BaCC in Widespot: Round 2 - Ottomas

[quinndominion]

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[ext_2638339]

There you are! I was getting a little worried about you, but I figured, Life. Sorry it's been such a bad summer.

It's a little late to comment much but I gotta say: Daytona, you hypocrite! I kind of want Sandy to catch her and have something to hold over her mother-in-law's head for once.

Two aspiration failures? Oh, dear! Samantha has a tough row, but I've never quite had her in failure. 'Course I never saddled her with the Critturs, either.

Too bad Goldie's first brilliant idea didn't quite work out - but of course Mary took a puppy! I expect the Lands would take one, too. (It is one of my regrets that I couldn't ship them with several dogs under their porch.) Or maybe - ooh - I bet Rocky'd like one! Peter should push one on Daytona, while he's giving her his "input."

Holey cheese, Jim and Tammy Faye look a lot alike! I wouldn't worry. They'll grow into it; and their features don't stand out that much in Widespot.

[quinndominion]

Thanks, when it rains it pours. I am definitely glad to be getting some semblance of balance back

[ext_2638339]

I expect Peter justifies it to himself in a number of little ways - keeps him from making demands on Samantha when she's stressed, keeps the boss happy with him - and he'd laugh if you pointed out she was exploiting him, but - she is anyway. (In a way that Sandy wasn't exploiting Rhett - it really was almost six of one, half dozen of the other with them, though as the older one she still gets a little more blame.) I'm surprised Daytona even wants him, since she's in love with Val, but then the woman's got control issues and isn't much in the habit of questioning her own behavior. The number of ways this could turn real ugly, real fast, is sizable, but we'll see. I wonder how Hamilton or Virgie would react to finding out? Virginia's young enough to process and learn (and it might make her a little more inclined to try to understand her mother), but Hamilton? Could he even allow himself to be disillusioned with his mother? Or would he automatically default to "right, if Mama says so

[quinndominion]

I haven't played any of Round 3 yet so I don't know how any fallout would play with the Beeches (though I have ideas for Day and Val extending beyond 3 into 4) but I have a feeling they would absorb it, Hamilton and Virginia, since Daytona's not the one breaking any vows. But Rocky would flip out. He'll still be a child but the divorce was hard on him and through Delta Sharla's become one of his friends

[katee412]

Yay, this was such a nice surprise :) I loved the chaos of the Ottomi and David and Goldie are so sweet together, I hope he can be better than Candy expects!

[quinndominion]

:-D Glad you liked it! I love Goldie and David together, he doesn't have the best role models and, well, neither does she for the kind of romance she's looking for, but I'm rooting for them!

[simlili]

Adding the Crittur hell to the Ottomas chaos, thou art brave, simmer, very brave indeed :D

[quinndominion]

Ha ha! Eventually they did stop tearing up the place and terrorising guests, or almost stop. But David better hold fast to that love note from Goldie because if the mail lady is smart she won't be coming back around :-)

[quinndominion]

Oh yeah, that fireplace was purely deco during this round, they needed the space. Although...Widespot still hasn't had any fires and they could, well, I could do with getting a move on unlocking stuff. I do have one family left to play before round 3 because I want to introduce them in the winter. They might just need a working fireplace to, um, stave off the chill.

Cyd without Porthos, he must've been devastated! I have managed to retrain Sarah's and Danny's tastes to eat pet food in previous hoods but I never played scheduled rotations before so I had a lot more time to work on them. I didn't even attempt it here, maybe it'll be a project for the kids next round. There were a lot of sims to keep sane in that house and, clearly, I didn't quite manage it (although I have no idea what first sent Sam over the edge, Daytona was on lot but she was more or less behaving herself).

[braxen]

So you moved the Critturs in with the Ottomi! No wonder no skills were increased while you played this family, you must have had your hands full anyway. :D Great update. This was a really everyday family life kind of chapter and still so interesting. You really manage to make them all into real persons, exploring and using every little detail in their personalities the way you do, adding layer after layer. And Daytona wanted Peter’s input! :D I can?t be the only one who snorted out lout when reading that sentence.

[quinndominion]

I did indeed, like they weren't chaotic enough without them! Just keeping tabs on everyone, especially once the twins aged up, was challenge enough. Coming back to the story on this particular update after being in such a different head space took some finagling since the Ottomi weren't like the pure drama of the Mann Act or even the Weisses, with definite notes that needed to be hit, so I'm glad you liked how it turned out! Ah, Daytona and Peter...Well, I tend to laugh my way through writing most of these updates so I'm happy to pass along the chortle :-)