Sim Scenes Weekly Challenge: Parenting - Sympathy - Grouchy

[strangetomato]

I've been meaning to participate in one of these sim_scenes challenges for quite some time now, but this is the first time I've been inspired enough to actually give it a go. It's also an opportunity to create a nice, quick story for your viewing entertainment, since I haven't been able to focus enough time or attention to get anywhere with an actual chapter of S,HWC (though I am picking away at it, here and there).

For those who are unfamiliar with the community, one of the rules of this challenge is that each entry must consist of exactly ten images, without any text. It is an exercise in visual storytelling. Like a drabble, this gives an opportunity to hone that specific skill, which is just as essential to sim storytelling as the writing (some might argue more essential). To remain true to the spirit of the challenge, I will offer no explanation at all for this story, and I welcome your feedback. I'm curious to see how well it comes across without any words.































 

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[petchy-14.livejournal.com]

This is the tale of Lola Grunt. Every morning is the same; She sees them off, and sees to the houce. Every day. And every day she feels the same, being is simply an onlooker to her own life. The world around her, even down to her very own children, is filled with the unsettling exess of the General - even when he is not here his living incarnate manages to bully the only form of herself in his own generation. Mealtimes are Awkward, because the General doesn't respect any form of taste as being necessary - so he is almost always dissapointed with his meals.. her meals that she has painstakingly brought herself to make, she has made through resenting to face the day and to hide in the shadows. Lola is at a breaking point... but she has Ripp. He is such a sweetheart...