Ummm... what?! (A slight legacy-related problem)

[strangetomato]

I'm really blowing this legacy thing, guys. Like, really, really effin' it all up. Well, for one, I'm still playing, and it's supposed to be done on Friday, but I think I can get it all together by them. It's really near the end. But... well, I'm doing something a little unconventional, and making my own judgement call on how to work it. I think it all still works out fairly by the rules, but I've had a last-minute "oops" and I'm wondering what to do.




Okay, I'll cut right to the chase. Some of my potential heirs are plantsims. I assume it's "legal" because the ideal plantsim is Maxis stock, just like the PT. The way I made it fair from a character development point of view, is to have the plantbabies born much later than the other candidate for heir (who was a teen before they were sprouted). I decided to allow the plantsims to continue to linger on as adults until the "normal" sim became one. I figured it was only fair that they could continue to live and develop their stories too, since they have such a short lifespan from toddler to adult (though, obviously, they have a clear advantage in the skill point department, so I'm not intentionally skilling them much).

So that seems fair, right? If not, well I've blown it already, but we'll just have to deal with it.

The REAL issue here is this:




Freakin' Ira Inada. (Cool name, though.) He's the sort of modified Face One, Michael Stipe look-alike cowboy who gets summoned out of the magic wishing well to be your sweet little baby boy's true love. Oh, and his BABY DADDY too. Cy was a TODDLER only days earlier, and I had no idea he was gay (he wasn't set, so the well decided for me... or maybe it was ACR).  I completely forgot that I added the Preg For All Genders hack for the purposes of alien and half-alien breeding, and, well, I really didn't expect Cy to TRY FOR BABY his very first time.

They weren't even in love yet. o_O

But his secondary aspiration is family, and he seems to have had a 62% chance of wanting to try for baby. Did I check that? No. Did I remember that I set the risky woohoo at it's max level? No. (Not that it mattered. I NEVER get the risky woohoo babies. It's always the sneaky "try for baby" ones.) I wasn't even thinking about him getting mpreg, because I haven't been playing with that hack in place much... at least not with many same sex couples, so it didn't come up.

This is what I get for trying to be clever and using plantsims, but I really wanted the pointy ears and Nyssa didn't get knocked up by any of the townies I generated that had them. I even had that gothic fairy downtownie guy, but she didn't meet him. So plantsims seemed like such a good idea at the time.

So... what would you do here? I love the twist, and the sim breeder inside me refuses to just abort the pregnancy. It might be a bit much to try to work into the story, but I'm sure I could (the story is WAY convoluted as it is, so it should fit right in). Do you think this is okay, as long as the baby stays behind? I think I could make it make sense.

Or... I could let him have the baby, but keep it completely out of the story and "official" legacy entry.

Advice? I'm all ears.

P.S. Ira Inada is one of those extra downtownie templates, so you could spawn one of your very own, if you like him. Watch out, though. He has those sneaky "creep out of the well and impregnate your innocent plantsim" ways. And he rocks a cowboy hat like nobody's business.

Yessir... ACR sure does make things interesting.



 

Comments

[sadieg79.livejournal.com]

Well, you technically blew it when you installed ACR, since you're not meant to have any mods, so I don't see how a male preggers by a townie would be a problem at this point.

And yes, plantsims are perfectly legal - in fact, if you're playing for points you'd score for black sheep on that one. Hell, alien heirs are allowed if the "mother" is the previous heir. Although since you're using mods, you wouldn't be able to keep score anyway - and besides, isn't the legacy challenge just another way to keep the game entertaining for us?

I wouldn't worry about it. Except maybe trying to decide who to use for the next gen heir, since you seem to have quite a few choices now... ;)

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

This really, really does make things interesting. I have NO idea what *I* would do.

So, Cy is the Plantsim baby of Nyssa? *squee*

Honestly, I don't think it would be far to whoever's next in line if the heir is already pregnant, but it would make a cool story twist. But I think Cy shouldn't be in the running for heir. Is that an option? *checks*

Oh, then keep his baby for your SEKRIT purposes and not let it make it into the Official Chapter.

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

and, well, I really didn't expect Cy to TRY FOR BABY his very first time.

He made a pact with all his toddler friends to get pregnant, so that they can have ~unconditional love~

I think either way seems fine. I don't really what to say, haha. ~braindead~

[moofable.livejournal.com]

Keep the baby. It allows you/the person after you to explore prejudices. After all, with being a supper natural sim, being gay, and being a pregnant dude (let alone recent adult and first time), other sims are sure to look at him a little funny.

Whoever plays next should have the option of deciding if the baby goes with him or not (so long as, of course, the baby is not considered a legal heir).

[showercapfrog.livejournal.com]

I don't like aborting simbabies. Which is funny, because I'm prochoice in real life. *the irony*

Twist is great. Keep the babby! And keep it in the storyline. It will be...interesting. :D

[(Anonymous)]

ACR is fun, isn't it? My family sims are always autonomously trying for baby too; sometimes I don't even realize what's happening until I hear the lullaby, and then they have to have a shotgun wedding right then. If I had pregnancy for all, I'd probably have babies coming out my ears.

ACR can set sexual preference, but only if you explicitly tell it to (one fun thing to to do is to have it randomly roll the whole neighborhood; college gets really interesting when the dormies all have set sexual preferences). Did he maybe inherit his mother's preference, since he was spawned?

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

ps: lol the cowboy has Elvis hair under his hat.

[laridian.livejournal.com]

Being the rules creator ;) I'd say you'd never should've let him get pregnant in the first place; after all, potential heirs shouldn't get to do anything while waiting for the other potential heirs to grow up. ;)

Having said that, I'd recommend leaving it up to the next player whether or not to take the kid along, as they may already have some ideas about what to do in their generation.

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

*snicker* "My baby got pregnant!"

Don't fret. This doesn't reflect badly on you. You're not a bad "mom".

I'm with laridian. Go with it and let the voters decide if they want to take on a partially started next generation. (I personally like the idea of getting a slightly used generation).

[hviw.livejournal.com]

Sorry if this is a dumb question or if it's been answered here (I don't think it has but I've been known to miss things like that). How do you get that window to pop up? Do you have to have ACR or some other mod installed or do you just type in a cheat code?

[zepheera.livejournal.com]

Man, now I really wish I'd seen the original post early enough to sign up for this! This round robin looks like a blast.

I hope you get the go ahead to keep the "unplanned blessing" in the story, that'd be such fun to play with.

[80sfiend.livejournal.com]

LMAO at the "He has those sneaky "creep out of the well and impregnate your innocent plantsim" part. That just cracked me up so much. :D