Just regarding the whole discussion on commenting and some people getting ignored - I honestly tend to gravitate towards posts that use the premades, because I'm already familiar with them. Especially any post that uses my favourites (the Vatores, Johnny, and Morgyn). It's also why I've been posting more with them than with Jamie, since I have this thing about honestly not knowing how much people want to see an OC.
I will absolutely try to comment more, though!
@Becka28 yeah, I have the same issue. If there's something that jumps out at me, I comment on it, but otherwise sometimes I'm just not sure what to say!
@Hoverael went back and read your last post, will try and keep doing so Jameson seems like a bit of a plum, be interesting to see how he responds to his kid and Sandra!
@Steamvarius I know I haven't commented on your posts before, and I'm sorry about that. One reason I haven't read your posts as much is because I've found it repetitive, and also the aesthetic kind of squicks me a little? (Which is my issue, absolutely not yours! Roddy is adorable, it's more the adult women with the big bright pink lips and, uh, enhancements that make me go 'huh'.) But honestly, I do have a lot of respect for just how much love and affection your family shows each other, and that you do your own unique thing!
@DarkAngel1994 oh jeez, so many toddlers! I don't blame Duchess for sleeping on top of the fridge, really! And yikes, maybe you should put a toddler-proof fence around the cowplant? (When Jamie was doing the Freelance Botanist aspiration, I built a doorless shed around it, then immediately deleted it once it was grown. They make me nervous!)
Time for New Year in-game, and that means that once the new year starts, I'll be turning on ageing, and turning on the MCCC options to allow marriage, pregnancy, and all that! A few Sims are not going to age - of the non-vampires, the Sages are immortal by virtue of their position, Jamie has taken the potion, and Johnny has lore reasons that'll be explained presently but I'll be turning on Immortal just in case anyway. Also a few aliens and other non-human characters (Crystal Gems, Aziraphale and Crowley, et cetera) won't be ageing either.
So things should start changing for other characters! When I do updates, I'll include what's going on. Should be interesting!
Before we jump over to Chateau Vest for the New Year celebrations, here is Sage, being a cat.
'Twas the night before Chri- whoops, wrong holiday.
It's the second-last night of the year, and Johnny has some very spiffy new work duds.
Caleb's favourite appliance breaks ;_;
Lilith gains a new skill.
Johnny gets back from work.
Breakfast of leftovers, and then it's time to party!
New Year dawns! The TV room, where the midnight action will take place, gets decked out.
Caleb it is literally 8:30 in the morning.
Confetti!!
Resolutions! Johnny is ambitious, so getting another aspiration milestone fits him well. For Caleb, the same - he just needs to make another three more friends to complete his Friend of the World aspiration! Lilith decides to exercise her creative muscles with some new skills, and resolves to write a book!
I am not sure what to call this dance move.
Dance battle! Johnny seems... a little more confident than Caleb.
Smooth moves!
...not so smooth move.
ngl I'd laugh too sorry Caleb.
"I'm okay! Nothing hurt but my dignity!"
"GREAT JOB BRO"
I mean it's great he's getting more comfortable around her!
Good new years TV!
Even the furries are getting in on it ;D
...I'm sorry is that Miss Hell flirting with Vlad?! Plus side, Caleb is too busy flirting with Johnny to notice...
It's almost time!
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 --
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
It's okay, Lilith. This'll be your year for finding your happiness! Caleb and Johnny are doing great - it's your turn to have a wonderful time!
Good night, but now the human is getting sleepy.
Caleb detaches himself from his boyfriend and shares a toast with Lilith.
Having a romantic partner is great, but for Caleb, his twin is his best friend for life (and unlife).
Johnny goes to bed, and the Vatores spend some much-needed time together.
Lilith goes to do her first workout of the year...
...while Caleb sends happy new years texts to everyone he knows...
...and goes to curl up next to his sleepy boyfriend.
@AlwaysAsking it was very nicely done, ill have to use for a happier family too.
No you were right on the money they dont really care, her father was glad but her mother basically doesnt think shes good enough because of her rebellious ways.
Morgyn is a real mixed bag I feel like he's the type that threw himself into studying but never gave in to peer pressure so now all his awkwardness comes to front. He means well, sometimes.
Reddestiny921 on the gallery...still not sure if I capitalized the second d..lol
All the sims err'day
So I was worried about my game for a little bit because it was still laggy after I merged all my CC, but somehow it kicked itself into gear and is going fine now so I'm not sure what that was all about!
Morgyn loves being a stay at home dad but he started thinking about his time in the magic realm and how much he misses mentoring people. It was so fulfilling helping sims understand magic, the look in their eyes when they finally got a spell perfect. He wished he could go back to that, and was also getting a bit antsy about not being employed. Then one day when he was eating, a thought popped into his head - Why doesn't he become a professor! That way he can continue to teach and still have time for his kids!
So he hopped on the computer and applied for university
He also applied for a scholarship - the Glimmerbrook resident one, so he could get out of some of those pesky student loans.
The thought of becoming a professor was so exciting to him that he immediately began to practice by helping Star with her homework
Now he had to play the waiting game, but a few days passed fairly quickly and soon the mail arrived. Morgyn eagerly went to the mailbox to fetch it.
Success! He was accepted, and even got accepted into three separate distinguished degrees as well! He also qualified for the scholarship. Morgyn was on a role!
Morgyn decided to go to Britechester university and do a psychology degree, because that sounded quite interesting to him.
This was just the beginning of his educational journey! He would make himself into the best teacher all of simdom had ever seen yet!
In the meantime, Star and Peitrie were spending quality time together, eating and doing arts and crafts
@Steamvarius Don't feel sad at all! I can honestly say your story is one of my favorite in this thread! I love your sims, they look nice (i love "extraordinarity"). They have such strong family bond. I absolutely enjoy Shine's jungle adventures. In her first (i believe) trip to Selvadorada it was hilarious to see her all covered in black spots from fire I guess. She is so magnificent and seeing her like that made me laugh very hard.
@ryttu3k lol! i see caleb doesn't only fall on his face when he does yoga! there is more!
surprisingly i must admit i love their kitchen. i hate red and black combo because it looks cheap to me but wow i love the kitchen very much
@all the people talking about getting ignored in the thread/not feeling creative/interesting enough
I think we all feel like that sometimes. I personally feel like my posts get overlooked sometimes, and that I don't always get replies to comments I've made to people but this thread goes so fast it's easy to miss things. So much is going on, and a lot of the stories are so in depth that if you're not 100% keeping up with them you loose too much of the plot to understand what is going on. For that reason sometimes out of respect I skip over certain people's stories because I haven't seen the from the beginning and don't want to have to make them explain everything they've already put out.
I also tend not to always reply to things myself because sometimes I don't have the mental energy to type out replies to every single response I get, so I'd understand if people don't answer me because in the past I myself haven't responded to them. It's all a catch 22 really.
But in saying all of this, everybody's stories are equally awesome and creative, and just because I don't comment on them (or nobody else does) doesn't mean they aren't being seen/read and enjoyed. It's lovely just to see the diversity of everybody's games and just how everybody makes the sims world their own!
Yes, it is hard to keep up with everyone else's posts. This thread is moving really fast. I woke up and there were 29 posts!
I don't comment much because then it feels too cluttered here for me and it is hard to see some shorter updates. For me. So that's why I like or awesome the posts I read, which is the majority (As I said before I skip parts with long, like really long text). I like or awesome randomly, it dependes which "button" is closer to my cursor Usually it is awesome because I like to keep it on the right side of my screen. Weird, I know.
I comment only when I have to unstoppable need, desire, to do so. Like when something really really catches me. Because then my comments would be like: I love it! I enjoy it! It is so cute! ... and that is very repetitive and imagine if everyone would do this here. That would be a real mess. I don't like mess.
Anyway, I am a simple girl. I see family - I like it. Which is for example @Jase 's Fresh legacy. It is lovely and fun to read. And I feel like he doesn't get enough love because he doesn't pop here so often. If you read this I'd like to say that yesterday I found your plum tree (in another thread) and it was great to see how the sims I know from this thread are connected!
@Hoverael I awesomed both the original and your post, because it was awesome of you to be so helpful!
I third the advice on hashtags. You don't have to delve into what they mean in social media overall, just pick words that people could use to search for your house, like starter or modern or colonial or whatever, and post them with a #. It helps people who are looking for a specific type of house find yours if it fits their needs. For my Addams Family, the second time I uploaded them I used #AddamsFamily and also one for each character's first name. They got over three times as many downloads as the first time.
I may be doing another comment post soon in which I'll see if I can give you some helpful feedback on your last few story posts. It would be helpful to know what kind of feedback you want. Are you looking for suggestions as to how your story is going, the type of pictures we like, or what kind of specific questions do you have? I usually just pick out my favorite thing or the thing I'm most curious about to comment on from each post, because I'm usually trying to respond to several pages worth of posts at once. But if I know what you're looking for I'll do what I can. Bear in mind that I can only find time for that much commenting once every week or two.
hmm. alright, i'll give the hashtagging a try and see how that works out. Now i need to find a correct and up to date list of tags to use so i reach the right places on the matter.
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That would be fantastic and months ago i was looking for the same thing. So for now at least anything you think could be relevant to the stories would be helpful like the types of pictures or any questions you have, because keeping it engaging and having the community interacting with the Sandra story along the way means it should always remain interesting. As mentioned in a previous reply everyone has their own lives to run, so whenever you hve the time for it.
I'll take anything i can put into such stories by playing out the Huntington III family out as well to run alongside Sandra's family. a few replies back someone asked why Jameson was angry? so playing from that point of view of Jameson and Jade as well could solve that, even though it will get away from Sandra for one or two updates. it'll be a nice challenge as well to create another storyline for the occasional play into Jameson's life.
@Hoverael went back and read your last post, will try and keep doing so Jameson seems like a bit of a plum, be interesting to see how he responds to his kid and Sandra!
Yup and that is a question i'd like to answer on Jameson, and how he responds to Sandra herself, assuming she is even interested to come out to talk to him. That'll be an interesting conversation because now her son has chatted to him, she can't protect him from his fathers influence if he keeps coming around. That brings up an interesting question about Jade though, what does it mean for her when her husband is mysteriously disappearing?
interesting.. got some ideas floating around for the Huntington family going forward, just need to explore them out and come up with something going forward.
@ryttu3k Because Sonya has demonic powers of course! Take her out before her powers get too strong!
Sooooooooooooo recap, Luna and Samantha have been kidnapped. Despite Bruce saying not to get the cops involved, Ariel still called them.
Cop 1: "Good thing you called us, we're the best cops in the city!"
Crystal: "What's with the ghost?"
Cop 2: "She's our ghost sidekick! She has her own catchphrase!"
Ghost: "Those kidnappers don't stand a GHOST of a chance against us!"
Cop 1, Cop 2 and Ghost: "Oh hohohohohohoho!"
Yeah, let's not get the cops involved with this.
Well, time to the Bruce-Cave. Dust off the cobwebs down there Ol' Bruce.
Bruce: "Computer, trace the last phone call from the kidnappers."
Computer: "Insert another 50 cents to complete this action."
Bruce: "Very well."
And there's Samantha!
Bruce: "Wait, JUST Samantha?"
Kidnapper: "Yeah, we only have one of your kids. That'll be $25,000."
Bruce: "Fine, here's the money and go. If I wasn't so disgusted in you I'd probably join you because this seems like an easy way to make a living!"
Hooray! Happy ending!!!....Well I mean, happy middle, that definitely wasn't the end....
Bruce: "Hey guys, I rescued Samantha!"
Ariel: "What about Luna?"
Bruce: "Working on that."
If Bruce is going to find Luna he's going to have to pump those flabby arms.
And his workout machine got struck by lightning. If this isn't a message from the universe I don't know what is.
Meanwhile, Disney can suck an egg. If Bruce-Man is coming out of retirement he's going to go classic!................I mean he had to find a Boba Fett costume in his size....and unfortunately that XXX-Large Costume's helmet wasn't a one size fits all helmet so....This is as good as it's going to get. NOW he's going to get to the bottom of this kidnapping.
Uh oh, a Supervillaness has showed up! Perhaps she knows who kidnapped Luna.
But boy, did she pick an awful time to pick a fight with Bruce.
Superhero: "Hey boss, I'm coming back to base, was going to take down Sonya but.....her father looks particularly angry today."
Mustache-Man: "Oh man, I came here to raise terror. But alas, no one takes me seriously enough for me to do anything."
Bruce: "Now where's my daughter?"
Villainess: Gurgle gurgle
Bruce: "Ah yes, a crushed trachea. Went a little too hard on you.
Villainess: Guuuuuurrrr
Bruce: "Begone with you!"
Oh, Bruce got a call from the kidnappers. Turns out that Supervillainess had nothing to do with the kidnappers. Dang, she died for nothing.
Quick, pump those flabs.
Bruce: "Alright kids, going to rescue your sister. If I don't come back, continue doing what you're doing."
Bruce says, in a potential last message to his family.
This is it, the final confrontation with the people who kidnapped his daughter. It has all been building up....for the last 24 hours or so.....TO THIS!
Bruce: "Seriously?! Back in this cave?!"
Kidnappers: "Surprise! We lied, we also had your other daughter."
Bruce: "REALLY? Where did you even keep her?"
Kidnapper: "Well when you were rescuing your other daughter, we had this one stashed in a bush somewhere else."
Bruce: "You dastardly fiend!"
Kidnapper: "Yep, totally just did this so we can get another $25,000 out of you."
Bruce: "Sigh, well my kids are worth every penny! Even if that's one of the last pennies I had."
Mustache-Man: "I bet you were wondering who was the one that arranged this kidnapping. Turns out it was I, Mustache-Man, who bided my time for the last decade to enact my master plan!!!"
Mustache-Man: "Now, I awaken my true power and am no longer 'Mustache-Man'. Oh no, I am now....BIGOTE MALVADO!"
Bruce: "Dude, I'm having a tender reunion with my daughter!"
Bigote Malvado: "Aww, no one ever takes me seriously."
Hooray, Luna and Samantha have been saved! What a happy end-.
Bigote Malvado: "Not so fast! It may have taken me all day to walk to this island paradise from that one cave, but I, Bigote Malvado, am here to put an end to Bruce-Man!"
And so the battle between Bruce-Man and Bigote Malvado has begun!
Bruce: "Ah, my jaw and my entire body!"
Bigote Malvado: "AHHH, MY MUSTACHE!!!"
No one will ever take his Mustache seriously again.....because he's dead and will promptly be forgotten.
Sonya: "Seriously? Did you just try launching a sneak attack on me while my dad was fighting that Supervillain?"
Superhero: "We will bring you to justice one day, Sonya!" Snap YAY! SONYA COMMITTED A MURDER! Wait what?
And time to wind it all down with the aftermath.
And thus, the Kidnappers and that Mustache guy were defeated and the family was reunited with their daughters.
Bruce: "Seriously, leave Sonya alone! Her sisters were JUST rescued from a kidnapping!"
And that's when Ariel made a delicious turkey dinner to celebrate the return of Luna!
Bruce: "Man, using all those superpowers sure makes a man hungry, also being old and overweight makes me hungry as well."
Samantha: "Hey guys, you guys know I was kidnapped too right? Like, it seems like we're only celebrating Luna's return and not mine."
And no one cared.
But seriously, we should keep an eye on Sonya.
So long Mustache-Man, if only we knew that you were planning such atrocities while making those sand castles.
@ryttu3k, 511
Thanks for the feedback. I guess that means that I keep doing what I do?
@DoloresGrey, 511.
Thank you for the feedback, also.
Recently, Roddy went to Villa Bovine:
When he had been seated, Roddy saw Grandpa Advarius, and chatted for a while, catching up on the adventures in Selvadorada. He and Shine were going over there again:
Roddy's food arrived, and he tucked in:
In no time at all, he finished his meal:
After his plate had been taken away, Roddy asked one of the waiters to send his compliments to the chef:
Roddy then paid for the bill:
And went home:
Spoiler time!
Later on, Roddy went over to Primrose Hearth. He chatted to Dudley Brinson:
And then Carol gave him a big hug:
On the top floor, Roddy bought Carol up to speed with his and Shine's adventures in Selvadorada:
And then they had a cuddle:
Dudley then came upstairs and gave Carol a kiss on the cheek:
And then Carol and Dudley talked to each other:
Afterwards, Carol gave Roddy several big smooches on his face:
Roddy went bright red and giggled. Carol had covered his face in big, shiny, bright pink lipstick smooches:
He then used one of his makeup removal wipes:
Carol smiled and gave Roddy a big loving hug:
'Don't worry about the lack of gatherings, dearie. Me and Jessica Lacey understand that you're quite busy' Carol said:
'Thank you, Carol!' Roddy replied, relieved:
'You're welcome, dearie!' Carol said, smiling sweetly and batting her eyelashes at Roddy:
Carol then gave Roddy another big loving hug:
'Well, I'd better get going. See you later, Carol!' Roddy said, waving goodbye:
'See you, dearie! Have fun in Selvadorada!' Carol said, waving back. Roddy set off back to Dianthus Hall, and arrived safely.
And another spoiler!
When Roddy arrived back at Dianthus Hall, Shine was waiting. She gave her son a big loving hug:
'Are you ready to go, sweetie?' Shine asked:
'I'm ready, mummy!' Roddy replied, cheerfully:
'Then off we go!' Shine said, giving her firstborn another big loving hug:
The pair got in the taxi and set off for the airport.
Bonus Picture
I'm more of a 'UI free' screenshot person, but at least they did fix it, amongst other things:
I think a few more display cases might be in order:
Sims 4 Family: Benjamin, Shine, Princess Roddy, Sophia and Hamish Furystrykar and Shelly Heart. Princess Roddy is my avatar, and he's a boy!
My position on the whole constructive criticizm thing to anyone it may concern...
There are simple rules I established for myself for such things in the internet:
1) Don't participate in activities unless I see them enjoyable regardless of other people's involvement.
2) Say genuinely nice things about other people's work or say nothing.
I comment when a comment pops up in my head, and when I have nothing else to say other than "I like your update" or "that's awesome!" I use the respective reaction buttons.
I don't seem to be able to get involved or interested in some people's stories, for different reasons, yet I don't feel like I must help someone improve or change them for me - there are many of us here, to each their own.
It's selfish both ways, yeah, but it's really not my goal here to become anyone's proofreader.
So no critisizm, constructive or not.
I wholeheartedly admire and appreciate what @AlwaysAsking or @Daephene or @sarabeth2984 and others are doing, commenting on every update, but not everyone here is ready for the same level of commitment and it's their call.
I already posted it here once, but that's what makes posts more attractive for me personally:
1) clear pictures of the sims you are talking about
2) finite number of characters I can keep track of
3) not much text, 3-5 lines in between pictures is what I'm comfortable with
4) less drama more fun - I like occasional drama, but constant drama tires me, fun is always fun
When Shine and Roddy arrived at Hillview Hideaway, Carla Robles was there. 'Hello again, Shine! It's good to see you!' Carla said, cheerfully. 'Good to see you too, Carla!' Shine replied. Carla smiled and walked over to Roddy:
'Hello sweetiepie! How are you doing?' She asked:
'I'm doing fine Carla!' Roddy replied cheerfully. 'Awww, that's good to hear!' Carla said, beaming. She gave Roddy a big smooch on the cheek:
'Nice hairstyle there, Carla!' Roddy said, cheerfully:
'Thank you, sweetiepie!' Carla said, smiling sweetly. She gave Roddy a big loving hug:
'I'd best let you get on with unpacking. See you later, you two!' Carla said, waving goodbye to Shine and Roddy. 'See you, Carla!' Roddy waved back. When Carla had left, Roddy and Shine unpacked. Afterwards, they had a cuddle on the sofa:
This calls for a spoiler.
Shine and Roddy went to the marketplace. Shine worked on identifying an artifact:
This tourist was feeling angry, so Roddy came over to see what he could do to calm him down:
Roddy managed to get the tourist to calm down:
Meanwhile, Shine had just identified the artifact as a genuine vase. Nancy Landgraab came over to chat:
The Landgraabs lived in Oasis Springs, the same place that Dina and Henry, the Furystrykar twins and Amber Stein (my version of her, anyway) lived. Shine and Nancy chatted together:
'Oh yeah, this is my son, Roddy' Shine said, smiling. 'Hello!' Roddy said, waving:
'Hello Roddy!' Nancy said, waving back:
Nancy gave Roddy a hug:
Roddy then chatted to Nancy, talking about the previous trips to Selvadorada:
And then Nancy gave Roddy a kiss on the cheek:
Nancy Landgraab turned to Shine. 'Your son is very cute' she said:
'Thank you, Nancy. Roddy's very understanding of people, and he doesn't like seeing a friend of his feel sad. That's why he usually tries to calm people down' Shine said, looking fondly at Roddy:
'That's really sweet!' Nancy said, smiling at Roddy. She then blew a raspberry at Roddy, making him laugh:
After talking for another few hours, Roddy and Shine said goodbye to Nancy Landgraab and went back to Hillview Hideaway.
Sims 4 Family: Benjamin, Shine, Princess Roddy, Sophia and Hamish Furystrykar and Shelly Heart. Princess Roddy is my avatar, and he's a boy!
@TheLastStar Morgyn would make a great professor! That's my plan for them if I ever decide they're going to leave Sagehood.
@DoloresGrey I figured the red and black combo was something Caleb would pick out! Signature colours and all! There's more yellow along with red in the living room to account for Lilith's taste, and the study is much more Lilith's domain, colour-wise. I wanted to balance it out.
@DoodlyDoofus I honestly have no idea what to say about those cops other than a long, drawn-out groan. One daughter rescued, at least! Yeah, pretty much anyone wanting to get in Bruce's way is going to have a rough time. Gasp, Mustache-Man!! WIPE THAT 'STACHE OFF HIS FACE. ...Oh okay and take some of his face with it. A happy ending!
@Steamvarius yeah If it makes you happy, then absolutely go for it! I like your display cases, by the way, for Jamie's place I just spammed the OMSP shelf... a lot, heh. Also, I am in awe of Roddy's powers in being able to make Nancy Landgraab act like a human being
I third the advice on hashtags. You don't have to delve into what they mean in social media overall, just pick words that people could use to search for your house, like starter or modern or colonial or whatever, and post them with a #. It helps people who are looking for a specific type of house find yours if it fits their needs. For my Addams Family, the second time I uploaded them I used #AddamsFamily and also one for each character's first name. They got over three times as many downloads as the first time.
I'm now dipping my toe into the water on the issue to see how cold or hot it is. Created a new starter and it's on the gallery now with those hashtags as mentioned. Now depends what happens, if there is enough interest within a few hours, then i may add it to more stuff in the future.
There's been a massive baby boom in my game recently. Pregnant women everywhere. I suspect my MCCC may have gone a bit haywire, I didn't think 21% was all that high but apparently it is.
Any way, Bob and Eliza ended up having triplets! 3 boys, Alan, Bernardo and Ulysses. I gave the babies a more fitting room and hired them a nanny, no way can that be easy!
There's actually been quite a lot of boys born and a lot of women pregnant with twins. Unfortunately many have had to end because they were with teens, married men or extremely random sims
@ryttu3k, page five hundred and eleven.
Thank you! Every time my sims start a new collection, I tend to add another few display cases, increasing the length of the collection room.
Back at Hillview Hideaway, Shine and Roddy saw Carla Robles yet again. 'Hello again, Shine and Roddy!' Carla said. 'Hello Carla!' Roddy said, waving. Carla smiled and gave Roddy a big hug:
'What's been happening in your family sweetiepie?' Carla asked. 'Well, I went out for a meal at Villa Bovine, in Newcrest. I bumped into Grandpa Advarius, and we caught up. Then I went to see Carol Brinson, a friend of mine, and a member of The Order of the Pink. I'm the leader of the Order of the Pink' Roddy said. 'Seems like you've been quite busy, sweetiepie!' Carla said, cheerfully. Then she gave Roddy several big smooches on the face:
Roddy went bright red and giggled. Carla had covered his face in big lipstick smooches:
Roddy then used a makeup removal wipe:
'I think you're awesome, Carla!' Roddy said, beaming:
'Thank you sweetiepie!' Carla said, smiling sweetly at Roddy:
Roddy and Shine then said goodbye to Carla, and went inside.
Spoiler time.
Roddy felt tired, so he climbed into bed and fell fast asleep:
Shine tucked him in:
And gave him several big smooches on his face:
Shine had covered Roddy's face in big, shiny, bright pink lipstick smooches:
'Sweet dreams, sweetie!' Shine whispered:
Shine then changed into her favourite sleepwear outfit:
And climbed into bed, falling asleep instantly:
And another spoiler.
First to wake up was Roddy:
A bit later, Shine woke up and changed into one of her hot weather outfits:
Shine then went to the vanity table and got freshened up, reapplying her shiny, bright pink lipstick:
Roddy watched:
Shine then sprayed herself with her favourite selvadoradan bee and spider repelling perfume:
She then checked herself in the mirror:
Shine then gave Roddy several big smooches on his face:
Roddy went bright red and giggled. Shine had covered his face in big, shiny, bright pink lipstick smooches:
'Thanks for the lipstick smooches, mummy!' Roddy said, still blushing, but smiling brightly. He removed the lipstick smooches from his face using one of his makeup removal wipes:
Shine smiled, and gave her son a big loving hug:
'You're welcome, sweetie! Ready to go exploring?' Shine asked, smiling sweetly and batting her eyelashes at Roddy:
'I'm ready for more adventure, mummy!' Roddy replied:
Shine smiled and gave her firstborn another big loving hug:
Then the pair cuddled:
'Then off we go!' Shine said, cheerfully:
The pair set off for the trailhead.
Sims 4 Family: Benjamin, Shine, Princess Roddy, Sophia and Hamish Furystrykar and Shelly Heart. Princess Roddy is my avatar, and he's a boy!
I read everyone's posts. @sarabeth2984 Thank you @AlwaysAsking Interesting to read about Thorne's experience and feelings about Don. @DoodlyDoofus Happy both Luna & Samantha were saved from kidnappers.
Angela & Lilith
As a Foxbury spirit member Lilith put toilet paper on the statue at UBrite.
The student in black & white shirt disliked her action. So Lilith taunted his UBrite university.
Angela painted with the arts guild. Right now the arts guild seems to be the only guild in my game that isn't bugged. For the other guilds no members show up or it is impossible to visit lots when a guild happens there. Hope it is fixed soon.
Lilith became friends with servo Mac.
Both girls got A++ on their exams.
Origin id: Simmelina
simmelina1.wordpress.com
The life of my sims. Elina & Don.
@sarabeth2984
Don might be gone, but his memory lives on in his many children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. If only his gravestone wasn´t missing...
@ryttu3k
Thanks for the sources. Can´t blame you for evicting the Villareals - premade houses tend to have the best locations, especially in smaller worlds like Glimmerbrook and Forgotten Hollow.
I have some kids and teens in my other save that I want to send to Uni, but I am waiting for it to come to sale before I get it, too many bugs to pay a full price for me. From this save I´d send Ryan for sure, the gloomy, forgotten middle child who has the misfortune to be the only human in the family of vampires and spellcasters, he needs something going on in his life too
I have been thinking of merging my saves, both to save my faves from mourning their mortal family and friends and because I really miss the rest of my sims. The only problem is that it would mean that I would have two different versions of Caleb, Morgyn, Cassandra, Lilith and Morgan Fyres running around, because I refuse to give up on either version. But then again it´s the Sims, having a clone from another universe is likely not even the strangest thing that could happen
@AlwaysAsking
Hermione´s breakup with Dominic was only briefly mentioned, with no pics, so it´s entirely possible that you may have missed it.
The geme give this version of Cassandra the self-assured trait upon aging up to young adult, so she surely is not suffering from being too shy to take what she wants.
Morgyn is not the type to pass a chance to wear a pretty dress. Cassandra´s witch outfit is a homage to the other Cassandra, who is indeed a witch.
I never got around to telling you what become of Alexander Goth´s son, who was still a toddler at the time of his death. Lots of time has passed since then, that´s what the now teenage boy looks like
So what has Hermione been up to of late?
She travelled to the Magical Realm to feed her pet cowplant, Mara. Isn´t she cute?
Hermione and Emmanuel dated for two days before breaking up. It didn´t take him long to get over her, because he married someone else the next day. Makes me wonder to whose infidelity the MCCC notification was referring to...
Paka´a Uha, the notorious vampire-lover, knocked up yet another vampire lady. His wife appears to be unaware of it, since they are still together.
Caleb´s wife Rowenna divorced him because he is a vampire. Umm... maybe you shouldn´t have married him to begin with, then, because everyone who spends five minutes with Caleb could tell that he is one? The guy hisses a lot. As the divorce left him homeless, Hermione offered him a place to stay. Caleb cooks for her and she provides him with the potion of plentiful needs, one dose being enough to take care of his thirst for a day.
Morgyn visited and set himself in fire. Why do they never learn to not stand too close to the fireplace? He is okay, since Caleb had good sense to autonomously extinguish him before I even told him to do it.
Lily invited Caleb to Myshuno Meadows to talk. He tried to impress her with his bartending skills
but poor Lily was too busy giving herself a pep talk to notice
"What is wrong with you? Why did you call him, have you forgotten what happened the last time? No, we are just friends, it´s alright..."
Once she calmed down enough to sit down, Caleb was able to share the suspicion he´d had for some time now
Caleb: "I think that Don was murdered. Call me a fool if you want, but people don´t generally get striken by lightning while indoors."
Lily: "A murder? I heard that there was a curse involved, something to do with the relics he used to love so?"
Caleb: "A cover-up, nothing more. Who else can summon lightning? Spellcasters. One of whom happens to be the person who found him. Makes you wonder."
Lily: "You believe that Morgyn... and Cassandra? No, it makes no sense. What could they have had to win from Don´s death? Absurd. It was a curse and end of the story. What you need, my dear, is a hobby. All these cooking shows have addled your brain."
As he had failed to convince Lily in his conspiracy theories, Caleb decided to turn on his charm instead to make use of the cozy, empty room. Sadly for him and his hopes for good time, all his attempts to flirt with Lily ended the way they are bound to end with two people with fully red romance bar between them - badly. What he did learn was that following their divorce a decade ago, Lily ended her career in business and has since then become a sucessful actress. Makes sense, since the film industry would love someone who is not gonna lose her good looks.
Hermione went on a date with her latest suitor, Parker Delgato
Parker sure has the looks and charm , but he also has three large flaws: he is squeamish, mortal and married to a Sofia Bjergsen. Who just walked in
The awkward moment when you are trying to seduce another woman, but your wife gets seated to the table next to yours
(Sofia´s friend: "I should have stayed home tonight.")
At this point, Hermione got up to have a better look at the show
Bonus: Morgyn spent most of the evening at the bar, either drowning his sorrows or spying on his grown-up daughter. I am not sure which version is worse
In the end, Sofia and her long-suffering friend left without anyone getting bitten, and Parker went home with Hermione to spend the night with her [img][/img]
Hermione had a small gathering with her nearest and dearest. She accidentally invited Dominic, but he ignored her the whole party in favor of his true love - food. Milo and Jolene never showed up. Magnus did, despite having died recently.
Cassandra: "Is it true that Rowenna dumped you? I am so proud of her."
Caleb: Have I told you recently that I hate you?"
Christine: "Mom, you stole my syle!"
Lucille: "You are a loser! Ha!"
Morgan: silent judging. She and Lilith are expecting another child, so she needed extra money.
Morgyn and Cassandra decided to get married. I´ve had enough autonomous proposals, but this was the fist autonomous marriage I´ve had - even more, it took place between two sims I was not currently playing. Thank you, MCCC, for giving us such moments
Not the wedding I would have thrown them, but it was likely the most peace and alone time they could get.
Afterwards, Magnus and Hermione had a friendly duell
She promised him that she is going to bring him back to life as soon as she learns how.
@Becka28 Am very curious as to whats going to happen with Bjorn, Jessica and Diego. Lol at Jessica wearing heels to a bowling match. @AlwaysAsking I'll admit, I'm not a fan of Don Lothario but your story makes me want to give him a shot, he looks fun to play with.
Christopher received his acceptance letter from both universities and due to his skills and scouts program as a child, received scholarships that got him through university. His athletic scholarship had a requirement of him to be on the soccer team in order to maintain his scholarship. He joined the team quickly rose in the ranks of it. He attended Foxbury Institute.
Even when sick he would focus on the team and his school work. Though he would sometimes come back injured
Scarlet would come to visit him and Daniel as they moved off campus to attend class and he was excited to her his moves.
But he wasn't too good
Daniel forgot to apply for scholarships so he took in student loans...and forgot to pay them in time, which led to a visit from the repoman.
Christopher got into a fight with the repoman because he took his bike!
While studying, Christopher got a message from someone that they wanted to set him up for a blind date, and he accepted. He wasn't execting a woman though who was the same age as his mother though, so he politely turned down his date.
After 4 long weeks of studying hard, he graduated
He was proud of his portrait.
Daniel dropped out but joined a law firm. And with a better income, the two decided to move from Britechester and into an apartment in San Myshuno. It was a big apartment and forgot who used to live there...until Christopher walked into a bedroom and found a photo on a desk that must've been forgotten about. He looked at the picture and put it away for safe keeping. Meanwhile, Chelsea was also attending Foxbury Institute, she wanted to become a teacher and she worked hard. She soon graduated as well.Her sister Hallie, didn't attend but she found a job as a nurse aide.
Christopher was asked out on a date by a girl he met while at university.
Kali Hitchdock, she didn't attend Foxbury but instead Britechester uni, but she visited a shop in Foxbury, where she received many boo's.
Christopher told her not to worry about them and to shrug them off, she appreciated his words. While on the date, he noticed his family was having dinner and Scarlet, noticed him, she seemed happy he was on a date. He didn't feel any connection with Kali so he just offered to remain friends, she accepted.
One morning while getting ready for work, Christopher headed out and spotted Chelsea, he was happy to see her and wanted to catch up with her. He offered to have dinner or lunch together later that day, and Chelsea seemed reluctant but accepted.
Christopher worked as a detective, he liked sports but he decided he didn't want to make it his career, while at uni, he studied psychology to join the police force.While on the job, he texted Daniel that he saw Chelsea and was having dinner with her
Unfortunately, his work really took alot of energy from him, he worked so long a case stay a few extra hours on the job. With his plans ruined,he was angry at the person he arrested for making him stay longer He was really tired when he got home.
He sadly texted Chelsea, he had to reschedule dinner, but she didn't mind. The next at work, he made sure not to take too long, he wanted to catch up with Chelsea this time.And he made it, he learned that Chelsea worked as a teacher, and that they both attended the same universityHe told her, he now works as a detective, he was quite proud of it, Chelsea was surprised he didn't become a pro-athlete, as he had the skills, but it was his choice.
Christopher couldn't help but reminisce about their past dates, he thought to himself, that maybe they could work it out again, but it would be Chelsea's decision.
The newlyweds moved out, Noel and Chloe were catching last warm days in Sulani, and Ivy was feeling a little bit lonely, a little bit sad and a little bit old.
Luckily there's Potion of Rejuvenation!
(No, Muddy, don't even think about playing fetch with that stick.)
Refreshed and rejuvinated, Ivy invited her favorite Sage Simeon to spend some quality time in the sauna.
And yay, more babies are coming!
In the meantime Noel and Chloe were enjoying paradise winter on Sulani.
Because one thing Noel can't live without is fishing.
But then he met Duane Talla during the local festival and seems like it was the first time he paid attention to anything that's not fish
I'd say Duane was pretty straightforward about what he wanted with those bubbles
I totally ship you, guys, but it'll have to wait, because your mom's gonna give birth like RIGHT NOW!
Woops, it's twins!
Meet baby girls Fiona and Flora.
Luckily there's Potion of Plentiful Needs!
"Mom, I know you're very busy with the babies, but..."
"...there's this guy and he's super hot and... "
Luckily there's potion for everything!
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I will absolutely try to comment more, though!
@Becka28 yeah, I have the same issue. If there's something that jumps out at me, I comment on it, but otherwise sometimes I'm just not sure what to say!
@Hoverael went back and read your last post, will try and keep doing so
@Steamvarius I know I haven't commented on your posts before, and I'm sorry about that. One reason I haven't read your posts as much is because I've found it repetitive, and also the aesthetic kind of squicks me a little? (Which is my issue, absolutely not yours! Roddy is adorable, it's more the adult women with the big bright pink lips and, uh, enhancements that make me go 'huh'.) But honestly, I do have a lot of respect for just how much love and affection your family shows each other, and that you do your own unique thing!
@DarkAngel1994 oh jeez, so many toddlers! I don't blame Duchess for sleeping on top of the fridge, really! And yikes, maybe you should put a toddler-proof fence around the cowplant? (When Jamie was doing the Freelance Botanist aspiration, I built a doorless shed around it, then immediately deleted it once it was grown. They make me nervous!)
Time for New Year in-game, and that means that once the new year starts, I'll be turning on ageing, and turning on the MCCC options to allow marriage, pregnancy, and all that! A few Sims are not going to age - of the non-vampires, the Sages are immortal by virtue of their position, Jamie has taken the potion, and Johnny has lore reasons that'll be explained presently but I'll be turning on Immortal just in case anyway. Also a few aliens and other non-human characters (Crystal Gems, Aziraphale and Crowley, et cetera) won't be ageing either.
So things should start changing for other characters! When I do updates, I'll include what's going on. Should be interesting!
Before we jump over to Chateau Vest for the New Year celebrations, here is Sage, being a cat.
'Twas the night before Chri- whoops, wrong holiday.
Caleb's favourite appliance breaks ;_;
Lilith gains a new skill.
Johnny gets back from work.
Breakfast of leftovers, and then it's time to party!
New Year dawns! The TV room, where the midnight action will take place, gets decked out.
Confetti!!
Resolutions! Johnny is ambitious, so getting another aspiration milestone fits him well. For Caleb, the same - he just needs to make another three more friends to complete his Friend of the World aspiration! Lilith decides to exercise her creative muscles with some new skills, and resolves to write a book!
I am not sure what to call this dance move.
Dance battle! Johnny seems... a little more confident than Caleb.
Smooth moves!
...not so smooth move.
ngl I'd laugh too sorry Caleb.
"I'm okay! Nothing hurt but my dignity!"
"GREAT JOB BRO"
I mean it's great he's getting more comfortable around her!
Good new years TV!
Even the furries are getting in on it ;D
...I'm sorry is that Miss Hell flirting with Vlad?! Plus side, Caleb is too busy flirting with Johnny to notice...
It's almost time!
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 --
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
It's okay, Lilith. This'll be your year for finding your happiness! Caleb and Johnny are doing great - it's your turn to have a wonderful time!
Good night, but now the human is getting sleepy.
Caleb detaches himself from his boyfriend and shares a toast with Lilith.
Having a romantic partner is great, but for Caleb, his twin is his best friend for life (and unlife).
Johnny goes to bed, and the Vatores spend some much-needed time together.
Lilith goes to do her first workout of the year...
...while Caleb sends happy new years texts to everyone he knows...
...and goes to curl up next to his sleepy boyfriend.
Happy new year from Chateau Vest!
No you were right on the money they dont really care, her father was glad but her mother basically doesnt think shes good enough because of her rebellious ways.
Morgyn is a real mixed bag I feel like he's the type that threw himself into studying but never gave in to peer pressure so now all his awkwardness comes to front. He means well, sometimes.
All the sims err'day
Morgyn loves being a stay at home dad but he started thinking about his time in the magic realm and how much he misses mentoring people. It was so fulfilling helping sims understand magic, the look in their eyes when they finally got a spell perfect. He wished he could go back to that, and was also getting a bit antsy about not being employed. Then one day when he was eating, a thought popped into his head - Why doesn't he become a professor! That way he can continue to teach and still have time for his kids!
So he hopped on the computer and applied for university
He also applied for a scholarship - the Glimmerbrook resident one, so he could get out of some of those pesky student loans.
The thought of becoming a professor was so exciting to him that he immediately began to practice by helping Star with her homework
Now he had to play the waiting game, but a few days passed fairly quickly and soon the mail arrived. Morgyn eagerly went to the mailbox to fetch it.
Success! He was accepted, and even got accepted into three separate distinguished degrees as well! He also qualified for the scholarship. Morgyn was on a role!
Morgyn decided to go to Britechester university and do a psychology degree, because that sounded quite interesting to him.
This was just the beginning of his educational journey! He would make himself into the best teacher all of simdom had ever seen yet!
In the meantime, Star and Peitrie were spending quality time together, eating and doing arts and crafts
surprisingly i must admit i love their kitchen. i hate red and black combo because it looks cheap to me but wow i love the kitchen very much
I think we all feel like that sometimes. I personally feel like my posts get overlooked sometimes, and that I don't always get replies to comments I've made to people but this thread goes so fast it's easy to miss things. So much is going on, and a lot of the stories are so in depth that if you're not 100% keeping up with them you loose too much of the plot to understand what is going on. For that reason sometimes out of respect I skip over certain people's stories because I haven't seen the from the beginning and don't want to have to make them explain everything they've already put out.
I also tend not to always reply to things myself because sometimes I don't have the mental energy to type out replies to every single response I get, so I'd understand if people don't answer me because in the past I myself haven't responded to them. It's all a catch 22 really.
But in saying all of this, everybody's stories are equally awesome and creative, and just because I don't comment on them (or nobody else does) doesn't mean they aren't being seen/read and enjoyed. It's lovely just to see the diversity of everybody's games and just how everybody makes the sims world their own!
Yes, it is hard to keep up with everyone else's posts. This thread is moving really fast. I woke up and there were 29 posts!
I don't comment much because then it feels too cluttered here for me and it is hard to see some shorter updates. For me. So that's why I like or awesome the posts I read, which is the majority (As I said before I skip parts with long, like really long text). I like or awesome randomly, it dependes which "button" is closer to my cursor
I comment only when I have to unstoppable need, desire, to do so. Like when something really really catches me. Because then my comments would be like: I love it! I enjoy it! It is so cute! ... and that is very repetitive and imagine if everyone would do this here. That would be a real mess. I don't like mess.
Anyway, I am a simple girl. I see family - I like it. Which is for example @Jase 's Fresh legacy. It is lovely and fun to read. And I feel like he doesn't get enough love because he doesn't pop here so often. If you read this I'd like to say that yesterday I found your plum tree (in another thread) and it was great to see how the sims I know from this thread are connected!
hmm. alright, i'll give the hashtagging a try and see how that works out. Now i need to find a correct and up to date list of tags to use so i reach the right places on the matter.
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That would be fantastic and months ago i was looking for the same thing. So for now at least anything you think could be relevant to the stories would be helpful like the types of pictures or any questions you have, because keeping it engaging and having the community interacting with the Sandra story along the way means it should always remain interesting. As mentioned in a previous reply everyone has their own lives to run, so whenever you hve the time for it.
I'll take anything i can put into such stories by playing out the Huntington III family out as well to run alongside Sandra's family. a few replies back someone asked why Jameson was angry? so playing from that point of view of Jameson and Jade as well could solve that, even though it will get away from Sandra for one or two updates. it'll be a nice challenge as well to create another storyline for the occasional play into Jameson's life.
Yup and that is a question i'd like to answer on Jameson, and how he responds to Sandra herself, assuming she is even interested to come out to talk to him. That'll be an interesting conversation because now her son has chatted to him, she can't protect him from his fathers influence if he keeps coming around. That brings up an interesting question about Jade though, what does it mean for her when her husband is mysteriously disappearing?
interesting.. got some ideas floating around for the Huntington family going forward, just need to explore them out and come up with something going forward.
Sooooooooooooo recap, Luna and Samantha have been kidnapped. Despite Bruce saying not to get the cops involved, Ariel still called them.
Cop 1: "Good thing you called us, we're the best cops in the city!"
Crystal: "What's with the ghost?"
Cop 2: "She's our ghost sidekick! She has her own catchphrase!"
Ghost: "Those kidnappers don't stand a GHOST of a chance against us!"
Cop 1, Cop 2 and Ghost: "Oh hohohohohohoho!"
Yeah, let's not get the cops involved with this.
Bruce: "Computer, trace the last phone call from the kidnappers."
Computer: "Insert another 50 cents to complete this action."
Bruce: "Very well."
And there's Samantha!
Bruce: "Wait, JUST Samantha?"
Kidnapper: "Yeah, we only have one of your kids. That'll be $25,000."
Bruce: "Fine, here's the money and go. If I wasn't so disgusted in you I'd probably join you because this seems like an easy way to make a living!"
Hooray! Happy ending!!!....Well I mean, happy middle, that definitely wasn't the end....
Ariel: "What about Luna?"
Bruce: "Working on that."
If Bruce is going to find Luna he's going to have to pump those flabby arms.
And his workout machine got struck by lightning. If this isn't a message from the universe I don't know what is.
Meanwhile, Disney can suck an egg. If Bruce-Man is coming out of retirement he's going to go classic!................I mean he had to find a Boba Fett costume in his size....and unfortunately that XXX-Large Costume's helmet wasn't a one size fits all helmet so....This is as good as it's going to get. NOW he's going to get to the bottom of this kidnapping.
Uh oh, a Supervillaness has showed up! Perhaps she knows who kidnapped Luna.
But boy, did she pick an awful time to pick a fight with Bruce.
Superhero: "Hey boss, I'm coming back to base, was going to take down Sonya but.....her father looks particularly angry today."
Mustache-Man: "Oh man, I came here to raise terror. But alas, no one takes me seriously enough for me to do anything."
Bruce: "Now where's my daughter?"
Villainess: Gurgle gurgle
Bruce: "Ah yes, a crushed trachea. Went a little too hard on you.
Villainess: Guuuuuurrrr
Bruce: "Begone with you!"
Oh, Bruce got a call from the kidnappers. Turns out that Supervillainess had nothing to do with the kidnappers. Dang, she died for nothing.
Quick, pump those flabs.
Bruce: "Alright kids, going to rescue your sister. If I don't come back, continue doing what you're doing."
Bruce says, in a potential last message to his family.
This is it, the final confrontation with the people who kidnapped his daughter. It has all been building up....for the last 24 hours or so.....TO THIS!
Kidnappers: "Surprise! We lied, we also had your other daughter."
Bruce: "REALLY? Where did you even keep her?"
Kidnapper: "Well when you were rescuing your other daughter, we had this one stashed in a bush somewhere else."
Bruce: "You dastardly fiend!"
Kidnapper: "Yep, totally just did this so we can get another $25,000 out of you."
Bruce: "Sigh, well my kids are worth every penny! Even if that's one of the last pennies I had."
Mustache-Man: "I bet you were wondering who was the one that arranged this kidnapping. Turns out it was I, Mustache-Man, who bided my time for the last decade to enact my master plan!!!"
Mustache-Man: "Now, I awaken my true power and am no longer 'Mustache-Man'. Oh no, I am now....BIGOTE MALVADO!"
Bruce: "Dude, I'm having a tender reunion with my daughter!"
Bigote Malvado: "Aww, no one ever takes me seriously."
Hooray, Luna and Samantha have been saved! What a happy end-.
Bigote Malvado: "Not so fast! It may have taken me all day to walk to this island paradise from that one cave, but I, Bigote Malvado, am here to put an end to Bruce-Man!"
And so the battle between Bruce-Man and Bigote Malvado has begun!
Bruce: "Ah, my jaw and my entire body!"
Bigote Malvado: "AHHH, MY MUSTACHE!!!"
No one will ever take his Mustache seriously again.....because he's dead and will promptly be forgotten.
Sonya: "Seriously? Did you just try launching a sneak attack on me while my dad was fighting that Supervillain?"
Superhero: "We will bring you to justice one day, Sonya!"
Snap YAY! SONYA COMMITTED A MURDER! Wait what?
And time to wind it all down with the aftermath.
Bruce: "Seriously, leave Sonya alone! Her sisters were JUST rescued from a kidnapping!"
And that's when Ariel made a delicious turkey dinner to celebrate the return of Luna!
Bruce: "Man, using all those superpowers sure makes a man hungry, also being old and overweight makes me hungry as well."
Samantha: "Hey guys, you guys know I was kidnapped too right? Like, it seems like we're only celebrating Luna's return and not mine."
And no one cared.
But seriously, we should keep an eye on Sonya.
So long Mustache-Man, if only we knew that you were planning such atrocities while making those sand castles.
Thanks for the feedback. I guess that means that I keep doing what I do?
@DoloresGrey, 511.
Thank you for the feedback, also.
Recently, Roddy went to Villa Bovine:
When he had been seated, Roddy saw Grandpa Advarius, and chatted for a while, catching up on the adventures in Selvadorada. He and Shine were going over there again:
Roddy's food arrived, and he tucked in:
In no time at all, he finished his meal:
After his plate had been taken away, Roddy asked one of the waiters to send his compliments to the chef:
Roddy then paid for the bill:
And went home:
Spoiler time!
And then Carol gave him a big hug:
On the top floor, Roddy bought Carol up to speed with his and Shine's adventures in Selvadorada:
And then they had a cuddle:
Dudley then came upstairs and gave Carol a kiss on the cheek:
And then Carol and Dudley talked to each other:
Afterwards, Carol gave Roddy several big smooches on his face:
Roddy went bright red and giggled. Carol had covered his face in big, shiny, bright pink lipstick smooches:
He then used one of his makeup removal wipes:
Carol smiled and gave Roddy a big loving hug:
'Don't worry about the lack of gatherings, dearie. Me and Jessica Lacey understand that you're quite busy' Carol said:
'Thank you, Carol!' Roddy replied, relieved:
'You're welcome, dearie!' Carol said, smiling sweetly and batting her eyelashes at Roddy:
Carol then gave Roddy another big loving hug:
'Well, I'd better get going. See you later, Carol!' Roddy said, waving goodbye:
'See you, dearie! Have fun in Selvadorada!' Carol said, waving back. Roddy set off back to Dianthus Hall, and arrived safely.
And another spoiler!
'Are you ready to go, sweetie?' Shine asked:
'I'm ready, mummy!' Roddy replied, cheerfully:
'Then off we go!' Shine said, giving her firstborn another big loving hug:
The pair got in the taxi and set off for the airport.
I think a few more display cases might be in order:
1) Don't participate in activities unless I see them enjoyable regardless of other people's involvement.
2) Say genuinely nice things about other people's work or say nothing.
I comment when a comment pops up in my head, and when I have nothing else to say other than "I like your update" or "that's awesome!" I use the respective reaction buttons.
I don't seem to be able to get involved or interested in some people's stories, for different reasons, yet I don't feel like I must help someone improve or change them for me - there are many of us here, to each their own.
It's selfish both ways, yeah, but it's really not my goal here to become anyone's proofreader.
So no critisizm, constructive or not.
I wholeheartedly admire and appreciate what @AlwaysAsking or @Daephene or @sarabeth2984 and others are doing, commenting on every update, but not everyone here is ready for the same level of commitment and it's their call.
I already posted it here once, but that's what makes posts more attractive for me personally:
1) clear pictures of the sims you are talking about
2) finite number of characters I can keep track of
3) not much text, 3-5 lines in between pictures is what I'm comfortable with
4) less drama more fun - I like occasional drama, but constant drama tires me, fun is always fun
Thank you!
When Shine and Roddy arrived at Hillview Hideaway, Carla Robles was there. 'Hello again, Shine! It's good to see you!' Carla said, cheerfully. 'Good to see you too, Carla!' Shine replied. Carla smiled and walked over to Roddy:
'Hello sweetiepie! How are you doing?' She asked:
'I'm doing fine Carla!' Roddy replied cheerfully. 'Awww, that's good to hear!' Carla said, beaming. She gave Roddy a big smooch on the cheek:
'Nice hairstyle there, Carla!' Roddy said, cheerfully:
'Thank you, sweetiepie!' Carla said, smiling sweetly. She gave Roddy a big loving hug:
'I'd best let you get on with unpacking. See you later, you two!' Carla said, waving goodbye to Shine and Roddy. 'See you, Carla!' Roddy waved back. When Carla had left, Roddy and Shine unpacked. Afterwards, they had a cuddle on the sofa:
This calls for a spoiler.
This tourist was feeling angry, so Roddy came over to see what he could do to calm him down:
Roddy managed to get the tourist to calm down:
Meanwhile, Shine had just identified the artifact as a genuine vase. Nancy Landgraab came over to chat:
The Landgraabs lived in Oasis Springs, the same place that Dina and Henry, the Furystrykar twins and Amber Stein (my version of her, anyway) lived. Shine and Nancy chatted together:
'Oh yeah, this is my son, Roddy' Shine said, smiling. 'Hello!' Roddy said, waving:
'Hello Roddy!' Nancy said, waving back:
Nancy gave Roddy a hug:
Roddy then chatted to Nancy, talking about the previous trips to Selvadorada:
And then Nancy gave Roddy a kiss on the cheek:
Nancy Landgraab turned to Shine. 'Your son is very cute' she said:
'Thank you, Nancy. Roddy's very understanding of people, and he doesn't like seeing a friend of his feel sad. That's why he usually tries to calm people down' Shine said, looking fondly at Roddy:
'That's really sweet!' Nancy said, smiling at Roddy. She then blew a raspberry at Roddy, making him laugh:
After talking for another few hours, Roddy and Shine said goodbye to Nancy Landgraab and went back to Hillview Hideaway.
@DoloresGrey I figured the red and black combo was something Caleb would pick out! Signature colours and all! There's more yellow along with red in the living room to account for Lilith's taste, and the study is much more Lilith's domain, colour-wise. I wanted to balance it out.
@DoodlyDoofus I honestly have no idea what to say about those cops other than a long, drawn-out groan. One daughter rescued, at least! Yeah, pretty much anyone wanting to get in Bruce's way is going to have a rough time. Gasp, Mustache-Man!! WIPE THAT 'STACHE OFF HIS FACE. ...Oh okay and take some of his face with it. A happy ending!
@Steamvarius yeah
I'm now dipping my toe into the water on the issue to see how cold or hot it is. Created a new starter and it's on the gallery now with those hashtags as mentioned. Now depends what happens, if there is enough interest within a few hours, then i may add it to more stuff in the future.
Any way, Bob and Eliza ended up having triplets! 3 boys, Alan, Bernardo and Ulysses. I gave the babies a more fitting room and hired them a nanny, no way can that be easy!
There's actually been quite a lot of boys born and a lot of women pregnant with twins. Unfortunately many have had to end because they were with teens, married men or extremely random sims
Thank you! Every time my sims start a new collection, I tend to add another few display cases, increasing the length of the collection room.
Back at Hillview Hideaway, Shine and Roddy saw Carla Robles yet again. 'Hello again, Shine and Roddy!' Carla said. 'Hello Carla!' Roddy said, waving. Carla smiled and gave Roddy a big hug:
'What's been happening in your family sweetiepie?' Carla asked. 'Well, I went out for a meal at Villa Bovine, in Newcrest. I bumped into Grandpa Advarius, and we caught up. Then I went to see Carol Brinson, a friend of mine, and a member of The Order of the Pink. I'm the leader of the Order of the Pink' Roddy said. 'Seems like you've been quite busy, sweetiepie!' Carla said, cheerfully. Then she gave Roddy several big smooches on the face:
Roddy went bright red and giggled. Carla had covered his face in big lipstick smooches:
Roddy then used a makeup removal wipe:
'I think you're awesome, Carla!' Roddy said, beaming:
'Thank you sweetiepie!' Carla said, smiling sweetly at Roddy:
Roddy and Shine then said goodbye to Carla, and went inside.
Spoiler time.
Shine tucked him in:
And gave him several big smooches on his face:
Shine had covered Roddy's face in big, shiny, bright pink lipstick smooches:
'Sweet dreams, sweetie!' Shine whispered:
Shine then changed into her favourite sleepwear outfit:
And climbed into bed, falling asleep instantly:
And another spoiler.
A bit later, Shine woke up and changed into one of her hot weather outfits:
Shine then went to the vanity table and got freshened up, reapplying her shiny, bright pink lipstick:
Roddy watched:
Shine then sprayed herself with her favourite selvadoradan bee and spider repelling perfume:
She then checked herself in the mirror:
Shine then gave Roddy several big smooches on his face:
Roddy went bright red and giggled. Shine had covered his face in big, shiny, bright pink lipstick smooches:
'Thanks for the lipstick smooches, mummy!' Roddy said, still blushing, but smiling brightly. He removed the lipstick smooches from his face using one of his makeup removal wipes:
Shine smiled, and gave her son a big loving hug:
'You're welcome, sweetie! Ready to go exploring?' Shine asked, smiling sweetly and batting her eyelashes at Roddy:
'I'm ready for more adventure, mummy!' Roddy replied:
Shine smiled and gave her firstborn another big loving hug:
Then the pair cuddled:
'Then off we go!' Shine said, cheerfully:
The pair set off for the trailhead.
@sarabeth2984 Thank you
@AlwaysAsking Interesting to read about Thorne's experience and feelings about Don.
@DoodlyDoofus Happy both Luna & Samantha were saved from kidnappers.
Angela & Lilith
As a Foxbury spirit member Lilith put toilet paper on the statue at UBrite.
The student in black & white shirt disliked her action. So Lilith taunted his UBrite university.
Angela painted with the arts guild. Right now the arts guild seems to be the only guild in my game that isn't bugged. For the other guilds no members show up or it is impossible to visit lots when a guild happens there. Hope it is fixed soon.
Lilith became friends with servo Mac.
Both girls got A++ on their exams.
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The life of my sims. Elina & Don.
Don might be gone, but his memory lives on in his many children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. If only his gravestone wasn´t missing...
@ryttu3k
Thanks for the sources. Can´t blame you for evicting the Villareals - premade houses tend to have the best locations, especially in smaller worlds like Glimmerbrook and Forgotten Hollow.
I have some kids and teens in my other save that I want to send to Uni, but I am waiting for it to come to sale before I get it, too many bugs to pay a full price for me. From this save I´d send Ryan for sure, the gloomy, forgotten middle child who has the misfortune to be the only human in the family of vampires and spellcasters, he needs something going on in his life too
I have been thinking of merging my saves, both to save my faves from mourning their mortal family and friends and because I really miss the rest of my sims. The only problem is that it would mean that I would have two different versions of Caleb, Morgyn, Cassandra, Lilith and Morgan Fyres running around, because I refuse to give up on either version. But then again it´s the Sims, having a clone from another universe is likely not even the strangest thing that could happen
@AlwaysAsking
Hermione´s breakup with Dominic was only briefly mentioned, with no pics, so it´s entirely possible that you may have missed it.
The geme give this version of Cassandra the self-assured trait upon aging up to young adult, so she surely is not suffering from being too shy to take what she wants.
Morgyn is not the type to pass a chance to wear a pretty dress. Cassandra´s witch outfit is a homage to the other Cassandra, who is indeed a witch.
I never got around to telling you what become of Alexander Goth´s son, who was still a toddler at the time of his death. Lots of time has passed since then, that´s what the now teenage boy looks like
So what has Hermione been up to of late?
She travelled to the Magical Realm to feed her pet cowplant, Mara. Isn´t she cute?
Hermione and Emmanuel dated for two days before breaking up. It didn´t take him long to get over her, because he married someone else the next day. Makes me wonder to whose infidelity the MCCC notification was referring to...
Paka´a Uha, the notorious vampire-lover, knocked up yet another vampire lady. His wife appears to be unaware of it, since they are still together.
Caleb´s wife Rowenna divorced him because he is a vampire. Umm... maybe you shouldn´t have married him to begin with, then, because everyone who spends five minutes with Caleb could tell that he is one? The guy hisses a lot. As the divorce left him homeless, Hermione offered him a place to stay. Caleb cooks for her and she provides him with the potion of plentiful needs, one dose being enough to take care of his thirst for a day.
Morgyn visited and set himself in fire. Why do they never learn to not stand too close to the fireplace?
Lily invited Caleb to Myshuno Meadows to talk. He tried to impress her with his bartending skills
but poor Lily was too busy giving herself a pep talk to notice
"What is wrong with you? Why did you call him, have you forgotten what happened the last time? No, we are just friends, it´s alright..."
Once she calmed down enough to sit down, Caleb was able to share the suspicion he´d had for some time now
Caleb: "I think that Don was murdered. Call me a fool if you want, but people don´t generally get striken by lightning while indoors."
Lily: "A murder? I heard that there was a curse involved, something to do with the relics he used to love so?"
Caleb: "A cover-up, nothing more. Who else can summon lightning? Spellcasters. One of whom happens to be the person who found him. Makes you wonder."
Lily: "You believe that Morgyn... and Cassandra? No, it makes no sense. What could they have had to win from Don´s death? Absurd. It was a curse and end of the story. What you need, my dear, is a hobby. All these cooking shows have addled your brain."
As he had failed to convince Lily in his conspiracy theories, Caleb decided to turn on his charm instead to make use of the cozy, empty room. Sadly for him and his hopes for good time, all his attempts to flirt with Lily ended the way they are bound to end with two people with fully red romance bar between them - badly. What he did learn was that following their divorce a decade ago, Lily ended her career in business and has since then become a sucessful actress. Makes sense, since the film industry would love someone who is not gonna lose her good looks.
Hermione went on a date with her latest suitor, Parker Delgato
Parker sure has the looks and charm
The awkward moment when you are trying to seduce another woman, but your wife gets seated to the table next to yours
(Sofia´s friend: "I should have stayed home tonight.")
At this point, Hermione got up to have a better look at the show
Bonus: Morgyn spent most of the evening at the bar, either drowning his sorrows or spying on his grown-up daughter. I am not sure which version is worse
In the end, Sofia and her long-suffering friend left without anyone getting bitten, and Parker went home with Hermione to spend the night with her [img][/img]
Hermione had a small gathering with her nearest and dearest. She accidentally invited Dominic, but he ignored her the whole party in favor of his true love - food. Milo and Jolene never showed up. Magnus did, despite having died recently.
Cassandra: "Is it true that Rowenna dumped you? I am so proud of her."
Caleb: Have I told you recently that I hate you?"
Christine: "Mom, you stole my syle!"
Lucille: "You are a loser! Ha!"
Morgan: silent judging. She and Lilith are expecting another child, so she needed extra money.
Morgyn and Cassandra decided to get married. I´ve had enough autonomous proposals, but this was the fist autonomous marriage I´ve had - even more, it took place between two sims I was not currently playing. Thank you, MCCC, for giving us such moments
Not the wedding I would have thrown them, but it was likely the most peace and alone time they could get.
Afterwards, Magnus and Hermione had a friendly duell
She promised him that she is going to bring him back to life as soon as she learns how.
To be continued...
@AlwaysAsking I'll admit, I'm not a fan of Don Lothario but your story makes me want to give him a shot, he looks fun to play with.
Christopher received his acceptance letter from both universities and due to his skills and scouts program as a child, received scholarships that got him through university. His athletic scholarship had a requirement of him to be on the soccer team in order to maintain his scholarship. He joined the team quickly rose in the ranks of it. He attended Foxbury Institute.
Scarlet would come to visit him and Daniel as they moved off campus to attend class and he was excited to her his moves.
But he wasn't too good
Daniel forgot to apply for scholarships so he took in student loans...and forgot to pay them in time, which led to a visit from the repoman.
Christopher got into a fight with the repoman because he took his bike!
While studying, Christopher got a message from someone that they wanted to set him up for a blind date, and he accepted. He wasn't execting a woman though who was the same age as his mother though, so he politely turned down his date.
He was proud of his portrait.
Christopher was asked out on a date by a girl he met while at university.
Christopher told her not to worry about them and to shrug them off, she appreciated his words.
Unfortunately, his work really took alot of energy from him, he worked so long a case stay a few extra hours on the job. With his plans ruined,he was angry at the person he arrested for making him stay longer
He sadly texted Chelsea, he had to reschedule dinner, but she didn't mind.
Christopher couldn't help but reminisce about their past dates, he thought to himself, that maybe they could work it out again, but it would be Chelsea's decision.
Luckily there's Potion of Rejuvenation!
(No, Muddy, don't even think about playing fetch with that stick.)
Refreshed and rejuvinated, Ivy invited her favorite Sage Simeon to spend some quality time in the sauna.
And yay, more babies are coming!
In the meantime Noel and Chloe were enjoying paradise winter on Sulani.
Because one thing Noel can't live without is fishing.
But then he met Duane Talla during the local festival and seems like it was the first time he paid attention to anything that's not fish
I'd say Duane was pretty straightforward about what he wanted with those bubbles
I totally ship you, guys, but it'll have to wait, because your mom's gonna give birth like RIGHT NOW!
Woops, it's twins!
Meet baby girls Fiona and Flora.
Luckily there's Potion of Plentiful Needs!
"Mom, I know you're very busy with the babies, but..."
"...there's this guy and he's super hot and... "
Luckily there's potion for everything!
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