A lot going on here, I'm about a thousand characters under LJ's hard limit but apparently that's too close for comfort. I could publish, as is, but whenever I'm this close I can't edit, not even to take words away, so any typos and that missing word I spotted just are what they are.
Not much in the way of resolution! More like drifting, interlocking montages of what happened with Candy. And I'm no builder (though some of the 'stages' are heavily remodelled) so I wanted to be sure and cobble together a credit list for all the places that Rich took her. The Flamingo will almost certainly make more appearances once the rest of the Widespot folks have access to subhoods, too, and possibly the Foundlings Home, which is Leefish's Simton Town Office at MTS but whether the others will fit with an organic development of the town, I don't know yet. I was originally determined that the casino be the Gomorrah, also found at MTS, but whenever I thought I finally, definitely had the master meshes the arches and windows kept flashing. That's
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Holey cheese. I'm not any less scared. And I don't think Valentine is, either. But Candy's more scared than any of us, and not just for her. It occurred to me when she first went with him, that she was afraid of what would happen if she kicked up a fuss and Pop came storming in with no idea what kind of fight he was about to get into; and now I'm sure of it. She's lying to Rich to protect herself; she's lying to her family to protect them. "Goldie was never coming here, no freaking way, okay -" Candy doesn't care about too many people, but Goldie surely tops the list!
Trying to go back for the toddler girl surprised me. I wonder when and where and with who we'll see her again - not many "desperate yet unsuccessful" would-be parents around Widespot!
Much to process. See you in the morning, probably.
Turns out Candy's more complicated than she looks. Who knew? Could be just because her situation is. She's not an attentive mother, she's always handing the baby over as soon as he winds up in her arms (even back to his kidnapper) but she wouldn't be okay without a basic belief in his well-being. There is a lot working against her maternal instinct: personality, her position, plus the birth was kind of traumatic for her and she might even subconsciously blame him for her predicament. But what on earth would she have done with a needy toddler if she could've talked Rich into adopting a sister for Richie Rich? Candy just gets caught up in her moments. (I don't know how or who it could be but I had to leave some sort of leeway for a saga of Baby Boy and Girlie. Might be useful that, story-wise, she isn't in Widespot.) Also, key to a lot of what happened is the fact that Candy does have real feelings for Rich, even if the most predominant one is fear. It wasn't only the hair and clothes that kept her in character, it was his
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That, of course, depends entirely on the simmer :-)
For myself, aside from a handful of favourites, I never got attached to TS3 sims; the puddings were never quite “people” to me like my TS1 and TS2 pixels so their behaviour read more as mechanistic. And, just thinking out loud here, the game does lend itself to stock characterisation (and situation comedies). So Rich, for example, as “the villain”: is he bad just because he is-in the manner of 'he's got no nice points, what'd you expect!'-or is there a psychological history at work reinforcing the way he makes decisions? Ironically perhaps, it's partly Rich's sense of his own complexity that led him to pigeon-hole Candy as a "pure personality", simple and single-minded in pursuit of her inventive but far less intensive goals. While he certainly isn't responsible for creating all the nooks and crannies in her psyche, he's got no one to blame but himself for forcing them to surface
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Why, thank you :-D (You mean he couldn't have rolled down there? You sure?) I laughed out loud when she went through the boxing and baseball animations talking to her Pop after the fight but only once Rich started walking away. It wasn't how I figured that scene would progress but she defused some of the tension.
Coming in late, as per usual, I've had my focus elsewhere (fanfiction) for a while. What a great chapter! Your narrating keeps getting better for each update, this time it felt like watching a movie; all those elaborate sets and jumps in the time-line - fantastic! Great pics as always. The relation between Candy and Rich is a bit scary, it gives me the creeps really, so I hope that is intentional. It gave me the creeps when Rich took the baby away as well, so I was very relieved to see him back again.
:-D Thank you! I was really committed to this structure for the last part so I'm glad that it worked, especially because it relies mainly on costuming to signal the transitions.
Rich and Candy are definitely not the model of a healthy relationship, that's for sure. Creeped out, sad for Candy, angry with Candy, worried for the baby--they're all on the spectrum of effects. But I'd be concerned about anyone left rooting for Rich!
Also wanted to say that one of your Sunnydale updates is responsible for Richie Rich's other name, that is, Little Dick. I think it's Cordelia's kid with the mayor, a perfectly reasonable nickname (once upon a time) but it was one of those 'duh' moments for me, like of course that's what Rich would call him.
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Not much in the way of resolution! More like drifting, interlocking montages of what happened with Candy. And I'm no builder (though some of the 'stages' are heavily remodelled) so I wanted to be sure and cobble together a credit list for all the places that Rich took her. The Flamingo will almost certainly make more appearances once the rest of the Widespot folks have access to subhoods, too, and possibly the Foundlings Home, which is Leefish's Simton Town Office at MTS but whether the others will fit with an organic development of the town, I don't know yet. I was originally determined that the casino be the Gomorrah, also found at MTS, but whenever I thought I finally, definitely had the master meshes the arches and windows kept flashing. That's ( ... )
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Trying to go back for the toddler girl surprised me. I wonder when and where and with who we'll see her again - not many "desperate yet unsuccessful" would-be parents around Widespot!
Much to process. See you in the morning, probably.
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For myself, aside from a handful of favourites, I never got attached to TS3 sims; the puddings were never quite “people” to me like my TS1 and TS2 pixels so their behaviour read more as mechanistic. And, just thinking out loud here, the game does lend itself to stock characterisation (and situation comedies). So Rich, for example, as “the villain”: is he bad just because he is-in the manner of 'he's got no nice points, what'd you expect!'-or is there a psychological history at work reinforcing the way he makes decisions? Ironically perhaps, it's partly Rich's sense of his own complexity that led him to pigeon-hole Candy as a "pure personality", simple and single-minded in pursuit of her inventive but far less intensive goals. While he certainly isn't responsible for creating all the nooks and crannies in her psyche, he's got no one to blame but himself for forcing them to surface ( ... )
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What a great chapter! Your narrating keeps getting better for each update, this time it felt like watching a movie; all those elaborate sets and jumps in the time-line - fantastic! Great pics as always.
The relation between Candy and Rich is a bit scary, it gives me the creeps really, so I hope that is intentional. It gave me the creeps when Rich took the baby away as well, so I was very relieved to see him back again.
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Rich and Candy are definitely not the model of a healthy relationship, that's for sure. Creeped out, sad for Candy, angry with Candy, worried for the baby--they're all on the spectrum of effects. But I'd be concerned about anyone left rooting for Rich!
Also wanted to say that one of your Sunnydale updates is responsible for Richie Rich's other name, that is, Little Dick. I think it's Cordelia's kid with the mayor, a perfectly reasonable nickname (once upon a time) but it was one of those 'duh' moments for me, like of course that's what Rich would call him.
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And yes - someone rooting for Rich, that would be scary indeed. He makes such a splendid villain though. ;)
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