Hey, a hat trick! Junior, Hamilton, and Daytona, too! There certainly is a lot of 'not on his/her best behaviour' going on. Sandy hasn't admitted defeat yet for working her way back into that family, but we'll see if she was really able to summon the nerve to show her face at the garden party. Penny does have Rhett-lessons to fall back on to re-evaluate her position and her priorities so there is some wiggle room for her. Of course, she'd have to put them into effect and stop excusing bad behaviour in the balance against the good feelings she gets when they (and I'll say 'they') aren't in jerk mode.
I first read that as 'Sadie should go after Gavin' (which put a whole different spin on that paragraph for me) and was about to say, oh, she fully intends to, but Scot? Interesting. Mostly because while I don't think I've seen her swoon over anyone but Gavin, Scot does his fair share of heart-farting Sadie. In fact, instinctively I guess, she's the only girl around whom Virgie gets territorial about Scot. Virgie checked her, or called
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It's no wonder Mary dreams of getting away! Being Mrs. Mann isn't like being on vacation anymore, not with the twins and The Lana Situation. It's sad that she's already given up on ever having anything more, and I hope she gets to a place where she can imagine getting what she actually wants again. Once she can imagine it, she can probably do it. Mary has a lot of reserves she doesn't feel entitled to draw on, on her own behalf; strength that can be used up in passive endurance or put to active use forging ahead. Letting other people eat her alive (and not in the good way) is just so unnecessary! When will she realize that she'd have partisans if she let them know she needed them? I think the prospect of having friends around may actually make the prospect of the garden party a little more dreadful to her - so many people to hide her reaction to seeing Val from.
I trust we'll get a better look at Rhett's musical debut later. A lot of the flaws which impede his living comfortably in a small town should work to his advantage as a
The Mann rounds feel very far off when I'm still here futzing around with the Beeches but let's just say the honeymoon is over. Mary's got her husband and her babies (and his mother, lord help her; and Dixie is easily as much trouble as she is a help) but the reality isn't much like the dream. She's even still beholden to her own mama! Being sent off, like she had nothing better to do, to help Ms. Daytona out - not that she minded much. It was a lot of work but also something of a respite. Mary can't help realising that being Mrs. Mann is such a different experience for the others, the ones who married Rich and almost certainly for anyone who married Junior if he hadn't been disowned. And if he hadn't, how likely is it he'd have married her? Mary wonders. While Junior likes manning the store and he's cool with the babies and all, a lifetime of old habits don't break themselves. She's as much proof of that as he is
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Okay, I'm super behind in commenting but as always I love your updates. You always provide these glimpses into each character's motivation that makes it difficult not to be on their side!
Thank you for reading along, I'm always happy to know that they're entertaining! The decision-making is often flawed, to say the least, for these folks - and this chapter left Peni wanting to slap a few of them! - but they do make their decisions, sometimes with the perfect conviction of the heat of the moment. Whether they're as bold about standing by those choices when the consequences fall is altogether another matter :-)
Thanks, she finally found a look that she likes :-) Virgie's probably the last sim I'd have expected to end up re-meshing and re-texturing stuff for, with all the cc I hoard, but she's, uh, exploring her options. And Miss Virgie's a little too used to getting what she wants...
Helloo Daytona! That makeover really suits her. Besides the genetics, I think fooling around with different looks is one of my favourite parts of the game. The same features can make so very different people. Virgie really found her style too.
Lots of interesting things happening in this chapter. Being faithful doesn't seem to be very high on anyone's list though. My advice to Virgie would be that she is a bit young to decide yet. She _obviously_ needs to play the field a Little, preferably though without hurting anyone. As for Hamilton, hm... ?
As per usual i love your funny and detailed pictures, and your choice of cc to give just the right details.
Me too. The looks are so integral to characterisation, too, which helps me for differentiating familiar sims like the premades. The Newsons here, for instance, are quite different from other times I've played them and I was rather invested in their look overall and the minor changes signifying time lapses. Same for the next new family coming up - can't say that I've ever seen them quite like they are/will be here before. And while everyone in Widespot doesn't get a makeover for spring, the Beeches were an 'of course', and that includes Sandy. I'm pretty pleased with everybody but Daytona's is still my favourite
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I first read that as 'Sadie should go after Gavin' (which put a whole different spin on that paragraph for me) and was about to say, oh, she fully intends to, but Scot? Interesting. Mostly because while I don't think I've seen her swoon over anyone but Gavin, Scot does his fair share of heart-farting Sadie. In fact, instinctively I guess, she's the only girl around whom Virgie gets territorial about Scot. Virgie checked her, or called ( ... )
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I trust we'll get a better look at Rhett's musical debut later. A lot of the flaws which impede his living comfortably in a small town should work to his advantage as a
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Lots of interesting things happening in this chapter. Being faithful doesn't seem to be very high on anyone's list though. My advice to Virgie would be that she is a bit young to decide yet. She _obviously_ needs to play the field a Little, preferably though without hurting anyone. As for Hamilton, hm... ?
As per usual i love your funny and detailed pictures, and your choice of cc to give just the right details.
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