Jaxy Rai and Rhiannon D'or

[strangetomato]

I started fleshing out a little more of Jaxy's past (and Zoe's too) for an upcoming chapter, since I've been thinking about it for a while and it all came together for me recently. I've always had an idea of what Jaxy's story was, but I actually jotted down some specific notes this time. Jaxy now has a mother, who she'll probably visit at some point (out of guilt and obligation). She doesn't know her father, so I didn't even bother to create him. Her story is fairly dark, as I've mentioned before, but I did find a little light in there too.







Here's Jaxy as a teen. She runs away from home during this time, and lives on the streets until she meets Rhiannon.




Rhi doesn't live on the streets, but only because she's taken residence in an abandoned building.




So, for a while, Jaxy does too.

There's more to the story, of course, but I'll leave it at that for now. Rhiannon does play a significant role in her life, while she's in it (yes, that's the key point, right there).






Here's a better look at her. I'm pretty happy with her design. I took an older sim I created for a prosperity challenge and further developed and exaggerated her features. I'm really liking her wide mouth.

The name is a product of all the Fleetwood Mac I've been listening to lately. It's also just a pretty name, and referencing a goddess is always a good thing for a character. D'or is french for gold, and the Rhiannon of Welsh mythology was described as being dressed in gold in one of the stories. I thought it had a nice ring to it. I gave her gold eyeshadow to continue the theme.

This will come up again several updates down the road.





 

Comments

[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

Rhiannon is very cute, I also liked her mouth! The name is lovely too!

So I guess this girl will be related to Jaxy's problems. Poor girl, considering Jaxy once tried to commit suicide, something really awful must had happened to them back then.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I thought I'd push it a little wider than I'd usually go, and I like how it looks. I always try to push some detail a little to the extreme when I'm designing a sim, so they don't all look the same.

Rhiannon helps her to get through some of her tougher times. She's lucky to have had a friend like her during those years.

Did I say something about Jaxy attempting suicide, or are you referring to her drug overdose (which could be seen as a sort of indirect suicide attempt, though it wasn't really my intention). I hope I'm not forgetting what I've already written. I'll have to read back through the Jaxy stuff to be sure, but I thought Ophelia was the only character that has mentioned a suicide attempt.

[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

I'm probably confusing things... I just remember Jaxy went to the hospital after a drug overdose as you said.

I guess the way Zoe was so angry at her made me think she had done it on purpose.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Well, it would make sense. There might have been some subconsious desire to hurt herself there, but she wasn't intending to kill herself. Or, if she was, she realized at the last minute that it wasn't want she really wanted (even though it was too late to take it back). Her intentions are vague there, and since she was really high at the time, she probably doesn't even really know herself.