My Animal Crossing Island Sucks… And I’m Okay With That

Like many of you, I’m sure, I’ve been spending a lot of my quarantine on a virtual “Animal Crossing” island. Mine was named after my pup, Reba, who passed away earlier this year; and like that pup, she’s kinda ugly, but she’s mine and I love her.

A few nights ago, I opened up my airport and invited guests to Reba for the first time. To my surprise, one of those guest told me my island sucked... Just flat out said it was trash while I was trying to fish in a pond!

This person said there wasn’t any flow to how the town was put together. They hated that I still haven’t really started building bridges and inclines, but that also didn’t stop them from pulling out a ladder and taking a bunch of hybrid flowers that I planted on top of a cliff.

After they left my isle, I thought about what they said. Does Reba suck?

And the answer is: Yeah, it kinda does. But I’m more than okay with that. Even with all her flaws, Reba has served me well during these really strange times we’re living in. And just like my dog, who I so dearly miss, Reba is something I look forward to spending time with whenever I have a spare moment.

Perhaps I haven’t been playing the game the “right” way, but I’ve been playing it in a way that keeps me coming back; which mostly consists of fishing during the day and trying to hunt tarantulas at night.

It’s relaxing to me, but it also got me thinking that I might actually enjoy those things more if I took my friend’s criticism to heart. So, I started building my first bridge today.

Criticism is good when it comes from the right people. My friend wasn’t trying to hurt my feelings by calling my baby ugly, she was merely suggesting ways I can make it... prettier and more functional, I suppose?