CLINT IS NOT AN INCEL: A WORD ON FATNESS AND MASCULINITY

Congrats to getting in the Bitsy exhibit at the Museum of Screens! I think this was a worthy entry. Thoughtful, funny, and used Bitsy beautifully.

Hey, thank you for making this. It means a lot to see other people talk about how frustrating the attitude towards Clint and fat people in general is <3.

I don't even know who Clint is but I love this

Well-crafted and thought-provoking. I think Clint's reputation among fans is also likely influenced by him being a shopkeeper- you don't see him around town as much, and your main interactions with him are likely going to be either quests or using his shop, so you might not build friendship as fast, which means you're seeing his less engaged, more standoffish low-friendship dialogue. But of course, if he wasn't fat that probably wouldn't be as much of an obstacle for players, whether or not he was a love interest. Look at Shane- people loved him so much they voted him in as a marriage candidate, and he's not just standoffish at first, he's hostile.

I'll admit that I don't care for Clint, since the "nice guy" character type is one I really loathe and he seems to fall into it based on your low-friendship interactions with him. But your essay made me curious, and looking at his wiki page, he doesn't seem to exhibit any toxic "nice guy" behaviors aside from that one line; he's just shy and socially awkward. But because he fits into the way we expect creepy dudes to look, it's easy to interpret him that way. You've given me a new perspective on his character. I also loved how you formatted your essay into bitsy, and you did a great job recreating Clint's workshop.

l screamed when mlady popped up l had no idea you could do that in bitdy, is that a hack?? looved the character ideations, its exactly this!!

hey, I just wanted to say that as a fat butch person who likes women (and Stardew Valley), this meant a lot to me and I appreciate you making it.

I haven't played Stardew Valley, but I liked your essay (and your edited Bitsy avatars). It was a thoughtful read. :)

Great work. Resonates with me a lot as a well, someone who would be considered 'fat' and thus 'ugly'. I havent played Stardew Valley but it still is a good read. 

Sorry I'm getting to this so late but YES this is fantastic 🎉

Ugh, this is... very relatable. Even beyond the inherent crappiness to people who are fat, it's... dehumanizing/monsterifying of people who find them attractive, in a way that's almost impossible to talk about because being attracted to an ordinary way a human body can look is automatically considered a fetish. 

IDK, I just don't think I can verbalize how badly the cultural attitude of "not only are we going to treat your partner like an inherently awful person, we are also going to treat you badly for daring to have affection" messes someone up. 

I love it ❤️❤️❤️

i like this

Fantastic work, I loved it. Thanks for doing this. This is one of the things I really don’t like about dating games (espacially with anime characters), they all look the same, with “pretty”, white and thin datable characters. That’s so fucking boring! This essay makes a lot of sense to me.

this whole game makes no sense 

the whole argument is made on things that were never said or never i heard of like when did people said clint is an incel (wich he is very clearly not) i just don't get the argument

I love this essay and the way you walk the player through it. I initially thought Clint was kind of a creep because of his interactions with Emily, but now I feel like he was given an unfair hand. I'm sure it wasn't intentional but now its hard to ignore. He deserves a better character arc. Fat characters deserve better, and we deserve more fat characters. We deserve to see ourselves reflected in the media we consume, even if (especially if) we aren't thin, white, or pretty. Thank you for sharing this

I've never played Stardew Valley but this is a very nice essay that exposes some serious flaws with mainstream Leftist rhetoric with fatphobia, not to mention touching on the roots of that rhetoric that's hurt... a lot of marginalized men in general, really.

I've always liked Clint, so it really bothered me when I realized that a big part of the community really didn't like him.

Thanks for taking the time to make this

Whenever I did meet Clint in Stardew Valley he made me feel good about myself. Since like I saw a nice person that did their job with a smile on their face because they enjoyed it. I never looked at his figure and saw him as fat or ugly. I just saw him as this big loveable guy that deserves some love. He honestly is in my top 3 of the game the first two being Shane and Sebastian. I haven't gotten to him getting upset about being rejected and he never seemed to exhibit the red flags that my mind constantly searches, in fact he made me feel better every single time I walked out of his shop if I remember correctly. If he's getting this hate I see no reason why he's getting it since he's loveable in personality (and we all seem to agree that Shane's fine and he's like an alcoholic) and he is still conventionally attractive. Sorry about how long this is, but this boi deserves the love.

I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THIS WAS THE CLINT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. i never noticed him as a nice guy creep type. I loved him :(

so powerful. "look at us side-by-side. one of us is different."

how did you manage the "tips fedora" image import? it looks like an overlay and not something made through RGBitsy.

Just right off the bat: how is Clint both a "nice guy" and a "creep"??

this is an awesome essay!

great game, thanks for making it

love how this is constructed & love your message. keep up the great work

Nice game! Nice content! And nice artwork! I hope many people will play your game! :)

this is good

yessssssssssss this was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!