#mercutio was my fave because he was probably the most interesting

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noah fence but i dont think anybody beyond the main cast gives a flying fuck about the romance between romeo and juliet

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@thewickedandthehufflepuff replied to your post ““as a ranking member of The Genfic Squad, what is it with you and love...”

julia besides oklahoma what are some of your fave love stories?? :D

thank you for asking!

i guess the most obvious and probably the quintessential one would be romeo & juliet, which is kind of an interesting case because my interest in the actual love story at its heart was very much a “boil the frog” scenario. when i first got into r&j i was pretty solely interested in mercutio, and i would get bored with the rest of the play after he died, but the more productions i saw the more romeo and juliet’s story started to get to me (i guess it’s a good thing you can’t skip over the ending when you’re seeing a play, haha). it’s one of those things where it’s so cliche at this point and the famous lines are so famous that you kind of have to step back and remember that it kind of set the cliches, you know? the famous lines are famous for a reason. when you see the balcony scene done well it is so earnest and pure that it’s hard for me not to get sympathetic butterflies and get a little wistful for an honest, youthful love like that.

on the other end of the timeline at “most recent” i’d cite hadestown, and maybe even narrow it further down to “wait for me,” which is my favorite song from every iteration of it. like, it’s hard to articulate exactly What It Is, you know, but just the. feeling. of a love so desperate that someone would sing their way into hell for it? like, that is what i’m talking about. that is what i’m looking for. and i feel like a lot of romcoms and slashfics and things of that nature kind of self-consciously skirt around stuff like that in favor of something more realistic and messy and self-aware, and i’m not saying that’s wrong or bad or that i can’t enjoy those kinds of stories from time to time, but idk. maybe i’m just Soft, but i’ll take r&j and hadestown and oklahoma! (whose plot i’m admittedly shaky on after all these years but “PEOPLE WILL SAY WE’RE IN LOVE”!!!!) and song of achilles and if we were villains and pride and prejudice (2005) over literally any love triangle in any YA novel, ever.

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Thank you so much for the tag, @dreadpirate! Mine too comes with a caveat – not only are these premades as opposed to sims in general, but they’re my faves of all time. Given my current slow-as-heck gameplay style I haven’t had much of a chance to get attached to the Uberhood spawn yet... honorable mentions someday perhaps?

Read on for my rambling descriptions of why I love these little pastries, and I tag literally anybody who sees this and fancies doing the same – I’d love to see all your favorites!

My favorite sims premades of 2018!

Chloe Curious An abrasive Romance sim who attacks first and asks questions later, probably as a means of defense; most likely has trust and abandonment issues. Hates her non-Lola roommates at first but slowly lets down her walls, gaining the best friends EVAR (and ends up with Kristen – OTP For Lyf). I usually put her in the Journalism career so she can earn cash via her adorably gossipy and inquisitive nature. Relaxes by gardening, has a blog called ‘Green Thumbs (No Literally)’. Queen of the Bisexuals| (P.S. It was really hard to choose a single Single because I adore them all, hence Erin being my avatar) 

William Williamson There is method in my madness – let me explain. First his name is hilarious, who does that to a child. Secondly he’s clearly coerced himself into a Fortune aspiration given he’s not interested in money or work, which in my head means he aspires more to what money can provide for him (high food, culture, entertainment interests), implying a financially difficult background. I have also bestowed upon him the title ‘Gay Seth Cohen’ if you’ve ever seen The OC. If you have Guy Wrightley and Will be remotely interested in the same gender they usually have triple bolts, which is saccharine-level adorable

Ophelia Nigmos Canonically suffering with anxiety based on her bio, let’s be honest – that endears her enormously. But she has a decent amount of outgoing points so I don’t see her as a delicate flower needing to be rescued by a knight (like stop with that bio Johnny); rather I see her as like Alison from The Breakfast Club, her weirdness is part of her charm and she’s pretty badass. Her Music & Dance hobby and early noughties era Avril Lavigne getup clearly mean she’s meant to join a righteous pop punk band, right?

Mercutio Monty Has one of those goofy adorable faces you can’t help but love. Too cute to ever be mad at. Shakespeare has been a huge part of my academic life and I always loved Mercutio in all his iterations – an adorable and cocky prankster who doesn’t want to be part of the feud, but gets embroiled in it anyway. I interpret Hermia’s dual (mutual) crushes as she, Puck and Mercutio being part of a polyamorous triad. Shakespeare Mercutio is heavily implied to be gay or at least bisexual, performances usually include lots of homoerotic tension between he and Tybalt, so instead of accidentally killing each other they can live happily ever after (thanks Sims)

Dina Caliente Spent a lot of time with this sweet little cinnamon roll last year, and she doesn’t disappoint. I’m a huge Nina fan too but Dina just edged out with her bathtub pirate goofball optimism. It’s interesting that EAxis sets her up as a gold-digging villain when she’s literally HUGGABLE; plus controversy alert, she and Mort are way more compatible than Bella and Mort omg. Sim equivalent of a Shiba Inu puppy, just wants nice things, love, and attention (on her own terms). I see her as The One That Got Away for Don because she’s the only one who didn’t woohoo him (not counting Cass). Ordered a Baked Alaska for her dinner at a fancy restaurant in my game and in doing so ordered my heart too and kept it 💟

Jasmine Rai Jazz is a painfully shy Popularity sim. This is not a drill – a painfully shy Popularity sim. Clearly her aspiration comes from her rockstardom dreams but just let Jazz autonomously do her own thing in any social situation and try not to squeal at your computer screen... her most common interaction is ‘admire’, but she looks so scared when she’s about to do it and you just want to hug her and tell her everything will be okay. One of her best friends is Sorority Princess Sarah Love and you wouldn’t put them together ordinarily but I feel like every walk of life loves Jazz, she’s as sweet as a pear drop. I let her make toy robots and have her change her hair color every week like Ramona Flowers

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So I got tagged by @plathcamusdostoyevskyjagger​ and I’ve got nothing to do so what the hell

rules: answer the questions and tag 20 blogs you’d like to get to know better

nicknames: I’m Keith. I’ve got several nicknames, most of which are too explicit or embarrassing to divulge, but some of the okay ones are Evangeline (don’t ask), Thunder Talon, and Cream Cheese.

time right now: 4 in the afternoon

last thing i googled: dragon age 2 isabela approval because I looooooove her. Before that, probably something for my forensics class.

fave music artist: For me, a future music ed major, that’s like asking anthropologist their favorite bone. JUST TO NAME A FEW *drumroll* Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Dvorak, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Iver, Lifehouse, Ed Sheeran, The Chainsmokers, The Arctic Monkeys, Panic! at the Disco, Iron & Wine (<3), Owl City, Hozier, The Fray, twentyone pilots, Fall Out Boy, MCR, Mike Oldfield, Maggie Rogers, The Moody Blues, The Civil Wars, Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits, Lake Street Dive, Sigur Ros, and it goes on for miles. song stuck in my head: Shape of You by Ed Sheeran. I was dictating it for a friend of mine a few nights ago and it’s been there ever since. last movie i watched: My Cousin Vinny last tv show i watched: Bones what i’m wearing now: jeans, and a tee about The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe. when i created this blog: January 2015 methinks? Too long the kind of stuff 

i post: I would like to think this is a music blog, but it’s turned into social justice and video games. Not even video games, just Dragon Age and Mass Effect. 

do i have other blogs: nah. One’s enough. 

do i get asks regularly: literally never. The last one I got asked what my Myers-Briggs personality type (((which is INFP, if you’re interested)))

why did i choose my url: Leliana is a character from Dragon Age: Origins and she, among being an assassin and the future spymaster of the Inquisition, is a bard and has a lovely voice. I thought what better way to mesh video games and music with putting her voice with Mozart’s Requiem. I’ve had many, many other URLs, however. 

gender: I’m non-binary. I’m cool with he and they. Using both interchangeably is cool too. 

hogwarts house: Despite what some might think, I’m 100% a hufflepuff.

pokemon team: Wow that’s a throwback and a half. Probably instinct. 

fave color: Purplish shades of blue. Also dark reds. (((I'm colorblind tho, so it makes things hard))) 

average hours of sleep: pretty good. Like 6-8. And I'm still depressed and anxious as hell. HAH 

favorite characters: Morrigan, Anders, Isabela, Dorian, and Varric from Dragon age. Garrus, Liara, Wrex, Captain Anderson, and Legion from Mass Effect. Stitch from Lilo and Stitch. Scar. Judge Frollo. Mercutio and Benvolio. Joel and Ellie from the last of us. Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. Jon Snow, Arya Stark, Oberyn Martell, Margaery Tyrell, Renly Baratheon, and Tyrion Lannister. 

dream job: flute teacher at a university somewhere while working as a member of a major orchestra. But I'd settle for a professor of music at a university.

number of blankets i sleep with: just two. I'm a living furnace, so I don't get cold too often. 

tagging: I’ve followed some of these people for ages and I still barely know some of them:

@themusicaltrichster @nerdfighterwhatevernumbers @dudewheresmynug @baku @nerds-r-people-too @you-had-me-at-e-flat-major @vorchagirl @valeroyeaux @pianistical @my-mother-mercury @lightgetsout @forget-the-binary @dearzevran @tired-alexander @grandenchanterfiona @marictheirin