An update.
Alright, so... time has passed, things have changed, blahblahblah. I haven't really played Sims in quite a while, and when I do, it's been other neighborhoods--premade families, the neighborhood I made with a friend for our book, the lot I made for taking Christmas pictures, etc.
Anyway, I've sort of lost interest in the Garniers, and fun as it was to play my desperate attempt to get Aubrey his first kiss, I'm not sure it would be particularly interesting to write. And I'm not really feeling up to the whole 'witty commentary' thing right now. So, most likely, I'll just write one last, brief post of what all happened and leave at that. Maayybe I'll do Aubrey's college years.
I did, however, play college!Aubrey for a few minutes just to see what he looks like. His face came out kind of lumpy and weird and glasses align completely wrong--that's what I get for squishing his head -.-; But I guess it's not too bad, seeing as he was one of my first Bodyshop sims, and the first I actually put in-game. Anyway, I gave him a little makeover to try to make him look a bit less odd, complete with neon hairdye. I didn't take any decent pictures, so I'll upload one when I do.
As for what I have been doing...
I made a few attempts at taking Christmas pictures, meanwhile trying out cheats and hacks for arranging things. I never got any really good results out of it, but I did take a bunch of pictures and slap some lame attempts at funny Christmas greetings onto a few (I was going to do a Happy Yule too, but then I realized how ugly my Wiccan sim Jackie is in-game). Was going to upload them, but was distracted with other things and now it's almost the end of January so it's a little dumb. Of course, I could always cheat and change the date so it looks like I uploaded them on time. XD My new icon, by the way, is the more correct, not-first-try-at-Bodyshop, CC'd version of Aubrey (AKA Aubrey 2.0) from the Christmas pictures. He's still a tiny bit funny-looking, and not quite accurate, but much better than before.
I have another new set of sims, the Mark family of Valentown. They technically belong to my dear Mizufriend even if they're on my computer, and she put a few pictures in her dA scraps, but I might put up more in this journal too, sometime. It's pretty much utter chaos: two unmarried romance sims raising four toddlers. It was amazing to play, especially with another person there to laugh with, and especially because I never even raised a single toddler before (it took a little time, but I eventually got used to everyone constantly being in the red). The four kids are the four main characters from the book three friends and I am writing (link above--okay, I actually sort of dropped out of writing because I don't really have the time, but one of the characters was still originally mine), and the parents are two of Mizu's and my old favorite dysfunctional characters from our stories, Kakero and Malachai. I'm still not sure why we decided to stick Kakero with his murderous ex rather than his wife. ._.;
Additionally, I played Strangetown and birthed Assbaby Curious but didn't save, then I played Veronaville and RAAAAGE'd because Mercutio is my favorite Shakespeare character EVAR and not only does he look nothing like in my mind but he's just plain funny-looking, and furthermore, I support the belief that he's canonically in love with Romeo, and also happen to enjoy pairing him with Tybalt just for lulz, and both pairings are voided by how the characters are set up. DX
And, what I intend to do next? I really want to try a legacy. There are currently three possibilities: The Litterae legacy, the Aesir legacy, or a legacy founded by one of my random characters. The Litterae legacy would have--surprise!--all sims named after literary characters, in mostly-chronological order (I didn't realize until I already made my potential founder that one of my potential gen 2 characters predates him by a couple hundred years); I think I'd like to do this one, and I've already got a lot of names planned out. The Aesir legacy would be an attempt to reproduce the lineage of the Norse gods in Sim legacy form, and possibly my Mythology class project. XD Then there's always the option of starting a legacy with Kakero or someone, which would be kind of awesome in its own way, but I think I want to do something a little more structured. Most likely, I'll do the Litterae legacy. After all, I already have the founder made.
Now, about that Mythology project--if I don't make a legacy of it, which I probably won't, I'll be making a video about the Norse creation myths and maybe a few others, essentially acting them out with sims. I've been collecting stuff for this for quite a while, including the epic search for a tree big enough to be Yggdrasill. I currently have Ymir made, as well as the Norns and the (currently humanoid) snake that noms on Yggdrasill, who look amazing even though they'll probably only be in it for about 3 seconds.
There'd been another idea brewing in my head for a bit, again more of a story illustrated with sims than one revolving around them, about my characters Mel and Jason. I've already written some script, and I kind of like it and want to do it, but I'm not sure using sims actually contributes anything. I think it might be better off just plain writing it. But, we'll see--I think I might make the family and start playing them, and see from there if it's worth posting.
Then there's the matter of the IU story I started. I haven't exactly given up the idea or anything, but I'm not really actively working on it either... The only thing stopping me? All the special CC I need to either track down or make myself. Ugh. It makes me a bit bored with the whole idea, really. But I still intend to finish sometime.
In other news, I feel like advertising even though no one actually follows this journal: sea_serpent, the person who got me into Sims following her awesome legacies and such, just finished her amazing Jambon legacy and started her new Scallywag legacy. Go check it out. :3
Also~ On an unrelated note, my newest obsession is Axis Powers Hetalia. <3
Random fact of the day: That line in the song One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer that says "I was feeling mellow" always makes me think of Mello getting groped in a bar. (It's on the radio right now.) By the way, I really dislike this song. D:
Anyway, I've sort of lost interest in the Garniers, and fun as it was to play my desperate attempt to get Aubrey his first kiss, I'm not sure it would be particularly interesting to write. And I'm not really feeling up to the whole 'witty commentary' thing right now. So, most likely, I'll just write one last, brief post of what all happened and leave at that. Maayybe I'll do Aubrey's college years.
I did, however, play college!Aubrey for a few minutes just to see what he looks like. His face came out kind of lumpy and weird and glasses align completely wrong--that's what I get for squishing his head -.-; But I guess it's not too bad, seeing as he was one of my first Bodyshop sims, and the first I actually put in-game. Anyway, I gave him a little makeover to try to make him look a bit less odd, complete with neon hairdye. I didn't take any decent pictures, so I'll upload one when I do.
As for what I have been doing...
I made a few attempts at taking Christmas pictures, meanwhile trying out cheats and hacks for arranging things. I never got any really good results out of it, but I did take a bunch of pictures and slap some lame attempts at funny Christmas greetings onto a few (I was going to do a Happy Yule too, but then I realized how ugly my Wiccan sim Jackie is in-game). Was going to upload them, but was distracted with other things and now it's almost the end of January so it's a little dumb. Of course, I could always cheat and change the date so it looks like I uploaded them on time. XD My new icon, by the way, is the more correct, not-first-try-at-Bodyshop, CC'd version of Aubrey (AKA Aubrey 2.0) from the Christmas pictures. He's still a tiny bit funny-looking, and not quite accurate, but much better than before.
I have another new set of sims, the Mark family of Valentown. They technically belong to my dear Mizufriend even if they're on my computer, and she put a few pictures in her dA scraps, but I might put up more in this journal too, sometime. It's pretty much utter chaos: two unmarried romance sims raising four toddlers. It was amazing to play, especially with another person there to laugh with, and especially because I never even raised a single toddler before (it took a little time, but I eventually got used to everyone constantly being in the red). The four kids are the four main characters from the book three friends and I am writing (link above--okay, I actually sort of dropped out of writing because I don't really have the time, but one of the characters was still originally mine), and the parents are two of Mizu's and my old favorite dysfunctional characters from our stories, Kakero and Malachai. I'm still not sure why we decided to stick Kakero with his murderous ex rather than his wife. ._.;
Additionally, I played Strangetown and birthed Assbaby Curious but didn't save, then I played Veronaville and RAAAAGE'd because Mercutio is my favorite Shakespeare character EVAR and not only does he look nothing like in my mind but he's just plain funny-looking, and furthermore, I support the belief that he's canonically in love with Romeo, and also happen to enjoy pairing him with Tybalt just for lulz, and both pairings are voided by how the characters are set up. DX
And, what I intend to do next? I really want to try a legacy. There are currently three possibilities: The Litterae legacy, the Aesir legacy, or a legacy founded by one of my random characters. The Litterae legacy would have--surprise!--all sims named after literary characters, in mostly-chronological order (I didn't realize until I already made my potential founder that one of my potential gen 2 characters predates him by a couple hundred years); I think I'd like to do this one, and I've already got a lot of names planned out. The Aesir legacy would be an attempt to reproduce the lineage of the Norse gods in Sim legacy form, and possibly my Mythology class project. XD Then there's always the option of starting a legacy with Kakero or someone, which would be kind of awesome in its own way, but I think I want to do something a little more structured. Most likely, I'll do the Litterae legacy. After all, I already have the founder made.
Now, about that Mythology project--if I don't make a legacy of it, which I probably won't, I'll be making a video about the Norse creation myths and maybe a few others, essentially acting them out with sims. I've been collecting stuff for this for quite a while, including the epic search for a tree big enough to be Yggdrasill. I currently have Ymir made, as well as the Norns and the (currently humanoid) snake that noms on Yggdrasill, who look amazing even though they'll probably only be in it for about 3 seconds.
There'd been another idea brewing in my head for a bit, again more of a story illustrated with sims than one revolving around them, about my characters Mel and Jason. I've already written some script, and I kind of like it and want to do it, but I'm not sure using sims actually contributes anything. I think it might be better off just plain writing it. But, we'll see--I think I might make the family and start playing them, and see from there if it's worth posting.
Then there's the matter of the IU story I started. I haven't exactly given up the idea or anything, but I'm not really actively working on it either... The only thing stopping me? All the special CC I need to either track down or make myself. Ugh. It makes me a bit bored with the whole idea, really. But I still intend to finish sometime.
In other news, I feel like advertising even though no one actually follows this journal: sea_serpent, the person who got me into Sims following her awesome legacies and such, just finished her amazing Jambon legacy and started her new Scallywag legacy. Go check it out. :3
Also~ On an unrelated note, my newest obsession is Axis Powers Hetalia. <3
Random fact of the day: That line in the song One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer that says "I was feeling mellow" always makes me think of Mello getting groped in a bar. (It's on the radio right now.) By the way, I really dislike this song. D: