Hot Blond Downtownie

[strangetomato]

Am I the only simmer who doesn't like the Hot Blonde Downtownie? His "pretty" genes don't really do it for me, because I don't think template No. 1 looks good on male sims, and he's so poorly styled. Well, the shaggy hair isn't so bad, but the giant green glasses and the "Look Ma, I grew it myself!" teenaged goatee? Yeah, not really doing anything for me.

He's the focus of the new sim_mania challenge, which I'll be watching with interest. If anyone actually makes him look good to me, I'll definitely vote for them. I'll probably campaign on their behalf, in fact. But really... good luck with that. He's the reason chin beards were invented. *shudder*

I'm sure most of you will disagree with me, and you're welcome to it, but the HBD just bugs the shit out of me, so I had to vent a little. (I have to say that or you might think I'm better than you, or something.)

The timing of this challenge is funny, because I just made him playable to act as a minor character in my story. Yeah, HBD gets the plum role of Jaxy's mother's live-in boyfriend. It's not the sort of character he usually plays in legacies and such, but he wanted to expand his repertoire, since Sperm Donor No. 1 only gets you so far on your acting résumé. And he looks the part too. This will be his gritty, breakthrough role on his way to becoming the next indie film poster boy.

Comments

[ownsimscorner.livejournal.com]

Yeah, HBD never did much for me either. Much prefer Snakeskin Guy (whose features aren`t so overly exaggerated and whose personality is much more livelier than HBD`s) and, well, I do have a soft spot for the Travolta guy - he`s very... optimistic.

That contest sounds fun, though. :) Can`t wait to see HBD playing such an "OOC" role in your story, maybe I`ll finally find him interesting enough.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

To be fair, I've never played with any of these downtownie guys. When I marry someone into a sim family, it's usually a townie or, more often, an NPC. A lot of those Nightlife outfits were really hilariously bad, though. It think it's even worse than the basegame.

It doesn't even seem that out of character for me. :P I guess I'm just contrary, but I thought it would be hilarious to cast him as a "bad guy" in the story. (Really, he's as much a victim of addiction as he is a villain.)