#willky12

[brittanytobiason]

Fort

No CC

The household consists of two sims.

Family inventory: two Relax-O-Rocker chairs, Knack Outdoor Table, The Exquisite Bistro Chair by Bourgeois Creations, an Artsy Easel

Expansion Packs Used: World Adventures, Ambitions, Late Night, Generations, Pets, Showtime, Supernatural, Seasons, University Life, Island Paradise, Into the Future

I used Custard to check this sims3pack file before uploading.

Download Fort sims3pack file

Chuck North

young adult male

Traits: artistic, handy, nurturing, angler, night owl

Career: Writer 1

Lifetime Wish: Illustrious Author

Inventory: a sketch pad, a sleeping bag, Bodkin Laptop computer by Peachy Soft

Expansion Packs Used: World Adventures, Late Night, Showtime, Seasons, University Life

Download Chuck North .sim file

Kaitie Ford

young adult female

Traits: adventurous, green thumb, loves the outdoors, perfectionist, party animal

Career: Gardener 1

Lifetime Wish: The Perfect Garden

Inventory: a sleeping bag, seeds

Expansion Packs Used: Generations, Pets, Showtime, Seasons, University Life, Island Paradise

Download Kaitie Ford .sim file

To Play Guerilla Food Forest Gardener

Place two or more small lots in scenic vistas.

Purchase them for the household.

Have Kaitie plant and tend them.

To Play Fort

Place a homesite lot and try to build a fort of platforms on columns accessed by poles and ladders. Or download this premade one and place it on a premade lot.

Expansion Packs Used: World Adventures, Ambitions, Pets, Supernatural, Island Paradise

I checked this file with Custard before uploading.

Download 10x10 Fort sims3pack file

Use a park as residence by adding an All-in-one bathroom or using spherefish’s One with Nature mod.

All my downloads by sim

Thank you to Norn for making and sharing Northeney, as well as to Crowkeeper, willky12, attuned, SimmyRN, mammut, maramaja06, ktarsims, Don Babilon, Jynx and Misty, HP and Awesims, Roocheysims, Titosims, AcquireSimoleons, and Brntwaffles for your creativity and generosity.

Sweetdevil's Floral Plate Replacements

World of Wonder Carousel Venue Blam’s EA Store

indispensable mods: Smooth Patch 2.1 by Lazy Duchess, Master Controller by Twallan, Master Controller Cheats by Twallan, CUSTARD by Tashiketh

Thank You Forever: Cink’s Sims, Quailhogs, MurfeeL, Norn and Crowkeeper, Nilxis, brntwaffles, simsmidgen, ninjaofthepurplethings, The Sweet Simmer, xantac, Blackgryffin and Tech-hippie.com

[nornities]

Meet the locals :)

I guess a perfect Friday night is in the eye of the beholder.

Lucia Bastian by willky12.

[ice-creamforbreakfast]

If You Dated My Sim

I was tagged by @acquiresimoleons for this one! Thank you so much, I love these <3

I decided to choose Farhan. Although he is very much happily engaged, this is all theoretical :P

1. You will find your electrical goods and lights turned off if you leave the room for more than a minute. If you’re working on something important, make sure to tell him so that he doesn’t shut down your computer. Technology makes Farhan feel very uncomfortable!

2. Expect lots of long silences, they will become less awkward in time! Farhan often takes vacations deep into his own thoughts.

3. You will be quizzed on whatever you’re reading and he will want to tell you about what he’s reading, no matter how mundane! Farhan loves books, they’re how he winds down as he doesn’t watch television if he can avoid it.

4. Expect to spend some time on your own. Farhan needs time to himself and that includes time away from loved ones. 

5. If you leave things out, they will be tidied away if you don’t request that they are left where they are. Much like electrical goods, Farhan can’t stand mess.

6. You will spend a lot of time on a boat. Farhan lives on his houseboat in the summer and enjoys the sound ot the sea and the complete lack of the sound of neighbours.

7. Expect to be questioned about your future family plans. Farhan wants a family more than anything (so that he can spend alone time away from them :P ) and is very forward about this, which has resulted in a few unsuccessful relationships.

8. Expect things to be planned. You would think that someone who lives on a houseboat would be rather spontaneous. Nope.

9. There will be a complete lack of conversation about the armed forces and combat. Farhan has served, wishes to forget about it and will very rarely bring it up. This can cause a few awkward moments as he does like to discuss politics and the two often go hand in hand.

10. Expect to be put first all the time. For all his faults, Farhan is an incredibly considerate partner, often inconveniencing himself in the process.

I tag @titosims, @goatkibble, @ninjaofthepurplethings (sorry, not sorry :P ), @willky12, @ts3kate, @aroundthesims, @treason-and-plot, @berrysweetboutique, @nornities, @histrionicsandtea, @buckleysims, @heavensims, @furryjackal, @desiree-uk, @nervoussimblr, @jenba, @mspoodle1 and anyone else who wants to do this!

[holycannolis]

Fast Lane Stuff & Living Large ;))

YEY! Thank you!!! :D

Fast Lane Stuff: What kind of car do you drive? What is your dream car?

I remember that you’re a big fan of cars, but unfourtully i’m not! hahahahaI sold my car 3 years ago, it was a white Nissan March! But nowadays when i need to use a car i use my father’s car, which is a Honda CR-V, it’s a very big car for me! Feels weird…So, how i don’t like to drive i think i can say that my dream car are autonomous cars!!!

Living Large: If you were granted 3 wishes what would you wish for?

Wow, that’s hard! I’m now thinking in so many answers but none are good wishes!  Ok, let’s try… 1- Autonomous cars, pleease! (since we’re talking about it)2- I said earlier about having an immortal life as a vampire, but I don’t think I would ask to be immortal … maybe have some device that would allow me to stop time! (so i could sleep more, play sims, study, etc.) Nice, pretty lame, well done!3- I think I’d ask to see the future, like in a thousand years! Just for curiosity…

[treason-and-plot]

REPLIES TO BFFs 4 LYF

@lifeasasim

😭😭😭😭😭 yessss

@nernershuman

Awww!

@thickness1988

Milo better not be looking at that other redhead

@willky12

Sweet ;)

@rosiesimming

Awwww!

@hyperkaos

Once besties always besties xxxxxx

@lauraraeamos

!!! Bottle of wine and five hours of conversation, stat! ❤️

@buckleysims

;___; Yessss! I love this so much. ♥♥♥

@pixelcurious

Redhead in frog shirt stands in for all your readers saying "Awwww!"

@lilsisterg

Yey!!!

@karnzter

Oh. I thought it'll spark a--y'know what? At a time like this, she needs her friend right now more than ever. Also, maybe less yelling convos starting now, ladies?

@sweetnovember77

AWWWWWW... ♥️

@heavensims

Oooh, yay!!! This update made me really happy this morning.

@aminovas

yay!

@trembling-hands

What a bad looking boy.

@declarations-of-drama

HAHA!!!! Nice 1

[danjaley]

Cowplants... nornities replied to your photo “The first morning of autumn, Ulva made a sad discovery.”

o.O I've never seen a dead cowplant... is that game or cc? Also, can't fairies revive plants?

That’s TS4 gameplay and TS3 CC ;) Thanks to @murfeelee . Yes, Fairies can do that, and in fact what the flower rain really does is to revive all plants as well. But as cowplants don’t actually die in Sims 3, I staged its death of old age at a plot-strategical point. It had a happy cowplant life!

...and other Replies

aaawww, yes, she would :}

Definitely! buckleysims replied to your photo “Oh Raven - what if you have to leave my one day as well? I shall be...”

:(

nornities replied to your photo “Oh Raven - what if you have to leave my one day as well? I shall be...”

;-;

*sniff* You’re all making me feel so sad over my own story! declarations-of-drama replied to your photo “Oh Raven - what if you have to leave my one day as well? I shall be...”

I feel so bad for her. Find her a wishing well or something! lol

All in due time...

nornities replied to your photoset “YAY, I’ve… no I haven’t. Mum wouldn’t be proud of me at all.”

Mönsch... mach es der Armen doch nicht so schwer... *schnüff* Da möchte man am liebsten selbst zur Insel fahren!

Oooch! <3 Noch ein bisschen Geduld! nornities replied to your photo “Well, never mind. Someone’s got to be the last one.”

Noooooo! :( But I secretly hope that you are giggling and have the next generation already planned

You’re not hoping in vane ;)

[heavensims]

Whoops. I got way behind on replies, again. Sorry y’all!

willky12 replied to your photoset “Greymont Bay train station - WIP”

I love the slightest hint at trains, this is fabulous!

I thought it would be a fun idea to add. I love the train tracks in CAW, even if they’re pretty much useless.

declarations-of-drama replied to your photoset “Greymont Bay train station - WIP”

So will this world have a functioning train effect? I mean, will a train effect run through that station or will the track just be deco? Because I've seen in CAW Catalogue there are trains and shizzz, but I don't know if there are train effects - like the hot-air balloon type thing - u kno what I mean?

It won’t have a train effect. There is one, but it only goes straight (has nothing to do with the tracks at all) and the tracks is Greymont Bay are about as straight as a drunk walks a line. So it would have looked pretty horrifying, lol.  

cavernsofdarkness replied to your photoset “WHOMP!”

*gasps* It's a legit roller skating rink!

It is! I really just wanted a tacky disco bar. And combining that with a roller rink seemed like the way to go!

treason-and-plot replied to your photo “The Pink Bunny”

The Pink Pony's fluffy little cousin

lol, I suppose it is fluffy comparatively. 

amuhav replied to your photo “The Pink Bunny”

The Pink Clam actually made me spit my drink out XDDD

Ahaha! Oh no! I hope your keyboard is safe!

goatkibble replied to your photo “The Pink Bunny”

THE PINK SPHYNX

lmao. You would. (I kinda like this name though, ngl)

owly-sims replied to your photo “Working on WHUMP!’s interior. I’m afraid I’m gonna get sued by Lisa...”

Needs more unicorns!

Lisa Frank definitely did love unicorns. I’m sure once GB is actually up and running, one will visit. Damn wild horses always where they’re not supposed to be.

willky12 replied to your photoset “WHOMP!”

I Love this!

buckleysims replied to your photoset “WHOMP!”

Looks fantastic!

goatkibble replied to your photoset “WHOMP!”

It is FABULOUS

studiok2sims replied to your photoset “WHOMP!”

totally nostalgic now...

tangie0906 replied to your photo

Love the lighting.

Thank you so much, y’all! I think I probably had more fun building this than I thought I would. All those rainbow colors. I kinda can’t wait to send a sim to visit.

willky12 replied to your photo “After @buckleysims pointed out the sign for the roller disco was in...”

The lighting looks better with the simlish sign also!

mspoodle1 replied to your photo “After @buckleysims pointed out the sign for the roller disco was in...”

Simlish looks awesome!

tangie0906 replied to your photo “After @buckleysims pointed out the sign for the roller disco was in...”

I prefer simlish also! And I can never have enough commercial signs in simlish. :)

Yes, I much prefer the Simlish. I dunno why my brain defaulted to English when I was doing it. 

Also, it’s not actually a commercial sign. It’s that little night light that came with UNI that I slid up and down the wall (and using decorator’s best friend, slid sideways as well). Then I set all the lights that made up each letter to the color I needed them to be. So if you get super close, you can still see the plug-in part at the bottom. But that part gives the “sign” dimension so it stays.

[owly-sims]

Re-re-re-replies!

My Supernova queue ends in eight days! Eep! I’m trying to finish up a random legacy chapter today (more likely, tomorrow) before I start working on another issue, but I might revert to some gameplay stuff in my queue soon-ish.

Anyway, replies!

rosiesimming replied to your photo “previous | next[[MOR] Syne: Have you heard of the Fermi Paradox?...”

I feel so smart. I actually know who Fermi is...from watching a YouTube video about over analyzing Mario Maker. I need to get out more...

You are so smart! Plus, I heard about it on an episode of This American Life, which I listen to in lieu of actual human interaction so I’m no better. ;)

simblu replied to your photo “previous | next[[MOR] Syne: Some human scientists hypothesize that...”

I'm sure this is not what Nova wants to hear

No, not at all--it’s definitely foreboding, right?

futurecarrie replied to your photo “previous | next[[MOR] Syne: Have you heard of the Fermi Paradox?...”

I feel like I've heard of that too but I dunno where, like it's ringing a bell? Maybe someone mentioned it and I was zoned out (that happens often)? Anyway, Syne seems really up herself here. Slap her Nova! Slap her! Fight! Fight! Fight!

Possibly astronomy class, if you ever took one? I think my astronomy prof in college alluded to it but never discussed it fully. Also, why can’t Nova solve things peacefully?

nornities replied to your post “A quick reply–I have a bunch more to do but I’m in the process of...”

Amazing, thank you! Also, why no coffee? This sounds dead serious!

willky12 replied to your post “A quick reply–I have a bunch more to do but I’m in the process of...”

Why quit coffee? So many health benefits ;)

It keeps me up at night, my family has a history of heart failure (which caffeine can exacerbate), and apparently it can make anxiety worse?? So I decided nothing bad can happen from giving it up, maybe.

declarations-of-drama replied to your post “A quick reply–I have a bunch more to do but I’m in the process of...”

Also - Caffeine is good for your digestive system so I read - especially coffee which is colon friendly - or something.

The colon thing is apparently true, according to my mom’s doctor. She had colon cancer a few years ago and after the surgery to remove the tumorous part, her doctor recommended having a cup of coffee each day because apparently that’s been linked to preventing tumors.

declarations-of-drama replied to your post “A quick reply–I have a bunch more to do but I’m in the process of...”

Brilliant! Thank You!!!

Np! Please let me know if I need to clarify any steps. i wrote that while suffering a headache so I’m afraid it’s unclear.

lifeasasim replied to your photo “previous | next[[MOR] Syne: We are a benevolent species, Nova Bee,...”

She's my hero already ��

nornities replied to your photo “previous | next[[MOR] THE FALLING STAR CONFERENCE ROOM Nova: I’m on…...”

I really like her :D

I’m glad you guys like her. <3 She’s always been one of my favorite sims, though she was just laying around on my hardrive for years before I decided to write about her.

declarations-of-drama replied to your photo

“previous | next[[MOR] Syne: We are a benevolent species, Nova Bee,...”

OMG I lol's so hard at her sarcasm! :D

simblu replied to your photo “previous | next[[MOR] THE FALLING STAR CONFERENCE ROOM Nova: I’m on…...”

Love her snark

Me too! Nova is me if I was unafraid to say exactly what I was thinking (although she’s also braver and in better shape than I am XD)

lifeasasim replied to your photo “previous | next[[MOR] THE FALLING STAR CONFERENCE ROOM Nova: I’m on…...”

Ahahahaha

declarations-of-drama replied to your photo “previous | next[[MOR] THE FALLING STAR CONFERENCE ROOM Nova: I’m on…...”

She's pushing them tho! lololol

They’re gonna snap on her, and it’s gonna be kinda warranted. XD

declarations-of-drama replied to your photo

“previous | next[[MOR] Tarkav: Follow me. Syne  & Nirub’et: (speaking...”

Clever how you did that with the Alien language!

Thanks! I *know* I stole that from another comic, but I can’t say which one (a lot, probably)

holycannolis replied to your photo

“previous | next[[MOR] Nova: How did you– Syne: Know your name? We...”

She's so funny and grumpy! ❤

Grumpy is the perfect way to describe her--she doesn’t even have that trait, but I should give it to her!

twinsimskeletons replied to your photo “previous | next”

Okay this is SO COOL AGAIN

lifeasasim replied to your photo “previous | next”

Lovely editing! ����������

futurecarrie replied to your photo “previous | next”

Woaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah this is a cool picture

willky12 replied to your photo “previous | next”

I love this image!

declarations-of-drama replied to your photo “previous | next”

This looks amazing!

rosiesimming replied to your photo “previous | next”

Ooo, very nice cover! I'm excited!

Thanks everyone! That cover was 90% an accident--Syne wasn’t supposed to be see-through until I messed around with blending layers. I’m very happy with that accident, though! :D

twinsimskeletons replied to your post “Supernova Replies, etc.”

bloody avocado

If you’re eating it with blood maybe that’s why you don’t like it? It’s not supposed to be bloody, friend. (:

twinsimskeletons replied to your photo “previous | next[[MOR] Alex: I located the target, and confirmed her...”

WHAT A FUCKING DICK

lifeasasim replied to your photo “previous | next[[MOR] Alex: I located the target, and confirmed her...”

Oh hell no :-O

Right?? Let’s hope Alex gets his comeuppance! 

willky12 replied to your post “Quick Tag replies”

Omg <b><i>hákarl! I have seen people on TV eat it and they almost always throw up hahaha! Yes, lets met darling and share some <b><i>hákarl ;D As for Capybara's, my most favourite of all animals, I would even consider moving to South American so I could live where they run wild and I could just watch them all day, no animal is as enchanting to me XD</i></b></i></b>

There actually used to be a moderately famous capybara in Austin, TX for awhile. I think his name was Captain ROUS, and he was somebody’s pet. My sister desperately wants a pet capy but I imagine they can’t be too happy in captivity?

goatkibble replied to your post “Quick Tag replies”

I sincerely doubt you will be eating much of the Harkal. Your morals should be fairly safe XDDD

Yeah, I’ve read it’s FOUL. But I still want to try a bite (which I will likely then spit out)

[ninjaofthepurplethings]

davidmont

replied to your photo

“OK, I think I am done tweaking now. It was suggested to me that rather...”

wow such a masterpiece, she's fantastic

davidmont replied to your photo

amazing omg

Gracias mi amigo 💜

titosims

replied to your photoset

“The Torrid Tale of Tweaking Tehani… not really, but a very kind soul...”

she looks great both ways! i think she looks younger after the makeover.

Thank you, hun! 💜I totally agree- softening her facial structure took years off her and also I used different under eye wrinkles that aren’t as obvious, so that made her look less tired too! Ultimately she ended up too different from the original though, so she has her own separate identity now :D

willky12

replied to your photo

“@pixelrayne OK. Well, how about this? Or do you still like Tony better...”

woof

GRrrowrrr! :P LOOL!

willky12

replied to your photoset

“Today’s tweaking project number 2- Karl Melton. I’d made a quite a...”

His eyes look good! I have the old version and would take the new improve model but I think that long hair suits him waaaay better ;)

LOL! I can easily send you the updated version once I’m finished, but you can tweak the original to suit your preference as well. Do what you like hon, you have total creative freedom :D

winifredwoogie

replied to your photo

“@pixelrayne OK. Well, how about this? Or do you still like Tony better...”

*wolf whistles*

HEheheheheeh! Thanks, sweetie! 

my-simension

replied to your photo

“§Ëšâ‚Š*Ì¥(∗*⁰͈꒨⁰͈)‧˚₊*Ì¥  (✿ ♥‿♥)”

Beautiful!

my-simension

replied to your photoset

“The Torrid Tale of Tweaking Tehani… not really, but a very kind soul...”

She's looks amazing!! I think she looks younger in the 3rd and 4th pic. I really love her eyes in the first pic though, to be really honest. I really love her.��

Thank you! You are very kind :)

inda-sims

replied to your photo

“@pixelrayne OK. Well, how about this? Or do you still like Tony better...”

Hottie!

XD Thank you, hunny! ;P💜

wannabecatwriter

replied to your photo

“@pixelrayne OK. Well, how about this? Or do you still like Tony better...”

^^ seconding this. He's looking good ��

LOOL! Thank you! I’m glad you like him :D💜

amuhav

replied to your photo

“§Ëšâ‚Š*Ì¥(∗*⁰͈꒨⁰͈)‧˚₊*Ì¥  (✿ ♥‿♥)”

Wooooow O.O

Saaqartoq is a beautiful place :D

nernershuman

replied to your photo

“@pixelrayne OK. Well, how about this? Or do you still like Tony better...”

Oh man I love long hair on guys.

Meeee tooo! And everyone has my permission to put long hair on any of my male sims LOOOL! XD

pixelrayne

replied to your photo

“@pixelrayne OK. Well, how about this? Or do you still like Tony better...”

..I'm a convert. Lmao

LOOOL! I think you started something! I love long hair on men too but I tend to put short hair on my Sims because it’s easier to remember where I got it from- I have no idea why but most creators don’t make long hair for men and the ones I have are conversions from female hair that other simblrs have made. Anyways, feel free to plonk long hair on my boys, you have my absolute approval XD

inda-sims replied to your photoset “Today’s tweaking project number 2- Karl Melton. I’d made a quite a...”

You mean Karl Melt on! What a hottie!

OMG... LOOOOLOLOL *snork* Thanks!💜

doka-chan replied to your photoset “Today’s tweaking project number 2- Karl Melton. I’d made a quite a...”

I like him a loooot ! If you plan on uploading him, I will grab him immediatly. My game needs more beautiful males !

Thank you! 💜 It will take me a while to sort out his tweaked version for re-upload because I am slooooow and I hate CC link hunting bleh... the original version is HERE and you can lift his eyebrows and eye-socket height if you want to... It’s fine to tweak my uploaded Sims to suit your game style, I really don’t mind :D

declarations-of-drama replied to your photoset “Today’s tweaking project number 2- Karl Melton. I’d made a quite a...”

He is cute - you should give ppl the option but do it however you like - cc or not

Thank ye, lass! XD 💜 It’s just that CC link hunting and then making the post is a fair bit of hassle if no-one actually wants to download him. I made him as CC light as I could first time round and even so he wasn’t popular :( That’s why I was unsure about re-uploading the tweaked version. I’ll have a think on it though :)

pixelrayne replied to your photoset “The Torrid Tale of Tweaking Tehani… not really, but a very kind soul...”

Wow.. Just.. I can see the slight changes. She does look more feminine. But, still a badass looking Island girl. I love her.

Thank you, Darling! And thanks for your messages and input.. always welcome :D 💜

nernershuman replied to your photo “§Ëšâ‚Š*Ì¥(∗*⁰͈꒨⁰͈)‧˚₊*Ì¥  (✿ ♥‿♥)”

Gorgeous.

Thank you! Although I can’t take any credit- Saaqartoq is a stunning world!  💜

inda-sims replied to your photoset “The Torrid Tale of Tweaking Tehani… not really, but a very kind soul...”

I think she looks just great! ;)

Thank you, Flower 💜:D

inda-sims replied to your photo “§Ëšâ‚Š*Ì¥(∗*⁰͈꒨⁰͈)‧˚₊*Ì¥  (✿ ♥‿♥)”

Love this mountain. Works great for Alaska too, lol. Shhh!

OK, SHHHHhhhhh! Your secret is safe with me ;)

nisukiye replied to your photo “§Ëšâ‚Š*Ì¥(∗*⁰͈꒨⁰͈)‧˚₊*Ì¥  (✿ ♥‿♥)”

that's so beautiful * -*

I knooow, right! Saaqartoq is absolutely stunning :D

a-century-of-fakers replied to your photo “§Ëšâ‚Š*Ì¥(∗*⁰͈꒨⁰͈)‧˚₊*Ì¥  (✿ ♥‿♥)”

♥♥♥

Thank you, my lovely! I wish you still played Sims 3 💜💜💜

willky12 replied to your photo “§Ëšâ‚Š*Ì¥(∗*⁰͈꒨⁰͈)‧˚₊*Ì¥  (✿ ♥‿♥)”

Love it

Me tooo! Such a beautiful world 💜

mspoodle1 replied to your photo “§Ëšâ‚Š*Ì¥(∗*⁰͈꒨⁰͈)‧˚₊*Ì¥  (✿ ♥‿♥)”

So pretty! ♥

Thank you, gorgeous- can’t take any credit for it though 💜

moonskin1993 replied to your photo “§Ëšâ‚Š*Ì¥(∗*⁰͈꒨⁰͈)‧˚₊*Ì¥  (✿ ♥‿♥)”

❤❤❤

Me tooo!  💜 💜 💜

winifredwoogie replied to your photo “§Ëšâ‚Š*Ì¥(∗*⁰͈꒨⁰͈)‧˚₊*Ì¥  (✿ ♥‿♥)”

Wow! That is gorgeous.

I completely agree! Such a stunning world! 💜

willky12 replied to your photoset “The Torrid Tale of Tweaking Tehani… not really, but a very kind soul...”

I didn't think it was possible, but seeing the images side by side, you have improved her a lot! She is a lot softer and more feminine to me, her colouring is better in particular her nose as enchantedunicorn pointed out. Her eyes are just lovely and islanders are beautiful looking people with soft faces and I think she looks exactly as she should now ;))

Thank you, sweetheart! 💜 I agree- as already mentioned she looks younger and I’ve decided to make her Tehani’s daughter instead because she looks so different but still similar. I used a faceshine that was way to shiny too, so I removed that and used a nose mask by Brntwaffles instead and it looks much better :D

histrionicsandtea replied to your photoset “The Torrid Tale of Tweaking Tehani… not really, but a very kind soul...”

I think she looks amaaaaazing!

Tusen takk, snilla 💜 It makes me happy that you like her :D

davidmont replied to your photoset “The Torrid Tale of Tweaking Tehani… not really, but a very kind soul...”

Wooowwww I'm so impressed, this is such beautiful, splendid and the face is the cutest! I love her skintone and all the form #favorite

Gracias, David! :D

enchantedunicornhideout replied to your photoset “The Torrid Tale of Tweaking Tehani… not really, but a very kind soul...”

I'm not really an expert on the subject, but I do like that her face looks softer now. I also believe her eyes looks more realistic. She was definitely beautiful before, but I think you managed to improve her, and I also somewhat think she looks more like a real person now, and not a sim? Her eyes are definitely much much better. I also like her nose better, the color of her nose was off before.

Mange tusen takk! 💜You are right, there was too much shine on her nose before and I’m happy with her finished version now. It makes me happy that you think she looks more like a real person! I’ll never manage actual realism and I like non-realistic sims too tbh anyway so it’s all good :) and you don’t have to be an “expert” to give me feedback! I’m grateful you took the time to share your opinion and please keep doing it :D

willky12 replied to your photoset “Ehhhh…. Ok….  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”

bit of bovver?

Bit of shouty fisticuffs I’m afraid... so rude! Michaela seems to have a knack of annoying people HAR! XD

willky12 replied to your photoset “Michaela visits Sweeney and is subjected to intense judgement by his...”

Perfect puppy for Sweeney ;D

I try to stop pet adoption in every save via Nraas and set it to 0 in households as well, but the buggers keep adopting animals!!! So the puppy was a random EA pet but, yes, he seems perfect for Sweeney! He looks like he might be a baby Rottweiler or something :D

titosims replied to your photoset “Michaela visits Sweeney and is subjected to intense judgement by his...”

i want it

LOOOOL! He’s a cutie but the game generated him so it was just random good luck ;)

inda-sims replied to your photoset “Michaela visits Sweeney and is subjected to intense judgement by his...”

lol judgmental puppy is judging you. XD

LOOOL! Exactly! Hahahahah! XD

sexsimbyls reblogged your photo and added:

love this lol

Glad you enjoyed it ;D

titosims reblogged your photo and added:

i love this

LOOOL! Awesome! XD 💜

willky12 replied to your photo “A troll in it’s natural environment… how magnificent it is there in...”

If only it were that easy ;D

I know, hon, I know :( *HUGS* 💜 XXX

wannabecatwriter replied to your photo “A troll in it’s natural environment… how magnificent it is there in...”

I'm fully on board with this PSA!

LOOL! :D

20thcharacter replied to your photoset “They did an autonomous ‘Shaka Bra’ which seemed to pour oil over...”

I'm sorry lol ��

20thcharacter

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“They did an autonomous ‘Shaka Bra’ which seemed to pour oil over...”

NDJAJDJ

20thcharacter

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“They did an autonomous ‘Shaka Bra’ which seemed to pour oil over...”

now kiss

BAHAHAHAHahahahahhah! You’re the best 💜

ice-creamforbreakfast replied to your photo “BAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHhhhaaaaaahhhhaaaaah  *snork snork*  Thank you...”

YESSSSS XD

It’s magnificent! It makes me snork every time I load my game! Thank you so much, Alex! 💜

davidmont replied to your photoset “Ororo, this is Michaela…. Michaela, meet Ororo… ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)”

wooow how beautiful

Gracias, mi amigo 💜

20thcharacter replied to your photoset “Wups… that didn’t go quite how I had hoped it would D:”

WIVES? .??? MY LOVES.??

💜 💜 💜

willky12 replied to your photoset “Ororo, this is Michaela…. Michaela, meet Ororo… ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)”

This looks interesting ;)

We’ll see ;P Depends on whether my laptop explodes or not before anything happens LOOL XD

bluehoppersimming replied to your photo “BAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHhhhaaaaaahhhhaaaaah  *snork snork*  Thank you...”

you have awesome friends

I do! I’m a very lucky girl! There’s nothing like a bit of dirty innuendo between friends LOOOL :P 

[greeksouvenirsbyaz]

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thank you for reading and commenting. thank you for the likes and reblogs, too, and for the PMs about the story. And since these are long...

willky12 replied to your photo “A poor thing thrown to the unmerciful streets is a tourist – dependent...”

So true, and made me really laugh ;)

I’m glad I made you laugh but... I don’t know anymore. It’s a bit too caustic, probably snobbish, maybe even offensive  is it not? For so many people a single travel in the most touristy style is all they can afford, and yet it remains an unforgettable experience... It remains partially  true, though.

danjaley replied to your photo “Andreas shook the rack he still held behind him, and the sudden noise...”

I love the activity on both sides of the arcade - especially the arrival of the cat!

Background activity in scenes is something I learned from your unforgettable story Tales of Chevalry.  It adds so much flavour to the scenes, and gives the impression of the worlds being actually populated :) 

There will be always cats in the scenes of Greek Souvenirs, since I’m trying to be faithful to the Greek islands -- or my recollections of them.

declarations-of-drama replied to your post “replies”

I think you're doing a great job at slowly revealing him to us and his psyche. It makes great reading - looking forward to more :)

Thank you for saying that! The way I feel it now, everything about Andreas is slow. And I’m trying to show the character not so much in descriptions, but in his actions, and his mental flow. 

nornities replied to your photo “The boy was about to turn around again, resume his way, closing their...”

what a wonderful, seemingly casual scene you built here!

Thank you for saying that! The perception I have for this story is a theater with several stages, with many plays going on at the same time, the life and dramas and conflicts of locals and tourists evolving in the background as we follow and focus on the main plot. I need to be resourceful to do that, hoping I can achieve it!

declarations-of-drama replied to your post “replies”

And also - thank you for saying how Andreas loves to have me reading. That really made me smile 😍😍😍

I thank you dear -- and I am smiling too!

simblu replied to your photo “A poor thing thrown to the unmerciful streets is a tourist – dependent...”

Any words I write to express how well you have dissected the nature of the crass tourist is inadequate

There is this kind of predatory, inattentive, consumerist tourism, isn’t there? This is the worst me speaking his cruel opinions and expressing his dislikes, and I try to keep him out of my writings -- though, according to a friend, I should bring him in more often :)

simblu replied to your photo “Work?”  So obvious it were that the boy answered Andreas with another...”

This kid is SO not interested

Maybe he doesn’t want to show any interest -- and has his reasons for it -- that we shall learn about, in this chapter yet. Maybe his mother taught him not to speak to strangers? 

simblu replied to your photo “The boy was about to turn around again, resume his way, closing their...”

This is a very unreciprocated interest.. you have made that very evident in all details

simblu replied to your photo “The boy seemed to hesitate, ponder, while staring inquisitively at the...”

As I commented just previously..

Andreas is smitten by Konstantinos’ beauty and presence, while the other way around is not true... It is as if Andreas sees the boy in HD, while the boy sees Andreas through a cloud of fog, hardly even noticing him... I’ve been through this before :)

lifeasasim replied to your photo “Having never traveled solo before, yet yearly with his parents until...”

Lovely quotes and very true

Glad you liked them! I have so many of these quotes on traveling written on travel journals, and others I can quote by heart. Traveling and tourism will be one of the themes of the story, though not an actual part of the plot.

lifeasasim replied to your photo “¦ < previous   ||  next >”

Charming 😍 #teamandreas all the way

I love that tag, though I forget to use it myself! Thank you dear! Andreas poses very well, he is more photogenic than I thought.

lifeasasim replied to your photo “The boy seemed to hesitate, ponder, while staring inquisitively at the...”

I need more of this ;___;

And there is more for you, already :)

lifeasasim replied to your photo “The boy seemed to hesitate, ponder, while staring inquisitively at the...”

I hope they cross paths again ;)

Haha! Konstantinos knows they will, for sure, now that he has learned where Andreas is staying at. Only Andreas, who has no idea of the routines on an small island, fears he will lose Konstantinos from view.

declarations-of-drama replied to your photo “How available? Dev had been explicit about taking two of them to bed –...”

I lol'd at that "But do you do guys?" :D

Yet, Andreas did not dare to say it. His friend Dev probably would have!

declarations-of-drama replied to your photo “Take it off!” The boy’s brisk command startled Andreas. He had been...”

Oh the nervous anticipation, the hope and confusion of it all! I love the explanations behind all of it :)

The misunderstanding in communicating. One says something, the other understands something else, and there could have been so many interpretations either way. I tried to explore that in this scene!

declarations-of-drama replied to your photo “Take it off!” The boy’s brisk command startled Andreas. He had been...”

Also - I would have chosen 'skin' and not leather - just to give it an easier feeling and because people like me might think "It's Fur or skin!" Leather takes the cuteness out of puppy because I associate that word with slaughter, and death for whatever reason. *Constructive criticism* Please ignore if you don't agree, that's just my opinion xxx

I read that with great interest, thank you for pointing it out! You’re doing the editor’s part here! Like I’ve told you already, it’s hard to develop this fine tuning in a foreign language, so this is precious to me!

I have made the correction -- for fur -- on the original post, though it might not appear on the reblog, I guess.

declarations-of-drama replied to your photo “Everybody does.” The boy replied, with a shrug. “But Uncle Alcandros...”

The Boy looks so sad. Like he has the brooding trait mixed with over-emotional and of course, irresistible . . .

To be honest, I have no idea what his traits are :O I never pay much attention to that, and always pick among the first in the list... I did try to give Konstantinos a permanent melancholic look, that is part of his beauty -- and we should learn why he seems always so sad later.

declarations-of-drama replied to your photo “Yet, being the predator Andreas couldn’t simply give up. He felt...”

That is wonderful how Andreas' strategy gave him the opportunity to perceive The Boy's thoughts on sexuality. Clever.

Thank you for reading him so well! I make Andreas usually shy and clumsy, but I though he should have learned a few tricks by now.  

declarations-of-drama replied to your photo “A poor thing thrown to the unmerciful streets is a tourist – dependent...”

I have a lot of things to say about this chapter. If that's ok.

declarations-of-drama replied to your photo “A poor thing thrown to the unmerciful streets is a tourist – dependent...”

1. Have you ever read E.M.Forster? Your comprehensive skill and masterful persuasions of visual imagery so much remind me of his writing style. Your texts leave me wide-eyed and wonder struck.

I’m blushing. I do try my best, but never think it is enough. Thank you for your appreciation! 

I did watch a few movies based on his books -- Maurice, A room with a view, Passage to India, Howard’s End -- but never read anything from him. I’ll see what I find to correct that fault!

2. I would have perhaps used 'Duty-Free' in place of Souvenirs. Just to differentiate from the I-Heart-T-shirts already mentioned.

Wonderful suggestion, and I have already changed the text!

3. STELLA!!!!!!!! (You chose a character from one of my favourite movies, can this story get any better???!!!)

So, this is one story of which  I’ve read the play, watched it in the theater, and watched the movie with Brando and Leigh! And I love that quote about the kindness of strangers!

willky12 replied to your photo “I… don’t smoke.” Andreas affirmed – without much conviction –, upon...”

A tourists life is a hard one ;)

Though Andreas tries to makes it harder, complicating things for himself. My poor boy :)

simblu replied to your photo “The bells of the neighboring church and their echoing around the walls...”

Perhaps he will find another subject of obsession? Hmmm

“ I fall in love too easily I fall in love too fast I fall in love too terribly hard For love to ever last… ” 

I have used this song for another character of mine, and the same could be said about Andreas, too  -- probably because this applies to myself in the first place :)

simblu replied to your photo “He saw them the same moment they saw him. < previous    ||     next >”

Uh oh

:) Second time you say that, it sounds so cute! -- and I had to pronounce it to actually try to hint the meaning... Like... trouble ahead?

simblu replied to your photo “The Three Graces. The three scorched graces, though – and not very...”

I just love the way you play on the Three Graces

Thanks for saying that :) I had this idea of having a mythological correspondent to each of the characters in Greek Souvenirs, but that would demand too much reflection and planning, so I’m not promising anything :)

simblu replied to your photo “The Three Graces. The three scorched graces, though – and not very...”

They DO look like trouble...

And what kind of trouble we shall see...

simblu replied to your photo “His mood immediately brightened and, as if becoming just then aware of...”

Beautiful writing, as always.. and the wonderfully vulgar bit about the donkey

simblu replied to your photo “His mood immediately brightened and, as if becoming just then aware of...”

So adeptly you mix the poetic and the down-to-earth

Thank you dear! And you so adeptly write your comments -- ‘adeptly’ being a word I had never used before! I have so much to learn, really!

I keep on trying to bring into perspective all the several aspects of the same instant, but it is not easy to so adeptly (love the word!) echelon and graduate them to nuance a scene.

simblu replied to your photo “That he had not spotted a single policeman, and instead kept bumping...”

What a great description of these boys! I wish I had your gift for conjuring even more than shown in pictures..

Thing is... Having the pictures to see, how much more do we want to read about them? Because these boys have whole lives -- of interests, family dramas and personal secrets -- as individuals that arrive in this instant of a scene... How to bring some of it to the reader?

simblu replied to your photo “Slightly aware that his stare might have turned into ogle – that they...”

Wow.. when I lived in NYC this request for cigarettes was always understood as trouble too.

You lived in NYC, wow! A request for cigarettes -- or fire -- can mean just as much,  or so many more other things... Now it is up to Andreas to correctly understand what they mean ;)

simblu replied to your photo “I… don’t smoke.” Andreas affirmed – without much conviction –, upon...”

So the old man IS in on it..

Apparently he is, watching guard at the corner... Poor Andreas!

simblu replied to your photo “I… don’t smoke.” Andreas affirmed – without much conviction –, upon...”

Not the best kind of travel souvenir...

Not the most welcoming arrival on the island either...

[gaiahypothesims]

I’m back replies!

Preface this to say that my return might be temporary as we MIGHT have the house sold, will know for sure on the 20th. So then after that we’d be in the biggest hustle of our lives to get the house contained and moved. As of this point we have nowhere to live in the the place. LOL so... snort... I guess we’ll see. But for now, I am shirking my duties and playing. 

nernershuman said: I DID!!!

ninjaofthepurplethings said: YES I DID TOO!!! :D

goatkibble said: I don’t know about him but I missed YOU! :3

willky12 said: Yes ;) 

reverieinsimlish said: Not as much as I missed his chest. And his backside.

enchantedunicornhideout said: Way too much! But not as much as I missed you.

THANKS guys!!!!!! I missed being here!! I missed you all!!

ashuriphoenix said: The egg, though. :[  

JUST for you!!

[nilxis]

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To these posts: Pictures of Uranesia / I don’t take world requests

1. PICTURES OF URANESIA

@willky12 said:

The water looks like a sea of opals and there are Bromeliads in the trees?  Too special, you know that?

Thank you! I wanted something in between a palm tree and a regular tree, like some kind of dragon tree, and I came up with this :P

@soloriya said:

these colors! ♥ so pretty!

@galadrielhs-simblr said:

wow, color explosion, i love that place soooo♥

@simblu said:

I love when you post pix of this project. So beautiful

@tangie0906 said:

Love the colors so much!

@silverowlblog said:

awesome!!!

2. I DON’T TAKE WORLD REQUESTS

@willky12 said:

People can be very thoughtless, especially if they don't understand the process. Creating worlds like yours are not only time consuming but creatively draining, they are works of art, not just play things. You are entitled to rant but please try to ignore it and know that there are many more people who appreciate what you do and are enjoying following you on this creative journey that is Uranesia, for as long as it takes. :)

Thanks willky :) I’m aware that many of you understand and patiently follow this process and I’m very thankful for that! I won’t let that affect me, I still have a lot of motivation!

@simblu said:

I know how much is involved in this , that's why I was so amazed when Norn volunteered to make a world for the project Satureja and I began on an already existing world. You are just one person working on Uranesia.. this is a tremendous amount of work. We had help building on Saturenorn and still, that project from inception to completion took about a year.  I completely understand your feelings on this. I love seeing your vision unfold! Please continue to follow YOUR desires. Your fun is what is most important!!!

Thank you too simblu, I will! Saturenorn is a very nice example of a great collab :) Over the years I’ve observed myself that I work best on my own, which also has the disadvantage of being slower haha (even though I’m lucky to count on some help for creating sims!). Imagine if on top of that I had to take requests and comissions, it would be crazy!

@kosmokhaos said:

I can only imagine the skill and time it takes to create worlds the way you do. Take your time and just know we appreciate all of your effort! I'm always eager to see your updates :D

Thanks for the support kosmokhaos, I appreciate it very much!

@desiree-uk said:

'Can I have a medium world with all community lots on top, as soon as possible, thanks!' LOL. I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself, I had to laugh when you compared the requests to asking for pizza 😁 Seriously though, you shouldn't have to say this but there are some people who just don't think about the time put into this kind of creativity. And your worlds are on another level! They're amazing and we can see how much you enjoy creating them :) Keep doing what you do! 😊

Thanks desiree :) Some years ago I got this message on my blog: “Can you do a city like mine? Its name is X. You better make it just like the real one, ok? With the X park and the X palace and all that...”. I couldn’t believe my eyes, all I was thinking was “do you also want a drink with your pizza?” hahaha. 

Btw, I’m never able to mention you using the @ symbol, I always have to copy the link manually! Do you know why?

@galadrielhs-simblr said:

I understand you also very good, keep your way and minds about that! Lovely comments like "can you change XY world (i've just finished a few days) and serve us a CC-free world with more bigger lots - that would be nice - cause all your cc in this world seems corrupt - checked with Custard!" makes me really angry and sad. Do i go to defensive, to ignore, to delete that comments ore to drink a whisky on the "rock"? Only once i've build a world on a request, and after i've finished that world, this person never gave an answer, never post a screenshot, never gave a comment - this person was disappeared til today! But before, she constantly stroked honey around my mouth - Long live the consumer society!

Wow, cheeky requests are one thing, but disappearing after someone makes the effort to build a whole world just for you, that’s on a different level. I’m sorry it happened to you. Fortunately most simmers are not like this, but one must be careful with requests. I would only take one if it magically coincided with what I wanted to do, but that keeps changing constantly so it’s kind of impossible. 

[nornities]

Meet the locals :)

The secret of their youth and vitality and probably their good humour, too, is the daily walk with Fritz.

The Spahns by willky12.

[ice-creamforbreakfast]

I was tagged by @treason-and-plot thank you <3 I tag: @titosims, @ninjaofthepurplethings, @goatkibble, @quiddity-jones, @aroundthesims, @willky12, @nervoussimblr, @heavensims @acquiresimoleons, @simnights, @kittythesnowcat, @nornities, @aikea-guinea, @buckleysims, @furryjackal, @bsimth, @fairsteadsims and anyone else who wants to do it!

I chose Farid because Zaid and Farrah (and perhaps Khalid) always get more attention!

1. What is your sim’s favorite food?: Farid has simple tastes and enjoys a good veggie burger. 2. What is your sim’s favorite color? Purple

3. What is your sim’s zodiac sign? Virgo 4. Does your sim believe in “love at first sight”? Yes. He believes that it happened for him. 5. What is your sim’s sexuality? Gay. 6. Is your Sim a cat or dog person? (or both?) He likes both, but prefers cats by a small margin.

7. Adding to the previous question, if your sim were to have a cat and/or dog, what kind/breed(s) would it be? A ragdoll cat. The biggest, fluffiest, most stupid one. 8. Does your Sim have a best friend? He is very close to all of his siblings, but his older brother Zaid is his best friend. 9. Does your Sim have a favorite life stage? Farid is simply glad to be out of his teen years! He is enjoying his young adulthood, but perhaps his nerves will calm by adulthood. 10. What is your sim’s ethnicity? As tempted as I am to give the “he’s a sim” question, I did create the Al Farsis with the vague idea that they were of Iranian descent, although to confuse things more, Zaid was requested by someone who wanted a sim based on the Iraqi model, Alexander Farsi (hence the surname).

11. If your Sim could travel to anywhere in the world, where would they visit? Farid would love to visit Aurora Skies or Champs Les Sims. 12. If your Sim was a castaway on a distant, uncharted island, who would they bring? Drew. 13. Does your Sim have a favorite tv show and/or movie? Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. He also secretly loves the mathematical and grammatical quiz shows that his father watches obsessively. 14. Does your sim believe in the “simulation theory”? He tries not to think about it, it would only cause more anxiety. 15. Does your Sim have a favorite kind of clothing to wear? Heavy, shapeless knitwear in dull colours. That said, Farid spends a long time matching his dull clothes to each other perfectly.

16. Does your Sim have a lucky charm? No. 17. What kind of music or singers does your sim listen to? “You probably haven’t heard of them...” Sharing his taste in music with other people makes him feel anxious about being judged. 18. Does your Sim have a favorite family activity to do together? Family meals, Trivial Pursuit and if he’s feeling brave, going to the beach.

19. What is your sim’s age? 23 20. Does your Sim have a dream job? A librarian or museum curator. 21. What is your Sim’s favorite beverage?  Farid very very rarely drinks. 22. What is your Sim’s favorite dessert? Stracciatella Ice-cream 23. Does your Sim have any siblings? Zaid (older brother, Farrah (twin sister), Khalid (younger brother) and Jasmeen (younger sister). 24. What activity/hobby makes your sim the happiest? Reading and playing video games. 25. If you could meet your Sim, would you be friends with them? Possibly. We’re both introverts, so it might take a few centuries.

[lordofsunshadowandsailor]

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These include some replies from months ago, the last one added just before I left on my vacations. Sorry for having taken so long to answer.

Also, four attentive friends have alerted me in PMs about Apollo Tim/Jim being a probable misspelling mistake -- I’ve already explained them, and make it now public, that it is his professional name and he alternates between both -- we still don’t know his real name yet.

For the new followers, I do try to reply at least every end of the month, or after each update, and offer the most thorough answers I can -- so please to ask and comment!

declarations-of-drama replied to your photo “Tobio’s rude command slapped Alvar, his spitted words like sharp...”

Oh my god! I knew this would be how it would end for that day :/ I love how you made Alvar the proud shameful one here who regretted it all after being such a forceful partner earlier ^^

Alvar, pretty much like Tobio, got carried away by the heat of the moment -- and they are both now reflecting about what has just happened, what has been done -- and mostly, how, and where. To Alvar it seems properly bestial, and he deeply regrets it. For Alvar, it would have been fine if it were in the privacy of one of their bedrooms -- but then, Tobio, who wants no commitments, who can’t bear the idea of being homosexual, wouldn’t have been talked into making it in a love nest... They are a complicated pair, going opposite directions in their longings and desires.

simblu replied to your photo “Tobio’s rude command slapped Alvar, his spitted words like sharp...”

I love how eloquently you capture their internal conflicts.

Thank you! Because this is mostly what the story is about -- and all of my stories, I should say. Though I’m planning to have a whole bit more of action in LoSSS, with crimes and mysteries to be solved, it is always the characters’ inner lives and internal conflicts I write mostly about. My stories happen inside, and not outside, more in thoughts than in actions (that are often contradictory), and relying a lot on flashbacks. 

declarations-of-drama replied to your photo “In that parting moment it seemed prophetic enough, though – the...”

I would say "Poor Alvar!" but then I would be reminded how he acted like a virgin all innocent and unknowing which in itself sort of felt like a trap for Tobi. 

Maybe that is Alvar’s way of seducing guys? 

He doesn’t do it consciously, though, I guess. It’s like -- after sex, during which he really opens up and wide, but once it is through he closes himself again, not just his legs but his sexuality. It’s always a somewhat long way back into sex for him each time, as if he truly were a virgin every occasion he has to get into doing it again...

declarations-of-drama replied to your photo “In that parting moment it seemed prophetic enough, though – the...”

Also - I love the description here - makes me want to tell Alvar to go and bathe :D lol

I hope it is not too graphic or shocking, but it sounds true and probable to me, a few nasty details thrown in that add verisimilitude to the scene.

declarations-of-drama replied to your post “story replies”

Looking forward to more from your story - enjoy your holiday! X

Thank you, dear. And after wonderful vacations in which I wrote just one paragraph of a different story, we are back at LoSSS!

simblu replied to your photo “Still, though Tobio turned his head to look in Alvar’s direction, he...”

Good questions...

I am pretty much asking these myself, and sharing them with he reader, since it took so long between updates...

tyrellsimsoficeandfire replied to your photo “Tobio!” He exhaled the name more than called it, and finally seemed...”

How much I love these icarus scenes! Interesting how you play with the two levels of storytelling : Victorian and greek fantasy

Thank you dear! I started planning this to be a steampunk story, having that as the fantastic element of the story -- but in the end it’s a style I know very little of, and before I realized it I had included Greek elements in it, or the idealized -- and often kitsch -- Victorian ways of regarding classical Greece. It is of course an even stronger tendency once I’ve again vacationed in Greece. :) I’m glad you enjoy it, and be prepared for more!

tyrellsimsoficeandfire replied to your photo “Perusing the room, Alvar did notice a shelf full of flasks, and...”

Classy decor!!!! Adorable style

Thanks! I admit it is not a style I am familiar with, so it involves a lot of references to make it appropriately dated... So thankful, really, to all the wonderful CC creators who enable it!

tyrellsimsoficeandfire replied to your photo “The portrait, though having captured both her unique beauty and spirit...”

Recently you wrote your own writing skill's development surprised you: As no native speaker I am always fascinated. Don't think I could write that fantastic in English. Praise to you!!!!

Thank you for you kindness and support! It really comes as a surprise each time I read my own text. How did those words come together, I ask myself? But it is as if they have a need of their own, and I just obey it and write as they like.

And yet, there you are, writing your own beautiful version of Romeo and Juliet! Praise to you too! :)

willky12 replied to your photo “Perusing the room, Alvar did notice a shelf full of flasks, and...”

What man indeed.

This is my perception from what I’ve read and watched about the period following the end of WWI. It damaged irreparably an entire generation of men -- and women! I believe the stats say that only one in ten women did marry after the war, the rest having remained singletons, and widowers. This is actually one of the themes of LoSSS.

willky12 replied to your photo “The portrait, though having captured both her unique beauty and spirit...”

I agree entirely, you write like an Englishman! The second paragraph in post #11 was really well done I thought.

Thank you dear! I am indeed trying to give a British accent to this story, but how could I really differentiate? Of course I had to reread the paragraph you mentioned to try to understand what you perceived... Your feedback is beyond important to me, and I am so thankful really!

willky12 replied to your photo “I hadn’t seen him until this morning.” Alvar sounded out of breath,...”

This is a surprise!

It is! 

I was going to hold it for later, but decided the story needed some shaking. Thing is, now I recall why I was going to introduce it only later, and shall have to modify some future scenes I had planned having now shared this information. My problem to solve only, though. :)

jepensedoncjesims replied to your photo “With a sharp sting across his chest, Alvar deposed Apollo Jim on the...”

The second paragraph very wonderfully expressed. Such vivid images of the warm colors of Autumn with the anxiety or death lurking about. Beautiful work.

Thank you, dear. I oscillate between letting the image speak for itself or describing it and pointing at specific details... I tend to think not many people have seen Death hanging there on the other side of the window, right behind Alvar. Thanks for having noticed it!

simblu replied to your photo “With a sharp sting across his chest, Alvar deposed Apollo Jim on the...”

You do write so beautifully.

Thank you for your kindness, dear. I do try my best to honor a language that is not mine and that therefore I respect even more.

simblu replied to your photo “Tobio could tell why, but he wanted to listen it from Alvar. Lost Boys...”

So well told, really.

Thank you! Since it is a long post, I did pay special attention to the flow between sentences and paragraphs, and it seems to have turned out well.

simblu replied to your photo “You are taking him to your ancestral lands? To live under the same...”

Wow, Tobio is rather harsh in his assessment of that Lost Boy, isn't he?

According to the post you mentioned just above, he seems to be well versed in Lost Boys, having frequented parties where they were the main attraction -- and maybe even having hunted them in Pennington Park. He must know better -- certainly better than Alvar!

tyrellsimsoficeandfire replied to your photo “Tobio could tell why, but he wanted to listen it from Alvar. Lost Boys...”

It's always fascinating how deep you go into character building and how developed yours settings/backstories are. That's pure realism with every nasty detail included. It interests me, how much of research you do and how?

Thank you for asking.

This passage, specifically, demanded some research, yes.

I Google a lot, I read lot, and I even try to watch movies or documentaries on the themes I am writing about -- so that it is not just fun, but entertainingly learning at the same time. I do have many boards of references of images and links to texts on Pinterest, and not just a few file collections in my own laptop. 

What I don’t want with this story, though, is to be specific about dates and places, otherwise I’ll have to be specific about facts and events -- and that is beyond this project.

danjaley replied to your photo “The boy stood clearly not for a sailor, though the hat could have been...”

I wonder if Alvar has the remotest idea how his attempts to be distant and reserved make Tobio imagine the most colourful scenarios.

I really don’t think so, since they don’t communicate a lot, do they? There are entire paragraphs for their thoughts and perceptions, that they keep to themselves though sharing it with the reader, while only a few lines with dialogue. They each live in their own world, and see things from very different perspectives and through diverse experiences and backgrounds.

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TARDY REPLIES TO BRENT & MIA

@tyrellsimsoficeandfire

Is it what I think? What a nice plot twist! ❤️ my feelings towards Brent changed some time ago, but now... Hope he can deal with his feelings and hopefully he'll be honest to himself and people will support. Mia definitely does❤️

Sadly I think Brent is a long away from being able to come out to anyone else other than Mia but at least being honest with Mia is a start! 

@ivorycrayon

It would be great if they could be mates - make work a bit easier on both.

@wannabecatwriter

I see the start of a beautiful friendship.

@sweetnovember77

wow! the best relationships/friendships usually begin unexpectedly. - mia and brent strolling along the road and having an engaging conversation. who would've thunk it?

@ktarsims

At first I thought I missed a post, but then I scrolled back... and no, you don't actually tell us what Adrian and Brent were talking about. Did Brent just get rejected? Did he find out Adrian has a wife and kids? Hmmmmmm! And now Brent reaps the rewards from having thrown that other chick under the bus. A listening ear/help when he needs it. KARMA.

They weren't talking about anything...Brent had just volunteered to help him count the takings, and that's just what he was doing :) Adrian is extremely private and doesn’t discuss his personal life with anyone at work. I wonder why? 

@miraakles

I'M READY FOR IT... JUST SAY IT. "I'm gay and idk how to deal with it" I'm like soooo ready! I'd be gay for Adrian too! It's okay Brent! And props to Mia for being this caring... I mean I honestly never expected it from her.... Also that little "ha" .. I wonder if Mia's starting to maybe feel just slightly for brent. Or if she just loved seeing Tegan rejected.. probs latter.

LOLOLOL that little ‘ha’ was just Mia chortling to herself about how clueless Tegan is about Brent’s true orientation... Mia is not a saint, and is def not above having a giggle at someone else’s expense!

@buckleysims

Such beautiful writing! The little details, "his mouth twisting like a scar", feel so understated yet are so incredibly vivid and clear and descriptive. I love how you manage to pack so much story into so few words, if that makes sense. :) Also, while I'm here, I just want to say that I am really enjoying reading about Mia. I know I don't comment enough (shame on me!), but I truly find her to be such a fascinating and endearing (if at times frustrating XD) character. ♥

GAH!!! Thank you Colleen so so much  ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ I was always taught that less is more when it comes to writing, and to try and leave as much as possible to the reader’s imagination, so to learn that the results may sometimes be successful fills with me indescribable joy. THANK YOU!!

@acquiresimoleons

Lol poor guy.

I feel the same way. He must be so lonely.

@willky12

Funny how these things work out, isn't it? Nice work Pru ;)

@karnzter

If your talk works out, you can be platonic friends after all. Just spill the tea and be open-minded about it. Maybe and hopefully an unexpected support system can help you both

@kscriba

This warms my heart tbh

@declarations-of-drama

WOah! The way your Aurora looks! So beautiful! ALso, I do love Mia; I've decided on that much. I'm hoping this is going to start a new chapter of healing for her with how this goes x

You mean Isla Paradiso? ;=) Thank you Angie! And I’m glad you love Mia. She can be immature, impulsive, bratty, coarse and ill-mannered, but she’s always genuine and I hope relateable!

@megusims

Awwww Brent ;U; it's okay. Mia gotcha.

@corianderpunch

I hated brent before, when i found out how he looks at adrian i rooted for him (goddamn fujoshi), now i'm feeling bad for him. Why yu do dis to me pru?!