I think what I want to get into with the "Anyone can do harm." thing that I keep beating yall over the head with is that literally anyone, anyone at all can do harm it's not "in your DNA" to be an abuser or written in the stars that you'll be a predator.
Whatever image you have of an abuser in your head, drop it and replace it with your favorite person in the world and you'll probably be closer to the truth than you realize.
It's easy to address harm when it's coming from someone you already hate.
I see it happen all the time. Someone you couldn't stand for no real reason does something heinous then all of a sudden here comes the avalanche of "I always knew they were a fucked up individual."
No, you didn't.
There is no possible way you could have known, you just already didn't fuck with them before they started doing something you could use to justify your hatred of them. I'm guilty of it too! I'm petty, mean, vindictive, and yes! I'm way quicker to believe something bad about someone I hate versus someone I love because I'm human. Still, y all gotta learn to move past that initial "Well, they were always nice to me!" gut feeling and understand that nobody truly knows anyone and anyone can be capable of anything. Even victims. Even you.
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ratsave 1.2
by ratboysims
⭐sorry about the wait on this one!!!!!!
WHAT’S NEW FROM 1.1?
• willow creek got a facelift with a lot of completely new builds!
• magnolia promenade got a complete facelift with all new builds!
• sulani is completed, yes all of it!
• other worlds are still not completed, but there are a bunch of new builds and families scattered throughout!
• every family in willow creek now has descriptions and story, and their in-game selves should reflect that story!
⭐ information + download below the cut :-)
(PLEASE read all of this!)
↪ How to download saves
(please read this link, I will not be answering asks about it!)
PACKS:
• the ratsave uses most packs EXCEPT for journey to batuu, moschino, and my first pet stuff.
• it uses NO kits or cc!
• you can still download and play with the save if you’re missing packs, but items and clothes might be missing or replaced!
IMPORTANT INFO:
⭐ please remember this is NOT a finished save, even if all the builds should be functional! i’m still in the process of building and editing, so some builds might not match the sims that live there, and some families might be incomplete etc etc. it shouldn’t be noticeable if you’re playing with your own sims, but please do keep it in mind!
⭐ if you find anything that doesn’t work or is off, PLEASE LET ME KNOW so i can fix it and update the save! i’m only one person working on this and it’s hard to keep track of everything, so any help with noticing issues is super appreciated!
⭐ if you use this, also please let me know and tag me in your photos! i’d love to see your sims living their best life in my save :-)
⭐ DOWNLOAD ⭐
★ please consider supporting me on ko-fi!
↪ DOWNLOAD ON BLOGSPOT (no adf*y)
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This morning I am horribly weak. My face is ghastly pale, and my throat pains me. It must be something wrong with my lungs, for I don't seem ever to get air enough.
It's never stated exactly where on her throat the "pin-pricks" are, but though Mina claims they started out tiny, by the time a week had passed they'd gotten a bit bigger/more noticeable. Now, she did say she'd call a doctor about them if they didn't heal up soon, and then didn't seem worried about them when she left Whitby, so it seems likely that they healed up fairly soon after Dracula left town. Lucy knew they were there because Mina expressed worry over them, and she dismissed it.
Lucy also had a habit of looking at herself in the mirror from time to time. If the marks went away and then returned I feel like she should have noticed, instead of just attributing everything to her lungs with no mention of other possible causes for throat pain. So, it leaves me three options, all of which feel deliciously creepy:
She no longer looks in the mirror. (May not think anything of it, may just feel ill and not have the impulse - however, even more things that she doesn't understand are going on with her now. It would be a perfectly reasonable time to try and stare at herself, take in how pale she looks, how tired, try to figure out why. To practice a cheerful smile for Arthur. If she's stopped entirely, I feel Dracula is responsible.)
She sees them in the mirror but doesn't think anything of it. (Observing relevant details but unable to connect them or notice the significance. Definitely could be an effect of Dracula feeding on her. Somewhat supported by a future scene.)
She looks in the mirror but doesn't see the marks at all. (Even more explicit/deliberate hiding of evidence from her eyes. They're vampiric in nature and just as vampires can't be seen in mirrors neither can the marks they make. Very fitting with how Dracula tries to gaslight/confuse his victims about what's happening to them. Also would be a nice creepy moment in a visual adaptation.)
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official finish-this-sketch-how-you-want post idk what to call thisSAMPLE TEXT
hi! I miss drawing with people in a café and some folks mentioned they'd like to mess with my sketches themselves and that sounds cool so this is now a thing. if u play gartic phone this is basically the complement mode! but without the fucking ring noise that freaks you out right when you're getting into the flow of it
few things are 1/there's no hard deadline! take this at ur own pace if u do, but 2/I'll also be finishing this sketch and I estimate it to take around uhh 3 to 4 days? from the time this is posted. so if that's a structure u like then let's aim for something done in that timespan as well! and 3/if u finish ur piece and post it and want me to see it the best way to do that is to @ this blog! above all we go into this one determined to have fun and enjoy. I already bought u a matcha latte with oat milk sorry if u don't want that
here I got u today a sketch that's supposed to be Riz Gukgak (SY) (grey bg version and transparent version for ur ease of peruse)
remember to have fun & be urself & finish ur drink & see u in 4 or 5
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to my all little liars!! (edit: wtf happened to my english? 😭)
we’re at 24.6k words rn 😟 if you plan on reading it next week, i recommend you read it on the weekends when there’s no school or work for you waiting in the morning 😀
calling in the troops rn ‘cause there’s still one final scene i have to write and it’s gonna be LONG (this isn’t including the bonus scene btw) but it’s extremely important for the story to continue, and without it, the rest of the story literally cannot go on 😭
we’re locking in guys. it’s 100% gonna border 30k words for sureee. sm has happened in that ONE chapter and i literally cannot wait to release it for all of you, you have no ideaaa
gonna go to bed and then wake up, study, break, write for the fic, repeat. had to randomly drop an update here cuz i’ve been edging you guys for so long i’m sorryyy, but it really is nearly here <333
edit: fck it guys i’m writing it rn (the immediate comments got me motivated)
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