#it's a love-match

[jomiddlemarch]

the comforter of others in her own distresses 

He found her outside the bedchamber, a handkerchief pressed to her lips, her face ashen.

She was utterly alone.

Brandon had never before seen Miss Dashwood look so young, nor so bereft of all serenity.

“Miss Dashwood, it is perhaps too great an imposition to inquire, but I must—what has transpired, to leave you in such a state? I was informed Miss Marianne’s fever has broken,” he asked, keeping his voice pitched low and soft, a tremendous effort, as it recalled to him his conversations with Eliza at the spunging-house and later, in the small cottage where she’d breathed her last.

“The physician you sent, he says, he cannot be sure but he suspects the fever settled in her lungs,” Miss Dashwood replied. She raised her eyes to look at him direct and he thought fleetingly that he’d never seen such a color before, a clear warm brown like the best Spanish sherry. “He says it is consumption—”

“Christ, no,” Brandon said, the profanity passed his lips before he had any opportunity for self-restraint.

“He says if she is to survive, we must send her to the seaside, for the air, though the air here is clean and fresh. He says Mama should go with her and a nurse and there would be a chance. A chance that it is not consumption, that if it is, she would grow strong enough. He says she might make the journey in stages, she is stable enough for that, but if she remains here, she will soon enough be in the churchyard—"

“She will go,” Brandon said.

Miss Dashwood, whose countenance was usually one placid, her brow unfurrowed, her gaze steady, grimaced subtly, her lips twisted, in an expression far surpassing dismay.

“It is easy enough to say, but how, sir? We live here on the generous sufferance of Sir John Middleton and we cannot ask him for the funds. Even if we could convince brother John to manage it, Fanny would certainly work upon him to make him renege, would persuade him Marianne should do quite well where she is, would make it a thing of letters to be sent and received and perused, far too long. There is not time, there is not money, and I am not like Marianne, I know we do not live in a world of miracles nor of romance, where simply being innocent and beautiful and good proves to be enough for salvation to be delivered,” Miss Dashwood replied. He had not heard her speak at such length before, nor with such passion, though it was passion banked and guarded against, a desperate despair that he recognized from his own past. 

“She will go,” he repeated, considering every avenue, each more outlandish than the next. “She shall—”

“If only saying it made it so, sir,” Miss Dashwood replied. “I fear for all your good-will and encouragement, there is nothing that can be done, we must trust God’s will—”

“No,” he said. 

“No?”

“There is a way, there is a way to proceed with all alacrity, a way I might prove to be of assistance beyond what a neighbor may offer, but it is a sacrifice, one I am willing, eager to make, but one you may decline,” he said.

“There is nothing I should not do for Marianne,” Miss Dashwood answered. She might have sounded like her sister, she might have made an exclamation charged with condemnation of him for suggesting she would fail her sister, but she spoke in her own voice, exhausted, grief-stricken, tender.

“Then you will marry me, by special license, the day after tomorrow and by week’s end, as Miss Marianne’s brother, I will have her and your mother and the nurse settled in Torquay,” he said.

Miss Dashwood, who had been pale, now flushed.

“You cannot be serious,” she said.

“Miss Dashwood, I believe I understand how deeply you love your sister. I have lost someone myself I cared for and I could not see it happen again, if I could take some action to prevent the worst,” he said. Miss Dashwood looked incredulous. Brandon took a long breath, then reached out to take hold of Miss Dashwood’s hand, the one not gripping the handkerchief.

“Miss Dashwood, Elinor, I care for your sister. I feel you and I, we might find our happiness in securing her health. It should be a love-match of a sort, one less likely to fail than those driven by a more conventional affection,” he said.

“Colonel Brandon, I find I don’t know what to say,” she replied.

“If you will excuse me, I shall not ask again on bended knee, but I beseech you to accept me and do me the honor of becoming my wife, so we may save Miss Marianne,” he said.

There was a silence, one that seemed interminable and also as brief as a butterfly alighting on a blossom, and Miss Dashwood’s face became once again the picture of tranquility. She shifted her hand in his grasp so her palm was pressed against his.

“I am the one honored, sir, and I will be most glad to marry you. I shall endeavor to ensure you never have cause to regret this,” she said.

“I never shall, Miss Dashwood,” he said.

“I should think you might begin calling me Elinor, sir, unless you prefer to call me Miss Dashwood until I am Mrs. Brandon,” she said.

“Elinor,” he replied. 

He understood he should not offer her the use of his Christian name. Not yet.

Posted late for Janeuary 2025 @janeuary-month Day 25, prompt: churchyard

[technovillain]

i come from the universe where everything is the same except disney heroines get like an ounce of their fathers' obviously dominant genes and their clothes are like 80% more historically accurate. it's beautiful here.

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protective dads <3

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I love flirty Stan that becomes a flustered mess the second it's reciprocated

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red flags!

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Someone asked me for a lineup of all my designs and I can't find who it is ;;;; for whoever asked for it, here you go!!!

Full lineup:

[gothoffspring]

hi simblr, it's my birthday today! virgo supremacy! I decided to share one of my favorite recolors i've ever made (finally!!!). I sticker-ed up the City Living keyboard and added some other fun swatches. There is a functional version for use with the City Living EP, and a non functional deco version for both the floor and the wall! More info + download below the cut!

DETAILS:

This is a recolor of the keyboard that came with City Living, and the deco mesh separated by @pixlmonster. Unfortunately this means CL is required, I'm sorry! I was hoping the deco versions would work without CL but they do not. Mesh by pixlmonster is included.

There are 19 swatches. The first 6 are the more unique sticker-ed swatches, and some of my personal favorites. Swatches 7-11 are more patterned recolors, and the last 8 swatches are from @pictureamoebae's fluoro-pop collection. Sometimes you just need a neon pink keyboard, y'know?

You can see an unedited in game photo of all swatches right here (part one, part two, part three)

Custom thumbnails for the first swatch.

You can download a merged .package with the functional + deco versions, and they also come separated if you'd prefer to pick and choose.

CREDIT:

Thank you to pixlmonster for the liberated keyboard mesh and pictureamoebae for the fluoro-pop collection palette!

I'll be super honest: It's been a year since I first initially started this project and I didn't do a great job recording where I got all of the stickers used. I apologize. Some of them were in game assets already, found via petaluhsims' sticker sheets. Some were found via google/freepik and some came from other places that I'm sure I'm forgetting. I made the parental advisory + seattle grunge stickers on the first swatch myself. Simlish fonts were found via franzillasims' font masterpost. Thanks so much to all of the original sticker/pattern creators, all credit goes to them. I just compiled a bunch of stuff together.

thanks to sam @m0ckest for testing <3

here's an ugly GIF of all the swatches! I tried so hard to make it look better but alas. I have completely forgotten the art of GIF making. I still wanted to include it so y'all could see all of the swatches somewhat easily!

DL:

MERGED: SFS / MF

INDIVIDUAL: SFS / MF

[hallucxnating]

I HAD to put them in those outfits

[sentate]

SENTATE - The Christine Collection

I felt like it was about time to head back to my fantasy bridal atelier and make a fresh set of mermaid style wedding gowns for your sims! This time around I was really inspired by the idea of an alternative bride; mixing sleek modern shapes with vintage couture inspired influences to create a unique look for your sim's big day!

This set is named after my beautiful Nana, Christine. 🤍

10 Items Total / 31 Plain Swatches

DOWNLOAD -Free on Patreon

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