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GlacierSnow

Baby Rosin is so cute!

This was a sweet reconciliation between brother and sister, even if still a bit tense. Very curious to see what is happening three years from now...

SnowBnuuy

@GlacierSnow Thank you so much for commenting as always < 3

IKR? I love her so so much ;-; Yeah, at long last the two managed to sort of work it out with Aine's help at least. Honestly so am I. Timeskips are rough XD but I do have everyone's timeskip makeover done at least!

GlacierSnow

Ooooo! I just noticed your new signature banner. I like it!

(If it's been there for a while, forgive me. I'm a little slow.)

SnowBnuuy

@GlacierSnow No don't worry! I only just made it. I got fed up of my generic one XD

Lucy_Henley

It's cool! Everyone looks so serious. But then, it is a serious story so...

_sims_Yimi

It looks great! I've noticed the serious looks too, ha. Kat is the only one who is smiling confidently, does that mean she has the best time of it from now on? 😁

SnowBnuuy

@Lucy_Henley @_sims_Yimi

It really does seem to be that way XD I mean Violeta has a very slight smile going on…sort of… : p

GlacierSnow

I love it. It's very eye-catching. If I wasn't already reading the story, I would definitely be curious enough to check it out.

SnowBnuuy

@GlacierSnow ’The story where no-one smiles! Except Kat!’

SnowBnuuy

Not a chapter this time, but a little 'lookbook' I made for everyone's planned post-timeskip look!

GlacierSnow

Those look great! Love that blue patchwork skirt that Kat has.

_sims_Yimi

Dropping the comment here for convenience 😗

Chapter 26

Chapter title: Safe with Us. Aw, Lovely!
Chapter picture: Cutesy, Christmasy, snow-covered cottage. Aww!
Chapter’s first sentence: trauma, family issues, mention of death threats.

Ah, yes, it’s a Snowbun chapter all right 😂

Baby Raisin is absolutely adorable. Way better than the pink-or-blue-covered worms that the base game gave us. Ah, how things have improved over time *cough* mods *cough* whoa, that is quite the feast! And a lot of familiar CC objects 😁

Ouch, Áine. That’s quite the sudden gut-punch to surprise Clem with on an otherwise happy Winterfest celebration. Oh gods and her reaction is just heartbreaking. Thinking that Áine would hate her for being mauled by Reynold. Yes, those things she said were terrible, but you can never take what’s said in the heat of an argument at face value, and it doesn’t excuse what happened. Poor Clem. She sounds so young in this conversation.
.. .. ..
Say, does Clementine know that Áine is a witch, too? She does, right?

I’m used to people’s unsolicited advice LOL. That was a dig at Oskar, wasn’t it? Reynold really doesn’t like having the roles get reversed there, does he? Oh come on, man, that was sound advice. Stop treating every bit of advice that isn’t given by you as subpar 😂 I know that’s not what he does, but this time his quick dismissal got to me, lol.

Aww, they finally made up. Some harsh words there but it ends on a good note. They’re finally ready to build up their relationship again, and make it better than what it was before. Her casual “I have a sword, brother” comment made me laugh 😆

SnowBnuuy

@_sims_Yimi Thank you for commenting as always! That Snowbnuuy chapter summary was hilariously accurate

Baby Raisin is adorable ;-; Thank goodness for CC, so I can resize a toddler instead of taking the same shot of the same object baby over and over! Yeah I wasn’t sure Aine’s timing was perfect but she just wanted Clem to know someone was there for her. I honestly feel so horrible for her, a part of her still keeps blaming herself for that whole thing and it’s just awful. Even when you try to break away from these things you still end up blaming yourself in the back of your mind.

Oh yeah, I think Reynold is still a bit annoyed by Oskar and his unsolicited advice, but really Reynold, maybe the guy who’s been alive for 100+ years might ACTUALLY have something to teach you. Haha yeah I laughed at the sword thing XD and finally they can start properly reconciling! Woop!

SnowBnuuy

New chapter is up and is now on the Chapter Index. It's a summary of a three-year timeskip so it's not that long.

GlacierSnow

Looks like some interesting changes have taken place and we've got some new characters and events about to come on stage. Excited for the next act!

And, wow. Oskar's new apprentice sure looks... "friendly". Takes after his father, does he?

SnowBnuuy

@GlacierSnow Thank you for commenting as always < 3

I'm not sure if much (or at all) how much Evadne and Isidora will actually come into the story, it was more to just establish lore from the other stories of the Charm and Viridis bloodlines still being there, and the way the bloodlines seem to be shying away from the witch-hunts a little. Hmm, we'll have to see about Elijah : P He looks pretty vacant in that pic!

HermioneSims

I agree, those are a lot of changes!
I'm very curious to see what will happen next!

Lucy_Henley

Yay, new chapter!!

Aww, Róisín is a cutie! Genetics can be weird. Both my mother and my brother were blonde when they were little, but now have very dark brown hair. Both my parents have dark hair yet I’m a redhead.
I love that first photo of Áine and Róisín, Áine just looks so done with toddler antics

SnowBnuuy

@Lucy_Henley @HermioneSims Thank you both!! < 3

Yeah definitely. I had to keep it in line with a past portrayal of her in another story, way before I designed Reynold, otherwise I'd have given her black hair. Same, she's just like 'Darn, this really is busier than I thought' XD

SnowBnuuy

A new chapter has been uploaded and added to the Chapter Index.
It was meant to be a funny, easy-going chapter and a break for all the characters involved in the chapter...ended up funny in places and also equally as painful to write ;-; Every bit that started off with humorous intent just ended up depressing.

HermioneSims

Ah, this was a surprise!

It's Oskar! And Aine even called him 'adoptive' father! That's so cute, for sure he seems to enjoy the role of adoptive-grandpa too.

His meeting with Dinah was quite surreal, but also a funny misunderstanding-kind of situation. Who knows if we'll see her again...

Violeta trying to maintain her usual attitude also now that she has someone to talk about art with was quite amusing as well, overall she seems to be doing quite well too.

SnowBnuuy

@HermioneSims Thank you for your comment as always < 333

Yes indeedy, the vampires are once again taking over the plot! Oh he loves it. Oskar will gladly be the weird granddad : P Found family is fun especially when it involves witches werewolves AND vampires! Haha yeah, the meeting with Dinah was supposed to be wholly comedic, then I decided to make that be the part to show the intrusive thoughts he gets when around humans. I might have to maybe roll a dice or flip a coin in future scenes to see how he handles things, to prevent 'plot convenience'. Violeta not liking feeling good things was also supposed to be a fully comedic scene, but it's also sad because in reality she just doesn't want to ever be even slightly vulnerable ever again.

GlacierSnow

Oooo! This is a really good chapter!

I love Oskar and Violeta so much! Good to see they've moved close enough to stay involved. There's such an interesting contrast between them, but still a bond. And each attempts to understand and support the other. I love watching how they deal with things.

That outfit of Violeta's is gorgeous. And it really suits her. She seemed so much calmer and more confident while teaching the class, and even a little (dare we say it)... happy.

Little Rosin with her new kitty is so cute! I like how she just immediately took to Oskar. Seems a very friendly toddler.

The misunderstanding between Oskar and his... uh.. evening acquaintance made me laugh.

I like how you portrayed his struggle to control himself.

mightysprite

For Oskar's thing with counting, were you inspired by the legend that you can protect yourself against a vampire by scattering rice on the floor, because the vampire will be compelled to count all the grains of rice before it can do anything else?

I don't remember where that legend is from, but it stuck in my mind from somewhere....

SnowBnuuy

@mightysprite

I actually came up with the idea of him counting bats before I knew about the legend, but back then it was going to be a little funny thing that was entirely within his control. Then I found out doing research about the myths of vampiric compulsions, like the ‘spilling rice so they have to count all the grains’ thing you’re talking about.

Then I was like oh, so compulsiveness is a big part of the vampire mythos which a lot of popular vampire portrayals don’t seem to show and I thought it was an interesting part of the lore.

So I decided to go with it, and realising the similarity between it and obsessive-compulsive disorder, decided to do some research into it and make it not something for laughs, but something that’s actually very hard for him to control, in a time where knowledge on such things as slim- but without any minor spoiling, during this rough time period IRL there was a bit of knowledge surrounding it.

He suggests counting wolves to Reynold back in the chapter when they’re talking about control, because with the knowledge he has at that point it could probably work (slightly) for Reynold since he’d be able to eventually easily stop himself once he calms down.