Maxis Taste Dare 010: Formal makeover

[strangetomato]

It's been a while since I actually participated in one of the maxis_taste dares (I did the makeover for Goopy and Sandy, but I never did get around to posting it). This one ties in nicely with my Christmasy mood, so I decided to go for it.

The challenge was to make over a couple (same sex apparently needing an opposite sex "chaperone" or some such thing :P), and I decided to go with a platonic couple for my entry. And I threw another guy into the mix, just 'cause. I've been happily playing around with Photoshop, so these images are screencapped and ~sparkly~ and I left them in the widescreen format of my monitor.

And it has FRANCES, so what are you waiting for?










For my couple, I chose Beau and Lucy, because there's no better date than your BFF. I went to the prom with mine, so I know this from experience, okay? The event is a Christmas party, as you can see.

Lucy is wearing a lovely frock from the Sims 2 Store Asian fusion collection (if you haven't check it out yet, head on over to MATY - some of the dresses are WAY above par for the store), and Beau rocks a recolour of a suit from Glamour Life that is easily my favourite male formal attire.




These two really know how to get the party started.

(And check out those frightening nutcrackers!)




Frances isn't quite sure what to think of it.

He's also sporting a recolour of my favourite suit, in an appropriately dark colour. He's such a black/blue/purple guy, isn't he? Is he a "winter"?

Frances: *needs to drink more before he'll dance like that, thankyouverymuch*




Frances: Yes, indeed...

(Beau's breakdancing, btw. It's from AL.)




Wait... did he just do what I think he did? *snicker* Lordy, the punch has to be spiked, because Frances just crushed the cup on his head! I just missed getting a pic of it.




Then he tosses it over his shoulder into the gelatin like a total BADASS.




Frances: Maybe it's the punch talking... but, damn, he's looking...




Frances: Ummm... goofy. But the blue in his shirt really does bring out his eyes.




Lucy smiles.

Yes, everything is going according to plan.




 

Comments

[aledstrange.livejournal.com]

Then, if for any reason you find any of our challenge's rules questionable in the future, I'd appreciate if you discuss directly with me (or other mod if necessary) or ask about any doubt you may have on the respective post, instead of distorting them into something that not only isn't the idea at all, but also sounds extremely discriminatory and even edging on homophobic (which frankly offends me more than you can imagine, after all i'm the one who created the challenge in the first place).

As for game play, considering what can be seen in many player's games, i rather think it does not represent what they actually think in their real lives and its only a game to literally escape from it, otherwise, it would mean most of them are or agree with serial killer and pervs, who get rid of anyone who's ugly, have sex with siblings and parents, rape babies/kids/teens and/or enjoy watching others burn themselves to dead inside locked buildings.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry I came off that way, Ale. I have no issue with the rules, and I didn't mean to imply that you were homophobic at all. I was just sort of giggling at the way it sounded to me, and then I was just following that train of thought. All my musings about gender weren't directed at you specifically.

That's also true, of course. Sometimes it is just a game and people do all sorts of things to sims that they would find terrible in real life, but I do think that a lot of it still reflects the way we feel about things on some level. It shows the things we find deplorable as well as the way we think things should be. Maybe. Like I said, you can read into things, but sometimes it really is just a game too.