Is Lewis Really THAT Bad? | Stardew Valley
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Morris is better than Lewis because he has an ass that just wont quit
EXPOSING ME
@@guildmasterwigglytuffX3 As you should be.
No, it's the fact his face is infinitely more punchable than Louis.
Pam and Penny : We live in a trailer. We are clearly struggling financially and one of us is out of job because the bus is broken.
Lewis, their neighbor : That gold statue of me is looking great !
Penny doesn't even get paid to be the town's only teacher.
THIS THIS THIS. And as spooky said, Penny isn't getting paid for her teaching, and that's incredibly hard work! Man's a jerk.
i honestly think Lewis job isnt to provide housing to someone that isnt even able to afford it.
The real reason Lewis gets so angry when the statue is placed on open display, the town is falling apart and he's making golden idols of himself. Total narcissist
he is the mayor? @@PioterCygan
My mom thinks he’s a perv and refuses to fulfill his request for truffle oil.
THAT IS SO FUNNY, I'M SORRY
My mom thinks he’s corrupt because he sends you money if you have hearts with him or “bribes” as she calls it
@@luckylucas7957 Shes probably right
@@luckylucas7957 Damn, that's a good point
@@luckylucas7957 it's not a bribe, it's a subsidy. Most farms get them.
my biggest gripe with lewis is that he PRETENDS to care about the town. Morris straight up doesn't care what happens to stardew and he doesnt pretend. But Lewis wants you to think that he is nice and sad about the town falling apart
Morris at least uses the money granted to him for town improvement to actually, you know ... Improve the town. Morris is the only person in town who actively improves it when you buy the Jojas help
lets not forget the gold statue that he also has hidden away, that old man has been embezzlin
Lewis pretends to care about the town and doesn't. Morris acts like he cares about Joja and follows through, even getting into a fistfight over it with Pierre. (And this is coming from someone who never does Joja route.)
Like all politicians
Iirc in the final scene on the mountain post joja route, Morris actually comments that he eventually came to care about the town. So at least he eventually cares more than Lewis.
Gonna have to go to a joja run real quick to make doubly sure this wasn't mod added tho. Been ages since I've played vanilla.
Addendum: wife, who plays vanilla, confirmed that as of 1.5, Morrison actually states this. We're finally playing 1.6 so we'll see if Concernedape caved to community pressure to make Morris the 100% bad guy and removed it.
Another thing I hate about Lewis is the way he tries to shift the blame of the deterioration of the community center onto the younger townspeople when he says something along the lines of "the young people would rather sit in front of the TV than interact with the community". That is such BS because most of the younger people are either chilling with their friends or doing work/working on some sort of hobby around town. Hell, even the more introverted ones like Sebastian make time to hang out with their friends at least once a week. The only person I can really think of that sits in front of his TV mot of the day is elderly George!
Is lame that he blames it on the youngsters when the community center has clearly been abandoned for years
And it’s not like there’s a ton of non-freelance/online job opportunities prior to building the theatre within the valley. I mean, Penny tutors two children, Sebastian has some sort of online job, Shane selling eggs is contingent on friendship levels so that could be done early in the game, Abigail works at her dad’s shop, Maru helps Demetrius in the lab (tho I doubt she gets paid | edit: I forgot that she works part time at Harvey’s clinic), Leah makes sculptures and Elliot writes, and Sam is in a band…………….most of those jobs and/or hobbies wouldn’t be making any of them a lot of money in the long run, unless the artists manage to sell a lot of their works or unless Seb’s online gig is really good. Everyone is pretty much stuck unless they leave.
Also don’t people start using it again once it’s you know, not a dilapidated wreck? If you’d maintained the building before now people would gladly use it Lewis!
@@thylionheart sam and shane both work in the jojo mart unless ya fix the community center. sebsastian is a programmer.
AND most of the young people's issue with the town is that there is NOTHING TO DO! Sebastian talks about how boring and stifling the town feels --you know what would fix that? An active community!
Regarding the community center, theres a dialog from Robin that says she has offered to fix up the community center but Lewis was being hesitant and couldnt decide what to do with it. So if you need proof about his intentional disregard for the community, there ya go
Only for then blame it on the youngsters when introducing the community center to the farmer
Are you sure that's not from a mod? I've played for years and never seen that dialogue, and it's not on the wiki. Is it new in 1.6? Meanwhile Robin actually does suggest that the FARMER should fix up the community center. Thanks, Robin.
@@meh8982 it is possible that it is from a mod actually, but i only had mods that change spouse dialog (i believe). i think it is a specific point of progression where you have gone into the center but not talked to the wizard/unlocked bundles
I think he's supposed to be a stereotypical boomer. He is the cause of his own problems, but refuses to change anything because then they wouldn't be able to complain about it and blame the youth.
@@WobblesandBean Meanwhile George is this crochety elder boomer/silent generation guy that ends up being surprisingly wholesome behind that sour disposition.
lewis killed my family, burned my crops, and ruined my mental state
But did he poison your water supply and deliver a plague unto your houses?
My family: elliot
@@Leo-me5ytwas anything of value truly lost then?
@@Bob-bs9ok my husband
They’ve said of value
Using a very trendy word these days, Lewis is an example of weaponized incompetency. I don't think he's evil, just incompetent with a big ego.
Mf is straight up embezzling public funds to make a gold statue of himself
Whatever it is, hes going out of his way to make gold statues and ignores all of the towns problems. He really shouldnt he in office lmao
Incompetent? He’s embezzling public funds he is literally a criminal.
i think he's completely aware of his incompetence which does make him evil. it's like when men pretend they don't know how to do the dishes or they say something like "oh but you clean the dishes so much better than i do" or they clean them badly on purpose so their wives won't ask them to help around the house again. i think it does make him evil.
People who point their fingers and ego ride their narcissism on a few pixels are the actual evil. Lewis is a demented and incompetent dude, but hey. Whatever feeds the Airhead Valley brainrot community 😂
I never got how lewis couldn't just have a relationship with marnie. I know he's like "oh it will undermine my position!" But what does that even mean? He doesnt do anything and even if he did, why would anyone care? Does everyone think that he'll give her less taxes if they're dating or something??
It's a position of authority over her. Not so much the corruption thing.
Remember the Try Guy's thing a few years ago? Everyone was mad that Ned was cheating on his wife? Well, the other half of that was he was doing it with an employee. Someone he had a great deal of authority over. Same thing applies here.
Though, in as small a town as Pelican Town is, I'm really not sure it matters anyways, cause he's likely to get thrown on his behind by the rest of the townsfolk if he hurts Marnie 😅
@@ryanmackenzie6109 that doesn't apply to being a mayor you weirdo. employer? absolutely. A MAYOR??? are they only allowed to date long distance? no, that's just not a thing
@@zodiacwitch Yo why tf am I a weirdo??
Seriously though. If you're the mayor of a town dating a business owner in the town where you are likely directly responsible for their business license as well as how much they pay in taxes, yeah, that's potentially a great deal of power imbalance. Especially if they get together after they come into those positions. It's quite different if the mayor's spouse is just an employee at someone else's company, vs them having their own company and having to report back to said mayor to keep that business running.
@zodiacwitch the only weirdo here is lewis.
@@nerbprincess6671 lewis is a huge weirdo who just doesn't want to commit to marnie, periodt
Marnie should check out Marlon. I think she'd be much happier with him than with Lewis
I fully support this.
Absolutely love rarepairs. Because now that you mention it, Marnie and Marlon would be adorable
They'd be so cute together omg,,,,,,
i hate marnie
@@sezin7699 lammmmeeeeeeeeeeeee tomato tomato tomato🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅
He always annoyed me because he like bitches about the community center being falling apart and I’m like “bestie there is a Carpenter in this town I saw her do you wanna like see if she can do something?”
I get you need like funding or something but like bro open a donation box these people really like community support you have the like- nicest group of people on earth come on man
@@azureblooet5053 naw cause one of Robin's dialogs says she offered to do it for free but Lewis couldn't figure out "what to do with it"
@@johnhager8967omg I've never seen that one! That's actually crazy lmao.
@@azureblooet5053he’s got a gold statue of himself, he’s not short on funds in the slightest.
@@johnhager8967 It's a _community center!_ What were they "doing with it" before, then??
12:00 Lewis literally tells you he will sell the lot to Joja if just *ONE* more person buys a membership...
For me, I don't hate Morris because he's the bad guy, and in most instances, bad guys are usually not great people. I hate Lewis because of the way he treats Marnie. I hate him because he made a gold statue of himself. Also if he doesn't want people to know about the fact that he and Marnie are a thing, maybe he shouldn't send the player character on a quest to get his underpants back or to make a truffle oil. And why is he asking his dead friend's grandchild of all people to do those things for him?
Let's not forget the intentional neglect and disrepair of the Community Center that he blames the youth for
@@acespades2387 True.
@@acespades2387 Robin even mentioned she ask him if he wants her to repair it, and she even offered to do it for free
Yet he denied her offer cause "He doesn't know what to do with it yet"
He sends you specifically because you’re new to the town and aren’t engrossed in the gossip yet. Obviously you can fuck him over with the shorts but he makes a gamble (with good odds) that the new farmer is his best shot
For me, it was disappointment. Everything everyone says, including your grandpa, leads you to believe that Lewis is a good guy. You're set up to believe you're escaping the horrors of society that let you down and finding a shelter, surrounded by nature and good, caring people of this small community, that is as tight as family...
Well, all of that is bullsh!t. People in Pelican Town are absolutely miserable and couldn't care less about each other. And Lewis is exactly the guy who is supposed to do something about it all, but he doesn't, while trying hard to make everyone, including you, to pretend otherwise. His character is basically an avatar for every let down you experience in this supposed paradise.
While Morris is just... well, Morris. He is everything you expect him to be. Hating him for being what he is is like blaming a street dog for having fleas 🤷🏼♀️
Also, you've gotten yourself a subscriber 😉 your narration is exactly what my autistic ass needs in these trying times.
That! All of that!
Meanwhile, in Hawkinsville, GA, where I tend to frequent on the weekends, they aren’t all worked up about getting people away from the so-called “horrors of society”; they’re just interested in giving 9-5 workers a break from the usual grind and giving people a chance to relive the pioneering days and start an empire of their own from the ground up. That’s how you’d expect a country setting to be; you certainly don’t expect propaganda telling you to escape modern life only to end up in one that’s basically a living hell in and of itself.
Yeah the constant cold interactions are honestly…weird?
IRL when I greet strangers, they just like greet back and we move on with our day?
There’s no weird tension or antagonism when I just say hello to someone.
In this game a lot of the characters seem really hostile/cold in the beginning towards your character for no reason.
@@josephmatthewspearsslade8900 ConcernedApe, in a typical eldritch abomination voice: ThERe Is nO eScaPe, mwah-ha-ha-ha-hah! ...Buuut now you're your own boss, so congratulations.
@@Absitiam I suppose it's a bit exaggerated, but mostly a true-to-life depiction of what a small community is like. Since it's so small, everyone knows everyone and, depending on the culture, everyone is obligated to know everyone and interact with each other according to the customs. Everyone has an opinion about you and they feel entitled to shove that opinion in your face, because the community will support them, and not a newcomer. They will expect you to conform to their ways and will be hostile if you dare not to, or just because they think you're not good enough for their town. You can see this thing happening within neighbourhoods and certain workplaces, too. I, for one, both live in a relatively small town, in this kind of neighborhood, and my current workplace is an epitome of this, so yeah. Pelican Town's hospitality hit me like a train.
I can’t belive how quickly you skipped over Marnie! That’s the entire reason I hate him! Let her love publicly or let her go dammit! She deserves better!!
Exactly. She deserves better
This is why I ship her with Marlon. Man is cannonly interested and would treat her so damn good. He'd be her knight in rugged armor.
I would love to see a “run for mayor” mod. It would be so cool.
Pick a day in winter for the Election Day, after the community center is complete, that way the player gets accustomed to the game before getting thrown into politics lol. You get votes depending on how high your friendship with people are, I’d say if you’re below five hearts you don’t get a vote, 5-9 there’s a 50%< chance they’ll vote for you, and a ten heart is guaranteed. Once you become mayor then you have several new duties, such as collecting taxes from the businesses and people on a specific day maybe twice a month, and put them in the safe in the community center, and that room will be your “office”. If you collect taxes than you lose half a heart from them, so if you don’t keep up with your gifting and relationships, Louis has a chance to beat you again in the next election. Towns people will have a bulletin board for new types of requests. Sam might ask for an actual ramp in town to skate on, or penny can ask for a playground for the kids, and you would use the taxes you collect to pay for them to improve the community. There can also be a donation box by the desk that happy towns people can donate to in order to help with the projects. There’s a lot of open space to put things like that.
Fr. It's surprising it doesn't exist yet.
True, he uses the tax money to make a statue of himself, strings Marnie along and expects you to fix the whole town. Pierre is just as bad since he has a dialogue of wanting to open up dozens of shops for more money, doesn't spend time with his family and assaulted Morris for wanting to have some competition. Demetrius is bad as well too.
The town has a lot of problems, how these people get by is a question as a whole, but in a modern world becoming isolated to your norm and just staying there makes a kind of sick sense. They don't have to be connected to each other the way a game set centuries, or even just a few decades, ago would need to be.
We see trappings of that older time, but the valley is also full with technology references to modern cities and the general disconnect of current delivery service assets. That modern-ness breaks from many older farm sim games that actually inspired Stardew, and I think the dirtiness of the Valley in its townies is actually part of what makes it so unique.
as a Pierre stan tbf if my wife cheated i prolly also wouldn't want to spend time with her nor my child, i think it's unfair to chastise him for chasing the bag too since that's what pretty much all players do too
Morris doesn't want competition, he's trying to drive Pierre out of business.
@@pit8274 I really dont get why caroline is treated like a good woman. but to be fair, her writing is fucked up. She is a strict/abusive mother in abigail cutscene, a caring mother that feels abandoned in pierre cutscene, in her cutscene she is better but now I think about it... tea might be a drug for her. there is also the fact that she cheate like you mentioned.
@@pit8274 I also dont get pierre hate as well. There are claim that he is either hiding drug or porn from caroline but its unconfirmed. The only cutscene that I could see why its his special order but now that I think about its more of stubbornes
Also I could ramble A LOT about headcanon, but tl;dr
headcanon are fine but don't use it to justify your biased opinion. (not you)
I hate Lewis infinitely more than I do Morris because Lewis doesn't even have dapper fat boy swag going for him
He is also the only one who actually helps fix the town in the whole valley. Aside from the magical apples.
Nobody else.
This exactly if CA didn't want me to desire Morris carnally he wouldn't have made him look like an adorable chubby vampire
@@orcsmoocher3207 you understand me like nobody else
i know he has the good za
Lewis embezzels the funding of a town that can't even afford to build/provide transport to a school.
"joined tradwife tiktok" salem i died
I think the reason it’s easy to hate Lewis more than Morris is because Morris is a shitty guy hands down. Everyone knows it and he’s not hiding it; making him more transparent and you know his intentions. While Lewis appears nice but uses it to hide that he’s shitty then plays the victim on how his town has gone to shit. It’s like you said too there’s also more interaction with Lewis than Morris so revealing how Lewis is a scumbag is more rewarding especially with how CA laid it out with clues.
Side note too if you have the phone in your house. Lewis will call you and one of the options is ”I know your secret, Lewis” He panics says you’re breaking up then hangs up. Funny as hell XD
The thing is Morris is just doing what he's told. Hes just another cog in a screwed up machine. He does what hes told to do. Lewis, on the other hand, does all of this actively and hides it from the town
@@armoredanteater609 Exactly
also, morris is just a little more chill in general. lewis seems like a stuck up, morally self-righteous old guy who doesn't even commit to marnie, the person he supposedly cares most for, whereas morris would probably roll a fat J for me if I told him we could watch criminal minds afterwards. Morris is a smug asshole, but we don't know what he's like outside of work. Honestly, he could be downright amiable. We know Lewis, ALL of lewis, so we can't rationalize it. Morris acts like a jerk at work, lewis IS a jerk.
@@f4rgetf4l36 my thoughts exactly!
@@f4rgetf4l36I watched the romancing Morris play through by Liss the Lass, and it shows that Morris clearly is shitty because he is part of a system, even down to his lineage because even his dad was part of Jojacorp. Lewis seems to have used his power, as mayor and essentially dictator, to do bad entirely of his own accord: he is not controlled by any higher power, like Morris who is bad because he is deluded into the “if I suck up enough, I’ll move up in life.” grindset, he IS the highest power in Pelican Town.
"i headcanon lewis as dead"
-my best friend
lewis has personally committed hate crimes against me and my family
Maybe Mayor of Stardew is an unpaid Honorary title that either doesn't pay much or doesn't pay anything and may not have any real power. The governor may be the one who can make changes.
This is the most likely scenario. Lewis is pretty shit for how he treats Marnie, but I always assumed everyone hated him for the other stuff as a joke. Pierre literally mentions potentially getting a tax break from the governor during the luau, never from Lewis. We see Lewis collect "taxes" from the businesses occasionally, but from what business? Nobody actually does any work that would bring money into the town. And there's absolutely no fucking way Lewis has any control towards whether Joja stays in town. And don't get me started on the solid gold Lewis that is literally worthless and also from an economy where a pure gold bar sells for less than a nice beer.
If that is true (which seems likely with how much he sucks up to the governor) he needs to quit acting like he does anymore than the rest of the town does.
@@supotter377 He takes care of the flowerbeds, organizes events, and handles distribution/sale of literally all farm products. It's a reasonable amount of effort to put in if he has low wage and low authority.
@@Jatopianconsidering theres one farmer, idk if that's actually true. Its more likely Lewis just received the players itemized list of shipped items and sends them off
@@Jatopian doesn't evelyn take care of the flower beds? lewis just gardens in his own home. and i mean, there's also the issue of his golden statue hidden in his house...
The other thing is, provided the funds, Morris actually DOES improve the valley while Lewis sits on his ass the whole time.
I wasn't expecting to be called a "little bitch" this early on, but I'm here for it.
Marnie deserves so much better. 😤
She could have better if certain characters had even been given more.
No she doesn’t! She’s never working when I need her, she deserves him
@@Luvs2spwge-xu6rd 1.6 added a book to her store that lets you access it even when she's not there which is a godsend, and also really funny that it needed to be added
Marlon is right there, she doesn't need Lewis!
Meanwhile, in some alternate reality:
"Lets Dissect Lewis"
> proceeds to pull out surgical table and relevant supplies
Spouse and I discussed this at length and we think Lewis was getting a kickback from Joja. I mean, they have to have the mayor's okay to do business there, and he should be the first one to jump them for pulling the bullshit they pull. I lived in a rural town that started becoming rich snob hell with McMansions and overpriced boutiques because the mayor and the town council started giving such businesses and shady real estate investors massive tax breaks, and we all know they were getting kickbacks to make said decisions because it's amazing how suddenly well-off they became. We think Lewis is of that same brain, that if he takes Joja's money, he won't have to care because they'll pull a Walmart on the town and basically run it for him.
That makes soooooo much sense!
This was just the one third of an hour of ancap Lewis slander I needed after a long day, thank you Salem
my favorite thing about this video is how you absolutely rip the fuck into this fictional old man with the calmest monotonous voice possible
I would refute the idea that Lewis doesn’t actually do anything as mayor. He makes it clear when you move in that he’s the one who empties your shipping bin every night. So he does do ONE helpful thing besides shake down store owners every weekday.
Of course, it’s probably why we don’t pay taxes - he must take some profit as a percentage.
And if he was only using it to run the ridiculous number of festivals this town has, I wouldn’t mind! Party planning is a lot of work. But none of it explains or excuses the statue. Or how he treats poor Marnie. He cares far too much about his status and reputation
interesting idea that he takes a cut but kind of refuted by the game mechanics. unless the sales tax at pierre's store is the same as the cut lewis would take from your shipping bin, i don't think that's true. your stuff sells the same whether it's in the bin or sold to a vendor in town.
The Gold statue is more than enough justification to hate him professionally and personally
4:26 “if you already find me irritating, leave now, it’s going to get worse”
the way i felt that in my soul 😭
Morris is a cartoon villain we can't have too much emotion for. Having to deal with a Lewis is something people can relate to and feel viscerally about. Kind of like how Dolores Umbridge is CONSISTENTLY more hated that Voldemort; "The Villain" vs the villain you know.
Ive never met an openly malicious, evil-cackling, hands-rubbing schemer with a bright red bow tie, but i've sure met irresponsible and gaslighting leaders.
the series that should not be named. get that garbage out of here
Personally, I always felt Lewis wasn’t with Marnie because of embarrassment towards her family. Think about it, they’re both adults and Marnie is an active, friendly member of the community with hobbies, friends and a thriving ranch she runs mostly by herself. Everybody already knows about their relationship (he’s clearly not ashamed to bring the farmer into it too, asking the farmer to retrieve HIS shorts or get oil for him) and Marnie laments wanting to make it official - Why would Lewis think it’d affect his reputation if not for her nephew, one of the known town alcoholics who works for the company ruining the valley and great god-niece who’s very quiet and reserved (and probably traumatized)? It’d make him look less perfect to be associated with her family, but if he keeps it secret he still has deniability. You’d don’t have to be associated with your booty-call’s family, whereas a boyfriend or husband WOULD, and it would show further how the town isn’t perfect. He doesn’t care about Marnie enough to make it work, but love bombs her enough to keep her on the hook, wanting for a relationship that he’ll never give her.
Absolutely no shade to Shane and Jas, but all the shade in the world for Lewis.
I stole Lewis's shorts from his basement and put them in my fish tank.
One of the scenes that pissed me off was Sam skateboarding. I was honest. Hes in the wrong, but its not like he has a place to skate, and Lewis said he thought id be more mature than that. I AM mature. Kids need to be entertained in a safe manner, or else they will find their own entertainment. There are so many young adults and 2 children, and literally nothing for them but a playground. There is a mental health crisis in the city, why am I able to fix everything in a damn year when im just a farmer?
My last straw was the golden statue, I was so mad I created a new save so I can always place the purple shorts at the soup every year
Marnie is great which is why i dislike lewis like dude why do you have to break her heart and keep your relationship so secretive.
Marnie deserves someone better, like Marlon
I hate Pierre more than I hate Lewis. Pierre is actively evil. He's even worse than Morris because at least Morris is honest.
Pierre and Lewis both show narcissistic tendencies and have selfish to grandiose ambitions, Morris is just being a good little capitalist drone. Morris is a worker bee while Lewis and Pierre are like wasps.
He’s mayor because no one else wants the job. He’s impoverished the township by embezzlement. But I dislike Pieer
@@ebonyblack4563 Wasps disguised as cute, friendly little bumblebees
Number one hated resident will always be Pierre.
@@ebonyblack4563 wait now im thinking about it. morris kind of looks like a bumblebee 😭
The whole hiding the relationship thing is so stupid. The whole “no one will respect me” bull is so dumb because the governor is married with a child of his own and you dont see anyone trying to overthrow the governor or respect him less cuz hes in love it makes no sense hes a ass and is just embarrassed of marnie
The governor is married. Lewis and Marnie aren't, and I'm pretty sure that's the problem as Lewis' old-fashioned, prideful mind sees it. While we ('cause I agree) can think it's stupid, I can see how Lewis would consider it important.
@@VTEySAG but the governor had to of been dating before marrying his wife unless it was arranged lol lewis could just as easily announce their relationship and get hitched lol
The governor's wife probably isn't the owner of one of the only five businesses in their town, which the governor directly collects taxes from, though. I think that's what the problem is supposed to be, and why Lewis is worried that dating Marnie in particular would be viewed as an abuse of power, since he could theoretically show her favoritism via tax breaks and stuff.
Of course, you'd think all he'd really have to do in that case is... _not_ show her favoritism, so it's not a great excuse. I doubt any of the townsfolk would care enough to try accusing him of giving her a break. And it's not like he has a lot of options for someone to date who _isn't_ a business owner he's responsible for overseeing. All the other ladies close to his age are married already.
On year 4, we should have the ability to run against him
It really is just the gold statue thing. The neglect of the town could easily be seen as a lack of funds due to the farm being shut down for years until the player arrives, which was likely one of the biggest contributers to the local economy. And what funds he did have seem to have been used to maintain the library, which Lewis straight up tells you when he visits it. It seems he had limited funds and chose to support the library, which was probably the best decision. Travelling to the desert is largely just for leisure, and the community center is mostly unnecessary for such a small community. So Lewis did the best with what he had. And once the player showed up, its not like he can compete with forest spirit magic.
Just look at the doll house. Lewis is fooling no one, not even a little girl. She's already been through a lot and has to deal with Shane spiraling, and then the guy who /could/ be a positive male role model for her... just isn't.
1:38 Salem's tone of voice didn't change at all throughout this entire sentence, so it took me a second to realize that they'd just called Robin "the town's very hot carpenter" XD
I’m not gonna pretend like he’s the best mayor or even a good one but he’s better than this at least. He does interact with the town, he frequently talks with Marnie, Gus, Willy, Robin and Clint. It doesn’t take an hour to collect taxes, he’s probably talking to them. As for the festivals, sure some of the decorations can be reused, but what about the food? He needs to pay Gus for it each time, and there’s always a lot. Some of the decorations can’t be reused, like the flowers at the flower dance, the igloos at the ice festival, and what about when the wooden decorations need repairs? He needs to pay Robin for that. On top of that, who’s setting up the festivals, besides spirits Eve? If not him, he’s most likely paying someone, or they’re doing it as a favor, so he can’t be that much of a douche. And as for joja, yeah he let them into the town, but jojamart creates jobs for people, even if it sucks. But yeah he spends a probably large portion of the taxes on a golden statue of himself, let the bus and community center fall into disrepair for years, bribes the player, and is an asshole to Marnie
Great. So he does something maybe once a season
Paying people who do work for you is the expected bare minimum
Good point.
Also remember: If you create your farm as a Co-op world, In Mayors house you can split your finances. Especially usefull when you have that one friend who tries to get to lvl 100 of skull caverns without prep and is wasting your money
Wait what? I just watched/listened to this while putting my Switch down to make dinner and I can't believe this video doesn't have 20k+ views?
I really enjoyed you airing all of our grievances with Lewis, thank you :)
yoooo the video is at 20k+ now :D
It's a pretty realistic depiction of a politician... petitioning magical woodland creatures is a more viable way to improve a town than him.
I think what you’re looking for is putting Lewis into the 80s sci-fi short story “I have no mouth yet I must scream” lol
i think another thing about morris is that, provided you take the community center routte, he gets his comeuppance. he gets run out of town and everyone celebrates him getting what he deserves. but mayor lewis? there's nothing that happen ins the story to punish him for his actions.
also can we talk about how george has been a full time wheelchair user for years if not DECADES and yet mayor lewis has clearly not done a single fucking thing to make the town more wheelchair accessible? i know george shows up at the festivals but realistically unless he has a rad all terrain wheelchair it would be extremely difficult if not impossible for him to attend festivals in the woods or the beach, and it'd be difficult for him to get through large parts of town. not to mention the community center being completely off limits. plus just speaking as a wheelchair user cobblestone can be pretty damn tough to go over if it's not in great shape and even when it is in good condition it can be an uncomfy ride if you have issues with chronic pain, and given the general neglect of the town....yeah, i'm not putting too much faith in it. no wonder the guy is so grumpy and just sits in front of the tv all day!
For me, the difference between Morris and Lewis is Competence, Obligation, and expectation. Lewis is incompetent, doesn’t fulfill his obligations, and doesn’t live up to the expectations of his position. Morris however is competent, fulfills his obligations, and lives up to his expectations. So he is easier to like even if he’s antagonistic to what we as players are primed to value.
The people crave more pelican town gossip videos
Also, imo, Lewis case is like one of Dolores Umbridge - he pretends to care when he gives little to no shit about the town, Umbridge pretends to care for students while her favorite punishment is both painful and humiliating (which is imo far worse than whatever was happening on practice part of magic lessons - its obviously hardly fixable impact considering both time books was written AND that wizard society very hardly accepts new stuff that muggles already came up with)
Morris, at very least, honest in his evilness, so you don't like him but it's less infuriating - he is exactly what you expect him to be
morris is cartoonishly evil and cruel. he's always come off as a caricature to me. lewis is... very real. he acts like my city's mayor acts. an indifferent politician who says they're making everything better, but is harming people with willful ignorance and withheld resources. that's something you actually deal with in real life, constantly, especially north american players.
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I feel like another reason why Lewis is just so darn hate able is that the game is biased toward him. It feels like you're supposed to like him, because if you side against him, you're with Joja. Unlike other members of the valley who are openly sleazy (like Pierre claiming your produce is his if it's high quality!) Lewis tries to hide his behavior under the guise of goodness. He wants to be selfish and also have your respect as an influential resident of the valley.
This is absolutely no hate to the way the game is written, I actually really love this small facet of character and world building.
I think he's like a romanian mayor. He stays on the same job for 20 years and doesn't do anything for the city.
This is an amazing first video of yours for me to find. I instantly love you!
I will NEVER understand how lewis pulled marnie, istg
One of my mods gives the Lewis statue a GIANT pen/s and I don’t know which one it is because none of them have any indication that they would contain that so I can’t uninstall it
Yknow, i didnt really think of this until i read a Hitmen and Stardew Valley crossover, but its fucking crazy that Lewis has a gold statue of himself while the town is suffering echonomically. The fucking money made from the statue probably could of fixed up the Community Center all on its own!
Okay, but you're literally the funniest CZcamsr to me. The nonchalance is perfect and that tone made all your jokes hit harder for me. Thank you for making me laugh.❤
Once again thanks for covering so many varried topics. I love your channel for that
The real reason we hate him is because he is looking at a calendar for 8 hours straight, blocking our access to it if we don't have one at home.
I love your attitude and monotone delivery. Really funny!
Personally, I just don't think Lewis is bad enough to really hate. Pierre and Morris are greedy little capitalists, but Lewis is just stuck up and a bad boyfriend. And, while he may not do a great job of upkeeping the infrastructure, it seems like the various festivals are the lifeblood of the town, and he does seem to do a pretty good job of planning those. Even the solid gold Lewis isn't that bad: as someone else pointed out in the comments, a gold bar is worth the same as a pint of decent quality beer in Stardew, so it seems like rare metals are actually incredibly cheap for some reason. Also, the currency is gold coins, and you end up with thousands of them, so even more proof that gold is actually not all that expensive in the world of Stardew. I genuinely think it's reasonable that he didn't even need to steal any tax money to afford the materials for his statue, he could reasonably have just saved for several years and simply bought the gold from Clint, or maybe even from Grandpa if he was as diverse in his skillset as the player. If Lewis would just be better for Marnie, I'd say he was a decent guy.
Hmm, I wonder if there's a mod that makes Lewis be a decent boyfriend, and actually spend time with Marnie in public.
“This kinda feels like I’m talking about the sex life of Ronald Reagan” I just want you to know that that sentence just dealt me psychic damage from which I may never recover… subscribed.
Lol, I just started watching Fiona's videos and then got recommended yours, the algorithm has connected you. Great video!
i really wish lewis didnt look like old luigi bc that makes me kinda feel bad for hating him so much
I think Lewis runs unopposed as the town mayor because everybody else is either employed full-time or a child or incapable. He is the only person in the entire town with enough free time to even run for office. Everybody else is literally busy.
You are delightfully unhinged, and I am so here for it.
I find the thing where Jas puts the grandpa doll under the bed creepy bc thats like a scene in a svu episode showing the old man is the culprit.
Am I only one who thinks he raided grandpas house right before we got there? Like last chance to take all valuables out before its ours.
I think he did more than that, I feel like he ripped everything from his farm. The sheds, silos, coops, barns, etc. It’s crazy that the only thing left on the farm is the greenhouse when I feel like grandpa would have left so much more!
@@autumnkallner81Exactly that, like I should believe that my grandpa didn't even cook for himself all those years ? Come on
He once got mad at me for digging in his trash can.
He had no right to judge, he threw a perfectly good bread stick away.
I want a dialog option when he asks you to keep their relationship secret that says: "The whole town already knows! Stop kidding yourself!"
At 7:10 the meme "you got soft hands boy, they got you on the easy shift" came to mind
Need deep dive on how much Clint sucks too 😫 hate that guy so much, he wont stop trying to come for my wife
Lewis doesn’t bother me much. He checks on the stores and the library to help take care of their needs, sells the stuff in your shipping bins for you, and hangs out with the villagers at the saloon, so I figure he’s not the most active mayor but still does his minimum.
Morris annoys me a lot, especially with his smug attitude and expressions. He seems both like a real villain and like a corporate idealist whose ideals happen to not align with mine. He seems to think he’s all that, though, which is so annoying.
Hear me out, we need an update where we can become the new major
Got my sub at "he looks like he's about to make Uma Thurman very uncomfortable."
Liking for the frame at 0:11 very accurate. Very funny.
I get some of the hate bc Lewis’ relations with marnie are sus and the money embezzling are both bad but some of it is reaching. You claim the intro cutscene is such a drag but all he really says is that they’re excited to meet you and even attempts a compliment at the house even if its half baked lol.
Mayor Lewis is the Taylor dosse of Stardew valley
When I was expanding my farm, and found the little Shack "for a friend" I got so excited that it would be for Linus, and I built it on the farm before I realized it was the multiplayer door.
But it did raise some lore related questions- if the towns taxes can pay for a small home for a random person, why can't Lewis use the money to make Linus an actual home instead of letting him live in a tent in the mountains?
Linus does not want that. he wants to live a simple life,
Linus WANTS to live in that tent
Ohh okay, I haven't really interacted with Linus that much to where he says he wants to live in his tent.
When I see him rummaging through trash cans and stuff, and Gus being kind enough to give food, plus how guarded Linus is at first before giving the wild bait recipe, it seemed like he didn't trust anyone and it made me wonder as to why. My logic was that he has lived a hard life and is nervous around the people of the town, not that he chooses to live in a tent for a simple life. That's my bad for assuming.
Because Linus CHOOSES to live that way, I believe when you reach a certain heart level with him, there's dialogue and/or a cutscene where he confirms it himself.
5:05 i remember someone saying "Pierre might want to be next mayor".
wish there was a mod where there was an election :3
Fiona’s videos put yours on my algo! Anyway, please do Pierre next because Lewis imo is an aging man too stagnant to take action after 20 years either politically or personally, whereas Pierre is an active capitalist who lies about the source of his produce and stresses Abigail and Caroline tf out
lmaooo shawty (can i call you shawty?) you are so funny, love the humor here
I think i found my new fav stardew-tuber c:
Love the material, love the way you talk!
I saw "Lets dissect Lewis" and was on board immediately. I was disappointed when I realized it was meant metaphorically.
I honestly think his relationship with Marnie, if us revealing it ever became an actual choice we could make, it could be a great development for the Lewis character. Showing him people didn't really care and were just happy for them. Not saying every stardew char has to be perfect or get a full redemption arc, like he could still regret parts of it...but it would add -something- to him, a bit of depth or hints that he might entertain the thought of oppening up more from his mayor persona.
I took the joja mart route only because I accidentally put my fish smoker in Lewis's walking path and he destroyed it. He has been my sworn enemy ever since.
the "F*ck Lewis" Farm lmfaooo
The war Kent fought in is more of a territorial dispute instead of all out war, inferred by the fact that there is no food rationing and streetlights stay on at night, meaning there is no fear of air attacks
Your honesty has my attention. Subbed
genuinely might be the best video i have ever seen on this platform
0:36 “Let’s dissect Lewis”.
I mean he’s a bad mayor but he doesn’t deserve that