#that’s really why I left simblr in the first place because it was starting to effect my personal gameplay

[pixelgrove]

I feel like no one talks about how when you’re doing personal gameplay you have to turn off simblr mode in your head and realize that you don’t need screenshots of every little thing or try to make it look pretty or aesthetically pleasing

[lindyloosims]

List 5 facts about a favorite sim of yours, and send this to 10 simblrs whose sims you adore ♥♥♥

I'm going to go with Jarvis Watt from Forget-Me-Not, because he holds a special place in my heart, I mean look at him!🥰

His birth name is King Jarvis Kincaid, his father wanted his first name to be regal but his mother wanted him to have her grandfather's name, Jarvis. Rex won the birth certificate battle but he lost the name war as he goes by Jarvis Watt, CeCe's first name choice and her maiden name too. He claims that the reason he dropped Kincaid was to go unnoticed at university as his father is an actor who has starred in a number of action movies spanning over two decades. The truth is that he resents his father for keeping his mother from him since he was eight years old when they divorced and Rex won custody of him, having more money than CeCe to hire the top lawyers and humiliate her in court. Rex Kincaid is in fact Marvin Lee Higgenbottom by birth, but Jarvis wants nothing to do with his father's fame or his money.

Like his soulmate Brodie Halliday-Sinclair, he hid his sexuality growing up. After his father Rex won custody of him and kept him away from his mother Cecelia, Jarvis felt like he had to hide who he truly was as he was scared how Rex would react to having a gay son. It wasn't until he went to Foxbury that he felt he could finally be free to love who he wanted. That was when he distanced himself from his father and started visiting his mother to try to rebuild their relationship. It turned out that Rex actually embraced his son's sexuality, but he had his reasons, having an LGBTQ+ child did wonders for his acting career, and that's all Rex ever really cared about.

At the moment he and Brodie are "on a break" and this is the third time that he's had his heart broken. Jarvis tends to go all in when he's dating someone, and he falls hard every time despite getting hurt, he still dives in and is willing to get hurt again. He's a hopeless romantic but he knows that his feelings for Brodie are very different to his two ex boyfriends. This break that they're on feels like the end of the world to Jarvis, while the last two break-ups were painful, they never hurt like this.

He has a fine arts degree from Foxbury and he intends to use it by getting a job illustrating comic books, but what he truly wants to do is move to Chestnut Ridge with Brodie and buy a ranch with two horses and have a plethora of science babies. All he wants in his life is Brodie, and their little country kiddies running around their home.

He likes punk and metal music, which is part of the reason why he feels so close to Brodie as their tastes in music are the same. He's seen Metallica ten times, Slipknot five and Green day over a dozen. He loves concerts, he has so many band t-shirts there is hardly any room left in his wardrobe. His dad tried to get him into jazz but it was most definitely not his thing, he had to listen for two hours as Rex played his favourite records and tried to convert him. To this day Jarvis walks out of any room or establishment if jazz is playing.

[deathbypufferfish]

hii would you be kind enough to share how you edit your gameplay posts? :) also stupid question… what did you mean by keyboard shortcuts? is it like Ctrl C & Ctrl V thing??? or am I just dumb

ok so long post but here is how i edit! With visuals, some of my settings, and other tips

This may seem like a really long process at first glance but the shortcuts really cut down half the time.

I edit in rows of my screenshots, typically grouping them by post or multiple small posts.

The first thing I do is crop. My crop ratios for my posts are 7:5 for landscape and 4:4.5 for portraits.

The next thing I do is run topaz clean. I could set up a keyboard shortcut for topaz clean but I'd have to pick my preset anyways. Now for the rest of the photos I have open, I can use my most recent filter with Ctrl+Alt+F, instead of opening topaz clean and the preset every time. It will automatically use the last topaz clean preset instead.

Here are my topaz clean settings. Shout-out to the other simblrs' topaz clean settings I stared at to understand and find a starting point of what I should use for sims screenshots (mostly @sojutrait <3)

Next is my adjustment layers. I typically use brightness, exposure, and saturation. There isn't a set formula for it but here's my general method. I don't use shortcuts for adjustment layers because I'll being selecting my settings in the same space anyways.

if the screenshot isn't that bright from the get-go I'll use brightness first. If it is well lit, I will only use exposure.

I use exposure rather than brightness to brighten images and to improve highlights, add a glow-y effect, add vibrancy, and also add a little saturation.

It's pretty easy for me to tell what is too much but I suggest picking how much you want and doing a little less. The amount varies a lot per image (+0.11-0.67)

I only use a little saturation (+1-8) since I already get a lot from my gshade. Or I just don't use it

If a screenshot starts off too saturated I'll adjust the curve or lower the contrast a tiny bit instead of lowering saturation.

Then I resize the image to 1000px using the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+I. I don't resize the portrait crops because they are already at about 900px from the crop anyways. The purpose of resizing is so tumblr does not slightly blur the preview images as it does with pictures of a large size. You don't need to click on the field for width it will automatically select it. Just enter your amount and press enter.

If I am adding in a speech bubble, psd, notif, etc. I will do it AFTER I resize. Placing it on the smaller image will keep it sharper. I like to put my psds and such underneath my adjustment layers but if they are too overexposed I'll put them at the top and make a clipping layer (left click on the layer for the drop-down) for the overlay to match the brightness of the image.

Next part is important for my process. Before I move on to the next image in the row I will make sure I select the background layer (it makes sense later)

I don't save the image at this point!

I repeat the process for the rest of the images that I've opened and then I go back to the first image.

This time I use the smart sharpen filter. Here's my presets settings. I won't use smart sharpen on zoomed out exterior shots sometimes because it makes it a little crunchy. I made sure I selected the background layer before so the smart sharpen goes on the actual image and not any of the adjustment/overlay layers.

Then I save as with Ctrl+Alt+S. I'll talk about saving more further down and why I don't use quicksave.

So now I can just quickly go through every image opened using Ctrl+Alt+F (filter) and then Ctrl+Alt+S (save as). The reason I do it this way is so I can use the recent filter shortcut instead of switching back and forth between filters for every image. Again you could make a shortcut for your filters, but you will then have the filter's settings open every time. It also gives me a chance to take another look at the edits and see if there is anything I want to change after seeing it again.

After that I'll choose close all, select a new row of images, and repeat the process.

Other info

Why save as and not quick save? If you don't know, you can assign a keyboard shortcut to quick export as png. I don't use this because it doesn't follow the "save as to original folder" setting being toggled off. So you'll have to select the folder you want to save to everytime.

So I toggle off the "save as to original folder" and use the save as shortcut. After your first save to the folder you want, it will remember the folder you just saved to and that you saved as a png. Then you can just quickly press enter twice through the save as and png format option prompts. The original folder setting is in file handling (where to find file handling is under the next question)

Making a keyboard shortcut? You can view all shortcuts by menu and insert your own shortcuts for ones that don't have one or for preference. Just make sure you don't overwrite another shortcut you care about. You can also just see the shortcuts displayed in the drop-down menus next to the option.

please leave any questions in my ask box and not in the replies!

[nectar-cellar]

Questions :3

Thank you for tagging me @pudding-parade ! I too am nosy and like to know stuff about people 😆 Let’s all be nosy together.

Why did you choose your url?

When I came back to Simblr after a long break, I wanted a new, fun, sim-related URL but all the cute and creative ones were taken. I was like, what is an adult thing in the sims universe? And my poor brain answered with the nectar cellars from World Adventures. So I was like okay I’ll go with that I guess. Then I just never thought of anything better. I didn’t even know if I was going to like the game again after so long away from it. Now we’re stuck with this.

How long have you been on Tumblr?

I started my Simblr in probably 2012 but my really really old posts have been deleted. I made my non-sims Tumblr account even earlier than that and still have it although I haven’t logged in since like 2019. I’ve been on Tumblr for a long time.

Do you have a queue tag?

No, I can’t be bothered to tag things in my queue. I do schedule my posts so that they don’t publish at like 3am which is usually when I write them.

Why did you start your blog in the first place?

I stumbled on the Simblr community through my non-sims blog. After liking a bunch of CC posts, I decided I wanted to make a blog dedicated to posting my sims, following other simmers, and keeping track of all the CC I wanted to download. This was like 10 years ago, when The Sims 3 was hot, when the community was huge and thriving, and most simmers didn’t hate the game/EA with the passion they do now. 

Why did you choose your icon/pfp?

I couldn’t decide on a sim to use as my icon so I was like fuck it let me just use a generic little picture. What is nectar made from? Done. I want to change it so bad I just don’t know what to change it to.  

Why did you choose your header?

Because it reminds me of this. 

What’s your post with the most notes?

I have no idea, probably one of my CC posts.

How many mutuals do you have?

I don’t know lol but quite a few I think 💛

How many followers do you have?

Almost 3k. Back in like 2013 or 2014 I gained a lot of followers because I posted some crappy CC that got spread around. Then I left for a few years. Most of my followers are probably not active anymore. Recently, because I learned how to make CC and have been posting those quite frequently, I’ve gained some followers through that too.

How many people do you follow?

2054. A lot are probably inactive. I like to see a variety of sims content :3

Have you ever made a shit post?

Yes ❤

Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? Who won?

I don’t think I’ve ever gotten into any conflicts with anyone.

How do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts?

I’m used to seeing them.

Do you like tag games?

Yes 💖

Do you like ask games?

Yes!

Which of your mutuals do you think is Tumblr famous?

Quite a few of my mutuals who post TS4 and/or CC get a lot of notes on their posts! Some folks, I definitely didn’t expect would follow me back. 🥺🤩💞

Do you have a crush on a mutual?

Everyone whose posts I’ve ever spam-liked/reblogged/commented on. 💋

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I invite the following people to share their answers, if they would like to! ✨

@treason-and-plot @thesimperiuscurse @pixelbots @wannabecatwriter @descendantdragfi @rebouks @zosa95 @obscurus-noctem @erasabledinosaur @happy-lemon @aprilrainsimblr @maladi777 @keibea @lazysunjade @amuhav @plant-sim @streetlites @ellemant @emperorofthedark @hurricanesims @bastardtrait @heavensims @voidite @getboolpropped

[bridgeportbritt]

The Toxicity of Royal Simblr

alright guys. I was kind of hoping I wouldn’t have to make a post about this or that it would just go away. But, I’m seeing now that this is not the case. As the owner of the Royal Discord Community, I along with others in the community feel like this behind the scenes toxic behavior needs to be addressed because it’s been going on for a while now and a lot of people have been affected.

Please note that the intention is to bring attention to some of the toxic behaviors shown here so those involved will not continue further. We’ve blocked names of some people in the following screenshots to remove their identity as this is not about he said/she said stuff. It’s about bringing light to something that’s been affecting all of us.

This is a long post so be prepared to do some reading if you continue on. The following screenshots were provided to me because I took over the Royal Discord once the previous admins no longer wanted it. The rest is under the cut.

*Before you read on, I’m happy to let you know that a resolution has come since this initial post. Please read this post. Thank you!*

A lot of these messages are disheartening because myself, the other admins/mods, and the community as a whole has worked hard to bring the community back from a place where people honestly felt too scared to join because messages like these were playing in the background and this sentiment seeps into every part of Royal Simblr unfortunately. Due to how things were run previously on top of this toxic underbelly it’s made people hesistant to join in.

There is one thing I’d like to address first as it was directed at myself and I want to own up to anything I have done in this. When I first joined Royal Simblr, I participated in a Royal Sim Pageant. In one of the rounds, derogatory and racist remarks against Asians were made without the participants knowing. I truly regret to have been apart of it. When it was brought to my attention, I worked to correct the damage done with the owners of the pageant. I’m not perfect and don’t claim to be, but I’m always working to be better especially when it comes to correctly representing other cultures as it’s something I take very seriously.

To preface these messages, there are two things to know. There are two seperate servers. Server A) The server I’ve been admin of for a little over a month after the last admin transferred it to me. Server B) A smaller server that was created before Server A and made up a lot of the folks who also created and ran the Server A initially. The other thing is most of these people are not in Server A and haven’t been in over a month.

The conversation you see here started with a member of the community being accused of copying storylines. This person being accused is in Server A and this conversation took place in Server B on July 15, 2021.

The person speaking is saying they left Server A because a person is accused of copying storylines. For some reason, the whole community is then somehow involved in this as the conversation shifts. The person accused of copying happened to be a moderator in Server A which is mentioned. 

From what I’ve seen from this server, this is fairly common behaviour and multiple people have been bullied, accused of copying, etc. many stemming from this server.

In this shot, Server A is put into question. Many stating they left because they don’t want to pretend to be positive or show interest in other stories as if they are being forced to. As you can see one person states that this is not the case of the server since I’ve been admin and don’t encourage people to show fake positivity.

However, this person is actually in Server A which I’m guessing is why they decided to sort of defend it. But, then they agree that those running Server A are questionable (ie myself and the other admins/mods).

More of the same, but speaking about the previous ownership of the server when referring to being asked to step down. Also more just toxic talk about the entire Royal simblr community for no reason. This comes from those who have “built the community” and “do so much for it.” But behind closed doors this is what is done.

In this shot, those in Server A are accused of not “making an effort to be anyone’s friend” with those who rarely interact, being nice to each other for clout, and just overall being fake. Although, keep in mind, one of these people (”I stay for the drama”) is in Server A and never expressed any of this to me or other admins. Yet talking trash about us in Server B. Note: the pageant is also brought up here which I’ve addressed above and I believe I was the only admin or moderator apart of the pageant. 

Here they make fun of people speaking about their stories and other people encouraging them. Also, just want to point out if anyone ever feels unwelcomed in the server, please reach out to me of the other admins. It’s our goal to make everyone welcome, but we can’t do that if we don’t know. Also, being a jerk to people in another server for no reason isn't really a good way to make friends.

Some general nonsense about the server and those in the server. Again most of these people haven’t been in the server since I took over so sentiments about the status of the server are all from a month ago when those in Server B were in charge of Server A. The “felt like a corporation” and “crickets” is all things we’ve been working to reverse since we’ve taken it over.

In these shots, it’s talked about how so many people are stuck in their Royal stories and don’t plan methodically and decorate and how they take bad screenshots. Basically making fun of everyone else because they aren’t doing things exactly as they are or think they should be done. The community they “built” mind you. Then, they talk about some plan to rejoin Server A and bait people, but not wanting to get caught up so deciding against it.

This gives you a gist of what is happening in the Royal Simblr community. Some of the most beloved and talented among us are spending their time poking fun at everyone else, bullying, and being toxic in a server that is “not exclusive.” Many of my friends have been apart of this and even got swept into the toxicity which shows you the nature of this group. It’s very exclusive and meant to bully and mock others even going as far as making people want leave the community alrogether.

This is not me trying to bash anyone or continue bullying or single out these people specifically as bad people. There are a lot more screenshots that I did not share of just really mean stuff, but we’ve all done messed up stuff. I won't say who said what or even who had this particular conversation because at this point it doesn't matter, but I will address those who are in the server and actively participate in toxic conversations including @royaldevilliers @thesimsroyalfam @wa-royal-tea @royalfamilyofgrimalldi and @markinghamroyals​

We all have a vision for the community and we’ve been working towards that and this is NOT it. It’s not about who’s best or being being better than everyone else. It’s supposed to be about community, sharing stories, and overall just having a good time with a fun HOBBY. Others are just taking it too far and too seriously. Things like this ruin it for EVERYONE. 

When I took over Server A, no one interacted, people were nervous to join, and it was a place where people didn’t feel welcomed. Now, we just had a random 6 hour server stream yesterday, people are helping people daily and sharing their stories again. This is what we want for the community. But with behavior like this, we will NEVER get there.

To those who are doing this, please look at these nasty messages and see how this does so much harm. The toxic energy you bring does not stop just because it’s in your little bubble. 

This is who you want to be known as?

This is how you want to “build a community?” 

None of us are perfect and we don’t expect you to be either, but this is just mean especially to folks who haven’t done anything to you and even look up to you.

To those who’ve been affected by this, I’m really sorry. We have to do better if we want this community to continue and be a good place for us all.

[igglemouse]

Check-in Tag!

I was tagged by @holocene-sims and @sweetpyxels and maybe someone else? Sorry, I’m so behind on tags!

why did you choose your url?

I don’t know! I liked the sound of it mainly!

how long have you been on tumblr?

Since around 2014 I think!

do you have a queue tag?

Kind of! I use drafts then move things over from there when ready!

why did you start your blog in the first place?

I just wanted to document my gameplay but then really got into telling these imagined stories about them. 

why did you choose your icon/pfp?

Since I have three heirs currently I just rotate them in based on whose story I am telling at the time.

why did you choose your header?

I never did choose one :P 

what's your post with the most notes?

Hmmm, I made a post that was encouraging everyone on tumblr to like, reblog, and comment and that had a lot of notes. I also had a few posts where the official sims simblr reblogged my posts.

how many mutuals do you have?

I don’t know how to check that!?

how many followers do you have?

1,554...90% of these are bots or people that don’t come on anymore T_T

how many people do you follow?

694

have you ever made a shitpost?

I don’t think so!

how often do you use tumblr every day?

At least once a day in one way or another.

did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won?

No, not really. I’ve had people I guess just decide not to be friends with me anymore though.

how do you feel about 'you need to reblog this' posts?

I ignore them mostly.

do you like tag games?

Yes! Adds variety to my dash and my posts!

do you like ask memes?

Of course! Send me more!

which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

Hmmm, I’d go with @mellindi and @treason-and-plot and @ladybugsimblr ! I don’t know what qualifies as being tumblr famous but if there is a such thing as simblr famous then yes!

Do you have a crush on a mutual?

I will answer this question because I want to try and be fair to each question but want everyone to know I really do appreciate you all! But I will say @mysimsloveaffair because we’ve been mutuals for so long and in a way it feels like how we play the game and post is similar and @helenofsimblr because her simblr really is unique in the best of ways and @ellemant because she tells amazing stories! All of these people have been mutuals for a long time too. Ahh, I always feel bad because I don’t want anyone to feel left out but I appreciate so many simblrs. Maybe I should make a long appreciation post again!

I will tag... @crazykissim - @berrysweetboutique - @whyhellosims - @akitasimblr - @dreamsongsims - @wisepeanutcollector - @aleksa-sims - @berrydreamland - @lollipopsimblr - @helenofsimblr

If you have done this already or haven’t feel free!

[happy-lemon]

Questions!

Thanks for tagging me @nectar-cellar! I am all for being nosy, so count me in!

Why did you choose your url? When my daughter was little and we were creating an EA account for (probably) TS2, I joked that we should use something random like HappyLemon, so we did. I already have a url for my actual identity, so when I created this account I figured why not stick with what works?!

How long have you been on Tumblr? As I mentioned, I have another url that I created probably a decade or so ago. I don’t really use it anymore, but I can’t bring myself to delete it. This account has only been active for a few months, when I decided I wanted to do some TS3 storytelling to go along with my gameplay.

Do you have a queue tag?

I’ve tried, but I don’t really see the point. One way or another it’s posting content, so why not stick with the usual tags?

Why did you start your blog in the first place? I was pretty active on the TSR community forums back in the olden days, writing TS2 stories. I write like it’s my job now (because it is), but I missed having a kind of anonymous space to write dumb stories about pixel people. So here I am.

Why did you choose your icon/pfp? One of my favorite part of the game is when sim children dress in the dinosaur costume and roar around the house, so when this child left the costume on while she was doing her homework, it was one of the cutest things I’d ever seen. 

 Why did you choose your header? Because what’s even cuter than a dinosaur doing homework? A DINOSAUR GOING FISHING.

What’s your post with the most notes?

I think it’s the legendary college party with nekkid Jeffery Dean. I mean, why wouldn’t it be? He’s an icon.

How many mutuals do you have?

I honestly have no idea, but because this community is so welcoming, I’m happy to have mutuals!

How many followers do you have? 105, I think, but it’s not something I pay much attention to. I’m happy for any and all of you.

How many people do you follow? 127. I tend to follow back anyone who is active or interacts with me. 

Have you ever made a shit post? Not yet, but give it time.

Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? Who won? 

I didn’t even know this was a thing? 

How do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts?

I’m super new to the simblr community so I don’t reblog anything I don’t understand (or really anything at all). But I’ve been around the internet long enough that I’m kind of bulletproof to the “need.”

Do you like tag games? I do! I recently had to skip one because I couldn’t come up with anything interesting, but I always like to try.

Do you like ask games? I’ve never done that!

Which of your mutuals do you think is Tumblr famous? Honestly, I assume all of them are because they’re super talented.

Do you have a crush on a mutual? I have a massive reshade crush on @erasabledinosaur, a storytelling crush on @wannabecatwriter, a hilarity crush on @getboolpropped, and a “creates the most smoking hottest men” crush on @nectar-cellar. (And I’m assuming they’re all mutuals, even if they’re not, because I have no idea!)

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I’m inviting: @hiddenspriings @simsdada @teekapoa @wannabecatwriter @ctrl-ursims and @faeriefrolic

[deadlymodern]

Thank you for tagging me, @herpixels​​! 🌼

I'm not going to tag anyone specific because I literally wanna see everyone's take on this. So, please, if you want to, do it! 

I went a bit overboard, sorry 😗If you actually read it all, I will love you forever.

YOUR WRITING PROCESS 

Show us a part of your script or explain how you write your scenes. Do you write in screenplay format or novel format? Etc, etc.

I love writing in novel format but, for sims storytelling, I feel the need to write a screenplay.

I start by writing all the dialogue along with the action cues and setting descriptions. This helps me visualize how much space I will need for the characters, which and how many props will be necessary etc.

From the simple screenplay, I make a shooting script and a checklist. 

The shooting script is super helpful because it allows me to break my screenplay down into shots so I go in game already knowing exactly what I want from it. 

This will all sound like I think I'm some big shit but honestly... I just get brain farts WAY too often. So having everything kind of ready helps me remember little things like ADDING THE DAMN POSES INTO THE S4S for examples lmao.

SCENE BUILDING 

Show us you in the middle of scene building through pictures, gifs, or a video. Explain what is the best thing about scene building and what is the worst!

Scene/world building is 100% my favourite part of the whole process! 

I use a lot of references from the real world. The small coastal village of Brindleton is based on many places in England, mostly villages/towns in Cornwall and Devon. 

I enjoy looking for inspiration pictures on Pinterest and going on Google Earth tours, really LMAO.

Of course, there is only so much I can do with Sims to make it look realistic, but if you squint your eyes and shift your head, maybe? fjhgdfhjkg

I do the same for my residential lots and interiors. But interiors are a bit more fun for me because, besides not needing to worry about background extras, I can personalize the environment to my characters. 

CC/POSE MAKING 

Do you make your own cc/poses for your scene? If so, what is your process like to create? Do you just go off the top of your head? Do you use reference photos?

Nowadays, I make 98% of my poses. The remaining 2% is just me making some adjustments on pre-existing ones. I can't help it. I absolutely love seeing my visions come to life like this. 

I also enjoy making poses because I like giving my characters some distinguished body language. 

For example, Beth is the only character who slightly puckers her lips to the left. Usually, when she's thinking or when she's upset. It's basically the main part of her face - other than her eyebrows - that will give her true feelings away.

And Mary, on the other hand, is way less emotionally repressed. Any minor inconvenience will make her upper lips twitch upwards. She also pouts a lot more and has more eyebrow movements. 

Yes, I am a loser for paying attention to these things shhhhhhh.

Usually, I don't need anything other than an accessory or two. But lately, I've been LOVING to make recolours and convert objects into pose accessories. Whenever I have my script ready, I take note of what I will need for the scene in my checklist.

You probably don't even notice or care as much as I do, but still! They add much to the narrative imo and I feel like I'm giving depth to the characters by tailoring their accessories and the world around them. It's really fun for me!

GETTING IN THE ZONE

What do you do to get in the zone to work on a scene? Examples include: show us your playlist you use when working on a scene, what’s your go-to scene snack/drink, etc.

I have playlists on my Spotify for the main characters as well as one for the story. Beth and Mary's individual playlists are the ones I listen to the most and they are called Countryside Teacup and European Train Ride respectively because these are the vibes I get from the songs in there dslkfjsklfsd.

I also LOVE listening to instrumental playlists on youtube like this Cottagecore and this Royaltycore ✨massive points to you if you can find my comment on the royalty core video 🌚

I don't really snack while working on my story posts but I drink mate tea like CRAZY or, sometimes, I'll just have a beer to get my creative juices flowing ehe.

SCREENSHOTS FOLDER

Give us a look into your screenshot folder to show us just how much goes into ONE scene for your story. (Scrapped pictures encouraged!!!)

I never take too many screenshots with different angles because of my pre-planning! 

However, I do have, like, 10 to 15 repeated shots because I take some with DOF, some without, some with shadows, some without etc. And I'm always terrified of the screenshot not working, so I press the my hot keys like 5x jddjlkgd.

Here are some scrapped pictures from previous story posts:

CAPTIONS

Are you a caption on the picture kind of storyteller or captions in text box type of storyteller? Why? Do you do both?

I love doing the graphic novel format, with "speech bubbles" sort of. I personally find it immersive. But I also love and crave for the novel format, so I'll write a little "after scene" sometimes in the text box for extra depth ☺️

EDITING

Explain and show us your process editing a scene through a video, gif, or picture. A Before and after will suffice if you aren’t in the middle of editing a scene as you answer this.

Since I've done a few posts telling a bit about my editing - and, truthfully, not much goes into it - here is a before and after!

THROWBACK

Show us an ANCIENT story scene you done in the past and explain how you would do the scene differently today!

Okay, ANYTHING from my early simblr days is cringe worthy. The dialogue isn't good, the lighting is extremely yellow - due to my crappy laptop -, the outfits and the settings are all over the place, I--

I chose this one image because it was one of the first times I was doing a story post instead of just a gameplay update. I don't even have much else to add, just look at it jkljdfklgjdf. 

But I'm going to have plenty of scenes set in the past where I will get the chance to remake the school and dress my teen girls properly and I'm so excited. Like, making slate pose accessory excited fjdigjfido oh, boy.

[emzchaos]

check-in tag ✅⭐

thankyou for tagging me @sulaniturtles🥰

why did you choose your url?:

Ahh ok well I started this blog off as Sharksimz, then changed it to seviies (after my sim SE7VEN) then I left simblr for a six-month break. I came back and hated seviies and wanted to be funny. Awkwardlyhere was taken so I mixed my favorite flower the Orchid and added a lyhere.. It's a fucking pun and I hate myself every day.

any side blogs? if you have them, name them and why you have them:

orchidlyfinds - For CC I like but am not at my PC

emziasraccoonadoption - Raccoon Adoptions

how long have you been on tumblr?:

This is my 7th year.. it doesn't feel that long but it has been

do you have a queue tag?:

Queue? Whats that?

why did you start your blog in the first place?:

Well it was a mix of filling a void of grief and diving into a many simblr blogs like @neopixiesims, @ellemant (When it was josiesimblr), @penelope-and-wonders, @beverlyallitsims, @eslanes, @shysimblr and some others but they are no longer posting or active. These blogs were my welcome and inspiration to start my first blog.

why did you choose your icon/pfp?:

It's Oakley, I don't need a reason really

why did you choose your header?:

It's Millie & Oakley as Young adults.

what’s your post with the most notes?:

My Pride Month edit with 118 notes :o

how many mutuals do you have?

I have so many, I lost count over the year

how many people do you follow?:

how many followers do you have?:

Just slightly under 1000

have you ever made a shitpost?:

All the fucking time lol

did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won?:

Ahh I rather not say. I don't want to bring shit up.

how often do you use tumblr each day?:

I should be in bed but still up on tumblr soo uhh too often

how do you feel about “you need to reblog this” posts?:

Depending on what it is. I have just given up on a pretty blog it's just trash and I reblog what I want to

do you like ask games?:

Yess!!!

do you like tag games?:

Yes, I don't always get to them because I really suck and get anxious no one will like me after I post them..

which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?:

@warmsol, @amelettes have you seen their sims! @berrysweetboutique, @klodas. @literalite, @klayde just a few but honestly I think in ways so many people are tumblr famous for having unique sims and great stories so maybe all my mutals are tumblr famous

do you have a crush on a mutual?:

Yes!! Every single one of them, their sim and stories are more worthy than my terrible story and posts lol (Self hating)

My tag victims - @pink-chevalier, @sienna-simmer, @kouzeesim, @cyazurai, @amelettes, @simsstuph, @erosims, @theplumblob, @lunchsims, @leafykii, @skylarsimsstories and anyone who sees's this I guess (I still suck at tagging)

[skullkid1410]

"We are in this together Brodie. Just you and me"

Brodie and Paxton met each other on an orphanage where they spent a big deal of their lives together. The orphanage was far from being the best one, and Brodie isnt the kind of kid you can tame easily. Reckless and too independent for his own good, He always lived by his own rules and decided it was time to leave.

“I don’t need a stupid family to come and save me. Nobody wants to adopt teenagers and you know what? I’m no fuckin lady in distress and I dont need them, I can take care of myself - Always did and always will”

Paxton was the funny little kid that would follow him around, everywhere he went. Brodie would be annoyed at first, but somehow in his heart, feelings of love and care started to grow. He would watch out for him and protect him from the bullies of the orphanage. He would give him his meals when the food was too little. He would embrace him in his chest when the nights were too cold, and sing him to sleep when he woke up from nightmares. Brodie loved Paxton as if he was his younger brother - the closest thing he had from a real family. And Paxton knew that, as dangerous as the streets could be for two young and unprotected kids, with brodie by his side he would be safer than anywhere in the world. So he decided to runaway with him.

"You must be insane to think that I'll let you go alone Brodie. Never in a lifetime! I'm with you man, wherever you go I'll follow. We are in this together"

In order to eat, they would search for scraps. Any valuables they could find, would be changed for some coins.

Sometimes they would also try to beg. That was the worst scenario tho, since they knew chances of getting food for free were too low.

And of course, begging was WAY easier for Pax. Who in the world can resist those puppy blue eyes?

But luck drains out sometimes, and the main course of the day would be an empty stomach

“Man, those nachos seems to be delicious. Why people deny helping others even when they can?”

But life in the city is not just about starving or missing a roof above your head. Paxton and Brodie are troublemakers by nature, and they were always pranking and goofing around, in order to keep themselves entertained.

“Here’s the plan Pax: see that bald dude over there? Ask him for directions and keep him talking. I’ll sneak behind and pull his underwear”

And some beautiful surprises could be found all around, in every single corner

But the nights on the city are cold

and tough

and cops are not really fond of homeless kids, especially troublemakers like them.

"I swear if i see you both trying to steal on the spice market again JESUS CHRIST I'll BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU TWO, fuck it that you are just kids. San Myshuno is not a place for scum like you".

Brodie started feeling very upset with how bad things were going for them on the city. It was their third stop since they fled from the orphanage, and he started missing the things they left behind, like his warm bed, the hot showers, even the bullies and the undercooked food.

But paxton reminded him of an old man they met on the subway once, telling them about the place of his childhood - a small and idyllic town, nestled between rocky shores and tall green mountains, where people are warm and always willing to share a plate of food. Brindleton Bay

"Wasn't your dream to see the coast Brodie? We can make it! Of course, things won't be easy on us, they never were. But come on, there's got to be a place in this world for us"

"You know what Pax, I think you are right. Screw San Myshuno. Maybe we could find a spot in the woods, start farming you know? Build us our own place. Just me and you. How does that sound?"

"That would be a dream come true Brodie. We got this...

...I can tell”

they would have to be brave once more and take a chance. There's a boat leaving the docks on the first hour of the next morning. That would be their golden ticket to a new chance of starting over

"Us against the world my man, us against the world"

"Wild at Heart" evolves around the lifes of three families from completely different backgrounds, whose paths end up crossing on the highroads of life. A story of love and hope, but also pain and sadness.

I started writing mainly because I love to write AND to play. I would only share them with the dearest Dunkin at first. But he really motivated me to go ahead and share them with the world. So here I am!

I have ZERO pretentions of this becoming big. I don't even expect anybody to read them besides me and D. But if you found my simblr and gave my stories a chance, gosh, you already made my day.

The sims I'll use in this story, some are my creations, other Dunkin's (You can even think of my story as a "Spin Off" of his world haha). Unfortunatelly I won't be sharing any for download. BUUUUUT you can check Dunkin's GOOOOORGEOUS creations right on the link below. You might even find some familiar faces there ;)

Link to Dunkin's CC - https://creamlattedream.tumblr.com/

Link to Dunkin's story Simblr. Some people just have it all you know. And Dunkin's writing is AS GOOD as his creation skills are - https://asliceofcakesimblr.tumblr.com/

Now, enough of chit chat. Let's jump straight to the chapter 1

[peebsplays]

CHECK IN TAG  ✔️

Thanks @sims4americangirlchallenge for tagging me!

Why did you choose your url?

I wanted just Peebs but that’s pretty much impossible to get at this point anywhere on the internet. I originally thought I was going to be a gameplay blog for several games so it would be like Peebs plays (game I was playing) but ended up just being a simblr. So now it’s basically just Peebs plays sims.

Any side blogs? If you have them name them and why you have them.

I have one @simshistoricalfinds. It’s obviously a finds blog and I’m very slow at keeping it updated but it is active. I started it so that I could keep my main simblr a bit more organized. 

How long have you been on tumblr?

Not very long, since December 2018.

Do you have a queue tag?

Nope.

Why did you start your blog in the first place?

I started my tumblr originally so I could keep up with @historicalsimslife story, but then @javitrulovesims Victorian townies inspired me to start sharing some screenshots of my own sims and eventually I learned how to make cc.

Why did you choose your icon/pfp?

It’s my simself, and I used to change it with the season/time period of my game but I’ve been lazy/pretty busy.

What’s your post with the most notes?

My Unrequited hair apparently. 

How many mutuals do you have?

I have never really paid attention to this but apparently I have 178. Lots of them have left tumblr which is a bummer, but the ones that are still here please know I love your posts and I appreciate you! ❤️

How many followers do you have?

When I first started I would share follower gifts when I reached certain milestones but then I quickly realized one of the things I really appreciate about tumblr is that you can’t see how many followers people have. My day job is in digital marketing so having a place where I don’t worry about follower counts is really really nice! I also think it’s good for mental health reasons to not worry about the number of followers you have. So I won’t be sharing how many I have but if anyone feels like they really want to know you can send me an ask.

How many people do you follow?

I follow 533 people, I would say 99% of those are simblrs. Quite a few are mutuals that aren’t here anymore but I can’t bring myself to unfollow them yet.

Have you ever made a shitpost?

I’m not sure but I don’t think so?

How often do you use tumblr each day?

Usually once a day but if I’m at my computer most of the day I’ll check it periodically. That said I will take breaks from time to time where I don’t check it at all for several days.

Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won?

No, I try to keep things pretty positive here and not waste my energy one people who don’t deserve it.

How do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts?

I feel like I don’t see a lot of these kind of posts but I do understand how they can be important in spreading awareness. However I also know when it comes to social media I don’t need to do anything.

Do you like tag games?

Yes, I’m not one to share a lot so I find it’s a good way to share things that people might be interested. As well I think it’s an fun a way to learn more about other simblrs because I would never think to ask most of these things. 

Do you like ask games?

Occasionally. It’s a case by case basis.

Which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

I’m not 100% sure. I’m sure if I wanted to I could guess at a few but it’s not really important to me.

Do you have a crush on a mutual?

Not like a real crush but I do crush on their skills and abilities! I have so many that are so, so talented! 

Since there’s been so much talk about mutuals I’m going to tag @antiquatedplumbobs, @faerie-tempest, @waxesnostalgic, @pixelnrd, @javitrulovesims and @simulatedstyles.

[an0nymousghost]

simblr asks v2

here are my answers! find the questions here.

i wrote soo much ahaha. like however much you think i wrote, i wrote more than that. imo everything i write is gold though

1. are you going to buy the new pack (cottage living) when it comes out? no, it looks really nice but i legit never ever buy packs at launch, especially cause this one is a expansion and it will probably go on sale at some point

2. do you p*rate your dlc or buy it legitimately? buy it legitimately 👌

3. what’s your favorite world? brindleton bay, it gives like seaside cottage vibes. willow creek is good but it’s boring. 

4. if you use a queue, how many posts per day do you set it as? 3 or 4. i used to do like 12 lmaoo what even was wrong with me

5. do you watch sims on youtube? yes, i watch mainly malixa, oshinsims, and msgryphi

6. what are your thoughts on the most recent pack? (dream home decorator) those sectional couches look good! but honestly im kinda annoyed because now it’s even harder to have all the items filled in when i place lots from the gallery. like i’m just saying like a lot of builds will use that pack probably and if i don’t get it then i can’t really use builds/save files 

7. how many packs/kits do you own? lemme count

expansion: all - 10/10 game: 5/10 stuff: 9/18 kits: none xo

24/38 - 63%

8. what’s your origin id? is it the same as your url? 🤗 it’s in my title, it’s celeschul. it doesn’t look that nice in my title but i use celeschul in my package files and i’m guessing people search things like, “celeschul penny hair” or something like that in order to find my cc- so i keep it in there so the search results are easier. i do want to change it though..

but no it’s also not the same! well i mean it’s the username i use for cc. my origin id used to be an0nymousghost but i changed it. i wonder if anyone’s taken that one?

9. is your simblr your sideblog or main blog? main blog ✌️ my old blog @stardze​ is a main blog as well.

my old old simblr was a sideblog but it had like 1 follower and it literally a bot so i don’t think that counts. i have a multifandom sideblog though 

10. do you have a cc finds blog? i wish. i was thinking bout it earlier and that would be sooo neat but sometimes i download stuff that doesn’t have a tumblr post attached to it, and also it’s stressful to keep up with so nah

11. are you wcif friendly? yes sir. in fact i bring the trouble of wcifs onto myself but doing them even when nobody asked.

12. what’s your favorite sized household to play with? (ex. 1 sim, 4 sims) gonna have to think on this one, honestly 1 sim is really fun and stuff goes by so fast. doing stuff with astrid when she was on her own, it was much more efficient. 

for families, i haven’t done that in a while actually. 5, 2 parents and 3 kids is cute tho. why did i write this this is honestly such a hard question

13. if you have c&d, do you play with pets? i feel like i haven’t played with cats and dogs in forever. honestly i just have no paitence. noelle fae was supposed to get a cat (there’s a food bowl + cat bed in her house) but when summer vacation started, the amount of time i spent playing ts4 decreased a lot. (this doesn’t really make sense, i have a lot more time. honestly it just has to do with my recent obsession with a certain anime/manga and some other personal thing)

i did random nightmares in may though and i had pets frequently. g5 didn’t because sofia scarlett lived in an apartment, but g2/3/4 had cici, and g1 had all the cats. but that was back in march so it’s been a while.

14. what lifespan do you use? i really want to do aging off but then i feel like it drags on. but aging legit stresses me out, sometimes i just want to sit down and do some cas stuff but i only have 2 hours in real time and there’s like 4 days left till one of my sims’ birthdays. 

15. if you own a lot of packs, how many of them have you actually played through? just so everyone is aware this question was made for me

i feel like eps require a specific save made for testing them out, but the only save i’ve ever made for an ep is noelle fae’s get famous save. 

that is literally a lie - i made a save for island living with one of my 100bc kids, maisie acapella. i did actually post it on tumblr BUT then i deleted all the posts BUT i reblogged them on my alt account BUT i privated my alt account so i honestly forgot about it

i have never played through discover university or watched anyone do it on youtube, i’ve read gerbits’ story about it so i think i’m pretty qualified. i’ve always wanted to do one with periwinkle acapella but i never got around to it

another ep i know nothing about is get to work

i tried doing a eco life playthrough but i hadn’t watched any videos and i was like..what is going on. so i quit lolx d ;;;;; i mentioned it but the whimsy stories legacy was the first time i had played with the eco lifestyle features so technically i think i know what im doing

i got outdoor retreat literally on monday of this week so i haven’t played through it yet. 

jungle adventure i still don’t know what’s going on. i remember last year before i bought the pack i was brainstorming, and wanted to do a ja playthrough with luna and cedar, who are a couple who i did a random legacy with and it was all queued to post when i deleted everything (if you’re wondering why, it’s because my queue was literally 200+ posts). except this time i didn’t save them to my sideblog so i lost them. 

i still havent had a restaurant in dine out 

also never did the vet thing from cats and dogs

i have no idea what that rock climbing thing is from snowy escape but i did most of the other stuff because rn g5

city living i did through psc stage 5 and also it was the first pack i bought anyways

the rest of them are either stuff packs or i ended up playing them through casual gameplay (seasons, parenthood)

16. what do you do as you play sims? (ex. listen to music) i listen to music most of the time, or listen to commentary youtube videos because i am an alpha chad. i also used to talk with my friends on voice call but i don’t do that anymore 🥲

17. which sims challenges have you tried? random legacy, whimsy stories, perfect sim challenge, 100 baby, legacy (just the plain get-to-10-gens one), random nightmares, berry zodiac, astrology legacy, apocalypse

i feel like im forgetting some.. honestly most of the stuff i did before simblr was either 100 baby (i love that challenge) or random saves that lasted for 2 seconds. 

18. do you like the new(ish) hair swatches? nah. 

i do appreciate that most cc hairs have a true (ish) black, thank god! and the fact that the hair update is what inspired me to update and fix a bunch of hairs with different issues is pretty nice. but will i use them? no. 

plus it takes up like 5 gb? depending on how many packs you have.

19. post the latest screenshot you took 📸

i live in cas

20. what is the cc/ingame hair that looks the most like your own? i think that dream home decorator side part hair looks a lot like my hair. honestly i havent see much like my hair but that one is kinda-? close

21. who is your favorite sim of yours and what is their story? noelle and alari fae i think! 

link to post

noelle is blonde and has blue-grey eyes. she wears purple contacts pretty often though (because she wants to 😌)

alari has light brown hair that is kinda curly, and she’s got pretty vibrant blue eyes. 

they’re sisters, alari is 3 years older than noelle. noelle was 19 and alari was 22 when they got spotted

they worked as models when they were young adults. their jobs involved dyeing their hair blue/pink, and they would model like clothes and stuff. anyways, they were pretty successful. like not ultra famous but they had enough money to not work for the rest of their lives. 

their modeling group was made of 4 girls, the others were named paisley autumn and they were green and red, respectively. some things are: 

paisley and alari started dating during this 

autumn was a single mother to a little girl named destiny

noelle dated many people during this but never ended up finding the one <3

when their contract ended after like 6 years, paisley and alari went to go live together and noelle decided to get into acting. so thats when get famous playthrough started!

there’s more but basically they’re like oc’s with sims on the side. xoxo

22. if you use cc, are there any cc creators that you have like ALL of their items? this is such a good question! i hoard hair very heavily (my folder is 11gb) i so i have like 97% from most of the popular hair creators. 

i think i had legitimately EVERYTHING from simstrouble though, i went through multiple times to check and i also have all of her retired stuff. 

i have everything from ridgeport i think-? because of the fact that she uploaded all her stuff in one big zip. 

i think that’s it.. for a long time i also had everything by clumsyalienn, but then i ended up deleting it and only keeping my faves. 

and looking at my collection, maybe ah00b? i might be missing a couple but i at least have like 99%.

23. what’s one pack you think is underrated? dine out, it’s laggy af yes but it’s such a nice thing for my sims to do. 

24. what are your favorite sims stories/legacies? melons by gerbits always and forever

this question was inspired by this ask anyways so 

25. if you could change one small thing about ts4, what would it be? most of my suggestions are pretty complex but literally just - when you add tray files, they appear at the top. my life would be so much easier

this took me literal hours to answer

[tabbyrhsims4simblr]

I thought I’d give a backstory on the Bloodworth family. I originally had this backstory linked to my old simblr but I wanted to link this to my new one so I decided to repost it here. Some of you probably have read this so feel free to skip. Brace yourself it’s lengthy but I hope worth the read! 

New Beginnings The Bloodworths were one of the first families to settle in Willow Creek. Dorian and Malik’s parents left their aristocratic family in search of a new life. Abilene’s family had given her a large sum of money to start a life with her husband, but they did not expect her to move across an ocean.  Abilene and Edgar Bloodworth had a house build on Cypress Terrace in Willow Creek. Not long after Abilene and Edgar were settled in, Abilene’s family sent her brother Walter to try and convince her to return. Instead of Walter convincing Abilene to move she convinced him to stay. Walter built his home on Oakenstead right next door to his sister. Life was good for the Bloodworth clan. Soon other families began to move into the area and community lots started to get built. Abilene and Edgar decided to start a family and had Dorian first then Malik. Dorian was the golden boy and the favorite of the family. Malik was the black sheep and always got into trouble. Their uncle Walter saw how happy his sister was having children, so he got married and tried to start a family but his wife could not conceive. About the time Dorian and Malik were almost teens their uncle adopted a girl named Lilith but everyone called her Lily. For a while it was just the three of them until Elizabeth’s family came to town.

Forbidden Love Lily and Elizabeth became good friends instantly. Elizabeth’s family was a bit odd, but they had money so Dorian’s parents were always inviting them to parties and get togethers. As Dorian got older, he began to see Elizabeth as more than a friend as did Malik. But as always Dorian beat Malik and won Elizabeth’s heart. Dorian and Elizabeth dated for a while. When they began to talk about marrying after they graduated Elizabeth’s mother did not approve. Elizabeth’s mother was high witch of her coven and did not want her daughter to marry a common sim. She had promised Elizabeth to a high witch’s son from another coven to strengthen their bloodline. When Elizabeth refused to listen to her mother and end it with Dorian, Elizabeth’s mother cursed Dorian to be a creature of the night to keep her daughter from seeing Dorian. Elizabeth felt horrible for what her mom had done and stayed with Dorian as much as she could to help him cope with being a vampire. Elizabeth’s mother cursing Dorian only made them closer and more determined to be together. It is forbidden to be with each other now that Dorian is a vamp and Elizabeth, a witch, so they would see each other in secret at Lily’s house.

Tragedy One night Dorian’s parents threw a huge party. Knowing Elizabeth’s family was going to be there Dorian kept himself in his room. Uncle Walter sent Lily to go get his best reserve wine from the house. Elizabeth and Malik decide to walk over with her. Malik and Lily were goofing off so Elizabeth went on into the house to grab the wine. About the same time Dorian received a note under his door from “Elizabeth” telling him that she wants to run away with him and to meet her at Lily’s. Dorian ran to his uncle’s house and saw his brother and Lily playing a game, so he quietly passed them and entered the house. When he went to the room where he usually met Elizabeth, he heard a pop and the house began to go up in flames. Malik and Lily saw the smoke and panicked. Malik ran in to save Elizabeth. Dorian was able to get out of the room and ran outside. Lily saw Dorian and screamed to him that Malik and Elizabeth were in the burning house. Dorian saw that the house was burning fast and knew that a witch’s spell had started the fire. He rushed back in and saw his brother lying next to the cellar door so he picked him up and carried him out. When he placed his brother on the ground, he saw Lily was still there and told her to go for help. Dorian turned to the house and saw Elizabeth at a window. She was crying but when she saw Dorian she smiled. Elizabeth mouthed I love you then the whole second story collapsed on her and killed her. Dorian let out a bestial cry of anger and pain. Knowing he could not save Elizabeth and she was gone from him forever he began to sob. After a few moments Dorian realized he was still holding his brother. He checked his pulse but he barely felt it. Not wanting to loose his brother too he bit himself on the wrist to give Malik his blood turning him into a vampire. He heard help coming, so he prepared to face Elizabeth’s mother. When help arrived he pointed his finger at Elizabeth’s mother accusing her of starting the fire and being a witch. Elizabeth’s mother smirked and told him she will not stand there and listen to his accusations and called for Elizabeth to leave with her. She realised Elizabeth was not with them. Dorian pointed to the house and told her Elizabeth’s body was in there. Elizabeth’s mother stopped smirking and went crazy. She killed Dorian’s parents trying to get to Dorian, but he got away with Malik, Walter, and Lily. Some of her coven members were there and they tried to stop her madness but she killed her coven and then herself. The grief of knowing it was her spell that was supposed to kill Dorian had killed her daughter instead was too much that it caused her to go mad and take her own life.  

Bad Blood and a Succubitch After that day Malik hated Dorian for saving him instead of Elizabeth and for turning him into a vampire. Malik vowed to make Dorian’s life miserable.They brought the bodies of their parents back to their parents home town and buried them. Dorian and Malik decided to go to college where their parents were from. Being Bloodworth’s everything was paid for. Walter moved back home with Lily and his wife. His wife left him not long after because he began to drink a lot after his sister’s death. Lily was left on her own and had an affair with a married man who was married to a witch. When the witch found out the witch cursed her to be a succubus never to have a husband or family of her own. Later Lilith met up with Dorian and Malik at the college they were attending but Malik and Dorian did not recognise her. She had reinvented herself to try to erase the past and start a new. Using her power of seduction to get whatever she wanted. Lilith would entice Dorian and Malik to give into their darker sides and play games with her and whatever sim she seduced. It wasn’t hard for them to give in being newly turned vampires. She’d feed and so did they. She had no problem sleeping with either of them. Lilith knew they never really saw her as family or they wouldn’t have tossed her aside after Elizabeth died and if they had then it would be her perfect revenge. When Lilith started draining sims and leaving a body trail she asked them for help revealing who she was. Disgusted with the situation the guys parted ways leaving Lilith to clean up her own mess.

Homecoming Malik spent his time traveling looking for trouble and every once in a while he’d run into Lilith and play her wicked games. But eventually Malik would grow restless and move on and so would Lilith. Dorian enrolled himself in the army to become a fighter so he could hunt witches. He was good and slaughtered a lot, but it didn’t erase the pain or the loss. Dorian decided to travel and find enlightenment instead. He started to write poetry and became very cultured. Dorian eventually returned home to Cypress Terrace in Willow Creek to try and find closure. He cut himself off from the rest of the world deciding living a life alone would be better for himself and everyone else. When Malik and Lilith got word that Dorian had returned home, they followed him wondering why he had came home not expecting to find Dorian happy and dating a sim who resembles Elizabeth.

And this is how these three became part of Cassandra’s world.

[nightlet]

It’s been a rough day for Paralives.

So here I am, just got off work and settling in at home, when I get a Patreon update from Paralives. Guess I missed most of the action (I don’t use Twitter and I hardly use Discord) and a lot of it was deleted by the time I caught wind of the goings on, but Reddit’s got my back with the reciepts. I’ll try to compile it as best I can here so that it’s at least all in one place.

So from my understanding the first (hint? notice? absolute sirens?) that not all was well in the Parasphere was Roxane’s twitter meltdown.

Screencaps were posted by u/North_Activist over on Reddit. I’ve just copied them most recent to oldest, so just start from the very bottom and work your way up and they should be in order for easiest reading.

Alex was fairly quick to issue an official statement, which was the Patreon update I first saw and is both screencapped and copy+pasted below.

“Hello,

This is a difficult thing to announce but Roxane left the Paralives team yesterday. Her 6 months probation period was coming close to an end and we decided not to renew her contract. We are really thankful for all that she did for the game and we wish her good luck with her future projects. Rest assured, this does not affect the development of Paralives and we will recruit more people on the team very soon.

In our next Patreon post, we will share our complete roadmap for the next features we will be working on. As you know, we have been focusing on build mode and the characters. With this solid foundation, we will now be able to work on more life simulation related features. I’m looking forward to sharing this roadmap with you! Take care,

Alex, Léa and Christine”

So. . . . yeah. Now, given that my first clue on this whole thing was the Patreon post and I personally haven’t spent any time interacting with the Paradevs (I’m sorry, I’m a sucker for all these fun Paraterms) I was a bit confused and did some snooping where I could. Unfortunately, Roxane’s Twitter account was deleted so we’re left with what screencaps can be dug up.

I’m going to be honest. As an also emotional, over-the-top bitch who would probably have done the same thing in her situation, I sympathize. This is why I don’t use Twitter. It’s too much power and they would likely end up having to put labels under my own tweets much like Trump’s this week. (Not going to get too political here but that shit is fucking funny man. We are absolutely living in a dark-ass comedy right now. “death toll rises to 100k while orange man baby in charge throws tantrum about his favorite social media calling him out” and I just fucking can’t. I’ve been staying sober since the start of quarantine to avoid getting sucked into depression by my own problems but I might just break into the vodka in my fridge tonight.) ANYWAYS. I did a little more looking around my latest favorite subreddit and came across a post from her own Simblr which has since been deleted, but here’s the screencap:

I just want to say that her Tumblr is still viewable from the dash as of my writing this and she’s posted a few things that I don’t want to repost because they hit a little too close to how I feel a lot of the time, and I hope people will, in fact, let her be after this. I’m gathering screenshots because I’m a nosy bitch who doesn’t get noticed in the Simblr community anyways so I’m sure this will just drop off into the abyss like everything else I post lol, but I’m genuinely hoping that it doesn’t become some kind of crucifixion or witch hunt by the community. We all know how the Sims community is and, while the game itself is not the Sims and in fact its own entity, the Venn diagram that is Sims community vs. Parasphere (I’m calling it that from now until the end of time) is quite nearly a circle. In the end it all comes down to he-said-she-said and I hope it doesn’t affect either the development of Paralives OR Roxane’s future endeavors.

I might gradually add some other screenshots below as I see them, including opinions from others.

-- Calarand @ Paraliveshub.com

[sadisim]

Coming full circle: 2 years later

I want to start off this post by saying that this is no tea, shade, drama, subpost or whatever other name you want to find for this. This is my most sincere and last message that I will post on my blog. This is why I want to apologize in advance for the ridiculous length of this and I want every reader to be considerate, understanding, open and as objective as they possibly can in this matter.

I will not tolerate any hate sent towards me or the person I am about to mention nor any curious anons asking to “spill the tea” or anything of that nature. If you have any questions my inbox is always open and you are free to directly message me to discuss further. ^_^ /)

Now that we got that out of the way... I will tell you all a little story about my relationship with Frankie (gruesim or simplyimaginarypeople, however you want to call her)

If any of y’all simblr veterans know me for a long time, you surely know I’ve been here for about 6 years or so. I joined this website when I was around 13 years of age, and naturally as any 13 year old I immediately looked up to people who were more talented than me. One of those very people was Frankie herself. I respected her highly, admired her for all her hard work, discipline, talent for meshing from the very beginning and I am extremely thankful to her for all the help she has offered me throughout the years. 

I wanted to be like her. I wanted to mesh and have something to give to Simblr. I wanted to become popular and cool and constantly compared myself to her. Like any teenager would when they admire someone older than them.

You can imagine I grew up with time and I became less and less of a child, maturing and forming my own opinions etc. But I was still pretty gullible and easy to fool back then. So I blindly trusted Frankie and supported her in everything she did, no matter what other people around me were telling me about her. Above all I considered her a friend. A very close one that is. But I am never sure what she considered me to be. I don’t blame her though, I was pretty stupid and annoying when she knew me back then so I don’t mind it at all. However I wish that she had explicitly told me instead. I was always supportive and I remember all of our chats ran dry most of the time with me constantly asking her how she’s doing, admiring and supporting her and her being very distant and cold. I remember at some point she mentioned she cares for me as a friend but I felt like at the time that she didn’t truly mean it.  I never knew if she were like this just with me or if she was like that with everyone. But she was absolutely impossible to approach on my end. At least that’s what a teenager me thought at that time. I can be completely wrong about this. And that’s fine.

Growing up more and more I came to terms with the fact that maybe she just disliked me for some reason I didn’t know. Maybe I was too young for her to be friends with, maybe we had a communication barrier of sorts. So I slowly drifted away…running from my problems instead of confronting her.

That was my biggest mistake and fault.

I wish I had the power then that I have now, to confront people directly and tell them how I feel with no filters or sugarcoating.

But back then sugarcoating was the safest form of escape for me. There is nothing sweeter than pretending everything is okay when it isn’t, just to get away from an uncomfortable situation. All of y’all socially anxious people definitely know what I mean by this.

Sugarcoating was my second and most fatal mistake of all within our relationship.

I fully assume my wrongdoings and past mistakes and I want to let you know that I have realized what I did not do right back then. If I could turn back time I would do something entirely different, but that’s not possible. We learn from our past, don’t we? That’s what  I’ve been slowly doing in the past few years. ^_^

My falling out with Frankie happened around two years ago. I had started a Patreon for my writing combined with some sims ( pose making, skin making etc )She was clearly not happy about it. She was one of the first people who disagreed with me on it. I appreciated her input and never told her that it bothered me so that she didn’t think that I was “one of those people” who ask for money for content so I just sugarcoated everything as I always did. I remember her saying that she “is not a fan of Patreon as long as it’s not against EA” which I 100% agree with, I never intended to lock cc behind a paywall. I would just release stuff later on, probably in 2-3 weeks’ time. However I remember very clearly that she stated how “it would be still exclusive and that it’s no longer a donation instead it’s buying”

I really didn’t like that she was saying those things to me, I remember feeling disappointed. So because I didn’t want to anger her because I really looked up to her and I feared we might fight, I took down my Patreon and got a Ko-fi instead. I’m extremely thankful to everyone who donated, it’s helped me lots! She seemed to be happy about Ko-fi and i was happy i could please her and solve the problem. I never knew why she hated Patreon so much, to me Ko fi was exactly identical to Patreon. Just another name for donations.

This was the first time that Frankie’s shot a bullet in the way I viewed her. At that time she was starting to gain a lot of influence in the community because of her hard work and dedication and she was leading a very public campaign against Patreon. She’s said some things back then which heavily contrast her current views on Patreon, donations or cc locked behind a temporary wall.

She’s said multiple times, publicly and privately how she “hates everything exclusive” but as years passed by I sometimes saw her on my dashboard, despite not following her on tumblr. I couldn’t help but notice how she seemed to me that she helps those very close to her only and seems to not bat an eye about patreon/timed exclusive content  to some people I’ve seen interacting with her– Listen, I know that this might come across as harsh or salty but I mentioned before that I don’t think she’s seen me as a friend. I was not part of her inner circle, nor did we have very deep talks about many things in particular. It just really hurt me to see this happening, while behind closed doors, two years ago she’d bashed me for wanting to make a patreon instead of just asking for donations (it was the same exact thing to me…)

While this subject is still up I’d like to mention the drama that took place a bit earlier this month. The whole hair thing. I have very hardly abstained from saying anything or intervening within the drama because i have biased opinions about her based on my past experience with her. So I didn’t want to come across as harsh, rude or disrespectful to her because of my feelings towards her and didn’t want to portray her in a biased light. The people who know, know what my opinion on the whole drama was. It’s unnecessary to tell you what I think about it since it’s no longer around. But I’d just want to say that for me it felt like all of her constant contradictions were falling apart and truth was starting to get to the surface. I felt like this situation was going to teach her a lesson, and I surely hope she’s learned. She’s not a horrible person. She’s never had malicious intent. I just think that she never really knew quite well how to handle social situations. This isn’t the first time Frankie’s taken a break from simblr. 

Perhaps her views have changed over the past few years. I know mine did a lot, so I don’t blame her if she no longer believes in the things she’s said before. People change all the time for the better or worse and it’s not something unusual. My problem here is that she’s never quite explained why she’s changed her opinions, nor did she justify her behaviour towards me at the time and other people involved who had the same experience with her. I just sort of wish that we had gotten some sort of apology, or an explanation from her after a while…anything would have made us happy. But she never did, so we moved on and kept on ignoring her, praying that we don’t ever have to interact again while watching her from afar doing things that were sort of questionable and didn’t rub us in the right way at all. But I kept silent because people support and love her, and I didn’t want to stir drama. It would have meant setting a hornet’s nest on fire and jumping right into it. Which is why I’ve never gone public about this in the first place. I just wanted to make sure that the heat of the drama was gone before i posted this. I felt like it would have been unfair to her to ‘attack’ her with this during the whole thing. 

The next time that I started getting off vibes from her was the whole Simscord thing. She joined us, I remember that clearly, she’d post in the sims 3 channel now and then but she would most of the time be in the help channel. She’d never ignore anyone and seemed to become some helper that everyone’s seen her as. So everyone went to her for help, which is what she’s always done for the community: help. It’s not easy work to help others solve their problems, which is why I respect her for it. However I don’t understand why she’s left Simscord and then proceeded to tell me she was ‘constantly ignored’ and ‘only seen as a helper’ by others. And then she proceeded to turn her blog into a help blog for every single question that every single anon needed but NEVER complained about how ignored she is or how she’s only seen as a helper then. She’s sort of criticised Simscord on multiple times before, very passively aggressively with comments like “Why does Simscord have exclusive tutorials? Isn’t that sucky for the people who don’t like joining public chats ?”  I eventually posted all the ‘exclusive tutorials’ a bit later that i wrote for Simscord onto my blog. they are still up and you can find them. This did not really make me happy when the whole SSFF thing started taking off and she did not admit that she was blocking access to cc from people who were too socially anxious to do any of the challenges. But we’ll get to that later. That’s just one of the things I can remember … again I’m saying this once more: she might have changed her view since then so I don’t blame her if she thinks differently. I just blame her past self for the way she’s acted in the whole thing. That’s all. It seemed to me that she’s never quite liked Simscord in the first place and kept trying to find ways to dismiss its usefulness. It’s always brought me down because us, the admins, were doing our best to keep Simscord alive, equal and fun to everyone whether they liked talking with us there or not. It felt like a blow to my self-esteem for the time and effort I’d put into Simscord as an admin. I know very well it’s not perfect and it can’t be. Admins are humans just like everyone. We can’t force people to act a certain way just because we want to.

 The next time we had a conflict it was “fatal” for your relationship. It was when we parted ways completely and haven’t spoken directly since. Here is where my biggest fault comes in: not confronting her and being straightforward about how she made me feel. She was angry with me because “I’d changed”. I was apparently “a different person” because I was starting to be myself more on my blog, stopping to sugarcoat things so much…I was trying my best to get out of my childish shell of agreeing with everyone just to avoid conflict and duck confrontation with people when we couldn’t agree. I remember receiving an anonymous message around that time from someone who told me that “I changed” . I was very saddened by the message, I remember I actually cried when I received it. I did not understand why that anonymous person saw me as ‘changed’. I was just being myself and trying to grow and shape and break free from the cute, innocent angel persona that I had created for myself. Sorta like Miley when she had that crazy post Disney phase lol. Im joking now but it’s for real. Then I connected that anon message to her and I am still suspecting today that it might have been her, or someone from her inner circle but then again i could be wrong about this. She had also told me clearly how she “talked to other people who confirmed my change.” I never knew who these people were. Why were they talking behind my back? Why were they not directly telling me into my face that “I changed” if they knew me so well? I highly doubt they knew me at all. Or perhaps there were no “other people”. Perhaps she had made that up just to add to her argument. I’ll never know.

 I supported her in the whole drama with The Together Store because I was still admiring her for her work and passion and I still refused to see the doubtful things that people were accusing her of doing. I remember very clearly how I messaged her when she announced her hiatus, supporting her and telling her I’m there for her, not even willing to listen to The Together Store’s side of the story (If any of you guys are reading this please reach out to me, I can’t remember your urls. I’d like to apologize personally!)   and she just told me that she doesn’t need my support, she’s not bullied and she doesn’t need help. That put a knife in my chest. I know she was just being angry in that moment. She eventually apologized for her harsh words but I never told her how they made me feel then. Another mistake on my end. I kept adding and adding to the idea of supporting her and she simply said that “she needs people to change the way they act”. I kept adding fuel to the conversation but it went nowhere. In one of the last messages from her I remember she explicitly told me that “It’s attitudes like mine that made her leave” and after that I could take no more blows. I knew then deep down my heart that I did not like her attitude but I decided to simply be nice, continue to wrongly sugarcoat the words I wanted to tell her, block her and move on. She was constantly adding in how she saw me as some sort of… Simblr Leader? I never understood what she meant by that. Never. “I don't respect the way you are handling your position as a community leader. Its been super sad to watch such a kind and sweet person get influenced by all this and I wish it were different”  - This is a direct quote from her. I have yet to understand what this all means today. I don’t know what “Influenced by all” means. I have no idea where she got the idea that I am or was a community leader by any means. Surely, I used to have much more influence two years ago. I had thousands of followers, talked to hundreds of people. But I was not a leader. I surely didn’t consider myself that way nor ever said i am one.

I know I handled the situation terribly. Yet again I take complete responsibility for my mistakes and I wish I could gather the courage to reach out to her instead. But we parted ways, by agreeing to disagree and moved on with our lives. I’ve been avoiding her from my dash actively by blocking her username and just stayed away as much as possible. I thought about it many times, to message her…to reach out and talk and be open about my mistakes. But I’ve always gotten a bit anxious the way she might understand this and respond. I know she’s had a distant tone when talking to me before and i did not want to get anxious. So i just hoped i’d get the chance to talk about this someday.

So in the years that came after that I watched her expand, grow and shape her simblr, her projects. She started becoming the very thing that she swore to destroy (very poetic but im making a reference to that one meme. Yall edgelords know what im talkin about). There was  SimblrSimplyForFun that pissed me off with the idea of exclusivity that she was so aggressive towards me about but she ended up doing herself- i remember people talking about how they don’t like the idea of challenges and interacting with others just to get ‘a treat’. She was even sent anonymous questions about this very matter: what are socially anxious people going to do? We can’t just interact with others like normal people. I don’t remember her exact response but I think it was something that brushed off the anon. Then came the drama with the hairs. It was the last drop for me. I wanted to let it all go. It’s been awful to hold this in for so long. She took it upon herself to change an entire community by implementing all these projects, which in idea are super fun and cool and really help connect people, but she was doing all the work by herself and kept on burdening herself with every challenge and piece of cc released. She had hundreds and hundreds of projects, videos, tutorials and cc released in the span of two years that were monstrously over encumbering her with so much responsibility to “change simblr” that she got swallowed in this dark pit of becoming a vessel for change and it ended up overwhelming her to the point where she left. That’s just how I see things from the outside. It doesn’t mean I’m right and you can contradict me on this, I’d gladly listen. She’s done so much for us all, a help that nobody else was willing to give and I am thankful for all her dedication and time spent doing these things. But reading her goodbye message made me realize how she’s seen Simblr more as a job than anything else. She was becoming the “leader” she was trying to enforce on me but it was no easy job. To me Simblr is fun, it’s a hobby. It’s somewhere I come to see creativity and catch up with old mutuals. Nothing more than that. If i can help people i definitely will, if it’s within my knowledge and free time. I don’t want my kindness/selflessness be seen as some sort of sacrifice i make as a “leader of the community”. That’s just my opinion. I feel like she really deserved a break and some time away to clear up her mind, relax and think. I hope she finds the peace she seeks!

I have stayed put form talking about this. As soon as the whole drama with the hairs got out I knew it was gonna be a big blow on her blog. I just didn’t want to add fuel to the fire and that’s why I am posting this only now.. I just wanted to tell my story that I kept in for two long years and that I’ve struggled to come to terms with until now. 

If you’re reading this Frankie, I’m sorry about the mistakes I made and that I didn’t tell you how I truly felt. It’s probably late, but it’s never too late to apologize for my behavior.

I understand people might not agree with me or my side of the story, that’s totally fine. I just wanted to clear things up because I have many people here I talk to that have asked me before why I don’t interact with Frankie or avoid her. I hope that this explanation is everything you need to clear things up ^_^ Anyone who I’ve personally hurt, attacked or wronged is free to unfollow me or block me away, that is totally fine and acceptable, or perhaps if you want to talk about things I’m always here to listen and discuss.

Ever since this thing happened it’s left me pretty bitter about making new friends here. Which is why I’ve just set a limit to myself to just remain ‘mutuals’ with many people and nothing more or less. It’s why I’ve been colder and colder with every year and refused to do many collabs or ships or whatever. I just have matured and grew up and I do not have much time anymore for any of these things. My IRL is full of problems that I am not willing to discuss here because they don’t concern anyone. I’ve come here just to tell my story and that’s the last personal post I’ll probably ever make on my blog.

Thankyou all for reading this extremely long post and bearing with me!

[nikatyler]

No way, simmeronnie is doing replies again? :o It’s been a month, I know. It’s been hard, exams and all that. I’ve talked about that a lot. Now I’m in so much better place. I’ve read what I wrote in my diary a few months ago (February and March to be exact) and wow...just wow. If you compare me from now to me from those months, you wouldn’t even believe we’re the same person. Right now, I’m the happiest I’ve been in a while. Back then, I’m honestly surprised I didn’t give up. I was so tired of everything.

Onto something else. I thought I’d catch up on a lot of blogs now that my graduation is done, but actually, I got carried away reading a good book (and therefore I didn’t actually catch up on too many blogs). Guys, you all need to read Illuminae. I finished the trillogy today and man, it was so good. Don’t get intimidated by how big the books are, yesterday I read over 400 pages and I didn’t even know how. It’s just so good. Read it. Seriously. I hope you like a good plot twist because these books are full of them. It’ll leave you speechless.

I’m just excited I can read books that have nothing to do with exams again, okay? Tomorrow I’m starting...I’m not sure. Probably The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan. FINALLY.

Anyway, blog stuff. I thought I’d only do the latest replies since my activity feed was broken, but now I was able to scroll down a lot. I wasn’t paying attention and suddenly I was at comments from April. So yeah, that thing I screamed about this week, apparently it’s fixed itself. Though I’m still not sure if it shows all of the comments. Oh well. I worked with what I was able to get.

By the way, in these replies, I did not include the “congrats” comments when I said I got through my exams. But I saw you all, and honestly, thank you so much. I was thinking about this the other day, and I think one of the reasons why I made it through high school was simblr. This is my happy place. Most of the time.

autistichatkid replied to your photoset “Oh no. OH NO. Guys I fried another one of my sims.”

ronnie pls be more careful you know how these things go

*looks at my own sunburnt arms* I won’t ever learn

starburstshores replied to your photoset “Nerine no that’s not the way”

Jesus can walk on water, Nerine can swim through land

she’s a Reverse Jesus

starburstshores replied to your photoset “Nerine: “Wakey wakey…” Regan: “Huh? Wha - Nerine? What are you doing...”

This is some Edward Cullen shit she’s pulling ��

Let’s be real, even with how Regan and Nerine’s story is going, it’s still a better love story than Twilight  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hold on, do people still say that?

tiny-tany-thaanos replied to your photoset “Regan: “Hi mum! What’s up?” Miracle: “Regan, you might want to sit...”

OMG WHAT"S HAPPENING OMG

alfalfalegacy replied to your photoset “Regan: “Mum?” Miracle: “Yes sweetheart?” Regan: “He’s going to make...”

Yoo he better make it ����

autistichatkid replied to your photoset “Regan: “Hi mum! What’s up?” Miracle: “Regan, you might want to sit...”

oh god no

I can’t explain how I felt writing this. I’m not too empathetic when it comes to other people (and it sucks), but when it comes to “ok how would my character feel in this scene”, I’m immediately in their shoes, and let me tell you, I actually cried, even though I knew damn well how it was going to end. But I also knew what was happening next, and that’s why I cried too. Writing is weird sometimes.

alfalfalegacy replied to your photo “Coming soon…”

Marie looks super pretty in this!!

Thank you. I forgot she was this pretty. I couldn’t believe that when I loaded her for the first time after all these months. I mean, in the regular legacy, I don’t even see her around anymore too much.

vintageplumbobs replied to your photoset “Nerine: “I hate to be doing this, but it’s the only way. I’m sorry...”

Eeeeeeeeeshk.

pxelatedtrash replied to your photoset “Nerine: “I hate to be doing this, but it’s the only way. I’m sorry...”

I stopped liking her when she would always shut Regan down but now I really don't like her and i hope beyond belief that Regan can get away.

dandylion240 replied to your photoset “Nerine: “I hate to be doing this, but it’s the only way. I’m sorry...”

Wow I didnt like her before I definitely don't like her now.

tiny-tany-thaanos replied to your photoset “Nerine: “I hate to be doing this, but it’s the only way. I’m sorry...”

Ahem

Hmmm I had a feeling that thee was something wrong with their fast developing relationship

There indeed WAS something wrong with her. I hinted at it a few times, sometimes it was just a little thing that probably only I saw as foreshadowing, but it kept getting more and more obvious towards the end. And wow. Yeah. She really went that far.

Also, can I just say, I weirdly enjoyed seeing how at first, everyone was like “yaaaaas, mermaid girlfriend”, whereas now it’s more like “oh no. OH NO. STAY AWAY FROM OUR GIRL”.

dandylion240 replied to your photoset “Regan: “Because…because I love you. You’re right. You’re all that...”

Nerine is awful! Someone please save Regan!

tiny-tany-thaanos replied to your photoset “Regan: “Because…because I love you. You’re right. You’re all that...”

EXPLAIN DIS NERINE!

fishingforsims replied to your photoset “Regan: “Because…because I love you. You’re right. You’re all that...”

My brain rn is just “!!!!!”

She just wants her. That’s her explanation. She doesn’t care about anything else, as long as her beloved human will stay right there in Isla Paradiso.

I’m just now thinking, how the hell did I go from the first story idea for Regan to this. In the original story, there were no creepy psycho mermaid girlfriends. There was...a lot of Bridgeport...some cheating...a lot of guilty feelings...more feelings towards Courtney...Felix didn’t end up with her in that storyline but there would be a love triangle with another person...and considering I’m not actually the biggest fan of love triangles, I as a writer am glad I somehow ended up with a psycho mermaid girlfriend story. It was way more interesting to figure out and write.

But if Regan could decide, I’m pretty sure she’d rather end up in a love triangle 😬

Let me tease you though: There’ll still be a lot of Bridgeport later.

tiny-tany-thaanos replied to your photo “Gwyneth Ellen Clare flirty | perfectionist | family oriented | neat |...”

Was it cliffhanger? Le gasp

Anyway I'm looking forward to see you BRP!

Oh I just saw the tagsXD Don't mind me I think I have to go to bed

Wait still a cliffhanger. Just not as big as I initially thought. Don't mind me��

Haha no worries, this happens to me all the time, I forget to read the tags or caption and then I’m like huh??? What’s happening?? :D But I’m glad you’re looking forward to the BPR, I’m happy to be finally posting it. I’m not sure if it’ll be just as fun as my NSB, but it certainly won’t be as sad as the current story. You guys deserve a break.

Oh, another teaser: Guess what you guys will get in my BPR? An idiot to yell at. Not Ross-level idiot, but still an idiot.

tiny-tany-thaanos replied to your photo “Coming soon…”

*patiently waits*

It’s coming...very soon!

cloudberry-sims replied to your photoset “Nerine: “Now. You were supposed to move out of the houseboat by the...”

Oh that's evil Nerine...

‘Cause baby she’s a nightmare dressed like a daydream

I’m sorry, I can’t stop referencing Taylor Swift, that’s just who I am

melien replied to your photoset “Regan: “This place is heaven on Earth.” Nerine: “Wouldn’t it be great...”

So yeah this was the post where I kind of figured out something seems off... if I'm not mistaken there were also posts where George warns her but I didn't think much of them

One of the things I enjoy doing when I finish the first draft of something is going back and making hints. Tiny little pieces of foreshadowing. And then it grows and grows and gets more obvious. This was never going to end well. I think I already hinted at it when Regan was saying goodbye to her family before going to Isla Paradiso, though I’m not sure. But I think I left first little clues there.

melien replied to your photoset “Nerine: “I hate to be doing this, but it’s the only way. I’m sorry...”

I first saw pics, then the text... and thought wow damn can mermaids do this? But yeah I love where this is going. I like this kind of creepy

Yeah I had to help myself with Photoshop here, there would be no other way to make it clear that she enchanted/brainwashed her. But damn, it would be cool if something like that was actually in the game. Sea creatures like mermaids don’t always have to be nice. What about sirens from the old mythology? I mean, what they did was getting people killed.

sinfulwunders replied to your post “Today is my graduation day and I’m already almost crying even though I...”

My graduation was last month and I was balling my eyes out �� I understand how you feel

Ahh yes...I was in a car today and we were driving past my high school. I started thinking about it all again and I just can’t believe that just two months ago, we were still sitting there in a classroom, praying for it all to end. And now it’s over and it’s weird and I want to go back because somehow I miss it.

dandylion240 replied to your photoset “George: “I’m worried about you. There’s something wrong. This isn’t...”

George take her away before it's too late!

He kinda...I don’t want to say he fucked up at this point, but if he hadn’t walked away, things could’ve really been different, huh?

tiny-tany-thaanos replied to your photoset “George: “Regan, what the hell is going on?” Regan: “You wouldn’t...”

Girl you are definitely not feeling well and this isn't love:/

tiny-tany-thaanos replied to your photoset “George: “I’m worried about you. There’s something wrong. This isn’t...”

Girl you do sound like zombie!

tiny-tany-thaanos replied to your photoset “Regan: “You say that as if it was a bad thing. Get lost, George. I...”

Whaaaaaa?

There better be a wizard near you to un-zombie you, Regan!

That’s how it is with brainwashed people, isn’t it?

No, all jokes and dumb remarks aside, when I wrote Regan in this brainwashed state, it was so hard. Not that writing was hard, handling my feelings was hard. I knew she was hurting everyone and I had to keep going because I wanted to tell this story. Like I said, writing is weird sometimes.

Also, speaking of wizards...how convenient it is that her brother is one now? :D Which actually...I didn’t plan for him to become a wizard just to save her. I didn’t plan for him to befriend a fairy just to save her either. It just all sort of happened. Just like life, huh? Nothing is perfectly planned, you just have to play with whatever you have, and I was lucky this time.

tiny-tany-thaanos replied to your photoset “Weeks had passed since my last meeting with George. Things got better....”

Yeah I wonder why? Maybe because they are worried about you, too? You never came and anything could happen to you!

She doesn’t care about that. Well, she does, but she doesn’t know that with this whole “your family is useless and I’m the only one who matters to you” haze Nerine put over her.

tiny-tany-thaanos replied to your photoset “Regan: “Hey mum. How’s life?” Miracle: “What did you just say?” Regan:...”

Miracle, come and get 'er before it's too late!

She would. Honestly, I believe she would, if things weren’t already hard at home for her.

Can we just take a moment to appreciate Miracle for everything she’s gone through? She was “unwanted” at school because she was half alien, she had to share a room with an awful bully at university, then when that hell was over, she became a mother to six children, and now this...when I think of all that has happened, I realize how strong she actually is, because none of this made her give up.

I’ve had so many issues with her story, but looking at her from this perspective, maybe I shouldn’t have.

dandylion240 replied to your photoset “Miracle: “Regan - he was asking about you. He was looking forward to...”

Ugh your girlfriend doesn't want you. She wants to control you. There's a big difference.

tiny-tany-thaanos replied to your photoset “Miracle: “Regan - he was asking about you. He was looking forward to...”

Sure your girlfriend WANTS it not YOU!

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK AND HOPE REGAN IS ONE OF THEM

I shouldn’t joke about these things but...it’s how I cope

tiny-tany-thaanos replied to your photoset “Will: “Sorry I left you waiting. I was with my mum.” Roan: “That’s...”

Nerine happened, Roan

Pretty much

autistichatkid replied to your photoset “Will: “What do you mean?” Roan: “Most mermaids - or so I’ve heard from...”

IM SO GLAD WILL AND ROAN ARE THE ONES TBAT ARE GONNA GO RESCUE HER AAAAAA

I was so happy when I figured that out too?? Honestly I thought Will and Roan were going to have the least interesting story but then they prove me wrong and uhhh

I love them so much??

melien replied to your photoset “Miracle: “Regan - he was asking about you. He was looking forward to...”

Poor Regan, I believe she's strong enough to get out of this mind funk... or someone cares about her enough to save her

It’ll all be revealed soon...

tiny-tany-thaanos replied to your photoset “Will: “What do you mean?” Roan: “Most mermaids - or so I’ve heard from...”

Omg

OMG

I actually really like when supernatural creatures have their let's call them quirks which define their difference to humans! That's really really cool!

Actually, me too, even when it means bad things for the main characters!