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

[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's 10-year-old face! I once married him into one of my early (and failed) legacies and I just couldn't shake off the feeling that my founder was a "crib robber" (or pedo) after she woo-hooed with him!

I think he looks like that (the beard and odd glasses) because he wants to look older. See, as a downtownie, he spends all the time around those hip and "cool" community lots, but he's often denied access to the nightclubs because he's mistaken as a twelve year old. How is he supposed to impress all those legacy heiress who are just dying for his sperm if he can't even invite them a beer at the Lucky Cards place?

I'm really not sure if he's an exact replica of a face one sim, though. I guess we could compare him with a grown up version of Brandi Broke's third child. I'll look for the pics I still have of David Broke...



I really suck at comparing facial traits of sims. But he looks like HBD, indeed.

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

It's because Brandi is face one, and he's a clone of her.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Is Brandi an unaltered face one? I thought she might be slightly different.

There's a lot of template-ism happening in Pleasantview, and mostly the first couple of templates.

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

I love that Don cheats on Cassandra with Kaylynn, when they look like they have the same face template.

Also, Alexander Goth looks a lot like Goopy, not Mortimer. (Did Bella have an affair? :x)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he does look young. I wonder what his kids look like? Their lips must be HUGE. :P

I think you've figured it out. That facial hair is a desperate attempt to look older.

Yeah, he's not exactly a face one, judging by that (and face one looks so much better with different colour - I like David a lot better). Is Brandi exactly face one? It seems like her eyes are different... they're more angled up in the corners, maybe?