is it weird to have a crush on villagers?

[queertactics]

When I was a little kid playing Animal Crossing: Wild World, I totally developed a crush on Chevre. But I was 10, and kids misplace crushes all the time. But what about if you're not 10? Do you think it would be weird for someone to develop a crush on an Animal Crossing villager? Why/ why not?

 

[pictureperfectLT]

Wow I haven't been on TBT in a while. It looks different.

Anyway, going back to the main discussion...

I get what you mean about someone liking a certain villager. I felt that way about Kyle the wolf when he first moved in. It's a bit silly, really, and I think a bit childish. Perhaps it was the vibe that ACNL sets? ACNL itself is a very cute and innocent game -- childish, if that's the word you'd prefer to use to describe it. Not in a bad way, though.

 

[Tinkalila]

u r a furry
welcome to the club

 

[Jamborenium]

not if you're a furry : D -shot-

but really I don't see it being that weird
sure people may say it's weird cause they're animals,
but they're more human like then animal like not to mention capable of human speech
unlike real animals we see in the actual world

if it's the whole they're fictional thing
nothing wrong with that, it's common for people to develop
a small crush on a fictional character.​

 

[Dork]

Mmm, nah i don't think so.
They're very humanized - walking on two feet, human-like activities, speech, habits
When I think of an ac villager IRL i imagine them as a human, not an animal. As do people who may have a crush on a villager, i suppose? Like some sort of gikinja of the villager.
But if you have a crush on a certain villager and imagine them IRL as an animal and still have a crush on an animal then ye i guess it's weird zoophilia
Plus they're fictional so ya know.

 

[spCrossing]

It's normal, everybody has a crush at least one villager.

Hell, it's normal to have crushes on fictional characters at least one point in life.

 

[DarkFox7]

Don't worry, it's perfectly normal. You're not alone on this one. I mean heck, just look at my signature!

I had a similar experience when I was around 8 during my Wild World days. For some odd reason I really, really, really liked Rasher and I would always consider him my boyfriend. I would blush when he would say stuff like "I really like you! Never change!" Now that I look back on that memory... Ew, Rasher? Really? Haha I had no idea why I liked him, I just did. Maybe because I felt sorry for him?

But yeah, a lot of people have ACNL crushes. The fact that they're animals doesn't make it weird either, the only thing that makes bestiality wrong and obscure is the fact that animals irl do not contain that sort of emotion and can't reason behind true love like humans can. But these animals in Animal Crossing think exactly like humans and can reason and talk, so it's perfectly fine and nothing to worry about. c:

 

[Rasha]

I..guess
are you a furry?

 

[queertactics]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cmon im not a furry

 

[Rasha]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cmon im not a furry

it was a joke, cupcake~

 

[Goth]

hes likes humanoid animals

totally not furry

 

[Rasha]

hes likes humanoid animals

totally not furry

or he just likes Chevre~

 

[pika62221]

Nah! You love the personality the developers put in the game. It's fine to feel a sense of attraction to them, they're such amazingly well written, you can grow to love these codes of program as if they're really your friends and such.

 

[Lepidoptera]

Not really. The animals in animal crossing are very human like. They walk on two legs, wear clothes, and talk with you. The smug villagers even actively flirt with you. It would be very different if you were having those kinds of feelings for real animals.(then I would be telling you to get seek help)

 

[Hypno KK]

I think that when you're a kid it's probably fine, because kids tend to think of crushes as just really really liking someone and don't really get the concept in the same way. Kids also tend to see everything as human or human-like (like how they think that toys have feelings) and will consider just about anyone their girlfriend or boyfriend because they like them so I can see how that would happen.

When people are older, it seems weirder to me. I get it when people are joking about in-character conversations or if they're saying that if a character could be a real human that they'd date or be friends, but to actually have a crush on an ACNL villager seems weird because they're animals (and fictional).

 

[princessmorgan]

I have a younger brother who likes furries. The only reason I found this out is because my sister brought to my attention and sort of made a mockery of all the gay furry porn she found on a computer that only she and my brother used at the time. To my understanding, furries are humanoid animals or people with anatomical animal parts. I don't think it's weird. A crush is a crush and not up to other people to judge if it's right or wrong Although, I wouldn't go telling 'normal' people about it. It's comfortable to discuss here, and if it means anything, you're fine, I accept your special pieces :3

 

[LunaMoon Crossing]

not everyone has a crush on a villager, but it's not weird.

 

[elliebeebee]

I was seven and I had a crush on Drake

 

[Jarrad]

It's normal, everybody has a crush at least one villager.

Hell, it's normal to have crushes on fictional characters at least one point in life.

this isn't true

 

[ToxiFoxy]

When I was a little kid playing Animal Crossing: Wild World, I totally developed a crush on Chevre. But I was 10, and kids misplace crushes all the time. But what about if you're not 10? Do you think it would be weird for someone to develop a crush on an Animal Crossing villager? Why/ why not?

I mean, I do not think so becuz some how I developed crushes on Pokemon characters like Red and Gold at a time, if only they could be real people lol