Can't wait to watch this video! Have a great wedding!

At the start of the video, you look just a bit washed out to me, like there’s a very bright light on you (which may be true, idk 🤷‍♀️). It’s not overly detrimental to the video or anything, just an observation. Everything takes tweaking though, and I’m sure you’ll be situated in your new setup in no time!

please dont stress about your next video, especially when you have a WEDDING happening ❤❤

Congrats on ur wedding soon omg!

Please do Shane next!

gender roles reversed, harvey is the spinster now!

hahahahahahhaha

Whoever wrote that damn diary can catch these hands in the pub

😂

hahahaha i jest because i care

nu uh mine

literally same lmao, so frustrating!!

I didn’t even realize there’s a penalty for it in Penny’s cutscene. I just automatically refuse to settle for enabling someone to take away from another person’s physical autonomy. When we later help George with a book and he tells us what happened to him, I like to hope that there’s a nonverbal implication that we asked if we could help first (since otherwise we wouldn’t know which book he wanted either). Admittedly I do end up choosing to agree with Harvey in the 2 heart scene, but that’s more because it always seemed to me more emphasizing it as a suggestion with good intention rather than forcing George to do anything (but I also didn’t ever choose the opposite choice to know he threatens to inform Evelyn, which is it’s own flavor of yikes even if it can be interpreted as an empty threat). It’s definitely some interesting food for thought, and something I’ll keep in mind next time I start a new play through.

Same. It’s so rude.

I've never been in a wheelchair, but it still looked super rude to me. I can't side with Penny in that scene either, even though she's just trying to help. George always comes around and thanks her no matter which choice you make anyway.

Wow. People really do that?!?

Same! He never has a sad face. He's excited and happy when he talks to a pilot.

Yes! I interpret it as him being realistic. Like I’d love to have a big garden to take care of, but for ages I didn’t have any garden at all so I had pot plants and grew some herbs. I didn’t cry every time I watered my plants because I was daydreaming about a garden, I was genuinely just happy to have something!!!

i see it this way too

Absolutely! I always saw it as very charming, a way to engage with his passion and dreams from the ground, I always loved seeing the way that the reality of him never being able to be a pilot doesn't mean giving up on it, instead finding realistic ways to engage with it, as you said, within his ability.

At four hearts he says something along the lines of wanting to get past the doctors patient relationship with the farmer which either confirms your approach or can be read kinda creepy

Nah, he's boring either way

@@onemoreweirdo207 that’s for certain

THIS!!! He's the town's ONLY DOCTOR. He has to maintain a strictly professional relationship with everyone in town. Of course he's a little stiff when you first meet him. But he's so so sweet once he realizes that you actually care about him as a person. People saying him wanting to move past Dr. and patient relationship with you at 4 hearts is creepy, please remember that 5 hearts is CLOSE friendship. 4 hearts is all it takes for someone to agree to dance with you at the flower dance. He's not being creepy, you as the farmer have shown OBVIOUS interest in him as a person as opposed to just seeing him as "Dr. Harvey"

@@onemoreweirdo207he’s not boring. He’s predictable and loyal. The perfect man for someone who has had bad relationships. He reminds me of my fiancé. He’s an introverted IT guy who loves to be at home. Same breakfast every day y’know that kinda stuff. He won’t take me on a spontaneous trip or ever do something wild - and I love him for it. Yes sometimes it’s a bit boring but I know he’s loyal to me and will support me no matter what. I’m the opposite so we balance each-other out. I feel like Harvey is the same kind of man.

My first thought to that hc was that there is a war going on, though it he did serve as an army/field doctor/surgeon it would probably have been mentioned. Cool hc! Think ill incorporate it into my own head!

@@guggelguggel7491"think I'll incorporate it into my own head" is the best way to phrase that, I love it

Yeah I have also been thinking something along those lines. Especially his "patients life in my hands and failing" line led me to believe that he kind of "fled" whatever high stress job he had before to be a general doctor in a small (former mining) town. Kind of makes him like the player like that, at least in my mind

I just interpreted it as like, stitches or something, but this is way cooler. Headcanon absorbed!

I love that hc so much! i'm gonna keep it, it makes so much sense

Thank you 🙏🏼

I want you to know that i’ve thought about this comment multiple times a week for the last 3 weeks because it’s so insanely funny to me

real

I was irl pouting LOL

NOOOO I FORGOT THATS A PART OF THESE VIDEOS IM JUST STARTING IT ANS IM ALREADY GONNA CRY AND DREAEDING THE LINE !!!

When I broke up with him it was devastating I can't imagine divorcing him

Well, It's the only time I'll ever see it.

It really sounds like Maru is teasing you by implying obliquely she knows all about the supposed hanky panky that's been going on in the clinic back room.

@@peccantisand she has to sanitize that room to no end 🗿

Harvey is Kenough 🥺 now I'm imagining ConcernedApe designing the speedo sprite and making several attempts at drawing a tiny moustache on it only to give up

hahaha i never noticed. too distracted by… other things 🩲

Apparently it's only this one sprite without the moustache, the other beach portraits have one

My headcanon for this is that he shaved that morning, but his mustache just grows back so fast he can’t go a day without the caterpillar on his lip

🤨by what?!​@@fionasangster

mmmmm interesting!!

I always thought he's hyper aware of all the germs and potential toxins and sharp pointy bits of your beach finds. He's a nerd and devoted to his career and I think for his workdays when he's not busy, he definitely spends some time studying and developing his craft by reading case reports whose titles could be Man Ate Gifted Seafood, This Is What Happened To His Spine.

I always read it as a pretty rude response 😂 like "thanks for this shitty gift, its so bad I get a rash from it"

like one of those inflatable hamster ball things you see at fairs?

Same. Every time I start a new farm, I tell myself I will marry someone else this time. I end up marrying Harvey every single time. 😂

Same. Every time I start a new farm, I tell myself I will marry someone else this time. I end up marrying Harvey every single time. 😂

Agreed

interesting!!!

​@fionasangster Yup. It's real ghetto over here 😅 and I say that as a doctor myself

yeah that’s always what i assumed lol, like he just teaches himself a bunch of different surgeries just in case because any specialist is too far away

Also I have a ginger and white cat that looks just like yours! Twinsies across the world! 🤣 his Christian name is Poppy (this was before I knew I he was a boy) but we all call him Mr. Mittens, Mitmit for short

haha what is the cat owner urge to give them names entirely unrelated to their actual names 😭

​@@fionasangsterthere's a poem and a song about that, the naming of cats I think

In general I do think it's his way of showing that he cares, but caring doesn't have to mean romantic. Kind of like a love language, which can be shared between friends, family, and partners. Like even if you're not dating him, he tells you healthy ways to go about your life. He's trying to be a kind person and it's his way of expressing that in my eyes at least. He also mentions being super into his own work meaning he sees a lot of life through that lens. At least personally I know how that feels as a game dev so I guess I can see it in a way that he's using his special interest as a way to connect with other people.

I agree with this! It's not taking away George's autonomy or disrespecting his wishes to do your due diligence in trying to keep him healthy as long as possible. Encouraging him to make a healthy decision when he asks for your opinion also isn't taking away his autonomy -- it's trying to set him up for success, since even if he'd rather carry on the way he is until his time on earth is done, that has the capacity to make it much more unpleasant and stressful on everyone involved, including Evelyn as his primary caretaker (as we see that she's often accompanying him to appointments; I say this as a wheelchair user who needs familial assistance myself, who is grateful for the advice of doctors to do things I didn't particularly feel like doing!). After you both leave, he's more than welcome to continue eating entire packs of bacon if he so pleases, though I doubt he'd be the one cooking them. Undermining doctor's orders in favour of "do what you want" just felt irresponsible, and unlike Penny's 2 heart scene, it felt like a more direct reflection of the anxiety of taking care of an elderly relative who doesn't want to take care of themselves. We dont always know what's best for our own bodies, and Harvey knows that can have fatal consequences -- and would prefer not to see his patient suffer, nor his wife and grandson who still want him around for as long as possible. Apparently I had feelings about this lol! Great video, this sort of thing is just fun to discuss!

@@Feyrae Yeah, I am always 100% for informed consent, especially when it comes to bigger decisions that have to be made and I absolutely hate it when people, especially elderly people, get pushed into doing massive surgeries by their doctors or families, even if they themselves don't see the point anymore (I'm thinking 90+ year olds getting full on crack-that-chest-open major heart surgery). But stuff like adjusting one's diet, taking meds regularly on schedule, getting in a bit of light exercise, that's stuff I encourage my own grandmas and father to do, not just my patients. I also agree that it's a lot more to do with anxiety, Harvey's in this case, and tbh a bit of my own, that you'd feel like utter shite if you did not do your best, give your best advice, be a bit more encouraging, make sure the patient knows and understands all the consequences of inaction. Cause if they die because of something preventable, it'd definitely be something that'd haunt me for the rest of my days, I know that. Now what is preventable and what can and should be prevented, by us as humans and the whole god complex thing many doctors (and from my limited experience, heart surgeons especially) have is a whole other can of worms to open with ethics and morality and whats the line between prolonging life and prolonging suffering, etc, but that might need a more nuanced and easier to interact in forum than the youtube comments 🤣

@@phelanii4444 Yes, totally! I feel strongly about patient autonomy, but something like "grandma, please stop smoking so much", or "grandpa, you suffer from heart issues, let's cut back from red meat EVERY day" is a very ordinary ask for a loved one (and then it's ultimately up to the person themselves to implement those ideas or not; George did actively solicit your opinion, after all!). I'm actually the primary cook for my family, so I'm able to reduce sodium/increase veg and fibre for my parents myself, so I totally get it. And yes hahahah that whole can of worms isn't to be discussed here (esp considering a really unkind comment I got that I think our lovely video maker took down already; thank you for that!), but I think it's easy to agree that we want the elderly folks we love to take care of themselves enough to remain in good shape for as long as it works for them. :) In this case, George is generally a spirited man in control of his faculties who has many years ahead of him to spend with his loving family, so it makes sense to want the best for him! And being that it's a video game, dude's gonna live forever!

@@Feyraeno.

​@@Zombina638 What an eloquent argument.

Came here to say this. Stardew is such a tiny, rural town. The doctor would 100% do surgeries and would also probably be the local vet 😂

*medical TMI* When I got my arm implant I was relieved when I realized how simple of a procedure it actually seems. The stick basically comes preloaded in a big ol needle so there's no cutting open or anything. They had me look away but I kind of wish I watched it go in now, I just thought it was kinda cool

this is really interesting!! thank you!!

@@fionasangster Hilarious and valuable insight: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e7h-dNSis7mtlGQ.htmlsi=hxXuUvsy7rJ0z1oz

I have heard that if a place is really really rural, the Doctor might also double as a Veterinarian? I'm not sure if that's a tall tale or anything but this made me think of that.

😉😏

Honestly same-- it's part of why I'm so disappointed Sandy lost in the 1.4 bachelorette poll-- there are no older bachelorettes!!

i tried giving him coffee bc i heard it’s on his Love List, but the second time i offered it it checked the box for a gift but he didn’t TAKE IT “don’t you think that’s unhealthy?” BROKE MY HEART

​@@theatrenerd7441 To be fair, Emily won that poll and she does give me older vibes as well! So all's well that ends well. But if Sandy were to become a bachelorette in the future, that'd be pretty neat. Though I doubt it.

Especially when maru is the only person in town he is kinda close to, he works with mary 2 days a week, of course he would think about her more often

hahaha frfr i forgot to mention that in the video somehow but i think it's a balance thing, if marrying harvey took away all the consequences for passing out then people would marry him for that reason instead of bc he's the perfect malewife 🩷

My brother is a doctor and his wife works for him. He pays her taxes, I don't know if he would charge her, she has never needed his specialty, but taxes and write offs might come into play here.🤷🏻‍♀️ You probably give him gifts worth more than ≈ 1000g

I always imagined it as a joking trauma tax for having to drag his near dead wife out the mines. then he spends it on flowers or something. 😂

@@lilly_koii You're so right. . Honestly, he deserves the world, no doctor should have to perform emergency surgery on they're own spouse 🥲. . At this point he should be begging Marlon to put a gate at the mines with the amount of times I've pushed my luck lmao 🤣

STOPPPPP THATS SO CUTE

interesting! thank you for the insight! it's hard for me (someone with 0 medical/care experience) to see the nuances of it, that's why i separated it into personal opinion and analysis so that we didn't end up taking too hard of a view of harvey. i think bc he's so kind and is a good doctor he was just doing what he thought was right.

Evelyn joins George for his annual dr visit, so pretty sure she is involved.

@@rowanwax good point! I completely forgot about that. In that case you are probably correct!

@@fionasangster I agree, he absolutely does have his patients’ best interests at heart. 🥰

​@@fionasangsterRural medicine is actually super cool! Those practitioners do their best with less equipment, less staff, and less money than larger cities, causing them to be more inventive with care. Farming communities in particular have a interesting relationship with physicians

After marrying him, he reads a lot about knees surgeries, I don't know what he's up to.

Yes! Sam's instant pancakes and frozen pizzas are him doing his best despite not being able to cook. I will always appreciate him and Shane doing what they can do to show their love and care for the player.

SCREAMING His new dialogue supports it, too

crying i had to go back and look at the sprite again, ur so right

OMG......I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw those strong legs and big thighs xD....like daaaayuumn, I was SHOCKED the first time I saw him like that.....I keep reminding myself that in the beach they're kids and people...because, Yisus Christ 7w7

omg the crochet frustration can be so strong. tried amigurumi once and literally never again

ur welcome! i'll do it with all the vids from now on!

oh dear god what have i done..... (jk love him)

You can get into the air force, you just can’t do certain jobs. My dad went in to try and become a mechanic, but due to his color blindness he was unable to, so they made him a plumber.

Well, the problem is not _just_ his eyesight, right? His fear of heights was... crippling, before he met the farmer. It's the unfortunate combination of both that led him to give up on that dream.

YESSSS OMG fellow autistic here. I immediately fell in love with his little plane models and everything i hc that its his special interest 😭😭hes so cute

Nah

yes omg. im autistic and i definitely see it in him too

😂😂😂😂

interesting! yeah it's all very subjective! for me it's so refreshing to like see someone with dark thoughts bc - same lol. but i would never argue that shane is like the best husband or anything bc hes not, hes just my favourite bc of my personal baggage haha

Yeah tbh, same. I feel like I'd be way more interested in Shane's whole deal with even some slight tweaks, like making his poison of choice not alcohol. It's all down to each player's own issues. Keeps things interesting, lol

@@lyssam100I agree- gaming would have been a good one imo. When you pull away from the screen it feels like a bath of cold water and you can step away way quicker in some cases than with alcohol. Still love Shane but the games’ length doesn’t allow for him to screw up once before getting it right.

He still quips about drinking in his married dialogue, even after his fourteen heart event, so its still pretty clear he's not sober (but it's implied he's only cut back on drinking, which is still a viable recovery option for some alcoholics). He also talks about how life is a "slow, gray blur" sometimes, so I think its implied all his previous issues are still affecting him. he's just not binging and in a mental health crisis anymore. I struggle with alcohol abuse and I've got similar issues to him, so I like that he's technically unfixable yet still capable of loving/being loved... its kind of symbolic to me idk. I don't blame you at all for avoiding him though. I'm sorry alcoholism has hurt you, too. I agree that Shane can get way too real sometimes. He's just one of those characters that can either pose as comforting or disturbing with no inbetween. 😅

Thankfully I am pretty sure 1.6 added more dialogue. I'm not sure if 1.6 dialogue additions are included in this video (I personally don't see them). It added at least one non doctor dialogue as far as I can tell.

If you play on PC there are a bunch of lovely Harvey dialogue expansion mods!

Yes!! Idk why but that part of the video is so funny to me too 🤣 I love it so much

there should be portrait mods giving everyone else a moustache too 🥸

aw so sweet thank you!! move went pretty smooth! just need to get that pesky wedding out of the way lol

After marrying Sam, he actually never gives up on his dreams and gets a job working as a music composer for a kids show. It's so cute and he invites Vincent over to listen to his songs and give him feedback

@@sharp_as_ablade yeah that's fair I've never really dated Sam but I'm glad to hear that! I think my main problem still with Sam is that he feels pretty young

Same with penny! i havent married her, but im assuming she keeps tutoring the kids? and her other dream is to live the family life shes always wanted, so the player is making it come true :)

hahahhaha we have the same worrisome taste 🩷

adding on to say i would love to see more people discuss the absolutely wonderful bachelors of dream daddy

totally agree

this is too true

hahahahaha too real

hahaha you got your uncooked chicken man and you got your free range chicken man 🐥

he's my ride or die fr

@@fionasangster Well, I can't wait for his time in the sun, but please take as long as you need on these videos! Know you will have an audience when you return because I have been binging this series when drawing or writing.

That was my exact thought about it, thanks for confirming. I’ve always thought that SV took place in the mid 90s/early 2000 so it makes sense

ahhhhhhhhh ok interesting!! thank u! this changes everything maybe i need to make another 90 minute video

I definitely see this as a valid point considering the telephone is a rotary phone, but also the possibility of flat screen TVs, then again there’s dragons and junimos lol

​@@vedablake6172flat screen tvs have existed since the 90s, they were more expensive than they are now

thank u!! shane girlies UNITE 🩷

In a small town everyone would be his patient though, he wouldn't get to date anyone. I think that rule can only be applied in cities with thousands of options available.

@@xition25 I don't disagree! I spent a year in med school (I dropped out though it was not for me XD) and we got a lot of lessons regarding doctor-patient relationship ethics but there was no specification regarding small towns vs cities. I think that if I were ConcernedApe I would've just not included the town doctor as a marriage candidate because of the grey area regarding the ethics of a doctor dating their patient. But of course this is a fictional story and Harvey is a good person, I loved this video because it really helped me see that!!