#kimberly debateau

[lurking-lilibeth]

Morning activities. Erik takes Grimalkin with him when he goes jogging.

And Tara starts to show!

[kevinvoncrastenburg]

Uberhood (60) - Landgraab

Malcom Landgraab proposed to Marissa Cleveland during their fancy dinner date at Londoste in downtown.

Their wedding took place in spring and it was a big event nobody wanted to miss. Many high-carat sims were there like the Roths, Rutherfords, DeBateaus, Upsnotts etc.

Brittany Upsnott brought her friend, Heather Huffington, to the wedding with her and it seems like she met an eligible bachelor there. Armand DeBateau is still single and I'm struggling to find someone for him. Samantha Cordial married Gabriel Green, Kimberly Cordial married Geoff Rutherford and since Armand had such an awful marriage with Jessica Peterson I want him to be with someone he can grow old with. Sadly Heather Huffington isn't any better than Jessica in my game so I guess that's not an option.. they seem to get along tho. We'll see.

[platinumaspiration]

Kimberly: Armand, pack it up! I got the promotion! Armand: Nice, babe! On our way!

Welcome the newest marriage: The Cordials! Tara will keep the de Bateau name as to avoid the Cordial name dying out.

Kimberly: You'll pay for wearing white, witch Samantha: Who are you calling a witch, witch? Tara: Which one of you is going to toss the bouquet? 😂 Kim & Sam: Who are YOU calling a witch?!

Kimberly looking so smug after smashing a cake into Armand's face. He's a good sport!

Tara was so angry after finding out that she was now in a hostage situation. How dare her father trap her in a house older than Belladonna Cove?! It has a backyard, for Watcher's sake!! Gross!

Tara: Come pick me up, I can't take it. There's no butler service, the heat comes from a metal object they call a radiator. I HAVE A TWIN BED NOW. Melody Tinker: How terrible for you 🙄

The next morning, Kimberly and Tara share a table for breakfast.

Tara: I used to live in a castle. Penthouse suite? Ever heard of it? I had a king size bed and a gym and -- Kimberly: Pffft, that wasn't a castle! You had a landlord, it wasn't anything you owned! The bed was a rental, sweety. Tara: I know you're a witch. I saw your voodoo doll. Kimberly: And the cauldron and herbs. Glad you catch on to common things around the house. Tara: So, you admit it? You're a witch. Kimberly: Soon I'll be an Atrociously Evil Witch. I can turn you, if you'd like. Tara: No, thanks.

[andrisims]

Random Pics from Desiderata Cove pt II.

Since this two always autonomously hit on, I decided to make Gabriel propose her

They had a beautiful wedding at the Beach

After marriage, Kimberly and Armand decide to kiss autonomously while I not looking. I just heard the "fall in love chime" (dunno why, but in my old versions of Beladonna Cove, Kimberly always ends with Armand). I think she forgot what happened here

[tamtam-go92]

Ages after Round 1

After 3,5 days (1 year and 9 month) the current ages of Uberhood's inhabitants are:

If you didn't notice: there is now a Masterpost with all families (might contain mild spoilers): click!

You can also read the whole round 1 in chronological order if you click here!

89: Luis Aspir 86: Carlos Contender 64: Olive Specter, Patrizio Monty 60: Dora Ottomas 59: Mortimer Goth 58: Herb Oldie 57: Isabella Monty, Consort Capp 56: Coral Oldie, Betty Goldstein, PT9 Smith 55: Denise Jacquet, Herbert Goodie, Faith Goodie, Catherine Viejo 51: Jenny Smith 50: Daniel Pleasant 49: Mary-Sue Pleasant 46: Jason Cleveland 45: Marissa Cleveland 44: Edward Contrary, Albany Capp 43: Benjamin Baldwin, Stephen Tinker 42: Vivian Cho, Morty Roth 41: Isabel Baldwin, Wanda Tinker, Opal Contrary, Marcel Jocque, Sophia Jocque, Stella Roth 38: Darren Dreamer 37: Gilbert Jacquet, Buzz Grunt 36: Checo Ramirez, Leod McGreggor 35: Florence Delarosa 34: Antonio Monty 33: Loki Beaker, Pascal Curious 32: Timothy Riley, Lisa Ramirez, John Burb, Goneril Capp, Peter Ottomas, Lola Curious, Cornwall Capp 31: Armand DeBateau, Victor Aspir, Elizabeth Aspir, Issac Bell, Hannah Bell, Brandi Broke, Rose Greenman, Jason Greenman 30: Jessica Peterson, Circe Beaker, Ajay Loner, Erin Beaker, Samantha Ottomas 29: Sanjay Ramaswami, Vidcund Curious, Bianca Monty 28: Ramir Patel, Jennifer Burb, Alexandra O'Mackey, Priya Ramaswami 27: Ana Patel, Patricia Wan, Kristen Loste, Gabe O'Mackey 26: Gabriel Green, Matthew Picaso, Andrew Martin, Nervous Subject, Cassandra Goth, Regan Capp 25: Chastity Gere, Sharon Wirth, Jessica Picaso, Kent Capp, Oberon Summerdream 24: Samantha Cordial, Kimberly Cordial, Geoff Rutherford, Malcolm Landgraab IV, Chester Gieke, Jason Larson, Jodie Larson, John Mole, Trent Traveller, Julien Cooke, Nathan Gavigan, Mary Gavigan, Cyd Roseland, Robert Kim, Cynthia Kim, Tara Kat, Cleo Shikibu, Dina Caliente, Nina Caliente, Don Lothario, Lazlo Curious, Chloe Curious, Titania Summerdream 23: Connor Weir, Natasha Una, Trisha Traveller, 22: Gunnar Roque, Jane Stacks 21: Roxie Sharpe, Jonah Powers, Guy Wrightley, Mickey Dosser, Monica Bradfort, Ashley Pitts, Brittany Upsnott, Allyn Monty 20: Mitch Indie, Max Flexor, Delilah O'Feefe, Edwin Sharpe, Marla Biggs, Phineaus Furley, Ellen Frost, Chaz Whippler, Emily Lee, Tom Freshe, Matthew Hart, DJ Verse, Sarah Love, Jessie Pilferson, Jasmine Rai, Zoe Zimmerman, Frances J. Worthington III, Aldric Davis, Almeric Davis, William Williamson, Blossom Moonbeam, Klara Vonderstein, Stella Terrano, Martin Ruben, Allegra Gorey, Joshua Ruben, Kevin Beare, Castor Nova, Tiffany Sampson, Heather Huffington, Sam Thomas, Jared Starchild, Ty Bubbler, Jimmy Phoenix, Erik Swain 19: Johnny Smith, Hailey Goodie 18: Ophelia Nigmos, Swan Goodie 17: Tank Grunt, Andrzej Goodie 16: Mercutio Monty, Tybalt Capp 15: Ripp Grunt, Romeo Monty, David Ottomas 14: Justin Cleveland, Angela Pleasant, Lilith Pleasant, Puck Summerdream, Juliette Capp 13: Rick Contrary, Violat Jocque, Dustin Broke, Hermia Capp, Sandra Roth, Jacob Martin 12: Melody Tinker, Dirk Dreamer, Jules O'Mackey, Miranda Capp, 11: Tara DeBateau, Gavin Newson, Ginger Newson 09: Sofia Baldwin, Lucy Burb, Jill Smith, Bottom Summerdream, Alexander Goth, Buck Grunt, Hal Capp, Beatrice Monty, Benedick Monty, 08: Sally Riley, Daniel Bell, Desdemonda Capp, Sharla Ottomas 07: Tessa Ramirez, Tina Traveller, Isaiah Gavigan, Gabriella Newson, Gallagher Newson, Justin Kim, Xander Roth 05: Beau Broke 04: Markus Baldwin, Etsu Cho 03: Pauline Aspir, Garett Newson, Georgia Newson, Daisy Greenman 02: Ariel Capp, Tommy Ottomas 01: Willow Patel, Ian Broke, Winona Curious, Kevin Ottomas, Nadja Ottomas 00: Frank Tinker, Wendy Bell, Felicity Gavivan, Nicolas Greenman, Octavia Greenman, Victor Roth, Felix Smith, Isolde Capp, Otis Ramaswami

[ts2psp]

in case you were wondering and don't have the time to look at my barely comprehensible spreadsheets (understandable), the only playable woman with the knowledge aspiration in the base game is indeed olive specter. circe has a hidden knowledge token but that means literally nothing it's just a fun fact. including all the main hoods, the only fem knowledge sims are the aforementioned ms. specter, opal contrary, samantha & kimberly cordial (who were almost def intended to be popularity sims before maxis realised that they had to be knowledge otherwise they'd react negatively to becoming witches) and tara debateau, who is also the only teenager from a main hood with the knowledge aspiration. there's also faith goodie who is technically an occupant of the magic stealthhood but she is vaguely associated with a main hood so she gets a mention. but if you're like me and 95% of your love for this game is directed towards strangetown then yeah it is just olive. sorry </3

[uberhoodbracket]

[yvltcims]

Welcome to Belladonna Cove! Pt. II

A story is nothing without its supporting characters. Let's meet them!

Peterson household

Everyone in Belladonna Cove knows Jessica Peterson. Everyone knows she never loved Armand deBateau and only wanted his money. So it really comes as no surprise to her that Marissa Cleveland does not want the two to even be hinted together. She goes along with the occasional argument at Centre Drip Coffee Shop only to secretly meet in the bathroom like two high schoolers. But it does hurt her. A lot. She found herself falling for Marissa, in a way she hasn’t fallen for anyone before, and dreaming about what a life together would be like. For once she wishes her partner weren’t one of Belladonna Cove’s elite. Regardless, everyone knows Jessica cheated on Armand with Carlos Contender. Everyone… except her trailermate (if that is even a thing) Teresa Vale, who has fallen victim to Carlos’s charms. The two had an amazing date recently and Teresa hasn’t stopped thinking about Carlos since. She has been feeling awfully sick recently too, Connor Weir was not at all pleased with the mess she left in his bathroom when she came over…

Contender household

Which leads us to the Contender “family”. Despite his age, Carlos is still in peak form - and the ladies seem to think so too, judging by the amount of female sims coming in and out of the house. Most are just one night stands, among which young Teresa Vale who has just recently moved to Belladonna Cove, while others are more regular “visitors”. This illustrious set includes the likes of Chastity Gere and Clara Okuma, also known as his gardener (it has just occurred to me that this gives a whole new meaning to “trimming the bushes”) Clara is quite the character, actually. She drops by, they woohoo to start the workday with a bang (I really have to stop with the puns), and then she just… decides that clothing is optional? And works on his front lawn, quite literally next to the street, naked? What a weirdo. But if sparks fly with any of his female companions, it’s Chastity Gere. Boy does she give him a good workout.

Green household

As for Chastity Gere, one can say she is the poor (wo)man’s version of Carlos Contender, not only because she is actually poor, but also because she lacks the game to pull what Carlos pulls. She fails quite a lot at getting laid, quite spectacularly even, and so far has only managed to sleep with Carlos Contender and Geoff Rutherford which, if we are to be honest, isn’t exactly the most respectable of companies. If anyone’s standards are even a toenail above the ground then they are probably rejecting Chastity, unfortunately for her. Now she even has the house to herself, but that isn’t enough to impress her dates. She has the house to herself because Gabriel Green has moved in with his now-wife, Samantha Cordial! Sorry, Gabriel Cordial as he is now known. 

Note: my localised translation has Chastity’s family share the (translated) Cleveland family name, so to me there is a familial link between the two. What link I'm not yet sure.

Cordial household

The wedding was a cute little gathering at the Cordial house, unlike the pomp and circumstance of Samantha’s sister Kimberly. Just the two and a few close friends, for example a certain Phoebe Adams. Samantha and Phoebe sure were close, so close in fact that one day Samantha even started dressing up as Phoebe with her weird dress and hat and claimed she was a “witch”. Yeah right, as if witches are real. Gabriel still loves Samantha in spite of her delusions, and the two had a baby girl named Sabrina because apparently that was an appropriate name for a witch. This witch thing is getting out of hand but he likes the name, regardless of meaning. Gabriel also feels the house is smaller on the inside than it looks from the outside, he can’t quite understand how the dimensions don't add up.

Rutherford household

There was a brief situationship between Samantha and Connor Weir, before she had started dating Gabriel. They had even gone on vacation together with Geoff Rutherford and Kimberly as Geoff saw the opportunity to get in Samantha’s sister Kimberly’s pants (spoilers, he failed), but nothing much came of it. Eventually Samantha and Gabriel got together and the rest is history. Geoff continued on his path of reckless spending and redecorated the entire house to his liking (he really wanted a conservatory, he probably played too much Clue recently), burning through most of the family money that he had left. His business career hasn’t really taken off, if anything it is on a downhill slope after his recent demotion. Much like Chastity, his luck with the opposite gender has been mixed, which probably explains the pair’s chemistry. Hey, at least they have each other if (or rather, when) their plans for any given night fail. Geoff’s best friend Connor, on the other hand, keeps mostly to himself. He’s not an exemplary worker by any means, but at least he hasn’t been demoted and feels he is close to getting a much wanted promotion. He didn’t really try again after him and Samantha Cordial failed, but a miracle happened one day. Him and Geoff had gone to Centre Drip one afternoon, as they usually do, and got to talking with one of the boys there, who in turn introduced Connor to a friend of his who he thought would be a great match. And he was right! Connor Weir and Palmira Wendland were a match made in heaven. They dated for a while, then she moved in and the two are thinking about finding their own place, though having been recently fired from her music job isn’t exactly the best situation to be in when you want to find your own place.

[glowyjellyfish]

I keep playing and taking notes on my latest modern Ubermegahood, and then just... not posting anything. So here we go, I want to try and catch up. Hope somebody’s interested!

(I also have a Lake Buena Vista post to make sometime soon, and still need to get both the colonial-start-BACC-through-time I got so excited about and the Megakingdom CC-cleared. The former needs to have a lot more cleared out and installed, the latter... well, there is a potential culprit I am hoping might eliminate all crashing, but it’s really exhausting to do endless testing on that beast, so I keep putting it off. Not abandoned, just set aside for a bit.)

Anyway, the Ubermegahood! When last I posted, I was still way back in Belladonna Cove, on the Cordial sisters!

Cordial, Summer/Fall 2001:

 I was hoping one of them would get a witch-related LTW, but no such luck. Kimberly wants to become a Media Magnate, and Samantha wants to Achieve Maximum Lifetime Happiness–at least with her, I have a valid reason to add a secondary aspiration and test out my trait-based aspiration choosing method!

They became Evil and Good witches respectively, and Samantha successfully got engaged to Armand DeBateau and began training her powers, but Kimberly struggled with her Grumpy trait leaving her in a foul mood in no shape to get a new job. At one point, I tried resetting her, which unfortunately also reset her witch status and I had to give it to her again. She’s doing okay now–I temporarily removed the Grumpy trait and rolled her a random new one, and I’ll have to see if adding Smarter EP Check helped anything before I really decide what to do. Oh, and Samantha quickly got a Secondary Aspiration: Family.

Kimberly: Grumpy, Unflirty, Loner, Rebellious, Irresistible

Samantha: Daredevil, Loves the Outdoors, Over-Emotional, Socially Awkward, Loser

And to keep the ball rolling, here’s the next family, the Patels!

Both Ana and Ramir rolled normal boring career LTWs; I might have considered changing it but then Ana gave birth to QUADRUPLETS. I had my hands plenty full just juggling four baby girls and still getting Ana and Ramir to their jobs (did manage to get them moved to their dream career tracks, though!). They hired a nanny to help out in the evenings, and did pretty well all things considered. At one point, something glitched with the spiral stairs in their apartment preventing their use, and when I used the stuck object remover I couldn’t replace them… whoops. That was just one day until Winter, though, so I moved them to a house, played them one day, and then advanced the season to Winter to get them back on track. The girls are technically the first sims born in-game, with their birthday of Fall 1 2001 beating the Cleveland twins’ Fall 4 and Ruth Gavigan’s Fall 5. I think Pascal’s alien child might be due a little earlier, but we’ll see how the timing works out for everybody. I really do love keeping track of Actual Birthdates like this, even though it is going to get complex and confusing when sims start going to college and I have to figure out what days of the week to add each sim to make it work.

...and now I’ve realized I took virtually no pictures of them. I AM SUCH A GOOD SIMMER.

Ramir: Disciplined, Vegetarian, Dislikes Children, Perfectionist, Loves the Cold

Ana: Inappropriate, Heavy Sleeper, Lucky, Cat Person, Vehicle Enthusiast

Fatima: Insane, Genius

Indira: Brave, Loves the Cold

Yamuna: Sailor, Neurotic

Zahida: Heavy Sleeper, Absent-Minded

That’s all for this post. I’ll be able to get through the next several quickly, as long as i actually get around to posting anything. I’ve already played through the Peterson, Green/Gere, Riley & Cho, Baldwin, DeBateau, and Rutherford/Weir households completing Belladonna Cove, and in Desiderata Valley the Kim, Mole, Contrary, Joqcue, Bell, Aspir, and Una households--all that’s left in DV is the two bin families I moved in there, the Picasos and Julian Cooke. I got very very far ahead!

I have also been getting unreasonably excited about the prospect of setting up Simlogical schools for the children and teens to attend, and am keeping an eye out for prospective principals and teachers. So far, being unsure community lot schools can operate unowned, I think I might end up having wealthy elders be principals--say, Mortimer Goth, and Betty Goldstein or Catherine Viejo, maybe--and sims in the Education career will be be teachers. Ana Patel is already gonna be one. I’m really excited about having all the premades attend school together! I don’t know how to make this work but I also want to have the high school have seasonal events--a fall pep rally (since I really don’t think a sporting event is particularly doable), a winter band concert, a spring formal dance, and a summer field trip. But we’ll see how well that works out, I have no idea how to do these at all!

[carlyrose]

Just Belladonna Cove things :)

[lurking-lilibeth]

On the day Patricia is set to leave for college, Henry Greenman appears on her doorstep. They're not-quite-dating, and Patricia seems to have forgotten about Henry completely. Well, he's here to remind her! Henry is a good boy, but maybe meeting Patricia's dad while not wearing a shirt isn't the best move....

Luckily for Patricia, her taxi arrives just in time to take her away from the awkwardness of the situation.

Rama: Bye, cousin!

[incorrectpremadequotes]

Armand DeBateau: Just because things aren't what they seem doesn't mean Kimberly is a bad person. Maybe she just doesn't trust y'all yet.

Tara DeBateau: Or she's mistletoe, which is actually a toxic parasite. The very plant that encourages us to kiss at holiday time can actually kill the tree it hangs on. Little do you know, all that romance is happening under a tree assassin.

[platinumaspiration]

The Cordial's Honeymoon + High School Graduation Vacation!

It wasn't Tara's idea AT ALL to share her graduation gift with her father and stepmother. She would have rather stayed on the other side of the island. She loves her dad dearly and if anything, a few more moments with him before uni is time well spent!

Tara: this is the worst. No straightener, no privacy, and watching my dad make out. Send me home, please.

Watcher: Kimberly, are you okay? 🚼 Armand, outside the bathroom: I've called the maid, don't worry about any mess, just take rest.

Kaylynn Langerak gets a free vacation to the island after getting an emergency work visa. Nice!

Meanwhile, Tara proves sims can really do anything when they put their mind to it. She makes walking on water look so easy!

Kimberly doesn't want the vacation ruined and powers through the nausea, convinced it's just the Luau Ribs from earlier.

She and Tara bond over playing pirates and meeting the Captain! They join together for an uproarious rendition of the Sea Chantey.

Armand: how are you and Kimberly getting along? Tara: She's all right, I never did not like her, Dad. Armand: Well, she likes you. You two have a lot in common. Tara: Doubt it 🙄

Armand still hasn't quite grasped the concept of fishing, apparently. It also seems that Kimberly has grasped the idea of being pregnant! She and Armand have been thinking and talking nonstop about it.

Tara and Kimberly become best friends over the course of the vacation. Both of them pulling only boots out of the ocean (Armand caught three fish! Must have been casting for hotdogs earlier that gave him the practice he needed). They also learned how to Hula Dance.

Kimberly: I think we can do this without help. What do you think? Tara: Oh, yeah, totally!

Time to go home! The gang puts on their BDC attire and heads back to the Cordial Home. Promptly upon arriving, Tara starts gossiping about Buck Grunt (one of her BFFs) and how she wants him... dead? Jeez, Tara...

And so, we wave goodbye to Tara as she heads out the door to start a new adventure at University!

Kimberly is suddenly awoken by a bump in the night. Her first trimester! Armand was so excited; he woke up and immediately went to feel for the baby. He's too precious.

Later in the morning, Kimberly began the thousand-year-old ritual. The First Warlock of the Cordial name would be born. In the dead of Winter he will arrive and become the most atrocious, most evil Warlock to ever live.

[brandinotbroke]

I aged up Armand DeBateau's and Kim Cordial's daughter because Armand's genes were STRONG in her toddler face but honestly... with a little surgery minor tweaks she is actually quite pretty I think I'll make her a good witch just to piss off her mother

[pixuou]

[tamtam-go92]

Picaso family

Matthew has found his soulmate and Jessica has found hers! Now that they are married where should they live? Should they focus on careers or creating a family first?

Matthew has led a simple life surrounded by family, friends, work and his favorite games. Now that he and Jessica have found each other he's finding that there is so much more to life!

Matthew Pisaco: Age: 24 LTW: Become Hall of Famer Aspiration: Popularity/Family Personality: 1/6/7/6/5 (Aquarius) OTH: Arts and Craft (with focus on Painting) Traits: Artistic, Evil, Clumsy, Absent-Minded, Charismatic

Jessica is so happy to have found Matthew! Now that they are married there are so many decisions to make! Where will they live? What will they do?

Jessica Picaso: Age: 23 LTW: Reach Golden Anniversary Aspiration: Family/Popularity Personality: 4/4/5/5/7 (Aries) OTH: Nature (with focus on Wormrat) Traits: Animal Lover, Friendly, Over-Emotional, Brave, Insane

What happened this round:

the Picasos moved to 1097 West Dreaming Drive, Desiderata Valley

Jessica went Downtown with Kimberly Cordial where the latter both started affairs with Armand DeBateau and Jessica

Jessica and Matthew eagerly tried for a baby

Jessica took part in a cooking contest

Jessica finally got pregnant and the pregnancy-check said it'd be twins!

Jessica was accepted into the Nature club