#i still have some screenshots to edit for horse ranch

[moonfromearth]

My Top 24(-ish) Screenshots of 2024!!

Thank you so much for the tag @salemssimblr!! I thought I wouldn't even find 24 screenshots to post but turns out I had more than I thought 😅

January

Me Before Looking Through Archive: I haven't been playing or posting that much so nothing really changed in 2024.

Me After Looking Through Archive: What do you mean Thunder was still a foal in January?? 😨

So this is about when I realized that I had done more during the year than I thought 😆 This tag was actually really good because I've felt bad about how little I did but looking back we actually made a lot of stuff and now I'm happy! 🥰

February

February was a slower month (and about when I started stalling on a big HR edit that didn't get posted until the end of the year 😆😅).

However, I did finished these sims to submit to @bunnithechubs and @butteredfrogs and I still think they're adorable.

March

I was so sad because I thought I didn't do anything with Corey this year but I forgot about the trading cards I can't believe that was just in 2024!! 🤩🤩

Credits to @squea and @butteredfrogs for the challenge and template it was a highlight of my year. So much fun to see everyone's cards and I learned some new editing tricks making them that helped me later in the year 😉

April

I made up the entire cast of the book I was writing that month (to procrastinate working on said book) and I'm so proud of how each of them turned out! Originally I had all of them in here but I ran out of image space so I had to narrow it down 😢

Anyway, the two on the left are the main characters and they look exactly like they do in my head which is so cool. Also the other character on the right turned out awesome. This year I downloaded a lot of wrinkle details to make better adult/elder sims and they look so good I'm so happy with them now and I've even gotten better at using them throughout the year than even here (sorry that was long lol).

May

Thank you again @havenroyals for putting together the simblr MET gala because it produced some of my best screenshots of the year!! 🤩 It was my first time experimenting with deco sims which was fun and I had an amazing time dressing my sims to theme. And giving them after party looks was the best.

Seeing everyone's sims attending the event was just such a good time and a great moment in the community this year 🥰

June

I almost forgot about the music tag that went around this month and these have to be some of my best of the year 😆 It's some of the most editing I've done and I love how they turned out!! These two especially were the best because they translated from concept to actuality so perfect and I can't wait to actually post the stories they're from 🥰🥰

(there are too many good screenshots from this month I didn't even get to the Edgewave submission!! 😭)

July

July I had several sim submissions I did, but this sim for @thebramblewood is my favorite! I finally got to use some of the historical cc that I download once in a while, plus her cane and personality were so clear and I love her (also the post she featured in was amazing thanks again bramblewood!!).

August - September

I moved during August and apparently forgot how to post because it took me forever to get back into it (and I'm still working on consistently posting but that's a problem for 2025 😆).

October

October is my favorite month for posts because of my beloved Slashed challenge by @folkling. I'm too much of a baby to even watch slasher films but these are some of my favorite characters and I have so many scenes with them that I will finally make one day!!

Unfortunately I couldn't fit all of their 2024 makeovers here, so just a few favorites. Carrie our final girl is iconic as always. Her design has been so consistent since I made her the first time with only a few upgrades in skin/blood details. Also Keaton the hunter got a major glow up from his first edition, which I liked the concept of but wasn't in love with the execution of. And Alicia is still one of my favorites she's so cool 😆

Also included is my experiment with my Rose gen sim from the Not So Berry Challenge in a move that re-inspired me to work on the challenge again (coming some time in 2025 😉). I literally went into cas just to put her in these two cc outfits and got totally invested in going back to the challenge 🤣

November

I finally decided to make myself finish the screenshot retakes I'd been putting off since January and I'm so happy with how they came out. So much had to get done for those scenes, from building the competition grounds from scratch, to retaking the screenshots three times, to editing this article about our favorite mysterious benefactor (who I can't wait to write more of)!!

Even though there's some things I'm still not totally happy with, I'm so glad I finally posted it, and proud of the skills I've learned over the year that made it possible (like the trading cards, which taught me new editing tricks that I used in this and some future websites and articles that you'll see next year 😉😉).

December

Aaaaand theres's nothing except this for December (oops 😅).

This reflection actually turned a bit into a gratitude post because I tagged so many people who used my sims or who's challenges I loved (sorry hopefully that wasn't annoying!!). Given how little I worked on my actually gameplay/story this year, it was the challenges made by other talented people here that really kept me involved with the community, and who made all of the creative screenshots I took this year possible. So, thank you to the simblr community for another amazing year (I'd list you all individually but I'd run out of space 😆).

Anyway, a final thank you to anyone who read this, which turned out way longer than it was supposed to be, and turned into a vent about how happy I am that I had more screenshots than I thought (seriously thought I'd only have two months filled in I posted so much more than I expected 😭).

Happy holidays to anyone celebrating and see you next year! ❤️

[losieee]

Santa Monica Haven

Radio: "Hello LA, you're up way past your bedtime aren't you? Hope you've slipped into something comfortable, I know I have...”

While i have been recovering from my surgery i have been scrolling tumblr a fair bit and i came across @vermutandherring amazing build of the Asylum and it made me want to recreate some of the builds from Bloodlines aswell! (completely cc free ofc)!!

I wanted to start out with a smaller one since i still have pain in my hand, but it also happens to be one of the most iconic places in the game imo!! I hope you fellow vampire nerds like it:)

Room - Living room

Apartment

8x7

1Br, 1Ba- Holds 2 sims

14,170 §

No CC

Expansion Packs: Horse Ranch, Growing Together, Cottage Living, Eco Lifestyle, Discover University, Gat Famous, Cats & Dogs, City Living, Get Together, Get to Work

Game Packs: Werewolves, Dream Home Decorator, Journey to Batuu, StrangerVille, Jungle Adventure, Parenthood, Vampires, Dine Out

Stuff Packs: Laundry Day

Kits: Everyday Clutter

Floor Plan

Download | Gallery ID: Losieee

RESHADE

@antiquatedplumbobs @publicvanillabuilds @coffee-houses-finds @maxismatchccworld @mmfinds

If you use my builds and upload screenshots, videos, edits or anyhting else, please @ me! I love to see them!

[introvertedfox]

Sims get to know me

Thank you @minty-plumbob​ and @cantseemtohide​​ for the tag! 🧡

1. What’s your favourite sims death? Cowplant! But the bunny and chicken ones too. It’s too funny. xD

2. Alpha CC or Maxis Match? Maxis match. Always.

3. Do you cheat when your sims gain weight? Ngl I used to. But now I avoid cheating sims appearance at all.

4. Do you use move objects? All the time!

5. Favorite mod? MC Command Center and UI Cheats.

6. First expansion/game/stuff pack you got? Outdoor Retreat, and it’s still one of my favourites to this day.

7. Do you pronounce “live mode” like aLIVE or LIVing? I think aLIVE? LIVing sounds wrong to me for some reason.

8. Who’s your favorite sim that you’ve made? I’m always choosing Abigail. But today I’ll say Aubrey, since she was my favourite in the nightmare legacy. Now...technically I didn't make her, she was born in my save. But I made one of her mothers, so I say it counts. xD

9. Have you made a simself? Yes. Now...does she look exactly like me? It’s debatable. xD

10. What sim traits do you give yourself? Creative, loner, animal enthusiast, and geek.

11. Which is your favorite EA hair color? All the ginger ones.

12. Favorite EA hair? This one from Get Famous. Probably the only thing I really like from that pack. xD

13. Favorite life stage? Probably young adults. I also like children and teens, especially now that they can do a lot more.

14. Are you a builder or are you in it for the gameplay? Mostly gameplay with the occasional building when I feel like it.

15. Are you a CC creator? I tried, really did. But it’s not for me, I don’t have the patience for it. xD

16. Do you have any simblr friends/a sim squad? Yeah. Not a squad though. But I have a couple of friends. :)

17. What’s your favorite game? (1, 2, 3, or 4) I'm gonna say 3 just because I have such good memories of it. But I love 4 just as much.

18. Do you have any sims merch? Does an old sims 3 poster from a random magazine counts?

19. Do you have a YouTube for sims? No. I can barely keep up with my simblr as it is. xD

20. How has your “sim style” changed throughout your years of playing? I never used cc when I played sims 3, mostly because I didn't even know how to get it back then and couldn’t bother figuring it out. Then I started playing sims 4 and discovered the world of cc, so I used tons of it. And now I'm back to playing with very few cc. 

21. What’s your Origin ID? IntrovertedFox23. Had to add the 23 because IntrovertedFox was already taken. :’(

22. Who’s your favorite CC creator? Currently don't have one. I don't download a lot of cc these days, and when I do is from completely random creators.

23. How long have you had a simblr? Since june 2017. God, has it been that long?! I was still in college... :O

24. How do you edit your pictures? I don't. xD The only editing I do is putting game notifications into screenshots sometimes.

25. What expansion/game/stuff pack do you want next? Well, I was going to say a horse pack. But since that has been confirmed, I’ll say maybe something will small animals as we had in sims 3 pets, like birds and reptiles! Let my simself have all the birds!! That would be awesome! Or maybe bands. More instruments and a proper band or musician career, something like that would be cool too!!

25. What expansion/game/stuff pack is your favorite so far? Oh, I have a lot of them, don't make me choose! I’ll give my top five:

Cats and Dogs, Cottage Living, Realm of Magic, Werewolves, Outdoor Retreat (and most probably Horse Ranch will replace Outdoor Retreat) xD

As Always, I did this tag too late and seems like everyone has already done it.

So, I’ll tag everyone that wants to do this! Feel free to say I tagged you!! 🦊

[lizzybeth1986]

Quick Thoughts on The Royal Heir (Finally!), Book 1 Chapter 12

• Sorry for the delay, guys! I had my first spoken word performance in years this week, and since I was pretty rusty from lack of practice I was spending most of my time preparing for that. Which kind of meant I couldn't concentrate much on getting this QT done the way I usually do.

(BUT IT WENT VERY WELL!! :D :D)

• If you don't want these posts clogging your dash, here are the tags to blacklist: #trh quick thoughts, #trh qts, #trh qt reblogs, #long post.

• Honestly the highlight of this chapter for me is finding out that Kiara calls Madeleine an angry poodle behind her back. I bet it was supposed to mean something else and Penelope simply edited it out lol.

• And also Hana's look this chapter, coz Hana always looks so pretty XD

• Soooo like we have one more chapter in Texas left? That's...quite the gap away from the country - from Chapter 5 to Chapter 13, with us returning to Cordonia (by the looks of the summary) by Chapter 14. That's 8 chapters in the States + 1 in Auvernal (9 total): that's roughly 42-47% of our total book. That's how long the narrative took to wrap things up in Walker Ranch, a huge chunk of which added nothing much of value whatsoever to the story.

• In terms of timeline, we've spent over a week preparing for Bertrand and Savannah's wedding, following a possible month-long honeymoon plus barely two days in Valtoria. That's one looooong holiday. And...newsflash...it's not only "King Liam" who's being "irresponsible" (esp if you consider that in a playthrough where you're honeymooning with another LI, he isn't the one spending a whole month frolicking on the beach then running off to Texas shortly after), it's all your favourite LIs as well.

• Screenshots:

Hana: The Universal 77 YouTube channel

Maxwell: @itsbrindleybinch and rash.rec YouTube channel.

Drake: The HIMEME YouTube channel and BizzysChoices YouTube channel

• Sooo the chapter begins where we left off, with Savannah worried about where Bertrand has gone, and the group doing some sort of team huddle like they're discussing strategy for a football game or something.

• Maxwell for some reason thinks the chickens may have taken him hostage. This is not Angry Birds, Maxwell 🤭

Savannah mentions that his tux and wallet are still at home, and therein lies the clue that he isn't abandoning her. He's not taken any money with him.

• Leona gives in her crusty, unwanted input, which Bianca to her credit shuts down. I mean, if Bertrand really needed to turn tail and run, he would have done it ages ago. Like as soon as Drake the Freeloader insisted Bertrand cluck like a chicken last book, just to win the hand of his equally freeloading sister. He could have just muttered "this entire clan is bonkers, me outie" right then. And he'd be right.

• I need Bertrand to ask THE ENTIRE WALKER FAMILY to cluck like chickens or something similar in public once this whole ordeal is over coz istg they deserve just as much humiliation for what they've put them through. That includes Savannah and Drake. Bertrand would be appalled by the idea but yknow, a girl can dream.

• The MC offers to go to the store to find him, and sees Bertrand arguing with the clerk (and threatening curses on him and his progeny). She gets to sock him over the head if she wants...or just scare him. After a couple seconds of arguing coz Bertrand went on this impossible mission just before his wedding, he admits to wanting to get Savannah the Walker saddle.

• The owner of the store doesn't want to give the saddle away because he wants to use it to hold hats. If there is one thing Esther DuPont can appreciate, it's a man who values his hats.

• You have three options to convince Cassidy, the owner: you either plead with him and remind him of the power of friendship, or you tell him the truth about the saddle being Bertrand's fiancée's family heirloom (and because Cassidy is a big softie really, he is moved by both these options).

• The third option is the messiest and the best because you grab the saddle and run while poor Cassidy is just standing there like "what the fuck just happened here":

• Just before the MC and Bertrand got to their respective rooms to change, she gets to ask him why it was so important now for him to get the saddle - and his reasoning involves not only Savannah but Bianca, who Bertrand reveals "has never had a favourable opinion" of him. Which for me technically means buildup for a flashback scene for her before we leave, so the story can highlight why she secretly shares Leona's mistrust of the Crown. There have already been a couple instances where Bianca has hinted at her disappointment, and I'd be kiiinda surprised if it doesn't come up next chapter.

• Bertrand suddenly starts "realizing the importance of parents" with Bartie Sr's return? Really?? How and why? Wasn't he extremely conflicted about Bartie Sr earlier? You'd think they'd expand on that but no.

• Since the MC and Hana are from the bride's side (for no reason) they wear these lovely pink outfits (of course, if the MC decides against that, she can always choose Pepto Bismol!). The men wear blue and white with pink flowers at the lapel, and interestingly Maxwell wears a bowtie rather than the tie Liam and Drake wear (I'm guessing so he could match with Bertrand).

• As with most things on Hana's playthrough, Maxwell takes her place for scenes where an LI is to assist the MC (either in picking an outfit or in choosing for something like the nursery). Here, we meet Maxwell first, then see Hana's outfit afterwards.

• ...Madeleine believing she's "an actual professional", and in fact better than Jess, and Blake Yasuda.

If I had to make a list of how poor a professional you are, it would be - oh wait. I already have a comprehensive list of that. It's the entirety of Book 3.

• Madeleine is not our press secretary anymore (thank goodness) but she still hasn't lost her need to control and criticize and screech at people. Unfortunately, by virtue of being last in the room just when the MC is hit by a wave of nausea, Madeleine ends up sharing the secret of our possible pregnancy with us (eww).

• Because the MC is impatient as hell, Madeleine shoves the test into a desk drawer and waits for the timer to go off, after which we find...two tests (how did she not see this when she was opening the desk). Which one is ours? (the positive one, but for plot purposes the MC is kept not knowing about this).

• I'm not appreciating Madeleine carrying around pregnancy tests. That'll always be a weird thing to do.

• Why the heck was Savannah keeping her negative test in a desk in someone else's room? Why not just throw it away? Like I understand not wanting Bertrand to know but this is just next-level bizarre. What's it supposed to be: "a keepsake of that time when I was not pregnant"?

• So now the plan is to figure out who took the other test and confirm any results from them. The rest of the bridal party (Penelope, Olivia and Kiara) are downstairs making small talk and discussing wedding fashion/traditions. You get references to Lythikos weddings ("all knives and crossbows", which is actually Kiara's disbelieving statement that Olivia confirms).

• Time for the wedding! And the MC needs to ask a woman from the court about this test, and quick.

• You'd think she'd zero in first on a girl who was already in a relationship but nope. Kiara it is. Even after she's told us enough times that she isn't dating nor does she want to. Asking KIARA this question first is a clear sign of lack of common sense.

@ Option 2: The writers seem to forget that this was a woman who didn't mind juggling both work and finding a suitor. Like...sure, she has a position in the palace now and her priorities may have changed but let's not forget that it's just as easy to give a girl like Kiki a phenomenal love interest in the time they took to lovingly plan a "reward" for Penelope 🙄 Just say you're too lazy to even try giving Kiara nice things that she more than deserves and go, PB.

• Savannah finally enters the venue, riding her horse Thunder and wearing a version of the RoE MC's free wedding dress that has wider straps. Bianca notices the saddle, surprised, and Savannah (in the only sequence where she makes 1/4th of an effort to support her partner in front of her shitty family) informs her that it was Bertrand who got it from the store for her. Bianca's way of repaying him for doing this is tears in the eyes and a whispered "thank you".

• You know that isn't enough, Bianca. You and your daughter stood by while your sister treated this guy like shit. You allowed him to suffer when he was the bridegroom in this entire wedding shindig, and let's not forget his money was what was supporting her in Paris when she didn't even keep in touch with anyone - including you. Yet you and your sister let your bias - fueled by other assholes - make it okay to treat him like this?

• Also, Cassidy's shop seems to be nearby and I'm pretty sure Bianca and Leona know him at least a little better than Bertrand or the MC do, if they sold a precious family heirloom to him. Why weren't they going and asking him, even after realizing how important the saddle was to Savannah? Surely they'd understand that he was a softie at heart, or at least they could have made an effort. Sure, pride could be a factor but this was a matter of Bianca's daughter's happiness...I guess actually doing something about it other than mope and brood isn't much of a Walker trait.

• Bartie Sr is yapping loudly without caring how he's disrupting the ceremony by doing so, and the MC needs to make a decision to keep him quiet. She can choose between Madeleine and Penelope:

- Madeleine: is clearly the option PB wants you to pick because they wrote her bit with Bartie quite well. Bartie Sr recognizes Madeleine as "Godfrey's little girl" and it's nice to see her distance herself from her father and reaffirm her authority beyond him. She also shuts the man down so fast he must have gotten whiplash.

- Penelope: is there. And thinks we're playing dumb charades in the middle of a wedding. Her poodles are smarter and eventually get the job done, because if you want something done, Penelope is the last person you should be asking.

• I've also learned from this sequence (and chapter) that the Choices fandom only needs the slightest, flimsiest excuse to like Madeleine. Like that's it. Kiara will be hated by some until the end of all time and have to go through hell to get even a tiny smidgen of respect, even. Forget about getting memes about how great Kiara is and how narrow-minded the people who dislike her are. Nah only the white woman gets that.

• Anyway, Bartie Sr shuts up, and the wedding is underway. Except Chuck decides now is a good time to object.

• It's cliché, it's stupid, it's totally what you'd expect at Savannah's wedding, but at least you get the option to say "fight! fight! fight!" with Olivia gleefully joining you and Liam going all "ffs ladies I'm trying to officiate here" 😂 For that alone this sequence is worth it.

• The option for Bertrand to "rise above Chuck with your eloquence" is nice, because Bertrand then makes it clear that the decision to be with him or not rests with Savannah, and Chuck disrespecting Savannah's wishes and choices is the real issue here. You get a minimal version of the same message with the more aggressive option, but the message is essentially "what Savannah wants is more important". I only wish that message went both ways coz for the most part I just never see the same amount of effort or consideration from her side.

• 🤦🏽‍♀ Jesus Pop-Tarts Eating Christ, Bertrand. YOU'RE NOT PAYING ME WELL ENOUGH FOR ME TO BE YOUR HUMAN-SIZED BACKUP THESAURUS.

• You have one eloquent choice, one cute one. But my favourite one is the one that focuses on Esther rather than the actual couple 🤣

- I miss hearing my duchy by name, okay? It's been said a couple of times in this book but still.

- "Daniel Henney" 😁😁😁😁😁

- This is revenge for that time when Savannah and Bertrand would have taken over the hype of my reception party for themselves except that I didn't pay the diamonds.

- I still don't understand why Esther is the reason this pair works when she hasn't done shit but okay, we'll roll with that. As long as this is the last time I hear about this version of events from either of them.

- Also pls now that they're married, just...let them stew in their awkward silences together for the rest of their lives. I don't want to be involved anymore. It's exhausting.

• Savannah's vows are really more about how she felt Bertrand was out of her league and how he welcomed her anyway etc etc. Hana and Maxwell pass the rings for Savannah and Bertrand respectively. Cue cute Bro-mont moment between Bertrand and Maxwell.

• Marriage solemized (😬). Now it's time to - as Maxwell puts it - PARTAAAY.

• This is not the first time we're seeing someone use Penelope's nickname (in the "she's not my bestie" option in Portavira, Emmeline calls her "Pen"). But it is the first time someone has used it by default in the books. Guess it's kind of a mark of the progress of the relationship, that Zeke has already begun calling her that.

• It's time for the bouquet toss, and as per Madeleine's suggestions also time to find out if this test belongs to either Penelope or Olivia. You have four options altogether:

- Penelope: grabs the bouquet, is happy, everyone believes this means she's next in line, and Madeleine is not very subtle about hinting that she may be pregnant so Penelope laughs at her and says no wonder Kiara calls her "an angry poodle" (somehow I think "poodle" wasn't the term Kiara wanted to be using there 😅...)

- Olivia: Doesn't catch, doesn't care, calls "Maddy" out on being nosy.

- MC: Really likes flowers.

- If the timer runs out before you choose someone, Kiara catches it. She also really likes flowers.

• I'm pretty sure a lot of this sequence is geared towards highlighting where in her relationship with Zeke Penelope is right now, since she is the only one who actually doesn't mind these "you're next" hints all that much. Next wedding for Book 2 must be hers (😑)

• I'm meh about the possibility, but at least maybe (if they're hosting anything in Castelserraillian) I'll get to see more of Kiara's estate and Kiara's parents - with some actual attention given to Kiara this time.

• You get to take your spouse aside and briefly talk to them, either telling them that you've "got it covered", tell them a little of what you're doing without disclosing the possibility of your pregnancy, or tell them it's complicated and can't really be said that quickly. I think the last two options have variations but idk about the first one.

I missed Maxwell's screenshot of the response to "invasive personal questions" thing coz I'm finishing this QT in a rush and wound up not asking anyone (sorry!), but if any of my wonderful Maxwell stan readers are still reading this I'd love to know!!

• I like that the MC can point out how invasive she's being, going around and quizzing people about the status of their uterus after complaining about everyone else doing the same thing. It's nice that you can see her understand that, otherwise it's always been "one rule for me and another for the rest of the world".

• Bartie Sr makes a toast that's all about him and his house and how proud he is of his son, and hardly about the couple. Istg he's worse than the toddler named after him.

• Speaking of Bartie Jr, he gets so excited about the cake he drives straight in, like that dude from Cold November Rain:

(I'm calling it, this is what Bartie Jr might possibly do as an adult, in the series that revolves around our kids all grown up, if there is one. "Kayyyyke!" He is a Beaumont, after all)

• Poor Blake is panicking, Bertrand is sad coz he wanted the perfect wedding cake for Savannah, Savannah is happy coz the writers are desperate to show us she isn't as whiny a person as she actually is.

• LMAO @ the LIs' responses to the MC wanting to scrape cake off a toddler.

• So Madeleine pulls the MC aside to tell her she's not pregnant because she has overheard that Savannah was taking one this morning. How...did she make that leap in logic?

• Overhearing Savannah say she took a pregnancy test only proves that one of the tests belonged to her. NOT that it would be automatically the positive one. Madeleine may be an established courtier but she lacks decent deduction skills and basic common sense. I should have called Olivia for this job gah. It's already canon that her deduction skills are better than Bastien and Drake's combined!

• We go back to our LI, and Bertrand and Savannah check in on us. Jess and Blake step in to alert us to another problem: the DJ's speakers has gone bust, and that means a Beaumont Bash with no dancing.

• Okay so...who are the ones actually staying on this semi-broke ranch, have been around longer, and would know the local bands in the area? Leona and Bianca. Who is the one finally making the effort of calling them to the party? US.

Who was the person who was holding Bartie and didn't manage to distract him before he destroyed an entire wedding cake? Bianca. Sure one cannot always tell with a toddler, but the least you do when that happens is apologize since you were the one in charge, rather than simply standing there and saying "oh dear".

Who sold the saddle to Cassidy? Leona and Bianca. Who probably has had more experience talking to people in that shop? Leona and Bianca. Who made the effort to actually get back that saddle? Bertrand.

Even the wedding planners that they got were because Liam recommended them!

Like I see them putting such little genuine effort into all this, and the nobles they judged so much are ironically the ones who don't shirk away from helping them out even though they're not as well-equipped...yet Leona still thinks she has the right to whine about everything and Bianca is doing nothing much besides letting her sister treat everyone else like trash.

• Anyway, the MC makes the calls that Leona and Bianca should have been making if you choose the options, and you wind up with a band, some fun dancing from everyone else, and a private moment with your LI.

- Begins with everyone dancing and rejoicing, Bertrand and Savannah thanking the MC and if we choose Bertrand and Maxwell can carry us on their shoulders.

- The tune changes, everyone shows a signature step, and the MC can choose to make either Olivia, Bartie Jr, or the poodles dance:

* Poodles: Everyone is doubtful at first, but Penelope has given her poodles dance classes. Merlin and Morgana stand on their hind legs, bob to the music and then do flips in the air. More of Zeke and Pen acting like a couple who have taught these dogs together.

* Bartie Jr: is a Beaumont through and through, you can tell by the way he says "dance! dance! dance!" perfectly.

* Olivia: is skeptical about this and most of her dance moves are marital arts moves, so Hana steps in and dances with her so she can have fun with it. Meh. I know everyone else loved this scene (part of me thought it was cute too, no lie) but I'd rather not see Hana yet again be nice to someone who has held such shitty opinions of her (I'm sure people will jump in and say that Olivia was just "helping" to rile Lorelai up...but no. There were other ways she could have chosen to distract Lorelai, and she chose instead to talk of Hana with disrespect). Especially in Hana's case, Olivia isn't worth the effort.

- You get to choose the music (regal, fun, yeehaw) and get music from either TRR, TF or BSC. Hana also asks you to do a dance move (a high flip, a Dirty Dancing type lift with the LI, or good old faceplanting).

- "Now that's what I call a party!" Leona says. Yeah, Auntie Bitch, no thanks to you.

- Bianca and Drake speak about how much Jackson would have loved a party like this, which means IMO that he's definitely going to be a topic for discussion next chapter!

• Partners are coupling up, and it's time for a little dance with the LI:

- Liam: You start with a cute callback to Coronation Night ("I'm ready to do a lot more than dance"), whiiiich I think the writers show a little selective amnesia for, considering that after Liam says he remembers the last time she said that Esther replies that she wasn't able to act on it back then 😳 (PB I did buy that scene. She did act upon it. An hour after she said that. WTF are your writers smoking). They also joke lightly about how nice it is to see a wedding minus assassins.

- Hana: Very simple. Hana asks for a dance, you choose who leads, and you both dance gracefully as everyone watches appreciatively. The couple notice this, and the MC talks about how when Hana dances everyone talks notice, and Hana sweetly places her head against the MC's shoulder, telling her that the rest of the world falls away in front of her. I honestly wouldn't have minded even a vague reference to the Cordonian Waltz since if you chose that scene that would have been your first dancing experience with her. If you're giving Liam a dance reference, might as well give Hana one too, right.

- Drake: There's one bit I'll address here and another that I'll address a little later. Drake and the MC dance together and are the picture of elegance according to the narrative. This leads the MC to joke about the change in him, but Drake maintains he is still the same simple, rustic whiny asshole guy. The rest is about Bertrand and Savannah (mostly Savannah) which I will get to in a minute.

- Maxwell: The couple dance a little, Maxwell compliments her moves, after which he thanks her for saving this Beaumont party with the music. He then lightly kisses the MC because she makes him so happy. I'll talk about the Betrand Savannah part now.

- Drake and Maxwell: Okay, I'm clubbing these two together because in extension to talking about their relationship with the MC, they also get to talk about their siblings. Which is fair, because they're after all the brothers of the bride and groom:

(First five screenshots are from The HIMEME Channel Drake playthrough, and the next four are from the rash rec Maxwell playthrough)

I don't mind that they get to talk about the couple. They're the family of the couple. They're bound to be personally invested in a way Liam and Hana may not be.

But read these screenshots and tell me you don't see a huge difference in the way these two talk about their own siblings. Tell me you don't see more attention being given to one while the other one essentially gets barely two lines to talk about literally the same thing. Tell me how it makes sense for Drake's wife to make a reference to family, and not for Maxwell's wife who has also seen and learned similar lessons about family in a shorter span of time (esp with Bartie Sr's return).

Drake - for the umpteenth time - has dialogues that are more personal and specific to him, that emphasize more on the importance of family. He's the one who talks about Bertrand never allowing himself to love Savannah, he's the one who envisions (for some reason that I can't fathom because this doesn't sound like the Savannah I've seen in the books) Savannah as this self-sacrificing figure, and he's the one talking about how the couple would have been "heartbroken without music". Maxwell's is pretty much "oh look now they're happy" - when he could have easily gotten a couple of lines about Beaumont Bashes and how parties like these are the only times Bertrand allows himself to let loose for example (it's true).

Someone once asked me how I knew the attention given to Bertrand was really about enriching Drake's storyline...this, among other things, is proof. This family story could have involved Maxwell instead of pushing him so far out of the narrative. This ordeal involved his family too. PB seems to constantly - and conveniently - "forget" that.

• Once this sequence is over, Savannah comes over to thank the MC for the things she's been helping with behind the scenes, and the MC can either congratulate her, or straightout ask her if she's pregnant. Either way, Savannah lets the MC know that she isn't pregnant, and she didn't want to stress Bertrand out unnecessarily with the news.

• Which means only one thing. WE ARE FINALLY PREGNANT!!

• So the next chapter is going to be about disclosing the news to the LIs and the other guests, and possibly to have Bianca's remaining issues aired out in the open, which may possibly lead to another flashback? Whatever it is, it's clear now that we'll be spending our final chapter in Texas this week.

General Thoughts:

• Sigh they just HAD to make Madeleine and Savannah the first to know, right?

• I don't have a lot of thoughts really that I haven't already shared. The next chapter seems promising because it's the big one, and it should be customized so each LI has a different reaction and/or a different story to tell related to how they view babies/family.

• Hana doesn't get a lot of space in this one - besides alerting the MC to stuff that could disrupt the wedding or dancing with people who verbally shit on her or minimal LI stuff (which for once...is okay, like her family isn't here and nor is Liam's which is why their dance scenes don't mention family that much), so she'd better get next-level amazing writing next chapter! So should Maxwell after they've done him dirty especially in the last 2-3 chapters.

• I was very happy to see some of our MCs get their well-deserved revenge by upstaging Savannah's dress with their Ana de Luca special. You guys are heroes and I love you 💜

• Ngl this chapter is one of those that reads better with the messier and more chaotic LI xD

• Sure Leona and Bianca have their own axe to grind with the Cordonian monarchy - and are justified in feeling that - but staying in their house has been painful. Painful. Worse then pulling out teeth. It's like the moment they provided housing and board for the guests they washed their hands off them and hardly put much effort into much else - instead had us do a significant amount of work for them.

• And let's not forget, Bianca/Savannah especially stood by and did nothing (though Bianca would make a few weak counterpoints when Leona insulted him) as Bertrand was being regularly humiliated and reminded of his inadequacies. Whatever problems Bianca had with the Crown, allowing her now son-in-law to be treated that way in her own home - with the barest minimum support - is unforgivable. If she didn't like the idea of him as a son-in-law she should have just refused to entertain the idea of Savannah marrying him, or told the couple to host it elsewhere. Bertrand shouldn't have had to make all that effort to do what Bianca or her sister didn't bother to do for Savannah, just to gain her approval.

• Yet somehow the Walkers are supposed to highlight to us the importance of family. How? All I see are a bunch of people who don't make much effort to look out for each other, and who depend on other people to take any initiative for the same.

• Nonetheless, I hope to see a difference in tone once we return to Cordonia in Chapter 14. (that's 9 chapters, people. Nine). There's other stuff left. More mysteries to unravel, more messy history, understanding what Olivia is upto and perhaps a visit to Monterisso at some point. There's always at least two-three main people we're expected to impress in a certain book (remember how we got our report card of performance from Justin, Francesco and Adelaide in TRR Book 2?). We've already had a chance to do this with the Auvernese, so Monterisso should be up next at some point. There's also some nursery stuff to purchase which I'm guessing will be done either slowly or in one go.

• Because there's so little time left with this book, and we already spent a huge chunk of it on the BertVannah wedding, there are going to be time jumps. Imagine the kind of time we would have had to explore this pregnancy plot properly instead of rushing it, if the writers weren't so busy drooling over all things Walker.

• Well. I can't deny I'm sorta kinda looking forward to this chapter. And the reactions from the LIs and other characters. I'm low-key excited.

• Until next chapter, folks!

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Prologue: Meet the Bagleys (Part 1 - MLWC)

In an effort to clean up my blogs, I am moving all MLWC still on my blogs to my Simblr. If you are unfamiliar with this series, you can start HERE to learn more. 

*Please excuse the headline effects. This was my very first Sims story, and I didn’t know much about using cheats to turn off the overhead bubbles or plumbob. This story is a spin-off series that follows the life of the Bagley family, particularly the youngest son, Sam Sherman Bagley, Jr. Sam is Gage Briody’s cousin from The Krazy Crazy Life of Kassiopeia Fullbright.

Meet the Bagleys₁ – we’re not your normal family. There’s Ma Bagley, the matriarch of the Bagley family and a retired jewel thief. There’s Rhoda Bagley, following in her parents footsteps, new to the crime scene, but working her way up in the ranks. And then there’s me… Sam Sherman Bagley, Jr. You can just call me Sam.

I just want a normal life and a nice family, but frankly that’s just not a possibility when you live with criminals and ex-criminals. All I can say is crime never pays, and it always hurts the people closest to you. That’s what my dad told me on his dying day. I’m determined to live by a higher code of honor. We’ll see how that turns out.

This is my family. My mother, Ma Bagley is in the center, and my older sister, Rhoda is on the left. I’m on the right, and I’m the youngest son, Sam Bagley, Jr. We live in Riverview, Illinoisim, SimNation on the banks of the winding Simomon River. Our farm town is small and quaint, a beautiful countryside escape for big city folks. Most of us want to live here peacefully, and we would describe the town as idyllic. Well almost idyllic.

This is my mother, Missouri Burroughs Bagley₂. Everyone calls her Ma, except for my sister (when she’s mad at her, she calls her Mommy Dearest). She’s had a hard life. Her parents, Erastus Burroughs and Clarissa Allen Burroughs₃ died when she was very young. Her older sister, Mississippi ran away with a rock star as she felt she was too young (at 17) to raise her siblings. Ma was separated from the rest of her siblings in foster care. Ma never saw her baby brother, Tennessee or her little sister, Virginia again.

Ma grew up on the streets in Bridgeport, Pennsimvania working as a petty crook. She managed to stay in school and graduated with a scholarship to a school of her choice. She picked Saint Simmons University₄ in Moonlight Falls, Alasimka in order to reconnect with her older brother, Dakota ‘Kody’ Burroughs₅.

Kody taught literature at the university in southern Alasimka. He was married to Vanessa Shelby Burroughs and had two children, Alex and Luci. He also supposedly had an affair with a student, half his age, according to Ma. She discovered them shortly before he died in a forest fire behind his home. Ma quit college and returned to Pennsimvania.

After an ill-fated affair with the wrong man₆, she was sent out of town by her crime boss. She met my father when he tried to hustle the Alto family in Sunset Valley, Califorsimia. The two discovered they were perfect for each other. They were married and lived 37 years together.

Now a widow, Ma lives with my sister and me on the family estate. She’s still dreaming of striking it rich. She just celebrated her 60thbirthday. Although she’s retired, she still dabbles in her old life. She recently announced that her latest desire is to infiltrate the Soil and Water Research Facility and steal plans. I don’t ask her much about her ‘extracurricular activities.’ I just ignore it and hope I don’t hear the wrong thing one day. Ma is snobby, only wanting the finest of things, but I believe she only wants the best for her family and is trying to accomplish just that. She is the bravest woman I know and was quite the daredevil in her day. More about my mother later.

I don’t remember a lot of good things about my dad, Sam Bagley₇. He wasn’t a horrible dad, but he wasn’t the best dad. Sadly, this is the one and only picture₈ I have left of my father, and even this one got partially ruined in a flood that happened last winter. This was taken in front of our barn right before he died.

When I was younger, I remember my parents being happy. Dad inherited a horse ranch from his father. It had been in his family for six generations. I was to be the seventh. I don’t know whether I’m relieved or sad that he lost the ranch.

Dad always wanted to strike it rich. It was his dream to open a resort in Isla Paradiso. He made some bad investments and lost the entire ranch. He barely managed to hang onto some of the property. We still have the original house and one barn and a small amount of property, but the rest was sold to Bluewater Real Estate₉. The surrounding remnants of the ranch now belong to other families₁₀.

Devastated, my dad turned to a life of crime and my ma reverted to her old life of crime. No one knows what happened exactly, but dad was supposed to be meeting an associate from Hidden Springs₁₁ late at night last Simgust. The next morning the police showed up and told us he had drowned in the river. More on my dad later.

This is my sister, Rhoda₁₂. She is six years older than me. We don’t really get along. Then again we never did.

Rhoda is determined to follow in Ma’s footsteps. She wants to be a master thief. She is quite the schmoozer, turning the charm on and off like a switch. She is a master manipulator and a born saleswoman. She could convince a homeless man to sell the shirt off his back and then sell it right back to him. She is hot-headed, a trait she shares with our Ma, resulting in many arguments when we were kids.

When we were little, she was often cruel, stealing my stuff, making fun of me, playing nasty pranks on me, and running off all the friends I ever really had. Now that we’re adults, she’s cool at best towards me, critical and angry at worst.

Rhoda is a hard-core athlete and works out for many hours at a time. She’s religious about going to the gym, a place where she claims she can find all her best marks, or working out in the barn. For some reason, Ma doesn’t like Rhoda’s choice to pursue a life of crime. Ma doesn’t want us kids to have to be thieves like she was. This causes many heated disagreements between them. More on Rhoda later.

And then there’s me – Sam Sherman Bagley Jr₁₃. I think I turned out a pretty handsome fellow if you don’t mind me saying. No doubt thanks to Rhoda stopping all her crazy pounding on me once I turned fourteen and started beefing up to protect myself.

I have no interest in taking over the family enterprise, but I’m loyal to my family, even if they are all crazy crooks. I’d like to give back to my society, not take from it. My dream is to someday be an astronaut. I would love to leave Riverview and explore the world beyond. My hobbies are pretty simple for a nineteen-year-old – stargazing, reading, fishing, and donating to my favorite charities.

I always liked to imagine if I built myself a little boat, I could sail away from my crazy family and away from Riverview. I would explore the world beyond. I always wanted to know what was beyond those beautiful green hills. Well, that’s my family in a nutshell.

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Chapter 1 Coming Soon!

Story Extras:

The Bagley family actually exists in The Sims 3 – Riverview. I took the liberty of editing the characters and their traits slightly, and adding a back story. This version of the Bagley’s will follow Sam Sherman Bagley Jr.’s life and legacy in my SimWorld.

As Ma Bagley doesn’t really have a back story provided on Sims Wikia, I created one. I tweaked her appearance a good bit, making her appear softer and prettier. Missouri is the daughter of Erastus Perry and Clarissa Allen Perry, younger sister to Mississippi Burroughs and Dakota Burroughs, older sister to Virginia and Tennessee Burroughs, wife/widow to Sam Bagley, and mother to Rhoda and Sam Sherman, Jr. Bagley.

Fun fact: I came across Erastus and Clarissa Burroughs on a Google search and their middle daughter was named Missouri ‘Missy’ Burroughs. I liked it and so I used the names for my stories.

Saint Simmons University is a higher education institute located in Moonlight Bay, Alasimka. Fun fact: The college name is very loosely based on a Saint Herman’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Kodiak, Alaska.

Dakota ‘Kody’ Burroughs is the older brother of Missouri, Tennessee, and Virginia and the younger brother of Mississippi. He grew up in Sim City and was nearly adopted by a wealthy family. The elderly couple died before adoption could be finalized, but their wealth and estate was left to Dakota. He attended university in Sim City and eventually moved to Moonlight Falls to teach literature at Saint Simmons University. He married Vanessa Shelby, an art professor, and they had two children, Alex and Luci. His appearance is loosely based on Professor Renaud Kody. His affair was with Brigit Briody, and he is the father of Gage Briody.

Missouri had an ill-fated affair with someone in Bridgeport. There’s speculation that it was the married thug, Wogan Hemlock, and she was sent out of town to avoid discovery of the affair by his wife, or Rohan Verma, a police officer who was going to turn her in and she left before being arrested.

As Sam Bagley doesn’t really have a backstory provided on Sims Wikia, I created one. I also tried to make his sim-self look as much like his bio picture as possible. His bio picture has Sam in his formal attire. Sam Bagley’s parents aren’t mentioned by name but it’s implied he inherited the family ranch from his father. Sam lost the majority of the property, including the horses, due to bad business investments. He met and married Ma in Sunset Valley. He is the father of Rhoda and Sam Sherman Jr. Sam died mysteriously by drowning.

I had problems saving the screenshots at one point, hence the bad picture of Sam Sr. But since they live in Riverview, I thought it only apt that the photograph was damaged in a flood.

Bluewater Real Estate is mentioned in a Wikia article about the Landgrabb family under the sub-heading Landgrabb-associated businesses, but is no longer in the Landgrabb possession.

The story mentions ‘other families’ who received the bulk of the former Bagley ranch. We can assume this is the McDermott family as they live right next door, or even perhaps Don Lothario.

The story mentions an associate of Sam Bagley, Sr.’s in Hidden Springs. Since Sam had connections with the Alto family in Sunset Valley, we can draw the assumption that Sam’s “associate” was Bert Alto. Bert may have murdered Sam because he didn’t want his family relations to find out where he was, but this is unclear.

Rhoda Bagley does have a small biography on Wikia. I tweaked her traits a bit, but left her appearance relatively unchanged. Rhoda is the daughter of Sam, Sr. and Missouri (Ma) Bagley and the sister to Sam Sherman Jr. We know Ma Bagely doesn’t approve of Rhoda following in her footsteps.

I took the most liberties with Sam. In the unaltered Sims world, Sam is actually Sherman Bagley. In my SimWorld, Sam is named for his father, hence the Sam Jr. and his middle name is Sherman. Sam doesn’t get along with his sister, Rhoda. Sam/Sherman’s appearance has been altered also. Sam’s traits are mostly different – Good/Loner/Bookworm/Brave/Neat – with the exception of the last one. Young Sam also had the Coward trait but as he says he started “beefing himself up” to avoid getting pounded on by his sister.

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Brothers Salvage

Salutations kindred, and welcome back to Sims 4: Bloodlines!

Sims 4: Bloodlines is a fun little side project i started, where i want to recreate some of my favorite places from Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines in Sims 4 WITHOUT using any mods or cc!!

Since my last post the project has grown a bit and i have decided to make it into a full save file! However it will be a while before im ready to share more about that, but you can follow along on the blog i made for it @bloodlinessave (still a work in progress)

BACK TO THE BUILD! As you might be able to see i have build the hideout used by the Southland Slasher, Brothers Salvage! I decided to split it up into two builds the hideout/office and the scrapyard itself. Which still needs some work before its ready to be posted!

I made the build as close as i could to the game + some extra added stuff to give it more details and look better in Sims 4!

Build info

Built in Willow Creek - Riverside Roost

Residential - Tiny home tier 2

20x15

1Br, 1Ba

17,069 §

No CC

Expansion Packs: For Rent, Horse Ranch, Snowy Escape, Eco Lifestyle, Discover University, Island Living, Get Famous, Get Together, Get to Work

Game Packs: Werewolves, Journey to Batuu, StrangerVille, Parenthood, Vampires, Outdoor Retreat

Stuff Packs: Laundry Day

Kits: Basement Treasures, Everyday Clutter, Desert Luxe

Check out my other Sims 4: Bloodlines builds!

And check out the blog for the save file @bloodlinessave

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