#sanssouci's sims

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just a lil goth couple, nothing to see here 🖤🥀

A little lookbook thing featuring my resident goth couple! My OC Sanguinaria "Gwen" Addams - featured in my Reaper's Rewards event series - and Cassandra Goth. 🖤

I know we all love a good townie makeover, so here's how I styled Cassandra. Overall, I wanted her to have a combination of how she looked in previous Sims game as well as a dark academia style to contrast with my own sim's modern, mall goth/e-girl aesthetic.

I drew a lot of style inspiration from these specific posts:

X (@puppycheesecake) | X (@peacheryy) | X (@madlensims) | X (@simprocrastinator)

Send these creators some love as well!!

ignore the fact that it's snowing in some of these pics and not in others - it was winter in my game bc i cheated it so i could grow the death flower for the reaper's rewards event and i cheated it back to summer once i completed everything

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jumping on the reaper's rewards bandwagon

Hey hey! It's about time I posted content from my own game, don't you think?? Well here ya go - a break from all the CC finds I keep spamming.

So the "Reaper's Rewards" event is a thing going on now. I saw quite a bit of people in several Sims 4 subreddits showing off their goth/emo/vampire/that kind of dark aesthetic sims they're using to participate in the event (with a few of them also romancing and having kids with the Grim Reaper as a result), so I thought I'd contribute my own character!

Sanguinaria Addams ("Gwen" for short) is going to be the Grim Reaper's little assistant in this event! I've actually shown her before in a previous post where she happens to be the girlfriend of Cassandra Goth. She's actually my Addams Family fan character, though she's kind of a general, all-purpose character as well. She's a mall goth who loves to mix her love of 'girly' things like fashion, hair styling, and makeup with her interest in all things dark and macabre.

She's also quite the enthusiast in seeking out supernatural creatures, including the Grim Reaper himself!

I took a pretty long break from the game, so Gwen had quite a bit of catching up to do with a bunch of weekly tasks that have already been released. ^^;

First, Gwen got some mail from the Ambrosia Society Newsletter, which basically told her to start planting snapdragons so she could harvest and cook with them to make ambrosia. She planted a snapdragon as well as a lily, and did a bit of research on them. She learned a lot!

After that, Gwen figured she needed a break from research for bit, so she decided to head to the Willow Creek Archive Library to just chill and read just for fun. While there, she ran into her girlfriend's little brother, Alexander! Poor kid was all alone, lmao. He seemed to be having fun playing on the computers, though!

yall remember playing games on the library computers when you were kids?? i know i did irl ahahahah

Gwen and Alexander got along well (they had good compatibility!), so she figured he might be interested in what she'd been researching........ though she tried not to mention anything scary or related to death/the Grim Reaper.

Gwen: "Fishing, huh? That's cool. Seems like you know quite a bit about the stuff meant to make you live forever."

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I just thought it was pretty cute how Alexander was so happy to talk with Gwen. Such a pure boy, protect him at all costs. (and hope he doesn't go bald when he ages up into a teen)

After a bit, Mei Prescott (the principal of Copperdale High School) showed up and Gwen figured she might as well talk to her too. I imagine she and Cassandra went to Copperdale as students and only really saw 'Mrs. Prescott' one or two times for minor misdemeanors (mostly not following the dress code), but were otherwise good in their classes and graduated with decent grades.

Unfortunately, good old Mrs. Prescott didn't seem too thrilled to engage in such a 'trivial' conversation with her former pupil. She told Gwen what she already learned from Alexander, after all.

Then again, it could have been worse: if Gwen hadn't changed into a more 'proper' outfit, maybe Mei would have yelled at her even more for dressing inappropriately and 'not learning' from the times she spent in her office.

...Or maybe it's already kind of bad, considering Gwen thinks good old Mrs. Prescott is old and used up, LMFAOOOOO

also thanks game for reminding me to turn off the attraction system, it always bugged me when my otps/favorite couples didn't find each other attractive

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Finally, Gwen spoke with the librarian...

...who also basically just told her what she already learned.

So we DEFINITELY gotta go fishing in order to make ambrosia. THANKS, GOT IT

Peep a wild Katrina Caliente in the background lmfao

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Finally, after cooking a recipe (you actually have to be level 3 or higher and I just maxed out Gwen's cooking level with cheats so it was more convenient lol) and replacing her old record player with the "Grimophone", Gwen got to summon and meet the Grim Reaper himself........ without having to sacrifice another sim!!

I think I actually took the above screenshot because Gwen was sharing melancholy thoughts with Grimmy (she has the "gloomy" trait) and I just thought it was funny how he looked super shocked about it. Go figure, the harbinger of death and despair itself acts all surprised Pikachu at a goth girl (probably) talking about death.

or maybe she just divulged her self-insert fanfiction she'd been writing with him in it.

Did I mention Grimmy showed up in a flirty mood??? 😂

I'm going to be posting more about Gwen's adventurers as the Reaper's little assistant, so stay tuned!! Maybe I'll file these under their own tag, lol.

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[ask19thcentury-doctorgilbert]

The von Beilschmidt home

So I downloaded a whole lot of CC from HeyHarrie, watched some sims 4 build videos on youtube and got inspired to make another version of Gil’s 19th century home! The exterior was inspired by a bunch of old mansions on google and the floor plan is inspired by the Ward Den mansion from Del Sol Valley (because while I loathe how it looks on the outside, the interior floor plan kinda slaps), so you’ll see that I have the same staircase layout and the ballroom in the middle.

I may put the shell up on the gallery or re-furnish it to use base game only items so y’all can download and explore it on your own, because right now I’m using a couple of packs plus CC items.

Anyway, I loved how it turned out so let me take you on a tour!

So here’s the exterior of the manor! I imagined this estate was a gift from King Frederick I to his new kingdom in 1701. Gilbert, however, didn’t fancy living on his own in such a big home so for most of the 18th century, he lived in a smaller town home in Berlin and then later living in Sanssouci with Frederick II. As such, the house mostly sat empty, except for the few times when soldiers were temporarily billeted there.

That changed in the 19th century when Ludwig came into his care and he thought it would be nice to raise the boy in a bigger space with more grounds for him to run and play in. The manor was renovated and they moved in with Gilbert’s existing household staff while the town home was converted into a clinic. Interior pics under the cut!

Floor plan

1st floor:

First floor has the entrance foyer with the double grand staircase that leads up to the second floor. Through an archway in the middle, there’s the ballroom, which has a door that leads out to the back courtyard. To the left, there’s the formal sitting room and to the right there’s the dining room. Off the dining room is the kitchen. Originally I wanted it to be just sort of a prep/serving area and have a staircase leading downstairs to the actual kitchen but the sims won’t let staircases be put under foundations so I had to make do! Each hallway has a downstairs bathroom for guests to use.

Second floor has all the bedrooms. To the left, you’ll find Gilbert’s study and to the right, there’s the guest bedroom. There’s also Gil’s bedroom and Ludwig’s bedroom, separated by the main bathroom in the middle.

Outside, we have the back courtyard and a hedge maze to the right. There’s also an outdoor lounge / dining area under a pergola and a small play area for Ludwig.

So there’s the pergola with the dining table underneath. Ludwig’s little play area has a swing hanging from the tree (built by his dad) and a little tent. The monkey bars are there just because it was cute. I also imagined there would be a stable nearby where they kept all the horses and the carriage.

Ballroom with the wooden dance floor set in the middle of the checkered marble tile.

The sitting room with the couches, bookshelves, and a writing desk. Lud has his own little desk there for him to sit and read at too. Not pictured, the fireplace in front of all the seats.

The Dining room and the archway that leads into the kitchens.

View of the staircase and the second floor landing. Ideally there would be more paintings hung up on the walls here, mostly family portraits and the occasional portrait of Fritz. Door on the far left goes to the study, door on far right goes into the guest bedroom, usually used by Johanna whenever she makes the trip to visit her brother and her nephew. Middle door leads to the main bath, to the left goes into the master bedroom, and to the right goes into Ludwig’s room.

Main bathroom. The only one with a tub.

Main Bedroom. Very sparsely decorated, just the way Gil likes it.

Ludwig’s room. Yes, that is a canopy. Why? Because it was cute. He’s got a little desk here too, a bookcase, and a little castle play set. He’s also got his set of tin soldiers lying around somewhere, modelled after the Prussian Army under Frederick the Great. General von Seydlitz always goes missing from the set for one reason or another and they find him in the weirdest places.

Nowadays, his room has a full-sized bed and desk, though the castle playset is still on display on a shelf somewhere.

Gilbert’s study and you may recognize the double windows from the asks when I draw Gil sitting at his desk! There is a door leading out to the terrace and bookcases along the walls which are full of everything from Prussian Law books, medical textbooks, and his giant collection of personal journals and patient case files.

And finally, here’s the guest bedroom, which also has a door out to the terrace!

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This is really cool! I have Indonesian heritage from my mom's side of the family and as much as I'm still on the fence about the "For Rent" pack, I do dig the aesthetic of the Tomarang world that comes with it. Can't wait to download this once it's released publicly!

Batik (8items)

Batik is the traditional culture of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries.

❤ Base game compatible

❤ Teen - elder

❤ Female only.

CC I used from other creators:

Bubble Braid Hair - miikocc 

Barbra Hair - simcelebrity00 

Clairo Hair - simcelebrity00 

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Those of you who have been to my main blog in the past year or so might recognize these familiar faces. The little girl is Karin Fjellvik, a character from the game “My Child Lebensborn” (I call it “MCL” for short), and the woman is Karita Omdahl, my MCL fan character/self-insert and Karin’s adoptive mother. I’ve made a few posts about them both on my main blog as well as my sideblog which specifically focuses on my OC x canon relationships, so take a gander if you’d like to read more about them! 

I’ll probably mention a bit of the game as I talk about them in this post, so minor spoilers ahead!! Also, fair warning if you do decide to check out the actual game for yourself: it’s based on real historical events (specifically having to do with the end of World War 2) and involves prejudice/racism and violence towards a child (among other things). Needless to say, it’s quite emotional, and let’s just say that by the end of my play-through, I wanted to punt quite a few people into the shadow realm because of what they did to my poor daughter. 😭

While MCL was originally set during the aftermath of World War 2, I imagine my sims counterparts live in the modern day. Funnily enough, the developers of MCL are currently working on a sequel which will take place in a more modern setting! I would think the sims versions of Karin and Karita moved to this new place in Willow Creek after they’d gone through similar events that happened in the original game. All they wanted to do was to just... get away from their old town, from Karin’s old school, from everything their cruel neighbors had done to them.

Karin and Karita would start their new lives in this modest but pretty one-story home with a small outdoor area for the two to sit and for Karin to play. In the game, you happen to make contact with Karin (or her male counterpart Klaus)’s biological father, who wires you money to help you move out of town. I imagine Karita used much of that money to pay off this new house. They started with only $200 in simoleons, which was a nod to how you would start off with 200 coins (? - dollars? Or whatever they used in Norway during that time? I don’t think the game actually specified what that actual currency was lmao) in the original game.

As money is tight in their household, Karita knows they’ll need it only for the most important items, and she’s made sure Karin knows that. There are times where Karin wishes she had the newest toys or clothes like the other kids have, and she’ll get upset when she can’t have them. Karita promises she’ll buy them one day for her, just not today. After all, it’s better to be selfless than selfish. Karin recently received a whole mini art studio set for her birthday, and she LOVES it! She plans to create lots of artwork to display in her room, and she even uses it occasionally in the middle of the night when she can’t sleep. She even says she hopes to help her mother earn money by selling her best artwork. 🥰

On certain days of the week, Karita works as a manual laborer as a way to bring in some stable income (I thought this was the closest to some kind of factory work, which is your/the parent’s job in MCL). The catch to this, though, is that she currently works during the weekend, which means Karin is left at home alone in the morning. :( Karita knows how much her daughter hates being by herself, so once she returns home from work, she makes sure they spend plenty of quality of time together. Their favorite activities include fishing (they can catch something to eat or Karin asks to keep one as a little pet), reading books, drawing pictures, cooking, and watching television.

See the little fish next to the television? Karin caught it and wanted to save it from being eaten!

Other than Karin’s idea to sell some of her artwork in the future, the two also already have creative ways to earn extra money on the side (or when they really need money fast). For one, Karita happens to enjoy gardening and has made a habit of exploring her neighborhood and harvesting wild plants to grow around their home. She may keep some to use as fresh ingredients/food, but most of the time, she’ll sell them when they’re fully grown.

Being experienced in manual labor, Karita isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty by digging for things as well. She’ll sell the majority of her finds along with things she catches through fishing.

Karin is also a keen explorer and likes to look for frogs. She’ll keep them as pets, too, but once she catches a new one, she knows she’ll have to sell the old one since multiple frogs is... kind of a lot to deal with in such a small home, lol.

This is her latest find, a spotted leaf frog!

So that’s basically how a typical day would go for Karin and Karita! Karin goes to school during the week, of course, and since Karita doesn’t work on weekdays, she’ll usually spend those days building her skills and doing the many things she’s already come up with to earn extra money.

Currently, Karita is hoping to save up for some renovations, including expanding the interior of their home so she will able to build a little writing studio! She wishes to write about her and Karin’s experiences and to send a message to the world to be kind to each other - something among those lines.

I like playing wholesome families like this, and I think the added challenge of reduced funds not only ties into the original game where the characters came from, but it also makes playing this household a lot more fun and interesting.

Oh, I forgot to mention, guess who came by their household while I was taking screenshots of them for this post?

a wild rose appears lmao

also i just realized you can spy one of dina caliente’s sons in the background

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Miss Karin and Karita? They're still here!

They now live in Henford-On-Bagley (they previously lived in Willow Creek) in the property that used to be 1 Cobblebottom Street. It's a small property, but it's good enough for the two of them.

(Yes, Karin loves to do her homework and just generally do any activity in the same room as her mother! Karita's actually writing here, and right now, she's working on publishing a few pieces to earn some extra money.)

They're still not "wealthy", but Karita had just enough money wired from Karin's biological father to pay off the property and even convert the attic into a nice little bedroom for Karin.

They also still love to help each other out whenever they can. Karita cooks more often, especially since she's able to grow fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs in their garden and buy even more stuff in the weekly Finchwick Fair. She has even taken up baking, and hopes to one day run her own bakery!

Karin occasionally jumps in to help her mother cook, especially if she's baking some delicious cakes or other sweets!

For the most part, the Fjellvik-Omdahls' daily routines are the same as the ones they had in my save file where they lived in Willow Creek. I think this Henford-On-Bagley home is a tad bigger than their old home, though, which means there are a lot more things they can do for fun, including playing with their new swingset!

Karin also sometimes likes to play with and give things to the little foxes that drop by their home every now and then. She thinks they're very cute!!

Karin even made a new school friend!!

His name is Argus Scott, and he's actually the son of the townies Simon and Sara Scott!

They had fun playing on the swings and with Karin's dollhouse.

Don't get any dumb ideas now, Argus...

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now just what in the hell is this guy thinking with this career outfit

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I don't like Twilight as much as the next person, but MAN do I love some 2000s/Y2K-style CC!

edit: this is doing numbers

New Moon Collection by Serenity & @imvikai (8 items)

You know what this is... Say it out loud. Say it! It's the new Serenity and ImVikai collaboration!

ImVikai and I got nostalgic and decided to dive deep into the twilight universe. We created a total of 14 items, 6 hairs and 8 pieces of clothing that will give your Sims that melodramatic look of a 100 year old teenager...

My part of the collaboration includes 3 tops, 1 pair of jeans, 2 dresses and 2 accessories:

All of the clothing have special swatches that match the vibe of the whole collection instead of my default palette (besides the Rosalie top and dress).

ImVikai's part of the collection:

Now you can have a poster from our collection as well!

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they enjoy looking after each others' pets

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So I had my sim order a pizza, right? Check out the delivery person who came over...

I think, oh jeez, this guy has a very *interesting* appearance.

His name?

Yup. I should mention that hairstyle he's wearing was actually custom content I downloaded specifically for one of my original characters!! Why do so many of my townies like to steal my custom content (especially alpha CC, no less)!?

I then decided to track him down in my "other households" tab and look at what he's got on in CAS.

Yeah, he's got an interesting fashion sense.

And this is what he looks like without that goofy mustache he had on originally. Slightly better, I guess??

Unfortunately, as I've started a new save file, Makoto has been wiped and I've been getting new randomly-generated sims as my pizza delivery people. :P RIP

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My Sims Freeplay Photo Dump!

So I don’t know if y’all are aware, but I first got into The Sims as a franchise through one of its mobile installments, The Sims Freeplay (I’m aware there is also “The Sims Mobile”, but that one came out when I was frankly too old to be interested in it, so I’ve never played it). It’s money-grubby as hell (of course, being an EA game), but it didn’t stop me playing it on my family iPad from late 2014 at the earliest until about 2016 or 2017 when I took a break, then returned to the game around late 2017 at the earliest until about 2019 or 2020 when I figured out how to play it on an emulator (by then, I lost all my progress I built from my iPad save - RIP iOS Game Center), then returned again briefly in the summer of 2022 starting a new emulator save. I’ve stopped playing ever since the sims received a face update sometime in October 2022 - I don’t know, I’ve just never gotten used to the new faces (and by now, I’ve realized how much the game demands you drop loads of cash to actually succeed at many of its events)...

Regardless, I won’t deny how nostalgic this game is to me, so I thought I’d share some highlights (and funny moments)! Most of these were taken from my emulated game.

My OC Rose with her children, André (@mona-lark‘s OC) and Elisabeth

Rose and baby André with busy dad Jack (@mona-lark​’s OC)

Toddler André freaking BIKING AWAY FROM HIS HOME

Elisabeth and André as toddlers wearing superhero costumes :)

Belita (@mona-lark’s old Mary Sue sona) and Dee Dee (my OC based off one of my old Barbie dolls)

One of Dee Dee’s daughters, Becky, modeling at the Sunset Mall

My OC Kira apparently having a breakdown next to Nanny Williams, an NPC

Kira with her adoptive son, Misha, practicing walking :)

Kira zapping @mona-lark​’s version of Kira from his game while another one of his sims watches lmao

My OC Déja

My pirate OC Mabel Mainsail

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You might’ve noticed some of these sims are in my Sims 4 game, but who knows, I might add the others soon...

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Holy shit, what in the actual FUCK

I usually just reblog CC I find and want for my game without any commentary, but as someone who is into true crime and gets blood-boiled every time I read about a case involving children, I just have to say something about this. I just get antsy whenever ANYONE tries to profit off real-life murder cases, honestly. This isn't a little fictional character you can plaster over your product and wear proudly, this is a REAL DEAD CHILD WHO WAS MURDERED AND FORGOTTEN ABOUT UNTIL HE WAS IDENTIFIED DECADES LATER.

No, I don't care if this isn't a "real world" product, YOU'RE STILL MAKING CONTENT INVOLVING A REAL MURDER VICTIM.

I would go on about how this is kind of like the whole Urbanspook situation (if you are into analog horror like I do) where he made products featuring an albeit fictional dead child who was written as a CSA victim, but that's a whole other can of worms.

Apparently, the creator was being dickish (according to the comments/reblogs) when they were called out on this and promptly backpedaled. Absolutely spineless behavior, @squaresverse. I hope you got reported over this. I don't care if you block me (and other people) over this because you deserve to be called out for profiting off a dead child. I won't be downloading any of your CC anyway, I've seen your page and your style ain't for me lmao. Let Joseph Zarelli rest in peace.

i've seen a lot of gross shit on simblr before but all of that feels fucking minuscule in comparison to what i just found. the cc creator @squaresverse aka satanshubby on instagram made this disgusting fucking cc using the autopsy photo of a murdered 4 year old boy.

and if that wasn't bad enough, they have this cc paywalled so they can profit off of it too.

the boy in the photo wasn't identified until late 2022, over 60 years since he was brutally murdered and left nude on the side of a road and just the thought of someone seeing this picture which is clearly of a beaten child and deciding it fits their streetwear aesthetic and would go great on their cc is nauseating. i cannot begin to describe how evil this is.

rip joseph augustus zarelli.

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I just bought my first expansion pack...

I got Cats and Dogs!! There’s a sale going on right now which ends on the 13th, and I decided to take advantage of it and snag a pack for 50% off! Of course I had to get the one that allows your sims to own and take care of pets!!

I’m also planning on starting a completely new save file! I don’t know, I’ve grown bored with my current save file which I’ve been running ever since I first started playing last October. Don’t worry though, I’m planning on carrying over relationships and storylines that were pretty memorable in my current save file. For example, Johnny Zest and his cute little adoptive daughter will be ported over, as well as my Caliente family’s weird obsession with my Dawson couple. Neighborhood stories as well as aging for NPCs/townies/other households will be on from the beginning (I only learned about these settings a couple months into my current save file’s runtime), so there’s a good chance it’ll get pretty chaotic from the get go!!

Stay tuned - there’s also a good chance you’ll be seeing more of these cute little guys (among other animals):

(I’m finally able to give the Dawsons their pets!! Jack has a Siberian cat - he has a Ragdoll body because I find it cuter - named Thor and Rose has a Shetland Sheepdog named Mocha!)

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alright chaps i need to update yall on some of my townies bc they decided they wanted to pull some bs

bob pancakes and his family fuckin packed up and MOVED OUT, so my plan to have my “basic girls” gang ruin his life is done for the moment. i’ll have to move the pancakes back in sooner or later, but i guess it does allow me to introduce my own sims and their whole purpose in ruining his life since i... kinda haven’t done that yet

bella goth went and got married to ANOTHER MAN even though i had this whole storyline for her trying to reconnect with her dead husband mortimer???? and get this, the guy she married is some nobody named “layne sanders”?????? like literally who, she now has the name “BELLA SANDERS” like what an absolute downgrade so here’s what’s going to happen: i’m going to freaking bring mort’s ghost back to town, move him in ophelia villa since bella damn well ABANDONED it, and he’s going to sabotage his now ex-wife’s new marriage on the pretense that hey, ever since he went and died, he’s lost his memories and all, but there’s this pretty girl named bella and heck she’s kinda cute maybe he kinda has feelings for her. but NO there’s this bozo who comes in and steals her heart just like that WHY. yes i’m petty

some of the caliente-landgraab family moved out of town, that being tonya and the now grown-up kids she had to babysit when katrina kicked her out a while ago, as well as dina caliente and her whole “i’m married but my deadbeat sister still lives with us” situation she has in her household. imo this is a minor setback compared to the other two above though i have this plan where i’m going to give dina a makeover and she’s going to go after another one of my sim couples. again not too big of a deal but i’ll move her back in sooner or later

oh and malcolm landgraab and don lothario and their whole family (see my caliente-landgraab families masterlist post thing above) took over ophelia villa (the goths’ original home), so there’s that. guess mort gotta kick them out or something

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We’re going wayyyy back in time for this one.

Meet Rose and her closest friend (besides her future husband), Kira!

Rose - or as she was previously known, Princess Rosalind - spent the first few years of her life in a very wealthy but warm household. As the title in her name implies, she was a member of royalty! When she was eight years old, however, she was essentially kidnapped by her own mother (who was less than pleased about the royal lifestyle and thought her daughter needed a more “traditional” upbringing) and taken to live in a different country. She was berated, gaslit, and occasionally physically punished by her mother even for the slightest thing that was seen as “unacceptable”. Her mother, named Ruth, would put a stop to the king’s efforts to find their daughter by concocting the narrative that he was “power-hungry” and neglected his daughter in favor of his son. In actuality, that was all lies.

Yeah, Ruth seemed to forget the Victorian Era ended like... centuries ago.

When Rose was around eleven years old, Ruth reached out to a variety of orphanages and ended up adopting a girl from Russia named Kira. At first glance, it seemed like she was showing a smidge of kindness and giving her daughter a friend she could interact with, but she also wanted some “extra help” around the house... that being someone she didn’t have to pay for any services. Kira was subjected to even worse maltreatment from her new “mother”, but what made it just slightly better was having someone the same age around for company.

Rose actually took to Kira really well almost immediately, and from then on, they would be kindred spirits. Not only did they share a genuine interest in each others’ lives but they also had a common interest: to be independent, without anyone to control or judge them for who they were.

They took comfort in confiding in each other, and their most favorite pastime was to just explore the outdoors (beyond the stuffy, dreary home where they lived) and dream of the better lives they wanted to live. These occasions were rare and far between (considering Ruth thought it was “unladylike” for her daughter to run around outdoors where she could soil her clothing and often demanded cleaning and other chores from Kira), but when they finally had time for themselves and Rose’s mother couldn’t think of anything to occupy their time, the girls took their chances and ran.

Occasionally, they would let their imaginations run wild as well, pretending the world around them was more fantastical and free, and they were grown up and able to do the things they dreamed of doing. Rose was a princess, of course, though she’d also pretend she was allowed to walk freely out of her castle and brighten her subjects’ lives with her love of music. Kira, on the other hand, wanted to live peacefully in a quaint home with a vast garden, and wanted to help other people (especially children) who were less fortunate than her.

Fortunately, decades later, Rose and Kira would escape from the clutches of the former’s mother (as well as Rose’s fiancé... oop, spoilers). If you’re wondering what they look like today, well... stay tuned! I’ll definitely post something featuring the two grown-up kindred spirits one of these days. <3

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I don't know if the name was intended, but I definitely love the reference to Anne of Green Gables. ♥︎

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