#noriko aspir

[lodgersims]

The Aspirs are adjusting to their new family life, welcoming Noriko back as if nothing had ever changed. Sure, each of them know that she died. But with Luis so secretive about how he managed to get her back, and even more secretive about his attic... a tense air fills the house.

Victor, ever curious, can't help but yearn to know how his mother came back from the dead.

But pregnant Elizabeth needs more help around the house, and with Pauline, and she just doesn't have the energy to question it. Dimly, she knows Noriko was gone. But with every passing day, she (and the rest of the family) have begun to forget there was ever anything wrong.

Victor, despite his curiosity, still has a job to attend to. And he's rising through the career ladder at an impressive pace.

But so busy in studying for a promotion... he completely missed the birth of his child.

Welcome to the world, Adam Aspir.

But Victor feels on top of the world. With the promotion and the baby, he feels Platinum enough in aspiration to go upstairs while his parents sleep...

In an act of astronomical hubris, Victor Aspir did not wish for money, or happiness - he had both.

He wished for a way to cheat death.

[heromonty]

Pauline’s getting into the habit of smothering animals with her affection, first with Gouda and now with Mochi. She must be stopped.

My attempt at making them have their first family meal back together failed since Victor and Elizabeth were in the bedroom next to them woohooing. So uh, family dinner consisting of grandparents and granddaughter only.

Despite being retired, I like to think that Luis still gets contracted for some freelance work. Some extra money to bring into the household in addition to his retirement pension y’know.

After putting Pauline down for the night and getting ready to settle down themselves, Victor brought up a topic of discussion that’s become common: extending their family. Victor backed up point of view by saying things like ‘Just think of Pauline. Don’t you think she would love to have a younger sibling to play with?’

Elizabeth promptly shut him down and the air was tense as they went to bed, neither one of them satisfied with how that conversation went.

[riverblossom-valley]

happenings at the Aspir family ♥️

[odleaisland]

"I present: a toddler!"

[zx-ta]

Desiderata Valley:

So, as usual, my timelime is happening like 5 years before TS2 and I need more elders, it means that Elizabeth Aspir's dad and Victor Aspir's mom are still alive, Pauline is not born yet. Teens are kids and kids are infants. Oh and Natasha a cat!

Cyrus Nejem, Elizabeth Nejem (Aspir), Victor Aspir, Luis Aspir and Noriko Aspir

Violet Jocque, Sofia Jocque, Marcel Jocque, Rick Contrary, Edward Contrary and Opal Contrary

Sharon Wirth, Hannah Bell, Issac Bell and Daniel Bell

John Mole, Matthew Picaso, Jessica Picaso, Natasha Una and Asparagus

[moonllita]

My KanNao fankids 🫡 I should do Pegoryu next right?

I’m not an native English speaker so sorry for the mistakes below! I suck as writing

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Yu Tatsumi (oldest son) 15yo

Birthday: November 25th

Love: Play guitar, his band, music

Hate: School 

Favorite color: Black 

Yu is the oldest son of the Tatsumi family. He’s not a big fan of school and his grades are not good ether but he doesn’t care very much. The only thing he care is his passion for music, he skips school but never a practice with his band. He love to go against the rules, so he dye is hair blue, got some piercings and make some modifications himself on the school uniform that most of the teachers are really not fan of. He gives a lot of trouble to his parents, that are doing their best to go trough his adolescence. But even if he doesn’t show it really often by his actions, he love them. He also like to upset his little sister for fun.

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Noriko Tatsumi (daughter) 13yo

Birthday: April 7th

Love: Cute stuffs, animals, solving mysteries, crafting

Hate: Her older brother 

Favorite color: Blue

Noriko is the only daughter of the Tatsumi family. She’s super cheerful and she’s always full of energy. She adore cute things and love to craft outfit and gadget help by her dad. She’s want to become a super famous detective like her mom, but also the cutest detective probably influence by Rise. Her dad make her outfit and her hat that’s she’s wearing almost every day, highly inspired by her mom working outfit. Other kids at school made fun of her because of that outfit but she still keep a positive mindset all the time. 

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Shingo Tatsumi (youngest son) 8yo

Birthday: May 19th

Love: Space, video game, goodies

Hate: People

Favorite color: Green 

Shingo is the youngest of the Tatsumi family. He’s mostly shy and have trouble to make friends in general. He doesn’t like school because he doesn’t like people, and so on he’s often alone but he doesn’t mind. With his maturity even for his age he like solitude and prefer to play video game with his online friends. He still like to studies and he have good grades that make their parents really proud. Since he aspires to become an astronaut he keeps working hard at school and love to use his telescope discreetly during the night. He’s also have a good collections of featherman figures and other goodies related to his favorite franchises.

[vashtijoy]

translation: bokura no hikari (our light)

Wow it’s been a few years since I translated a song lolol. There are a few translations of this very popular AND FUCKING TRAGIC one out there already, but because the grammar gets a bit convoluted I’m sure this won’t be the last. Put it like that.

This translation draws heavily on prior art at the SMT wiki and by /u/JLazarillo on reddit.

夢を夢と気づいた夜 君を見つめ瞼を閉じる yume o yume to kizuita yoru, kimi o mitsume mabuta o tojiru The night I realised this dream was a dream, I closed my eyes as I looked at you,

温もりも重ねた手も声も 目覚めれば微睡みへと消えて nukumori mo kasaneta te mo koe mo, mezamereba madoromi e to kiete The warmth of your hand in mine, and your voice - if I awoke, the last of them would disappear,

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僕らが二度と会えなくても 過ぎた時が痛みに変わっても bokura ga nido to aenakute mo, sugita toki ga itami ni kawatte mo Even if we never meet again, even if the time we had hurt in the end,

その痛みでね導いてよ 僕を照らす夜空の星へと sono itami de ne michibiite yo, boku o terasu yozora no hoshi e to It's that pain that will guide me towards the stars in the bright night sky.

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甘い甘いおとぎの国 君と会えた歪んだ世界 偽りの幸せでもいいと告げる口 君がそっと塞ぐ amai amai otogi no kuni, kimi to aeta yuganda sekai itsuwari no shiawase de mo ii to tsugeru kuchi, kimi ga sotto fusagu You silenced me when I told you it would be fine: the fake happiness of that sweet, sweet fairyland, of that distorted world where I could meet you.

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思い出の始まる日になる 君が消えた自分で決めた道 omoide no hajimaru hi ni naru, kimi ga kieta jibun de kimeta michi [lit. it's become the day my memories of the path you, who disappeared, chose yourself begin.] Now it's the day my memories begin, of you disappearing, choosing your own path for yourself,

歩くのさずっとせつなくても 僕の目指す明日の星へと aruku no sa zutto setsunakute mo, boku no mezasu ashita no hoshi e to [lit. even if it's painful, I'll always walk towards the stars of the tomorrow I'm aspiring to anyway.] Even if it hurts, I'll always keep walking toward the stars I'm reaching for, the stars of tomorrow.

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目覚めて現実が来る昨日と違う悲しみが大切だから明日を生きてゆく mezamete genjitsu ga kuru kinou to chigau kanashimi ga taisetsu dakara asu o ikite yuku [lit. the pain that's different from the yesterday when the reality I awoke to came is precious, so I'll live on into tomorrow] I’m glad the pain’s better today than it was yesterday, when I awoke to this reality, so I'll keep going until tomorrow.

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僕らが二度と会えなくても過ぎた時が痛みに変わっても bokura ga nido to aenakute mo, sugita toki ga itami ni kawatte mo Even if we never meet again, even if the time we had hurt in the end,

その痛みさえ超えてゆくよ 流す涙乘り越えより高く sono itami sae koete yuku yo, nagasu namida norikoe yori takaku I'll leave that pain behind far more easily than I will my many tears,

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そして掴むよ 澄み切った空 永久に浮かぶ僕らの光を soshite tsukamu yo, sumikitta sora, towa ni ukabu bokura no hikari o And I'll seize that starry sky, that will remind me of our light forever and ever.

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errata

2023-02-23—second-last line, took another look at yori takaku 2023-02-23—last line, tsukabu -> ukabu 2023-04-28—jibun de kimeta michi: this is an almost direct Akechi quote, and jibun is "yourself", here (telling someone else's story). also that is the last time I paste dialogue from the wiki. 2023-05-14: various minor wording changes. 2023-05-19: turns out nukumori and kasaneta te are often linked, and it means the warmth of the hand you're holding.

[goodluckclove]

Lucas [Redacted] Powell Intro Story Thing

i said I would do this a couple of days ago, but I got a bit of a head cold and I had to focus on more important things - mainly being a giant baby. Crucial.

But yes, people decided they wanted to hear about Lucas, Bluerose's head tailor. And I understand why! He's everything you could ever want in a man - he's got great style, an extra X chromosome, and he's deeply loyal and devoted despite constantly lamenting how done with everyone's shit he is.

This ended up longer than intended. Who's surprised by this point?

So Lucas is what some affectionately call a Colony Kid (he hates this term). Colonies are independent attempts to form a new Witch Town. It used to be a lot easier to create a colony and have it be functional enough to be approved into the official network of Witch Town - these days, though, resources and funding are thin enough that crossing that finish line is a lot harder.

Lucas was the brother of Andrew Dogbane Powell, the unofficial "elder" of this so-far unnamed colony on the outskirts of Detroit, Michigan. The colony started falling apart for various reasons, and it ultimately was disbanded after Dogbane's breakdown and subsequent suicide. But the Detroit colony did manage to get closer to long-term success more than any had in some time, so the elders of other witch towns offered positions for some of the other leaders. This included Elder Noriko Ninokata of Bluerose, Oregon, who invited Lucas to join their new textiles team.

This was not an easy sell. Lucas was off-the-bat pissed, actually. He caught on quick that he was one of, if not the only person not in direct authority of the colony who was offered a new job and saw that as bullshit. Dogbane's whole dream in life was creating a functional refuge hub for the undeserved population of the community he loved so much, and now one of the only refuge hubs left in the country was just offering a job to Lucas, a person with no interest in the social service aspirations of "traditional birthrights"? Fuck that.

It's not entirely clear why Lucas accepted the tour. Maybe it's because Nori called him on the phone to follow up on her email, listened to him cuss her out for a solid five minutes straight, and took his rage without batting an eye or rescinding her offer. Maybe it's because he found Dogbane's journals and remembered how eloquent and passionate his little brother was about all of this. Or maybe he just wanted to get out of Detroit in the dead of Winter for a couple of weeks.

He went to Bluerose and felt nothing. He was 27 and already needed a cane to walk most of places. Bluerose was out in the mountains and comically accessible, just as Dogbane said places like that tended to be. Paved paths everywhere. Guides and lights and sensory considerations. It made Lucas feel a little sick to see it work and work so well. He knew it couldn't be as picture-perfect and Sesame Street-friendly as it looked, but he didn't care. Lucas would just humor the Elder to take a free vacation.

The lodging they arranged for him was by the beach, which provided some welcome solitude for the first few days. After that Lucas woke up one morning and went out to drink coffee and brood at the ocean - which is when he finally noticed the kid.

This fucking kid. Lucas watched him from a distance at first, just to see what his deal was. He was usually alone, even though he looked slightly too young to be alone this far out from town. Sometimes he would be lying in the sand. Once Lucas saw him having a full-on conversation with a passing seagull. What always ended up bothering him was the boy's outfit. It was some sort of colorful dress, and at first Lucas figured that's what bothered him. But lying in bed one night he realized suddenly that he didn't actually give a shit that the little boy was wearing a dress.

No, what was gradually making Lucas angrier and angrier was that the dress was shit. It was tattered, stained, and clearly too small for him. Is that how they treated the kids in these supposed utopias?

Finally one morning Lucas woke up and found the kid sitting on the beach, and he decided enough was enough. He grabbed his coffee and walked down the paved path until he was close enough to call out to him and ask what the fuck he was wearing.

Despite not making any sort of introduction, the kid wasn't really surprised to see him there. He explained it was his third favorite dress.

Lucas asked why it was so small. The kid said he got it when he was "a lot littler".

Lucas asked why he didn't ask for a bigger dress.

"People try," the kid explained, digging his toes into the sand, "it's not good, though. The fabrics are bad. They make me feel crazy."

The kid went on to say his name was Scott Skylark Kaufner. He offered Lucas an apple from the small satchel he kept on him. The satchel, it seemed, contained mostly apples and a large bottle of chocolate milk.

By now, even though he made no attempts at hiding his anger before, Lucas declared himself furious. He stormed into Noriko's office and demanded to know how the leadership of a refuge hub could be so behind in terms of handling basic sensory issues. Once again Nori showed no response to being yelled at - so much so that a reserve guard called and asked if she needed Lucas to be removed from the building.

Noriko explained that refuge hubs had to scale back tailoring services a few decades prior. After a few successful grants, bringing back the textile team was the first thing she wanted to do. She believed easier access to education and employment within the trade would only help Bluerose's clients and birthrights. At the same time, she said she never learned how to load a simple sewing machine. Which is why, when she heard news of the recently disbanded colony that included a tailor, she moved to contact Lucas before anyone else could.

Lucas, by now was - conflicted. Still a little annoyed, especially since Nori reacted to hearing about Scott with a feigned surprise that was unconvincing. But he forced himself to play along.

He had a meeting with Scott Skylark Kafuner and his mother at the design studio. The studio was sparse, but the equipment was new and they had a greater variety of materials than Lucas could ever hope to get access to. He took Scott's measurements (it took twice as long before the guy could barely keep still) and spent a solid hour going through materials and explaining all the different types of colors and sleeves and skirts.

For a kid as clearly manic and distractable as Scott, he listened to all of this dense terminology with a surprising curiosity. He was happy to pick the colors of the fabrics used in what Lucas would make, and even happier when he learned he could request the size and amount of pockets (Although his mom quickly stepped in to veto what Scott described as a frog pocket).

That night, Lucas got to work. Scott didn't want anything complicated, so he was able to complete five dresses over the course of two exhausting days. He was only supposed to make two. When Nori woke him up after he apparently fell asleep in the studio she gently thanked Lucas for his efforts, told him not to push himself like this again, and had a guard escort him back to his lodging.

He heard young Scott Kaufner's reaction to his new wardrobe secondhand at first. First it was a vague positive reception from Nori, then a sincere word of gratitude from the mother. Lucas stayed in bed, unsure how to feel, until he got a knock at the door one morning and found the kid from the beach beaming up at him in one of his new dresses.

Scott pointed out at the chest pocket, which bulged with a strange, shifting lump.

"You did it," he whispered in conspiratorial glee. "You made the Frog Pocket."

Lucas made a mental note to send the mother a list of stain removal tips for linen and cotton. By the looks of it he imagined she would need it.

Anyways he ended up staying and leading the textiles department. He designs clothes for clients and employees, giving higher priorities to those with sensory issues or mobility needs. He made pretty much everything in Scott's wardrobe, although they have a consistent fight about how Scott only wants to wear different colors and patterns of what are ultimately the same, like, three designs.

Lucas claims to find Scott irritating. He also refuses to design a suit for him when Nori requests one for the sake of not making Scott out to be a target while he travels. When he finds the suit they order, though, he does rip out and replace the lining so it's less itchy.

He then starts drinking more and more after Scott leaves, eventually being put on probationary leave and barred from going back into the studio until he completes a set number of recovery group hours. By the time Scott comes back to Bluerose, it is three years later and Lucas bothered even starting the meetings.

I forgot this is like roughly what Lucas looks like when Scott really gets to know him. He can grow a bit more facial hair than Scott can but also never got top surgery - a big reason why Scott never does either.

[multi-muse-transect]

Life Is Strange OC: Jessica “Jess” Adler.

Name: Jessica “Jess” Adler.

Date Of Birth: June 29, 1998.

Place Of Birth: Arcadia Bay, Oregon.

Description: Jessica Adler lived a normal life as she was born in Arcadia Bay and grew up with Max Caulfield and Chloe Price. They met at a playground and since then, she’s been their number three girl. But her father got a job in California causing her to part ways with the two. She was soon accepted into Blackwell Academy and returned there while reuniting with Max herself and Chloe later down the line albeit separately. Once again, her life was normal…until the storm arrived. Jessica was caught after trying to get away and was injured in the process but survived with a large scar on her chest.

She soon got into college and graduated then settled down in Arrow Falls, Colorado. There she fell in love with Noriko Nishimura after meeting her in her game shop while befriending veteran and security guard Josh Hansen, podcaster Nazir Alawi, and aspiring actress Carrie Portnova and Safi. Her life appeared to have become normal again until she found Noriko dead from a shotgun blast by Josh. Jessica was soon killed by Josh as her vision faded…only to wake up outside of Arrow Falls. She entered the place to warn Noriko only to find out she doesn’t know her, Josh doesn’t own a shotgun, Carrie is a newcomer, Safi has been her friend and Nazir is a streamer. Jessica soon went home to get her mind straightened out….only to be killed by Safi.

Jessica awoke again as she realized that her friends stay the same but there’s also variations to their dynamics and relationships. This wasn’t a loop…this was a cycle and she’s determined to end it.

Personality: Jessica is a rather easygoing and kind but also traumatized individual after the storm. She always gets nightmares of Max and Chloe standing on the cliff near the lighthouse. But it took time to heal from that incident and with her new friends, she’s recovered. Though upon the discovery of the cycles, she’s grown paranoid. The feeling of being watched all the time creeps a lot into her. She knows there’s evil in this town and she’s determined to find a way to escape.

[phoebe-twiddle]

Just some LEPacy housekeeping.

I finalized my new sims aspiration spreadsheet and took a week or two to update *everyone* in the LEPacy hood to their new aspirations, which also helped me iron out a few kinks in the spreadsheet, so that was good. I've also decided to rename a handful of families, making it easier to differentiate between different branches and for tagging purposes (I've already applied new tags to previous posts).

The Pinella Family (Ari) ⇢ The Favor Family. Ari married townie, Oliver, and I don't know what his last name used to be, so I picked a new one.

The Drummond Family (Evie) ⇢ The Caliente Family. Melody has moved out and Grey has passed, so it's more like Evie is living with her daughter's family than her daughter's family is living with her.

The Drummond Family (Graham) / The Drummond Family (Milly) ⇢ The Co-Op Family. Unless Milly and Major get married & move out, at which point they'll become The Mccown Family. If Wilma and Graham get married & move out, then they'll become the official Drummond Family.

The Zimmerman Family (Neena) ⇢ The Lawson Family. Neena will take her dad's first name as her last name to reduce the number of Zimmerman families there are.

The Marchand Family (Xavier) ⇢ The Morphon Family. Xavier will take Lora's name to reduce the number of Marchand families.

The Marchand Family (Peter) ⇢ The Avant Family. I have no idea what Elroy's surname used to be, so I chose one for them.

The Zimmerman Family (Chloe) ⇢ The Russell Family. I don't remember what Dahlia's surname was, so I picked a new one.

The Darling Family (Nicholas, Meredith, Brian, Noriko) ⇢ The Marchand Family. I have no idea where they picked up the Darling surname as Nicholas is a Marchand and Meredith is a Zimmerman, and there's no evidence in their memories of either marrying a Darling before each other, so they'll become the "main" Marchand branch. And while I'm changing names, I'm changing Noriko to Nora.

I've played the founding Pinella household, and university, so I'll be setting up the queue for those soon :)

[lodgersims]

The Sims 2 has been in existence for twenty goddamn years. And I have been playing it for at least, like, ten of them. And for some reason, perhaps out of boredom, perhaps out of hubris, I have decided to play an Uberhood until it falls apart at the shoddily coded together seams.

Alphabetically.

Which means here is where we begin our story...

Victor and Elizabeth Aspir live with their daughter Pauline, and Victor's father Luis. Victor Aspir always reminded me of a MySim by the name of Luis, as seen in MySims Agents, which I owned as a child... so I constantly mix up Victor and Luis' names. So, sorry in advance. I very rarely play Desiderata Valley anyway.

Tell me there isn't a resemblance.

Marcel Jocque was in the welcome party, he's the guy eating like an idiot next to the lovebirds. This is how I'm learning now that he's a slobby Sim. I really don't think I've ever played the Jocques... but I will! Eventually...

As it turns out, with the power of ACR, it wasn't hard to convince Elizabeth to have that second child.

As for Luis... that night, he took a trip to the attic, and found the answer to his question.

[heromonty]

Wanting some advice on the whole John situation, Natasha invited a completely unbiased party over: Noriko (+ Pauline who wanted to tag along as soon as grandma said she was going to visit Natasha). After entertaining Pauline for a bit, she vented to Noriko about John saying how she wants to be more with him, is too scared of being rejected and is worried about what others - i.e., Luis - will think of the potential relationship.

Noriko reassured her not to worry about what any one else may think and that if John truly makes her happy, to pursue that relationship if she wants to. She also promised to keep this whole a secret from Luis for now, but expects Natasha to let her know if/when this relationship becomes serious.

Love Pauline sitting there and probably not comprehending this at all by the way.

After saying goodbye to Noriko, Natasha called John up for a small intimate date at her house. Luckily, he agreed.

[odleaisland]

"When I get walking you are all in SO much trouble."

[meine-kleine-wunderkammer]

自分の感受性くらい

茨木のり子

ぱさぱさに乾いてゆく心を

ひとのせいにはするな

みずから水やりを怠っておいて

気難しくなってきたのを

友人のせいにはするな

しなやかさを失ったのはどちらなのか

苛立つのを

近親のせいにはするな

なにもかも下手だったのはわたくし

初心消えかかるのを

暮らしのせいにはするな

そもそもが　ひよわな志しにすぎなかった

駄目なことの一切を

時代のせいにはするな

わずかに光る尊厳の放棄

自分の感受性くらい

自分で守れ

ばかものよ

Your Own Sensitivity

Noriko Ibaragi

Don’t blame others

for your heart drying up, becoming parched,

when you’ve neglected to water it yourself.

Don’t blame your friends

for your becoming difficult;

which of you lost your flexibility?

Don’t blame your family

for your irritation;

everything that went wrong was my fault.

Don’t blame your life

for your fading idealism;

it was just a fragile aspiration from the start.

Don’t blame the times

for all that’s gone wrong;

it’s the abandonment of your barely glowing dignity.

Protect your own sensitivity

yourself.

Fool.

[mediadesignspring2024]

The cinematography portrayed their emotions to the viewer. It gives a glimpse into the intertwined lives of Ushio and Noriko Shinohara, two Japanese artists going through life with a balance between love, art, and sacrifice. Through the lens of their relationship, the documentary explores the hardships of artistic ambition and personal identity. It also captures the tension between Ushio's larger-than-life persona and Noriko's quiet strength, revealing the impact it had on their dynamic, work, and lives.

What resonated deeply with me is the film's portrayal of the sacrifices artists make for their craft, especially within the context of marriage and family. Noriko's journey to assert her voice alongside Ushio's towering presence is both empowering and bittersweet, understanding the challenges of pursuing individual aspirations within a shared partnership.

As the film progresses, we witness Noriko's subtle growth towards independence, intertwined with Ushio's persistent narcissism and alcoholism. The archival footage about their decade-long journey adds depth and meaning to their story, highlighting the passing of time and growth through their relationship. A variety of bright colors were also used in the film.