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[mookymilksims]

ULTIMATE Realistic Family Gameplay Guide

Hello, everyone. I ran a poll on my channel for you all to decide on which realism guide you'd like to see next and Family Gameplay won. While I'm aware there are hundreds of family gameplay guides out there, and you'll probably have most of these mods already installed, what I think I can offer different are fixes to the EA code, and expansions on gameplay mechanics already included in the game, as well as a masterlist that has been extensively playtested for the last 6-7 years (still testing the newer mods though!). These mods have been run through Delphy's Dashboard, and have even caught conflicts and corrected that Delphy's couldn't catch.

We will break this guide down in simpler sections.

Children can series.

XML's, Tweaks, Tunings (Non-scripts). Special section for fixes.

Scripts and scripted objects.

This guide is also aimed at overall family play. I do not just think of new interactions for babies, toddlers, children, and teens. I also consider the parents. I've included mods for parents in different roleplay scenarios, as well as, single adults looking to create a family, so we will focus on some mods that can promote the family before the family is made.

I will also included a personal recommended list of lots you'd want to include in any world you play in for an ultimate family play experience.

Now that that's out of the way:

This can be followed alongside the youtube guide, we've got a lot of mods to get through so let's jump straight into it.

Children Can Series:

We will start with the most intricate install process. There are many children can mods. And many mods that conflict with each other. I caught all of them through Delphy's Dashboard, so you will only install the mods highlighted in this guide for the most optimal and conflict free experience. These mods are self explanatory but I'm going to explain why you want them at the end of this section.

CamKitty - Children can werewolf hunt.

kls77 - children can repair, tinker, and upgrade.

kls77 - children can time travel.

Bluegentsu - Children can use fortune cookie maker

Jonha - Children can use urinals.

Kap Children can series:

ONLY DOWNLOAD THESE MODS FOR COMPATIBILITY

can call services can check skills can cut and trans gems and ingots can do laundry can get mail can make nectar can read skillbook music can use sketchbook

OEM Children can series:

ONLY DOWNLOAD THESE MODS FOR COMPATIBILITY

can air guitar can chess can conjure apple no auto can feed cowplant (only if you have store cow plant) can hack can magic mirror can mermaid eat can microwave can neat trait clean house can photos-phonesmart can post forum can practice speech mirror can practice speech vanity dresser can solve hard problems

All of these mods enable features already in the game that children were unable to do. Each of these small mods brings back playability with children in very big ways. This also makes children much more independent so you won't always need an adult or teen around to take care of them. For example, children can now order pizza on the phone, or microwave food, instead of needing adults to always cook for them. You can roleplay more chores with children by allowing them to do laundry, this can also be roleplayed in a scenario where a parent isn't very consistent and the child has to be. This could create amazing stories for your gameplay. Without these mods, playing with children feels so much more restrictive. They feel like cute dolls you just send to school and forget about for a couple of hours. Allowing them more agency and free will for my gameplay allowed me to immerse myself more in their child years.

We are now going to focus on XML's, tweaks, and Tunings. These are all non scripts. This is also where I will include fixes. These are very lightweight mods that change what is already in the game and do not create gameplay lag.

Adoption Costs 5 k - I made adoption more expansive because I wanted to be able to feel this decision in game. Adoption isn't neccassarily free in real life. Between the paperwork, meetings, travel, and transitioning the children into your life this can obviously be very expensive. So this mod helps me roleplay this aspect of real life.

Arcade claw machine tweaks - Family fun center version. Arcades are extremely important for my family playthrough's, as it's one of the lots where I can put plenty of interactive objects for all ages. Including a little playpen for toddlers, that won't be out of place. This can also double as a traditional birthday party lot, with closed off rooms. From time to time I like to bring my families to these lots when I want them all to get out of the house together. So with this mod, it tweaks the prizes you can win from the claw machines, increasing your chances of winning a ton more stuff.

BlueGentsu

5% chance of teen mood swings - Makes the mood swings feel a lot more impactful when they happen instead of every other day. This is especially helpful for those who play on longer lifespans.

Skates - all enabled for pregnancy - does just as it says, pregnant sims should be allowed to have a little more fun.

No blowhorns noisemakers at Age ups - It's just annoying and buggy, so removing it altogether optimizes age transitions. This also makes the event seem a bit more realistic, while everyone just cheers and laughs instead.

Toddler's can turn off stereo - Combined with my NRAAS GoHere settings, which allows for inactive daycares to be possible, sometimes when a daycare staff puts your sims down to sleep, they won't turn off the stereo so you as the toddler will have to autonomously do it so they can peacefully take their nap.

Boarding school is expensive - Again, this is so the decision feels a lot more impactful in game. This can also be roleplayed as sending your child to private school when in a wealthy family, so the prices also make more sense for this.

Maid Costs 200 - As the title says maids will be slightly more expensive, this adds up everyday, and is for the purpose of this decision feeling more impactful. It didn't make sense for my poorer families to be able to afford a maid so this is a mod catered more towards upper middle class to wealthy families. I also combine maids with a butler as well, to give a more regal feel to the wealth your sims have obtained.

No Graduation - This is optional, if you use UC mod. This eliminates the graduation ceremony altogether, for those like myself who like to roleplay this event in game instead. By simply throwing a party on a fancy lot with formal attire.

Not just teens can prank call - Just made more sense to have this option available for everyone.

Student Services Booth mod unlocked - This can be used on High school lots as well. Especially when you turn on Summer Vacations, and send kids back to school the first day of Fall. Also, for roleplay Uni scouting events, so sim families can have a more immersive experience of browsing possible universities sims can be sent to.

More Festival Ticket Rewards - BG, SN, UNI version. Just like the claw machine this adds more rewards to win on festival lots. Makes working for the tickets more impactful.

No Auto tell ghost stories - This interaction has always annoyed me as it happens anywhere at any time. I like to plan activities almost like an itinerary when sending my sims to do longer events like vacations or simple camping trips in their homeworld. So specifically for camping, telling a ghost story with the family is a very fun activity to do at night before everyone goes to sleep around a campfire. It is where this interaction makes the most sense for me to use and leaves me excited to actually use it.

Studying is easier - I always thought the study rates of performance were super unbalanced. As I don't have sims study often when in Unni unless it makes sense for their character. And so this leaves an incentive to actually study during their free time outside of class as it brings more of a reward when it is done. However, the default rates of studying was too slow and easily took up all of my sims days. So I wanted to be able to study and be rewarded for that, while also having more time in my sims days to do things. So now I can study less often, throughout the week without the stress. I am including this in the family gameplay guide because your teens can actually study together in your homeworld which doesn't do anything for their school performance but does a lot of roleplaying study groups, since I have a homework mod that only takes 15 minutes to complete.

TwoFT Mama -

Auto Potty Training - does just as it says, this mostly helps townies, but for active households to do this on their own leaves you as the player feeling more immersed.

Better grades - Lowers the grade requirements making school a little easier. This is so while playing with UC it leaves teens and children more time to interact with each other outside of working on interactive objects.

Faster homework minutes - Reduces homework times to 15 minutes, saves up much more time in my child and teen sims days.

Fixes:

This is a smaller section for the non scripts, where I consider these mods to be complete fixes to existing EA gameplay that all the patch updates missed.

Auto Romance YA-Elder Propose going steady - This is a lightweight alternative to the NPC Romance script mod by YolkSims. While the mod was completely rebuilt from the ground up to be much more optimized, I went on a journey to find replacements to my current scripts folder that delivered what I was looking for. I found this mod. While this can go all the way up into Getting divorced. I stopped at going steady because with the Supreme AI mod sims can autonomously break up if they aren't on the best terms. This may also include divorcing, but so far it hasn't been too intrusive. Combined with the simler90 mod which includes attraction fixes, this makes romance a lot more fluid, performance friendly, autonomous, chaotic, but also predictable, aids in roleplaying, and is overall a great fix for townies and creating families with active households.

Read to sleep fix - A patch broke this interaction, so Danjaley fixes it. Without realizing it, you have another immersive gameplay mechanic for toddlers in the game. This interaction is very cute and I wouldn't believe it wasn't a mod, so I'm very happy this interaction was fixed.

Midlife Crisis Always - Adult life stages can be quite boring and monotonous. I play lifespans so long that when this event happens it's like a milestone for me. I think of it as a mini game, and try to fix everything that happens afterwards once my sim comes to their senses.

MissPat Better Playdates - Just as you may have saw in my Supreme AI playtest video, Townies will autonomously call and ask for playdates if both families have children and younger in their household. This was an EA feature, but it also got broken. This makes interacting with other families more immersive, and making children and toddlers friends much more realistic and natural in the game. For those who like to roleplay life long best friends in the game, especially.

TwoFtMama

Birthday Cakes don't catch fire - These fires are annoying and I use other mods that can cause chaotic fires randomly but REASONABLY in game.

No Curfew period - This is the only curfew remover mod that doesn't break changing clothes and dresser interactions in my game. I always thought the curfew mechanic in the game was a bit too much. Police officers wouldn't know where every single child or teen was at in the world. And sometimes, I like to take my teen and child sims out late for family events, teens on late dates, etc. With curfews enabled, police would still arrest them and bring them home, even though the parents were with them, then would have to wait for the parent to get all the way back home just to yell at them for being out late. This obviously made no sense. Combined with a punishment scripts mod, I can user direct punishments for things like this instead for a much more roleplaying and immersive experience.

Teens can take unpaid days off - This mod also made more sense and should've been included in EA features. Teens call off from work, and quite often might I add. So it helps me roleplay a more realistic teen lifestyle in game.

Now for the Final section we are going to focus on Scripts. Scripts typically do not conflict with each other but for this list some of them did. The compatibility patches and versions have been included so you don't have to worry. This is where most of you will probably already have these mods, but hopefully I introduce you to some bangers you never heard of before.

We are going to go by creator and then from A-Z for the misc scripts.

Arsil

Do Homework With - Adds the ability to do your homework with other sims the same age as your children and teens. This can make study groups more immersive, as getting homework done together will actually improve school performance the next day, but can be doubled with the UNI study together interaction the roleplay a longer study session period. These can be done in the home or the Library, which allows me to get more usage out of my Library lots and make a Kid/Teen section which is always fun.

Toddler Extra Activities - Adds a bunch of cute new interactions that toddlers can do like playing in puddles, mud, sand, eating snow, dancing, and even drawing on the walls if they have crayons in their inventory.

Arsil Futons - This is for more eastern themed family plays, but you can alternatively use these if you have a poor sim in the big city who can't even afford a bed. I typically transmogrify deco beds on the floor into this script object in game, you get a lot of creative and really fun gameplay out of this. But I wanted to toss this in here for my eastern simmers, if you don't already know about this, or you'd like to play an Asian household and make your gameplay a little more realistic. I'm definitely excited to rebuild my Korean themed Uni world I had before with these beds!

Arsil Napping Mats - These work exactly like the futons except for toddlers. It's honestly so cute. Outside of the crib and Olomaya's toddler beds, this is just another super cute way for Toddler's to fall asleep. The crib always seemed way too overbearing, and for those who roleplay toddlers aging but not yet into children, these other various options would serve you a lot better. Now for these mats specifically, I typically like using them in my inactive Daycare lots, but from time to time I'll use them in my active household's living rooms or play room, just in case I don't always feel like bringing the Toddler to another floor to fall asleep.

Arsil Low Dinner Table - Another really awesome mod for those who want to be able to roleplay better with eastern households. I always have so much fun with these tables and chairs, I've even converted some myself. One of my favorite general things to do is set the chair up in front of a TV and direct my sims to play video games. So they will be sitting on the floor and playing video games and it always looks super cute, so much nostalgia!

Arsil Limbo Mod - For the same reason I removed the autonomous ghost telling interaction, is why I use this limbo mod. Another activity for sims to do at various different parties. It's one of my favorite little events to host during a birthday party. It's seriously so cute!

FloTheory

Pay For This - Adds a mechanic where every time you change your baby and toddler diapers and give them a bottle of milk you will be charged 5 simoleons. It's such an awesome addition because when you think about it, diapers and milk should add up in real life. However, combined with the other mods in this guide, if you change their diapers and give them a bath using the store object, or give them a bath using The Sweet Simmer's mod, you won't pay for anything then. Which makes sense, sometimes you can roleplay already having diapers in supply. As well as Olomaya's toddler snacks and meals, you would shop for groceries and make the toddler whatever you have available in your fridge, but actually feeding the child those meals won't cost 5 simoleans because you already paid for the ingredients. So this interaction fixes the lack of realism with EA's diaper and bottle interaction. I find myself using all 3 mods at random, and it's always so fun.

Wedding Inactives - Adds the ability to have two sims in a relationship that your sims are friends with, to get engaged, and you can set their wedding party as well. This can give romantic stories with townies more user control. Since we are using tuning mods to make romance more autonomous, and stopped at going steady, eventually SP will push those sims to get married, but you can not only speed things up whenever you'd like, but you can also attend their wedding in the same way they attended yours! This gives the user another way to experience going to a party instead of hosting one like LN introduced. Idk about you guys but I love also feeling like a townie/NPC sometimes, it immerses me much further into my gameplay!

Weight Gain - Adds a random percentage of weight gain for pregnant sims during and after they give birth. Women's bodies are absolutley beautiful especially after giving birth, I always hear about those mommy curves that finally come in for so many women, while you can choose to go to the gym and work this mommy weight off, I imagine myself keeping it probably for most of my playthrough's. It's just always made sense that this should happen, our bodies can change forever after giving birth and so I'd like to roleplay that kind of wholesome realism in game, too.

GameFreak

Advice interaction - Adds a new social interaction with custom moodlets when you can ask for and give advice. There are several different kinds of advice you can give, with many random prompts, and a reasonably timed moodlet that you'll get after the interaction. While this can be applied to general gameplay mods, I'm including this in the family gameplay because there are just way too many roleplay oppurtunities you can have with this one. Siblings or parents giving romantic, career, etc advice. Friends, lovers, maybe a lover asking for romantic advice on how to sweep your sim off their feet? It adds a lot more roleplaying elements that can really help you the player put a story together. I've always had a gameplay style where I generally know what I'd like to happen but I go with the gameplay and can change the plot at will, so the gameplay has to reflect many more possibilities.

Smartphone Dating - Is a smaller mod that just adds the dating app from the computer onto your phone. I personally love to roleplay like this is Tinder for my sims. I always felt the dating app should also be available on sims phones like in real life, and it gives us some things to do when out and about or bored at home!

JunJay

Everyone Clip coupons - This, again, should've been available in the game already, it can be quite fun to shop smarter, even if you aren't poor per say but money is getting kind of tight. I know large families that do pretty well still love using coupons so I've included this mod.

Online Center - Adds a brand new scripting interaction to the PC which makes so much more sense. You can shop online for groceries, books, pets, relics, bots, consignment, potions, etc. You can check weekly events, which means you can disable the newspaper and still get those benefits. Read E-sim news. And probably my favorite, there is a new Simbook (Facebook) feature! Your sim will basically scan their timeline and comment on other townies simbook's, and you'll actually get slight relationship increases with random sims you already know, and you can even meet sims you haven't met already through this feature as well.

Study Skills Online - Adds another interaction to the online center where you can study any and all skills. Instead of having to go out and buy the things you can study them for free right from your pc at home. I typically use this interaction for my teen sims to improve their basic school skills as an extra layer of work for them to do for school. Outside of studying, creating books titled their class projects and etc.

Lizcandor

Potty Training - Adds a new interaction for toddlers to play in the toilet and use it instead of always using their potty training potty.

Independence GoHere Compatible - Adds the ability for toddler's to use stairs! Always exciting! But you'll have to keep an eye on those little rascals a bit more, which is always more realistic!

Mintbeehry

Mint Makeup - Adds a new interaction for children and toddler's to play with makeup. And some very silly makeup masks that will go over the kid's face when done. I used to play with my mom's makeup all the time so it brings back memories for me, I think it's a super cute interaction for you to experience with your sims families!

Fidget Spinner - Adds an interactive fidget spinner object that can go into your sims inventory and taken out and be played with for a couple seconds. I think these are super cute for kids to win at festivals and arcade lots so I included it as it can be combined with savvier seller mod to actually shop for it on these lots.

MonocoDoll

Remove Shoes - Another really great eastern culture gameplay mechanic or just for your more cleanly families with a mud room. Either way, you'll have plenty of fun with this mod installed for realism.

Government assistance - Adds just what it states for your sims. EBT, health insurance, Child support. It's super realistic and adds so much more depth and mechanic to your gameplay. You'll actually be able to roleplay your poor families without having to get creative. Make a side chick a baby mama to a wealthy sim who cheated on his wife, etc. Tell some crazy stories, this mod will certainly help you with all of those scenarios.

Olomaya

Hang out, Children and teens - Adds an interaction where children and teens sims will sit down on the ground and talk, laugh, etc. It increases their relationships, and can be quite a large group. I used to have the all ages version, but I think seeing teens and kids sit on the floor faired out much better in my gameplay than seeing adults. Pick which ever version you'd like, though.

Toddler Bed - Adds a functional single bed for toddlers to the game! I've planned to convert many sims 4 toddlers beds using this scripted object so we have some more variety, but for now the options available for it are so adorable. It's got one bug, where you can only enter the bed from the left side I believe, but other than that it's a much needed mod for more realism, especially for those toddlers that just turn 3 and 4 in your game.

Activity Table - Adds a crafting option, and serve snack option to the activity table. The crafting increases the painting skills but uses glitter as a prop instead. For toddler's and children, so they can both play and eat snacks at the table!

Coloring Book - Adds functional coloring books that are portable!

Smoking - Fixes Cmoney's smoking mod, optimizes the scripts, fixes the animations, adds a sitting animation, moodlets work much better, adds new custom moodlets. Also adds a vape. But most excited, this adds the ability for teens to buy fake ID's for tobacco products. I also use the fake ID's to roleplay my teen sims getting into bars and clubs. As they can actually order from the bar, I like to imagine they were able to slip passed security.

Student council - Adds a really fun almost mini-game interaction to a new student council option for teens in high school. And a new interactive board. It may not be everyone's flavor but it makes highschools a little more interactive outside of UC. See also PheobeJay's cheerleading mod for another interactive mechanic for teens and YA in UNI!

The Sweet Simmer

This is where most of you probably have these mods, so let's just do a basic checklist of all the mods you do or don't have.

Animation World

Children Can care for their little siblings

Family Kiss

Biggest Little Mod for Toddlers

Children and Toddlers can follow

Toys Are More Fun

Peek-A-Boo and Hug Toddlers

Toddlers can ride rocking rider

Replaced child hug

Toddlers can pick up easter eggs

Toddlers can sit on couches and chairs

Toddler can ask for things

Toddlers can catch butterflies and pick flowers

Outdoor activities for Toddlers

Toddlers can sit on sims laps

Toddlers can learn to walk alone

More Baby Interactions

More Toddler Interactions

Functional Baby Carrier

Pick Up Toddler Fixes

More Pregnancy Interactions

So obviously all of these mods MASSIVELY Overhaul family gameplay with babies, toddlers, and children in the game. Not only does it fix EA mechanics, but it also compliments and expands existing mechanics, and then adds even more. You'll probably never go back to regular family gameplay again after these mods. You might only have a couple so consider getting all of these mods listed above!

Twinsimming

Acne Mod - Adds acne to the game, and can randomly have break outs. This suits this theme mods list as puberty can be quite strange. This also effects adults though, and adults still get acne. I mean not me really but y'all be easy.

Dirty Laundry - Again, I think cleaning and have a family just goes hand in hand. This mod adds more custom moodlets the longer you go without washing your clothes. It's how it should've been in the game, to really incentivize you to get that laundry done.

Growing Pains - Is a great addition to family play. Whenever anything significant sad or angry happens to children and teens they will go through a time in their life that will deeply affect them (almost traumatize them in a way). Divorce and breakups, etc. It makes what story you tell with those sims more impactful on their lives.

New Scholarships - Adds new scholarships to the game, I also consider UNI to be an integrated part of Family life in the Sims 3. I love going off to Uni with my sims I watched grow up since birth. This mod just adds more ways they could get in to those Universities.

Tooth Fairy - Is a cute little mod that adds a tooth losing mechanic, it feels like it always should've been there. With custom moodlets that will make you know your kid sim is growing up.

Now we are going to move onto misc Family gameplay mods, these are from various creators where I don't have more than one of their mods installed!

All Adults carry - This is a mod that allows all adults to carry children. It was originally a feature in the sims 3 with the firefighter career, but Puddingface made it possible for all adults to pick up and carry kids. This adds another roleplay element, as sometimes I like to direct my parents to carry their rowdy kids to bed if they aren't listening and staying asleep.

Clean House for Everyone - This mod just makes the ability to clean the house for everyone. Originally this mechanic was only avilable for neat sims, but I find I have neat sims without the trait, and slobby sims who eventually wake up and want to get their house together. So it's a pretty convenient mod. The sims will autonomously be directed to every dirty object in the lot and clean it all up. This is pretty useful for those larger family homes who can't afford a maid or a butler or can, and you don't want to sacrifice a trait slot just to be able to clean your house.

Cherry Toddler interactions - This is another script mod that adds some pretty fun interactions into the game that combined with all the other scripted toddler interactions makes the game an abundance of choices you can do more with toddlers. Things like talking with another toddler, exploring around, having a bottle to themselves, and even eating pet food from their bowl.

Ferris Wheel - This adds a new scripted object ferris wheel, you can actually ride it. Combined with all the other store content geared towards festival lots (roller coaster, carousel) this is another really fun object for your family's to go crazy on in game. It adds a custom moodlet once you've finished and it's super cute.

Icarus Scolding - This adds a new scripted mechanic where you can user direct punishments to your child and teen sims now. This is what I meant earlier with the removal of the curfew mod. If you still want to catch your teens sneaking out it can actually make more sense. Now you can do all sorts of things for your stories and gameplay. Kid didn't clean up their room like you asked? Send them to the wall. Not doing their homework? Ground them from all electronics. You get it.

Lyralei Journal - Not quite like the other journal mod, your sims won't actually write anything to publish like with buzz's notebook mod. But they will get custom moodlets after writing a passage. I like to roleplay this as a diary for my sims and also sometimes extra homework for other classes they take. You'll get random whimsical prompts after they finish writing and you can only imagine what triggered that response from your sims (it's random so get creative). You can also hide the journal, and a new interaction where a sim can ask what you wrote. It's very cute and certainly worth the install.

Fairy Tale Books - adds more fairytale books to the game. Classic ones from real life. They are classified as children's books so you can read them to your kids at night. Makes a more relatable childhood experience for us simmers out there!

Mingos Option b - This adds basically an abortion pill to the game. You take it after suspecting your sim of being pregnant. While you can get an abortion for the enhanced hospitals mod this mod adds a CVS like experience where you can buy the pills from the grocery stores yourself or pretending you got a prescription to terminate a pregnancy. So it makes 2 ways you can get an abortion in game. I'm aware that some more mods that will eventually do this are currently being developed for the game, so this one might not stay in my mods folder after extensively reading through those future mods if or when it includes them. But for now, I think it's a great realistic addition for your gameplay.

Nona Breastfeed Baby - Adds the ability to breastfeed the baby. That's all. It's really cute and realistic, it's an older mod so you might not have heard of it.

I know I've already included a Lyralei mod but the Randomizer mod is a big game changer that shouldn't be ignored. It adds way too much random EA prompt mechanics that actually impact your gameplay and story. I've got all the modules. Things like combatting rumors. Giving Advice. Getting Sick. Power and water outages. Work and School related triggers and many many more.

Zoeoe Buzzler Scribbling Pad Fixed - This is an essential fix and script optimization to this older and most adored scribbling pad mod. This works like typing/writing on the pc except you'll write in the journal and it's portable so you can do it from anywhere. I love having my working and school sims get the most use out of this. You can also use this to replace the writing pc interaction if you're playing in an older time period that didn't have computers.

Ok! Awesome! So we got through all the family gameplay mods! Now when you stick around to the end of the video I can showcase to you what all of these mods combined are going to look like in your game! We won't get through everything because there are simply WAY too many scenarios to show and we would be here all day. So I'm just going to show you how a general gameplay session would go instead!

And just as promised I'm going to recommend you a list of lots you're going to want to have in any world to get the most out of your family gameplay!

The EP's we can combine in this Theme are Seasons, UNI (although this will be in another world entirely so don't worry about this one too much), Generations, Pets, Island Paradise, and Late Night. This is the ultimate pack arsenal combined that gives you so many more features and interaction for your Family gameplay. You do not have to disable all of the other packs, you're simply going to focus on the content and lots given by these EP's in the world you chose to play your family in. Also consider adding all of the premium store content you don't need the full sets, just the functional objects.

Arcade lot - For family events and date nights. Friends meetups.

1 Dive bar - for singles to meet and date nights. Friends meetups.

1 Sports bar - for guys nights or date nights. Bachelor parties. Friends meetups.

1 Dance club - for singles and date nights and girls nights. Bachelorette parties. Friends meetups.

1 Gym - Consider adding a playpen to a toddler/child care section for those busy parents. Friends meetups.

1 Library - Consider adding a toddler playpen section, a child and teen section for homework, and a computer lab. Friends meetups.

1 church - This can double as your opened Masoleum RH, and a pretty place to get married. Friends meetups.

1 functional Movie Theater - Does not need the Theater RH rug. Use the premium store content. For family events and date nights. Friends meetups.

1 Consignment store - With savvier seller objects to buy cc deco and furniture. I use this to roleplay changing around my bedrooms for when my sims age up. I don't put everything I have in the store obviously, but I do buy some things to include in the build.

1 Bistro - Open up the RH and use Ani's Business as Unusual set. For singles, family events, and date nights. Friends meetups.

1 Diner - Same as above, more afforable and relaxed eaterie. You don't have to open up every RH, but you should focus on the ones your active family will be working in and going to school. So for schools, that would be 1 elementary and 1 high school.

1 outdoor picnic/camping lot - For in home vacations, family events, and date nights. Friends meetups.

1-4 festival lot - Could be broken up into several throughout your town, one for each season. This makes these lots more optimized and you can decorate more cc into these seasonal themed lots without worrying about overloading the lot and crashing during season transitions. For family events, singles, date nights. Friends meetups.

1 Pool lot - For everyone, and parties.

1 Fancy banquet lot - Can double as an exclusive lounge, for wealthy family events and fancy parties, can also add casino objects.

1 big park - with a playground.

1 small park - with another playground and cat and dog park.

1 pet store - using store content.

1 pet clinic - Using ATS3 pet clinic set, Pet Vet career, and a second hospital RH combined with Pet diseases mod to make the lot functional, and also adding UC.

1 art gallery - consider adding an easel room for art class, a mini winery (for paint and sip date nights), and a savvier seller gift shop, to gift to your date or friends or for yourself.

1 Fishing spot, with rentable IP boats - For those fishing trips you'll take with your kids and make memories. You can also add this lot to your vacation worlds instead.

1 CoffeeHouse or Java Hut - For singles, Friends, dates during the day. Teens and parents.

1 Laundromat - For families without the laundry objects in their home.

1 Opened up Spa - With store and script objects combined for a more luxorious experience and extra custom moodlets.

[isaacthedruid]

tattoos i would give the spn characters but they are all my actual tattoos:

Dean: the sexy strawberry wearing cowboy boots on the upper arm

easily, cuz he’s fruity and like cowboys also I just think that would be a funny little tattoo he would get while drunk

i think dean would also have a little tooth tattoo (it can have some animalistic meaning about hunting and his consumption or maybe it’s just a little tooth tattoo)

Sam: the word HUMAN above the elbow crease

mr blood-freak-lucifer-destiny man deserves to remind himself that he’s still human. I mean I have the tattoo because im trans but also like Sam is trans in my heart so yeah…

sammy is also the type of guy to get cool plant tattoos and i literally just got a neat fern tattooed on my thumb less than 24 hours ago and I feel like he would love it

Cas: the three eyes on inner upper arm

biblically accurate angels have a lots of eyes and bestie needs more than two. even if this is a vessel, he deserves to feel home in his own body

yknow what he can have the tattoo of a candy wrapper with an eye in the middle of it for good measure too

[genderfreak6969]

OC x reader h.c come get y'all's food (aka, big beefy murder men)

Cori Fallen (OC) x GN!reader

TW: mentions of murder, stalking, possession and NSFW.

Still working on art for him 🤩

INFO:

🐍 Cori is trans masc, 6'4, and chubby muscled up. He can and has will strangle a person for you.

🐍 He also, is being told to stalk you by a demon that is also obsessed with you but shhh we don't talk Abt that he just sometimes goes all demon mode on you.

🐍 he's actually really soft and caring when he wants to be.

🐍 he works as a maintenance guy.

🐍 and a bowling alley attendant.

🐍 and a cashier.

🐍 and the attendant at the stingray touch pool at the aquarium.

🐍 and... Ok so he basically gets jobs at places you frequent to keep an eye on you. You're not sure how he has the ability or time for it all but it's happening.

🐍 you have a sneaking suspicion that the demon he's in contact with does more than just possess him in that regard. He always seems to replaces a missing person.

SFW

🐍 his favorite activity is being the big spoon and wrapping his arms around you and not letting you leave until you absolutely HAVE to.

🐍 he hates most of his jobs, but as long as he gets to see you it's worth it.

🐍 my man will never let you out of his sight. It doesn't even matter if you know he's watching or not.

NSFW

🐍 really really really wants you to know he's yours, will buy you flowers, snacks, drinks, stuffed animals, anything to show it. It's all your favorite.

🐍 he is your plug. he does grow weed. It's like 1 weed plant. It's named after you.

🐍 doesn't get sarcasm.

🐍 You jokingly say 'i hate you' and he full body SOBS.

🐍 you spend the next 10 minutes comforting a 6'4 very hairy beast of a man.

🐍 oh he has your engagement ring already picked out, and ready to go.

🐍 ok in a situation where you're not all receptive to him he's one mean son of a bitch.

🐍 duct tape rope ECT ECT.

🐍 his second favorite activity is pegging you, his strap is purple and he got it based off the toy you own.

🐍 don't ask how he knows what toys you own.

🐍 He bites! He loves leaving bite marks, after you fuck expect to need to cover up all the bruises and hickeys.

🐍 He likes being tied up too, if you ever feel dominant just tie him up and go down on him, you'll have him literally begging for you to fuck/peg him.

🐍 One time while you where working a regular hit on you while Cori was there. Cori fucked your brains out and claiming you as his. You never saw that regular again (Until Cori presented you with their preserved heart in a jar. Labeled all nice and neat. 🫀)

🐍 he's a switch at heart, but don't think the power dynamic changes how threatening he can be.

🐍 infact he's probably more threatening when he's bottoming.

🐍 he is whiny and loud when he bottoms, you've gotten multiple noise complaints.

🐍 he loves breaking you when he tops though.

🐍 making you cum and beg for more is was gets him off. If you're not so overstimulated you're sobbing by the end of the night hes not happy.

🐍 low-key has a breeding kink but he would rather throw himself into traffic rather than admit it.

[arcadian-vampire]

Where do each of your names come from?

:3 So!! Aloe is shortened + modified from Aloysius, The Name I chose for myself when I first discovered I was trans like eight years ago (people shortened it to Alo, and I loved that it reminded me of the plant, so sometimes I add an E [hence my art signature being ALO(E)]). This is what I consider my Real Name, if I have to pick one

Aither is my very favorite character from my favorite shitty anime gacha game. He's the one in my profile pic rn!! I just admire how enthusiastic and positive he is, and I love his transmasc swag (he originally was designed to be a girl, but the devs changed his gender shortly before launch)

Red is my favorite character from Four Swords Adventures, a silly Legend of Zelda manga about a hero being split into four different people. They each go by color names, and Red is really sweet

Ra is one of my favorite bands, and I loved the name. I'm genderfluid, and this is the name I most associate with being a man :D

Oracle is the name I usually use for in video games, inspired by oracle decks (similar to tarot cards!). It always throws people off, and they go 'wait why is your character an oracle'. This is also my most feminine name!

Kafei is a character I love from Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (a game I ADORE). I just think he's neat!

and Arc is just short for Arcadian-Vampire. I used to go by Pika when my url was Pikapi-Chu, so it seemed fitting (this is why my personal post tag is pikaposts!)

Thank you for asking!!

[upthewitchypunx]

I’ve had a few questions about the rooms in our house, so for those of you actually interested in the rooms, here’s some info ...

We are two punks in our 40s (pronouns: he and she/they) I own the house in North Portland a few blocks from the Yellow Line Killingsworth Max stop. I’m vegan and my partner is an omnivore so our kitchen is a vegetarian compromise and that is non negotiable. No cooking meat in the house or storing meat in the kitchen. Eggs, honey, and milk are okay just no on my favorite well seasoned cast iron skillet.

The house is 120 years old and while we have replaced the wiring, windows, heater, sewer, etc.The kitchen and baths need updates. It also has has old house issues like no AC, few electric plugs, weird doorknobs, etc.

There are bands that practice at least two nights a week in our basement so it would not be a good option for a student or someone who needs quite. The practice space could also be used by you if you make music. We live by the freeway which creates a nice ocean sounding white noise, at least I think so. It also makes the sound of band practicing drown out.

Pre-pandemic we hosted a lot of house guests from all over the world from trusted travelers, zine friends, or musicians. Not so much currently, but maybe in the future. That's just something to keep in mind.

We are not neat freaks. My partner washes most of everyone's dishes and will tidy up the kitchen for everyone, but there are often piles of neglected projects on the dining table, and dust that needs to be swept off the stairs and stuff like that. If something bothers you, clean it, don’t complain about it.

We work from home and cook most of our meals, we are here a lot and we listen to a lot of podcasts. Customers also come to our home to pick up orders.

There are two bathrooms, one we are planning on doing some work on this year and the upstairs one has a giant clawfoot tub. We also have a gas stove, fire place, porch, washer and dryer in the basement, small yard jam packed with lots of plants and veggie garden boxes.

Both rooms are upstairs. The big room is $750/month including all utilities (water/sewer, gas, electricity, internet and some other stuff like toilet paper, dishsoap, sponges, etc) our friend from Utah might take the room in autumn so we might have a short term space available. The smaller room is $650/month including all utilities and is strange but kind of charming because someone tried and failed at turning it into a kitchen at some point in the 70s and it has a build in retro kitchen counter and cabinet situation that makes for nice built in shelving.

We are old punks but we are pretty chill, not interested in drama and would prefer someone over 25 and even more preferred would be someone over 30. (You know, through your Saturn Return). We are queer and trans friendly. We hate racist, nazis, fascists, and terfs. Also, we are up to date on COVID vaccinations and expect you to be too.

No dogs, but well behaved cats are a possibility. We might be interested in someone who needs a place to land for a few months when they move to Portland, or someone who just wants to spend a summer in Portland or a couple months, or someone who wants to rent one room and share the other a studio space as it is currently or greenhouse/backstock for the shop.

Oh, hey also, I’m an agnostic secular witch and soft animist. This house has a name and is heavily warded so you would need to be alright with that.

Room will be open July 1 or a bit earlier or a bit later if it works out better for new denizens.

[silverstream2]

Personally gonna just headcanon Vash as asexual because he's a plant it would make sense and also be really fucking funny Reasons. Reasons being I'm ace and I think it would be Really Fucking Funny. I don't headcanon him as aromantic, but its neat if other people do.

Also, Plants being able to (seemingly randomly) reproduce asexually just makes me wonder if the Independents can do that too.

Also, people that headcanon Wolfwood and Vash as trans: I see you, and I love you, keep doing what you're doing 💜

My personal headcanons for him being ace, in terms of like, libido and sex favorability:

Has a fairly low libido, but sometimes it does get to him. I could see him being okay having sex with somebody he really really trusts/loves, but not like, often. (I could see him being demisexual and/or demiromantic, tbh.)

Kisses and cuddling and hand holding, yes, please! This man is so touch starved, please give him affection. But the whole sex thing is just kind. Meh. For him. He doesn't hate it, but its not his favorite thing ever. He focuses more on getting his partner off than receiving anything himself. Lay in bed with him and give him kisses and cuddles while + after he jerks off is more favorable to him.

Again: These are just my personal opinions. That's the great thing about sexuality and gender: Its a sliding scale and you can do whatever you want!

[symphonic-scream]

Okay writing out the whole lay down of Hifumi meeting and moving in with Makoto and Haru

She spent a night on Akira's couch, and it's like. She's very nervous about making a good impression with these ladies, and Akira didn't tell her too much aside from it would be a safe place-

"hey, it's alright. They'll absolutely adore you"

"how can you say that with such confidence? I'm-"

"look, I'm not going to be too specific because it's their tales to tell, but one of them was in your shoes. She's on the other side of that bridge now, settled. Happy. Both of them will accept you as you are, no questions asked"

But Hifumi's still nervous right? How can he just be so sure? Her parents kicked her out, disowned her, and she's still finding herself,

But they pull into the parking lot of a homey looking cafe and bakery. Noir's. There's a big mural painted on the side of the building, vines and teacups and the vague outline of a woman with a finger to her lips, features shaded from her big hat and the vines, more hands holding her face almost tenderly

(it's. That one shot of Haru from Mementos Mission I believe. The one with Makoto's hands)

There's a sleek motorcycle and a neat little car parked at the far end of the lot, side by side. There's big hedges around the parking lot, and the window ledges all have plants in those window boxes. The customers they see leaving look happy, relaxed

Akira walks right up to the back door, tucked close to where the motorcycle and car are parked, pulling out a little key from his pocket. They leave Hifumi's bags in the car, and enter what's gonna be her new home, at least for as long as she needs it

It's a little space first, a little welcome mat on the floor with a rack for shoes, with- okay you know that school calculator slot wall hanging thing? That but for slippers. All different colours. Akira pulls out a red pair for himself, passing Hifumi a black pair

"Haru bought all our friends our own slippers for their place, insisted on it. She wants you to pick out your colour with her later, so you can borrow Goro's."

And just. That's just the first little spot of love she sees among these friends. Slippers kept at each other's houses, set aside for them. Personalized. And, there's plans to include her already

Akira heads up the stairs and knocks on the door up there, smiling as someone calls out from inside. Hifumi's mad anxious now, she needs to make a good first impressions and-

Haru swings open the door with a wide smile, pulling Akira into a bear hug immediately. She brightens when she spots Hifumi behind him, and moves to offer a hand "hi! Oh, Akira's told us so much about you! I'm Haru, she/her, it's so lovely to meet you! Ah, would you prefer a hug, handshake, or hi five? You can also say none!"

She's a touch overwhelmed, Haru is, a lot. Big smile, that fluffy hair, the very pink sweater that matches her pink slippers, and just- she opens her arms for the hug without thinking. And it's warm. Haru gives amazing hugs

"come in, come in- let me show you around! We didn't want to barrage you, so Makoto's making us some snacks in the kitchen-"

And there's the mini tour, of the living room, the spare room, Hifumi's new room which is furnished lightly, as the wives wish to take her out for a day to pick up stuff to personalize it, showing where the bathrooms are, which door leads to the master in case she needs them in the nights, and finally the kitchen where Hifumi finally meets Makoto

And she realizes. She doesn't immediately clock either as trans. But. Akira said one was. And the idea of one day reaching a point where a stranger wouldn't even question her- lord it's. Like a dream

Makoto has a little apron on and stuff, peeling fruit and setting up trays of crackers and some cheese- occasionally dropping some little meat to an eager little doberman puppy at her feet. Haru just walks right up and they share a little kiss, Haru sneaking one of the grapes off of the carefully arranged plates

After a fond look at her wife, Makoto offers a hand to Hifumi and welcomes her to the home. "I'll bring up your bags while you get to know Haru better"

And Hifumi tries to argue that she doesn't have to do it, let alone alone- but Makoto laughs it off, claiming she needs to make up for missing her morning gym session with Ryuji

From there it's. Moments of Hifumi just being in this loving environment, but also noticing the ways the two work around each other and maintain certain boundaries. Like, advance notice of important or potentially draining conversations, so the other has time to prepare for the talk and set up support for the outcome

Haru changing the channel if the news playing in the background of their evening starts to mention doctors or hospitals, or Makoto covering stories of assaults in the newspaper with sticky notes she draws hearts on

And the way they pick up things that Hifumi is uncomfortable with. Makoto moving her mother's old chessboard to the master. Haru putting the scotch glasses in a separate cupboard. Keeping their voices low when she looks extra tense after going out. The small things that just, really make Hifumi feel like part of their home

Man I'm just so tender for this au i

[sunbeamstress]

hrt diary stuff (12-19-23)

a long time ago, i was a clueless teenager who quite literally didn't know what transitioning was, but i was dating a trans girl who styled herself "leeta." i saw a boy, but she said she was a girl. i chalked it up to a neat loophole and we had our little thing. so it goes.

leeta lived a few towns over - between us was an endless corridor of lumber forest, a dusting of industrial infrastructure, and the fred hartman bridge. the bridge stuck out in my mind for the sheer spectacle of it. i was infected with that same imaginative germ that haunts the brains of midwestern kids, suffering from a kind of ennui of the eyes. something about having nothing to look at but gas stations and used car dealerships and brookshire brothers and that ugly medicinal yellow subway restaurant just shocks the visual cortex into near-constant overdrive.

so i would get picked up by leeta and her mom, and we'd listen to the pillows because we were obsessed with FLCL, and these big process-planted trees would careen by, over and over, and they bored me, so i'd shove them out of my brain so i could hold her hand (secretly) and daydream and daydream and daydream

that is, of course, until we got to the fred hartman bridge. the fred hartman bridge, bigger than texas itself, bigger than god, reaching grandly, and yet with a kind of reserved stateliness, i thought, into the cloudless blue sky!

every single day you're under your mother's roof and jesus is king and you have to be somebody you're kinda not. but then you see this ugly-ass shipping bridge, and in sync you and leeta roll down the window so you can drive her mom fucking crazy with the loud whooshing noise it'd make, and while she fusses with the windows you both sneak a quick kiss and in your dreamsick teenage mind, it feels a little like crossing into a warm, lovely, different world

to quote neal stephenson: something about this bridge became the spatial lattice on which virtually all of my dreams were constructed; the graph paper on which my mind seemed to need to plot things

so yeah, a different world. it was a cool world where my totally lame mom couldn't tell me what to do and all that stuff - but also it was a world where i could smoke pot and listen to secular music, and i could also hang out with/date my friend leeta, who said she was a girl and that was perfectly cool with me.

i don't remember as well as i wish i could. i remember we played the same MUD (which is kind of like finding someone with the same name and birthday) and we liked a lot of the same video games and anime. she was good at dance dance revolution and could play it in those enormous jnco jeans, and she liked to use suave vanilla shampoo, which to this day still triggers pleasant memories for me. i do remember the long and melodramatic letters that leeta would write to me about what it was like being leeta.

some of it made sense to me: tidbits of rebelling against mom, being called "fag" and messed with at school, etc. etc.

what didn't make sense to me: the bit where she would start crying in the shower because she would touch parts of her body and they felt wrong.

i think i struggle a lot with impostor syndrome, which hits me pretty hard at work (i really do not think i am an "engineer") but to a lesser and more insidious extent, when i ideate body dysphoria

i don't think it's super uncommon for people who are transitioning to worry if they're like, actually trans or if they're just convincing themselves they've followed some rabbit trail of seemingly related clues to the wrong conclusion. i've had dysphoria that hurts but most of the time, it's just something that i only notice is gone - and that's where the impostor syndrome comes to haunt me, brandishing leeta's letters, shoving them in my face, conveniently redacted of everything but the dysphoria references. it doesn't hurt, i'm not crying! it can't be real! i'm a trender!!!

but i had a really nice moment today where i got out of the shower and dried myself off, and as i always do, i took a little time to look at myself in the mirror. my hands came to rest naturally on my chest, in this very specific way. i've been doing it forever, even back when i would have told you i was a boy; elbows down by my ribs, wrists at 90 degrees, hands draped across my pectorals:

something about this posture has always felt off to me - i'd do it, my hands would get restless, try to rest somewhere else, only to snap back to my chest a few times before ultimately giving up.

but i've been on hormones for 8 months now, and i'm definitely starting to change shape, and so as i was checking myself out in the mirror, it occurred to me suddenly that i hadn't had to move my hands because they had something to rest on. they were touching exactly what they were supposed to ♥

[pastthegardenfence]

Hey there.

You can call me Rowden, or Ro. I’m in my 20’s, and my pronouns are he/him.

I follow from another blog!

Heads up, this is a Ship and Let Ship/Anti Harassment/Proship space. Don’t like it, don’t read it. This is also mostly a self-ship blog.

My asks are open! My DM’s are open! I may take time to respond.

My main interests are very varied and often changing, but a few major ones are:

The Adventure Zone: Balance, The Legend of Zelda, Fairy Tail, Doctor Who, Gravity Falls, Final Space, Undertale/Deltarune, Homestuck, Arcane, My Hero Academia, The Owl House, Fullmetal Alchemist, Danny Phantom, Markiplier Egos

Hobbies:

Gaming, writing, learning to draw, sometimes I LARP.

Onto the self shipping:

My self insert is named Rowden, or Ro. His lore will change around depending on the F/O, but generally speaking he’s in his 20’s, he’s trans (post top surgery), and enjoys tinkering with things. He’s also gifted (magically or otherwise) with plants and flowers. His main art looks like a wind up doll. I don’t have a real reason for that, it just seemed neat. Personal stuff about Ro and F/Os will be tagged with “Ro’s Garden”

Who are the F/O’s in question?

Romantic:

Karkat Vantas (Homestuck)

Yancy (A Heist With Markiplier/In Space With Markiplier)

Darkiplier (Who Killed Markiplier? And other skits)

Sans (Undertale)

Harvey (Stardew Valley)

Gajeel Redfox (Fairy Tail)

Platonic:

Simon Petrikov (Adventure Time) (Familial/Mentor)

Magnus Burnsides (TAZ: Balance) (Friends)

Content warnings:

This blog is a proship space, mostly meaning I think it’s fine to ship what you want. I will tag things, so you can avoid content you don’t want, but there may be ‘problematic’ stuff here, such as:

Age gaps, incest, adult x minor ships, suggestive images and writings, and darker content. This may veer into dead dove do not eat content, and will be tagged appropriately.

This blog is not for minors. This is your last warning. I am not responsible for what you choose to look at. You have been warned.

If you are a minor, I will block you. If you harass me, I will block you. If my content bothers you, or I break your DNI, block me. This is a place for you to curate what you want, and I know this blog isn’t for everyone.

[animarune]

Hi how have you been?

I am still alive! Just turned 29 too!

I just saw a trans health care person to talk about my desire for top surgery. I have an appointment in two weeks to start going over paperwork for an application!

I just started my 6th season working in landscaping, after finishing block 1 of a horticultural apprenticeship. After block 2 next year I will write the Red Seal test and I will be certified to work anywhere in Canada.

I firgured out several years ago that I'm aromantic and bisexual, and polyamorous. I have a girlfriend and a boyfriend. I've been involved in the kink community in my city for almost a year. My friend just got me a Violet Wand for my birthday which is super fun~⚡ It's a neat zappy toy and I brought it home to show my family because I knew they'd all think it's cool too and I was right! (I knew, because when I was like 17 we had this electric fly swatter with which they all took turns hitting each other 😆)

I can't remember when we last spoke, but I was diagnosed with ADHD sometime when I was 21 or so, and last year I figured out that I'm autistic as well.

I moved out to go to college in 2016 and my cat Shadow died in January 2017 and it broke my heart and I dropped out. Completed the horticulture diploma program 2017-2019. In 2018 I got my cat Harley. She is the most precious purrtato.

I've been living with my friend and work partner for four years. We live in a small apartment with my cat, and her cat and three rabbits, and a brown anole who came from a house plant and hatched in our bathtub. Also, at least 200 isopods.

I'm still friends with Shika! We don't talk as often but that's okay. I took her to the MCR concert in Toronto in September and it was amaaazing!

I'm still into writing fanfiction but I still haven't finished anything lmao Currently (for like 8 years now) I'm writing a Dragon Age: Inquisition fic. I keep changing my Inquisitor's backstory lol

Oh! And I am beyond hyped for Tears of the Kingdom!!! It looks so freaking fun oh my gosh!!!

[seanoridraws]

Congrats to the newly weds

And also here’s a Trans Plant

[littleoddwriter]

Billy Butcher beating up some transphobes that are harassing a ftm!reader hcs, pretty please 🥺!! I recently went shopping in the men’s section and there were some assholes loudly making rude comments about me and I wish I had someone with me to scare them away.

Billy Butcher x Trans!Male!Reader | Headcanons

Hey there! I'm so sorry this happened to you, I wish you had had someone like him with you as well. :/ Now, thanks for the request, I really hope you like these and they can help you find some comfort. <3

notes; Trans!Male!Reader; Transphobia; Non-Graphic Violence; Protection; Hurt/Comfort.

Since you need some new clothes, Billy and you go shopping together. It can never hurt for him to get another shirt or two, while he's already there, too.

While you are looking for some neat shirts in the men's section, a group of men starts making comments about you, rudely pointing out that you don't belong there; even though you do.

They call you names and start to openly harass you. Billy is quick to stop them before they could go on, though. He taps the main guy on his shoulder for him to turn around to face Billy and asks what the fuck he thinks he's doing there.

The man sneers at him and wants to say something distasteful, but before he can do that, Billy punches him in the jaw. The other men try to overpower Billy, but he's not having any of it and fights them all off. They underestimate him.

You merely stand there in shock and awe. You hadn't really expected Billy to beat them up for you, to protect you like this. But he does and he just keeps going, until those nasty men scramble up and run away, muttering something about Billy.

Once they're gone, Billy approaches you and asks if you're okay. You're too shocked to really answer him and merely nod your head. You're certainly okay now that they're gone, while also knowing that Billy definitely has your back. There's no doubt.

He puts his arm around your shoulders and steers you back to some shirts he saw and thought you might like, planting a short kiss on your temple.

[jackieshaunanat]

Alberto Scorfano Headcanon/Theory

...Hey...so I’m starting this post with the statement that hey...I know it’s not That Deep, the thing is! I don’t care, don’t be rude and annoying on my post for “thinking too much/looking too deep” into this stuff, alright? I don’t care, just ignore my post and move on lol

ANYWAYS

Alberto Scorfano is a predator fish. 

Think like a shark/barracuda/perch/etc

And Luca Paguro is a prey fish, think like a parrotfish/blue tang/brasset/etc

This started mostly for the sake of diversifying the merfolk a little more, yes I’m drawing and designing examples, and also this and my trans boy!Guilia post are tying back into a fic/universe I have plans to post eventually. Because aside from Ugo...they all mostly just look like slightly to the left recolors of each other. Which for the sake of the movie is fine, whatever, but where’s the fun in that!

Have a random selection of “evidence”

Alberto, and formerly his dad, lived on Isola del Mare his whole life and his dad for an undetermined amount of time. The island and the waters surrounding it are notorious and known as dangerous specifically for sea monsters that have killed, maimed, or eaten humans. 

And since Alberto’s dad is kind of obviously a huge jerk, I think the possibility that he was aggressive and attacked humans for reasons outside of self defense is fairly high.

I mean, there’s obviously a reason the people of Porto Rosso began to believe the island and the surrounding waters were dangerous, the reason why the sea monsters may have been attacking humans doesn’t matter too much, because regardless, they had to have done it for the humans to start believing that

Alberto’s eyes are much much more forward facing than Luca’s. Like...on the models, Alberto’s are straight forward like a humans, which is a predator animal trait.

And I mean it when I say unlike Luca’s eyes! Luca’s eyes aren’t just further apart, in his fish form (and perhaps human as well) they’re genuinely angled more to the sides of his head than Alberto’s or even other humans!

His teeth are also sharper than Luca’s! They’re shaped more...shark or whale like, where Luca’s are still a little sharper than human teeth, they’re not as pointed as Alberto’s

They were intentionally designed like with these differences in mind kinda!! Luca was designed to be more reminiscent of a colorful and passive reef fish, Alberto was designed with more swiftness and stealth in mind, which are more traits that we generally only see in predator fish!

Albie is also as we know, much more stubborn, pushier, aggressive, and is much more prone to picking fights or lashing out

Unlike Luca who has to learn to be more expressive and willing to stand up against others

Alberto is also a loner, as was his dad, they don’t stay within or even near the reef, they lived on land as far disconnected as they can be without living amongst the humans.

Also his dad LEFT? His dad said he was old enough to survive on his own, he didn’t need him anymore

Predators will always live beside or near hunting grounds, but rarely travel in groups, even as family! They’re almost always loners, because all others are competition in obtaining food and therefore a threat

Also the only times where Alberto shows any real sense of fear (not shame or insecurity fear, just..scared fear) was when first meeting Massimo, a larger direct predator to his kind. Massimo is literally THE sea monster hunter. But even then Alberto gets past that, he immediately looks up to Massimo and starts to mimic him, and then raves to Luca about how intimidating and clearly a top predator Massimo is

SPEAKING OF MASSIMO-

Alberto is the one who knows where to catch fish. He knows what areas to go to in order to find food, Luca doesn’t have any input or clue, he just knows that the one area is where fish avoid, because he avoids it as well I’m sure (haunted fish graveyard)

Alberto knows immediately where to find fish to eat and at what times of day

We don’t see either of them eat fish or any meat, but unlike Alberto who we don’t see eat anything but pasta and gelato at all, we see Luca have a meal with his family! And it is...all plants...the shells are all just decoration or plates, the only things on the table that are actual food is the kelp and stuff

This one is also not a serious point but I thought it was neat! Machiavelli sees Alberto’s fish identity first, but still chooses to target Luca, natural predator-prey stuff, could be because Luca is definitely a herbivorous prey fish, something a cat traditionally target, whereas Alberto is definitely a competitor or even higher ranking predator fish which would be a ridiculous target to choose

[academicdisasterfic]

Letters in Transition, 23 May 2022

A collaborative correspondence between @ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm and I, inspired by our encounters with fic as queer, trans boys. Letters, words and art exchanged at the start of an unrestrained life.

Previous entries can be found here. In this letter I reference freely, as men strive for right by @bixgirl1

Dear Joy,

I could try and fail for all eternity to express how proud I am of you for coming out to your parents; you are my constant and relentless inspiration, one of the bravest humans I know. I couldn’t possibly start this letter without telling you that.

My god, it’s been a month. I don’t really know where to start. It should be impossible to feel so much, for so many emotions to exist in one space. 

I’m in my new city! I’m in a new home! I have bought bedsheets and cleaning supplies and plants; I have applied for jobs; I have at least three whole friends here (two of them are my housemates and the other I met through fandom, but it still counts). It’s a pretty decent start.

I also went on a road trip earlier this month with two of my best friends. They flew all the way from the States to come and see me, and that in itself is enough to cripple me with emotion. But they also liked me.

In freely, as men strive for right, it takes Draco over fifteen years of marriage to let Harry tell him not just that he loves him, but why he loves him. And even at the end of the story, he doesn’t fully comprehend it; but he allows it, allows Harry to have his own feelings.

I don’t like myself. I wish I did. I wish I felt like a good ghost, as you say; able to fill out all of my complicated edges with some neat, easily defined lines. 

The only time I ever saw my ex truly furious was when she threw a towel across the room and screamed, ‘Why don’t you believe that I love you? What will it take?’

Obviously we didn’t last, so I suppose I never really believed her. It’s a particular kind of cruelty to not believe your loved ones, to not trust them, and I absolutely despise it about myself; don’t know what sort of monster builds a wall that impenetrable, that vast.

I’ve never allowed the people around me to love me without demanding reasons, justifications, testing their limits as far as I can.

Except, apparently, with these two humans; who told me repeatedly and incessantly, from the moment they landed, that I was not just loved, but loved because I was funny, kind, smart, valuable. 

Perhaps it was my Draco moment, a necessary letting go of the narratives I’ve spun for so many years; perhaps I don’t believe them, but I can let them believe it. I can let them think I’m good. I can let them tell me, and maybe let them fill out my ghostliness, let that love make me a better person.

I was distraught when they left. Not just because I knew I’d miss them—and I do, as if two parts of my heart are gone—but because I’ve never let people in like that before. And, rather selfishly, I wondered whether I’d be able to do that with anyone else.

I’m trying to. I’m trying to think of Draco, sending Harry into fits of anxiety because he won’t simply let Harry give him love. I’m trying to remember that no matter how much I convince myself otherwise, there are actual people who care about me, and it hurts them when I reject their love, when I dismiss how they feel about me, feelings as valid as my own.

I’m trying to be the person who gives, rather than takes. 

This is a very self-indulgent letter, perhaps not directly about being trans, but I think in a way it really is.

I think I didn’t acknowledge my transness for a long time, because to acknowledge it would allow love in with such greater ease. 

I’ve never been able to love like I do now. It’s as painful and as joyous as I always imagined it being. It's torturous and wonderful and I feel alive, like every cell in my body was built for it.

You can't love like that hiding behind a wall. Maybe I was never a monster, or at least not a bad one; I just needed to see what laid on the other side.

I hope you're feeling at home. I hope you know I love you for a list of reasons so long they wouldn't fit on a page.

I'm thinking of you,

Rooney x

[opossumanon]

I've been getting notes from this occasionally so I'm now inspired to share more neat things about my grampa related to queerness so here we go:

He's got a gay friend in New York (They're train buddes) and when I became more vocal about my queerness he emailed said gay friend and the gay friend mailed me TWO tiny pride flags. We put one of them outside in a plant pot.

He used to wear this one hat a lot, it had this strange circular symbol thing with all the colors of the rainbow and it was meant to represent queer pride in a certain area? The colors weren't in rainbow order so I didn't notice but apparently it's legit cuz that's why my Grampa bought it. He also happily informed me about all the people who complimented him for the hat.

Him and my grandmother used to go to Key West sometimes to have fun and he enthusiastically told me about how gay Key West was and took me there a couple years ago, only to be very disappointed that Key West wasn't as gay as it used to be. He and my grandmother also tried to get me into a drag show but it ended up raining so we missed out on that but they're promising to try to get me to see a show in Key West someday

One year for trans visibility day I woke up and went to the fridge to grab stuff and Grampa went "Hey I can see you!!!!" and I was all "Huh?" and he went "It's Trans Visibility Day :>". He also made a transparent joke which I thought was awesome.

He bought me some merch from Pride Apparel (Online gay stuff store) without any prompting, just decided he wanted to get me some gay stuff.

He had a girlfriend in college and drove with her to visit her family one time, where he encountered her parents, her uncle, and her uncle's "friend". Uncle's "Friend" cooked the dinner and it was obvious that him and the Uncle were an item so when they were eating dinner Grampa's girlfriend was all "So...What do you think?" clearly referring to Uncle and Uncle's "Friend" and Grampa went "The food's good." and didn't have anything more to say on the subject. This was in the 60s-70s btw.

Gleefully told me about how an asshole family member of mine threw a temper tantrum over me being trans and how the rest of the family told him to stfu. Like no joke Grampa was smiling while telling me about it (To be fair he also doesn't really like this family member so there was probably an element of "Yay this guy I don't like got dogged on by the rest of his family).

He's the guy who taught me about Stonewall when I was in late elementary or early middle school. He also told me a little bit about Harvey Milk.

Him and my grandmother, before I even came out, would go and search out queer movies to watch because they had fun doing so. They also took me to see Rocky Horror Picture Show (It was a stage production not the movie).

In conclusion my Grampa is the best and he solos most other grandpas. He could defeat any homophobe with only 2% of his power. And just as the point of the original post was, cishets belong at pride because cishet allies are neat and should get to attend Pride to hang out with gay people and support their own loved ones also attending pride.

(Yall can feel free to add on stories about your own supportive cishets if you want to)

"Cishets shouldn't be at pride" WRONG. My grampa, the ultimate cishet, should totally be at pride because he's sweet and funny and makes dad jokes and would find every elder gay so that he could invite them to the train club he's a part of 👍🏻

[greentrickster]

I feel like whoever the new warden for Sneasler is, they’re innately an extremely weird person, if only because Sneasler would get bored if they were too normal and after Ingo the bar is high

Maybe a researcher type who almost ended up moving to Jubilife and jointing Galaxy Team but got nabbed by Sneasler first? Or, like, an herbalist who’s really into poisonous plants and animals and keeps asking Sneasler to claw them For Science?

Also I think they should be trans. I don’t have like, a reason for that I just think it would be neat

Unfortunately, it's already been established in this AU that the new warden is Extremely Normal, which is why Melli gets confused at first as to why everyone's talking about the weird warden who lives on Mount Coronet.

On the topic of them being trans. This is a subject I don't tend to touch on a lot and have very few headcanons for in regards to characters, because I'm not at all comfortable writing about it. It's a subject with so much going on, so much bad history, and a lot of misinformation and misrepresentation being spread, and I feel no confidence in my ability to write about it accurately, no matter how much research I do - if you headcanon a character I'm writing about as trans, sure, fine, not gonna stop you! I'm just not the person to be covering this topic.

(However, since I have the opportunity, gonna plug two of my favorite books I've run into lately that cover the topic - The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith, a gorgeous fantasy graphic novel, and The Bride was a Boy by Chii, an autobio manga about the manga-ka's experiences with the cutest art style you've ever seen!)