#astrid af

[katoska]

Theory why Betelgeuse left Lydia's side to "go to the little boys' room" and took over for Richard at his booth for a bit:

Yes, he could have dealt with Jeremy without playing dress-up and taking over Richard's job, and didn't have to enable Richy to get a little more family time in the process. They could have saved Astrid just fine without that, so it seems unnecessary, for him to do that. OOC, even. Except

2) Richard wouldn't owe Betelgeuse a big favor for said taking over of his job and enabling the extra family time with Lydia and Astrid. Also, ofc, for saving his daughter from trading places with Jeremy. Betelgeuse did all that at great cost to himself: A Code 699 violation (see screenshot of transcript from reddit below) gets you extra time working as a civil servant, it gets your topside privileges revoked, and it voids any marriage you entered into, so his contract for payment from/marriage to Lydia was meaningless (well, if it had been a marriage certificate rather than just an agreement to get married in the future. and if he'd actually signed it. and then possibly only if he'd signed it before entering the Netherworld so there'd be a marriage TO void, rather than... not signing it at all... *sigh* he totally burned that half-signed and not-yet-binding contract himself bc he understood she wasn't ready to marry him yet, is what I'm saying, but I digress).

1) Lydia wouldn't have gotten closure for her ex's death without it. Closure which she sorely needed, because the fact that Richard's body was never found plus her seeming inability to see his ghost (Richard: "I know you two can't see me, but I check in on you all the time") add up to her having been in denial of his death. She couldn't see his ghost because she really really did not want to see proof that he was dead. So now she gets to move on from him. Which is very convenient for B. Especially as Richard is unlikely to be able to visit her anytime soon even now that Lydia has accepted his death and should be able to see him again, but I'm getting to that.

Still 2): Anyway, B doesn't do favors. He does business. If people are allowed to take over for others at their jobs in the afterlife, but those jobs are also a form of punishment where you have to "do time" at them for a specific duration, then those work hours are a currency that you can give away or trade. You can, if you find someone who is willing, get someone to do your time for you (hell, you can even get a naive Breather to trade their actual Life for your afterlife existence).

So yeah, I don't think Betelgeuse took over Richard's booth just out of the goodness of his heart. I think they made a deal, one that means that B will be topside again much sooner than the Deetz' will expect so he can get back to trying to seduce Richard's ex (hey, Richard always supported lost causes, so... 😆), while Richard will be stuck at work, unable to visit the Living for a long and unspecified amount of time. Not that his family's gonna notice, bc they never used to see him visit them, anyway.

And yeah, according to someone from reddit who decyphered that page in the Handbook, there's a bit about how the Deceased who violated Code 699 has to cease Trading, if applicable.

But I think that only goes for post-conviction of the crime, not as an automatic consequence of the crime, as B was also still able to visit the Living World to attempt the church wedding. Which, actually, is yet more evidence that this latest marriage attempt was more for the sake of declaring his feelings and testing the waters (and showing off, and getting rid at the competition) than him trying to actually get, and stay, married. Cause the church wedding would have been voided by a conviction, too.

Anyway, that's my theory on B's incredibly considerate, and therefore incredibly suspicious, detour to Richard's booth and letting Richard have his heroic moment.

And tbf, Lydia and Astrid are Richard's family. So it wouldn't even be unreasonable to expect Richard to pay for the legal trouble B got into from saving them. Like, I'm sure he'd have done it anyway, but if B can pass on that buck then ofc he's gonna.

[bhellion]

I dunno what to about this modern pets AU I never finished

[astrid-beck]

Seen a couple people use "asa" as the accepted slightly gnc astrid nickname and i agree that we should weird her gender but I think we're sleeping on "becke". It's butch it's soldierly it has bite. it's hot dare i say.

[cheerleaderman]

Trying to estimate Astrid’s pure physical strength

Like of course weaker than Malleus, stronger than current Lilia but weaker than general Lilia but could hold his own

Astrid is just very mindful of his strength when it comes to most things and learned how much strength he can use with others

[venator-signum]

in case anyone needed (or wanted) a vibe check - hiccstrid only date for like,,, a few months but have an engagement period of 2ish years

[webzazes]

artfight attacks on @.ICH0R0US and @.AngelMolotov !!

look I hate the first one (Dr. Blackwood) and adore the second one (Astrid Autumn Alastair) even though both characters are great and fun to draw,,

help

also friendly fire is nuts

[axelcreations]

Artfight card done! One of these OCs I haven't shown off here, I will do so after work, a few hours after Artfight has started today. Good luck to y'all!

[suntoru]

BARKS I LOVE ALL UR CRACKFICS GRRR

BARKS SNARLS FARTS CUTELY AND I LOVE U. 😋🙏💗

[rhetoricalrogue]

You know how you have an idea for a story, but Words Are Hard and refuse to show up on the screen so you’re just sitting there yelling?

Yeah, that’s how my evening is going.

[your-local-squip-fanatic]

falls dramatically onto couch

woe, life is starting to hit with the upcoming move and college... im tired lol

My ADHD ass will have to start really cranking down on stuff and uh, brain cannot. Ugh.

That being said send the Shatterverse villians asks, dont be shy- @ask-the-psuedomen

h a h What are priorities

[crabgirlfriend]

the sdv modding community’s love of pastels will be the death of me. give me color

[moyokeansimblr]

I saw this set by @clumsyalienn on my dash three days ago and I haven't done anything else but convert and sleep since 😅 So I hope nobody beat me, I couldn't find it but to be fair I didn't really look that hard.

It's all 8 items, including the hairs YES I CONVERTED HAIRS! 😁so that's the Astrid Skirt, Ezra Cardigan, Gwyneth Blouse, Nolan Pants, Rhiannon Hair, Oleander Hair, Odelia Necklace and Sirius Earrings.

Closer up previews of the hairs and accessories as well as info and download below the cut!

Oki so let's start with the clothes. Right now they're adult only, all original colors and have morphs. Shoes are skittlessims. The bottoms are both quite high-waisted and the tops were made to fit them so I can't guarantee how well any of it will look with other tops and bottoms. Also, some of it's a little wonky, especially the Ezra Cardigan which I probably should've started over at least twice but anyways. The bottoms are a little bit higher poly because of the chains, just a note.

The Odelia Necklace is AF/TF and you can choose if you want it in the Glasses or BV Jewelry category. Original 5 colors. I'm not that good at bone assignment yet so it lays a little strange if you look from the side. The Sirius Earrings are AU/TU, also with a choice of Glasses or BV Jewelry but do note that the BV Jewelry version is split into a separate right and left earring because that's the way I prefer whereas the Glasses version is both earrings. Also original 5 colors.

The Oleander Hair is all ages, male only. The Rhiannon Hair is child-elder, female only. 4 colors, binned, gray binned to black. As only my second and third hair conversions ever there may be a few gaps that I missed, and they're not animated because I don't know how to do that but I like how they both turned out 😊

When I started this post by saying I haven't done anything else for three days except convert and sleep I'm not kidding, so I'm a little bit brain-fried so please don't hesitate to tell me if I've forgot anything or anything's wrong!

🌼🌻 Clumsyalien Ambience Set download on Patreon (FREE)

But please consider becoming a patron if you want to show me support or make requests! ❤️🙏 Any support is extremely appreciated and really helps me out!

[wanderingsimsfinds]

WanderingSims Fave CC - Jewelry List

1 - VMSims - 4t3 Sclub LL Earring FEM/MALE 202107

2 - Bedisfull - Cross Safety Pin Earring

3 - Bill Sims - Multiple Ear Piercings (TSR)

4, 27 - Nemiga - Christopher067 North Star Earrings & Romeo Necklace

5 - Nemiga - Giulettasims Cassiopeia Hoops

6 - Rollo-Rolls - Christopher067 Monarch Earrings

7, 28 - satellitesims - Starry Earrings & Starry Necklace by Serenity

8 - Nemiga - Pralinesims Piercing Set 26

9 - Nemiga - Pralinesims I Love You Earrings

10 - Nemiga - Pralinesims First Love Earrings

11 - Nemiga - Pralinesims Hades Earrings Female/Male

12 - Tellu - Heart Earring

13, 16, 19, 22 - johziii - Sloan Pear Earrings, Lynn Hoop Earrings, Eden Pearl Earrings, Angel Heart Studs

14 - Rollo-Rolls - Pralinesims Piercing Set N23 Female/Male L & R

15 - Nemiga - Pralinesims Ophelia Earrings

17-18 - WOE - AM Multi Earrings Newbie & AM Multi Earrings LTL (TSR)

20-21 - WOE - AF Multiple Earrings Newbie & AF Multiple Earrings LTL (TSR)

23 - yuu78 - Kuroko no Basuke Kise Piercing

24 - Nemiga - Riptide-cc Astrid Necklace

25-26 - bellakenobi - 4t3 Pralinesims Rush Choker & 4t3 Pralinesims Cosette Choker

29 - Rollo-Rolls - Christopher067 Destiny Necklace

30 - Bill Sims - Pralinesims Diamond 4 Ya Chocker V1

31 - Rollo-Rolls - Simpliciaty Posie Necklace

[littlemissmoodswings]

my fancast for my own continuing idea of "what if rhaenyra's sons with laenor (harwin) were born girls"

poppy drayton as jacaerea (imo the similarities are STRONG AF [pun slightly intended] in the first pic. murder child.)

emily bader as (alive/older) lucerea (she's got that look™️ in her eyes. also, knife.)

astrid bergès-frisby as (obviously older) jocelyn. no real basis for this one. she looks the most baby, because she is.

[miniiinebulaee]

i usually wait for the end of the month to post my artfight attacks but i wanted to post this waddle wednesday attack earlier! happy waddle wednesday!!!

(tags under the cut)

Beam Dee - @maybe-arts (mayberher0 on AF)

Rusty - @autumnleafdraws

Miette - @veamers

Parcel - @sts-puelle

Boba-Dee - p0mme_the_terre

Astrid - @theultimateultimateweapon

Artist Dee - @leafsheep-art

Bobble Waddle Dee - Cherrymoya

Bubble Dee - bluerosekatie

Wabble Dee Cookie - @loaf-sometimes

Phoenix (Dee) - @crystal-crusader

[herefortheships]

please, if you could asnwer me this...After the movie and it interesting end, what do you think happened? Lydia really married BJ?

You mean if she truly married him at the end of BJBJ?

I talked before about what I think the ending means in this other post, but in short I don't think she did. That said, upon rewatching a clip of the scene, I think that if Astrid, Delores and Wolf wouldn't have interrupted, there's a chance she would have gone through with it. This is just my personal interpretation, but think about it, did Lydia say or try anything to fight off Betelgeuse or try to banish him before the end of the dance number and Astrid's intervention? I wish I had the movie with me to rewatch the entire scene instead of a TikTok clip to verify this, so correct me if I'm wrong, but other than looking scared, I don't think she did anything to fight Betelgeuse away. // EDIT: I was just clarified that neither Lydia nor Astrid could say his name as per the contract. I just totally not remember the contract's full terms lol. But I think this still stands in the sense that we don't know if she would have decided to go through with the contract instead of going back on it this time. // She got into this arrangement herself fully knowing what it meant, and she wasn't backing out until Astrid pointed out the contract was null. Would she had been left completely alone with Betelgeuse, would she have acted differently? That's an interesting question.

I talked in the post linked above about how Lydia subconsciously doesn't truly want Betelgeuse gone; there's a part of her that wants him around, and that's why I think he's still hanging around her in the end, despite her sending him away. Her secret desire to keep him around is what continues to invite him into her life. He's in bed with her trying to communicate with her just like at the beginning of the movie, where she couldn't really tell if he was there or not. This time though, she fully knows he is. It's why she looks to the empty space next to her (and why she's totally sleeping at her side of the bed and leaving a side open for him, as I said, subconsciously wishing he was there and she wasn't alone lol Anyway that's just my interpretation).

If the story continues with a third part, I think she will end up marrying him (and I always say "for better or worse", because thematically that wedding has to happen, but we don't know what Tim Burton, et al, will choose to do with it. Considering the increased support for Beetlebabes after this movie and how much Winona, Michael, and definitely Tim love the couple, I think it should be a good outcome). Even if the story doesn't continue with another movie, the ending is open-ended enough that we can imagine what happened next. It's heavily implied BJ is still around, not letting go of Lydia, so we can easily conclude they'll continue to have some form of relationship which could eventually become a friendship or even a romantic relationship down the line. Lydia doesn't have to be afraid of Betelgeuse anymore; he has a dark af sense of humor, but she's seen he cares about her and wouldn't harm her or Astrid.