The Stipe Legacy

[strangetomato]

Did you know that, once upon a time, before I even started writing a Strangetown story, I was playing a legacy? I know I mentioned this to a couple of you before, but you probably forgot all about it. I didn't even make it into the second generation yet, because I went for the "have 10 children" want and then started playing all the extended families. My founder was Michael Stipe (or a fairly failed attempt to recreate him), and he married one of my all-time favourite NPCs, Kaylynn Langerak.

Anyway, I opened up Chronic Town this evening, just to see how everyone was doing in there. I'm now thinking that I need to play these nuts a little more often. I witnessed two transitions that were completely hilarious.

Here's Kitty with her older sister, Carol. (Wow, that wallpaper is pixelated. I have to make a note to change that.)






And here's Kitty as the girl who wears a dragon suit 24-7.




As you can see, I made Michael's eyes too big, so the kids all get these intensely large eyes (I made him in CAS, and I could do so much better now, using BodyShop, but oh well...). She's a cute little thing.




Kitty spends all of her time playing with Wendell G. No, seriously... it's all she ever does. This kid is eccentric.

She has Kaylynn's nose, which has a very bumpy bridge.




It's more pronounced on men, as Peter illustrates.




Peter and Carol are twins (the second set in this family). One wants to be Captain Hero and the other wants to be a Criminal Mastermind. Peter's the "good guy".

Not to be outdone, Michael transitions into the greatest old man outfit ever...




He's Father Time.

The headmaster is not sure what to think of this family.




They get into private school with no issues.

I took a couple of screencaps for founder portraits, since I've convinced myself to pick this legacy back up. It's just a bag of fun, as you can see, so why not?




Here's our heroic founder, Michael.




... and the mother of his ten children, Kaylynn.

(Not a bad figure for ten kids. *snicker*)

So there you have it. Who knows? Maybe I'll eventually start using them for story purposes.




 

Comments

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

I don't get all this hype about Michael Stipe (haha, look at the pun, I be clever) but Kaylynn looks so nice! I love her with freckles, she's adorable. Ten kids? I'm not gonna condemn you, I went for the want in my legacy, Generation Three, and I did it the easy way- Three adopted, Seven Biological, Three Sets of twins, and I couldn't even use elixir. Yeah, good times. At least they were rich. :P

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

Also, I love that nose! Kaylynn's faces is one of my favorites, I tend to like the odder faces. The only one I don't like is "Pong's", the Gorilla face. It's irredeemable.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I like a strong nose, so that one really appeals to me too. Peter's secondary aspiration is knowledge, so I'm thinking that it would be cool to try to breed him with aliens (oh, but that aspiration bonus only applies to the primary aspiration, doesn't it? Hmmm... what to do, what to do).

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

You don't? *scratches head* He's just... awesome. :P Don't mind me. I have BIG LOVE for Michael that goes back to my formative adolescent years.

Freckles are the new black. I'm all about the freckles.

That ten kids want is crazy, and this family has so much drama (Second son, Kensey, is sleeping with the wife of the eldest son, Kenneth, for one thing). They deserve to have at least a short story or two devoted to them.

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

I agree with Freckles, I LOVE THEM. I only have three freckled Sims, but I'm always looking for more (freckles) so I can have them all Freckled and adorable. :D