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I was wondering why I didn't find the Junimos from Stardew Valley cute, even though a lot of people apparently do. And then I realized I grew up seeing a lot of mascots and logos with the same dot-eyed cutesy designs. So when I looked at the Junimos they'd feel more like a Pelican Town mascot than a forest spirit.
They literally feel corporate to me.
I felt the itch to make a repeating pattern again, and I also have been playing Stardew Valley again with my boyfriend (this time we're on the beach farm). Please enjoy my purple junimos holding purple items. The download for the pattern is available on my Etsy and it's also on Redbubble.
https://jurassicparkansart.etsy.com/listing/4490251381
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/180111687?asc=u
i bet jas and vincent have seen the junimos in the community center before. lewis comments that it looks like theyve been playing in there, & in lots of stories, harmless spirits usually show themselves to children easier than adults, or kids are just more in tune with the supernatural so they see them more often. penny even has that book on kids fairy tales and junimos in her room that i bet she’s read to them, too. i wonder if she chose that book because they kept talking about junimos, or if she chose the book first and they told her as she was reading that theyve seen them in real life. either way, i’m sure she didn’t believe that that was any more than just active kid imagination. and then, one day, this new farmer comes along, and tells them that theyve seen the junimos in the community center too…
“We are the Junimos... Keepers of the forest.” Junimos and Farmer Arbee from Stardew Valley
More details on "Shane the Witch Child" au;
Shane sorta takes over as the "main character" in place of the Farmer in this au cus the Junimos aren't gonna let him forget it.
Shane can't remember his birth parents. Side effect of the Shrine of Memory. He does remember that his birth name means "Gift from Yoba" - though it isn't "Shane".
Although he recovered physically from being "dove'd" as a toddler, the experience was super tramatizing to Shane. Even if he can't remember it fully.
Shane is neurodivergent. It's unconnected to his "doving" experience, he's just born that way. Being undiagnosed for so long + trauma during his early 20s stoked the fire of his alchoholism.
Jas isn't directly related to Shane, but was the daughter of his best friends. Him and said friends followed eachother from childhood to college, and Shane was declared Jas's godfather. Then within one tragic car accident; Shane found himself Jas's only living legal guardian. And because of his injuries sustained in the crash, Shane lost his college gridball scholarship. He moved back in with Marnie after the accident and fell into the bottle ever since.
Marnie isn't an active magic user but being the Witch's sister, is naturally attuned to the magical world. It's why she doesn't question the existance of Void Chickens. To her, they've always just "been there".
Their family have almost always been farmers, going back generations - the sole exception being the Witch, and her and Marnie's father.
The family has had a business-type association with "Grandpa" from the farm north of the ranch for... wait. How old was that coot when he passed?
The "Farmers" that inherit Grandpa's old Farm aren't human. Shane is one of the few people able to see this. The lazy second-born Ffion, the one in charge of morning feeds and birds, loves to tease Shane about this fact when they cross paths in the morning. Shane hates this guy especially since he spends all day lazing in the sun and shade like all other serpents.
Shane and Emily get along so well because 1: shared special interest in birds, 2: related struggles with impulse control, and 3: neurodivergent besties. As a fellow neurodivergent person - we tend to accidentally flock together (birds of a feather if you will).
Shane gets super-attached to the birds he's raised personally and can't bring himself to eat bird meat. He's pretty much sees his birds as his kids. He's even ended up raising and releasing many wild birds who's nests got disturbed during Joja Corp development projects. Lapwings, Oystercatchers, Barnacle Geese, Plovers, Gulls, etc.. After his revelation that he wants to raise birds for a living, he starts taking in rescues. (irl reference that inspired this part A Chick Called Albert). He wonders if any of those birds remember him - they do.
Charlie the Chicken isn't allowed in the house unless she's wearing bird diapers. Shane thinks she looks ridiculous. Marnie refutes saying that Shane can sleep in the coop if he so wants - something he honestly considers. Charlie puts up with it so long as she gets to sleep in the bed next to Shane.
Shane encounters Leo early on (long story). He immediately finds a kindred spirit in the little parrot-kid. Leo thinks Shane is a "big blue bird" cus of his Joja Mart uniform, and Shane doesn't correct him. Shane acquires bird-son. Marnie was very relieved/confused when Shane made it back home with a kid and a few wild birds in tow.
The conflict between Joja Mart and the Community Centre is far more drawn out. In conjunction with Shane discovering that he has magic(!!!) despite not believing in the supernatural, he struggles with the ideas of putting Luddism/farming before convenience and stability. He's not gonna drop a decent 9 to 5 to chase a pipe dream if it puts Jas's future at risk. The Junimos will not leave Shane alone though.
Shane accidentally befriends Krobus and the Dwarf. The former because he found out that the shadow spirit was protecting Jas, and the latter because Dwarf admires Shane "protecting the Smoluanu birds" (chickens). Shane is very confused.
Song that inspired this au: "Devil's Train" by The Lab Rats. I leave it up to the imagination exactly who's offering to make Shane a deal.
Let me know what y'all think ;3
Junimos or Joja?
[Do not repost, reblogs welcome! >:3c]
Bonus panel in the reblogs!
hi do you have any headcanons involving morris and the junimos (or maybe just magic in general) ?
Hiiii anon! Thank you so much for the ask! This was actually quite the interesting topic to think about, so thank you for that! I apologize for how long this took to pump out. I was so busy with college math that I wasn't really able to focus on writing. Regardless, I'm excited to finally be able to sit down and answer this!
(Some of this is going to be based on the before the farmer comic)
Word count: 1,621
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