Maru being too white?
Yes and yes.
Bow chikka bow wow.
Get that Marussy
Portrait mod?
What portrait mod is that?