#i post for simblr alone

[stinkrascal]

also for some reason people outside of my small simblr sphere keep finding my text posts and reblogging them and its really starting to annoy me. go away who are u people

[youredreamingofroo]

everyone PERCIEVE HIM!!! He's so pretty in ts2 i love him :(

[holocene-sims]

next // previous

august 25, 2021 9:00 p.m. seoul

**TW: SUICIDE MENTION**

[grant] hey, not to bring up the previous conversation, but uh, i wanted to say i'm sorry you had to deal with me the same year you were going through so much. it wasn't fair.

[henry] it's okay, grant. i don't think your motivation for being an addict and attempting suicide that year was, "yeah, fuck henry, i want to make his life so much worse right now. his dad's dead, he may not have enough credits to get his degree this may, and now me!"

[grant] it doesn't matter what it was. the fact is that my problems hurt other people. i didn't just harm myself. and i was not a pleasant person that last year when you really needed pleasantry.

[henry] yeah, i'm not going to lie to you, that very last year of college, i thought the version of you i knew and loved was gone.

[grant] i was insufferable.

[henry] correct. you were an asshole.

[henry] for the most part. you did try to be good again and be there for me when my dad died.

[henry] it was weird. i hadn't seen you sober in years, but when i called you for the first time in a few weeks because there was no one else besides soobin i wanted to talk to about my dad dying, you showed up to my place kind of normal again.

[henry] i don't want to say "sober" because you probably weren't, but you were at least on fewer substances than i was used to at the time, so you seemed sober.

[henry] you weren't in a place to show up for people long-term because you were suffering, too, but you tried. you checked on me every day for a few weeks until finals hit and everything got crazy for everyone. well, no, until we threw that intervention for you right before finals. nonetheless, i appreciated the effort.

[henry] it stopped me from cutting you out, so there's that.

[henry] i'm not trying to sound rude either, please don't take it that way. it was just a lot. i would have regretted it if i cut you out, and i didn't want to at my core because i do not want to do life without you, but i didn't think you had it in you to get out of that spiral you were in for years. i really did not. i thought you were done for.

[henry] i'm sensitive, even if i never sound like it. i was mad at you for bad behavior, but i was also, um, really sad to see you like that. i love you. i've loved you as a brother and a best friend for almost my entire life. and i did not think i could stomach watching you die at your own hand. it made me sick.

[henry] and it probably makes me a bad friend to have felt that way. one, to have thought about cutting you out, and two, to have had so little faith left in you. you deserved more faith from me. if the roles were reversed, you'd never give up on me.

[grant] don't say that. everyone has their limit, and it's hard to know where it is until you finally hit it. i would have one, too.

[grant] and man, you were meant to feel that way. i meant it when i told you i pushed people away purposely.

[grant] whatever conscience and consciousness i had during that time always reminded me that i was terrified of hurting other people. i was very well aware i was probably causing, like, terrible amounts of pain to my friends and family, and i didn't want to do more damage when i killed myself, so...

[grant] yeah, i always meant to kill myself. i thought about it every day for years, honestly all the way back into high school, and i got super close to trying it about a billion times, but i only ever went through with any of my plans once.

[grant] and i'll regret for the rest of my life that you and my grandparents had to see what i did to myself on graduation night.

[grant] but anyway, i chose to have those awful behaviors because i felt like if i ran everybody off and made them leave, they'd be glad i was dead and wouldn't hate me for what i did and just forget me.

[grant] terrible, terrible strategy! like holy shit! i also entirely regret acting out like that, the much happier and stable version of myself from the last, like, eight years realizes that made everything worse and wouldn't have fixed anything anyway.

[grant] trying not to hurt people by hurting them upfront is a fucked up strategy. just entirely fucked up and counterintuitive.

[henry] no, it wouldn't have worked. you'd have left everyone traumatized by not being able to repair things with you.

[henry] so, whether you like it or not, people do like you. people tend to really, really like you. you have a very magnetic, charming personality that very few other people in the world share.

[henry] and people do want you around. i want you around.

[henry] i know what i just said, but i really do want you around.

[henry] but also, wow. i guess you did a great job at trying to run us off since it almost worked on me.

[grant] it was easier than acknowledging people care about me or worry about me. i'm not good at that.

[grant] oh, and in those rare early moments where i thought that i needed help, i was scared everyone would only ever see me as a fucked up shell of a human being. like if i got better, i would still be reduced to the guy with problems.

[grant] i'm glad that i regret trying to kill myself. there's a lot i would have missed out on, including the chance to be nice to myself. but i do worry that some of those things are true, that fucked up is the only way people see me, even strangers.

[grant] i feel like glass sometimes. like everyone looks through me and sees the worst in me and only the worst.

[henry] i'm sorry you feel that way.

[henry] it's a little ironic, though. the more you hold back from telling your loved ones these things or try to push us away so we never see you struggling with anything ever, the more we worry you have the same exact problems that almost killed you before.

[grant] i've really backed myself into a corner, eh?

[henry] there's about a million things i could respond to that with, but here's the most important one. you're worth worrying about.

[henry] you spend your life looking after people and telling everyone to care about others, like you just told me to worry about my future kids, but you seriously do not believe you deserve that in return, and i don't get it. no, i do, but i don't.

[henry] yes, your parents taught you that you don't deserve love, but then again...

[grant] i'm trying to believe. and i have gotten at least a little better. my birthday, you know? i handled that pretty well.

[henry] everyone has flaws. we could and should try harder to not emphasize yours so much. but i don't see those flaws first. and if i do think about them, it's because i don't want them to take you away.

[henry] you don't see my flaws first, do you? clearly, you don't. right? you don't act like you see them.

[henry] the person i see you as is the kid who became friends with me two decades ago. some random nice kid who approached the one new kid at the park sitting by himself and played with him even though they couldn't talk to each other yet. some random kid who learned the basics of my language on the internet to write me a sweet letter saying, "hi, i'm grant, i'm six years old, and i want to be your friend." it didn't even matter it was written poorly.

[henry] i see a lot of good things in you. remember, i was just telling everyone about how nice you were to help me save the first dinner i hosted for soobin. a day ago, you helped me get over failure, one of my lifelong biggest fears, for an hour or two.

[henry] but i think our beginning sums you up nicely. i don't know anyone else who would have gone to such lengths for some nobody new kid. you didn't owe me your time or your respect and yet you gave it to me. and that was a weird time in my life. everything turned upside down when i moved. to have a friend like you then was...

[henry] and of course, nothing's changed. you're still a kind person. you're funny. you're smart. you're just you. you're one of the only people on earth who isn't fake. the kid i remember isn't gone. i'm glad he survived. i'm glad i didn't lose him.

[grant] despite everything, it's still me?

[henry] yes. but so we're clear, you don't have to do nice things to be worthy of being liked. you're likable on your own. i'm only saying that your kindness stands out to me, and i know that you value that trait, so it bears mentioning. you've been very good to me. i can forgive the times when you weren't. i've been a jackass before, too. i've probably been a jackass to you.

[grant] i feel like we've said thanks a lot today but thanks for sticking with me. don't feel bad that you thought i couldn't get better. that was my fault. but you're still here. and you showed up on graduation night for me. i'm beyond sorry that you had to see any of that, like i cannot repent or apologize enough in my lifetime, but thank you.

[grant] i owe you my life.

[grant] i owe you a lot but that first.

[grant] i've said it before but it should be repeated, you know? i definitely would have died if you didn't come that night. aside from my uncle, you're the only one i know who can pick a lock.

[henry] just do not make me do it again. i would show up a second time, but it would be better on my psyche if that was unnecessary.

[grant] it won't happen again. i've been good for a long time, but i'm great now and most of all, appropriately medicated for bipolar disorder. it's all going to be okay.

[grant] we're going to go home, continue being best friends forever, you're going to be a great dad one day.

[henry] and you will get your job back!

[grant] great minds think alike! now, how much longer until the arcade? i promise i'll let you win a game of air hockey for once.

[simstoyourdismay]

some more harmony 🌸

[greenplumbboblover]

Simblr.cc

I made a website!

Now you've probably seen the attempt before, people getting mad at tumblr and then making a 'Simblr' (Tumblr clone). Though, despite tumblr being sometimes a bit frustrating because of their changes, that's not why this site came to be...

I wanted a place where Storytellers, Creators, and just generic sim players can all be together and get the exposure and fun that they deserve.

Not only that, but also for a place where the TSM community and TS1 can belong somewhere too without the use of a forum.

And eventually, I hope we can make it the home for Life by you and Paralives when that comes out :)

Plus, it's also NSFW friendly! While the site is initially PG-13, we've got tags and profile settings that allow you to browse NSFW items as well.

Simblr.cc:

Discord:

What can I find on Simblr.cc exactly?

Anything for all sims games, really! TS1, TS2, TS3, TS4 and TSM

Practically anything you technically can find on Tumblr and really other sim websites. We've got...

Mods

I've specifically made filters for different games, and their needs in mind. For example, for TS2 there are so many awesome game fixes out there and clean templates, that you'll be able to navigate and find this easily.

Not only that, items can also be put in multiple categories! Especially great if you've uploaded a set!

You can also find Testers wanted only mods here if you feel like helping out fellow simmers with testing!

NOTE:

Mods do go through a "queue", but not in the same way as you may have experienced on MTS or TSR. I merely check if it's flagged as NSFW correctly, and then it's good to go! :) So the waiting time will be much less!

See TOU: Click me!

Eventually, I may see if I can get a bypass system in place, but that really depends on if NSFW isn't too confusing.

Work In Progress

To show off your work to others! Even if it's project #94882 that may never get released, any WIPS are fine!

Stories

It's really difficult to find new Sim stories or Legacies on Tumblr, let alone for these writers to get people to read their awesome stories! Hopefully this should make the process much easier now!

Also! You got any comic or "movie/cinematic" like stories? No problem! Just check the "carousel only" option, so no description needed!

Feed

... and for the Simblrs here, a feed to see all the people you follow, their content (stories, WIPs, mods and general posts)! Or, simply check out sitewide, or even game-related, what people have been posting!

Customizable profile pages

Just like tumblr, you can make your own profile page! With it's own colours and a pre-made theme. (if you need a different profile page, though, Let us know on the discord)

Want a peek? Here you go:

What about moderation?

While there's a report system in place, and the items in the queue are checked for NSFW, but users could still turn their non-NSFW to a NSFW, items may be stolen. So do report these as that will never be condoned!

Additionally, all comments you get on your mods, story, etc. Those are primarily moderated by you. You can delete them, you can turn comments off even if you'd like. If things really go wrong, you can always ask an admin.

Got any ideas? Feel free to share!

Since I really wanted it to be a website we all create together in some degree, if you have any features you're missing or would like to see, feel free to share on the discord!

Where are the Advertisements?

If you're currently not seeing them as of reading the post, that's because that's still being set up. This is merely to cover the cost of the website! Though, I promise you I won't bombard the site with ads, as that's just annoying.

[fierce-stream]

stuff from Discord… yeah I know I said I wouldn’t post as much sims art but these were done for other people so leave me alone I have no interest in simblr lol besides the sims designs are valid interpretations of their original counterparts imo

Knightbalt for @simstraffikcone and Tycutio doodles featuring @violamonty ‘s designs

[igglemouse]

OK OK OK! Time to bring this back! I know for a fact that it has helped some simblrs find each other and really, other than posting my own stuff, I try to keep positivity flowing! So here it is, Sunday, the start of a new week and five simblrs I highly suggest!

@papermint-airplane ~ This is a simblr I found not too long ago and I was just getting into it before my spring simblr break...any ways, I do love sci-fi stories and ALIENS and so for this alone I suggest this simblr! Everything else is just a wonderful bonus!

@sharona-sims ~ Another simblr that I'm growing to adore and its just your classic legacy although on a long lifespan! As a long lifespan player I do enjoy these as I like to grow with a character! Any ways, I've enjoyed catching up with this one!

@queeniecook ~ It's the 2nd time for this simblr and that's because I've enjoyed it so much and the recent posts of the character profiles that's always so fun! Yes, another legacy simblr but you know I'm biased towards legacies!

@dandylion240 ~ I'm not sure there is a more prolific writer on simblr and with such a wide variety! If you're looking for anything to read then this one might be for you! While I'm forever behind on her stories that won't stop me from suggesting them!

@simplymelaninated ~ Oooh a blast from simblr past! I'm always happy to see a simblr returning even if its just for a quick hello! This simblr is gameplay and I do love my gameplay simblrs!

I'm happy to do this again and as usual, it's just for fun and good vibes and that's what summer is about right? Fun and good vibes?!

[crazy-lazy-elder-sims]

coming from a WCIF friendly simblr ( me) leave the ppl that don't want to do wcifs alone like seriously leave them alone some people are not here to be at your service 24/7 they just wanna log in and post their art/gamepaly talk to friends and that's it. NO ONE is under obligation to help you even if you ask nicely. boundaries are boundaries and yall need to respect them. doesn't fucking matter what you think should be done if a person said no it means no.

alternatives to bothering non wcif people and harassing them through their inbox:

-see if they have a cc finds blog and look through that

-see if they have a pinterest board for sims 4

-see if they have their likes public they probably liked the cc they used

-see if other people have used this cc and if they are wcif friendly

-see if their friends have ccfinds they also probably get cc from there

- go on google and search “sims 4 theme of cc mm/alpha” so for example “sims 4 y2k top MM” “sims 4 layered hair alpha” and check newer pinterest pins

- go to @/public-ccfinds @/lightsleepertrait @/alwaysfreecc and look through the latest reblogged posts

- ask your simblr friends

- most discords have a “wcif” channel utilize that

-try to recognize the creator even if you got it wrong looking up “sims 4 leahlillith layered hair” when you are looking for Anto hair believe it or not will get you there faster cause google connects most cc creators with the same style together (based on people clicking on similar creators when cc shopping its algorithmic work)

all of these methods are tried by yours truly and i usually only end up doing 1 or 2 of these and i find the piece quickly everything will take max 15 mins of your time which is more efficient than sending anon and waiting 1-4 businesses days to begin harassing the simblr into giving up the link of the cc.

hope this helps ^-^ 

[gaiahypothesims]

I'm always so happy to see you resume posting! I love seeing Jonah and Laken and Evelyn and Jake again. It's like catching up with family. I missed them. I even missed Barry. Almost as much as I miss Ruby *hint hint!*

Awwww that's so nice. I always disappear but I invariably can't leave their story unfinished. Yours is also the only story simblr I can catch up on. I don't know anyone anymore that still does them!!

And Ruby girl is always around somewhere. She'll never be gone. I want to get her back in some way, because she's hilarious. But I do my stories so loosely based on gameplay that its hard because I don't like to switch households. That's how Harris and Layla ended up getting together, which worked out in the end but they threw a wrench in my plans many years ago. lol

But just for you, I spied this little bit of HOT GOS!

I got a notification that things were getting hot and heavy between Ruby and another sim, but when I clicked on her portrait I saw this, miss Ruby just alone outside her house:

RAJ??? What are you doing here? ..... What's going on?! I thought she was hot and heavy with some other Dude!

And then like a perv I waited outside the house and I heard.... sexy noises!!!!! OMG!

So even though my eyes aren't on her, she's still getting into mischief. hahaah

[starscribes]

StarScribes Introduction

About Me

Star (she/her)

Married

Middle School Teacher

I have a lot of responsibilities and don't get much time to myself but when I do I spend that time watching TV, writing, reading, playing D&D, playing video games (the Sims 4), and spending casual time with my family

US located

I used to be @houndsofcorduff but then I disappeared and started a simblr blog and now it's time to get on writeblr again

Writing

Mostly fantasy of varying levels, although I have dabbled in science fiction (I like to watch sci-fi more than write it - that's where my name came from actually, the Stargate franchise)

My favorite author is Brandon Sanderson

No, I don't think I'll ever publish anything, just scribe vibing

I love worldbuilding, magic system building, monster building, etc

Warning: I rarely finish anything I start

Blog

Ask game, tag game, ask, etc friendly

Reblogging stuff I like about writing

Posting snippets of my own writing

Participating in Nanowrimo (buddy me: stargatetribe)

Main/Simblr: @starandsims

Thanks for visiting and learning about me!

WIPs under the cut

Current WIP

Crescent Unbound - A stand-alone fantasy novel following Astrid Vale, a girl left orphaned by the last battle between good and evil. 20 years later she awakens an artifact with great power, it whispers of the return of evil. She must return it to the Chosen One so that it can be used to banish evil once again, but the quest is not as easy as it may seem.

Main Series: The Destiny Chronicles

Overall Synopsis: A generational series that follows a variety of supernatural beings: The Devlins (monster hunters); Seers (see the future), Sandmen (travel/control dreams), Mages (control a variety of magics), Cruth (control elements), and hybrids. Follows certain individuals chosen by Destiny to stop a great evil, and involves a lot of crossover until the end when everyone meets up for the big bad battle.

Book One: Retrospection - 1976 Earth - Russell Walker is a 16-year-old Seer dating Alexis Devlin a 16-year-old monster hunter. When she reveals his identity as a Seer and subsequently explains he's being hunted by a Seer-eating monster, they run away together - unfortunately not to fall in love but rather to save his life.

Book Two: Otherworld - 2007 Otherworld - Maxine Devlin was born into a family of monster hunters, but after 17 years she still hasn’t been allowed to fulfill that role. She has read every journal her ancestors have written and knows everything there is to know about monsters…or so she thinks. After her uncle and cousin go missing, she takes it upon herself to investigate and find them. Very quickly she finds herself in over her head as she travels to a dimension called Otherworld, where she discovers there is much more to magic than she once assumed.

Book Three: Shades of Night - 2010 Shadow - Sebastian Devlin has been to other dimensions before - technically just the one other than the one he was born in. That doesn't make it any easier though when he's dragged through a portal by the monster he's hunting. On his own this time, he'll have to find a way home, if that's even possible. Before he can do that though, he'll have to solve this new dimensions monster problem.

Book Four: Lost in Atlantis - 2011 Atlantis - The Devlin family is back together on a special mission to search the dimension of Atlantis for a particularly dangerous monster - the one that's been hunting Sebastian. The dimension of Atlantis has been abandoned for centuries, but almost immediately they find a single survivor, an impossible face from the past.

Book Five: Vengeance at the Door - 2013 Earth - Sebastian Devlin the monster hunter has become the hunted, chased across multiple states and dimensions by a horrifying visage either of his imagination or reality. Now in Boston, he's just trying to live off the radar of any monster or creature. As the patients at the mental hospital where he works begin to see the same visages he's been seeing, does he run again? Or get himself slaughtered?

Book Six: Heartwood - 2015 Shadow - Janina Heartwood is a good little sister, she picks food off of her brother's plate, puts leaves in his hair, sticks up for him, and trusts him to the edge of the world. After a mysterious man reveals that her brother, Jake, is adopted and descended from a line of monster hunters called the Devlins, she follows him to another dimension to protect him. Now she, Jake, and her boyfriend, Ethan, find themselves trying to destroy an evil entity known as the Sluagh. Janina fights shapeshifters, gremlins, pirates, and more to protect her brother, but will it be enough?

Book Seven: Bring Me a Dream - 2015 Earth - Reynolds McNeil is a Sandman slowly turning into a Nightmare just trying to live out his final few months keeping his friends out of trouble and protecting his little sister from his scary world. Instead, he gets kidnapped and taken to an underground fight ring for augmented humans like himself.

Book Eight: Dream Treader - 2016 Unnamed Dimension - Rescued at the last second by their thought-to-be dead brother, Reynolds and Louie discover there's a lot more to their strange powers than they thought. Things continue to get complicated as they are hunted by a different kind of enemy determined to rid the world of Destiny's chosen - them and their friends.

Book Nine: Moonlight Dreams - 2017 multiple dimensions - Still on the run but now without their leader, Reynolds and his friends try to learn everything they can about why they're being hunted. In the process they rescue their leader, who now must accept that it's time to start the endgame and bring together all of Destiny's chosen before they're hunted down.

Book Ten: Among Infinities - 2017 Isfyd - Carson has lived his entire life in the middle of a Civil War, and most of that was on the wrong side. Although he's on the right side now there are few who believe he's anything other than a spy. When Carson discovers there is a real spy out there he must discover the spy's identity before he's found guilty himself.

Book Eleven: Diplopia - 2018 Isfyd - Carson, now a prisoner of his mother and in the process of resisting her brainwashing, discovers this isn't the first time she's brainwashed him or erased his memories. Exploring his memories and his old home reveals answers and more questions.

Book Twelve: Splintered Crown - 2019 Earth- Freshly rescued, Carson and his friends flee to Earth to find the one thing that can stop his mother and her army - a girl with no idea who she is or how to use her powers, and absolutely no interest in joining their rebellion.

Book Thirteen: Destiny - 2020 Earth - Earth is invaded by soldiers from Isfyd, it will take all of Destiny's chosen to defeat the great evil they've been waiting for. The Devlins, the McNeils, the Moons, and Carson and his friends are the only chance this dimension has. It's looking increasingly like it won't be enough.

Other WIPs

Hounds of Corduff - 1800s Isfyd - A four-book series following the three Cruth apprentices of Corduff as they battle with and against each other in the middle of propaganda and other lies forcing them each further away from the truth.

The Elder Mage - 1976 - 2015 Various dimensions - a series of short stories following Denham Moon, who some would call Earth's most powerful mage. He's been entrusted with bringing together Destiny's chosen at the appropriate time, but he's mostly just procrastinating since he's pretty sure he won't make it through that appropriate time.

Old Gods - a 9-book series following Em'het, a curious and multi-talented boy with great magics who fights the gods to save his family, but after several years of doing the same thing over and over again he wonders if there's a point to any of it if the gods he faces just keep getting stronger and smarter.

Prince of Fireflies - a TV series that follows teenage twins Charlie and Riley as they attempt to keep their younger brother Liam out of trouble with his mysterious light powers. They're mostly unsuccessful.

The Peculiar Adventures of Michael Mallory - an unnumbered book series that follows 9-year-old Michael Mallory after he sneaks aboard his older brother's spaceship. While in the process of trying to return Michael, Nicholas Mallory and his crew are attacked and forced to hyperjump without their navigation machines online. Now they're lost in space, who knows how far from home, and somehow raising a 9-year-old.

The Disappearing Place - just one book - 12-year-old Martin Ramsey has a bad habit of disappearing, blinking in and out of existence seemingly at random. His brother Bartholomew tries to help but ends up making things worse when he starts disappearing too. In a wacky time-traveling dilemma the brothers have to figure out what is happening and why to try and get back home, while continually randomly jumping in and out of time and space.

[whyeverr]

Year 3 — Early Summer CHAPTER 20: BRIDGE

Alright already, what the heck has been going on with Cherry lately? Tyler thinks he's cracked the case, Dawson is oblivious, Octavia just wants everybody to mind their own damn business... and Cherry is about to crack under the pressure.

Cherry and Alicia have been dating all spring and on the one hand, it's amazing — young love and all that. But Alicia doesn't travel alone, and with the arrival of the Wilds in Port Promise, Cherry finds themself trapped between two communities that present a threat to each others' existence* — and stuck keeping the Wilds' arrival a secret from the people they love and trust most.

Cherry is doing their best to balance their responsibilities to their new girlfriend and their community — but it's an uphill battle, and one that can't hold out forever. Something's got to give...

*Breaking this down one more time because I have revealed this information in bits and pieces over the span of months and that's maybe not the best way to write for simblr...? lol

Kids are immune to the townie virus, and able to do incredible things, like herding them, laying traps (!!!!), and getting into and out of sticky situations. This is (understandably) hugely threatening to anyone not immune to the virus — aka anybody teen and up.

However, as you might imagine, this natural immunity is something that more... unscrupulous survivors have been known to try to control and exploit to their own advantage. Heck, even well-meaning adults try to take away the autonomy and freedom given to them by their immunity — in a sad attempt to recreate the kind of carefree childhood they remember from life before the collapse or to "protect" them from the danger of the post-apocalyptic world.

Sometimes adults are the real monsters — is it any wonder the Wilds have a strict no grownups allowed policy?

Did I come up with all of this just to explain away why it isn't possible for child or younger sims to be Possessed? .......Yes.

Is it also, y'know, going somewhere, plot-wise?

Maaaaaybe.

You'll see. 😉

[onlylivingboyinsanmyshuno]

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* new simblr alert!!*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

hi everybody!

my name is dee (21, they/them) and i have over 2500 hours on Sims 4 alone! i've been meaning to start a simblr for years now but like most things in my life i keep forgetting to do it…until now! i play both modern and historical saves (currently the latter) and have taken a million screenshots of my little pixel people and can't wait to start sharing them. i love/hate building in the sims and planning on posting some of my fav builds here as well.

in the immediate future im gonna start posting my current legacy/pseudo decades challenge story, which is actually a test run for a challenge i am writing, and im super excited abt that!

outside of sims i love history, country and folk music, and old movies!

If you're a simblr (especially fellow historical sims players), feel free to like/reblog/interact so I can follow!

finally shout out to @aheathen-conceivably, @come-hell-or-high-water and @pixelnrd, i adore yalls stories and yall are a huge reason why i got interested in starting a simblr (and specifically the decades challenge)!! <3 <3

[elderberries-and-honey]

As I understand it, the old family is abandoned and we will not see a continuation of Winifred and Lawrence?

I wouldn't say they are abandoned as much as they are just archived. I'm in the middle of finishing up my last English credit, and beginning a dental hygiene program after that which is an extremely difficult and surprisingly competitive field to get into, while also planning my wedding, and working full-time.

Playing the game for an hour or two each day, or something close to, and spending five or ten minutes editing vs spending an hour just finding poses, then writing the story, setting everything up in game, and editing in a way that satisfies me are very different energy levels.

It is my ultimate goal to be in a good headspace, with a healthy balance for leisure, studying and having financial stability, but right now, that's difficult to come by. I miss The Baudelaires every single day but their story also deserves to be told the right way, especially the more sensitive parts that require more research and figuring out how to present it in a palatable way. And again, especially when you consider that the Baudelaire's are living in, what today, is considered Northern Ireland in the early 1900's and there are significant moments in history quickly approaching that I must tell correctly and would feel wrong to just gloss over simply because I'm pressed for time and rushed through it just to get a post out.

I think it's easy for us to look at these historical events through a lens of academia and perhaps even through rose tinted glasses in some respects. But, for me at least, it feels so much deeper when you are telling it through a personal narrative perspective. For example, the suffragette movement. Yes it was a movement that gave women the right to vote but it also was extremely prejudice and by and in large excluded women of color. Yet, I rarely see that ever presented or shown in the stories written here. Now, I do understand that perhaps people feel they shouldn't share that history out of respect but I also think it's important to be honest about the fact that even the "progressive" women of the time were not all that progressive by today's standards. Or even the various wars that are coming quickly, like The Great War and the Irish Civil War. Civilians are always the ones who suffer the most when it comes to war, and again, I personally would feel wrong not showing that or mentioning it, at the very least.

But again, that also requires a lot more research on my part, while also staying true to who my characters are at their core and considering how these significant things would shape and bend their moral compasses, and impact their relationships with each other (because, spoiler, it will definitely have an affect on their interpersonal relationships within the family).

Now, that isn't to say I don't put as much love and care into the Flores Legacy because I still adore them as well or that I won't try to present these things where I can! But it is different in terms of perfectionism because of the fact that it's mostly gameplay and the game helps to steer their story in some ways whereas The Baudelaires are completely directed by me alone, if that makes any sense.

I apologize for the long rambling answer but I needed to get my point across that The Baudelaires are my babies. I have been playing them for years at this point and Winifred in particular is my favorite Sim that I have ever created in my 20 years of playing the sims franchise, and it was not an easy decision to put their story on hold. But I miss playing the game, and I miss historical simblr, so I decided to do something a little different, even if that's disappointing for some or even for myself.

Tl;Dr: they're not abandoned so much as they are just simply archived for right now.

[pluto-sims]

Hellooooo my beloveds, this is just a silly post to pin that you can ignore but, I'm officially calling this semi-hiatus...well, exactly that. I work 9/10 hours a day atm with a 2 hour commute each way, and I'm tireeeeed lmao. I dont know when I last even played a video game let alone get round to doing gameplay edits.

I'll answer asks/WCIFs as and when I can but if I don't get round to it for a week or two, I'm sorry! It's not me ignoring you, I will get round to them at some point I promise.

My NSB2 queue is gonna run out pretty soon and I don't think I'll get round to playing more any time soon. I'm not gonna abandon it because it's given me so much joy and motivation, but rn I can't give it the time I want to.

Dunno when I'll be back to semi regular posting tbh. Maybe when I finally pass my driving test and I'll get home a lot earlier, idk. But I think it'll help me feel less stressed to just accept I don't have time for Sims/Simblr at the moment and not to have this silly idea of somehow making it work lmao. Anyway I love you all and I hope everyone is doing good! When I do get a chance to glance at my dash, your wonderful posts, Sims, and stories bring me a lot of happiness!

See you on the flip side 😎

[acuar-io]

Hello everyone, as some of you know, I had deactivated my old account due to harassment and other asks I was getting. Amongst other things, I was in a bad place and felt anxious and unsafe, so I deleted.

I could delete a blog and leave for a couple of months, but I can’t delete the bullying and harassment I was a part of when it came to @yooniesim on that blog. This is a public apology from me to them. We spoke in Dm because I reached out to apologize, but they are deserving of a public apology. If this makes you uncomfortable or you’re looking at me funny because this is someone you don’t associate with, feel free to unfollow or block me but I’m apologizing because I was out of line and regret my part in the hate they’d receive.

This might come to a surprise to some of you or if you don’t know what I’m talking about you’re confused.

If you’ve followed me in the past, you’d know I didn’t like yoonie/ceci. You’d know I’d use them as the butt of the joke, just because. Even though I had them blocked and they blocked me. Instead of just blocking and moving on…

I’ve talked shit about ceci publicly and interacted with posts questioning their identity that was very problematic and disgusting especially as a non-black person. I’ve also said some stupid shit in private that I regret.

I have reflected on this for a while now and have regretted ever speaking out of line towards ceci. Not even to their face I’ll tell you that. As a non-black Latino who claims to be an ally of the black community and as someone who is also mixed race, I should have known better to ever speculate or question ceci’s racial identity when people were always questioning and assuming mine. I was doing the same shit people were doing to me, to them. My stupid speculations lead to serious harassment being sent to ceci.

Not only that, but I was in a space that I shouldn’t have been in that was speculating their racial identity, egging on and making fun of them. Because I personally believed in my stupid ass theory that they weren’t being truthful about their race. *the problematic Mapanou post*

Mapanou made a post calling ceci a koreaboo and compared them to logic (the rapper) “holding on to that 25%”

I made a comment on that, making a joke. I don’t exactly remember what I said because when mapanou added to that post they added some weird rhetoric about mixed black ppl that I won’t get into because that isn’t a topic I should speak on, but I deleted my comments after seeing them add that to it.

I just know I was questioning their race and cracking jokes in that comment section.

Feel however you feel about ceci. That’s your prerogative, but I’ve felt guilt and I’ve felt hypocritical all this time and I’m not asking ceci to be my best friend and I’m not doing this to look like a saint. I’m doing this because I want to and because I know what I did was wrong.

Anybody else that has had an issue with them in the past, that’s their business and their business alone. I’m not here to talk about other peoples issues or experiences w/ ceci. I’m here to talk about my part in this.

At the end of the day, I was a bully. I was egging on and adding petty remarks and jokes to be funny. They weren’t funny at all, they were stupid, ignorant and immature. I’m truly embarrassed of this behavior.

If I simply didn’t like this person, I should have just blocked them in the first place and move on with my life, but I didn’t.

This is something I want to learn from and move on from to be better and do better. All of this occurred months to a year ago, but I look back and hate how that was me in the beginning to mid-2023/2022. That isn’t something I’m proud of. I know some people know me for being truthful and honest but that shouldn’t have to be at the expense of others. And being truthful and honest doesn’t always mean you’re in the right. You can be incredibly loud and wrong.

I’m done with simblr drama, simblr discourse, whatever you want to call it. If I don’t like someone or see something weird I’m just going to block and move in silence, that should have always been the first option. I’m just here to vibe and share my sims with the community and see people’s creativity.

I don’t have any ill will against anyone, I don’t want to spread hate to anyone and I don’t care for chisme (gossip) about others or myself. I’m done being that kinda person.

I am so sorry for everything ceci, I know an apology cannot change the things that came from this, but I hope we could coexist on this site and have respect for each other when we pop on each others timelines.

Again, I’m apologizing for my part because I deem it necessary after so long and I strongly believe that my doing was foul as fuck and wrong. Whatever issue anyone else has with Ceci is there problem and there’s alone. I cannot speak for others. I can only speak for my side and no one has to publicly speak out, but I’m choosing to do so because I was questioning ceci’s racial identity and cracking jokes about it.

[sparkiekong]

Updates

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TLDR: Going to keep writing, but not screening until I am less mad at the sims team for mucking up my game.

So... I'm guessing some of you will be unfollowing me because I'm not using the sims right now as an avenue for helping tell my story. Let me explain myself and after that, if you wanna go... feel free. I'm going to do what makes me happy, you should too.

I still want to write The Axiom Conclusion stuff, but I am not yet ready to forgive and forget the atrocity that is in-game advertising and monetizing of my game that has already netted them thousands of dollars from me alone.

I've been a faithful buyer of the Sims 4 since it's release and I feel a bit slighted and pissed that they didn't at least offer some "opt-out" of store stuff and they forced a store into the UI as well.

Some would say, just ignore it it... mod it out and you'll be fine. But... hear me out.... I don't want to. I shouldn't HAVE to. In a day where options and choices are everything and in a game that touts itself as the 'ultimate' expression of yourself and your culture... I have no rights to turn off the things I don't want to see without completely modding my game out and that in turn is another cycle that ends up in frustration on any patch day... and I'm tired of it right now.

I can't seem to get over it right now and I am mad about it. I hate it and honestly, it's taken away from my creativity and writing so much that I loathed writing because of the sheer amount of work that goes into being a "simblr". You all know the struggle and I guess I'm tired of the dance.

I am currently looking into other avenues for adding imagery, but am not having a tremendous amount of luck with that. So in the interim, I'm going to be posting TAC without images. Tagging and all that will still be the same and consideration for triggers etc., just no images for now. Currently, the writing is the part that I enjoy the most and what I'm going to do until I decide otherwise.

So I guess, I'm sort of a writer who sims, rather than a simmer who writes... at least for now. To those who move on, I wish you the best, to those who stick around. Thank you for sticking with me and with Helen. The KSU and TAC story is important to myself and @helenofsimblr and I have no intentions of stopping the writing.

I'm sure Helen will continue doing screens and stuff on her side. I just don't want to screen right now. It completely saps my creativity when I even think about going into the game to screen and I really just want to get my side of the story moving and out there.

I plan on using the same naming conventions I have previously with a title and a XX/XX where X is numerical. Hope you stick around... things are just warming up.