Blondes in Harvest Moon...., Might be just me but... Options

[Fiore]

I have nothing against blondes. But seriously Natsume, I have noticed every single blonde (except perhaps Gwen or a few others) has been somewhat associated with bars or have that 'seducing' (true, but it might not be the right word...)) streak in them.

Eve worked at the bar in the SNES version of HM. Muffy worked in Blue Bar. Julia was a character who was more judged by her open shirt and shorts, and Kathy from Animal Parade was quite hot yet worked at the bar. Karen from Mineral Town was an alcoholic.. well sort of haha. All these characters seem...similiar in a way.

Isn't it kind of a stereotype here repeatedly used in the Harvest Moon games? I've just noticed this right now, and I'm not trying to offend anybody.

[Marie]

Don't forget: the protagonist of the "for girl" Mineral Town games (Claire) was also a blonde. She certainly doesn't fit into fit into that "sexy blonde airhead" stereotype, either. (Unless you played her that way by skipping farm work and running around dating all the guys.)

Karen worked at the bar, too, in HM64.

They (the character designers) seem to have prototypes for their characters, and "blonde girl at bar" might just be one of their prototypes. But that doesn't mean all their blondes will be like that. (They seem to have made a "blonde girl at inn who likes to eat" another one of their prototypes, since that occurs with both Maya (ToT/AP) and Chocolat (RF3).)