Why Do People Like Abigail?
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2024
- Abigail is one of the most popular marriage candidates in Stardew Valley. But like. why?
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I married her because I saw screenshot of her gifting a fire quartz to the player and I thought that was the only way to get fire quartz
That's completely legit. I've married video game characters for less tbh.
I love this comment so much for no reason. You made my entire day
You got it?
@@jessie5303 I got a cherry bomb
I once got a bomb from her and then gave it right back. I still don't have the big bombs recipe.
In her 8 heart cutscene, she admits that she has feelings for you. She is also capable of eating diamonds. If you end up getting married to another girl, no amount of security would be able to stop her as she eats her way to you, only to kill you in your sleep.
I think my infinite amount of amethysts would stop her lol.
@@liviwaslost Unstoppable force vs immovable object
i remember the first time i gifted her a quartz, and she said "oh my god, how did you know i was hungry!" and i was so confused
@@Blue-cf3oy theirs a theory that she's actually a golem.
@@zephyrprime8 I love this comment
I've never been a huge fan of abigail myself and I'm not entirely sure why, maybe it's because she beat me in my first egg hunt and I'm holding a grudge lol
That's definitely it. Those grudges run deep!
Screw her. I followed her. No way she got 8 eggs. She cheats.
i've never gotten along with her just because i refuse to take our friendship anywhere after her telling me she wishes i didnt move in because she liked wandering the farm, plus her randomly getting mad at me and telling me to buzz off when i never did anything
@@elbereth2738 The way she gets in a mood and snaps at you is one of my bigger problems with her. Sure, you can have an off day and not want to talk, but yelling at a complete stranger is really immature.
The only reason why I don't skip out on egg festivals is knowing I can end the day happy that I beat her cheating ass in the egg hunt
If you marry Abigail - you are now both heir to wizard and Pierre. Its ultimate power move to establish control over the town.
Gohan mentality
@@kefirsaphyrThat’s if he does nothing with that potential after his peak
Sehe now the Wizards daughter, Caroline once told me her Natural Hair Color was light maroon much like pierre
@@goldenerkeseYeah but she also can’t remember the last time she dyed it. It both could have been brown but after dying it, magically stayed purple.
I'll be honest, Abigail was my first marriage, but that definitely wasn't the plan. I just ended up seeing her at Pierre's a lot which led to the heart events and she kinda grew on me. Of all the friendships I made my first playthrough, Abigail's felt the most organic because you stop by her house and get close to her family in the course of just being a farmer. You don't need to chase her down in obscure locations like Leah or Haley, she's always around town and happy to talk. Penny is too shy at first to feel nearly as accessible, and she's generally busy teaching the children. So while Abigail wasn't the choice I expected to make, it did feel the most natural and I've found it to be very rewarding.
That's awesome! Those stories of just making friends and getting closer are really really neat. Thanks for sharing that. 😁
@@Leapalot Appreciate the reply, keep up the good work!
I had the same experience, but I only really like her as a friend. It was a bit soul-crushing to turn her down.
That's me with Shane on my first playthrough with SV, for some reasons I always got out to the town at the same time he walks there. He grew on me despite his bad habits, somehow I got a lot of his hearts without giving him gifts. Though I don't really see him as a marriage partner, he's like a friend I would often hang out with and try to help his bad habits.
I did date him but I broke it off when I learned from other people that he won't really get rid of his habits even after marrying the farmer. So I decided to marry that kid who is living with his grandparents. I forgot his name lol. I just really love the old couple so I decided to marry their grandson 😂
I still love Shane and his events though.
@@mitsua2411 Alex
the real question is: why does everyone call her "Goth" even thought she isn't?🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
fr
YESSSSSSS THAT’S WHAT I WAS THINKING. it makes no sense
eh, i think its just the closest thing they can think of considering seb is the emo guy and alt is a less known word
She's more light punk to me
People use it as a catch all for alternative.
I don't dislike Abigail but for me she is one of the lower tier marriage candidates. I prefer Penny, Emily and Harvey. I think it has more to do with how Abigail isn't really ready for marriage. I could see her making the same mistake as her mom and Jodi did.
Big agree. I feel like she appeals to people who want a low stakes teen romance kinda thing.
What did Jodi do
@@noodlecat2368 she got married and had a family young before she was ready. Jodi wishes she had waited a few years to be able to have other life experiences first.
@@noodlecat2368 married too young, thinks she missed a lot of things she could only do while being single
Penny and Emily is understandable, but Harvey is way too lame imo, I rather it be Sam, Sebastian or Eliott
I feel like Concerned Ape wanted to do more with Abigail than what he allowed. I feel like he wanted Abigail to be the "adventrurer's option" in marriage but realized making her too competent or a possible adventure buddy would make her too powerful of a candidate. The mines offer some of the best stuff in the game in terms of material and monetization. If Abigail was the only marriage candidate that was capable of dungeon diving she would be objectively the best spouse.
In my stardew video I commented saying Abigail was a giant poser and felt her 14 heart event was crazy weak and did a lot of disservice to her character, especially since we can find her on Floor 20 of the mines...It's quite difficult to get to floor 20 without killing monsters, yet she did exactly that...She seems too idealized and just kinda rubbed me wrong
when you talk to her at level 20 im pretty sure she says she didn't fight anyone on the way down.
From what I've been told, Abigail apparently has the most vanilla dialogue lines to any other marriage candidate (either Maru or Alex have the least amount). You can kind tell that ConcernedApe was playing favourites.
her 14 heart feels incredibly lame to me, for the exact reasons you mentioned. also, assuming it's a "typical" run of stardew (so, not speedrunning marriage or anything), the farmer has to be... immensely strong by that point, right? and they get brought down by a random monster found in, what, floor 30 of the mines? and abigail just happens to be walking by?? I understand why a lot of people find it sweet, but it just seems so out of place. maybe it would be better if she saved someone who doesn't have the experience that the farmer (likely) has, or if she and the farmer dove deep into the mines proper??? idk but it's probably my least favorite 14 heart event
It very much gives off manic pixie dream girl vibes in that regard
It's likely she just used the elevator. At that time, the Farmer could've reached floor 120 already.
It would be so cool if she got her degree at 6 hearts or something and then you could see her struggle with what to do next in life, then find some other passion like game design or animation or something. That would be way more relatable.
I actually love this.
When I think of Abigail I just think of guinea pig neglect. Her cage is too small and guinea pigs NEED a friend. When I found out she only had one guinea pig I completely lost interest in her
Poor David....
Honestly I think the creators intent matters more. Like he had no idea and hasnt changed it because hes "not sure if it hurts guinea pigs irl"
That should be damned. it reflects badly on a marriage canidate who is clearly interested in the animal she has. She spends like a lot of her time on the farm talking about him. It doesnt maje sense for her not to know this. If there isnt a mod for this there needs to be. I want me and abigail to have a heart event where we build David Jr and David a mega coop.
While I agree she is mistreating her guinea pig, it's not on purpose but rather because CA probably didn't know about guinea pigs (he definitely should have done more research so people don't copy what they see in the game). It made me like her more, especially since David Jr. moves in after marriage, so marrying Abigail is the only way to get a pet rodent. I just headcanon both Davids to be hamsters since they're solitary and I have hamsters myself, and I just pretend that the weird bar cages that are unsuitable for hamsters too are large tanks that are appropriate for them :D
@@fridaesr8724 you guys are weird, no one is going to copy what happened in a pixelated game, shit kids don't even play Stardew Valley, it's a game for God's sake, they don't need to make everything accurate, you should be able to tell a big enclosure for the hamster would look weird, it's supposed to be a small prop, to signify there is a hamster there, shit most wouldn't even give an enclosure simply would put a wheel
completely agree!!! when I saw only one piggie, my opinion plummeted. even if it wasn't concernedape's intent.
Most of the marriage candidates feel too young for me, and I'm only 25! I think it's hard to see someone who's constantly complaining about school and parents as old enough to marry. Leah is the one who feels the most like my age.
Same here
Same, some of the candidates feel too much like teenagers to me. Some of the heart events even make me feel like i'm hanging out with younger siblings lol
I'm 26 and I think the only bachelors/bachelorettes that feel like my age are Sebastian, Emily, maaaayybe Maru, Leah, and Shane and Elliott seem a tad older, like mid thirties maybe. I think Penny is also young but just had to mature really quickly to keep a roof over her and Pam's head 🥺
Yeah, definitely same. I'm just about to turn 26 and I'm good with Leah, Emily, Harvey and Elliot (and I guess Shane but meh) as they all feel like they could be late 20s/early 30s to me as they all either live alone or have a caretaker role. The others all just seem too young, especially after finding out that Abigail, Sam and Seb are all actually coded as teens in the game...
That's part of the reason I love the Ridgeside mod so much - there's a whole bunch of new marriage candidates who feel like adults and are mostly all working and/or living alone. I pretty much only date people from that mod now..
I'm 18 so I don't mind too much, but the only romanceable characters that felt older than 20 to me were leah, elliot, shane, harvey, and emily. Honestly, i think any single character in the game shouldve been available to marry.
I think the reason I've always disliked Abigail is because she just seems like she's there to be the manic pixie dream girl and doesn't have any substance outside of that and its such a common trope/characterization that I'm just kind of bored with it.
And maybe I'm a hypocrite because I always marry my favorite little himbo Elliot and its not like there's a ton going on for him outside of writer, ditzy (and once you marry him) loves you very very much. Can't wait to see your video on him!
Yes, I feel the same about both. Abigail just seems like YOUR PERFECT EGIRL WAIFU, so very try hard and stereotypical but without some actual personality. Almost like a meme, a caricature of the girl everyone wants her to be.
When it comes to Elliot, I think that the thing i like about him the most is that he seems like he's the spouse that loves you the most when you marry him
Elliot is the perfect farm hubby IMO. He can pursue his own dream of writing from home, but still often takes the day off to visit town or his old shack. And he helps out on the farm a lot too.
is this what a femcel looks like oh my god /j
Ngl, I thought Elliot was going to be like Kai (from harvest moon mineral town) that he'd be gone every damn season except summer or spring, so I didn't bother getting his hearts first because I thought that'd be tiresome. I was immediately put off by his princely attitude too. He was the last candidate that I still hadn't gotten any heart events after dating almost everyone and boy did he change my mind when I got his hearts up. I ended up really liking his humility and passion for writing haha.
My first candidate was always Sebastian, only because I wanted him to get out of that household and he reminded me of my bf when we were edgy teens. Haley was my second which I came to regret because I found out a lot of people didn't like her during marriage, she has now been replaced with Elliot haha. Sam ended up being my third after seeing his 10 heart event, boy was that something because I clicked the 'stay put' option thinking Jodi might see us but my man's was smooth with it.
Abigail's just alright. She's not that bad, but not that good either. I'd pick Penny and Emily over her.
The only reason why people like her is because she's the most basic "goth gf" they can get.
Also, Elliott is so sweet, he's not a himbo lmaoo
I'm straight, and I'd choose Elliott over her
I really liked her character design when I first started playing, but quickly lost interest after she disliked a lot of the fruits that I gifted her (I didn't know about the wiki back then...)
Wdym "what am I supposed to do with this"??? You eat rocks but don't know how to eat a strawberry???
Rocks tasty tbf
@@mudawott maybe that’s why she married me lol. I got a lot of rocks.
@@liviwaslost She likes a man with big stones.
The reason I married her was because I had a ton of quartz and amethysts.
@@ThyFloorestFloor same. I go mining a lot.
The only time I'd think about dating Abigail is when I'm doing a Joja route.
JUST to spite Pierre.
Valid. I might do this 😂
Nice idea for a complete r/F*ckPierre playthrough
its weird reading these comments analyzing abigails character and their reason for marrying here while im here just like “i married her bc shes pretty and i like her hair”
Ayup
Me too but honestly I regret it, seeing how many other characters have a better story
lmao same
Yeah, I just love purple man lol
I gave her a lot of gifts because i didnt want she dancing with sebastian on flower dance,im kinda evil
Abigail was always in that "cute and wholesome, but a bit too weird to be a love interest" sector for me, and even then she was second to Emily in that sector.
Simply put, Abi is a friend, not a wife.
That's how I feel about Shane. Not the cute wholesome part. He needs a friend, not a spouse.
@@Leapalot agreed
THAT'S RIGHT!
that how I feel to her!
Kindred spirit for me. Nerdy, loves videogames, into the spooky stuff, has parents who do love her but have a not so great way of phrasing it, doesn't really know what she wants out of life...
I'll admit, she's not the best marriage candidate, but she's my first and so far my fav.
This is the exact same reason I like Abigail too, but for me there's one more bonus: She has a pet guinea pig, and I LOVE guinea pigs! ...oh and a kinda lesser 2nd reason, she seemingly likes purple stuff (dyes her hair purple, and loves amethyst), and I'm obsessed with purple myself
Funny how those are the reasons I thought she was kinda boring, it's like 'damn she's just like me fr' but not in a good way
i agree wholeheartedly
I agree bruh I can see myself in her like fr we have so much in common and abi is someone I'd feel comfortable with irl
Yeah the fact characters cannot grow at all is one of my biggest issues with stardew. Like Shane and pam still loving beer ( and Shane's even worse considering his room like wtf) and many villagers having stories that kinda just don't go anywhere like marnie and Lewis, Clint and Emily, demetrius etc. And also characters having crushes on other characters ( Alex.) And nothing happening from that because it kinda can't
I feel the same way, and I think it sort of stems from the fact that it's like an 80:20 farming (and mining, foraging, ect):datng/social split, in terms of focus, where Ideally I feel like I'd want it at least 50: 50. And I know dating sims exist, so maybe it's on me for looking for the game to be something it's not, while other games exist, but on the flip side, dating sims (at least that I've played) are too much in the other direction, where they don't scratch that itch that the farming, ect side gets me, and also don't tend to have nearly as fleshed out non-romantic social storylines, if they exist at all.
I couldn't say better. Over time, narrative part of Stardew Valley starts to dissappoint. It's definitely not bad, but... There's so much things lacking and it's just sad. I mean, I don't like any of marriage candidates even tho Abigail an Leah are "my type", their personality is bland and one-sided. So many characters doesn't develop or their development doesn't have consequences. I'm probably gonna try mods if they are any better
@@raivin7172 There's a TON of mods expanding on the dating aspect-from adding new NPCs to expanding the dialogue of existing NPCs.
@@TuesdaysArt Yeah, I know. I recently installed SDVE so I'll try new NPCs as marriage candidates
But they did go through some changes. They just can't grow and change infinitely. Because you can play the game infinitely and that doesn't work well with storylines.
Wait? Her 10 heart cutscene is her trying to go IN the mines? She hasn't before? Everyone loves her and puts her up as this adventurer and monster slayer, when she hasn't even gone in once.
I've been saved by Maru a few times dying at floor 80+ just because she was looking for gemstones
Abigail is a casual.
You marry Abigail because hot goth gf.
I marry Abigail because I don't want to visit Pierre's to talk to her.
We are not the same
Same. I marry Abigail because honestly get that man away from Caroline and Abigail. Fuck that guy.
galaxy brain
I do wish spouses did more post-marriage. Like, maybe Abigail could help at mines? Or you could send her there to farm specific ores you need!
Would love some post marriage differentiation.
the spouses feel so empty after marriage i feel bad for marrying them. its like i just sucked the life out of that npc just to tie them to myself 🥶
@@lrizzard i felt the same way. They mostly just sit on your porch.
@@lrizzard it does feel like that, specially considering the farmer is not home most of the time
@@lrizzard That's why having Krobus as a roomate seems like the best option in my opinion.
Ask not why her address is "Pierre's General Store". Ask what happened to Mountain Road numbers 1-23.
Those are the addresses of Linus's shell companies for his royalty payments from Joja.
The plot thickens…
ha ha exactly what I was wondering.
Maybe people like that her 8 heart event is very clear she has romantic feelings for you? Opposed to all the others where it’s likely to be interpreted as platonic? But as someone who wasn’t interested in her, and was already married when I first got that scene, it was just really awkward.
Could be! The 8 heart event foe Emily is awkward too. When Clint busts into the room and is like... Oh. Congrats farmer.
Like dude. I've been married for 2 years...
@@Leapalot yea I never liked Emily that much and only recently got that scene and I was so uncomfortable. Like Clint my dude it took me 4 years to make friends with her and I am happily married, with her sister might I add, for 3. And I've been best buds with you since year 1 I even tried to wingman you with giving Emily amethyst. The fact you assume I would leave my wife for her or have any romantic feelings is frankly offensive.
Haha, this is why I went for the date everyone in town option first. The rabbit's foot sure comes in handy. Although it's weird some of them might still be flirty with you when you give them gifts while already being married.
@@Alfrixpl Yeah but none of that is Emily's fault, it's Clints fault because he's a creepy ass stalker. He needs to appear on an episode of Obsession on Discovery.
@@vengeance1450 yea im not saying I dislike Emily because of that i just was slow to make friends with her and because of that it took me a long time (4th ingame year) to see that event
Nice work! Although Abigail is not my own favorite among the marriage candidates, I like her as a character. The cutscene with the duet by the lake is one of my very favorites.
It's so random, but it is very peaceful. I love it when the tree isn't there and she doesn't adjust her dialogue. 😅
when i started, i decided to marry her just because she has a vibrant purple hair 💀
Honestly, is that so bad?
I'm pretty sure Caroline is the Wizards Daughter. Abigail couldve inherited her Gene's from her mother. Biggest tip off is her tea scene. Biggest similarity to a certain wizards brewing scene
That's actually a pretty solid theory. Caroline having an affair with the wizard seems less and less likely the more lore we've heard
Interesting theory, and it could check out. I personally like the Jas theory, but I guess we'll never know. 🤷🏻♀️
some grandkids really take after their grandparents too, her not looking like pierre isnt that unusual too me
@@vanyadolly Yeah, I won’t try to judge people but Caroline compared to the wizard looks like a bit of a age gap, the wizard does look more of a grandparent to Abigail than a dad.
@@panangramgepearanan3974 The fathers age doesn't really matter since males can have kids at whatever age, it's females who have the deadline on having children. So the Wizards age doesn't matter, but I do like the theory that Abigail is his grandaughter and not daughter.
Gosh, that Abigail. During my very first playthrough, I was more interested in the farming and fishing aspect. So I didn't talk to many villagers daily. Usually Shane, Evelyn, George and Alex then I went to fish. One day I saw Abigail, and I was running by and said hi. She gave me the angry dialogue, the one about not getting enough sleep. I didn't talk to villagers often so that exchange really soured her for me. Now she's not a marriage candidate for me at all, but the organic friendship that develops is nice. She's more like a best friend, like Sam. I just avoid her when she doesn't get enough sleep. ^^''
For the longest time I held a huge grudge against Abigail because she beat me in the first egg hunt.
Thank you for this. It’s helped me somewhat articulate my feelings about Abigail.
Honestly, for me, with Abigail, I feel… pretty much totally neutral. I certainly don’t DISlike her, but… dating/marrying? For some reason it sounds practically unfathomable to me. And it’s weird, because in theory, I should be a fan of her for playing video games and wanting to explore/fight, plus her character portrait looking nicer/prettier than many others’, but… there’s like, nothing compelling romantically for me for some reason. Hell-despite everyone calling her “goth gf”, she doesn’t even read as goth to me! 😅😭 Sebastian is, sure, but she’s just a gamer with purple hair, and not really dark/“goth”-seeming at all, as far as I can tell… Like, am I missing something?
Yeah, I don’t know. The best guess I can figure for why she doesn’t read as “dateable/waifu/best girl” to me at all is what you pointed out-just, she acts to childish/immature to read as “attractive”, I guess. Just… “high schooler who doesn’t want to do her homework wants to do some Teenage Rebellion(TM) but not, like, because her parents are actually terribly controlling/doing anything particularly wrong or anything/actually needing a serious stand against like growing up and realizing they are wrong about something.”
🤷♀️ I don’t know. I want to be interested in her, but beyond thinking she’s a decent friend character, I’m just… not.
I find Abigail a sham. She knows more than she's telling and it isn't really the mines she's interested in. She's looking for the truth about what happened to Mona and George. What she'll never know is that there is a secret 3rd mine where the other shadow people live that holds the answers to all of the missing pieces of Stardew lore.
This will become a mod.
@@Champion_of_Vlaakith I've actually thought of writing it out as fan fic but there is so much of that out there already that I just sit back and enjoy the game instead.
@@toryistatertot5394You are a cultured person. You are respectable.
honestly love that, no idea who mona is other than the grave, would be cool to expand on that, and have it tied to abi's backstory
Abigail was my fave when I was 17 now I'm 23 and she feels like a kid to me
Exactly, there aren't many marriage candidates that feel older than "Just became an adult". Harvey, Elliot and Shane seem older, but I can't think of any bachelorettes. Emily maybe.
@@trashcubed4788 Leah feels older to me, that's one of the reasons I like her
@@trashcubed4788 Leah seems 'older' as well. At least mid twenties if not older. (Which is not old at all, but also is not straight out of High School, like most other Bachelors feel) She is the only female bachelor living by herself. We know she lived a bit by herself in the city before moving to Pelican Town. We know she had a previous serious relationship etc.
I don’t mind her “stuck in life” phase. I mean, most of the candidates are 18-22, right? Harvey is a bit older. But, being that young and not knowing what you want is fairly normal. And what’s the point of restarting your classes if they don’t interest you, and you fall into a position where you don’t need them anymore? I connect with a gamer who likes weird hobbies, and I like that she wants to fight monsters in the mines. No, she isn’t striving for some bigger dream in life, but not everyone does, and she’s comfortable with being different.
same. the only thing i dislike is how bad the treated her parents.. makes me feel bad
Stretched wizard is cursed! I love it
I like Abigail! She's my second favorite bachelorette. I'd love to be her adventuring/gaming buddy
Felt that with her feeling too young to be a marriage able option to me lol she gives me like fresh into college vibes where she hasn't decided on a major in her first year and wants to stick with hobbies. Which is fine!! I'm not against that bc I was the same way kinda but I couldn't get into it. Meanwhile some friends were all gunning to romance her and I couldn't fathom why without them defaulting to her being the goth gf
“The only marriage candidate that’s interested in fighting in the mines”
Doesn’t Sebastian have like 2-3 lines of dialogue of him going in the mines
@@Sinappisoppa482 I’m gonna fact check you right there my g
“Don’t tell anybody but I snuck into the mines last night and got a nasty cut from a rock crab”
“Here, I took a walk in the mines and got you this”
I knew I wasn’t tripping
Yep! Sebastian does a little bit of rebellion himself! But she's the only one who says she wants to go on adventures and train and whatnot. Also many spouses will drag you out of the mines. Plenty of people go in there, but she's the only one who seems excited about the prospect!
@@Occhii_Docchii nah thats fake its from a mod or something
@@Sinappisoppa482 bro I don’t even have any mods in my game and I got those lines. It’s even on the wiki and if it’s still fake then literally everything else on the wiki is fake
@@Sinappisoppa482 no its not i have seen that line before and i have never used mods
Listen, most of us are gamers and it's important in a relationship that your partners take an interest in what you enjoy.
Even if they are filthy casuals who can't beat the first screen of Journey of the Prairie King /s
Abigail is more appealing to me because of her adventurous nature. I enjoy getting out as long as I have a friend to hang out with, so Abby just clicks for me. The fact that magic exists in Stardew means I'd absolutely be pouring over old tomes and such to learn it, so having a friend/colleague for that kind of thing would be great too. Just a shame that the player can't learn any magic.
Definitely one of my favourite characters. The game obviously has its limitations, but becoming world-class adventurers with her would be really dope.
I would love a magic tome and to grow my powers! All I can do is teleports with this stupid rod.
The spouse system is good and all but I agree with the end, they don't expand at all once you marry them, which sucks because they have serious potential, I'd like to see an update that completely overhauls the relationships with people and how they can become merchants or do things that can aid you, like leah would sell decorations and abigail could sell monster parts and gems, y'know?
Abigail reminds me of my old gf, she sadly passed away, but she looked sorta like Abigail, and the same personality. So I like to kinda "let her live on" in a way.
Oh, im so sorry that it happened to you. 🫂🫂
abigail eats rocks and i enjoy that feral energy
I always just liked Abigail because she seemed normal and her heart events just felt sweet tbh. Winning her over is as simple as going to her house and talking to her and her heart events were just stuff like playing video games and hanging out late at night. She feels like a very cozy character imo
Counter-argument: Having shared interests is important in a relationship, and for people who are into gaming, Abigail obviously has that.
She is a bit aimless, but frankly, business is booming on the farm and I don't need any help running it, so there's no pressure on her.
Her parents are trying to craft her into someone she doesn't want to be, and it's a major stressor in her life. On the farm, she's free to discover who she wants to be. And maybe she doesn't find it in a career, but that's all right. A life enjoyed is not a life wasted.
On my first playthrough, I initially planned to marry Abigail, though ended up liking Leah more.
I think a younger me would have been super into her; she's alt, relatable, and "quirky". I think you nailed it when you said she's kind of stuck as a kid, and as an adult i just dont jive with that anymore
i never got the abigail hype tbh. i like to make friends with her like i do the rest of the villigars but as a spouce she seems kinda boring tbh, like theres just not much there. i think she's lovely and has a super cool character design tho. as someone else in the comments said she's a friend, not a wife
We (the player) are playing a game, therefore we like videogames... sooooooooo the videogame loving GF just kind of makes sense.
I think the fact that I was most likely to run into Abigail while visiting Pierre’s shop played a factor in me picking her, but I also just found myself really enjoying her heart scenes.
I feel like, out of all the other marriage candidates, Abigail’s the only one where it’s very strongly implied she has a crush on the player. Maybe it’s just me, but I felt like all the other 8 heart scenes with other candidates could be read as more platonic depending on how you interpret their lines. The spirit board tattling on Abigail is just amusing and cute, and I love to imagine my farmer being completely clueless as to what was going on.
She also has a similar arc to Alex if you romance him as a male farmer, where if you’re a female farmer she’ll tell you she never knew she was romantically attracted to girls until she met you, which just gives her a little extra layer of depth and realism in my opinion, because not everyone knows their exact sexuality early on, and being a female farmer helps Abigail discover a side of herself that she might not discover if you’re a male farmer.
i don't like that she dismisses you when you suggest she dyes her hair blonde, pink or purple again AFTER SHE ASKS YOU WHAT COLOR SHOULD SHE DYE IT
other than that, most of my negative views towards abigail actually do stem more from the fact that she's one of the most widely liked characters while other characters i like a lot are often disliked for reasons i seriously cannot fathom, so maybe i shouldn't speak too negatively on her
i did marry her once but divorced her before she could give me the stardrop (krobus felt like the right choice for that playthrough in particular). however, after watching this video, maybe i could go for her again in some other save file. thay bit about how she can actually be found in floor 20 of the mines redeemed her a lot in my eyes lol
I've never been able to place why I don't like Abigail, but this hit the nail on the head! like you said, she doesn't really mature. theres nothing wrong with that, but it makes her seem so young that marrying her feels... wrong. Like she needs more time to figure herself out before making a commitment. Still a fun goth girl, I love befriending her every playthrough
I'm with you on the character development thing. It's the part where the "one guy made this" thing becomes a "well that explains it" instead of "oh how impressive". All the characters could benefit from some time progression beyond year two.
She reminds me of myself, a lot. I really don’t know what I’m doing with myself, and being just about to enter college, I’m more hoping that life will make sense eventually. I wish they let her become a real adventurer but you know, game design, but I get where she’s coming from.
Also my favorite color is purple so I clocked her immediately.
I posted a tier list online once of the candidates putting Abigail in the “don’t get the hype” tier with some interesting responses one being “Abigail is made for women and women only” which also got a lot of responses, “I’m a lesbian and I hate how young she acts” and “I’ve seen more men want her then women” love wars go strong, anyways Harvey is perfect and if you think he’s boring you’re objectively wrong
Alex is my favorite. He is the nicest in our marriage. He gives me lots of compliments and helps out on the farm.
Alex will be a fun video too!
I've never personally seen the hype around Abigail, despite her goth gf aesthetic being as cool as it is. She probably is too young though, I tend to go for Emily or Leah who are way more adult
she's... unique. and actually would be the kinda girl i'd fall for myself, being young in spirit. but the first marriage candidate I had for Stardew that I stuck with on first playthrough was Emily, then as a female character I'm trying to get with Sebastian; I guess the whole edgy boy/girl next door whose a massive gamer nerd in the closet and is basically a person who is alternative to the world around them makes them more appealing to me personally as they're kinda closer to what I too have become.
Her interests are just most similar to mine. Video games, eating, a bit of adventure, food, fighting monsters, snacks, and she seems to be the only one who recognizes that in stardew valley, magic is demonstrably and obviously a real thing. The recognition of the occult being real, plus her reasonable rejection of the "woman in kitchen" mindset pierre probably raised her with, shows a degree of independent thought and arguable intelligence that I like, and didn't really see in any of the other options apart from penny, though that can arguably just be dismissed as a rebellious phase or whatever. Really she's just kinda decent in every area, which puts her above everyone else who has at least one major flaw in my eyes.
Leah is a close second in terms of similar interests, but she's just kind of a bad friend/partner in a couple ways. She's quick to get angry about things, inconsistent, and in one of her heart events (depending on how you respond to her ex) shows that she's prone to unprovoked violence (so is abby technically, but only against dungeon monsters that would 100% attack first given the chance).
Haley is fine once you befriend her, but starts off awful and vapid so she was pretty much ignored for the whole first year of my first time in the valley.
Maru is fine, but kinda too similar to her dad in a lot of ways I don't like too much.
Penny is a good person and cares for the kids in town which is super cool, but doesn't have any real visible personality that I noticed my first time through outside of "teacher" which made me pass on her, but not by much, in favor of abigail the first time around
Marrying her gets her away from Pierre which definitely swayed me into marrying her instead of having krobus move in
@@mudawott marrying penny gets her away from pam too though
Unprovoked violence? Bruh Leah only slugs her ex because he starts walking all over the farmer who's trying and failing to de-escalate the situation. Moving in to protect your significant other whose clearly struggling is not unprovoked violence
Was gonna marry her first probably bc coloured hair is usually a green flag in my experience (they're likely to be having some kind of existential crisis so I can relate) 😂 but as I got to know her she ended up seeming a lil young/immature for me and reminded myself of a younger me. Not judging, but just like in a "I've been there, girl I get it" way.
I ended up marrying Emily ☺️ seems to know herself and have it together a lil more, and just super kind person
I see you went from purple to blue. 😅
I've always liked Abby but I've never been super interested in marrying her, idk why. Saying that she feels a bit young does resonate with me, though, so maybe that's why. Of the bachelorettes, I've always liked Maru and Penny more (although I like those two becoming an item even more than I'd like to marry them so there's that too)
God I want a mod of Maru and Penny like holding hands.
@@mudawott Oh my God yes! That would be wonderful! They DO sit on that bench together, so maybe they hold hands and it just doesn't show up very well with the sprites...
We were talking about how pairing off marriage candidates would be super neat in another video! I'd love to see some couples form after you get married.
@@Leapalot Oh for sure! I've always been really sad that of all the things that survived from older farming sims, rival pairings aren't one of them
Maru and Penny would be really cute... And it's funny that Maru's probably supposed to be one of the youngest candidates, but she still comes across as one of the most mature ones.
I love Abigail’s competitive side she’s my favorite stare down at the egg festival. Also she gives you crab cakes and idk she’s just awesome to me 😄
First: Honestly she is the easiest to casually marry. You visit Pierre's often, you usually have a like or love on hand if you spend any amount of time in the mines (Quartz and Amethyst) Amethyst is basically only a sellable so keeping a couple on hand for gifting is easy and Quartz is something you can end up with a lot of and if you are not playing seriously will not be pressing towards quality sprinklers quickly. By the time you are you will be stocking Amethyst.
Second: She is relatable in many ways to the average player.
Third: Momentium, most players will decide if they are going to marry they will take the easy choice, and as they likely have Abby at 6 hearts for the above reasons by the time most of the others are at two, at best, they will just keep up with Abby.
Abigail is the most unique bachelorette in the game by far. Leah is a close second, but Abby is by far my favorite. As to why? Adventurous, the only person to ever partake in music, easy to please, and there's the whole will eat the oddest things bit, lol
doesnt sam have band stuff and a drumset?
Sam and Sebastian literally have a band, do you mean the only bachelorette to play music?
@@beththedarkmage3359 yeah with Abigail as the drummer!
@@DefenderOfAvalon Well yeah, OP didn't deny that part, so it's weird they forgot the other members if they did lol
@@beththedarkmage3359 Bachelorette means the lady candidates, so you're both right, just a misunderstanding. The boys are called bachelor's. The "ette" part at the end makes it feminine.
I was smitten by some of her dialog, which can be incredibly beautiful, but was really disappointed when I married her.
Try marrying Elliot, he gives you sappy love poetry on the regular. He's the best marriage candidate tbh.
@@Quazex 100% agree. He a really loving dad, too. I've tried marrying others, but I always come back to Elliott.
Me: "Fighting is dangerous"
Abigail: "Oh is it because I'm a GIRL, you think I can't survive ?!"
Me: *Missing a leg and half of my shoulder* Yes...It's because you're a weak, helpless girl and I'm a strong capable man
But for real she's beautiful and her flute song is my absolute favorite, although I will always choose Elliott
i actually am perfectly fine with abigail as an NPC, but i don’t like her as a marriage candidate. in honesty, i don’t like any of the younger adults as marriage candidates because they all seem like teenagers or 18 at best, while my farmer is probably much older than them given that they got an office job and shit.
if abigail were older tho i still wouldn’t go for her, mostly because she kinda drags me out of the escapist aspect of SDV with her modern tastes. same with seb and sam really
Omg so true, it felt like if they really wanted to go to the city the it’s not in their best interest to never go and settle down. It would be good if Sebastian could go to the city for a year and come back or something.
@@TheOtherChosenOnes yeah for almost all the candidates i feel like we hold them back from their ambition by marrying them. that’s one of the reasons why i always go for Elliott; he’s the only one i’m %100 sure isn’t pulled away from his dreams when u marry him
@@lord_ozymandias I married Elliot too, lol. He still writes/spends time away from the house, but does state that he wasn’t made to be a bachelor. It’s nice.
@@TheOtherChosenOnes ik, elliott haters just don’t get it the way we do 😔
I feel like Abigail and I are so similar, she’s just way more outgoing than me, so for a while I had a crush on Harvey while sorta platonically crushing on Abigail, and in my most played save of Stardew I realized one day how close I was growing with Abigail and how stagnant my relationship to Harvey was, so I decided to date and marry Abigail, and it’s so nice having her around the farm giving her the amethyst I bring home from the mines
abigail said she had feelings for me and I never turn anyone down so I love her
idk if im really a fan of any of the marriage candidates
i usually just go for sam but abigail is very convenient with where you can find her / her loved gifts so idk
Abigail is the best wife! She plays video games with you, her purple hair is cute, and she's the only girl who goes into the mines! Then she marries the millionaire farmer. She's the character we relate to the most!
Also it's nice that Amethyst and Pumpkin are easy gifts!
I dunno about you, but I've never married the millionaire farmer. 🤔
@@Leapalot then marry….
Yourself
Okay, to go with the Abigail is the Wizard's daughter theory;
What if what Pierre is stashed away is actually a blood test revealing Abigail is not really his daughter? Maybe that's why he doesn't want Caroline to know what he has stashed away because he doesn't want her to know that he knows. Or maybe the Wizard used the Shrine to erase Caroline's memories so she wouldn't remember their affair and truly believes that Abigail is Pierre's daughter and that she's dying her hair when in actuality it was the brown hair that was the dyed as Abigail says that she can't really remember the last time she dyed her hair.
Caroline's mind may have supplanted false information to fill in the gaps in her memory left behind by the magic. The dialogue of Pierre not knowing for sure if Abigail is his daughter and the Wizard saying he may have a child in town are them dancing around it, wanting to speak the truth but unable or unwilling to shake the peace the two share. Cause even if Caroline's memory is erased, Pierre's is not. The truth is known to him. This is why Caroline says she used to stroll around the Wizard's tower (not saying anything about meeting the Wizard) but not to tell Pierre because he gets jealous.
It's not jealousy. It's him remembering what she has no recollection of.
I've never romanced her because of the age thing but she seems like a really awesome person to have as a friend other than the whole not respecting other people's time thing.
Abigail is the perfect one for me. It is amazing to me she has a birthday in the fall on the 13th sorta like mine. She could have a mystical background, yet her courage is what amazes me. There bigger connections between her and I, but unless my real life fiancé plays the game, Abigail will always be the one.
Never expected a Stormlight reference here
I was dropping them here and there in my videos for a while, but sometimes I feel like too much on screen text ends up feeling busy!
I wish they did more with the marriage candidates after you marry them they kinda just do nothing but chill in the farm and go to town a couple of times
Please tell me that David also comes to live on the farm when you marry Abigail 🙏 🐹
David Jr. Comes to your farm. David Sr. Stays behind. 😅
@@Leapalot Poor OG David abandoned/replaced. Let's hope Caroline takes care of him. (I can't see Pierre tending to a guinea piggie.) 😅
@@laineygreen Dont worry he is not abandoned. Im like pretty sure the implication is caroline takes care of him because shes attached and it reminds her of abigail.
About the story of your spouse ending after marriage, not true in Sam's case! You get so see him mature as he gets his new job making music, coming to terms when what he has to make is not exactly what he thought he would be doing, and then loving it. You get a pretty sweet moment between him and Vincent, and he really does seem to grow up after moving in with you. Makes him my sleeper hit favorite bachelor.
Haha, loved the storm light reference!
I love how she loves the rain, like i do, plays videogames (Which we all do, obviously), loved her purple hair, liked how she was kinda rebellious... i just liked everything about her. Also, i got to know her through the 'friend group' i made with Sebastian, Sam, and Abigail. We would always go to the saloon on fridays, i would buy pizza's for Sam and Seb, and a salad for Abi (Should have done quatrz tbh), and well... i ended up marrying Abigail as soon as it rained and i was at enough hearts. Also, her events were really cool. There really isn't anything i dislike about her. Even how she eats rocks. (Also that heart cutscene where she nearly confessed love for you.... i knew what i had to do afterwards.)
And also... i tend to make fanfics of games i love. (Fire Emblem Three Houses, Smash Bros, Stardew Valley). And i think that with a book format, where the story is everything, and you don't need to worry about gameplay and stuff related to that like in Stardew Valley itself, i think i could do everyone a bit of justice. (Such as Abi ACTUALLY mining with you)
So... Abi isn't perfect. No one is, and the fact Stardew Valley is a game hampers that a bit more. But i still love Abi. And i cannot change my mind.
I got the game on release, and didn't look into anything, for starters, back in those days, when you gave her minerals, she'd say "Hey, thanks! How did you know I was hungry?" which I found hilarious, also the scene in the graveyard is what sold me, as I was doing minimal farming (I mostly did fishing, and the mines) and I thought her gifts would be exploration related, or you might get buffs or something in the mines (I didn't know spouses were mostly useless yet.).
I don't usually marry Abigail but she's an appealing and interesting person in a lot of ways - adventurous, moody, musical, has some very poetic lines, and she likes games. She varies her schedule more than most of the characters, shows up in a lot of different places. Also I usually give tree fruit as a liked gift, so her "This looks delicious" dialogue always seemed completely normal :D
I also she loves an adventure and a very relatible character and yes i love her style.
well, I married Abigail on account of her parents owning the only store in the village, and being the prominent businessman and rampant colonizer I am, it seemed only logical
Abigail is my favorite because she is someone id take on my mining trips. explore the deep woods with her and honestly the people who don't believe in magic (damitreus) are kinda stupid when you have ghost and smiles in the world. also having your spouse be able to defend themselves and not helplessly expect you to save them every time is a big positive to.
Stormlight…?
Do I detect a fellow Brando Sando fan or am I just desperate lol
I'm reading back through Oathbringer now with my wife who hasn't read it yet. Then we're going to tackle Rhythm of War which neither of us have read!
i one time got a chat line from caroline (i think?) that said she dyes her hair making it seem that her farther isnt the wizard in the sense they dont share a hair colour, apparntly its normally brown
I'm gonna be real, I really dislike Abigail. As someone who primarily marries Sam and Sebastian, her relationship to them is a bit strange at times. Sebastian makes it clear he isn't interested in spending time with her, but she forces it through anyway (2 heart Sebastian scene I believe). She's super competitive with the kids at the egg hunt. She very much give off "not like other girls" vibes and I'm just not here for it
Yeah her "I'm coming over anyway!" attitude with Sebastian was kind of horrifying. That kind of behaviour is normal for a teenager/young adult but she definitively feels too immature for a relationship.
I couldn't point out exactly why I dislike her so much, but after reading this, it suddenly makes sense. She really does give off massive "not like other girls" vibes
I totally thought Abigail was a teenager for the longest time
noooo my gamer goth gf :(
She's the only one who literally kills for you. Nuff said.
For me, it's because her personality is close to my actual partner. They have very similar personalities regarding certain things. I do wish there was more room for growth for her and the other marriage candidates. It does make them fall into this rut of stagnation. And could add so much more to the world they inhabit. Abigail works as an example. She doesn't know what she wants besides adventure. But her getting married could open the door to new things. Like maybe she realized she likes the concept more than the actual adventure. She talks about how nice it must be living on a farm before marrying her. Maybe she'd pick up an internet. She learns new skills and has new ideas about the world around her. The work making her mature and build her character more as she takes an interest in farm life. But hey maybe that'd be difficult to do while keeping the game the way it is. Who knows.
For me it was originally simply cuz I love the color purple (yes I’m serious) but over time I related to her a lot, a shitty father figure and a mother who isn’t helping her grow as a person. Trying to escape reality and finding the comfort of family through her friends. Eager to face the world but not being able to without a guiding role.
Also interested in the arcane to a minor extent…
Drifting without purpose after high school until an opportunity fell out the sky for me (for her it’s marriage)
Also appreciating rain is big win in my books too.
Maybe you should do another poll, this time ask people what they love/hate about the marriage candidates. Might help get into people's heads about why some characters are so divisive.
Abigail for me is one of those friend that you would like to hangout and polay games. I always pick Penny for marriage on every playthrough since she is the only bachelorette that i could see myself married . (maybe also sebastian since he's a cool dude).
When I first played Stardew I was around my early 20s starting college and everything about her spoke to me. He desire to explore, her style and rebellious nature since I also came from a pretty strict household. She was everything I wanted to be and did everything I wanted to do but I felt to contrainted to do and I just gravitated to her character. Years later and she still easily top number 1 for me (right next to me true love Krobus)
4:49 I just got the stormlight reference! Love that series, kinda wish there was a mod that added things like chulls to the game
I remember pursuing Abi the most purely because she is so convenient to find. When I first played this on PC over 5 years ago and didn't know anything, Abigail could always be found at the store every morning. Super easy to romance. She'll always be the 'first' GF in my canon, but Leah has seemed so much more interesting - but conversely one of the more difficult to find and the things she actually likes/loves aren't easy to come across like damn quartz. Abi is cool though, I guess she's my player's true wife since I gave her the shell first or whatever. Shes... convenient.
What do you mean not easy to come across Leah's gifts? You can buy salad in bulk from the Saloon.
because shes a gamer i think
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I dunno if its jsut me but I've missed alot of her events, the spirit board reading and the duet. I missed both of them in my most recent marriage to her.
I for one can't wait for the analysis for all the bachelor[ette]s.
the stormlight comment when she eats quartz really cracked me up. good to know you read sanderson
she was the first character i married because:
as a new player i didnt rlly understand the map and was confused but i knew where pierre's general store was
her appearence i think a lot of people like characters with colored hair
and mainly because she was the only character i knew what to gift
i knew since the beggining she liked purple things and amethysts were purple sooo
I can't lie, I decided on abigail about three days into my first stardew playthrough. She was energetic, and when she said that line about her being behind on homework, and I just decided in my headcanon that she had ADHD and that I wanted her. I can't explain exactly why thats all that did it for me, but I'm glad I picked her - even though I live in a massively populated city those feelings of being unable to find adventure in life seem very real sometimes, but the fact she can settle down and have a family is pretty cool and kind of inspiring.
when you start to marry her, she reassures you that she won't get bored, and I'm confident that she's just reassuring herself, because life is complicated like that and you don't always know how something's gonna go until you try it ( a rule I don't follow nearly enough ). It kind of just gives me hope, because honestly theres so many different directions you can take your life in and if you play the system right you can do almost anything with it (even though thats quite an optimistic statement, i just hope when im at the age where i have to be self-sufficient the worlds gotten back to a point where its not borderline impossible haha)
anyways sorry for the rant lmao, i just hope someone finds it interesting. also love your stuff leapalot