#Kris Thistle

[thesimquarter]

Gosh, this world is so big and amazing. It must be like two or three thousand pixels across!

Headshots + misc under the cut.

Happy 20th Anniversary, The Urbz: Sims in the City (GBA)!

I re-did my set of The Urbz in TS4 a few weeks ago, and I thought this would be a great opportunity to motivate me to share them and put the finishing details on! I also have a completed set of The Sims: Bustin' Out (GBA) Sims and The Sims 2: Pets (GBA) Sims, the latter of which were uploaded to the gallery already.

Misty, Dusty, and Daddy should be the same/very similar to how they looked in my last post. Luthor and Giuseppi were re-done though.

These WILL be uploaded... eventually. I was thinking about putting the download link on this post. If you are reading this, I did not end up doing that.

I'm going to be completely honest: I tried to get a wheelchair working in CAS (for Lincoln Broadsheet). I got a wheelchair pose working in CAS... and I converted one to an accessory, but it refused to be where I wanted it to be! I'm not sure why. The UV_1 was right. The weights were right. SimRipper did it right! But in-game said no, so Lincoln is stuck standing. Sad.

[alelelesimz]

STREETIES

Darius - Crystal - Kris Thistle - Ewan Watahmee

[nervetower]

its my birthday

[queenmeriadoc]

“It was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even Mr Mouse”

“The stockings were hung by forge with care, in the hopes that Lord Celebrimbor soon would be there”

“The elves were all nestled all snug in their beds, while the sugar plum fairies danced in their heads”

“And High King in his robes, and I in my cap, had just settled our brains for a long winters nap”

“When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprung from the bed to see what’s the matter”

“Away to the windows I flew like an elf”

———

“Tore open the shutters, and threw on a ———robe?”

“The moon on the breast of the fresh fallen snow, gave lustre of mid-day to objects below”

“When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny wargs”

“With a tall handsome driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment in must be Lord Celebrimbor”

Wait that doesn’t really rhyme, moving on.

“More rapid than eagles, but do not tell Manwë, his courses he came, and he whistled, and shouted l, and call them by name”

“Now! Dasher, now! Dancer, now! Prancer and Vixen. On, Comet, on! Cupid, on! Dunder and Blixen”

“To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall. Now dash away, dash away, dash away all”

“Continue the story he says as stop to for a while, and as dry holly leaves before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky”

“So up the tower the courses they flew, with sleigh full of toys, and Lord Celebrimbor too”

“And then in a twinkling, I heard on the roof, the pawing of little warg”

“As I drew in my head, and was turning around, down the forge the Lord of Eregion came down”

“He was dressed in all green, from head to his foot, with holly aplenty his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot”

“A bundle of toys was flung on his back, and he liked like Kris Kringle just opening his pack”

“His eyes how they twinkled, his dimples how holly and merry, his cheeks were like roses, his nose like red berries”

“His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, but no white beard rested upon his chin”

“The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, and smoke it encircled him like a wreath”

“He had a broad face, and a little round belly, that shook when he laughed like a bowl fully of holly berries”

“Does that make any sense? I asked but his red just smiled and laughed and asks me to continue my story”

“He was chubby and plum, a right holly old elf. And laughed when I saw him in spite of myself”

“A twink in his eyes and twist of his head, soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread”

“He spoke no word, but went straight to his work, and filling all the stockings, then he turned with jirk”

“And laying his finger aside on his nose, and giving a nod, up the forge he rose”

“He sprung to his sleigh, to his wargs gave a whistle, and away they flew like the down of a thistle”

“But heard him exclaim, as he flew out sight, Happy Yuletide to all, and to all a good night”

Gil-Galad: Why would he leave this is his forge?

[broodhollowan]

Broodhollow Calendar of Holidays

Autumn Thrall Festival - September 24th

Advertised to have food, games, and music.

Banner Day - November

Consists of hanging up banners.

Ouster Eve - November 11th

Ringing tuning forks to dispel negative energy and in reverence of the sacrifices of forefathers.

Deliverance Day - November 13th

Consists of wearing a thistle in the breast pocket for an unknown reason.

Totenkinder - October 31th

A German mistranslation of, literally, “dead children.” The holiday did not begin as a holiday, but an observance of the 1813 schoolhouse collapse, in which 12 Amish students died along with their teacher. Many settlers believed the collapse to be an omen of God’s displeasure with the settlement, and that Ichor Falls trespassed on hallowed ground. That year, every stick of lumber for building construction was torched, to purge the town of evil.

Decades later, schoolchildren participated in Totenkinder by building small model houses, placing a beloved toy inside, and lighting it on fire. If the house refused to catch fire (as often happens in Ichor Falls due to the humidity), the house was made by a good little boy or girl. If it did burn, the boy or girl was considered sinful.

In 1908, a little girl was badly hurt when her toy house caught her dress on fire. At this point the town treated Totenkinder as silly tradition and superstition, and not a real determination of good and evil. Nonetheless, because it was dangerous to children, Totenkinder was largely abandoned.

"Make my house from twigs and sticks Father, father I have no clay, I have no bricks Father sings.

Build my house and make it strong Mother, mother It will keep you winter long Mother sings.

In the evening tend the fire Good child, good child Careful not to let it higher Good child sings.

In the morning, early morning Ashes, ashes Mother cries and father warning Bad child gone."

Check out the fan comic depiction of the holiday:

Whippoorwill Day - March? 3rd

Bird watching holiday. What seeing one, multiple, or multiple in a group is supposed to mean is implied to be positive.

White Lamentation Day - March

There's a superstition of what time you can drink warm milk, and on this holiday you can drink your warm milk early.

Edulcoration - March

Holiday dedicated to cleaning.

Cadence Night - May

No sugar is allowed after a Cadence night.

Eld Vernalia - May

A spring holiday occurring once every 17 years that includes the following: Gathering a large pile of flowers at midnight and burning them. Offering up baskets "for the Cadence." Long banner wind above the town, each street having its own color. The children have a maypole dance in three groups with a particular dance. Early flowering plants are used for wreaths. Spiced switchwater tea is served.

Obnovalia Night - May

A day where the town is decorated with Pomanders.

A pomander is a ball made for perfumes. The pomander was worn or carried in a vase, also known by the same name, as a protection against infection in times of pestilence or merely as a useful article to modify bad smells. A pomander can be a bag containing fragrant herbs and might be viewed as an early form of aromatherapy.

[epiceneandroid]

Francis jean news: we're not thistle femme after all...we're butch, typically a soft butch to regular butch lean. We get confused a lot because butchness is so often conflated with transmasculinity when I'm not necessarily a trans man, though can be interpreted as one and I'll be fine as long as it's not in reference to my lesbian gf, but like...our earliest gender goals were trainer kris from Pokémon, who was arguably a lot of late millennial/early gen z cusper kids' introduction to butches, and haruka tenoh, even when I was unlearning fundie Christianity

I just....feel safest being butch, personally, as a facet

[xaracosmia]

hi mods and modlets, i thought may would be my month but i started a new job so it was not my month and i've been really busy instead. SO, i would like to put all my muses on semi hiatus. that is kris gavin (ace attorney), charlee (oc), and thistle (dungeon meshi). this is rose you can reach me here i prommy june is my month

june IS the month for gay people so you will in fact receive a +10 buff next month. many do not know this but i do

all of your muses have been placed on semi-hiatus until 6/2!

☉ assistant halo

[scottishdreams]

Partick Thistle boss Kris Doolan won't look beyond Dundee | Glasgow Times

Dundee ^ | “We are just focused on Dundee and I won't let anything derail that as the players and fans deserve us giving our full focus on this game. http://dlvr.it/Sk6y1f

[officialcameronfrye]

poll where we all vote whos the hottest npc in urbz: sims in the city (HANDHELD NOT PS2/GAMECUBE/XBOX)

[cloud-contingency]

[image id: a screenshot from Urbz: Sims in the City, a character is seen smiling and laughing as her speech bubble reads “This world is so big and amazing. Gosh, it must be like two or three thousand pixels across!” end id.]

[thesimquarter]

Quick appreciation of the slightly cursed renders in the GBA manuals for the sims: bustin’ out & the urbz.

Anyways, did you know? The handbooks for the first two handheld Sims games has some unique descriptions for many of the characters!

These are the ‘Meet Your Neighbors’ pages of of The Sims: Bustin’ Out (GBA) and The Urbz: Sims in the City (GBA & DS) in the official game manuals.

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[page 1]

MEET YOUR SIMVALLEY NEIGHBORS For a small town, SimValley has a lot of colorful characters for your Sim to get acquainted with. This section gives you a peak at just a few of the people who populate your Sim’s new home town.

Dusty Hogg - This bad boy biker plays by his own rules. While rumors around town state that he still lives with his parents, we don’t recommend you tease him about that—or anything else.

Mad Willy Hurtzya - Mad Willy knows a thing or two about going 10 rounds. Quick to solve a problem by applying his fists, he's definitely more of a fighter than a lover

Eddie Renalin - Although some Sims say that Eddie used to be a skinny twerp of a kid, those allegations have never been proven. Though short on smarts, these days Eddie's the biggest and strongest guy around town.

Bucki Brock - Bucki is a straight shooter who was born and raised right in the Valley. This is one girl who knows a cow from a steer and that's no bull.

Daddy Bigbucks - Daddy is sure enough a big spender. Your Sim will want to keep on his god side a to ensure they're near the drainpipe should any of that wealth trickle down.

Det. Dan D. Mann - Detective Dan D. Mann is the police presence in SimValley. He prides himself on keeping the SimValley streets safe and boasts that jaywalking is down 25% since he took on the beat.

[page 2]

O. Phil McClean - While O. Phil McClean isn’t the friendliest fisherman your Sim will ever meet, he does know the best spots for reeling in the biggest fish. If your Sim can get to know this crusty angler, he might tell them just what he’s using for bait.

Ephram Earl - This otherworldly neighbor is very familiar with things that go bump in the night. A bit on the loony side, this ghost can still give your Sim some of the worldly belongings that he no longer needs.

Misty Waters - Misty is responsible for keeping swimming Sims from expiring in the watery deep. She prides herself on staying fit, all the better to save lives and look good in her work uniform... a swimsuit.

Chet R. Chase - No hoity-toity, fancy French cooking for Chet R. Chase. A SimValley native, Chet serves up a tasty plate o' vittles that’s pure down home cooking.

Olde Salty - Olde Salty is the SimValley fish monger. He's a grumpy old sailor so ye'd best be wary of what ye say!

Nicki Knack - This SimValley old timer has made it her business to put her nose in everyone else's. A devoted collector of this and that, Nicki really might have a use for some of the items your Sim can't use.

Uncle Hayseed - Thanks to Uncle Hayseed’s generous invitation to come and spend the summer in SimValley, your Sim has a chance to enjoy the slower-paced life of country livin’ at its finest.

[Page 3]

Giuseppi Mezzoalto - Some Sims are suspicious of this Giuseppi and think that he sometimes uses his van for moving people's things—whether he hired or not, But when it's time to relocate, his big, roomy van does the trick for toting a Sim’s possessions across town.

In addition to this cast of characters, there are many more Sims around town who can become friends, roommates, or more!

[Page 4]

Darius - King of the Streeties, Darius has moves on the court and is a straight shooter when it comes to darts. He can usually be found at his hangout, Club Xizzle. Remember to stay away from his hotdogs.

Kris Thistle - Kris Thistle is King Tower's janitor. Outgoing, with a touch of attitude, she's more at home in her darkroom than behind a mop.

Daddy Bigbucks - Sim Valley's big spender moved to Miniopolis with plans to buy the entire city! Keep your eyes and ears open—this cat is definitely up to something.

Polly Nomial - Queen of the Nerdies and Associate Professor at the university, Polly is one smart cookie. If you're lucky, she might show you her vintage dictionary collection.

Roxanna Moxie - Flamboyant and fearless, Roxanna Moxie is the Carnival ringmaster and Queen of the Artsies. Fond of the bizarre, she counts the founding of the carnival's first freak show among her greatest achievements.

Luthor L Bigbucks III - Luthor is son and heir to Daddy Bigbucks' financial empire. A jetsetter and King of the Richies, Luthor walks the walk, but didn’t quite inherit his father’s evil streak.

[Page 5]

MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS The city is full of people for your Urb to get acquainted with. This section gives you the rundown on some of the people you'll meet.

Darius - King of the Streeties, Darius can usually be found at his hangout, Club Xizzle. Remember to stay away from his corndogs.

Kris Thistle - The King Tower janitor is outgoing, with a touch of attitude. Kris is more at home in her darkroom than behind a mop.

Daddy Bigbucks - Sim Valley's big spender moved to Miniopolis with plans to buy the entire city! Keep your eyes and ears open—he's definitely up to something.

Futo Maki - This construction worker oversaw the renovation of Splicer Island before it was shut down. Maybe you can put him back to work.

Sharona Faster - Sharona had plans to operate a water taxi to Splicer Island, until Daddy Bigbucks squashed her dream.

Jack I. Deal - This big man used to work for Daddy Bigbucks himself, but now he's got different ideas on how to earn his living.

Busta Cruz - This guy is a born entertainer. He keeps the Urbz amusement levels up.

Downloads to the full manuals can be found in this archive.

[darkazzer]

I really love the urbz..wish the remake it

[simminglytimeladies]

Urbz Hours: Streeties Edition

[lollyracket-archive]

sims 4 + urbz: the streeties

featuring darius, crystal, kris thistle, and ewan watahmee

i’ve recently become obsessed w/ doing townie makeovers. i got this idea from @okruee who reminded me of my love of the gameboy game urbz: sims in the city. i was so obsessed with that game. i used to play it all the time and beat the game more than once lol. i decided to remake the urbz in sims 4. the first group is the streeties. 

[cherry-ichor-moved]

i know there isn’t a huge demand for this.... but i’ve been trying to replay the urbz: sims in the city lately so i decided to doodle the first character you meet- the charming kris thistle <3 i missed her, and love her so much!! might doodle the other characters throughout the next month

[vgstims]

Kris Thistle Stimboard, requested by @who-can-rock-a-rhyme-like-this

Credits in image captions!