#what if im the one making these sims MORE sane than they even are in gameplay okay?!

[aheathen-conceivably]

what does it say about me that im looking at val's dad like 👀

AHAHAHA! Well it definitely says you are not alone. I got people in the comments, people in the servers, people like myself out here like okay Mr. Val’s Dad…you can get it sir 👀🫡

Hell! Y’all know who I really got out here agreeing with you...

Like girl....CHILL! Is a triangle not enough? I mean I get it. He does look an awful lot like a certain sim you’re low key in an affair with; but honey, imma need you to reign it in or this plot is gunna get even wilder than it already is...

[aperiodtm]

Familiar pt.2 | Sim Jake

PAIRING: (ex)online bestfriend!Jake x (ex)online bestfriend!fem!reader

SUMMARY: Jake has a plan (appearance of jay) (and an unnamed friend for now (?) im horrible at names.)

GENRE: bitter angst, lil crying

WC: 585 (well this was..shitting short.)

A/N: also based on real-life experience.. :)

im thinking of making this a mini-series?..

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okay, Jake couldn't do this anymore. in his defense, he was attached. too attached, even after 6 months.

29 January, your birthday. a day Jake was always looking forward to, just so he could wish you a happy birthday first, which he, much proudly, was successful in for 4 straight years.

well, once some other guy in your school wished you earlier than him. stupid douchebag, he thought.

but that didn't matter when you said his wish meant more and was always first in your heart.

and god was Jake in another spiral, staring at the his endless messages with 'Instagram User' on New Year's Eve.

''what a great year it's going to be.'', he grumbled.

unwillingly while reading those texts, a droplet fell on the very desk he was at. then another. and it kept going, till he had to set that damn phone aside and pour it out.

Jake couldn't do it anymore, he missed you. you were his bestfriend. the one he could talk to for hours, to rely on and vent to when he had a fight with his friends, the one who had such horrible memory that you had to save little things you knew about Jake in a separate note on your phone. Jake found it cute though.

he had felt care, but this was attachment.

this was such a strong attachment, something he cried over so much he felt his heart clench. when he went out after the day you blocked him, he feet the agony when he saw anything that reminded him of you. he was so proud of your friendship he'd show it off to anyone.

and now, after that day, he couldn't focus on anyone but you. that day, did he really see you again?

after being done with all the emotion, he picked up his phone again, and wiped the tears away.

wait, he thought.

he quickly shuffled around his phone, through the same messages, till he got to it. one very specific message.

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| @(username)

| is this ur friend? i noticed yall matching pfps and followed-

| WHAT THE FUCK JAKE THATS MY BEST FRIEND HOWD U FIND HER?

| ok ykw nvm since u already followed let it be js dont talk to her she doesnt know i got online friends

| and DONT unfollow. she'll get suspicious and bombard me with tons of questions if she sees both of us know each other.

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Jake never really understood why you kept your online social life a secret so badly. but he never questioned it further.

until now.

he clicked on your friend's profile. and just stared at the screen. should he do it? but you warned him not to. but he wants to know- no, he needs to know how you're doing. this could be his chance-

''hey, you okay?'' it was Jay.

''y-yeah i..just been thinking..'' Jake sighs and puts his phone away. fuck it, just let it be. maybe he's going crazy, he definitely does not want to mess himself up further.

''tell me about it.'' Jay pauses, sitting next to him. ''is it about her again?''

Jay knew well, as his roommate, about what Jake has been through and how he remembers you time to time.

''well....yeah. Y/N.'' Jake sighs. maybe Jay can give him proper advice? since he's clearly (well, in this aspect) more sane and less impulsive than him. so, turning around in his chair, he faces his older properly.

''okay, so..''

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to be continued!

ive been getting some ideas lately for series ^^ but ofc theyre gonna take long ahaha </3

[birdegilbinlercesineasigim]

In order not to use Tumblr only friends tag as whatsapp, here are my thoughts;

-Seconds into watching and I see TopMew? I. could.not.care.less

-You are changing for someone else, but not for yourself top? Yeah I dont see why this would be a problem in the future.

-Could Mew be more shrewd that I give him credit for? Perhaps.

I seriously wanna entartain the idea of Boston's heart melting for someone, but I dont think this show is striving towards that, any other show I would be like yea thats exactly what is gonna happen, but I feel like that would be too easy for this show.

How have I not realized before that boston is seriously ripped? Cuntiest of cunts have body definition. Nice.

Nick, my sweet summer child, can you stop being a slut for boston? can you please?

If I was a good guy you wouldnt like me? God damn it, he might be right Nick, for fucks sake!

So someone records you and you are upset, but when you do it, it doesnt count? Stone houses bitch.

We know NickBoston is gonna end in catastrophe, but god damn if they dont have chemistry.

I stole your ex but fuck it lets be friends. Are you for real Top?

Sand, my absolute favourite, my love, you know there are better methods than to smash your phone if you want people to not reach you right? You could just, I dont know, destroy your sim card and get a new one? Just a thought.

Nick what the fuck my dude? Like seriously? You are not a coupplleeeeeeeee!

Sand my love, I have never doubted you, I knew you had a plan about that phone. (I totally doubted and judged you).

sand baby did you delete the audio? Or you sent somewhere and Nick clocked it immeadiately?

Okay Im confusion. What is the reason for Sand to send audio to Mew? What is his gain? He hates Top and wants him to lose his boyfriend? Okay seems legit. But doing so could potentially send Mew to Ray's way? He has feelings for Ray right? So why would he want that? What is he gonna gain from stirring the pot?

Okay is sand manipulating the shit out of ray or is it me because I see everyone as manipulators in this show?

Campaign poster? You make that using paint or some shit? That is terrible :D

Nick for fucks sake just once can you just stand your ground

I dont hate Mew at all. Yeah bitch I truely believe you, you dont hate anyone, you just want to see the world burn. I appreacite that about you. Even though I wanna punch you all the time.

Okay Ray but like Boston did not lie now did he? You hope they would break up eventually :D

can you please get over yourself Mew? Your Hollier than thou attitude is giving me a headache

I cannot watch ray self destruct. Like I can not. This is physically painfull.

So Ray just took a page from Gossip Girls book and decided to air out everyone's business? I'll be damned. I- I cant.

I am literally covering the screen just reading subtitles. Y'all Im not made for this amount of stressssss

Did just Ray say to Sand to basically be his whore? Or was I tripping?

No I was not tripping, he literally called him a whore. Im at a loss for words honestly. I guess Im finally realizing there are no happy endings in this show.

April might be the only sane character in this show.

Nick come onnnn!!!!! Snuggling with Boston? Did you really think he would be okay with that

Ummm what? Wait? Iam confusion. He knows about the audio? The whole fight was a lie? Why would it be a lie? Im sooooo confused.

Trying to gaslight while he is shouting at you Top? Real mature guy you are.

I dont even know what is happening in the next week's episode, what the actual fuck?

I wonder if Mew is gonna self destruct or destroy everyone?

[themadearl]

Im like OBSESSED with the affection bar post that you made lol. Do you have anymore info about it?

[Related post]

Glad to see you enjoyed it! Some remaining info I have for this setting but didn't get included:

Grim's bar is unable to go higher than 50%

Jamil is the one with the 60% bar when Yuu spots him and Kalim

Students that have a bar higher than 0% but lower than 10% know or heard about Yuu but does not know her personally and had no interactions yet

Yuu becomes very avoided outside of the students with high affection bars because most of them get into trouble with the others simply by interacting with Yuu

I did not set which specific students sent the roses, chocolates, gifts to Yuu but would be from the wealthy ones (namely Leona, Kalim, Vil)

The last thing would be that I wanted to write numerous snippets that are the different endings which the fic could have just as dating games usually have a variety of endings. It would mostly be based on the combination of characters that are able to 'capture' Yuu. But, there's no guarantee if I write endings outside of that idea as well. I’ll include an example of what I envision as an snippet of an ending.

Very lastly, I’m heavily in love with Heart no Kuni no Alice / Alice in the Country of Hearts and it’s a big motivation for my dating sim related works. 

[ Malleus Draconia (100%), Lilia Vanrouge (100%), Silver (100%), Sebek Zigvolt (100%) ]

“What’s wrong, Yuu?”

“Are you still unhappy?”

“You should eat more, Yuu.”

“Yuu.”

Day in, day out. It was the same scenery, the same people and the same daily life. Yuu doesn’t know how long has passed since she was confined in this tower. 

(She stopped counting after day 274.)

Recently, it’s been Sebek that brings her meals to the room Yuu sleeps in since she started refusing to eat. There was almost nothing Yuu can do to hurt them and if starving herself could make them feel even an ounce of what she feels, Yuu thinks it’s worth it.

Freshly baked bread and a bowl of beef stew with a side of mashed potatoes. Yuu gives her apologies to the chef in her mind as she was about to waste another perfectly good meal. 

Sebek looks as if he’s going to shout at Yuu ignoring her meal but stops at the very last second.

“We’re all very worried about you. Don’t you want to take a bite? You said you like the stew the chefs made, right?”

But Yuu hates them more than she likes the stew. What sane person would like the people that locked them up in an impossibly high tower in the Valley of Thorns? Especially when they were locked up by the very people they thought were their friends.

“Yuu. Please have some food, even a bite will do. Young master, Lilia-sama and Silver are worried sick. I, too, wish you would eat some.”

The image of Sebek asking, begging even, was at the least a different sight from her usual life in the tower. 

Yuu wonders how long will she continue to torment them by harming herself.

Ending ??? - Confined by Thorns

[kookiesbuckethat]

Haluu, i would like to try the matchup if you dont mind :)

-Im a female in her 20s, short and flat as hell (i am nearly 5.0ft 🥲).. Even tho I'm asian, i don't have the height gens like Koreans.

-Im an INFP with 4w3 as functions (means that im a highly individualistic person and always craving for success and something original)

- Always on creative mode and can easily notice a pattern of certain things (such as routine, format and etc)

- Likes to volunteer to be on stage just because i hate the feelings of being part of the crowds (blending in the crowds doesnt make me feel original or standout ish.. it makes me feel less of me, hence the reason why i dress a little bit differently)

-Always being complimented by my teachers back in the days for being a good student to the point my former classmates think of me as someone who are smart and a goody two shoes

-Im a listener and always the emotional provider

- I can be quite idealistic and I am more prone to improvising/fixing things rather than planning in details. So you can say im quite spontaneous..

-I am chaotically messy but tidy at the same time. I tend to organize things in my house when my real life stuff gets messy (to me organizing stuff kept me sane, its not a routine but more like a hobby/ de-stress activity)

- I used to be very outgoing and socially butterfly but it all changes when i got stabbed in the back by my old friends and now im tend to be more reserved and become socially awkward to the point my friends now doubt and misunderstood me numerous times.

- Im still am sensitive to my own feelings and to others, but i tried my best to hide it due to the fact that now i dont really have the kind of friend who is willing to listen to my thoughts (i dont want to burden them since they are busy with college)

- Despite the world see me as someone who are independant, opinionated with strong determination, reliable and trustworthy. I wanted to know how it feels like to be taken care of

- Did i mention i love romcom, sci fi fantasy and drama??

- I play Final Fantasy , Mystic Messenger, Sims (mainly for house designing) and all the mobile adventure and puzzle games.

My bad sides:

-Self-blaming

-Insecure with my flat area on my body

-People's pleaser

- Can be quite bitchy when im jealous and may accidentally hurting others a long the way, but regret later with tears and more self blaming.

- tends to sweep emotional problem under the rug

- Afraid to be judge and afraid to be framed as the bad person.

My aesthetic:

forever and always pastel, pinks and florals. Black & White classic with a little bit pf edgy. Tapestry on the wall, lighten up by fairy lights. Scrapbooks, dreams&feelings journals and songwriting are my sacred possesions. Romance, fantasy and drama fictions are the reason why im still alive.

My preference in future partner:

Caring, attentive, a family man, adorable, dorky, a teaser, spontaneously funny, the-dont-give-any-damn vibe when in public, understanding and protective.

That is all that i have.. i want to apologize for the long ass descriptions (and sorry for being a little bit personal) I hope what I stated above could help you in the process of matchmaking

Plz don’t apologize! I really enjoyed learning about u and it helped me understand u and write a hopefully okay matchup. I’m glad that u feel comfortable enough sharing all this bc i know how hard it can be. This matchup is a bit more hurt/comfort than the other ones so plz let me know if u’d like me to write a more fluffy one instead. I couldn’t help it after all u shared (I feel like i could write a fic with u haha) and i hope that this could somehow provide u with a little sense of comfort. If u ever need someone to talk to, plz don’t be afraid to message me! I’d be happy to listen or talk if u’d like :)

I match you with...

taehyung!

When you first meet, he immediately thinks that your behaviour is a bit strange

You naturally and effortlessly stand out from the crowd, but he can also see that you’re holding yourself back and he wants to know why

He understands what it’s like because he’s a very creative and unique person himself and sometimes he also feels the need to suppress himself

The other members always encourage him to be himself and he’s truly grateful for that, but they don’t understand him

But he thinks that you can

You both are very unique individuals and although people think that that would make you two clash, it actually is what brings you together

Once you two start talking, you talk for hours as you two bond over finally having someone you can really relate to

He’s everything you could ever want in a partner

He was a dork, but it was adorable and made him even more precious

And he cares for you like no one else ever has

He can be all smiles and completely carefree, reminding you of a child

But there’s a more serious side to him

He’s very attentive to you and the instant he notices something is off, he doesn’t hesitate to let you know that he’s there for you and he wants to help you

He doesn’t rush you or force you to tell him anything, but it’s hard to resist him when he stares at you with nothing but love and concern

When he learns about your past, what your old friends did to you and why you are how you are, he becomes even more protective of you

He loves you as you are and wouldn’t change a thing, but he can’t help but feel angry about the happiness that was taken away from you

He doesn’t care that it made you socially awkward, if anything he thinks it only makes you more adorable

But he wants you to see yourself the way he sees you

And more than that, he wants you to love yourself the way he loves you

He never fails to remind you every day how much he loves you, every part of you, mentally and physically

And whenever he takes you out, he shows you off to the whole world because he’s so proud and in love with you

Sometimes you shy away from the attention but he pushes you out of your comfort zone. Not too much to the point you feel overwhelmed, but enough for you to feel confident and come out of your shell

He knows how independent and strong you are, but still, everyone needs someone to rely on

He takes care of you and makes you feel loved like you never have before

He makes everything you’ve ever gone through feel worth it; he makes you feel worth it

ik that it can be really easy to criticize yourself but it’s ok to make mistakes so whenever something goes wrong, just remember that “it’s not a big deal.”

[arionwind]

that hatemail made me sad so im gonna give you something to infodump about, which edition of dnd do you like the best? right now i basically only play 3.5 because i heard iffy things about 4 and 5 is so new that its a lot harder to find pdfs for the low low price of piracy compared to 3.5 but if 5th edition has any genuinely good mechanics overhauls comparatively i might consider giving it a try?

I was expecting the hate mail, I am fine. Sorry for upsetting you though! And to other followers who may be upset, the “hate mail” tag catches all the anon hate I publish for my own amusement.

As for the question … That’s a tough one. That also got more bloated than I expected again, so under the cut.

I think 3.5 is a mechanical mess with an accumulation over years of bad and worse ideas and Pathfinder 1e refined the base classes and mechanical assumptions in ways that make the whole thing much more playable. But at the same time, because they could only use OGL content, some of my favourite options had to be omitted. It’s petty, but the lack of the Initiate of the Sevenfold Veil, Geometer, Spellfire Adept, and all the hybrid PrCs make it a bit harder for me to have the same kind of fun I did with 3.5.

Even then though, for all I miss those nostalgia options, Pathfinder gives enough options to base classes and enough benefits for taking them all the way to 20 that PrCs are basically unnecessary unless they enable a hyperspecific concept that is worth losing baseline utility for. And while there’s likewise some feat chains from 3.5 that I enjoyed a lot (like tactical feats specifically I miss a lot) there’s enough flexibility in PF1e to satisfy me and a much healthier suite of support materials for running it than 3/3.5 ever had outside of the now-defunct RPGA. In an ideal world I’d rebalance and port over some of my favourite options from 3.5 and just play PF1e for all my D&D needs. I’ve even got half-fleshed out conversions for some of the PrCs and feat chains I love dearly that in all liklihood I’ll never get to use (who is ever going to want to run me through a FR game that allows either Spellfire or the more broken Shadow Magic/Ruathar tricks? No one sane, that’s who.)

As for 5th edition’s mechanical overhauls … it’s gonna depend on what you want from your D&D. If you want a tactical battle sim and are happy roleplaying with minimal dice involvement the more social/exploration-y things, I’d honestly say to use 4e. It got a lot of hate for being a wild departure from 3.5, and it was, but I have yet to see another game do the granular tactical battle-mat fighting tabletop thing more than half as well as 4e did it. The balance was immaculate at every level and rewarded picking and sticking to roles and using teamwork in a way no other edition of D&D has before or since, even counting the spin-offs like Pathfinder.

I’m less familiar with 5e and honestly have no interest in spending money on it as long as Wizards is still pretending Mike Mearls didn’t enable some of the worst actors in the industry. But from what I’ve heard and what little I’ve seen it’s closer to 3.5 than 4e was, but with harshly flattened numeric curves. You’re not going to run into that 3.5 issue where if the warrior doesn’t constantly keep her armor and weapon upgraded to the max she is gonna be a chump, because ACs just don’t hit the 40s like they fairly easily can in 3.5. Spellcasting also seems to be rebalanced some, so while there’s still the issue of a control wizard trivializing encounters with the right tricks you’re not going to have a fifth level wizard putting out as much melee damage as the barbarian with a 1st level spell anymore either.

Whether or not this is a good thing is going to depend on your playstyle and preferences. There’s a lot less overwhelming character options and notably fewer trap builds that seem good at first blush but fall apart in actual play (though there are some). But that also means there’s a lot less room for weird combinations that can enable things like a halfling barbarian dual-wielding two swords the size of ranch houses.

Maybe you want that! I know that if I played Garbanzo (the aforementioned halfling from my 3.5 days) at some tables that wanted a more serious game I’d get kicked out. Personally if I want a grittier down-to-earth and low magic game of D&D I am gonna pitch Iron Heroes instead. But admittedly that may overcorrect and be too low magic, in which case 5e is probably a good fit?

I guess what I am trying to get at is that 5e (and 4e) does what it tries to do well. It just doesn’t try to do all the same things 3.5 did, and depending on what you did or didn’t like about 3.5 it might not be the right fit.