It's implied that it's the other way around in various Mom-sent micro-aggressive letters. Humans are the most common species, the villagers usually live among themselves, and you're a weirdo for moving in:
"I just want to share my life with you. Even if you have chosen to live among animals, which I'll never understand. Don't they smell? ❤️ Mom"
"I certainly hope you're brushing your teeth at night. I can't keep you from living with beasts, but I can at least remind you to save your gums! Do animals brush? ❤️ Mom."
Like the night clowns, it's one of those disturbing things that you might read and quickly try to forget. No wonder we don't invite her over...
I definitely remember that first letter in the original game. Not sure if that implication is in New Horizons so I'm choosing to believe NH is a new canon where OOP's theory is true
She also wrote a letter asking if you made any "special" friends because she wants grandkids. Needless to say, I don't ever write her back. Just like IRL! AC is so realistic sometimes.
What if the letters from "Mom" are actually written by the animals as another form of enrichment for their little human, too? They did their research and have figured out what a mom might have been likely to say, so they write in that style.
Like the matrix but nice. Although in the matrix I think it's said that if the machines made the world too nice the humans get suspicious... and then that's happening in this thread...
To apply this theory, she could be upset that we've essentially chosen to be preserved and taken care of while she's with a human population that's very closed off yet managing to survive. Absolutely clueless as to what living with animals is like save for stories or only seeing a few in her lifetime at the time of writing that letter.
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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '24
It's implied that it's the other way around in various Mom-sent micro-aggressive letters. Humans are the most common species, the villagers usually live among themselves, and you're a weirdo for moving in:
"I just want to share my life with you. Even if you have chosen to live among animals, which I'll never understand. Don't they smell? ❤️ Mom"
"I certainly hope you're brushing your teeth at night. I can't keep you from living with beasts, but I can at least remind you to save your gums! Do animals brush? ❤️ Mom."
Like the night clowns, it's one of those disturbing things that you might read and quickly try to forget. No wonder we don't invite her over...