Heartwarming / StephenPlays

• Stephen's speech at the end of his Shadow of the Colossus LP.
• In episode 68 of "Grand Theft Auto V", Stephen reveals that he was informed of the A, B, or C choice near the end all throughout the run (given how people kept begging him to pick C). What then follows is the inverse of what happened when SSoHPKC revealed that he was told this: instead of choosing one of the other options out of spite, he asks why people thought he'd pick anything other than C. That's something right there...
• During the final episode of his Skyrim LP, he considers killing Faendal, and aims a bow at his throat to kill him like he killed Sven earlier on in the LP. However, he has a flashback to some of the good, and weird, times that he and Faendal have had on their journey through Skyrim, and this is enough for Stephen to spare his life.
• Despite saying he doesn't really want to take credit for it, Stephen^note  along with his wife Mallory was very honored to be thanked by Ari Zonia for indirectly bringing her and her boyfriend together in a long distance relationship, as said in the August 2015 StephenMail. This was AFTER Stephen explained that she sends quite a few letters and he always looks forward to seeing what she comes up with art wise on Twitter as she's become memorable with her group pictures. Somehow this is made all the more heartwarming as her letter was the "featured letter" of the month.
• Stephen, alongside Jeff, manages to get a bunch of tech sponsors to surprise Dan, his good friend and video editor, with a new and much needed high-end computer. This is a very sweet way to give back to his friend for all the hard work he's done.
• On Jackbox's Joke Boat, one of Alex's jokes is "My family is like Dan: they're great and I love them". He proceeds to get all the votes for that match.
• In a mixture of Tearjerker and heartwarming, the final episode of Fallout 4 ends with a picture of Sagan and a caption that reads "In loving memory of my editing buddy".
• During the 2020 Extra Life stream, one viewer sent in a ten thousand dollar donation. After everyone present reacted with shock, it suddenly came out that the viewer had meant to only send one thousand, but mistyped. Everyone, including the chat, is immediately very understanding, and Chaz quickly sets to work getting the viewer refunded as they all make sure to note how one thousand is still a very generous donation.
• In the Stephen & Friends episode on What The Dub?!, Dan (mostly jokingly) takes great offense to the game insulting him for losing the first game. The rest of the group (especially Emmy) spend the rest of the video reassuring him that he's very funny.
• When the group plays Run Prop, Run! their lobby is joined by a random player named Athena, who presumably doesn't know they're recording. Rather than try to get them to leave, the Stephen & Friends group just keep playing and let them join in, with Alex using the text chat to directly say hello and compliment how good they are at the game. Stephen even credits Athena in the description alongside the others, though rather than social media he just links to the Wikipedia article on the name Athena.