The thing I love about Emily is that... she's right. All her spiritual mumbo jumbo was a bit off-putting to me at first. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized... This world is literally full of monsters. There's a wizard in the forest. You're helping to rebuild a building with a bunch of apple-like forest spirits. Emily's just the one who sees the most.

Immediately after the release the fan discourse around Shane was completely insane. Everyone was going mad with the desire to "fix" him. I suspect that's why ConcernedApe jumped on promoting him to romancable, and Emily got to ride his coat tails. Everyone wanted to take Shane to bone town, holy hell

New headcanon that the clothes u can buy at Sandy’s Oasis are actually made by Emily since tailoring is her passion, and Sandy gives her space in the store to sell

The fact that the divorce sections are always like the last two minutes of the video kills me because I forget that it’s coming EVERY TIME SOMEHOW 😅😂

Me: *starts booing when you pull the Clint portrait* Video: cues booing sound effect

2:43 unrelated but I’m so sour that Marnie lost this poll, she’s my exact type and I think she’s so pretty. I wanna save her from her dead end relationship with that coward Mayor Lewis, I would treat her right frfr 😤

OMG that's the governor's look Lewis is wearing! I think it shows he wants to be a bit more important than he is

I like Emily because she already has herself sorted, unlike the other characters. I find it kinda funny that she became one of the Bachelorettes. At the same time, Shane became a bachelor since he's in a little bit of a rough patch with some midlife crisis sprinkled in there.

two giiiirls sharing a sleeping bag no feet apart 'cus they're ....very good friends

Honestly hoping that you don't stop at just the dateable characters, it would be really interesting to hear about everyone

A-spec Emily is not something I had considered but I'm kinda all for it? Would be cute to think of it of a queerplatonic marriage! And it being open to interpretation is really nice

I never really thought about the fact that her relationship is less explicitly romantic before. It's also sad that so many of her scenes are infiltrated by Clint. Almost makes you wonder if she was trying to dissuade him. She's not stupid, I'm sure she's aware he likes her like that.

Honestly? As an aroace person who loves their friends very much, Emily's ways of expressing love are so relatable:D She may not be aro or ace herself, but I still appreciate how I can vibe with her because of that trait and non-explicit expressions of romance

I don't know if anyone else has mentioned the romantic tension between Emily and Sandy, especially in the Expanded Mod! Sandy comes to visit Emily in town way more and honestly, I see them being that type of lesbian who doesn't realize your best friend is in love with you lmao

the only thing i disagree on is the plus sized argument- clint’s a blacksmith! he prob has the same build as a bodybuilder without steroids, high muscle with fat over it! not that it matters just sharing my clint headcanon lol

"117 subscribers" Mate you are gonna have an absolutely thriving youtube channel in mere months Im here for it, high quality long form content.

I think we really could have had something with Clint. Helping him find the courage to ask Emily out without being strange about it, them having a nice day at the carnival but her telling him that she didn't see this as a date. And at first you think that Clint will get really upset, and he's obviously a bit sad things didn't work out, but you actually see after that finally asking her out and pulling himself out of the weird pining state did help him in the long run. You can tell him you're proud of him for putting himself out there and he tells you that he's happy he finally took charge of his life, even if it didn't end like he hoped. And maybe even later there's some dialogue that implies he's connecting with some other traditional blacksmiths in the city, where he'll have an easier time connecting with people because they already have something in common, etc...ah well. I completely understand peoplenwho can't stand Clint, I only like the version I've created in my head ig :'D

although I'm sure the fact that she was not originally planned as a dateable character plays a lot into her early heart scenes being different than most, I love that we get to pursue someone who is more secure in their lives. It holds the same "value" in game as these more vulnerable and troubled singles, and personally that kind of love where you don't have this component of going in to "fix" anything and more just enjoy each other's company and are there for each other is something I enjoy a lot. also Clint can suck it, your voice was perfect

Emily is definitely one of the more stable relationships, emotionally and mentally-in my opinion. For her the story feels like a genuine friends-to-lovers, sweet and beautiful. Btw, the effort you put into this videos is amazing! The outfits, printouts, the pointer stick (lol), and all the little effects. Can’t wait for the next video!

hearing you break down her story like this made me realize that emily has big autism vibes- even down to being manic pixie dream girl’ed by clint

I found my new favorite Stardew Valley podcast channel.

Theres lots of fun little details that give the vibe that she has a touch of the tism, but for me the one that Spoke to me was her inviting you over, dancing for like 15 min max, being like damn im sweaty, and then leaving to take a shower. And then you presumably leave or just hang out alone. Like first of all yes, if im sweaty i need to shower immediately or im k*lling someone. And then also like just bailing after inviting u over like we are not following the social conventions. An activity occurred, its over now, please leave my house

i never vibed with emily since her surface level of being into new age spirituality didn’t click with me. we have very different outlooks on the world in a way that kind of outright conflicts. also clint. enough said on him. but this did give me a bit of additional appreciation for her! she’s a good contrast to the other stories which focus so much on helping the other person through a big emotional problem. i feel like clint’s presence is to make up for that though, unfortunately. regardless of me not vibing with her romantically, she’s still nice and a unique addition to stardews world

It's really funny to me to see Penny's 14 heart rug and bed in Emily's 14 heart event. Imagine moving in with your closest friend / wife and then you sleep in the bed her ex-wife bought for her. That's so funny to me. Great video!!!

as someone who's both aromantic and asexual you could totally interpret your relationship with emily as some form of queerplatonic. i'm kinda surprised i never noticed (tho i don't think i even knew what a qpr was on my 1st playthrough lol) as always, wonderful video ✨✨

I honestly looove these deep dives. A very nice and fun niche to have (also means once we are done we get a 10 hour playlist to binge)

For Emily’s outfit, I always interpreted the collar and sleeves to be a salmon red color, while the rest of her dress was a scarlet red color, cus if you look at the arms and hands on her in-game sprite, they’re not really the same color. I’ve seen a lot of fan art that interpret her outfit like this, too!

Clint is "Where's my hug personified" 😂 yessss absolutely his vibes are rancid. So creepy. Also, he's so rude to the player and calls you lazy when you go to buy ores from him. Like buddy, your customer service is garbage. Not surprisingly, he can't work out that Emily being nice to him at work is her work personality, because he apparently doesn't have one...

i looove emily and shane's little friendship. unlikely bonds are fun c: super glad you included them! 49:25 ... maybe she only calls you her friend bc she doesnt wanna get sent to turbo hell or whatever jksdfjkdsljg ....god, i'm remembering a poncho i've been on and of crocheting for a cosplay for literal years that ive been on the last row for aaaaaaaages. emily give me strength PLEASE!!! i love emily lol. looking forward to the next one!

Clint is a incel, he manic pixie dream girls Emily. He wants her to “fix him”. And if they were to ever get into a relationship, when being with her didn’t really make him happy after some time, because it’s an inner problem, they would break up. This has happened to me more than once. Props to Emily for knowing herself enough to ignore his sad attempts.

Hey, I am ace and on the aro spectrum myself, I wanted to provide some perspective. I really like the read of Emily as somewhere on the aroace spectrum, and her dialogue with the player after marriage does totally reflect either a committed platonic relationship (sometimes called a queerplatonic relationship) or a romantic relationship with someone on the aro/ace spectrum. There's totally evidence there, and I also think it aligns well with Emily's view of herself as inherently different than others. This is a way I felt about myself too, and similarly have found that being honest with others and expressing myself genuinely has been my path toward healing. Thank you for analyzing her so deeply and genuinely, I definitely want to marry her in my game next!!

hi, so, i watched harveys and Haley's video. i had been thinking. I aready knew i was probably aroace. But now i am more sure. Life with Emily sounds way more appealing. I think i undestand myself better now, thank you for this videos!

I love this video of yours. Emily is genuinely my favourite character in the game, and she's the only person I ever marry when I play the game. As a side note, thank you for describing all the events. Unintentionally, you've given me a lot more details about what's happening in the game, things I never knew. I'm blind. I play Stardew with the help of an accessibility mod, so I often miss a lot of details about character visuals, settings, effects, etc. I new knew what was happening in Emily's dream scene (except for the text), and I never knew her dance event was so active -- I always assumed it was just her dancing for the farmer. So thanks! You accidentally improved my understanding of the character. 👍

Okay but the emily themed outfit is cute! Emily seems so relatable as a character.

you genuinely changed my mind on alex i can’t wait to see the rest of these!

I cannot describe how surreal it is to hear you say in this video that you have only 118 subscribers as of filming, and just over 800 at time of editing, and see that in the 3 weeks this video has been up youve reached 4.4 thousand. Obviously I'm sure it's much more surreal from your end but i guarantee it's deserved, these videos are all superb and i cannot wait to see what else you might post and talk about, you're extremely well spoken and also hilarious, and clearly passionate about SV

My best friend was the one who introduced me to Stardew, she was head over feels down for Emily, and hated Clint, but didn't tell me why. Meanwhile, I didn't got bad vibes of him at first. I was quite interested by my idea of him; A cute, little tone deaf, chubby guy who is shy and/or was terrible expressing himself. Then I saw who he really was and I felt so dissapointed. Everyone hates clint, so hearing you point out how "Meh..." was that of all of the guys /he's/ the one painted in this light had me saying "YES, SHE GETS IT", so, thank you ♡ In one hand, I like that there's flawed characters in Stardew that you can dislike so easily. On the other one, they did that man dirty, he could had been such a cool character whithout the "nice guy" aspect. Anyway, I apreciate the Shane mention in every video, you are so right, Emily can do better... Someone else can try to fix him. So far I'm astonished how similar I felt in my first run. Nice video! Next one sure is a fun one. Pd: hello?? The sweater you did for your fiance is so cuteee ♡ craft gifts are the sweetest

She dances in front of everyone at the luau so is her hobby really a secret? Loving this video series, great work!

you did shane dirty with that photo 😭 I’m a bit nervous for your take on shane, but excited for yours on leah

I always saw emily's sprite as having a red dress with a mostly opaque fabric but sheer sleeves, for what it's worth

Someone else may have mentioned it, but Clint and Emily each have a line of dialogue after the event where he asks her out that confirms the "date" didn't go well. Clint will ask you if she said anything about it and then go "Actually no, don't tell me and let me keep my dignity." or something along those lines. Emily will tell you that he spilled a drink on himself in the first five minutes and then barely spoke to her for the rest of the night. It's not a final resolution because their dialogue with and about each other doesn't change after that point, but it does give some conclusion.

"This is not about Shane." Everything is about Shane! And with he and Emily sharing so many heart events, I really like seeing their genuine friendship and the sharp contrast to Clint's creepiness.

Emily is my favorite spouse, she is just so sweet, pretty, caring, understanding, all the good words and wonderful, she filled my heart after my failed marriages with Shane and Penny on my first file!

I love these vids so much plz never stop making stardew content. Maybe after this series you can analyze the little bits of lore in the game! Idk anyways love ur context and I hope you get lots of fame off these vids

Also wanted to say I relate to Clint (not the incel vibes, just the reclusive introvert part) and I want to like him but he is sooooo unlikeable even though he reminds me of myself and how I acted in high school, admiring people I liked from afar without ever even trying to befriend them. It’s easier to stay in your shell than risk losing the comfort of it

Love this series! Hope you'll continue afterwards with the non-romancables :) About Emilys care for the outsiders and healthy self-love: From my paedagogical point of view I agree, that this might've developed through experiences of being herself bullied and growing by that into self-love instead of hatred and taking venegance for her pain. I could also see the possibility that her and Haileys parents were a significant influence. Like she's copying the love and care for the parrot as she's experienced it in her childhood when she was comforted by her parents. And it's obviously what a huge self-esteem and self-love both Haileys and Emily have (in very different ways as open-minded or being harsh to everyone). Of course it's still a self-developed individual charactertrait, but as both of the sisters grew in that point to self-loving women, I could imagine an influence by the child-rearing of their parents :)

Every time you bring up shane in these videos my brain is like "guess who's back, back again"

i know we’re doing this alphabetically but the way i need that sebastian deep dive more than i need air…also these videos are so phenomenal!! thank you for giving them to us!!

Honestly love these Fiona! Cant wait to binge the full 12 character playlist over and over. When I commented on the Alex video like a week ago, I swear you were on less than 200 subs! Looking forward to seeing you take off, well deserved. The allmighty algorithm knows whats best for me sometimes 😊

Love the Emily dress! I kinda wish her portrait clothing looked more like her sprite dress. Spiritual energies, nature, and crafts are clearly her love languages. I always befriend her, but I've never dated or married her, so this was full of stuff I haven't had as much chance to explore. I really like her friendship with Shane. It feels like she's a positive influence on him. Not as powerful as the player, but still it's a sweet friendship. It's also quite a contrast from her "friendship" with Clint. It really drives home the problems with Clint.

Emily is Clint's manic pixie dream girl who is everything that Clint WANTS to be and have but can't make himself break out of his shell and be secure like Emily is, so he desires her and follows her because she is living the life that he wants for himself but ultimately can't have

56:26 girl this made me scream 😭 i just spent 3 days watching JUST your videos, i'm loving this series

Emily was my first wife, always loved how unique she was

I still get a hearty giggle every time you hold up the picture of passed out shane

If you ever wanna do a video of all the things you've knitted/crocheted/sewed i would be 1000% down 👀

been so excited to watch this, binged the other videos and i’m obsessed

I’m so happy I found your channel! You’re so funny and I love listening to these series as I cook and clean

I’m so happy that you’re making these videos 🥰

Love your videos!! Was over the moon when I saw you posted a new video, excited to see the others! Would love to see you cover other games as well as Stardew Valley (even tho it is my bolved

Let's go!! These videos are sooo good (Stardew Valley is consuming my life)

The highlight of my week! Thank you for this one!

screamed when i saw this i love these deep dives so much 😭

I love these videos, looking forward to the rest of the series!

love love love your videos! your humor is great, the research is amazing, and the true analysis is so refreshing. can’t wait to see what else you make!

Omg swagggggg it's been SUCH a long day. it's almost 10pm and I only just got dinner. So excited to relax with your new video!!!! yayyyyyy

i binge watched your entire series thus far. looking forward to the next videos you put out! just wanted to comment that i appreciate the effort you put into your setup (the props and your clearly long written, well-detailed scripts) keep up the good work!!!

New fiona sangster video!! I’ve been loving your content so much!! ❤❤

One of my best friends whom I play Stardew on the weekends recommended me your channel and lemme just say: I'm so glad she did omfg, your dedication to editing the backdrop along with having your clothes to match is just so...?? Delightful!! I've watched this, Abigail and Elliot's deep dive as I'm trying sooo hard not to spoil myself on characters I haven't romanced yet but DAMN I am so tempted to watch the Alex video - I love having stuff like this on while I eat or draw! Thank-you for all your hard work and I genuinely can't wait for more 💗

I have been binging your videos, these are EXACTLY the kind of videos I needed for Stardew Valley. Can’t wait for more!

Your top? Dress? Is so beautiful oh my god:) Can't wait for this deep dive, the last three were so good: the combo of great analysis + little jokes is perfect

Yaaay I was so excited for this because Emily is my favourite! Loved the video!

Loving this series. I finally dived into SDV in 1.6, and this digital marriage was a tricky decision. I'm a very spiritual person with a fascination for the occult as well, so I was really tied between Emily, Abigail, and Leah (she is very charming and her art is inspiring). I settled on Emily, but felt a bit lost in the marriage during the season. I think it was me not understanding her love language in the way you helped describe here. She's so sweet, but I'm afraid something is missing. If all else fails: Krobus. Nothing would connect me more to the occult than being roommates with a shadow person.

I just started playing Stardew solely to romance my bbg Harvey. I am very interested in learning all of the characters’ stories, but I don’t want to divorce my malewife or start a new save, so your videos are perfect to finish all their arcs after getting to the eight heart limit with the other bachelors and bachelorettes. Thank you for all the work you put into these 🙏🏼 I love longform videos to listen to while I crochet, these are perfect to indulge both my interests

I’m so glad I found your channel, you’re so fun to listen to and have really good writing and perspective with your history as a narrative writer. I also love your backdrop, it’s so cute!

So excited for this series! I can't wait to see all the deep dives of the characters!

I’m really really enjoying these videos. I don’t know why I just have had them all on all week. They’re so relaxing. I could hear you overanalyse this game all day 🎉

I’ve enjoyed all these videos and was surprised that the Alex one was your first. I love seeing other people’s views on the game

These videos are honestly great. Looking forward to my girl Leah's video

I love these videos they're so cool! You're so adorable as well

I want to say thank you so much for reigniting my interest in Stardew! I hadn't played in a while and didn't see a reason to pick it back up, but your videos reminded me there's still a lot to do enjoy even in regards to the characters. It's a game that helps me destress so easily. Your videos give the same feeling, really fun and relaxed.

im surprised these videos dont have more views/you dont have more subs! these are great videos and i want to binge all of your character deep dives...

Hello, I just want to let you know that this is the kind of in-depth content for stardew valley that I've been looking for! Love listening to your videos as I fall asleep, they're so interesting and well thought out.

Amazing!!! I am obsessed with these videos and don’t want them to end. It would be very cool if you did deep dives on the other townies after this series is done 👀

this is my first video of urs i saw and im rlly impressed!!! i obviously had to click bc emily is my FAVORITE bachelorette. i tried to do a run marrying leah instead but it just didnt feel right. i had to stay loyal to my beautiful crystal wife. thank you for doing her justice

wow, i just subbed today after coming across your channel and you posted within the hour! i had noticed a video was hidden in your stardew playlist, but i wasn’t expecting it to release today. great work and dedication to your work, i’ve loved your analysis so far!

hi miss fiona i love your vids they enable my stardew and video essay addiction!!!

I love looking at different sdv characters recognising some parts that i see in myself. Strong dislike for things that are unenjoyable and uncomfortable like Haley, struggles with depression like Shane, being anxious and nerdy guy like Harvey and ect. But with Emily the similarity it's being the odd one out. It's fascinating to me how some people are able to embrace and accept it. For me being my true self as autistic person feels like a theat to my safety (even if it isn't) because of negative past experiences. I think I love her so much because she has broken out of her shell and I really want to be more like her.

I'm very excited to watch this new video! 🖤

haven't finished the video yet, but I've watched your other three and I just want to say I love this series so much. You have such a chill vibe - it's like a mix between listening to a video essay and listening to a friend infodump about their hyperfixation. Like there's a lot of thought and structure to these videos, but they also don't have that same pretentiousness that video essays can sometimes have, if that makes sense? Very fun to listen to, makes me want to get back into playing Stardew Valley even though I absolutely do not have the time for that lol

I’m eating these up, ty for keeping me company while I clean lol

awww and now you have almost 12,000 subscribers! I’m so glad you got recommended to me i love these stardew videos

Really loving these deep dives! Also, you can't save him! So many people adore Shane and i honestly put him on the same level as Clint. And yes I've seen all his heart scenes, but beer is still one of his favorites so he doesn't change that much.

I have been in love with Stardew Valley since I started playing it back in 2017, these videos are REALLY well done!! I just binged all of your deep dives and I can't wait for the next one. You always make me laugh and the editing is so funny, I can tell how much work you put into the CRAFT 🤌✨ and I'm looking forward to the next one! My favorite part about romancing Emily is hurting Clint's feelings 🥰

hell yes these are my new fave videos

I'm kinda envious that she could save the birb, cuz i never manage to do it, even when i do everything right

I've never quite clicked with Emily, but this video was still an absolute joy to watch.

I looove these vids, I find the way you speak so relaxing and your vids have been my go to as I learn crochet lately!

Thank you for your hard work.

I love this series!

Just wanna say I love your voice and how eloquent you are!