Before we begin this time, one bit of administration: if anyone would like Genesis or any of the kids uploaded to the Swap Shop, just say the word. I'm not going to put them all up there, that seems like a waste of space, but if there are particular kids you'd like to use in your game, I do save a copy of each young adult before they leave home, so anyone who's reached YA is available.
Back to the story.
Installment #9 contains two parts, mostly because there were
way too many funny pictures to only use half of them, and for another reason.
My apologies for such a long delay since my last update on the Sims. After the Baby Boomer challenge ended, I was simmed out. I really had to force myself to finish and once it was over, I couldn't bring myself to play much for awhile.
As you can see, I lost my battle with the Seasons expansion pack (Supernatural, too) and now the Sims have snow. Also, hail, thunder, lightning, rain, toads, locusts and a headache. Wait, just me with the headache.
Just kidding, so far, I really like Seasons, if there are some annoying aspects concerning wardrobe malfunctions.
I love how the game can remember the weather settings between my saved games. I don't know why EA couldn't have allowed
all the settings to be that way. Needless to say, sometimes supernaturals creep into the Sims' otherwise very human Riverview. It took me awhile to figure out how to avoid zombies, but I've got it now. Too late, unfortunately, for Fiona's man, Markus Garrett.
I won't lie, I reset those suckers as fast as they could pop out of the ground.
One thing I can't stop from popping up? Edsel in a speedo. Put a necktie on him and he'd wear it to church.
Hey, mom, my boyfriend's back!80s movie reference. I don't even remember which movie, but it's pertinent, believe me.
So there's only one supernatural I have no way, to my knowledge, to escape.
I'll have you know I played Sims 2 for many, many years before this happened there.
At least there are no adult men in the household (so far) to carry home any unwanted spawn. Still, one of the oddest things I've ever seen. Genesis got up to look after Harriet, finished up and put her back in her crib and walked outside to
wait for the aliens.She had it coming.
Seasons + Supernatural = Fail
An alien with a rainbow umbrella? Really? Why not give Santa's reindeer mittens?
A birth means an upcoming birthday and it's Edsel's turn. Just had to include one great teen Edsel shot before he aged up.
Edsel Robert Sims, son of Robert Newbie, as a young adult in his everyday wear. Try as I might, I can't make him geeky. He rocks those glasses.
Edsel's stats fell out at:
- Easily Impressed
- Shy
- No Sense of Humor
- Perceptive
- Workaholic
I chose for his lifetime wish Pervasive Private Eye.
Minerva the cat is still with us and is still getting in the way. Never the hunter Gremlin was, it took her
forever to max hunting, but she managed it. She spends her days having me cancel the dangerous "run around" action from her queue.
Oh, and spreading cat hair on the dishes. At least they're dirty dishes.
I find this really hard to accept. The sims will fight tooth and nail for a particular seat at the table, but nobody has a problem if the cat is sitting in their pancakes.
Fiona definitely ranks #1 for character. It's all in the traits, I know it, but she's a hoot. On free will, she walks from mirror to mirror to mirror, admiring herself and preening. When she's done, she gives her imaginary fans kisses.
This is Fiona when I force her to interact with those beneath her. She'd make a durn fine werewolf.
Let's zoom in on that shot, though. Who is that little darling? That's Harriet, folks. Not since Baz has one of Genesis' children taken after her to quite this degree. She's beautiful!
She almost makes up for someone
else's looks.
Not helping your case at all, Fiona.
That's better! But a snow angel? A little ironic, don't you think? Do they make snow devils?
Evidently not. I really expected it to have horns.
That's more like it. Who needs a sculpting bench? Fiona lets the creative juices flow anytime.
What's this?! What's going on? Who set fire to the kitchen? Will
anyone make it out alive?
You'll have to tune in next time. Like tomorrow, probably.
