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I'm online again + some extras

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. ;)

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Then again, does anyone ever really hit it off with Tybalt?
Jules O`Mackey.

And yep, just started playing her too and Tara`s awesome.

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.

D'aww, Tara. That hair looks really nice on her. The DeBateaus were the very first Maxis household I ever played so I'm kind of ~attached~. :P

It makes me sort of sad to know I'll probably never get to know any other Maxis sims as well as I do the ones in Strangetown. :( There's just too many of them, lol!

But I'll definitely enjoy reading how you write them. :D

ST! YOU HAVE RETURNED. *tacklehugs*

I've missed you. :D

I like Tara a lot too. I have her stashed away, I've been planning to use her for something forever now. Isn't she precious though? She reminds me of one of the twins from Skins.

LOL! Tybalt getting some is amusing. You won't believe who he was hooking up with in my game though. O_O

Good you got your connection back. :) It can be so frustrating, specially for personal things. I'm so used to check bills, bank stuff, mail, etc all the time I feel useless without internet. lol

I like Belladona Cove. Haven't played much there yet, but overall I like the families and love the fact they included so many relatives around and even a divorced couple with all the drama included (with the teen hating the father's girlfriend and all that).

The Cordial sister are pretty cool, and good prospect for any Curious imo lol

Agree Tara is great too, and have you check the Cleveland Family (Justin's)? I've been meaning to double check on an original BC, because my current game is the HP uberhood, but Justin's father seems to have really interesting gender prefs (again I say, I have to double check on that, tho).

Also the Newson (all the orphan kids on the bin) are awesome and think the Cho/Rileys families relation is adorable. <3

In general I think the hood has lots of potential. :)

Good to see you back!

Tara is very cute! She's the "Kairi" (from Kingdom Hearts) in my game posters, although she bitched at her companions (that Justin guy and another from DV) the whole time. I didn't see her stats, though.

Are you serious about the toddler makeup? That's gross, EAxis!

I haven't played with the Belladonna Cove characters as much as I wanted, even if my legacy is supposedly taking place there at the moment. I tried out the Gabriel and Chastity (?) household and they had absolutely no chemistry despite their hinted backstory (and Gabriel is gay, BTW, or at least that's how ACR set him up).

I also played a bit with the Cordial Sisters (and made them good and evil witches as expected, although now I want to try and turn them to their opposite ends of the magical line :P). And those Newson kids are the most interesting bunch story wise.

At least BC is more interesting than Desiderata Valley, which I've barely played with. I need to explore this new hoods more.

(LOL! Helena is so competing against Ripp for the Megahood's biggest woohooer! :D)

Glad to see your back. :)

It doesn't quite stack up to the original Maxis 'hoods, but I do find BC fun to play. There's plenty of drama to be had if you slightly bend the storyline that the neighborhood came with. And you're right about the bios- there's more quantity than quality to them. Plus the toddlers with makeup are fug. But thankfully they don't have to stay that way.

I'm actually a fan of Jessica (Tara's dad's old gf). When I first skimmed through her story I thought that she had left him because he'd adopted Tara without asking and I thought she'd been unfairly villainized. So even thought that's not what the developers intended, that's what got stuck in my head. But the Newson kids are my favs, even if I do get all of their G___ names confused.

I hope you'll share with us what ends up happening with Tybalt. His little frowny face is just too cute... he's GOT to give you some frowny red-headed babies eventually.

I was on a really long car ride today, so, since I wasn't driving, I was planning out things for all the Maxismade Sims—specifically who ends up with who, eventually, in this story I'm sort of planning.

Pleasantview, Strangetown, Veronaville, BW Village, RB Hills and DD Valley all fit together nicely. I tried not to be too much of a copycat when I got to pairing off Sims in Strangetown (and for now I only paired them together within the hoods).

And then when I got to Belladonna Cove—I was bored out of my mind with them. I knew as much of a basic background for the Sims there as anywhere else, but I felt that there was NOTHING I could do with them. I think I did a few of the "suggested" pairings in BDC (as well as most of the others—these were really only preliminary notes) but it really is the gappiest of the seven premade neighborhoods to me. There are too many possibilities (since there are noticeably more families there than the other hoods) and not too many implications on where to go with things.

I stuck Tara with Justin Cleveland. I guess I really shouldn't have yet, though. I randomized my entire Megahood and I haven't had a chance to check preferences for anyone. And then there's college and ACR to be factored in.

Hooray for return of internet! (I have also had a lack of it, so I haven't read any of the last 500(!) of my friend updates).

I love Tara too, although I also like Jessica. BellaDonna Cove to me seemed like a new PV, with soap-opera drama possibilities. Some of the other premade hoods just seem like filler, but everyone else seems to think differently.

Yay!

I read everything and am now up to date and a completely besotted fan of R/O/J.

In my BC Chastity and Gabriel married and had a baby. That's cause I changed their turn-ons and whatnot. Tara Debateau...is in college? Yeah, I think. I added the Tricous to my BC, and Armaund Debateau was with Nylissit for a while, before her ex husband Kvornan came and stole her back (while she was prego with Debateau spawn). Now Armaund is with a townie, Kaylynn Spritzig. They just had a baby. Jessica Peterson married Carlos Contender and they had 4 kids. Carlos died and then Jess married townie Hun Ebadi and they had two more kids. Now Jess and Hun are elders and live with their two kids and the other two she had with Carlos. Her other three kids from Carlos graduated and married various people in BC. The Newsons..ahhh, yes. My favorites. Ginger and Gavin worked and missed their chance at college, because they were too busy providing for Gabriella, Gallagher, Garret and Georgia. Eventually, Gavin and Ginger fell in love (before you can all go INCEST INCEST..remember, they're adopted, with no parents. I just figured since they spent so much time together, and so little time socializing, they must've fallen in love) and got married, after they aged up to adults and sent all their siblings to college. Tragically, right after Ginger gave birth to their baby girl, she was struck dead by lightning :(..but Gavin was heartbroken for a couple of days(simyears) and then remarried a character I made named Annette Oleander and now Gavin, Annette (who is prego), and his child with Ginger (I forgot her name >.<) all live peacefully in Veronaville, and Gavin made a pretty little cemetary for poor Ginger. It really is lovely.

In my megahood the only really notable thing is that Rick Contrary is gay. It made a lot of sense to me- I mean, that much angst? It may also be noted that he ended up with Tybalt, mainly because he was a date drop and they actually kinda got along. Their relationship is mainly as friends, except for the makeouts.
Also, my DeBateaus moved to Pleasantview and I'm planning to hook Armand up with Dina Caliente. I thought they'd get along.

p.s. first time poster; everything you write is awesome.

Welcome back! Sorry for the late comment, but it's been a little hectic. :)

Remember I mentioned making houses for J/O/R? Well . . it's sorta exploded into three different designs. ^^; Should I plan for a certain level of budget? How do you feel about hilly terrain? One of the designs ended up a nice layout, but DANG is that porch high up.

I've been lurking for a couple months, after I took a weekend to read through chapter 28 or 29, and, to put it simply, I really like what you've done. I've also recently reread Gaiman's Sandman (originally read it in high school, 2002 or so), so it's fun to see Nula and Cerulean pop up in your work (I thought Bottom & Puck seemed to be acting in a familiar fashion before you even acknowledged the Gaiman influence, so bravo). Thank you for your stories, most of the time I feel like I ought to be paying you for the entertainment!

Thanks to Mansion & Garden Stuff, I took the opportunity to wipe my game in January and installed a megahood. I was playing the Tinkers when Tybalt began sneaking on the lot to steal their newspaper. Melody was watering the flowerbeds & I had her greet him. They totally hit it off. So now I'm wondering what Consort will think of the boy having a black girlfriend? I always wondered if part of the Monty/Capp rivalry wasn't about race...

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Thanks from a SHWC Fan & a Tybalt pairing