Strangetown extras: Off to college we go!

[strangetomato]

You'll get to see Jill and Buck in university in the next chapter, but I just got them set up there tonight, and I wanted to share a couple of pics right away. I thought I had enough willpower to keep it to myself until the update, but that sort of evaporated when the cutest thing happened autonomously, so you get a sneak preview.

That's right. The fish came too. *grin*

Buck got himself a flattering new haircut (or did he cut it himself?), and he's wearing one of my other favourite things about Kitchen and Bath: the argyle sweater! I have so much love for that outfit, and it's perfect for Buck. Just perfect.

The apartment that I picked just happened to be the perfect shade of purple to match Buck's stuff too. He loves it.




And here's Jill. I think she grew up cute. She's completed her funky new look with a striped jumper-type dress (with more green, of course) and some cool boots.




Hey, I can see Johnny, Ripp and Ophelia's apartment through the window! I can even kind of see that llama crossing road sign on the wall. That's a pretty high level of detail.




And this is what I just had to share with you: autonomous serenading! *heart melts* Buck is just too sweet. He gives me cavities.

Comments

[sofieamalien.livejournal.com]

I gave my Buck a little nose job. He still has a large nose, just not that large :)

Jill looks to cool! I bet she and Buck will have tons of fun at UNI together.

So there're 3 years (6 terms or 7?) difference between Ripp/Johnny and Buck/Jill?

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Oh, you gave him plastic surgery? Poor little Buck. (Sorry, but even pixel plastic surgery upsets me a little.)

I think Jill will really come into her own in university. She's been dying to get out of Strangetown and meet new people. It's a good opportunity for her to reinvent herself too.

Yeah, I'm considering it to be about 3 years, but don't analyze that too closely with the game ages, since it's impossible to get sim ages to make real world sense. I decided to do it this way, because I wanted their college years to overlap a little. Jill and Buck would probably be a bit younger, really, but I'm not going to worry about it. The older kids are in their final year now.

[sofieamalien.livejournal.com]

Well.. I just edited his nose in CAS.. I had too! I sowwie..! But it was really bugging me.

3 years sounds about right.. I think I would have done something like that too, if it had been me.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Doing it in CAS doesn't bum me out as much as the surgery reward item would. That thing has always made me sort of sad. I can just imagine the Pleasant twins feeling pressure about their big noses and getting them reduced, or something like that. (Hmmm, that might be an interesting story idea...)

[sofieamalien.livejournal.com]

I don't like that reward either... It goes wroing too often and then you've lost your wonderful sim who just needed a minor nose/eye/chin - job to look absolutly amazing..

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

It's funny you mentioned that. I only ever tried that reward once, and it went wrong. The messed-up face is so scary. (Also another potential story idea there.)

[sofieamalien.livejournal.com]

You and your potential story ideas ;)

I used it a few times, before i figured out that it didn't change the genetics of my sims..

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Well, it makes sense, doesn't it? Plastic surgery really doesn't change your genes.

[sofieamalien.livejournal.com]

I know. But I didn't know that the first few ties that I used it.. things are different in sims.. or so I thought till I let my sims breed... -shudders- I got Sis 2 UNI when it came out. I was like... uhm... 15/16.. something like that and I knew nothing about online communities..