#railroad you say

[elssbethtascioni]

TV Appreciation Week 2024 ↳ Day 2: favorite male character

Morgan Spector as George Russell The Gilded Age (2022-present)

[wistfulpoltergeist]

List 5 facts about a favourite sim of yours ♥♥♥ and send this to 3 simblrs whose sims you adore. (P. S. Now I want Arwin and Aidan for the full picture! I know you made them before but it's never enough of Arwin and Aidan!!!)

Arwin and Aidan it is then! ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡

Aidan

1) Aidan's from a Tartosian artistic and intellectual family. His father is a philosopher and anthropologist and his mother's a painter.

2) Aidan's living on his own since the age 16. And of course, there's a long story behind it I'm not willing to tell :D But I will say that living on his own taught him a lot of things.

3) Aidan plays the guitar! As you already guessed, Arwin adores Aidan playing something for him.

4) Aidan doesn't have a sense of personal space. Nor his, neither others. So if you think he stands too close to you - then he probably does. :D

5) Aidan can't cook, but he tries his best to make a rare and exquisite Tartosian dish for Arwin. Usually it looks weird. And tastes weird. But Arwin pretends he likes it.

Arwin

1) Arwin belongs to a very wealthy family of Del Sol Valley. As the only child and the heir of De Winter's successful mining business Arwin grew up under the constant demand to be the best in everything. And as a result…

2) Arwin run away from home, right from the doorstep to his marriage. Alice and Arwin meant to each other by their families as the perfect match. Needless to say there was no place for true love between them. And btw Alice married other man shortly after Arwin's disappearance. :D

3) Arwin worked as the waiter in the railroad cafe. It was a period of his deepest depression. He was even going to end his life by taking sleeping pills.

4) Arwin also worked as the mansion manager until... the owner of this place (an elegant old lady) fell for him.

5) Arwin can't cook. At all. He'll burn the kitchen if he tries. :D

(づ๑•ᴗ•๑)づ♡

[simsdaughters]

THE SIMSDAUGHTERS PRESENTS:

THE GALVUS FAMILY

Townies for @thebramblewood's story !

Download, Bio and CC under the cut

EMET S. GALVUS

Genetics: Hair (white streak) | Eyes (facepaint) | Eyelashes | Lips | Eyebrows | Shadows | Facial details 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 | Eyeshadow | Hairline (proper) | Nose mask Everyday: Earring | Outfit | Shoes (MWS) Formal: Earring | Corset | Bottoms | Shoes (MWS) Bonus hot weather 'cause it's too funny: Hat (Seasons) | Top (Hamming Shirt) | Bottoms (cameron shorts) | Sandals (IL) | Sunglasses (BG)

MAXIMA H. GALVUS

Genetics: Skin (taken down, private)| Hair (TSR) | Eyes (facepaint/private) | Eyelashes/Filler (private) | Lips | Eyebrows | Shadows | Facial details | Blush | Presets 1 & 2 Everyday: Dress (mid-sleeve) | Tights (BG) | Shoes (BG) | Earrings | Headband Cold weather/Outside Clothes: Coat | Shoes (BG)| Tights (BG) | Earrings | Headband

BIOGRAPHIES

Emet S. Galvus is an old being, remembering a time when mankind lived in caves and travelled for days to hunt and gather food. Having seen the rise and fall of multiple civilizations, he is disillusioned with men, though he still finds some fun these days scheming and toying around with them for his own amusement. After an event in the ancient and middle ages that impacted him deeply, he has a sour taste in his mouth regarding mortals' lifespan. Though he has his own "coven" of vampires he turned and keeps around him, all more dangerous than the last, from his butler to his secretary. Thus came Maxima, his "granddaughter". Not exactly a vampire, but something between what Emet is and the bloodsuckers, she is his only successful attempt at creating something almost equal to him, though she too feeds on blood and finds the prickle of the sun on her skin bothersome. Maxima is a self-confident, keenly intelligent and cunning little girl, who tends to stand in the shadows and stare at you, analytical, learning all she can about you before striking, whether with words or fangs. One would be wise not to underestimate the little girl, for her mind is a well deep enough to never see the bottom of.

[kill-vonkarma-again]

every time i think about how mvk analysists try and read into his ugly ass like he was written to be an interesting, complex, defensible character i just can't help but think they'd be better off putting that energy into kristoph instead

[deer-with-a-stick]

The more time I spend explaining Tolkien lore to my brother the more I realize that Tolkien was just batshit insane

[kshaar]

i did not make the post complaining about datv plot that i wanted to when i finished the game but one of the bullet points on it was 'where is the reckoning to shake the heavens that flemeth promised? we lost kate mulgrew for this?' which is a bullet point that might make one realize that one's complaints are very niche and specific and thats not what people look for in 10-year-later sequels and you nix the whole post

and then almost two weeks later d*vid g*ider makes a post about flemeth & morrigan & how they were always so fundamental to dragon age [which he begins by calling himself out for older women being his type- i dont want to talk about it] and another about how the scene between morrigan & kieran & flemythal was written and shot for here lies the abyss, morrigan saying she would never be the mother [to kieran] that flemeth was to her 🥺which is STILL the most impactful thing from inquisition

then you see the messy cowardly bullshit fucking story we got in veilguard, the way that mythal's fragment is in there ultimately to absolve this man for killing her, and morrigan is only there as her mouthpiece and the only way to convince this man that he needs to stop is if people tell him 'its okay man' because thats our priority right. making him feel better. fuck the dwarves dreams and the blight and the-

i don't know, i don't really have a point

[subwaytostardew]

I just remembered the best thing to exist, SPOUSE ROOMS. Do you guys have them drawn out yet? We've seen the patios, but what about their rooms?

I APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING SO LONG TO ANSWER THIS... We did have spouse rooms drafted up but... Interior design is not my forte! I hated them. These are my ugly first drafts from months ago when I had no idea what to do.

I wanted to move away from the whole office/work room look and shift it more towards their hobbies. So of course they should have a model railroad somewhere. I put off actually attempting to sprite a model railroad until yesterday and I did nothing but work on them all the livelong day. I ended up with two different layouts because I hated the first one.

I tried basing the first off of the actual Stardew map and wanted to sprite their respective sides of the tunnel so I put off spriting it until I was done with Emmet's 8 heart event. But... that ended up being too hard to sprite in such a tiny area! I can hardly draw a train on it!

The perfectionist in me did not like it not making sense so they wouldn't like it either. The point of their railroad layouts is escapism into their perfect little world so I scrapped the first and made a new layout.

Now their spouse rooms look like this!

I played a bit with the floor layout to reference their Japanese names. With Ingo's/Nobori's you make your way upwards to a higher state! With Emmet's/Kudari's room, you descend into... wherever his mind's at.

I wanted both of their rooms to feel cozy (so even if the rest of the house is ugly at least they can stay in their room 🥲 I'm bad at furnishing and Stardew's options do not help). Ingo's was supposed to feel more secluded and well, tucked in... because he's ingoing. For Emmet's, I had the mental image of him running around, getting supplies for drawing/scrapbooking/etc. and leaving space to set up lighting/different angles when he takes pictures of his model railroad. Occasionally his back hurts and he has to lay down on the couch for a couple minutes. Or maybe you force him into a break there.

Ingo's room is more focused on being a quiet space for him to read or write. Emmet's is where he goes to keep his mind busy with his various occupations outside of work. The railroad layout is the same (I don't want to sprite a third...) but I imagine that Ingo's is around more for the ambiance while Emmet is more hands on and actively working on maintaining it.

The trains are animated, too! I made the layout with animation in mind.

I did lose track of what I was doing despite that. It took so many frames to animate. I refuse to do that again.

I hope you like their spouse rooms!

▷ Station Steward Thylak

[eregar]

i'm not sure if other people feel this way, but as i progress in veilguard, i notice that the environments, while absolutely gorgeous, feel much less memorable than previous games. as in, i really struggle to get these new regions to stick in my mind. and i wonder if it's because this game, unlike previous games, doesn't let anything linger.

right away, you're made to visit a lot of different places very rapidly and the time you spend in each place is very short, only the length of a mission or two. you're not really given the same freedom to walk around and you're certainly not incentivized to explore with how the little blue mission indicator follows you around like a gps. there's also just far less ambient activity going on, not as many street conversations between npcs or music or sound effects. there's stuff there but it feels empty nonetheless.

[wysteriaisapenguin]

"What's up Blue Puffball? I'm Diesel 10."

Some lore down below:

One day, a self-proclaimed diesel engineer suddenly appears on Sodor, causing havoc on the railways with a Class 42 diesel engine. This involves destroying tracks, vandalizing sheds, scavenging scrap, and terrorizing trucks. Thomas is the first person to meet this engineer and demands him to stop causing trouble. The engineer laughs at him, saying that “steamies are so out of date that they'll say anything to stay relevant”. He threatens Thomas that if he dared get in his way or tell anyone about him, he’ll have a nice “talk” with “Pinchy”, the menacing claw on his diesel engine. Thomas is terrified, but he knows he can’t let this rogue criminal do as he pleases. The engineer refers to himself as “Diesel 10”.

From then on, Thomas goes through an ongoing cycle trying to prevent Diesel 10 from causing confusion and delay before anyone else notices. While doing so, he is in constant dread of facing Pinchy and doesn't want anyone else to be hurt by Diesel 10. He especially does not want Percy to get involved, since his best friend is finally content with his work life. The last thing Thomas wanted was to accidentally hurt him again. So he tries to keep this dilemma to himself, but it takes a massive toll on him. While Diesel 10 sees this as all fun and games, Thomas becomes more paranoid and stressed out. This causes him to perform poorly at work and everyone starts to suspect that something is wrong with him. Not wanting to let them down, he would tell them not to worry and pretend that everything is fine. But he was starting to feel inferior again, fearing that he would soon be replaced by new hires if he continued to do worse.

[stealingyourbones]

Ok so here’s my list of videogames I’m going through rn:

Half-Life series

Batman Arkham

And now Zelda

All of which I know jack shit about the stories or spoilers. I’ve started Batman Arkham Asylum and I’m in the middle of Half Life 2 Episode 1. So far I’m having a blast

[ettadunham]

you know, i actually really appreciate the way dragon age: origins does rpg. so many games now just give you a blank page of a character to start with, or in a standard action adventure, you usually play as a more or less fully defined protagonist - but da:o is the kind of happy medium that i wish there was more of. the fact that you can choose from multiple backstories that you then have to play through, and it feels like you're actually making choices and roleplaying even then... it really genuinely adds to the experience as if you're actually roleplaying a character, and aren't just interacting with the options as yourself, or being railroaded entirely by an established characterization.

[28ratsinatrenchcoat]

are transphobes mad that it’s the TRANScontinental railroad and not the CIScontinental railroad?

[lemongrablothbrok]

"Hey, ugly. What year is it?"

- me after mixing Texas medicine with railroad gin

[lafflanes]

YEAHHHHHHH I GOT MY SMASHER BADGE!!!! ALL MAXED IN MY RESISTANCE RANK BABEY

[sophiethewitch1]

Learning a lot about myself from dol. Also remembering some very repressed horny thoughts from when I could first think horny thoughts lmao

[thedawningofthehour]

Maybe I should do a Bella playthrough of Fallout 4.

She is based off a character I play quite often, but I feel like it would still be different because Bella would be more of a melee player and wouldn't use guns very much.

And I have always wanted to do an explosives run...