@pammiechick The lighting! Especially with all my poor vampires. I've started turning off all the lights in a room and re-enabling them one by own, if dimming the house as a whole isn't enough. A lot of houses I download off the gallery will have a ton of lights (especially candles, candles everywhere) so I have to be careful, rofl.
@pammiechick The lighting! Especially with all my poor vampires. I've started turning off all the lights in a room and re-enabling them one by own, if dimming the house as a whole isn't enough. A lot of houses I download off the gallery will have a ton of lights (especially candles, candles everywhere) so I have to be careful, rofl.
Yeah. It’s become such a problem this year I feel like..yeah, those vampire skins glow!!!! Ugh.
I love that Ophelia seems to ship Lyanna and Orlando Ha!
Also wondering whether the fact that they seem to be in a mansion that belongs to Graham will come into play at all? Hmm... I’d love to see him show up on set someday
I keep forgetting Ophelia isn't a vampire, even now. It's sweet seeing her with her parents, and oh Bianca, dramatic as ever. Eee her deciding to be nice to Rhys...
I loved the picture of Ophelia (Bianca?) subbing for Venus in Botticelli's painting. Not sure that's sadness in Rhys's eyes, but if that's what Ophelia sees, more power to her. Batty is not going to like this, though.
Edited to add: "not" as in Batty is not going to like this.
@MVWdeZT It's Bianca, shhhh. There's a bigger painting that may appear in a future chapter that makes it more obvious. Whether Rhys means to or not, he probably does give off an air of loneliness, even if Ophelia apparently can't pick up on his actual feelings toward her, LOL.
I thoroughly enjoyed that chapter! Love that castle. I didn't know it was Graham's until someone mentioned it. I was hoping Opheila could someday live there, it's perfect for her. It has writerly inspiration the same as the funeral parlor. She really needs to be a vampiress! I enjoyed watching Rhys just lurking, stalking lounging around behind Opheila watching her every move. I think now that Bianca said be kind to him he will definitely take it down a romantic path if he can. Love her middle name! Yes, I caught where it came from.
@haswh I'm glad you enjoyed it!! The chapter never outright said the castle belonged to Graham, but I guess some people picked up on some Graham-y clues I tried to sneak in. I make it more explicitly clear in a future chapter though!
Ophelia would totally love to live there--Graham clearly knew what he was doing when picking out a castle for Bianca. Mother and daughter have similar tastes, apparently...
I love that you knew where her middle name came from.
Ophelia is so much fun. Her narrations crack me up because they remind me of Bianca, but they're more observant and astute. Rather than constantly panning every thought to her herself, she notices everything. She sees how Orlando and Lyanna's relationship is changing. She notes what Hamlet is like and how he treats Benny. But the most telling part of this chapter to me was her offhand comments about Benny:
"Father was always worrying about me, the way Mother always worried about Benny."
"It was always Benny, but I didn’t mind. I was Father’s favorite."
HMMMMMMMMM. Knowing that Ophelia sees this makes me wonder if Leo does too. It'll be an interesting, educational visit from Mom and Dad Lyons, to be sure!
Of course Benny's chapter was sweet with his happy dating with Hamlet and then later the talk between father and son. Though not very vampiristic to think about the sun, it was a warm and sunny chapter regardless.
And then Ophelia's chapter. The name of the castle they were shooting in made me smile and the book collection (and later I had to find that painting mentioned here in the comments ). And then her conversation with Lysander (and his lecture ). But the part about Rhys, it was emphatic from both mother and daughter. And a sobering thought/observation from Ophelia in this case: ... and he’d only ever asked if I’d seen Galatea on-set. I knew he had a brother, but he and Uncle Graham never mentioned him. The Straud siblings have had a very different youth and environment(s) than the Lyons siblings had.
Currently playing the Abbott household (4th generation now: Theo).
I don't know why but @Sassie 's comment just reminded me of the most random thing that is only slightly related to the comment itself. It's me and my head full of random lit references....
Lyons is also the last name of a random character in a book I read about 3 years ago...I just remembered because it always made me think of the Lion.
@Haids5987 Fortunately, Ophelia doesn't have her mom's self-centered nature! Maybe she's got a little butler in her after all, noticing things about other people and their wants and needs?
Leopold is a mama's boy and normally worships Bianca, but even he admits she loses all sense when it comes to Benny. So he probably suspects too.
@Sassie Two for the price of one...! And I'm glad for warm and sunny, after some downer chapters lately.
LOL, I've noticed that the screenshot with the painting is getting a lot of clicks today! My secret is out. I actually made that pose since I couldn't find one and it was harder than I thought it'd be because Venus in the original doesn't seem to have entirely human anatomy.
Ophelia may be an adult, but she'll always be Lysander's little queen of darkness. Unfortunately, the Straud kids didn't have the warm but weird upbringing the Lyons kids did...
@Bugsie2016 New ship? And ha, that's cool about Lyons!
Lyons was actually the last name of my evil founder's evil husband in my first-ever Sims 4 save. His first name was Lyon and he was an aspiring model. Yes, Lyon Lyons. (Probably not his real name, shhh.) He stipulated that all the children of his line would have names beginning with Ly-, so their daughters were Lydia and Lyanna, and then Lyanna eventually had a baby with an alien and named it Lysander...
@Haids5987 Fortunately, Ophelia doesn't have her mom's self-centered nature! Maybe she's got a little butler in her after all, noticing things about other people and their wants and needs?
Leopold is a mama's boy and normally worships Bianca, but even he admits she loses all sense when it comes to Benny. So he probably suspects too.
@Sassie Two for the price of one...! And I'm glad for warm and sunny, after some downer chapters lately.
LOL, I've noticed that the screenshot with the painting is getting a lot of clicks today! My secret is out. I actually made that pose since I couldn't find one and it was harder than I thought it'd be because Venus in the original doesn't seem to have entirely human anatomy.
Ophelia may be an adult, but she'll always be Lysander's little queen of darkness. Unfortunately, the Straud kids didn't have the warm but weird upbringing the Lyons kids did...
@Bugsie2016 New ship? And ha, that's cool about Lyons!
Lyons was actually the last name of my evil founder's evil husband in my first-ever Sims 4 save. His first name was Lyon and he was an aspiring model. Yes, Lyon Lyons. (Probably not his real name, shhh.) He stipulated that all the children of his line would have names beginning with Ly-, so their daughters were Lydia and Lyanna, and then Lyanna eventually had a baby with an alien and named it Lysander...
@LadyLobster Hopefully your Lyonses end up better than that character.
The ending of the book, he died. Everything led up to that moment. It's actually a musical (I read the book version)...so drama!! I'll wiki link it for you.
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Yeah. It’s become such a problem this year I feel like..yeah, those vampire skins glow!!!! Ugh.
I keep forgetting Ophelia isn't a vampire, even now. It's sweet seeing her with her parents, and oh Bianca, dramatic as ever. Eee her deciding to be nice to Rhys...
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Edited to add: "not" as in Batty is not going to like this.
Batty will have an opinion, all right...
Ophelia would totally love to live there--Graham clearly knew what he was doing when picking out a castle for Bianca. Mother and daughter have similar tastes, apparently...
I love that you knew where her middle name came from.
"Father was always worrying about me, the way Mother always worried about Benny."
"It was always Benny, but I didn’t mind. I was Father’s favorite."
HMMMMMMMMM. Knowing that Ophelia sees this makes me wonder if Leo does too. It'll be an interesting, educational visit from Mom and Dad Lyons, to be sure!
Of course Benny's chapter was sweet with his happy dating with Hamlet and then later the talk between father and son. Though not very vampiristic to think about the sun, it was a warm and sunny chapter regardless.
And then Ophelia's chapter.
I don't know why but @Sassie 's comment just reminded me of the most random thing that is only slightly related to the comment itself. It's me and my head full of random lit references....
Leopold is a mama's boy and normally worships Bianca, but even he admits she loses all sense when it comes to Benny. So he probably suspects too.
@Sassie Two for the price of one...! And I'm glad for warm and sunny, after some downer chapters lately.
LOL, I've noticed that the screenshot with the painting is getting a lot of clicks today! My secret is out. I actually made that pose since I couldn't find one and it was harder than I thought it'd be because Venus in the original doesn't seem to have entirely human anatomy.
Ophelia may be an adult, but she'll always be Lysander's little queen of darkness.
@Bugsie2016 New ship?
Lyons was actually the last name of my evil founder's evil husband in my first-ever Sims 4 save. His first name was Lyon and he was an aspiring model. Yes, Lyon Lyons. (Probably not his real name, shhh.) He stipulated that all the children of his line would have names beginning with Ly-, so their daughters were Lydia and Lyanna, and then Lyanna eventually had a baby with an alien and named it Lysander...
@LadyLobster Hopefully your Lyonses end up better than that character.
@pammiechick What, don't you just love this little face...?
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That thing dog ....thing....... a face only a mother could love....glad I’m not the mother.