#gonna make a sep post 4 the 2nd bit

[zenigatas-eyelashes]

hi! this is less of an ask and more of me just gushing about you, so sorry about that! i wanted to say that i luv luv luv your art, it makes me so very happy to see! i wanted to ask for your opinion on twcfm series. i watched it a while back and i am interested in others opinions on it. i also wanted to ask you to share any headcanons you have about the relationships (platonic and/or romantic) between the characters. thank you!! (p.s. im sorry if im doing this wrong i dont know how tumblr works)

Ok 1st of all: THANK YOUUU HFHNGNF & there's no right or wrong way I'm just glad I get asks tbh 😭

My feelings on twcfm:

very cool art style

fujiko was written mwah so wonderfully

actual intresting plot?!?! Rare for Lupin ngl

1 of my fav opening themes

least fav ending theme

zeni could've been written better & like not been voiced by Epcar (p2 jjgen) cus duh ??

Oscar was wasted potential

that ep where fujiko was a teacher at a hs mmm no y did they do that

overall: 7.8/10

My Relationship hcs:

OT4 - OT5 is my fav but here's the specifics

Jiglup = went from "what are we?" to a "oh shit I'm so in love w/ you" romantic relationship

Luzeni = dating but also have never been on a traditional date. Zeni was in denial / thought it was 1 sided. Twas love at 1st sight 4 Lupin

Fujilup = soulmates (romantic)

Lupgoe = enemies to lovers but they both never wanted to be enemies

Jigoe = Goe thought it could never be but in reality Jigen was the 1st to fall in love w/ goe, then lup followed suit

Jigen + Fujiko = QPR (aka bestiess)

Jigen + Zeni = Zeni is the equivalent of Jig's type but he assumed nothing would come of it since he thought zeni only had heart eyes for lupin (he was wrong)

Zeni + Fujiko = dunno that they're huge lovebirds but they find eachother attractive af

Zeni + Goe = zeni always found Goe mysterious, stoic, a bit confusing & wayy out of his league but suprisingly, Goe thought the same abt Zenigata!

Fujigoe = in love, goe is a simp 4 her (as he should)

[marisimverse]

mariana’s lepacy guidelines!

Hey! This is going to be a bit of a longer post, so the actual information will be under the cut. Essentially, I will be writing out my current plan for my Sims 4 Lepacy (aka the Love Legacy, which you can find here), both as a resource to anyone who gets confused about my playstyle for this particular family and a resource in case someone actually wants to try it out!

What is a lepacy? Did you just misspell legacy?

Nope, I didn’t! I’m putting this here because, at first, I genuinely believed people were writing ‘legacy’ wrong for some reason, but then I put two and two together. A lepacy is a legacy in which you explore a specific pack with each generation of your Sims, and you can make your own rules from then on out in regards to play order + skipping certain packs, etc.. This was a very appealing way to play for me because I tend to impulsively buy Sims packs and never end up playing half of them. 

Therefore, I came up with my own system/plan of how I’m going to play this family out, which includes the gradual addition of both packs and CC as generations go on, as well as rotational gameplay as more branches of the family are created! Half of these rules I’m coming up with as my gameplay goes on, too, which means that until Sims packs just stop coming out and I’m done with this family, this post will be perpetually under construction.

Generations: Which packs, and when to incorporate them? I have personally decided that I will be playing each pack in chronological order, and dedicate each generation to one Expansion Pack. As such, here is the order planned as of August 2022:

Generation 1. Base Game Gen 2. Get To Work Gen 3. Get Together Gen 4. City Living Gen 5. Cats and Dogs Gen 6. Seasons Gen 7. Get Famous Gen 8. Island Living Gen 9. Discover University Gen 10. Eco Lifestyle Gen 11. Snowy Escape Gen 12. Cottage Living Gen 13. High School Years

As soon as another EP comes out, there will be a new generation! Also, the plan might change. As more and more Sims are born, I’ll have to make adjustments, probably. I might have to population control at some point, because I don’t really know how many households I can handle rotationally! But we’ll see what happens! I don’t expect everyone to want children, and accidents might happen... It’s all gonna be improv, honestly.

Alright, fair enough. But what about the other packs? GPs, SPs, Kits? This is where it gets more complicated, and the part where I start flying by the seat of my pants. Basically, it depends. I have plans for personalities and storylines based on the packs themselves. 

For example, Outdoor Retreat came out before Get To Work, so I added it when the first 2nd gen sim was born. That’s why Ophelia loves camping and has the Granite Falls aspiration!

The non-EP packs will also be incorporated into my gameplay in chronological order, so I can more or less mimic the way a person who was buying every pack as it came out played.

As of writing this post, the 22nd of August 2022, I am posting Gen 1 content, but I’m very behind – Gen 3 is on the way in my save file! And I’m very excited about it! That means that not only have I already installed Get To Work, but also Luxury Party Stuff. 

So, here’s a possibly more confusing list of what I have planned [updated 12 Sep 2022!]:

Gen 1. Base Game > 1st Gen 2 Sim (Ophelia) turns into toddler: Outdoor Retreat Game Pack (✓)

Gen 2. Get To Work – beginning once Ophelia becomes a Young Adult (YA) > 2nd Gen 2 Sim (Olympia) gets their own place: Luxury Party Stuff Pack (✓) > 3rd Gen 2 Sim (Odelia) gets their own place: Perfect Patio Stuff Pack (✓) > 3rd Gen 3 Sim (Andromeda) ages up into child: Spa Day Game Pack (✓) > Andromeda ages up into teenager: Cool Kitchen Stuff Pack (✓) > 4th Gen 3 Sim (Hector) ages up into child: Spooky Stuff Pack (✓)

Gen 3. Get Together – beginning once 1st Gen 3 Sim (Adonis) becomes a YA > 2nd Gen 3 Sim (Hector) ages up into YA: Movie Hangout Stuff Pack () > Andromeda ages up into YA: Romantic Garden Stuff () > 5th Gen 3 Sim (Philippa) ages up into teen: Dine Out Game Pack () > (...): Kids Room Stuff Pack > ... : Backyard Stuff Pack

Gen 4. City Living 

Gen 5. Cats and Dogs

[WIP]

And so on! I can’t plan it out fully right now, because I have no idea how many kids will be born. Furthermore, I don’t know how my entire wallet situation is going to go, and hiatuses are a possibility, because I do still have a lot of packs to buy if I want to play this in the planned order! I’m sure I’ll find something else to play while doing this huge-ass epic legacy plan I’ve set out to do, though.

Okay, cool. You talked about rotations? I did. I get very attached to my Sims, so I don’t really want to do the whole thing where I pick one of the children to be the heir. I also like the idea of storylines weaving together and playing with a lot of Sims and different dynamics and homes and just seeing how things play out for each and every household! I find that idea very exciting, like a big sitcom that I control.

The plan is, starting from the moment that Ophelia moves out, to have a rotational gameplay system going on. Ophelia’s household then becomes Rotation 1, and the main household with all the other kiddos and the parents becomes Rotation 2. 

From that time forward, every time a Sim moves out and forms a new household, they are added after Rotation 2. Every rotation is 4 days long. Once I have played every single one and go back to 1, I have played a round! 

As of writing this post, I already have three households in rotation right now, and they are a BLAST, my friends. I am adoring this way of playing so far!

And, uh, didn’t you say something about CC? Yeah! This is a bonus answer, but I restarted my CC folder just in time to begin this blog and lepacy. I allowed myself 1GB of CC in my Non-Script Mods subfolder (poses, mini-mods like Grannies Cookbook, Create-A-Sim items and Build and Buy stuff) for the Base Game.

From then on, I am allowed to increase my GB amount based on the retail price of things. So, once I add a Game Pack, which costs 20$, I can add 200MB of Custom Content. A Stuff Pack is +100MB, an Expansion Pack is +400MB and a Kit (when I eventually get to those, lol) is +50MB. I hope that makes sense! 

This way, I hope I can maintain a much more organized CC folder with only things that I currently like and am using a lot. So far, it’s proven to be a great solution for me! Especially considering the fact that I had to delete my Big Chunky Mods folder (20+ GB) when I downloaded some of Adobe’s Creative Cloud programs, to make space for those. It’s also a way better way of keeping my Mods updated once an update comes out, whew.

If you read this entire thing you deserve an award! Thank you for your interest! I hope my way of playing intrigues/inspires you <3 xoxo

[mermaidmaiabelle]

annual writing self-evaluation

*All answers should be about works published in 2017.

@magnusragnor & @lightwoodlesbians tagged me, i love u both xoxo

1. List of works published this year:

Sick of Losing Soulmates ( 18th Jan | 4,782 words | Magnus centric )

You Make My Dreams Come True ( 1st Feb | 3,032 words | Clizzy )

Have A Double With Me ( 2nd Feb | 2,194 words | Downworld Bros )

My Youth Is Yours ( 3rd Feb | 2,858 words | Malec )

You Got Me So Wild ( 4th Feb | 2,376 words | Malec )

Playing Hard To Get ( 5th Feb | 2,285 words | Magnus & Raphael )

Nothing Hurts Like Love ( 6th Feb | 2,043 words | Lucelyn )

Everything Falls Together ( 7th Feb | 3,255 words | Clizzy )

This Night Is Not Forever ( 8th Feb | 3,023 words | Malec )

Got A Whole Lot Of History ( 9th Feb | 2,709 words | Malec )

You’re The Reason I Come Home ( 10th Feb | 2,475 words | Lightwoods )

Cut Straight To The Heart Of Me ( 11th Feb | 2,975 words | Jimon )

Write You A Love Song ( 12th Feb | 2,590 words | Jimon )

To Build A Home ( 13th Feb | 2,356 words | Clizzy )

Where’s My Supersuit? ( 14th Feb | 4,111 words | Malec )

My Heart Will Stay The Same ( 5th Mar | 28 / 28 | 23,464 words | #ficsformalecvotes )

Spoilers, Darling! ( 13th Mar | 2,485 words | Malec | #ficsformalecvotes )

Hydrangeas & White Heather ( 19th Mar | 1,738 words | Clizzy )

Who You Gonna Call? ( 19th Mar | 1,471 words | Clizzy )

I Ain’t Afraid Of No Ghost ( 21st Mar | 1 / ? | 2,999 words | Malec )

Trust Is A Leap Of Faith ( 26th Mar | 5,196 words | Malec )

Journey To The Past ( 28th Mar | 6 / ? | 35,113 words | Malec )

Like You Want To Be Loved ( 8th Apr | 2,271 words | Jimon )

Did You Tell Them About The Wedding? ( 23rd Apr | 1,712 words | Malec )

You Were Unexpected ( 30th Apr | 1,128 words | Jimon )

This One’s A Keeper ( 9th Jun | 1,411 words | Malec )

Tragic Backstory Unlocked! ( 10th Aug | 3,749 words | Magnus centric )

Take Me To Your Paradise ( 29th Aug | 3,259 words | Maiabelle )

Did You Really Doubt Me? ( 29th Aug | 3,720 words | Malec )

You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet ( 15th Sep | 1,904 words | Malec )

An Army Of Me ( 24th Sep | 3,551 words | #alecappreciation2017 )

You’re My Golden Snitch ( 29th Sep | 1,775 words | Malec )

Safe Bets ( 28th Oct | 2,485 words | Malec )

I’ll Give It To Someone Special ( 4th Dec | 2,593 words | Malec )

A Christmas Miracle ( 27th Dec | 3,183 words | Malec )

2. Work you are most proud of (and why):

def journey to the past because it’s my One Great Multichap of the year, and i really enjoy writing it!!! something about it flows really nicely and it seems to function really well as a plot and i’m just really happy with how it’s going even if it’s not quite done yet.

3. Work you are least proud of (and why):

ehm there’s nothing specific, although i know some of my sequel pieces i’ve been a little disappointed in because it’s not quite as good as the original (but when is it). 

4. A favorite excerpt of your writing:

i have too many published fics how do you expect me to make these sorts of choices

Alec laughed openly, and Magnus simply shrugged, winked and blew him a kiss from the box. Only a moment later, Magnus magically magnified his voice to the stands once more. “Well, I have better places to be and better people to be doing, so this is your commentary team signing off.”

“Bane!”

5. Share or describe a favorite comment you received:

i love all the comments i get, but i remember adoring all the comments i got on trust is a leap of faith, specifically because quite a few people said i’d made them want to watch battlestar galatica. if that’s not a massive compliment then idk what is tbh.

6. A time when writing was really, really hard:

mostly when i wasn’t writing. i had a bit of a hard time getting anything out from about august onwards, and it’s really easy to feel demotivated. i know journey to the past was getting what felt like no reaction when i posted a new chapter, and mustering up the motivation was hard. i have a few fics from that time that are just lying around unpublished because i didn’t really have the confidence to keep going.

7. A scene or character you wrote that surprised you:

i was surprised by how much i enjoyed writing jimon tbh. i’d never really written much of them before this year and i did a few things in march / april time with them that i really truly enjoyed. i’m finding jace hard to write atm but i’m hoping i can maybe dip into other characters outside of my malec & isabelle core at some point!!!

8. How did you grow as a writer this year:

this is definitely the time of my life that i’ve made the most active contribution to fandom fics. i’ve written very odd pieces for other fandoms before, but most of my energy has been on original pieces for a really long time. just messing about with a universe that’s already there for me was really lovely for once, and i’m really proud of everything i managed to publish this year!

9. How do you hope to grow next year:

i definitely want to invest more of my time into longer pieces, which i can update on some sort of schedule. it’s tough because finding the time and energy to actually sit down and write is hard, but i really want to try and get some longer stories out in the new year.

10. Who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer or beta or cheerleader or muse etc etc):

i always love and adore my heart and soul peeps who are there to listen to me cry, help me with my fic and just generally be pillars of support. working with them is a joy and i don’t know where i’d be without them all xoxo

11. Anything from your real life show up in your writing this year:

a couple of my clizzy fics were rooted in some very real and personal feelings for me, which was really nice to get out onto the page.

12. Any new wisdom you can share with other writers:

don’t put too much pressure on yourself!! fandom is hard because we all want that validation, but don’t go into things expecting to get 800 kudos, massive comments threads and a bunch of followers. write for yourself first - pick something you enjoy writing and just go for it. experience is absolutely the best teacher.

13. Any projects you’re looking forward to starting (or finishing) in the new year:

ahhh well i’m currently working on finishing off journey to the past, and then i’ll be starting on the shaumondays big bang!!! i haven’t completely decided what that’s gonna be yet, but i’m excited to go ahead and start new things and move forward.

14. Tag five writers/artists whose answers you’d like to read.

i’m gonna tag @oneofmanyjonathans, @softmagnusbane, @itsragnorfell, @daddariossmile and anyone else who feels like having a go at this, i hope you have less than 36 fics to work with xoxo