#s4 eyelids

[obscurus-sims]

🎀SKIN AND GENETICS SET🎀

SKIN N27 A: 33 colors, teen+, females only

SKIN N27 B: 33 colors, teen+, females only

EYELIDS N18: 63 colors, child+, females only, placed in eyeshadows and skin details

EYELIDS N19: 60 colors, child+, females only, placed in eyeshadows and skin details

CONCEALER N1: 51 colors, child+, females only, placed in blush and skin details

CONCEALER N2: 52 colors, child+, females only, placed in blush and skin details

LIPS N53: 56 colors, child+, females only

LIPS N54: 67 colors, child+, females only

everything is HQ compatible, previews were done with HQ mod, works with makeup sliders (but you need sliders mod by thepancake1 and MizoreYukii)

DL ( early access at patreon )

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[northernsiberiawinds]

A Thousand Nights🔮

FOREHEAD N1 MM OVERLAY

5 types with 3 from light to dark tone options x 2 transparent versions, 30 swatches in total;

for all ages and genders.

FOREHEAD WRINKLES N1 MM OVERLAY

10 types with 2 from light to dark tone options x 2 transparent versions, 40 swatches in total;

for females and males, YA+.

INTERBROW CREASE N1 MM OVERLAY

10 types with 3 from light to dark tone options, 30 swatches in total;

for all ages and genders.

AGE - RELATED EYEBAGS N1 MM OVERLAY

5 types with 4 from light to dark tone options x 2 transparent versions, 40 swatches in total;

for females and males, YA+.

EYELIDS N14 and EYELIDS N15

35 + ∞ colors each file;

for males, teens+.

EYELIDS N14 MM OVERLAY and EYELIDS N15 MM OVERLAY

5 from light to dark tone swatches each file;

for males, teens+.

EYELIDS N14 and EYELIDS N15 FEMALE EDITION MM OVERLAY

males and females head meshes are different, so I made a separate similar shape texture for females;

2 types with 5 from light to dark tone swatches each file;

for females, child+.

LOWER EYELIDS N2 and LOWER EYELIDS N3

35 + ∞ colors each file;

for females and males, child+.

LOWER EYELIDS N2 and LOWER EYELIDS N3 MM OVERLAY

2 types with 5 from light to dark tone swatches each file;

for females and males, child+.

EYEBAGS N4

30 + ∞ colors;

for females and males, child+.

EYEBAGS N4 MM OVERLAY

5 from light to dark tone swatches x 2 transparent versions;

for females and males, child+.

FACE SCULPTOR ADD-ON N2

10 + ∞ colors and 10 overlay swatches;

for all genders and all ages.

NASOLABIAL FOLD N1 MM OVERLAY

5 types with 4 from light to dark tone options x 2 transparent versions, 40 swatches in total;

for females and males, YA+.

PHILTRUM N1

35 + ∞ colors;

for males, teens+.

PHILTRUM N1 MM OVERLAY

2 types with 5 from light to dark tone swatches;

for males, teens+.

EYES N28

35 colors;

for all genders and all ages.

EYES N28 HETEROCHROMIA

35 colors;

can be found in the accessories (eyebrow piercing);

for females and males, teens+.

SCLERA N1

5 swatches;

for all genders and all ages.

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[ddarkstonee]

Male Genetics Set!

EYELIDS N30

76 colors (overlay included) / works with makeup sliders / teen+ / males only

NOSEMASK N9

76 colors (overlay included) / works with makeup sliders / teen+ / males only

LIPS N40

66 colors (overlay included) / works with makeup sliders / teen+ / males only

Everything is HQ compatible, previews were done with HQ mod.  

Compatible with makeup sliders. You need sliders mod by thepancake1 and MizoreYukii. 

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[ss33hksims]

How I Make My Sims in 10 mins +Download included

I would like to show you guys how I create my sims usually. It will be more consistent and time-saving to use presets from our amazing cc creators. Personally I love to use presets but there are limited presets created for male sims. So it usually takes me about half an hour to make a male sims. No matter what, I am not good at in-game screenshot and photo editing, not to mention using Blender, so creating sims is just for fun only. I rarely use for in-game cause the lighting really ruins my sims. I usually just build lots / houses in-game . SO, Don't be stressed! We don't need to be perfect, so do our sims.

No reshade used

Screenshot taken from CAS.

(Continue to view the video and cc list)

==CC List==

SKIN:

Soft rose B Full body by @northernsiberiawinds

Spotlight by @simandy

Head preset 5 by @northernsiberiawinds

Ear preset 2 by @mmsims

Nose preset 13 by @eunosims

Blush from GPME-GOLD MAKEUP SET by @goppolsme

HAIR:

HAIR 09HQ by @jino-sims

EYE:

Eyebrow G24 by @goppolsme

Eye preset N1 by @northernsiberiawinds

Eyes 48 by @bunbunzsims1

Eyeliner cc52 by @goppolsme

Eyeshadow from GPME-GOLD MAKEUP SET CC70 by @goppolsme

3D Lashes N3 by @obscurus-sims

LIPS:

Lip presets 012 (I guess) by @lutessasims

Lipstick 14 by @bunbunzsims1

OUTFIT:

knit bustier top & skirt set by @yuns2ol

SHOES:

Shine Boots by @shoestopia

Classic tights by @magic-bot

ACC:

Earrings Sofia @enriques4

Sweat Suit Set Bucket Hat by @rimings

Download my sims here (Please make sure you download all the cc above as well)

Please tag me to let me know you are using it.

Let me know if I missed some cc. There are too many, I may have missed.

Thank you for your support!❤️

[hi-land]

[amsterdamhotelroom]

my favorite thing about the s4e1 shivorce scene is that it feels so final but we know from the trailer that they have ANOTHER fight. tomshiv girls stay winning!!!

[darklcy]

𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭.

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───

‣ eddie's session runs longer than you thought. bored, with nothing to do, you find his shirt.

‣ eddie munson x reader | stranger things masterlist | 823 words | fluff, established relationship, idiots in love ig

‣ i havent posted him in a while and i just got to rewatching s4, so naturally-

He’d been gone far too long already.

You tried not to complain, not having the desire to suck the life out of his soul for simply engaging in his passion. Dungeons and dragons served as an enigma in your brain, its complexity never failing to swirl your thoughts in knots each time you tried learning to play. If him being late was the only self punishment for not comprehending the rules of the game, then perhaps it was justifiable.

..It was just late. And you were beyond bored.

Boredom was a lazy explanation for the feeling you were experiencing at the moment, but for lack of better word, boredom will do. Body sprawled across his mattress, Gremlins displayed in the living room television down the hall, fingernails touched skin in a pattern, as if counting sheep represented itself through your fingers. The night sky stretched further along the hours as you waited for his campaign to finish, but with the way your eyelids drooped and head bobbed, you may not be around for his return.

Laying back on your spine, ceiling coming into view, you fought the upcoming dreams with all your might to avoid slumber, wanting to greet Eddie properly the moment he stepped inside. Chin lolling to the right, a signature club shirt curiously grabbed your eye, the red faced demon poking through the gaps of his drawer. 

Huh.

Somehow that pumped a vein full of awoken energy throughout your body. Sitting back up, you crawled over to the drawer and yanked the shirt from its clenches, freeing the fabric from its prison. The demon’s eyes met yours in a sneer, and sometimes you wonder if the corners of his mouth grew each time you stared at him. Discarding your own top, you replaced it with his, the remnants of smoke and faint cologne wafting in your nostrils.

Eddie smelled like home, a sanctuary, a safe place. A bit ironic, with fire comes reassurance, in your world, that is.

The garment was a bit loose on your figure, the ends reaching just below your hips. With the canvas of your legs exposed from lack of pajamas, his shirt became your blanket and lover all in one, a figment of the real thing. This will have to do until he returns. 

Cheek pressed to the comforter, Gremlins had just barely faded out into the credits when sleep found you, tucked away and hidden in the cotton of Hellfire.

“Baabe, I’m home.”

Brass met knob when Eddie unlocked it open, enjoying the warm heat of the trailer compared to the brisk November air outside. Campaign was good, as usual. Dungeon Master certainly had its perks, even if repeating senior year didn’t. The journey to his bedroom was swift, eager to finally end his day with you by his side, how it always should be. 

However he wasn’t at all, in the slightest bit, prepared to greet you adorning his beloved club shirt, soft skin of your thighs bare, asleep comfortably in his bed. His bed. Alone. With his shirt on. And boyshorts. Oh, wow. You were going to be the death of him.

It was as if he’d been transported to the Moma, viewing a delicate, historical self portrait of an acrylic artist from the 1700s. You were a sight to behold, and for him only. His feet almost sunk into the floorboards from the sheer weight his heart plummeted against his ribs. He’d just fallen in love  all over again. How do you do it so easily?

A gentle groan emitted in your throat as you shifted. What a sweet sound. You’re so sweet. 

Crouching down towards your face, his ringed knuckle gilded hair from your eyelashes, a smile on his face at the way you stirred from the action. When your eyes awoke to meet his, his lips only stretched wider.

“Mornin', sweetheart.”

Stretching out your arms, a yawn escaped you as a sleepy, “Oh, you’re home,” uttered out in a jumbled whisper. His full palm caressed your face now, occasionally smoothing down your hair while continuing to grin at your drowsiness. He couldn’t get enough.

“Yeah, Hellfire ran a lil late. Sorry to keep you waiting.”

You shook your head into his fingers. “No, you’re fine. I was just bored.”

A deep chuckle rumbled in his chest as he moved to sit beside you. His fingers transitioned from your cheek to the shirt on your skin, rings grazing the neckline and shoulder. Eddie had never seen anything like it, and he wore this exact thing every god damn week. 

“You look beautiful like this.”

It was as if complimenting a model, the way he spoke so carefully and tender. You gave him a look.

“..It’s comfy. I might steal it from you.”

He’d give you anything he wanted if you gave him the word. His lips captured yours in a trance, ending too quick for your liking. 

“You should. You wear it best.”

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[h0nkytonkangels]

Sunday Morning Skinblend

Finally! My first skinblend. Although most of the credit has to go to Digi - I used her "Happy When it Rains" (style 2) skin as a base. The bodies are unchanged from Digi's originals. I just changed the faces. The faces feature @whysim Skin 42 eyelids courtesy of @serabiet, @lilith-sims's Buttercup nosemask and Golden Wings blush, @sixfootsims's tongue texture, @esotheria-sims' recolor of Tea Leaf's Azmarie lips, @pooklet's waterline and face shine, Digi's XOD eyebags, and @simnopke's subtle wrinkles for elders. There's also some shading on the cheekbones from a creator whose name I don't know, so thanks to whoever that is!

Keeping in the vein of naming skins after songs I was listening to when I made them - I dubbed this one "Sunday Morning."

Features:

-TU-EU all have fitness states! You can see them in the preview pics above.

-Elders have light wrinkles using Nopke's Subtle Wrinkles.

-comes in custom, geneticized, geneticized + towniefied, and Default versions!

-Youngins have more youthful faces! Here's a preview of the ages in the base tone.

-30 natural shades! All of Trapping's natural tones, select Alfred Askew tones (mainly the blue and green ones that I liked best), and cooler versions of the darkest Trapping tones. Every shade is tooltipped and the files clearly labeled.

Oh, and here's a preview of the defaults!

S1-S4, Alien, Genie, and Mannequin. For other supernaturals, I recommend using overlays.

Now, onto the downloads! All SFS. I'll do mirror links later.

Download Defaults

Download Custom Full Set

(won't spawn on townies, no genetic value)

Download Geneticized Full Set

(won't spawn on townies, has genetic value)

Download Geneticized and Townified Full Set

(will spawn on townies, has genetic value)

You can only have one version of the full set in your game. I hope you enjoy, and let me know if there are any issues, please! These are a lot of skins and this took a lot of work. It's possible I made a mistake somewhere.

[willbyersabyss]

El's Quadruple Piggyback

El piggybacked into four minds in the finale. But who is the fourth?

This is the sign that created El's piggybacking plan. There are four people. The little girl represents El, the mom represents Max, and the little boy is Henry/Vecna. Who does the other person represent? Everyone else on this sign is facing forwards while the man is facing the back, but his face is scratched out. His identity is being omitted, yet he stands out from the others. He's important.

He's Will.

The man on the sign is in a striped shirt and brown pants. Every single outfit Will wore in s4 had some kind of striped shirt, whether it be normal stripes or plaid. His pants for the majority of the season were brown too! The physical features of the other people on the sign hint at their mind counterparts. The girl has a white dress with a pattern like El's finale shirt, the woman has red hair like Max, and the boy has blonde hair like older Henry. I don't think it would be crazy to say Will's stripes and pants hint at him being the fourth person.

When El first draws Max and Vecna, the mind bubble goes directly above Will. Worth noting that El is right-handed, so her hand would naturally draw the bubble on her right (our left), which would place the bubble above Argyle, but they had her draw it above Will. This was intentional!

As I said in the previous post about this drawing, this means that Max and Vecna were in Will's mind at some point during the finale, but El was there too. Will is the fourth person El piggybacked to, as the road sign hinted.

The sign says the scenic route is at the next right. In s2, Will senses Hopper with his hive mind powers and tells Joyce to turn right. In the other scenes where someone tells someone else to make an abrupt turn, they always say to turn left. Will’s is the only right turn.

Will is constantly on the right of the shot when El is piggybacking. Even after she finishes piggybacking, Will is still always on the right. He is the scenic route on the next right!

Well that's... interesting. El said the exact same thing to Max that she said to Will in s1. Max was already inside of her own mind thanks to Vecna here, so what if Will was too? After El says this to Will, his eyes shut and he moves his eyes under his eyelids just like he does when he's possessed by the Mind Flayer. Will is in his mind... but he's awake in the Upside Down? Almost as if the UD is his mind.

When El actually starts entering Max's skatepark memory and in turn entering her mind, we see the group as the lights flicker. Then they cut to Will. Will is the only one who gets an individual shot at this point. Why is he important? Why would he be the focus as El is entering Max's mind? Maybe because she's entering his too...

From this point on, Will generally starts acting a little weird. He's just quietly sitting there, but they keep focusing on him for no reason.

Will is the one to ask El if she sees anything weird in Max's memory. Funny because right after Will asks this, Max's Snow Ball memory starts to rot and spores from the UD come out of nowhere. Are you causing the weirdness Will? Hm?

By the way, the spores are NOT a characteristic of Vecna's mindscape. They aren't in his red mind world at all. They also aren’t from Dimension X (the yellow dimension). So that rules out the spores being a Vecna mind thing. It's 100% from the UD and it’s unique to the UD. Not a dimension thing, not a Mind Flayer thing, not a Vecna thing. An Upside Down thing.

This is Will's reaction right after Argyle says "A memory within a memory?" Why does Will start to look sad and contemplative after a double memory mention? Are Max's memories also within Will's memories? I think so. I've said this a million times before, but the Snow Ball decorations in the Upside Down are from Max's memory! Max's mind is combining with the UD. Why? The UD is the fourth piggyback person's mindscape.

What was the point of the freezer line? To be silly goosey funny? Maybe. Or maybe we are meant to feel... cold. Cold like the UD. El is in a freezer, she's technically in the UD. Because? The UD is Will's mindscape.

Right as Mike starts to say this line, they cut to Will. Yeah they're really hammering in Will's involvement with the whole piggyback thing. He's in there too!

But wouldn't Will feel everyone in his mind if this were the case? Nope! Max had no clue El was in her mind until she was flinging Vecna across the room. Safe to say Will didn’t feel them during the fight either. Or maybe he did and his quiet, off-putting behavior this entire episode is related to that...

And so El's fourth piggyback partner mystery is solved! El wasn't just in Max and Vecna's minds, she was in Will's too.

[lena-in-a-red-dress]

Prompt (it's okay if you ignore this one cos it's a bit dark/triggering): Lena, post S4 having just killed her brother & finding out about the SG secret, is suicidal, like seriously considering ending it once and for all. BUT she finds something that brings her back to wanting to live and be happy (a new goal or motivation?) Side reigncorp would be nice, having Sam there to support her etc and she's the only one she trusts right now plus she's the only one who never lied to/betrayed her. Thanks!

WARNING FOR SUICIDAL THOUGHTS/INTENTIONS

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Lena stares at the pill bottle in her hand. It would be so easy, she thinks. Just tip the bottle to her lips and swallow the lot with a chaser of bourbon. Let herself drift away into sleep. Maybe she'd get lucky and remain blissfully unaware of the vomit and foam that would likely follow. Perhaps her mind would block it out, allow her to sink peacefully into death while her body convulsed to reject the poison.

She considers who might find her. The cleaners perhaps, due to return in two days time. Or more likely Jess, when she fails to come to work or answer her phone. Certainly not Kara, who believes everything between them is fine-- that their friendship hasn't shattered into irrecoverable shards.

Kara. No, Supergirl. Fucking Supergirl.

Lena clenches her eyes shut, but the image of the hero simply projects against the backs of her eyelids. With her stupid hair and her stupid cape and her stupid, lying smile. But no. The truth is, Lena is the idiot. An idiot to think she'd made true friends, to think she could share the innermost parts of herself with someone who wouldn't turn around and use it against her.

They played you for a fool, Lex's voice echoes from beyond the grave.

Stupid, stupid, stupid!

Suddenly, an explosion of glass issues from her living room. Lena surges for her handgun, and carefully creeps from her bedroom. Her fingers clenches unnecessarily-- angrily-- against the trigger when she recognizes the caped figure that rises shakily from the floor. But she doesn't fire.

"Lena?" Kara croaks, cradling her middle as though her ribs are broken. Lena watches her scan the living room and kitchen before locating her outside the bedroom. "Lena..."

"What do you want?"

She means it to sound angry, or at the very least irritated. Instead, she just sounds tired, even to her own ears.

"Something's happened to Alex-- to everyone. The DEO is compromised. They--" The hero grimaces in pain. "They tried to kill me."

"So you came to me."

"I hoped you wouldn't be affected. Whatever it is... it's bad. It's really bad."

Lena tries to feel something. Concern, outrage, curiosity-- anything. But she can't. She feels flat, like the air has deflated from her, leaving her a sagging balloon, pressed down by the weight of the air around her.

"Kara..."

Lena sees the exact moment the name hits home, and its implication hits home. Her eyes close in resignation-- not apology, Lena notes distantly.

"You figured it out--?"

"No."

Kara nearly sighs. "Your mother?"

"Brother," Lena allows, "but interesting that you know Lillian knew."

Lex was right. Everyone in the world but her knew the truth. Even her mother. And Kara knows that Lillian knows. That she allowed Lena's family to know the truth, but not she herself.

Fuck her.

"And now you've come to the Luthor you've managed to keep in your pocket."

Like always, Lena notes. Every time she's been involved with Supergirl and her allies, it's been as a last resort. Not because they truly wanted her or her help. Because they had nowhere else to turn.

Her stomach turns, and again Lena's thoughts flicker back to the prescription bottle in her bedroom. She feels sick, and she doesn't want to. She'd rather feel nothing at all than feel this.

"Lena..." Kara straightens as best she can. "I'm not here because I have to be. I'm here because you're the only one I trust."

Their eyes lock for a long moment, and Lena hopes her gaze conveys her disbelief. The words mean nothing, and the fact Kara expects her to believe them is actually insulting.

"What do you expect me to do?"

"We need to know what's affected them and find a way to neutralize it."

"I'll need a current blood sample, and a sample from before the changes in behavior occurred for comparison."

Lena turns back towards her bedroom.

"Then I'll see what I can do."

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What she can do, it would seem, is quite a lot. Per usual. She isolates a chemical signature in Agent Schott's blood that stands out as abnormal, and traces it back to readings taken from clothes that have arrived on several alien refugee ships. The chemical is alien in nature, but it's not long before Lena synthesizes a counteragent to render the chemical inert until it could be processed from the bloodstream on its own.

She does all this before it can spread further than the DEO. Kara looks at her with gratitude and relief and a little bit of patent awe, but Lena isn't impressed with herself or her results. Isn't this what she always does? Pulls a rabbit out of her ass and saves the day-- but never enough to breach that final circle of trust she never even knew existed.

Once she confirms all DEO employees are returned to their normal selves, Lena withdraws. She relinquishes her role at L-Corp to Sam with some easy bullshit about taking a sabbatical. She hoards her prescriptions, waiting for the moment to be right.

The night she chooses is dark and rainy. But she manages to prod herself to going to the boutique liquor store beforehand-- might as well go out sipping something luxurious and expensive.

On her way back, she pauses on the sidewalk when she hears something moving beneath the car parked next to her along the curb. When it doesn't come again, she moves to resume her march home, but is stopped again by a new sound.

A whine.

Lena hesitates. She can keep walking, pretend she never heard it. But her feet remain rooted against her intentions to leave, until she finally relents and climbs down to her hands and knees. Pressing her cheek almost to the cement, she peers under the sedan and sees the soggy silhouette of a small quadruped.

A puppy. Or some sort of small breed. When it shifts, she sees disproportionately gangly limbs and a long tail curled around its trunk. Puppy.

Lena sighs. "C'mere," she mutters, reaching her arm under the car. The dog is far enough under that her shoulder feels like it nearly dislocates before she finally catches the sorry creature by the scruff of the neck.

It yelps when she drags it out into the rain, but makes no move to escape when she stares down at it appraisingly. Short brown fur darkened by rain, small half-flopped ears, and big brown eyes. It's certainly the picture of a creature any decent human being would cleave to.

"All right," she says heavily. "Let's get you somewhere dry."

She picks the pup up and tucks it into her coat. It curls into the warmth of her chest, shivering all the way back to her apartment. She snags a towel from the linen closet before removing her coat, and transfers the animal directly into it.

Once it's mostly dry, Lena sits back and stares at the beast as it stares at her. She glances at the bottle of liquor she'd set on the coffee table next to the pup.

Lena sighs.

"You chose a hell of a night to turn up," she says drily. Lena gives the dog's head a rub before picking it up to set it gently on the floor.

"Let's get you some food."

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(Prompts are closed)

[kradogsrats]

Signs of the Fall, Pt. 1

Since basically... forever? Look, idk I wasn't around for the first half of this fandom so I don't know when Aaravos as "fallen star" was revealed. But presumably since then, it's been a big question mark as to exactly what that means.

We're told in places like the artbook that—along with whatever else it may mean—Aaravos being a "fallen" star means he's significantly depowered, and that his "fallen" status was a consideration in designing his look. So, reasonably, there should be identifiable features of Aaravos as a "fallen" Startouch elf, and we've collectively already spent a shit-ton of time overanalyzing them and what they mean.

BUT now that s6 is out and we have a chunk time seeing Aaravos before anything that would normally have been assumed to be his "fall" (more on that later), I wanted to return to some of the ones that have been most discussed.

The Eyes Have It

Previous assumption was that Aaravos's eyes not being the luminous Startouch pink outside of flashbacks was related to his status as a "fallen" Startouch elf and related to the darkening of his chest star:

This has not been cleared up by s6, where he is shown both with

and without the full-pink Startouch eyes

in contexts that are basically identical, aside from medium (one being a painting, and one being animated), in the same damn episode.

So what, if anything, does it mean?

First of all, I want to acknowledge that this may be entirely a choice of artistic convenience. Having arted a time or two, myself—characters without human-standard visual distinction between sclera, iris, and pupil are an unbelievable pain in the ass. A huge amount of microexpressions that humans subconsciously rely on to convey mood and intent are entirely down to the spatial/size relationship of iris and pupil to the surrounding eyelids. Leola and TMO are animated with full-pink eyes, with the irises barely distinguishable and pupils invisible, sure—but Leola has a shit-ton of emotional body language to compensate and let's be real, TMO is intended to be serenely inscrutable and alien.

It's just really, really hard to have a character convey the depth and nuance Aaravos requires when you're effectively barred from using one of the most critical aspects of facial expressions. Rather than fight that uphill battle, they may have chosen to handwave it in one context or another. (That is, the state of Aaravos's eyes is linked with his "fallen" status, and in the scenes with Leola they are meant to be different but it turned out to be way too annoying to handle.)

It could also, like Leola's single horn, be explained as a unique feature of Aaravos or this particular physical manifestation of Aaravos, except that they did go out of their way to include the full-pink eyes in not only the painted s4 flashbacks, but also the s3 promo art:

To be completely honest: I'm not convinced at this point that this is a feature we're meant to attach significance to. Unless we get additional context of another Startouch elf with eyes like Aaravos's, or conditions under which Aaravos is actually animated with the full-pink Startouch eyes... I don't think we can really know for sure.

Star Up, Star Down

In the same vein as his eyes, we've attached a lot of importance to the orientation of Aaravos's chest star. Since the Star primal symbol is actually used very rarely, and in just about every context up to s6 it was in its "upright" orientation—that is, the opposite of Aaravos's chest star. And like, obviously a fallen star would be upside-down.

It seems like s6 is determined to mess with us in that respect. For the most part, Aaravos's chest star is upright, or opening-down:

Until his grieving, when it is opening-up (and also darkened):

HOWEVER, when TMO appears in the same scene, their chest star is also opening-up, though lit:

We also get a LOT more usage of the Star primal symbol at the Starscraper:

And—excluding when it's on the floor so you can't know for sure what the "proper" orientation is—it is exclusively opening-up:

Also noteworthy is that we don't see the mark directly on Leola's chest, but on her clothing it is opening-up:

As is her star in the constellation:

So whatever the orientation is meant to signify—and unlike the eyes, I do think this is still significant in some way—it's unlikely that it's a strictly negative symbol. There's some other dichotomy at play that it's indicating.

Body Bling

This one doesn't come up as often, but it's suggested (at least in the artbook, IIRC) that Aaravos's body stars are brighter before he's "fallen," when he's at full power. Is this objectively true? Well... yeah, not really.

In arc two, they're very similar levels of brightness across s4-s6, independent of his chest star:

In arc one, the mirror effect tends to be more pronounced than the one scene where we see it in arc two, so it sometimes looks like they're not as bright. I think they actually are meant to be, though:

And then, of course, at the end of s2 when he's casting, everything is brighter:

So that doesn't seem related at all, except in the sense that magic is shiny. Maybe we'll learn something at some point about Aaravos's relationship to the primal sources that will explain that, but for now we can put this one to bed.

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aaaaand I have actually hit the "images per post" limit so we'll be concluding in Part 2!

[cloudbug08]

Nervous II

Carl Grimes x fem!reader

AN: both Carl and the reader are 14/15, as I’m currently on s4 and that’s his age around that season.

I’m completely fine with adults reading this, just don’t be weird in the comments or request any nsfw work of Carl because he’s a child and so am I, I don’t feel comfortable involving myself with that sort of content.

TW: angst, the SA scene in e16 of season 4 but I altered it, canon typical violence

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Your boots wedged into the grooves of the train track, a new pair that Rick had kindly picked up for you when looting a house not far off the tracks

Listening attentively as Carl rattled on about how they had all survived so far.

You tilted your head at him, laughing louder than you ever had since this whole mess started

“You ate a whole tub of chocolate pudding?”

Your cheeks reddened as you giggled, Carl fixed his hat lower over his eyes, embarrassed.

“Yeah? What’s the big deal?”

“I don’t know, it’s not even that funny”

You kept laughing, eventually Carl joined in, snickering as he sat across from you, picking at dried grass.

Rick hollered, calling the two of you over

“We’ll have to get going now, don’t have much time until dark”

And so you moved, trekked through the forest until you came to a clearing, a van parked in the centre.

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Dinner passed in pleasant silence, before long you were yawing, your head rolling on your shoulders, Michonne urged you into the back seat of the van for a well earned rest, Carl following not long after.

You drifted off with Carl sat next to you.

You violently jerked awake when a hand slammed against the window, squirming and struggling as the man grabbed you and threw you on the leaved ground.

Tossing Carl down next to you, he leaned over your friend and all you could do was watch, wait and watch as Carl endured the same fate as you, something snapped.

A deep ridden need to not allow the same trauma to befall your only friend.

You rushed up, shoving you body against the big man, pushing him off of Carl, you peered back at the boy, attempting to usher him a way, make a run for it, anything, but he stayed frozen, eyes wide.

Your abrupt attempt to distract the man has worked, now focused on you, you struggled, kicking you boot out at Carl’s leg, you whisper to him

“Carl, run”

Through his shocked stupor he shakes his head

“I’ll be fine, go”

He still laid there, seemingly frozen like you were moments ago, you gritted your teeth, wetness pooling in your lower eyelids as the man hitched up your nightdress, you whimpered, looking over you shoulder, where Rick and Michonne were knelt, they were both peering over, Rick’s teeth were clenched in fury, Michonne’s eyes pooled with tears.

You let out a cry, looking to your friend, his face cast in a look of horror, then you remembered, Carl saved you that day, and you’d be damned if you let that go to waste.

Reaching for your outer thigh and pulling a hunters knife from a holster Michonne had lent you, letting out a shout as you lifted the knife and pushed it into the man’s neck, avoiding any main arteries, this bastard would die slow.

Blood spurted out into your face, pushing the man off of you, wrenching the knife out of his neck, before repeatedly tearing into him, Standing after you were sure he was dead, your knife clattered against the ground, you collapsed with it, reaching for Carl.

You howled into his shoulder as he shook with you

“Why didn’t you run”

You moaned, your voice clogged with agony

“You should have run, I was trying to repay you”

His breath hitched

“I wasn’t going to leave you”

He started weeping with you, neither of you looked up when Michonne skidded on the dry dirt path, wrapping her arms around you both, pressing you tight into her chest, she rubbed a hand over your shoulder, leaning down to both of you, she cooed.

“You did so well, so well”

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Chapter three will be uploaded very soon! Please comment if you would like to be put on my taglist or would like to ask any questions, reblogs are greatly appreciated.

[gryning]

Final Duet Skinblend

I reinstalled my game again which means I'm going through all my defaults! This is an expanded version of my Duet skin with small edits to the faces, mainly around the eyes. It was made for my own game, which means it might have some quirks that aren't suited for everyone.

14 natural shades (gen+townified)

4 unnatural shades (custom, will not spawn on townies/npcs)

Children, teens, adults, and elders share faces

Defaults are using S1, S2, S3, S4, and Alien

The bodies are by Serabiet, please check the original post for more previews

Download Naturals | Unnaturals | Defaults

I haven't yet decided what supernaturals will look like in my game. Until then I will not work on supernatural defaults, but suggestions and feedback is welcome ♥

Credits:

@serabiet‘s Those Darn Skins - bodies

@lilith-sims‘s Feathers - face used as base

Ephemera’s FMW Skintones - eyelids

SimsMustSmustle’s Camera Shy - noses

the models in the previews are not wearing makeup

[ss33hksims]

Back to school with me #2❤️

Hello, my friends! 👋 It's our Day 2 "Back to School Series" shots. We got a little new friend today with us. She is Elle~Elle is a friend of Mijoo. Pink and purple are their dress code color this week. 🩷💜 For this new study term, the girls did some outfit shopping together. Let's see what she bought!

Model: Elle

Today's outfit

Mostly cloudy, about 11°C in Toronto today. Probably a little shower today. A good idea to grab an umbrella in bag.

Dress: Overall Denim Skirt & T-shirt by @rimings

Acc: Barbie closet collection hairband & Heart long earring by @rimings

Nails: base game

So addicted to the outfits designed by Rimings. She has an incredible fashion sense and paid a lot of attention to making the texture perfect. Her creations are always my top choice when creating a sim. Thank you for all the great work!

[celestialspritz]

☆:**:. 𝖘𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖘 𝖕𝖆𝖈𝖐 .:**:.☆

hi! i have a bit of free time until tuesday so i decided to finish up some stuff i wanted done <3

first is sims3melancholic's contacts #120 defaults converted to ts2 on my sclera

second is a default skintone called stardust made using dreadpirate's skin as a base, but it's essentially a 4t2 conversion of the north face mask by northernsiberiawinds, with eyelids, nose and mouth differences as they didn't look as good in ts2. actually the alien shown in the swatch is the old version of this skin but i just realised that while writing lmao, but either way it looks v similar just a bit better

the eyes are default and custom, on my own sclera blend and there are 18 swatches in total.

dl link for those here!

the skin is default only and is all s1-s4 with alien. some features include:

sixfootsims teeth and tongue texture

an edited, smoother lilith buttercup nosemask

my blend of uglytownie's lipblend and the lips on microscotch's wisteria skin

eyelids taken from whysim 30

bodies are the same as dreadpirate's party for one skintone

elders get dentures (thanks to remisims for extracting the texture from game files) forgot to put sliders in bodyshop so this noclip screenshot will do

elders get wrinkles (thank you simnopke for the texture)

aliens have greeny blue gums and base eye texture from uglytownie

lip corners by uglytownie

nose shading by rensim

the rest (face texture and all that pretty shading) is all northernsiberiawinds!!

the purpose of this skin was it's flexibility to work with both maxis match and realistic games. for example, it's plain and matte which means you can layer all the skin details you would like over it.

stardust default skin swatch belowwww

dl the skin here!

credits - uglytownie, northernsiberiawinds, rensim, sixfootsims, lilith, microscotch, whysim, dreadpirate/vvqb, remisims, simnopke. thank you!

[miynt0012]

[SIM DOWNLOAD] Lumine | Genshin Impact

maxis match | four outfits | full cc list

I found some hair that looked like hers and sooo this happened.

I’m quite pleased with the result, tho I’m 99% she’s the only genshin character I’ll ever make lol

ps, her name in the gallery is gonna be hotaru (her jp name), since that’s the name I use the most :P

please don’t share my sims / pictures of my sims on the gallery or on any other platform

DOWNLOAD: mega

edit: since the high-waist shorts are no longer available on the link provided, you can download them here!! All credits go to the original creator ofc!

cc list:

skintone

lamatisse - bare skintones

genetics

NSW - perfect eyes shaping(mm eyebags n2, mm eyelids n5, eye prest n10) | NSW - eye colors | yooniesim - imperfection teeth set | NSW - bodycare kit (female torso mask n2 mm, cleavage mask n6 mm overlay) | NSW - skin n7 kit (skin n7 mm overlay) | stretchskeleton - maxis match-y eyebrows (01-06 merged) | PYXIS - about face (skin details) | luumia - skin features (lip tints) | remussirion - nose mask 04

hair

simandy - mimori hair 

makeup

pralinesims - blush n25

accessories

oydis - make or break collection (long coffin 2 nails) | oydis - nuit jewerly set (necklace star) | magic bot - fingernails polish 7v | magic bot - classic thights set (ripped thights) | eunosims - nail set | simpliciaty - ephemeral chocker

clothes

belaloallure - off duty cc (ayres cargo pants) | simandy - drown in the night (bad habits jacket acc) | seoulsoul - basic techwear (halter top) | trillyke - go baby pants | manueapinny - bab bab set (open chest crop top) | ms-marysims - maxis match set (high-waist shorts) | rusty's - basic sleeveless t-shirt | babyetears - mirror skirt / jacket leather moonlight (mirror skirt) | ren okamoto - jenn top  

shoes

MMSIMS - dr. martens molly shoes | seoulsoul - girlboss boots set (high boots) | jius - sweety&salty collection (platform heeled boots 01)  

extras

joshseoh - universal hair overlay | kijiko - ea eyelashes remover | NSW - female new year collection (lips presets n33-41, lips presents n1-9) | evoxyr - bad memory nose presets | hellfrozeover - hip dips slider 

+ cc I couldn’t find online (+ the tattoo I made myself from this image, which is blurry as hell because I can't use s4s, but at least it exists), included in the sim’s folder (3 files)

additionally, the following add-ons have been used:

nifty knitting

a preview of her outfits:

please take a look at my TOU before downloading!! thank you!