Strangetown extras: Meet the Worthingtons

[strangetomato]

I'm hard at work at Chapter Nineteen, but I took a little break to finally get into SimPE and create the Worthington family. I've been wanting to do this for ages. I could always wait to introduce them in a chapter with Frances, but I can't. I'm too excited, and that might be a while coming. It's not like it's a big secret (like the clones were), so why not share them now? I can't think of a good reason not to, so here are a few pics and character profiles for the Worthingtons.

The Worthingtons live in a lavish dwelling on the outskirts of Sim City, overlooking the cliffs. This lot comes with Glamour Life Stuff (Forsythe Place), and I made a few changes inside.






Frances Worthington II

sloppy/neat: 6
shy/outgoing: 5
lazy/active: 8
serious/playful: 3
grouchy/nice: 3

Aspiration: Fortune
LTW: Earn $100,000


You know a little about Frances II from Frances III reflecting on his obligations as son, and we'll get to see more about him as the story goes on. He's obviously very interested in a male heir carrying on the family name (well, they're up to III, right, so they may as well...). While he doesn't mind a little culture, like Frances' piano playing, he's very insistent that men act like men and women act like women.




In the kitchen, we find Linda, his dutiful wife. But be warned... everything is not as perfect as it would appear. (In fact, she left that oven unattended to go get a drink, and I had to make her go back.)






Linda Worthington

sloppy/neat: 9
shy/outgoing: 2
lazy/active: 6
serious/playful: 3
grouchy/nice: 5

Aspiration: Fortune
LTW: Have 6 pets reach the top of a pet career


Linda is a very troubled woman, but I won't get into the details about it. It was mentioned in a previous chapter that she had been in rehab, and this is true. Perhaps she is worried about her son? It's a very good possibility.




The Worthingtons do love each other, so their problems obviously stem from other areas. Yes, I created a triple bolt couple without even trying to. I didn't consider chemistry when I was making them at all, though they are both fortune sims, so that would help. I must have hit the two zodiac signs that attract each other. Frances II would obviously be a fortune sim, and I figured that Linda may have had the want to "marry a rich sim" so I went with Fortune too.

Next, we will meet the daughters. Otherwise know as the "failed attempts at having a son". I created them with the pacifier in CAS, without making any adjustments to them at all. Both Linda and Frances II were created from Frances III, by the way. I changed different features on each of them, so I think it makes them work genetically.




Not a bad looking bunch, don't you think?

From oldest to youngest:






Lillian Worthington

sloppy/neat: 4
shy/outgoing: 10
lazy/active: 4
serious/playful: 4
grouchy/nice: 3

Aspiration: Popularity
LTW: Reach the top of the Journalism career


Lillian looks the most like Frances, but could eat him alive with her personality. Lillian would have made a great heir to the family fortune, if only she had been a male. She is ambitious and socially connected, and she dedicates herself to a career in Journalism. Her hobbies include bossing people around and resenting Frances as heir.






Edie (Edith) Worthington

sloppy/neat: 6
shy/outgoing: 3
lazy/active: 6
serious/playful: 4
grouchy/nice: 6

Aspiration: Knowledge
LTW: Max 7 skills


Edie is most like Frances in personality (and a few other areas of her life), but is easily the most free spirited of the Worthingtons. Frances is closest to her out of all of the sisters. She is also a musician, and grew up playing the piano like Frances did, though she now plays drums in an all-female rock band and pursues her artistic interests. She only comes home to visit when she really has to for family reunions, even though she lives in the city.

Her name is in reference to Edie Sedgwick (of Factory Girl fame), who is arguably the original poor little rich girl.






Charlotte Worthington

sloppy/neat: 5
shy/outgoing: 3
lazy/active: 7
serious/playful: 3
grouchy/nice: 7

Aspiration: Family
LTW: Have 6 grandchildren


Charlotte only resembles Frances in her general meekness, and her willingness to tow the family line (and her lovely cheekbones). She is currently living at home, while dating potential suitors from other rich families, and her marriage will be as much of a business transaction as it is the joining of two people. As long as she is provided for, this doesn't really bother Charlotte, at least not on the surface. She is perfectly ladylike and hopes to have oodles of children one day (for the nanny to look after, of course).




I'm with Frances. Edie is clearly my favourite of the daughters. I've been wanting to use that "femullet" hair on someone for ages too. I just love it.


So, there you go! The Worthingtons. Questions, comments, speculations?

Comments

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

I love the way you invent backstory based on the few little clues the game gives. And it totally fits. The trying-for-a-son business, for instance. I'm already thinking about the effect that must have on the daughters, depending on their individual personalities. It must suck knowing you weren't what your dad wanted. Then Francis comes along, and he doesn't fully meet his father's criteria either (though I'm guessing Daddy doesn't know everything yet? Imagine coming out in those circumstances.)

Linda is a lush, eh? And maybe more. Way to almost set the house on fire, Mom.

The daughters all look really good. Perfect for their personalities. And Edie's my favorite, though that's probably a given... :)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

It's so much fun to invent backstories like this. I like the "holding out for a son" thing (well, I hate it, but you get the idea). I always wonder what people are thinking with things like that. I assume that the whole alternative gender/sexuality thing is so out of the question for them that it makes some kind of sense. But what a heap of pressure to put on someone!

It's easy to see why Frances is very much in the closet, isn't it? That would be a very bad situation to come out to. Some of his family members might know, and others might suspect, though. Edie knows. Daddy definitely does not.

Yeah, Linda has some substance abuse problems. I love how the sim totally lived up to the character I had already invented for her. They really know sometimes, I swear... It's almost scary.

Thanks! I think they match up pretty well too. I had a certain look in mind for each of them, so I kept rolling the pacifier until I got something that seemed to work. Frances has lips to die for when they're on a woman too. It's quite nice. Very cupid's bow. Lillian has seriously tiny nose, though... Frances has a small nose for a male sim. It's almost alien looking on a girl.

Edie is great, isn't she? I can tell that she'll be one of my favourites already. I have a number of ways to weave her into the tale in mind already. Now I'll have to go create the rest of her band too... once you get started with this, it gets out of hand, doesn't it?

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

Lillian's nose looks like maybe it had some work done.

Getting out of hand... don't I know it. ^_^;;

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Some work done... *snicker* That's exactly what it looks like! But alas, that's just what Frances Worthington's nose looks like on a woman. It's teeny tiny!

At least creating new characters is fun! It doesn't feel so much like work.

Making the all-girl rock band would be fun. I could simplify matters by making it a only three members. I could base them on one of my favourites, Sleater Kinney, which had only three members.