Strangetown Extras: The Brokes

[strangetomato]

Yes, this Strangetown extra takes place in Pleasantview. That makes sense, right? Well, in the sense that it's part of this Stranegtown story... yes, it does. I've been working up the other neighbourhoods to catch up with Strangetown, since this will be relevant to the story (and it's helping me with some of the details). I'm working on a drabble about Frances, which ended up being about Beau too, which then became more of a drabble+ with pics, so I've been playing with the Brokes a little to get some shots.

Something exciting happened: Brandi had twins! The family sim aspiration benefit really does work (but not every time - I played her earlier and had only one child, but didn't end up saving it) . I named the identical boys Gilbert and George. You get the reference, right? I hope so. Anyway, here are a couple of pics. You'll see more in the drabble. I'm having a lot of fun decorating the trailer.







Awww... aren't they adorable?




And there's Beau warming his ass on the radiator, which is (oddly?) one of my favourite new objects in AL. It just adds a nice touch of realism for me. I'd love a really cheap little portable space heater too, but this works for a number of settings.




Here's Beau autonomously playing with his little brother. Again... AWWW.

(Isn't it annoying how some of the SP and EA Store hairs aren't enabled for pajamas, etc? In theory, I like that Seasons feature of different hair with different outfits, but it's more trouble than it's worth most of the time.)

Now... back to get the shots I need for the drabble. I'm making progress on the next chapter too.



 

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Her first pregnancy always results in a male clone of Brandi, which is something that happens when the data for the other parent is missing, as it is with her. The pregnancy is a single baby, but if you use cheesecake or the forcetwins cheat (and now the family aspiration benefit), you can have twins with this pregnancy, and both of them will be male clones of Brandi.

[sophie10.livejournal.com]

So you could also do that by making a sim pregnant by themselves and forcetwins?

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that would have the same effect. The one drawback to the whole thing is the way the twins will also be identical to the parent, but since they'll always be the other gender, it's not quite as noticeable as it would be if they were all the same.

[sophie10.livejournal.com]

Are Lillith and Angela Pleasant Daniel's clones?

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

No, I think they were just created in CAS. Like many Maxis families, they aren't genetically linked to their parents in appearance. Lilith and Angela's noses, in particular, does not resemble either Mary-Sue or Daniel's nose.

[sophie10.livejournal.com]

It's true. Will we be seeing much of the twins in your strory?