#bpr gen 3

[mmmatchasims]

Loving you isn't enough You'll still be deep in the ground when it's done

[sugaryvirtualsimblr]

A quick visit to CAS is all it took to get him looking like his handsome self again. I know it gets said a lot, but @berrysweetboutique really did do an amazing job when she made him. <3

[hazely-sims]

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Valencia: Hey, Clare. How are you this morning?

Clarity: Good, thanks. I saw you guys are having an open mic night?

Valencia: Yeah, on the 30th. You going to come out?

Clarity: Sure, yeah. Have you got anybody lined up?

Valencia: Yeah, we have a few people. And Lavonde is going to sing something, of course.

Clarity: Yeah? I've never heard him play, actually.

Valencia: Well, you're in for a treat. I keep telling him to put out an album...

Clarity: Oh? Well, I am definitely looking forward to it, thanks.

[silversims]

months later...

[ancenth]

The Mirror BPR returns tomorrow!

For those of you who are new here, I'm on gen 4 of my Berry Pastel Rainbowcy story, and you can find the main hub page with links to previous gens, lore page, cast page, and warnings here! The first 3 gens are located on my old blog, but gen 4 exists here :) Gen 4 has only JUST started, so you haven't missed much! If you want kind of the condensed version, tbh you can pretty much skip gen 1 and the start of gen 2, and start here instead. (You'll miss a little bit of context of who characters are/relationships, but this is the point when I actually figured out what I was doing lol (that said, gen 1, despite being a disaster, DOES have some gems, such as the Marble and Star family dinner scene. I dislike a lot of gen 1, but I'll always stand by that scene)).

[incandescentsims]

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Here you can find my gameplay, edits, lookbooks and game/cc recolours. I’m mainly a berry sweet, maxis match gameplayer.

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BARBIE Legacy - RULES

GENERATIONS - housewife barbie ❀ business barbie ❀ pet vet barbie ❀ sea pearl barbie ❀ gymnastics barbie ❀ best seller barbie ❀ movie star barbie ❀ rock star barbie ❀ president barbie ❀ space barbie

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GENERATIONS: vampire ꕤ werewolf ꕤ ghost ꕤ spellcaster plantsim ꕤ alien ꕤ mermaid

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GENERATIONS: mint ✩ rose ✩ yellow ✩ grey ✩ plum ✩ orange pink ✩ peach ✩ green ✩ blue

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“A 100 Berry Nooboo Challenge!” 

Nooboo Counter - 3/100

RULES:

The spouse of each generation will have an assigned colour. I will be following the colours from the BPR rules.

A minimum of 10 babies per generation.

At the beginning of each generation there will be a vote on the heir colours.

This will also be a matriarchy, only females are eligible to be heirs. 

gen 1 🌈 gen 2 ☁️ gen 3 🌈 gen 4 ☁️ gen 5 🌈 gen 6 ☁️ gen 7 🌈 gen 8 ☁️ gen 9 🌈 gen 10

[lazarish]

BPR 2 Postmortem

Yes I do have to write an essay after finishing every generation thanks for asking.

I think I can reveal now my ~structure~ for this BPR: it's split into trilogies that follow a different side character (Myrtle, in this case) as they interact with 3 generations of Roses

So one more gen of Myrtle & the gen 3 heir, then one more "half" generation set between BPR 3 & 4 that will wrap up Myrtle's story!

This was the actual inspiration for the entire Rose BPR- the whole "secret heir trying to reclaim their inheritance" was RIGHT THERE in terms of the BPR rules

I had to make Foxglove The Worst Possible Guy because on paper I agree with him lmao. Bastard son whose mother was brutally murdered returning to take back his ancestral home? Hell yeah eat the rich

The 4 dogs just get adopted into the Rose household because Juniper grew up on a ranch. The Fennels stay at the Hall until they eventually retire, and Anise stays in the city to pursue her studies!

Hyssop also continues studying astronomy, and hm I wonder who it was she was with at the end there I am sure there are no famous astronomy-related characters in the Holmes canon it's probably fine

Gen 2's naming theme was, vaguely, herbs and plants. Gen 1 was flowers and 3 is trees!

Next gen I finally stop torturing Sam and give Myrtle a love interest!

Speaking of, gen 3 follows Caraway Rose, and introduces a villain that for once is more interested in the detectives than the Roses...

[sweet-berry-sims]

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Prism BPR (Current Generation: Gen 5, Status: Hiatus):

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Generations 1-3 have been mostly lost when my blog got deleted before: But there are summaries:

Gen 1, Gen 2, Gen 3, Gen 4, Gen 5, Gen 6, Gen 7, Gen 8, Gen 9, Gen 10

Moonshine Tarot Legacy (Current Generation Gen 3, Status: Hiatus):

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Gen 1 , Gen 2, Gen 3, Gen 4, Gen 5, Gen 6, Gen 7

Key Point Dormitory: This takes place during the teen years of Prism Gen 4 and Moonshine Gen 2

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Gen 1: Wicked, Gen 2: Brooklyn, Gen 3: The Heathers, Gen 4: Mamma Mia!, Gen 5: The Phantom of The Opera, Gen 6: Beetlejuice, Gen 7: Jekyll and Hyde, Gen 8: Hamilton, Gen 9: The Music Man, Gen 10: Rent

[dreamywakes]

If anyone is wondering, I am alive I promise. Just patiently waiting until the end of November when my computer should arrive. I currently don't have the either the sims 3 or 4 installed as I was expecting it to come in sooner. Once my computer arrives I have to bulk install cc as i've decided it's time to restart my cc collection for both ts3 and ts4.

I think I'll start with ts3 as i've been dying to play it again. Gameplay BPR with some story? No poses because no thanks. Again? Probably, I have a problem that includes never finishing Gen 1 of BPRs. Might just make the story parts simple and just go with the flow.

What about my sims 4 story BPR? Well, I've said this a lot, but that story has been in the works for a longgg time. I've changed some parts of Gen 1 and i'm not a huge fan of how Luna and her siblings turned out. It's going to be a huge refresh. However, the story itself hasn't really changed. I just had some ideas that I liked and wanted to include. Will I ever get around to completely telling the story? I hope, but every time I try it ends up with being too big for me to handle. The DPR i'd love to do is very much the same story. The learning curve has been a big hurdle for me.

[simblrinterests]

They eloped.  They went down to the courthouse on their ten year anniversary.  They invited us over a couple weeks later to celebrate with them, but Lotus said it was always just going to be like that.  Something that was just the most perfect ordinary day, with just the two of them (and Susan).  

🎶

[mmmatchasims]

*alarm beeping*

[sugaryvirtualsimblr]

Some things never change, hahaha!

[hazely-sims]

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Clarity: What doubt? It seems pretty clear-cut to me.

Cameo: But we weren't there, were we? I still have to work with this guy, Clare. You can think whatever you want, but I don't really have the luxury of seeing my coworkers as monsters.

Clarity: I didn't say that... one mistake doesn't make him irredeemable or anything.

Cameo: You seem pretty mad about it, though.

Clarity: Well, yeah, it's pretty upsetting. I just... I thought that sort of thing wouldn't happen here, that's all. I guess I should've known... I'm sorry. I'll try not to take it out on you next time.

[silversims]

I love the Crystals’ story and have read the whole thing twice now! Do you have any tips on sticking with a BPR over time? I’ve tried a few times to get started but always stall out around the second or third generation.

Oh, I've got....a few. >3 Oh, nonny. Nonny nonny nonny. You know not the beast you have unleashed asking a writer for her process. Let us begin.

Firstly, ask yourself what sort of story do you want to tell. One of the most important questions a writer can ask themselves is: what story am I trying/do I want to tell. In the case of a BPR, this can be boiled down to do you want to follow the rules, use them as guidelines, or throw them all out the window at the start. Each of these are valid responses, but will color your experience going forward.

Second, and most crucially, once you have your direction you're going to need to outline. In the case of any long form fiction, an outline, even the most basic, will be your salvation. Sit with your story idea for a while, ask yourself how do I get from Point A to Point Z, and figure that out before you start capping. For Gen 1 this'll be things like, do you want White to end up with Pink or Purple? Both? Neither, somehow? Which child will be the Heir going into Gen 2? If you're following the ruleset, how will you work them into the story? What is your overarching story going to be? (Crystal has the Shade, for example, Star Wars had stopping the Empire, Kingdom Hearts had stopping Xehanort, etc. etc.)

But Silver, I hear you saying, that's not organic writing! No. It's not. It's called having an outline because a huge, huge problem I see with Simblrs, and writers of all manner of long form fanfic, is called pantsing. It means having no real idea of where you're going, how you're going to get there, and how to tie any of your myriad singular scene ideas together...which often leads to frustration and a lack of content, and if you have already started posting content, you will run out the clock and become more frustrated that you have nothing to post. Playing will become unfun. You will stall out. That's normal! But if we're trying to prevent that, you need to know where you're going.

To that end, you also have to know where you will end. Do this for Gen 1, 2, 3, and on. At this stage it doesn't matter if you think you can get to those other gens, just come up with something so you have waypoints, signposts, until you've got a basic A to Z plan for every gen. You now have starts and ends, and all together these make a map. It may very well change and evolve as you dig into it, but you have a map and a plan. We're getting somewhere!

Step three is, once you have your map, dig in a bit and make a much more detailed outline. For each Gen, make a scene list with the basic ideas for each scene; when/where is it taking place and what is happening within? You don't have to dialogue it all out now, though if inspiration comes PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE write it down, but this is just the scene list. Dialogue comes later!

For example, I sort my gens by Phase; Toddler, Child, Teen, YA+. Gen 6's Toddler phase starts a little something like this:

(Summer 1) 1 - Morning - Casa Crystal; prepping to visit the cousin. toddler softness and laughter.

2 - Morning - Casa Pep; arriving, meeting the cousins, dramatic argument with Pep re: nicknames and bullying over things that cannot change.

3 - Day - Casa Crystal; back home, speaking about the incident at Pep's, why can't people just be nice, toddler cuddles with a Mom

4 - Evening - Casa Crystal; SPOUSE ARRIVES in running away fashion somebody catch that toddler where is your mother child--

And so on and so forth, my actual outline is a little more detailed I'm trying to avoid spoilering anyone you get the picture I'm sure. Point is, have an outline for your gens. Sit with your scenes, sketch them out, figure what poses you have to work with to tell the story you want to tell, and write it all down! Again, this may very well change on you and take a few hard left turns--I've rewritten Gen 6 five times before I got to where I'm happy with it AND can actually get it done without pulling my hair out in the limited time I have to have the game open, so don't be afraid to to start your gen outline over if that's what's needed. There are always new documents.

Fourthly, and this is important too, do not treat Sims 4 like a game, treat it like an advanced 3D modeling program.

By that I mean, unless you're recording gameplay for video/streaming, do not try to play the game as a game. Depending on your pack situation TS4 can be a laggy, buggy mess that not even mods can really fix anymore (fucking high school years) and for us Berry Simmers in particular, all that extra CC can make the game start to chug in the day to day gameplay, causing even more frustration, so just...don't play it! Follow your outline like a director; shoot your scene and then onto the next. Like, Phase Toddler of Gen 6 takes place over Summer 1, 2, and 3. I did not have my game open for 3 simdays, I only had it open for one. Jumping from lot to lot and making HEAVY use of the Family Management system, I shot every Morning scene in the morning light, every Day scene in the daylight, and every Night scene once the sun had set in-game. I will admit that this does leave my Screenshots folder a mess of out-of-chrono-order scenes, but it's still a lot better than trying to use it as a GAME. (EA. EA fix. your. shit.)

Last of the big stuff: Don't start posting until you have a full Gen ready in your drafts and queue if you're going to be using Tumblr. Having the thing running mostly in the background, providing consistent content for X number of months, can also help with those feelings of wanting to provide content, and buy YOU time to make the next gen without feeling pressured to constantly be uploading new stuff. That is a big help.

And now a (not so) quick Lightning Round to finish us off!

Mute the game and play with music/netflix/youtube/whatever on instead; nothing grates faster than simlish repeated ad nauseum and the less you hear the better.

Don't be afraid to take inspo from other properties. Cadence and Forest were heavily based on Cortana and the Master Chief from Halo (yes, that Halo) and the Guardian Council is heavily based off of characters from The Legend of Spyro. Ori himself and everything he stands for only came about because I refused to let Ori-the-character go after beating his games. Basically don't be afraid to have your favorites live a new life in your stories and fill out the cast.

Never underestimate the power of music. If you're having trouble with scenes, a montage set to fitting tunes can help timeskip through the trouble spots.

On that note: Timeskips. Don't be afraid to use them! Phase Tod of CG6 is only 12 scenes before we skip to Phase Child, and Phase Infant/Toddler of CG7 is being skipped entirely. Do not be afraid to do the same/similar if sections are giving you trouble or you just want to get to a certain spot. It's your story, do what feels right to you!

Don't be afraid of the rewrite! If things aren't working, or if an idea you once loved has become not loved, or if it's too frustrating in practice and you're not enjoying it, rewrite it! The entire point of storytelling should be to enjoy it, so if something doesn't spark joy? Toss it with prejudice.

I say this respectfully, and with the kindest of intentions, STAY THE FUCK OUT OF SOCIAL MEDIA DRAMA. Ignore places like simsecret, don't get into he said/she said arguments, and don't start airing dirty laundry unless you want to risk someone hitting you with it. Knuckle down, brain on the outline, and tell your story!

and now finally Lastly, all of this is just advice. At the end of the day, your stories are yours to tell. How you tell them, what you do to tell them, that's all up to you. Do what feels right; tag for the hard and dark shit, yes, and warn where appropriate, but tell the stories you want to tell and never let anyone, not me or any other simblr or anyone, tell you you can't make a story a certain way. Life is too short to let others dictate your creativity, Nonny. Keep the dreams alive however you can.

OKAY, now I'm done. xD Welp, that turned into a real novel now didn't it? Hopefully this was of use to you, Nonny, and to anyone else reading along! Thank you for reading my whopper of a tale TWICE now, and I hope you enjoy what is to come~ It's gonna be goooood. >3

[mmmatchasims]

Topaz: Thank you for the spare pajamas. I still can't believe I locked myself out.

Hibiscus: Hah, no problem. Those actually belonged to my sister Seashell, I have no idea how I ended up with them.

Topaz: The shirt is cool, I think I recognize the artist?

Hibiscus: Orange O'Leafe, yeah. My mom is a big fan of her work. She and my dad visit her museum in Oasis Springs almost every year.

[mmmatchasims]

Hibiscus: Anyways, you got me all the way out here so you might as well cash in on that free drink. What do you want?

Topaz: Lucky me, I'll have whatever you're having! Sorry if I was being annoying.

Hibiscus: You're fine, rough entrance aside, I'm already starting to have a better time.

Topaz: Good! On a totally unrelated note, how lucky are you feeling right now?

Hibiscus: Pretty lucky, I guess? Why?

Topaz: You'll see.