Return of the TPC Heir Poll
More playing has been done, so it is time for another heir poll!
As you may or may not recall, you all voted Donny as my gen 1 heir. He married one of his two teenage sweethearts, Sophia I-forget-her-original-last-name. (Yes, he had two. Anna, who he didn't marry, promptly went on to date at least one of his younger brothers.) Sophia is a standard Virgo Knowledge/Family Sim who wants to be a City Planner, which isn't happening, but that's okay, there's dates for aspiration and I have two gypsy lamps tucked away. (Okay, seriously, I mean, I suppose that Loribelle had a really great week for the HOUR she was alive before the gypsy came, but does that one hour of life really merit a gypsy lamp?)
This sim is not eligible for the poll. This is Ike, Austin's plantsim baby. You get a picture of him even though he obviously isn't eligible for heir (plantsims aren't, he wasn't born during the last poll, and he's the wrong generation for this one). He is, however, important later, and I figured I should include a picture for completeness's sake.
On to the sims who are actually valid heir candidates! (By the way, I am hereby dubbing this the "I want somebody to love me" generation. You will see the proliferation of the two love-oriented aspirations.)
Jim Bob
Aries, 9/9/9/3/5
Romance/Grilled Cheese, LTW: Eat 200 Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Blond/red, Blue-Gray/gray, Alien/2
Jim Bob is the eldest legitimate child of Donny and Sophia, and the one who was born during their wedding. He looks a lot more like his mother than his father, though he did get the alien skin from his father. Literally just became an adult (I waited until he aged up because I wanted as many kids to be teens as possible). Has a teenage girlfriend who I aged up with him - if he's not heir, she can stay a random adult townie instead of a random teen townie. Has a doable lifetime want. I could get started sooner, but I have eight younger kids in the house, so trying to have a family right now might make me want to shoot myself. Stalks infants and toddlers.
Kenny
Aquarius, 7/4/4/10/10
Family/Grilled Cheese, LTW: Graduate Three Kids From College
Red/red, Alien Blue/gray, Alien/3
Kenny is the child of Donny and a telescope. Okay, I'm going to tell the truth here: I did slightly cheat to get Kenny. Donny got pregnant naturally via telescope, but when he came home I looked at who had impregnated him, went "wait a sec" and followed his family tree up. He'd been impregnated by his grandfather. Yeah, no. So I terminated that pregnancy and got Donny pregnant by aliens via the blender twice more until he was pregnant by an alien who WASN'T his grandfather. I figured I got the alien pregnancy naturally, I was just making sure it was not his own damn grandfather who got him pregnant, because no. Just no.
Okay, on to actual information about Kenny. Donny was pregnant with him at the wedding, though not showing yet, and he's two days from adulthood. He has elf ears, which aren't super visible with his hair, but I like that hair on him so I've left it. Decent blend of his parents. Has a "technically" doable LTW if he has three kids who roll Knowledge, but, um, that's really not likely. Very close to adulthood, so I could get on the next generation sooner, but possibly too close. Stalks infants and toddlers.
Loribelle
Aries, 5/9/7/3/5
Family/Fortune, LTW: Hall of Famer
Blond/red, Blue-Gray/gray-green, 2
Loribelle is the daughter of Sophia and Ike, the plantsim you can see above. Yeah, Donny's not related to my founder at all, so I decided I was getting some of Austin's genes into the next generation come hell or high water, and Sophia having kids with two of Donny's not-actually-brothers was the way. Yes, two. You'll meet the other kid later. Loribelle is 7 days from adult and the next few kids aren't too far behind her, so she's not in a terrible place age-wise. Looks a lot like her mother. Not a doable LTW.
Mary Jo
Aries, 9/8/7/8/1
Fortune/Romance, LTW: The Law
Blond/red, Gray/blue-gray, 2
Mary Jo is the second legitimate child of Donny and Sophia. She has 11 days until she's an adult, which is about ideal in terms of getting sims out of the house but not waiting too too long to start the next generation. Probably the best mix of Donny and Sophia's features. Not a doable LTW. Stalks infants and toddlers.
Nicky
Gemini, 5/9/10/10/1
Romance/Knowledge, LTW: has not rolled yet
Brown/red, Alien Orange/gray, Blue Alien/3
Nicky is one of a set of pseudo-twins, the son of Donny and a dance sphere. His alien parent is not the same as Kenny's alien parent, which is fine by me - as long as it wasn't the freaking grandfather, I didn't care. Has elf ears and a pretty good mix of features. Just became a teen, which makes him a good age in terms of not too much time passing but not too little either. Is likely to roll a not-doable lifetime want (and if he rolls a doable one I probably won't care).
Otis
Virgo, 10/2/9/10/4
Family Pleasure, LTW: has not rolled yet
Black/red, Blue-Gray/light blue, 4
Otis is the other half of the set of pseudo-twins. He is the son of Sophia and Floyd, one of Donny's other not-actual-brothers. Has a decent mix of features. Just became a teen, which makes him a good age in terms of not too much time passing but not too little either. Is likely to roll a not-doable lifetime want (and if he rolls a doable one I probably won't care).
Pervis
Scorpio, 10/9/10/4/2
Brown/brown, Golden Brown/pale blue, 2.5
Pervis was adopted by Donny and Sophia soon after Austin died. As Loribelle was the only one actually related to Austin when he died, they didn't get much money, but it was enough to afford an adoption. Pervis is two days from teenhood, which makes him a bit young - Donny and Sophia won't have a whole lot of time left by the time he's an adult. Is the only kid with no hair recessives at all, not genetically related to anyone. Still a child, could roll Knowledge.
Queenie
Sagittarius, 9/0/9/10/1
Blond/red, Dark Brown/blue-gray, 2/Alien
Queenie is the youngest legitimate child of Donny and Sophia. She looks a lot like her mother. Only halfway through childhood, which makes her pretty young - Donny and Sophia won't have a whole lot of time left by the time she's an adult. Still a child, could roll Knowledge.
Roscoe
Aries, 9/10/8/3/5
Blond/blond, Violet/light blue, 2.5
Roscoe is the second adopted child. At two days until child, he's very very young - he's definitely not becoming an adult until both of his parents are dead, which makes me very inclined to not have him as heir, as I will have ONLY an uncontrollable teen in the house for that period unless I keep one of his siblings around. Is not genetically related to anyone. Still a child toddler, could roll Knowledge.
I do have some preferences this time around, but I'm not committed to one kid. So go forth and vote!
Poll Who should be heir?
As you may or may not recall, you all voted Donny as my gen 1 heir. He married one of his two teenage sweethearts, Sophia I-forget-her-original-last-name. (Yes, he had two. Anna, who he didn't marry, promptly went on to date at least one of his younger brothers.) Sophia is a standard Virgo Knowledge/Family Sim who wants to be a City Planner, which isn't happening, but that's okay, there's dates for aspiration and I have two gypsy lamps tucked away. (Okay, seriously, I mean, I suppose that Loribelle had a really great week for the HOUR she was alive before the gypsy came, but does that one hour of life really merit a gypsy lamp?)
This sim is not eligible for the poll. This is Ike, Austin's plantsim baby. You get a picture of him even though he obviously isn't eligible for heir (plantsims aren't, he wasn't born during the last poll, and he's the wrong generation for this one). He is, however, important later, and I figured I should include a picture for completeness's sake.
On to the sims who are actually valid heir candidates! (By the way, I am hereby dubbing this the "I want somebody to love me" generation. You will see the proliferation of the two love-oriented aspirations.)
Jim Bob
Aries, 9/9/9/3/5
Romance/Grilled Cheese, LTW: Eat 200 Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Blond/red, Blue-Gray/gray, Alien/2
Jim Bob is the eldest legitimate child of Donny and Sophia, and the one who was born during their wedding. He looks a lot more like his mother than his father, though he did get the alien skin from his father. Literally just became an adult (I waited until he aged up because I wanted as many kids to be teens as possible). Has a teenage girlfriend who I aged up with him - if he's not heir, she can stay a random adult townie instead of a random teen townie. Has a doable lifetime want. I could get started sooner, but I have eight younger kids in the house, so trying to have a family right now might make me want to shoot myself. Stalks infants and toddlers.
Kenny
Aquarius, 7/4/4/10/10
Family/Grilled Cheese, LTW: Graduate Three Kids From College
Red/red, Alien Blue/gray, Alien/3
Kenny is the child of Donny and a telescope. Okay, I'm going to tell the truth here: I did slightly cheat to get Kenny. Donny got pregnant naturally via telescope, but when he came home I looked at who had impregnated him, went "wait a sec" and followed his family tree up. He'd been impregnated by his grandfather. Yeah, no. So I terminated that pregnancy and got Donny pregnant by aliens via the blender twice more until he was pregnant by an alien who WASN'T his grandfather. I figured I got the alien pregnancy naturally, I was just making sure it was not his own damn grandfather who got him pregnant, because no. Just no.
Okay, on to actual information about Kenny. Donny was pregnant with him at the wedding, though not showing yet, and he's two days from adulthood. He has elf ears, which aren't super visible with his hair, but I like that hair on him so I've left it. Decent blend of his parents. Has a "technically" doable LTW if he has three kids who roll Knowledge, but, um, that's really not likely. Very close to adulthood, so I could get on the next generation sooner, but possibly too close. Stalks infants and toddlers.
Loribelle
Aries, 5/9/7/3/5
Family/Fortune, LTW: Hall of Famer
Blond/red, Blue-Gray/gray-green, 2
Loribelle is the daughter of Sophia and Ike, the plantsim you can see above. Yeah, Donny's not related to my founder at all, so I decided I was getting some of Austin's genes into the next generation come hell or high water, and Sophia having kids with two of Donny's not-actually-brothers was the way. Yes, two. You'll meet the other kid later. Loribelle is 7 days from adult and the next few kids aren't too far behind her, so she's not in a terrible place age-wise. Looks a lot like her mother. Not a doable LTW.
Mary Jo
Aries, 9/8/7/8/1
Fortune/Romance, LTW: The Law
Blond/red, Gray/blue-gray, 2
Mary Jo is the second legitimate child of Donny and Sophia. She has 11 days until she's an adult, which is about ideal in terms of getting sims out of the house but not waiting too too long to start the next generation. Probably the best mix of Donny and Sophia's features. Not a doable LTW. Stalks infants and toddlers.
Nicky
Gemini, 5/9/10/10/1
Romance/Knowledge, LTW: has not rolled yet
Brown/red, Alien Orange/gray, Blue Alien/3
Nicky is one of a set of pseudo-twins, the son of Donny and a dance sphere. His alien parent is not the same as Kenny's alien parent, which is fine by me - as long as it wasn't the freaking grandfather, I didn't care. Has elf ears and a pretty good mix of features. Just became a teen, which makes him a good age in terms of not too much time passing but not too little either. Is likely to roll a not-doable lifetime want (and if he rolls a doable one I probably won't care).
Otis
Virgo, 10/2/9/10/4
Family Pleasure, LTW: has not rolled yet
Black/red, Blue-Gray/light blue, 4
Otis is the other half of the set of pseudo-twins. He is the son of Sophia and Floyd, one of Donny's other not-actual-brothers. Has a decent mix of features. Just became a teen, which makes him a good age in terms of not too much time passing but not too little either. Is likely to roll a not-doable lifetime want (and if he rolls a doable one I probably won't care).
Pervis
Scorpio, 10/9/10/4/2
Brown/brown, Golden Brown/pale blue, 2.5
Pervis was adopted by Donny and Sophia soon after Austin died. As Loribelle was the only one actually related to Austin when he died, they didn't get much money, but it was enough to afford an adoption. Pervis is two days from teenhood, which makes him a bit young - Donny and Sophia won't have a whole lot of time left by the time he's an adult. Is the only kid with no hair recessives at all, not genetically related to anyone. Still a child, could roll Knowledge.
Queenie
Sagittarius, 9/0/9/10/1
Blond/red, Dark Brown/blue-gray, 2/Alien
Queenie is the youngest legitimate child of Donny and Sophia. She looks a lot like her mother. Only halfway through childhood, which makes her pretty young - Donny and Sophia won't have a whole lot of time left by the time she's an adult. Still a child, could roll Knowledge.
Roscoe
Aries, 9/10/8/3/5
Blond/blond, Violet/light blue, 2.5
Roscoe is the second adopted child. At two days until child, he's very very young - he's definitely not becoming an adult until both of his parents are dead, which makes me very inclined to not have him as heir, as I will have ONLY an uncontrollable teen in the house for that period unless I keep one of his siblings around. Is not genetically related to anyone. Still a child toddler, could roll Knowledge.
I do have some preferences this time around, but I'm not committed to one kid. So go forth and vote!
Poll Who should be heir?