The Sims 3 Goth Family

[strangetomato]

I played Sims 3 again for a while today, continuing my sort-of legacy with the Goth family. Bella married Mortimer and I was hoping to create alternate versions of Cassandra and Alexander, but then couldn't seem to get the firstborn to be a girl. *shrugs* So I went with it. I'm quite liking the resulting boys, Cass (left) and Alex (right). They're both quite handsome (to my eye, at least), but in different ways.

Cass is more like Bella, with a softer romantic side. He inherited his grandmother's purple hair. :P He had a bit of a heartbreaking romance with Lisette Bunch (born in-game, I think, and not overly attractive), who rejected him for his first kiss because she was also dating some other teen. She later breaks up with that guy and makes out with Cass on the beach, but he's not so sure now... he might move on. Cass is good, nurturing, and a bit of a perfectionist, so he wants to be a surgeon one day. Like his younger brother, he's a genius. Would you expect any less from a Goth?

Alex is moodier and a bit odd, like Mortimer. He likes making potions in the attic. He's also excitable and easily impressed, and a bit of a wild card at this point. He gets himself into trouble like a rebellious teen, but is also a bit of a nerdy shut-in. I'm not sure where he's headed. He has a great relationship with his mother, but a terrible one with his father. I think they might be too much alike.

I'm thinking of packaging one of these guys up and moving them to one of the other hoods to continue the family line, but which one? Maybe I'll take both, see what they do, and then decide? Any thoughts? And which hood? I'm thinking of maybe getting another expansion pack or downloading a new hood. I need a new environment to play with and I'd love to mix these guys up with some other premades. Which hoods are your favourites? Where do you think Cass and/or Alex would fit in?

Comments

[rin-sparrow.livejournal.com]

Which expansions do you have? I'm getting a bit bored with sims 2, and I like the look of Cass and Alex, and I'm pretty sure their hair and clothes isn't custom or store.

The boys look great and I love their bios. They really seem like boys of Bella and Mortimer.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I only have the basegame and Generations. Their hair and outfits are from Generations. It has some nice stuff. I like that EP, but I wish it had come with a new neighborhood. I'm pretty tired of Sunset Valley at this point.

Thanks. They do seem to make sense in that family. I love watching sims develop into fully formed characters as you play them. It's always fun. I'm enjoying the legacy-style play with Sims 3.

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

Bella's genes are insanely strong. I'd recognize those eyes and lips anywhere!

I like the look of Alex more though. He's my type. ;) Riverview is pretty boring, Twinbrook is alright but I'm not a fan of the layout and I'm really not a fan of Moonlight Falls.

It's always nice to see you around!

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yes, but her nose is no match for Mortimer's! :P I just love his crooked nose. It looks great in profile.

Does Moonlight Falls come with Supernatural? I'm leaning towards that or Late Night as my next EP. Bridgeport seems fun. I do tend to frequently play sims in "Sim City", the downtown hood in my Sims 2 game, so a city would be right up my alley.

It's good to see you around again, too. :) How are things with you these days?

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

I just saw this! D:

Yeah Moonlight Falls is Supernatural! Briddeport is AMAZING. It's so well done, I love it.

Good, good! Senior year, man. School is kicking my ass. I'm sending you a pm!

[sphynxed.livejournal.com]

Happy to see you finding time to enjoy sims.

I only have the basegame for S3, but I've really enjoyed the Store worlds. Lucky Palms is probably my favorite. I know my next EP (besides Seasons) will probably be Late Night, because I absolutely adore urban settings and would love to play Bridgeport. Ambition's world, Twinbrook, looks really nice, too.

Personally, I would move Cass to Bridgeport and Alex to Lucky Palms.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Can you believe I played for an hour with a sleeping baby in a carrier on my chest? XD I thought he'd wake up if I tried to put him down in the crib, as he often does, so leaning back in the comfy computer chair to support the weight ended up being a pretty relaxing option. And sims! It was fun.

Yeah, I'm leaning heavily towards Late Night, because Bridgeport seems cool and I can fall back on favourite gameplay patterns, like starting sim bands and opening art galleries. And Twinbrook does seem to have an interesting bayou sort of feel to it. it's a very foreign sort of landscape for me, but one I've always wanted to visit in real life. I could see me eventually picking up a number of these EPs.

I haven't looked into it at all, but Lucky Palms sounds like it has a resort vibe or maybe a casino town. I'll check it out. Thanks for the input! :)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Also, I couldn't reply to your PM because of your privacy settings, so I wanted to say thank you for your message. It's nice to know you were thinking of me. :)

Things are going well with the new baby. I will try to drop by the community more often now that he's a little older and mostly past the fussy stage. I hope to even get a moment to finally figure out what's up with my Sims 2 game and getting it working again.

[sphynxed.livejournal.com]

I had no idea about my privacy settings--that's embarrassing!

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

No need to be embarrassed. :) You're not the first person I've come across to unknowingly have their PMs set so you can't reply. I just got around to trying to respond to your message, so I thought you might like to know that. No worries!

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

He's got this soft charm, doesn't he? I gave him the longer hair to go with his pleasant, rounded features. I think it suits him.

This was my first time playing with a premade family in Sims 3. I followed my usual pattern of starting with my simself, then creating some original sims (or Sims 2 recreations, in this case), before moving on to premades. Well, that was my pattern from playing Sims 2, anyway. In Sims 1, never progressed to playing the premades at all, which seems odd to me now.

The Goths are fun to play with. You should definitely give their lot a try.