Why Shane HATES Us || Stardew Valley 1.6 Lore and Theory
In Stardew Valley, Shane is… pretty controversial. But I’ve always had a place in my heart for him. In this video, we’ll be discussing the exact reason that Shane hates us so much when we first meet him… But hey, that’s just a theory…
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FIRST!!!! Can’t wait to watch cuz I hate Shane’s resentment towards the player:( we just moved here we, trying to learn the ways of the valley. And you also give the best theory’s! Can’t wait to see why he hates us😜
(Also I always compared jojo to Walmart and not Amazon but it makes sense too.)
It is always a good day when sodor uploads
Thank yall so much for 5k subs !!! So, do yall like Shane? Does he grow on you?
bahahaha the thumbnail is everything xD But great video!! I was one of those people who didn't really make an effort to get to know shane because he told me off and I didn't want to bother, but seeing things framed from his perspective it makes sense. I will give him a new change!!
Wow this was worded and thought out in such a good way 🙂 Made me really think about Shane differently
the town gossip is a good point but let me raise you one, think what the gossip must have been when he moved in, whereas we got "did you hear about the new farmer, I hope they're doing well!" he probably got something more along the lines of "did you hear about Marnie's nephew, he's such a mess. maybe if he drank less he could take care of Jas so Marnie doesn't have to pick up the slack" and i know many of the people reading this don't want to imagine their favorite characters saying something like that, but the beauty of stardews writing is that the characters are flawed
These theory's provide amazing depth to the characters makes the world of stardew valley so much brighter
I like this theory but i think his reason is just a depression thing: he thinks hes no good, and is avoiding hurt us by hurting us 😅
I might forgive him when later in the game… but he's too fragile that he might get to relapse. Been with the an exfriend in real life who's addicted with substance and relapsed many times over and over again until you just stopped helping them; forgive them and then go away from their lives otherwise they will drag you in the end. Shane reminds me of him.
The new farmer may not have any bills but they definitely have to pay to upgrade the whole town lol.
Oof. Never thought about it like that. To be fair to Shane, I've resented people for less.
You know, it just occurred to me that despite Shane being Jas' legal guardian she doesn’t move in to the farm with him if the player marries him. So that's weird.
Off topic but what do you think chronological order of people who are born and lived there their whole lives to the ones have just moved there just couple of months ago like Shane and probably Haley?
I think Evelyn and George have lived there the longest and have possible either came from somewhere else or were born there like Abigail. I like to think Haley was the newest resident of rhe town before us, the farmer. She has this vibes of being force to live out here in the sticks and yearning for her old life in the city.
Even though Shane moved here recently, I think he use to live here as kid or spend some summers here at the ranch.
I have farms with almost every marriage candidate and Shane is by far my favorite. That one is my second oldest save and I just keep going back to it at random times. He reminds me a lot of myself during a really difficult time in my life. I was in an accident involving a brain trauma with a long recovery and some permanent deficits that led to a sharp decline in my mental health. Depression is something I am likely going to live with for the rest of my life, and happiness and survival are more about managing it than magically becoming all better. Shane reminds me that love is something people don’t have to be perfect to deserve, and playing with him as the marriage partner lets me treat him how I want to be treated. It makes me feel really safe in that way. I realize his addiction and mental health issues are triggering for a lot of people, but I lost friends in real life due to what I went through and it’s made me realize someone being triggered in that way can make people (or people and characters) incompatible without either person (or character) necessarily being wrong or bad.
That's why after meeting Shane, my goal in Stardew Valley is make him happy 😊
Shane is alot of people I know, stuck in unfortunate circumstances and caught in the mundane rat race just to make ends meet. It can be grueling and exhausting and makes people bitter towards life for sure. Very epic video as always sodor
Honestly when I started playing the game (literally august 1st this year) I did it cause I've heard a lot and wanted to try it and I had a Lot of preconceptions about the npcs, like Alex a stereotypical jock, or Shane someone who and I quote "needs to be fixed" but OMG I'm glad I took the time to know these characters, like Shane really grew up on me, cause of his story, his relationship with Marnie and Jas, and how much he evolves as a person and how much he changes trough his heart events and I truly loved that even though we are there to support him, he's willing to change and looks for help himself and does the change by himself not because of the farmer, easily he became my second favorite bachelor (the first one is Sam BTW IDK why I tend to gravitate towards him and falling for him like 90% of the time) but I have to say that I agree 100% with everything you said in the video, and also congrats for the 5K you definitely deserve much more subs cause your content is truly amazing! 😁
The new farmer walking down the street greeting everyone like it’s the start of Beauty and the Beast “bonjour! bonjour!”
Shane: 😑
I dunno if he hates us necessarily, hate is a strong word. I do think he's extremely jealous and envious of you and tries to create a gap between you two, resulting in his rude behaviour. Actually hating the farmer… I always say that hate is such a strong word that most of our 'hating people' is more like just really strong disliking.
If shane hates us if he is romancable
I didn’t like Shane when I first played the game in 2022, but then I found out about his backstory from another yt video, and now I honestly relate to him a lot
I also came from a small town and I can attest: people do talk. A lot. So Shane absolutely would have heard about the farmer all the time.
Oh, and I did live in one of the largest cities in the world and can also attest: most people don't have the patience to deal with some random stranger going "Good morning!" or trying to engage with small talk. For us, in a video game that's normal. Video game logic if you will. But if you do that in a large city? Yeah, people will be confused and Shane's reaction is normal.
Also we didn't just got a nice plot of land, but it is basically about the size of Pelican Town itself, much larger than Marnie's ranch who, along with Robin's place, seems to be the largest real state in town until the farm got revitalized. And at least in my neck of the woods, sometimes rural proprieties get sold and become whole neighborhoods so yeah, that's a lot. In a sense, if the player wanted instead of keep being a farmer they could make some crazy money with the land alone.
Meanwhile, Shane is basically a single parent who relies on favors to get by and realistically would never have the opportunity to learn what he would really want to do. That probably stings a lot.