#i feel like there's more gameplay blogs than strictly storytelling blogs

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simblr is dead allegations going around again oh brother

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it's quite a talent and requires a lot of subtlety and a gentle eye and hand to tell a story without words like you have so often done along the way... it is a very fine way of storytelling... and that you have chosen to end it in a long chapter that mostly does without words... it is epic, it is a virtuoso thing... BRAVO!

Once again I’m so grateful to have found a medium for telling stories that way (short of becoming a real movie director), and for learning that my style can actually carry a narrative and you could follow the plot and relate to the characters. Thank you for reading and for your wonderful feedback! *bows*

andantezen replied to your photoset

beautiful job evoking the passing of time

andantezen replied to your photoset

pretty scenes!

Kinda couldn’t stop taking pictures...

andantezen replied to your photo

I love how Val seems much more humane in her last scenes, less rigid.

For the first time in this story she has another human to truly interact with.

andantezen replied to your photoset

again, we are left to wonder about the words he is hearing...

andantezen replied to your photo

in the end, you leave it to the reader/viewer to imagine what his feelings and thoughts are...

That’s the kind of scenes I feel I’d only ruin if I tried to write dialogue. If this were a real film though, I’d most likely have added music. andantezen replied to your photo “Ner: Sarmanna? If anything happens… Sar: You’re gonna be alright....”

again, this is so credible, and speak of the terrible times they lived in... not that is changed that much, and not everywhere on the world...

Very true :/ Sarmanna’s statements in this scene are partly inspired by a class about women in the early US and Canada I had at university and where I came to realize just how much most of them had been through, and how they were completely left alone with it. So I imagine moving on was really the only option. andantezen replied to your photo “Han: Umm - sorry… but she asked to be brought here.”

love the scene, how it's built in perspective and layers of characters -- and we know how difficult it is to stage open door scenes :)

I use NRaas DebugEnabler, which has an option to open doors and let them stay open. It is a pain though, especially with double doors. andantezen replied to your photoset “Val: We thought you fell in battle – Greio said so. Ner: He probably...”

do I see a pregnancy belly, or is it just the pose?

You do. I’m not quite happy with how this turned out. Declarations-of-Drama kindly offered some advice on how to make pregnancy more obvious, but I had already finished the scene by then.

andantezen replied to your photoset

this whole sequence without words is so poetic, and it feels so intimate too, as if we were seeing something that is almost not allowed to...

*nods silently*

andantezen replied to your photo

love the kids training for fighting... it's these little details of what reality was like back then that make your story so special!

I put slightly more effort into this one-picture appearance of the next generations of squires than strictly necessary, as I was trying to convey how Favin is back to training kids for fighting, even more aware what horrible things might happen to them out there. And they are going about it just as naively as children would. simcatcher replied to your post “The End”

*also I cant believe Ive followed you for so long and had no clue about this blog :O

Hm, maybe I hid it a little bit too well. I did occasionally link to it, but I didn’t want to bother my cc-and-gameplay followers with it too much. Glad you found it though! simcatcher replied to your post “The End”

What to say. I loved it to pieces. You’re such a great storyteller and your ability to stage/use so many sims is gorg and impressive ! I just have a little question though : did Ner die while giving birth ? I know we dont see her in the end but she could as well be gone on the road ? You broke my heart many times. Cheers ! 😘

Again, this means a lot coming from a storyteller I admire very much. And you’re really one of those who’s blog showed me it’s possible to tell a complex and serious story in simblr format. 

(See below about Ner)

andantezen replied to your photoset

when I was a teen, and often sharing books with my parents, we all used to had open endings... I don't know about my father and mother, but I have grown to kind of like them... Thing is, the reader/viewer makes it to his liking, right? Did she die? Did she leave in shame? But would she leave a kid behind? How to make it less heartbreaking is up to the reader/viewer. Still, tears swelled in my eyes at this ending.

Interestingly enough, that’s where I originally got stuck with the story. All possible alternatives are there in my head and I just can’t decide. That’s also why I’m completely undecided about Greio’s and Kaana’s future. simcatcher replied to your post “Behind the Scenes Chapter 3,5  So much went wrong there, this scene...”

Your behind the scenes are the best omg ! I know where you've been 😁

I was right there behind the camera, shouting at my Sims through a director’s megaphone ;)

simcatcher replied to your photoset

This scene made me smile :)

:)