Love what you’re doing with the game and the mod! I’m new to the fandom, would you mind explaining a bit who Bailey’s crush is and how they play into who they are today/their attitude on intimacy and such?
Thank you! All of the below are accurate to the best of my knowledge. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I am a bit of a Bailey QnA encyclopedia so this is as accurate as I can make it.
Here is a post on canon pieces of Bailey's lineage. Bailey descended from old blood (House Bailiff/Bailey Mine) but grew up a commoner and an orphan, so perhaps they were born a bastard or the lineage's wealth simply dried up before Bailey's time.
Bailey, Eden, and Bailey's crush (Bcrush) were all orphans under the previous caretaker, who is confirmed to be worse than Bailey, meaning that all three of them likely endured physical/sexual abuse at your age or even younger. Gwylan was an assistant caretaker at the time, meaning Bailey met Gwylan as a teenager if not earlier. There is a photograph in game that shows Bailey and a stranger next to you and Robin as kids. That stranger is confirmed to be some form of Gwylan and not Bcrush.
Bailey, Eden, and BCrush were all students together and hung out regularly. They played games at the arcade and watched fireworks together. Bailey was violently possessive/defensive over Bcrush and once almost fought Eden over a misunderstanding where he thought Eden had confessed to Bcrush. Around this time, Eden fell into the Whiteflower Lake. They dried off in a nearby cave, where Bailey demonstrated his ability to start fires.
Bcrush is confirmed to have green eyes and resemble Jane from Pride and Prejudice. Robin is confirmed to be very similar to Jane and Bcrush in temperament, sharing the same favorite flowers (daisies), the same hobbies (cooking/baking), and the same gentle selflessness.
Bailey took over the orphanage and slapped his name on it eighteen years ago, so around the same time that Robin/PC were born.
Something happened in the orphanage loft, likely involving Bcrush. Whatever happened to them impacted the town greatly and left Bailey actually frightened of the loft, to the point where he willfully ignores PC's operations up there.
Unconfirmed theories/headcanons:
Some theorize Robin is directly descended from Bcrush. This is a popular theory because of Robin's similarity to them and the fact that Bailey has a bit of a "soft spot" or maybe a "hard love" spot for Robin.
Some theorize that what happened to Bcrush in the loft has to do with Mayor Quinn, as the "sin" that Bailey blackmails Quinn over, but this is unconfirmed.
I personally headcanon that whatever happened in the loft sent Eden running for the woods and left Bailey building his crime empire in town. Bailey is confirmed to think that Eden has betrayed him in some way, though he would shrug it off if Eden apologize. My headcanon here is that Bailey felt betrayed Eden left him behind, but this is just a headcanon.
gracieabrams
origamiaround
baratheonpilled
turnnoffyourmind
amandla
