I'm online again + some extras

[strangetomato]

Oh internet! How I have missed you. *rubs it all over body*

We finally managed to get our connection all fixed up today, when they sent someone over to replace the modem. Now it's as good as new. It was frustrating to be cut off from the net at home, and not just for livejournal and sim stuff, but it was also a nice break in a way. I must admit that I was dying to download cc the whole time, though. Am I really such an addict? (Oooh, there are new OMSPs in more subtle height increments. Awesome.)

Thanks to everyone who read and commented on my latest update. I will try my best to reply to your comments, though it might take a while to catch up, since I'll be out of town for the long weekend.

I did a little work on the next update while I was offline, but mostly I've been playing random households in various Maxis neighbourhoods. I've been having lots of fun with Alex O'Mackey (one of my favourite sims in the newer hoods). When I was younger, I created a character named Alex who was a female pirate (she didn't take no crap from nobody), so I guess it makes sense that I'd like her.

I spent quite a bit of time in Belladonna Cove, and I've noticed a couple of trends there. Almost every female toddler and child is wearing makeup, almost every personality is 4/10/6/4/3 (or close to it), there are a lot of really odd facial designs, a large number of Johnny Smith needle-noses, and the character bios are WAY longer than the older ones and a whole lot less interesting. Where are all the little details like clipping coupons and having an "unnatural fondness" for African violets?






I'm liking this Tara DeBateau character.

She's the adopted child of Armand DeBateau, a big-time CEO who lights his ornate fireplaces with $100 simolean bills. He decided to be a single father after he broke up with his girlfriend, Jessica, who was cheating on him. Tara is cute as a button (in that Face One sort of way, but with a more upturned nose), and she's a knowledge sim. She reminds me of one of the friends I grew up with.




Here she is setting Justin Cleveland straight after he tries to put the moves on her. Nice try, Justin, but she's just not that into you.




I'm planning to clone her and send her to university in Veronaville (it suits her wealthy upbringing), and I really hope she hits it off with Tybalt Capp.

Then again, does anyone ever really hit it off with Tybalt?








Only the most persistent. ;)





 

Comments

[dgjamie.livejournal.com]

I thought the same thing when I first started playing Belladonna cove, that none of the sims there really grabbed my attention, except Tara. She's an absolute love.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I really wanted to like Gabriel and Chastity too, but I think I'll have to play them a bit more before they grow on me. Luckily, the ACR gender preference randomizer helped me avoid having them pair off (I just wasn't feeling that angle). Chastity ended up gay and Gabriel ended up bi, which works just fine for me. I really love using that randomizer lately. I love having all the townies set, and the variety is a good thing.

Oh, and I like the witches. They're fun, and I already have some use in mind for them at some point.

[dgjamie.livejournal.com]

I think Gabriel and Chastity hooking up might be one of those pre-arranged situations that Maxis likes to set up (like the Cordial sisters being primed for witching, or the Curious abductions) because I was playing htem just to test out that everything was in order just after I'd installed and all my hacks were still pulled and the very first thing that happened when I opened up their lot was that Chastity busted out a flirt, without ACR even being involved.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they're probably supposed to showcase the new romantic socials, but it's not suggested that they're going to hook up in their bios, and everything else in Belladonna Cove was really spelled out for you, so I don't feel like I'm really breaking any sort of Maxis canon with them. All Maxis said is that they're childhood friends and they balance out each other's opposing personalities.

I also think that chidlhood friends would have probably hooked up as teens if they had any chemistry. Unless one of them had a boyfriend/girlfriend and the other was pining away... there's always that.

[hannahspring.livejournal.com]

It's strange, but I have a totally different opinion. I liked a lot of characters from Belladonna cove, like the two sisters-aspiring-to-be-witches, the guy with the long hair and green eyes that lives with that punk-chic girl and many more. (If I could only remember the names...) Honestly, I've always had trouble understanding Strangetown. I guess only this story makes me like it. :) Oh, and maybe I'm just all messes up! LOL

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I guess we all look for different things. I really like all the little interconnections and family relations in Strangetown, and how there aren't too many people to manage as a whole. Belladonna Cove seemed really crowded to me in comparison.