#&&. like planned 8D

[hyakunana]

Things had not changed so much. He could be patient. He would tell Osiris this story, too, when they were face to face once more.

[britcision]

Y’all really built Ludinus up to something special and dramatic to justify “we don’t have time this campaign to fight the eight evil wizards we planned on so it’s time for Sexy Dark Espionage”

He’s still the dumb bitch Essek told to try making friends some time and hired Trent, Delilah, and Vess… and promoted Astrid, who is ABSOLUTELY the puma who will eat his face, to Archmage

He doesn’t make good life choices

[storybounded]

@rathalascendant

"I promise, we'll find your perfect match." Lisa reassured.

Entering Starshine Ranch from behind, the cowgirl took the lead, able to navigate the area as if it was the back of her hand. With no way home for Mari in sight, and Ratha unable soar freely in the skies, it made sense for her friend to have another mode of transport. Vehicles were definitely off the list for a number of reasons. And the red-head had already spent quite some time giving her lessons by using a docile horse.

While there were similarities to riding a monstie, horses were quite a bit different in behavior, gaits, tack, and build. Lisa just wanted to ensure there was a clear understanding; she would feel awful if Mari got hurt due to negligence on Lisa's behalf.

"Have there been horses you've been eyeing during practice?"

[aria0fgold]

DON'T SMILE AT ME LIKE THAT I NEED THE DEETS!!! My mind is blown, I need the details of the plan immediately. Like what happened????? This is some NICE level of planning and mystery and I gotta KNOW HOW!!! I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!

[mable-stitchpunk]

I'm back with silly fanart of the home series! because it's one of the few things keeping me sane this semester. I'm planning on doing some character notes before I do another comic practice, it's gonna be Foxy and Jeremy, so I am going to need it, anyway-- FANART!

Less this time, because the other one I did was one of the character notes but I wanna have them all before I share them, and I totally did not start with a certain clown trio (with honorary bunny member) because I am totally not biased.

OOOOO, I COME BACK ON TO POST LINKS AND I FIND ART WAITING! 8D And such good art! GOD THESE WOULD MAKE EXCELLENT COVERS- especially the first one! 8D The third one for the Clownwell spinoff, because Ennard looks so ominous I love it so much ahsgdjsksk!?! You wouldn't have any idea that these two are actually so soft and that's such a cool angle, I love it!

But don't let me pass over the second one! I love this angle of Mike- that's the smirk of a man who knows he has a lovable attack puppet, and that the menacing smile of a lovable attack puppet if I've ever seen one! You make them look like such a good team! 8D

I have GOT to start paying you for these, my friend! YOU ARE FEEDING ME TOO WELL, NOW I SHALL USE THIS TO KINDLE THE FIRE! Really though, you have helped me through some rough times, your art too! I went through a rocky patch a little while back and seeing all the care you've put into these, and seeing the story actually come to life before my eyes, it's helped a whole lot. Really.

*Hugs tightly* Oh, thank you so much for this! These are beautiful, and I look at them often so every time I see that you sent something I get so excited. 😊 Now I'm going to go show these off! 8D

[protoindoeuropean]

Can you tell us more about you're trip to Kazakhstan!

I recently watched a doc about their crazy population struggles over the last century and it has made me v interested. What was it like travelling there, how did you get around etc

Of course! I was there for two weeks with my friends and though we covered quite a lot of ground all things considered (Kazakhstan is just huge; it can fit 134 Slovenias :p), we had to pick and choose what to see (read: I had to pick and choose and the others agreed hahah) and still out time there was pretty packed.

෴ anyway I love talking about stuff like this, so I'm putting it under the cut, it's gonna get long Ꜣ) ෴

We started out in Astana and the city is really interesting, I have to say the authoritarian architecture with the central promenade is really fascinating,

but the other parts of the city are also interesting and I liked both the Expo center and the National Museum.

It does feel more plain than Almaty, though, and the planned-city aspect does come to fore when there's the slightest bit of rain and half the roads are suddenly under water.

Then we flew down to the Caspian sea (as predicted :p), the Mañğystau region, and started our 2-day tour (and had breakfast), setting off to the Karagiye (Qaraqia) depression (the road we were on goes to -116 m, the lowest point of the depression is at -134 m), the Ustyurt (Üstırt) plateau – the Sor Tuzbair (Tūzbair sory) dry salt lake (yesterday's pic is from there), the Sherkala (Şerqala) rock, the Köqala rock with petrified plants and trees, the valley of balls, the Shakpak Ata (Şaqpaq Ata) underground mosque – all just really really awesome things to see.

Honestly, I initially wanted us to go to the more inner part of the plateau as well, but we were there for just two days and that was already more than enough off-road driving, especially since there was more to come. Oh and our guide did have an English dictionary in the car lol but my best friend is fluent in Russian so she was translating for us – she also dealt with finding the tour because that's easier to find and cheaper to arrange on Russian-language sites.

Initially, I also wanted us to go to Baikonur, but that's officially Russian territory and a military object, so visitors from unfriendly countries are unfortunately (– in the tour organizer's words) not welcome ("hopefully that changes in the future"). And though it would be interesting to see the Aral sea up close and Baikonur even from some distance, the 30-hour train-ride + missing out on some other part(s) of the trip was not worth it.

Instead we took a plane from Aqtau to Shymkent (Şymkent) – I did end up seeing the Aral sea from above! – and then a taxi to Turkistan (Türkıstan). There we saw the Mausoleum of Ahmed Khoja Yasawi, went to the 8D flying theater (as cringy as the history of Kazakhstan presentation part is, with fake props and stuff, the part where they strap you in and have you virtually fly around the country is pretty awesome, ngl), had an interesting airbnb experience (tl;dr at the insistence of others we switched to a hotel) and went to the Otrar (Otyrar) archaeological site, again with a taxi, and almost died of the heat there – coincidentally we were there on the first of the two days when the hottest day on record world temerature records were broken one after another; it was something like 45°C and very little shade.

It was really interesting being in this part of Kazakhstan, because it was obvious that while Russian still got you farther than English, fewer people had a good knowledge of it. For some, my level of Russian was closer to theirs than that of my friend who speaks it fluently.

Anyway, then we did get on a train and took a 17-hour overnight ride to Almaty Ꜣ) We spet a day washing our clothes there, walked around the city a bit (went to the Baikonur metro station, at least, lmao) – it reminded me much more of Bishkek than Astana, it's much greener than the latter, for one. But the next day we were already on our way on a 4-day tour around this part of the country.

We spent two days in the Altyn Emel national park – both the white mountains and the volcanic rocks of Qatutau were awesome, but the best part was still the sand dunes (even if we didn't hear them sing) and seeing a Przewalski horse with a foal galloping around (my pic of that is not the best, but still)! Though I made a mistake in taking my shoes off before going up the sand dune and leaving them there at the bottom because when we then ran down the steeper part of the sand dune and ended up on another side of it, the sand there was extremely hot and I had to run from one grass bush – and the minimal amount of shade that provided – to another... but I made it, eventually. That day we had lunch in the only Uyghur-majority village in Kazakhstan (and were again wondering what makes lagman lagman because the different versions we've had on the trip differed to the point that no ingredient was the same, but it was still called lagman... we never got to the bottom of it) and slept over in the radioactive spa (not what it's actually called, it's just that the hot spring water there is rich in radon, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯).

The following day we continued on to lake Tūzköl (which is not included in most of these tour plans that are offered, so we had to ask for that to be included separately because I insisted; initially I was looking at a tour that goes on into the Bayankol (Baiynköl) valley, but that tour provider turned out not to exist anymore so I was looking for something similar, and there was nothing really – the tour we found was on indyguide, I believe, and ended up being great, but it was also a compromise of what can fit into a 4-day tour anyway) – this was probably my favorite part of the tour, including the road to there (whence the pictures of the bus stops – one of my friends who's really into this Soviet-style architecture was so overjoyed when we stumbled upon them, she almost cried hahah), and I've posted pictures from the lake before too :D I went a bit around the lake on my own and I met some Kazakh ladies, one was there with a daughter who's an art student (in Almaty) and spoke English as well so we could chat a bit more (I did talk to the older ladies in Russian too), it was just really nice.

On the way to Charyn (Şaryn) canyon, which was also really impressive, we had lunch and danced with the ladies who prepared it lol, and the last day with lakes Kölsai and Kaindy (Qaiyñdy) was also great – both are mountain lakes, so that's a bit more familiar, but Kaindy especially with the tree spikes was quite fascinating. By the time we got back to Almaty we were really tired, but still went out for drinks – and just walking around, on the wall on some random hospital, I saw the most beautiful mural I'd ever seen...

We did also go to the Almaty market (that was when I could ask the taxi driver about the Uyghur situation, as I'd posted about), where I got a nice book and also had to do a double-take at this old lady walking around polishing a dildo – and then I saw that they're selling them just like that on the stands among other random stuff like shirts and tea pots and chess sets, as you will... Then we also just walked around the city – went to a small gallery, to a student quarter and ended the trip by going to the Auyl restaurant nestled in the mountains above Almaty.

There was a lot that happened in just those two weeks and I loved it!

[labuenosairesfrancaise]

Alderley House

Hi guys!!

I'm sharing Alderley House. This is the 17th building for my English Collection.

I decorated most of the house, for reference, but with some simple furniture as I found here: https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/629174/doc_0_96.pdf

History of the house: Alderley House is a mid-19th century 23,843 square feet (2,215.1 m2) Grade II listed country house designed by Lewis Vulliamy and built for Robert Blagden Hale in the Cotswold village of Alderley, near Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire, England. It was built on the site of The Lower House, a 17-century manor house built by Sir Matthew Hale, a lawyer. The house is situated immediately to the southwest of St Kenelm's Church. In 2009 it was sold to an American oil executive who restored the house as a private home after 70 years serving as a preparatory school, Rose Hill School.

The Hales of Alderley were a prominent gentry family in the Wotton-under-Edge area of Gloucestershire from the early 17th century to the early 20th century. Alderley, located 2 miles south of Wotton-under-Edge, was home to the Hale family, starting with Robert Hale who built West End House in 1608. Robert's son, Sir Matthew Hale, purchased the manor of Alderley in 1656 and had The Lower House built between 1656 and 1662.

Sir Matthew Hale, a jurist, was raised by a relative and became religiously devout. He lived near St Kenelm's Church and had a right of way granted to his manor house. Sir Matthew Hale resigned as Lord Chief Justice in 1676 due to ill-health and retired to Alderley, passing away the same year. His estate was inherited by his grandchildren, and West End House was bequeathed to his daughter, Mary.

After Sir Matthew Hale's death, The Lower House remained the family seat for over a century until another Matthew Hale rebuilt The Upper House between 1776 and 1780, making it the new family home.

In 1805, Robert Hale Blagden Hale inherited the properties in Alderley, which included The Upper House as the main family residence. In the 1830s, his eldest son, Robert Blagden Hale, chose to set up his independent household at The Lower House due to prevailing Victorian attitudes about the separation of male and female servants. In 1844, he added a new service wing with a distinctive crow-stepped gable designed by Lewis Vulliamy to The Lower House.

After his father's death in 1855, Robert Blagden Hale, who was a Tory MP for West Gloucestershire, inherited the family properties, including Cottles House in West Wiltshire. He resigned as an MP in 1857 and sold Cottles House to focus on becoming a country gentleman. In 1859, he demolished both The Upper House and most of The Lower House to build a new manor house named Alderley House in a fashionable style, designed by Lewis Vulliamy. The new house utilized materials from the demolished structures, including one of the staircases.

Alderley House was constructed with ashlar and a Cotswold stone slate roof, featuring a heron's head motif (the Hale family crest) above Robert Blagden Hale's initials on the entrance porch. The house followed a double-pile plan with rooms facing outwards from a central wall, a design common in country houses from the Restoration period. The total cost of building Alderley House, including decoration, furnishings, and architect's commission, was £16,746 15s 8d, making it a modestly priced country house compared to others of the Victorian period.

For mor information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alderley_House

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This house fits a 64x64  lot, but I think you can make it a 50x40 if you lose the church, the stables and the service building.

The church is just for pictures purpose and is empty inside.

Hope you like it.

You will need the usual CC I use:

all Felixandre cc

all The Jim

SYB

Anachrosims

Regal Sims

King Falcon railing

The Golden Sanctuary

Cliffou

Dndr recolors

Harrie cc

Tuds

Lili's palace cc

Please enjoy, comment if you like it and share pictures with me if you use my creations!

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@sims4palaces

Early Access: 07/01/2024

Download: https://www.patreon.com/posts/108520278

[ifearzombies]

Headcanons about Living in the HOL

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Now for more!

- You have suggested therapy to the brothers. A lot. They still haven’t agreed, but you’re going to keep trying because even with you doing all you do FUCKING HELL do these boys have trauma to deal with.

- You’ve gone down and visited Lilith’s memorial in the basement a several times. You talk to her and occasionally lay a flower on her ‘grave’ and thank her for helping you in the small ways she’s been able to.

- You hired an artist to make a family portrait and have everyone in it; even Lilith. It hangs in the living room over the fireplace.

- You’ve grown to... tolerate Solomon’s cooking. You’ve told him point blank that the food isn’t really edible. You’ve told him he’s terrible at cooking. But it’s in one ear and out the other. It normally goes as such:      MC: “Solomon. Honey. I love you. But your cooking is rancid!”      Solomon: “You love me?!” 8D “Let me make you dinner!”

- Diavolo has plans for you to eventually teach at RAD. Mostly to teach about Earth history and cultures; which has led to you studying extra hard and wondering why Solomon isn’t going to be helping you teach since he’s lived through history. But Diavolo’s plan is for him to teach ancient languages.

- You spend some nights at the palace every month. The brothers always get jealous when you go. Especially when you come back with a tell-tale limp. Or being carried back home.

- You were sadly at ground zero when Luke snuck into Asmo’s room and his innocence became lost since Asmo had porn of himself playing on his laptop and was ‘enjoying’ it (because of course he faps to videos of himself). You tried to stop the little angel but he’s like an actual child and darts the moment you blink. Simeon was outraged, but you pointed out that Luke didn’t knock. Asmo was glad you stuck up for him because he was certain he was headed for a bath of holy water otherwise. It took Luke a month before he could stand to be around Asmo again. It took longer for Luke to look at him again.

- Since Satan is not allowed to have a real cat (not that Satan cares as he has at least 10 ‘hidden’ ones), Mammon bought him a realistic robot cat for his room. Satan nearly cried tears of joy. Satan did cry when a book-a-lance fell and broke it. Lucifer replaced it so that Satan didn’t start destroying stuff once the sadness went away.

- Lucifer knows about the cats. He lets Satan think it’s a secret so that Satan won’t try to get an amount that would be noticeable. You found this out when you went to bring Lucifer some coffee and found him petting one of Satan’s cats. You were sworn to secrecy.

- You tried edible underwear with Beel once. And only once. He accidentally bit your thigh and you have small scars from the indents of his teeth. He felt awful about it, still does, and anytime he’s between your legs for fun he kisses the scars in apology. Also he found the rest of the edible underwear you’d intended to use with others and ate them like a snack. You’ve decided to not bother with them anymore.

- Belphie and Satan ask you to every Anti-Lucifer League meeting. If you don’t attend, they email you the minutes of their meeting to see if you wanna join in in pranks.

- Despite your bedroom lock being enchanted, Diavolo can and has waltzed into your room and started cuddling you. Barbatos chastizes him every time as he comes in with him, but it still happens.

- You have shown Simeon the movie ‘Sister Act’. It’s now his favorite movie. You two sometimes sing ‘Ave Maria’ together, stomping and clapping the beat. Luke joins in when he can.

-You had a custom plush made for Levi of his goldfish. He cried tears of joy and it now sits in a glass case in his room.

[prof-ramses]

A Mammon Analysis Written By A Mammon Kinnie! :8D

It's time to make y'all love this magnificent bastard even more than you already do so we can finally have something just happen in this fandom!

First off, the analysis.

A lot of people seem to think of Mammon as "dumb" or "oblivious", when he's far from either. Mammon is actually a very intelligent and attentive person, but just like most subtle things about him, it can be hard to notice because of his eccentricities.

As far as I see it, Mammon views everything he does as an investment to some extent, whether it be a literal monetary one or one of time, effort and/or attention. This is also one of the big things that make him so relatable to me. It's also worth noting that as a flipside to this, he also sees any option he's presented with in terms of physical or emotional value and trying to maximize said value as much as possible.

Mam doesn't interrupt "Two Minutes Notice" not because he's stupid, but because insults don't truly detract from the value of him or anything he has, not to mention the fact that he could tell that a lot of people would be willing to buy the song, just look how many are hanging of Fizz's every word when he describes having a crappy boss.

Likewise, criticizing Fizz's weight is something Mam solely does because it helps profits and has no genuine personal issue with Fizz potentially getting chunkier.

This shows something else interesting about Mammon, he doesn't really want to do destructive things, people just keep giving him every reason to do so, he's not dangerous on his own.

Every action Mam takes that makes Fizz uncomfortable is a direct result of him catering to what the consumers want, whether it be religiously watching his spokesman's weight for the sake of keeping the skinny sex-bots accurate, or forcing a mentally unstable person to spend a lot of time socializing to get people to pay admission for a meet-&-greet.

There's also the fact that he runs Greed in such a way that benefits Hell as a whole way more than Ozzie and Bee do. Admittedly, he over charges for his products, but said products are up to snuff, you'd expect him to peddle cheap junk that falls apart almost instantly, but no, he makes quality products and just charges extra. He really is a shrewd businessman when you get down to it, and that's something a lot of people have sadly overlooked when discussing our favorite spider.

Which brings me to my next point, Mammon being a spider is actually really clever, assuming what I'm about to describe was intended and not just me reading too much into a cheap Australia joke. Spiders are often shown as eerie and a way of reminding the viewer of a piece of media that nature can be scary, and though they do some really weird and freaky stuff, that's also the beauty of spiders. They have some of the most innovative and distinct hunting patterns in nature, they're more of a neutral presence, just like greed itself.

I've seen many people claim in their analysis of Mammon that "greed can't be good" which is just demonstrably untrue, greed is really just any action that prioritizes bettering oneself, it's only destructive if you are willing to be destructive, but even then it can lead to innovation and broad positive change, even if someone is worse off because of it.

Lastly, I want to discuss Mammon's obvious need for personal affection, the big guy is blatantly touch starved and craves a close connection, I have a rather headcanon-y idea about the origin of this behavior and I plan to link to it once I post about it in detail, but that can wait. However, this does reflect that idea of value and investment, Mam has yet to find someone who is both pleasant for him to be around and whose company has a reasonable "price". I see many possibilities for exploring this facet of his characterization and look forward to seeing the discussion about it grow.

Stay tuned for my HCs and theories about his Stinginess! ALL HAIL MAMMON!

[istadris]

I keep thinking about what would be the reactions of the Mario Gang (Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser and even Daisy at this point) if Dimentio ever came back from the Underwhere, more demented and obsessed for Luigi than before. Better yet, what would the villains that are after Luigi think of this guy and his plan for the scared lil plumber? Like, would King Boo try to use it to his advantage or be absolutely raging that someone has caused Luigi more trauma than him and is actively trying to take his trophy away? Would Antasma use those memories to make Luigi experience the worse night terrors of his life to feed on or would he try to shoo Dimentio away cause he doesn't want to share Luigi's powers with anyone?

Anon, you send me the loveliest asks >8D

For the gang, I think it's safe to assume it would be shoot on sight policy as soon as they spotted him. And if he seemed even more obsessed with Luigi and trying to hurt him ? Mario would throw HANDS. Go feral at the sight of that fucker who tortured and ended his bro's game. Forget the hammer, Mario will BITE.

Bowser I think wouldn't take too kindly to Dimentio either. Firstly because he HATES being manipulated or upstaged by another villain. And one who almost succeeded in beating the Bros ? That clown is going DOWN.

Peach is often mistaken as meek or too naive because she sometimes gives chances to villains...but she has her limits. And Dimentio hasn't just crossed them, he's blown them away with dynamite, and now she is NOT going to play nice. Especially if poor Luigi is endangered again.

It's funny you mention Daisy because, given she's the only one who hasn't interacted with Dimentio before. So imagine her surprise when her usually so kind and mellow friends suddenly bring out lethal weapons at the sight of what she assumes to be some second-rate B-villain.

Would King Boo prefer to defeat Luiig alone or would he accept help...hmmm, tough question. On one hand, he's worked with other ghosts before, as long as they aligned with his own purposes. On the other hand, he's an egocentric maniac who has grown more and more unhinged with each defeat. Not to mention that if Dimentio is still obsessed with Luigi's power as the Chaos Heart's host, King Boo is certainly not going to let anyone get more powerful thanks to Luigi. That pesky plumber is annoying enough as he is!

YOU MENTIONNED ANTASMA I LOVE YOU EVEN MORE!!!

I have SO MANY headcanons about Antasma, especially post Dream Team in the even that he survives. I think his biggest mistake was to underestimate both Bowser AND Luigi : he didn't think Bowser would be smart enough to cross him, nor that Luigi's Dream abilities would be so powerful. If he managed to come back, he would have learned from his mistakes : go straight for Luigi (and possibly torment him enough for him to break) and NOT trust any villains offering an alliance.

That said, I remember seeing some artistes making comics about King Boo, Dimentio and Antasma teaming up, for Luigi's biggest displeasure, like @lizadale and an ask blog that I have in my likes somewhere, and everytime I LOVE this kind of villainous alliances.

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This is my answer to something sticking close to canon, aka with villainous villains doing villain things. Now, if you ask me about the shippy version, it might be quite different...

[lyriquette]

So we bashed up Chicken Little, the Human, and discover a Dragon! 8D

Yeaaaah, about that Grius...

We won. Mostly because of Tarukaja-enhanced Ice attacks from Cheeeeeen (protagonist). And I learned to guard with Grius who was Seeker and weak to Fire. Got a cool sword out of it for Strohl.

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We escape the Mines and set up Camp where Grius tells his tales of the Prince's attempted assassination and how the Prince ended up cursed. We also get a young Hulkenberg too in the flashback. xD

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We make it to the City, and we head to the Honeybee Inn. AND GRIUS HAS FAMILY AND A KID???

The warning bells are going off here for Grius's final fate.

Grius, pal. I'm liking this plan even less and less. :(

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The day of the Royal Funeral. We get Louis crashing the party and dropping the corpse of a Human onto the Funeral grounds with his fancy warship.

I think the animation here for the entire Funeral was really well done - and with all the twists that came with it.

Ultimately, the King invokes a royal magic that essentially allows the citizenry to vote for the next King, which unfortunately includes his murderer Louis.

Grius goes to try and kill Louis before things proceed further, but...

The Royal Magic protects Louis from his assassination and then...

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Louis leaves. A Necromancer blocks Chen's and company's path from entering the Cathedral. And our next Deadline is set to reach the top of the Cathedral and prevent Necromancer and Louis from getting the Royal Scepter on 6/21. Hulkenberg joins us at this time.

We try ascending to the top of the Cathedral only for the entrance to get blocked. And apparently, the only other entrance is the Mausoleum - which probably isn't the best idea given Necromancer, but we go anyway.

Another barrier. Annnnd.

Zombie Grius. 8(. Who is perfectly capable of kicking all our asses alone.

Hulkenberg has a close-call and then has her awakening too.

Badass Knight. Aaaaaah. Has an aggro-generating effect on itself.

And we obtain a Synergy effect with the Archetypes too. 8D. Spammed the Synergy "Jump Thrust" to lower Grius's defense while I spammed Light magic with Chen who's now a Cleric to fulfill one of More's crest.

So long Grius. ;_;.

[foxedthecards]

((ALSO lest you think I forgot those of you who did the costume thing with me I still plan on drawing 'em. Might change it up to something like a simple costume party type deal. >8D))

[sammy8d257]

I want my Cowboy vic plushie!

Sorry, I just want to know where you'll post the pattern and if I can buy it from my country.

Since YouTooz doesn't ship here, I will have my revenge and make my own!

Ayo! I'd love to see Vic in a cowboy hat

That sounds so fun!

My current plan is to post the patterns on Itch.io for people to access and download them! I've heard good things about the site, so unless something changes, that'll be what I plan to use!

Also, Alan Becker has stated that he is not comfortable with people selling fanmade merch for profit, so these patterns will be free to download! (although, you could argue that these patterns aren't technically AvA because they were inspired by the series but I'd rather not take any chances)

I may add a donate button if you'd still like to tip me! It's not necessary but I'd appreciate it all the same! 8D

Also you're so valid, Youtooz does ship to where I live but the whole "Blind Box" thing was honestly bullshit so, screw it, we ball and make our own plushies ^^

Plus!! With these patterns, we can make out own stick figure ocs

[mable-stitchpunk]

Hiii Mable!! <3 I’ve been reading your bunnydoll series lately and can I just say.

A. So insanely good . Like. The service you are doing for the shippers? Lost for words here

and

B. Do you plan on continuing Dazed and Amused, or writing any more for them? <3

Thank uuu and have a lovely day :)

Hi there! 8D

Oh, thank you so much! I have a few fics currently halfway done- alas, yes, three fics that are halfway done- that I have a really good feeling about!

And definitely! The fic has one more chapter and then was going to have more sequels, but I kinda got sidetracked and also have thought about switching some sequels around.

Alas "Kaufmo Comes Home" might take a while before it shows up. XD

Anyhoo, thank you again! I'm going to try to get back on track soon! ^_^ You have a lovely day too!

[lord-rosenth0rne]

Replaying the Stormcloak Civil War side again and I have to sit back and realize... The Empire won't be able to go against the Thalmor if they won the Civil War. In fact, the Empire winning would have worse consequences in the long run, like playing Plague Inc. and getting a foothold in every country through the backdoor before it's too late. I see a lot of Imperial supporters talk about "the bigger picture", but what good does that do if you ignore the elephant in the room?

Thalmor will quash any and all attempts to gather power to oppose them. They have eyes and ears everywhere so what makes Tulius or any Empire supporter who hates the Thalmor think that they have any chance to gather a power separate from what the Empire has without the Thalmor noticing? Several spies in the game aren't high elves so it would only take one of them to destroy any attempt. You would just need someone greedy or desperate enough to take a deal with the Thalmor to backstab everyone. Tulius, if he survived the Civil War, could be taken out at any point if the Thalmor believed that he was too dangerous to keep alive or he served his purpose and wasn't needed for their plans anymore. We're dealing with a dangerous group who will stab people in the back the moment they know they can.

The only way someone would amass an army that would be a somewhat threat would be to go to the territories that do not allow Thalmor intervention. Allowing the Stormcloaks to win, which the Thalmor DO NOT WANT according to Ulfric's Dossier, would be the first place to start to drive them from the providence. Skyrim has a strategic position with its harsh terrain as well as people who can use it to their advantage. Think of real-life conflicts where the smaller side won against a larger army because of their terrain and fighting tactics. There is an issue on the Stormcloak Civil War side where the aid the Imperial side desperately needed was stuck behind an avalanche, a situation that could be manmade if needed.

Skyrim does have resources, such as Silver that the Empire kept taking. It's not like they're hurting on resources.

With enough convincing and emphasis on its necessity, Ulfric could accept allegiances with others if they were willing to fight against the Thalmor. It's part of the reason the Dark Elves aren't getting as much attention from him because they refuse to help the cause and believe they're owed things that they did not earn. He accepts a Dunmer (myself on my Ze'erith run 8D) who will fight against the Empire, so I doubt he'd turn down anyone who has beef with the Thalmor. He can be weaponized further against the elves who turned him into a sleeper agent, as well as teach others to use the Thu'um.

Alliances and truces MUST be made, including with the Reachmen and Orcs, which I know is like corraling cats, but it shouldn't be impossible. Any traitors found should be swiftly dealt with to minimize the chance of Thalmor spies.

Pardon me while I plot the downfall of the Thalmor if my Dragonborn took charge of Skyrim... I'd utilize the College of Winterhold, the Thieves Guild as informants, and the Dark Brotherhood to target potential spies. The Blades will be revived as well to focus on any dragon conflicts as the rest of us are focusing on the Thalmor and will not be allowed to down any dragon willing to help our cause, Partysnacks and Odahviig as major players.

The Thalmor better hope I don't get into a dark mood and go to either Sheogorath or Hermaeus Mora for help. I know Mora would love to get more information the Thalmor may be hiding...

I'd also stop Ulfric from killing Tulius and Rikke and fake their deaths to get them out of the situation they were in if they were willing to listen or if you were able to show them the dossiers from the Thalmor Embassy.

[deniisu-sims]

ShinoKCR Art Deco Dining - 4t3 conversion

(the new one, not the one that already has a TS3 version)

Was searching for new Buy Mode to convert, then I remembered there was still some ShinoKCR I wanted to convert :P And I like her Art deco stuff because it's way closer to 1920s-1930s than most TS4 stuff. Don't get me wrong, Neo Deco is amazing, but sometimes you want the period stuff! Took a while because almost all the multipliers in this set were re-baked - only the ceiling lamp, the place set and the dog sculpture aren't - because ShinoKCR loved to add legit TS3 patterns on her stuff and I was matching swatches with her older TS3 stuff :x But on the other hand that means that all the pretty colorful details in the crockery ARE ON THE MASK.

Which means you can recolor them to a plain version without multiplier noise/shading 8DDDD

Only the dog sculpture and the flowers aren't recolorable, all the rest have 2-4 channels.

Flowers are around 1.6k because I had to double-side the mesh, the chair is around 1.3k, all the rest is lower.

Place set comes with the glass and silverware, doesn't occupy a slot in the dining table but has a deco slot. Plate and saucer also have one slot each.

The ceiling lamp is medium height ONLY - there IS a short one, but it comes with the TS4 version of the study and I need to check which objects are redundant with the TS3 version to avoid duplicates. It's definitely on my plans though :x

BGC and comes with a collection file 8D

Original: https://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims4-sets-objects-diningroom/title/art-deco-dining/id/1323346/

Download (package): SFS / Dropbox