ITT: "Villains" who did nothing wrong.

>>716014661 (OP)
well he didn't really need to undermine the local shops

>>716014996
So he's a bad for literally offering people discounts, lol
Consider the following:
>tirelessly keeps Joja Mart open even after Pierre has fucked off for the night including Wednesday where Pierre straight-up doesn't work
>employs local people like Shane to work
>dialogue indicates that Joja Mart's prices are lower, suggesting it was nerfed mid-development so that it would have higher prices instead
>just as bad as Pierre in stocking seeds on the last day of the season, knowing that they would die the next day
>Pierre is still the worst character

>>716014661 (OP)
This man right here, he only wanted the best for mankind

>>716014661 (OP)
The villians form final fantasy XII

>>716016330
Nomura had to fix this shit design and make it look good, that's why you're posting the NT version and not the OG.

Having been in Pierre's position IRL (running a small brick and mortar having to deal with a larger chain entering the picture and taking customers, not the cuck shit kek), Joja is not the problem. The villagers are the problem.
In real life, small town businesses need the support of the community to survive, which the community is very well aware of. This comes with certain limitations - a small business like Pierre's will not always have everything a customer is looking for, simply because he cannot afford to stock anything and everything in his store like a big retailer like Joja. In addition, to keep the lights on, he needs to charge more because he is not getting corporate support, which is a huge blow against him. In an ideal community-retailer relationship, these faults are balanced by the sense of inclusion in the community, as well as being able to work with the retailer to do things that are thematically and holistically appropriate (such as having said retailer cater a town event) that a large chain like Joja might not be able to do. However, such events are few and far between, and in reality customers are very self-serving (annoyingly, but understandably). So if presented with a store that has higher prices and lower stock, and a chain with lower prices and higher stock, they will naturally gravitate towards the chain for the sake of their own wants. Usually they justify this by finding fault and blowing it out of proportion ("I want to support Pierre, but a couple weeks ago I bought some strawberries that got moldy within a couple days, and I just don't want to throw my money away!"), often combining this with small-town gossip and straight up lies from the bitchier residents, all to paint the person running the small business as a bad person they shouldn't support. The fact that Pierre can actually win in the end is the most unrealistic thing about Stardew Valley.

>>716016853
tldr nobody owes you shit for existing in their 'community' go work Walmart you cuck

Nigga it's just a game. Mechanics like Pierre's storefront and hours aren't meta commentaries on sociocultural practices or politics and shit

>>716017307
My business has long since closed its doors (supply chain issues from Covid struck the final blow, but it was deteriorating beforehand), so I've moved on. But you are correct that technically, a community doesn't "owe" its small businesses anything. However, many times the residents of small towns say that they want to support their local business, but in practice do not, and place the blame on the owner's shoulders for things that they could not control.
>>716017537
I'm aware of that. But it does provide an interesting to see how many people blame Joja as a "villain" when in actuality they haven't really done anything wrong.

>>716016853
>>716017937
nobody fucking cares