Gwenyth's Dojo Dynasty: 4/6/14

[Shewolf13]

Now that is a gorgeous teen! And now the last sentence makes me want a new update.

Totally agree with Trip here!  Devon is just adorable!  Adorable in a totally hot way, of course XD.  And-and... cliff-hangers!  ARGH!

[Gwendy]

Handsome Devon! I'll bet he's the next teenage girl heartthrob. As for Everette on The Bachelorette, how did you (or the game) do that? Great job on the story so far!   

It looks like a photoshop/picture editing software edit to me. (the picture shrunk and stretched over the television screen in the main picture). An absolutely seamless photoshop/picture editing software edit. It's fantastic! 

And Devon does look absolutely handsome! Must be the luck of the fourth-gens, eh?

ETA: Oh, wait, Devon's third-gen. I got confused.  I should have said, "luck of Gwenyth's grandchildren."

[maisie]

Devon is a gorgeous teen, I love his looks and what we could see of his personality.

[Serenity S.]

Devon is cute! Sadly the famous "Dojo eyes" are gone    Hopefully you can get them back somehow.

P.S. Does any of Giles's children have those eyes?

P.P.S. I hope that Devon will find his own way to survive. Because, for me, he doesn't sound as rebellious as Vera or Gwenyth.

[Audren]

Devon is cute! Sadly the famous "Dojo eyes" are gone    Hopefully you can get them back somehow.

P.S. Does any of Giles's children have those eyes?

P.P.S. I hope that Devon will find his own way to survive. Because, for me, he doesn't sound as rebellious as Vera or Gwenyth.

Perhaps Devon is deliberately being not rebellious, therefore "rebelling" against his mother and grandmother. 

[Rhoxi]

Handsome Devon! I'll bet he's the next teenage girl heartthrob. As for Everette on The Bachelorette, how did you (or the game) do that? Great job on the story so far!   

It looks like a photoshop/picture editing software edit to me. (the picture shrunk and stretched over the television screen in the main picture). An absolutely seamless photoshop/picture editing software edit. It's fantastic! 

And Devon does look absolutely handsome! Must be the luck of the fourth-gens, eh?

ETA: Oh, wait, Devon's third-gen. I got confused.  I should have said, "luck of Gwenyth's grandchildren."

The tv screen was actually done in game (although photoshop was a good guess!). Rosa uploaded Devin, the host of the show, for me to use. Then I went into an old dynasty save, plopped Devin and Everette in the house, constructed a backdrop similar to the Bachelorette's fireplace, had a sim record them talking with the in-came camcorder, and then watch the home video on the tv. Whew! Photoshop probably would've been easier! I intend to use this little set up more than once, though, because seriously, how awesome is it for the family to be able to actually watch Everette on tv?

Devon is so cute! I love that the Bridgeport-Dojo face is different from the Moonlight Falls-Dojo face. It's thinner, I think--less baby-face Everette.

Love, love, LOVE Vera's epic sunglasses! And goooo Evan! Populate the city with rainboos!

It is quite different. There's a very, very heavy Sinjon influence. So far both Vera and Devon are almost all Sinjon.

The glasses are totally the suggestion of Gwendy, when she requested pics of the Dojo clan in shades creating explosions. I had to take her up on the suggestion because, you know, epic!

Now that is a gorgeous teen! And now the last sentence makes me want a new update.

Good! Wait no more! 

Totally agree with Trip here!  Devon is just adorable!  Adorable in a totally hot way, of course XD.  And-and... cliff-hangers!  ARGH!

Devon is a gorgeous teen, I love his looks and what we could see of his personality.

So many votes for Devon's good looks! I'm in agreement here. He's going to do martial arts and be all buff and stuff too so, you can look forward to that. No really, no thanks needed. Happy to do it. 

Devon is cute! Sadly the famous "Dojo eyes" are gone    Hopefully you can get them back somehow.

P.S. Does any of Giles's children have those eyes?

P.P.S. I hope that Devon will find his own way to survive. Because, for me, he doesn't sound as rebellious as Vera or Gwenyth.

Yeah, we did lose the eye tilt in this generation, but I really can't complain. And who knows, several of Giles's and Evan's kids have it, so maybe it'll pop back up?

I think you're right about that. 

Perhaps Devon is deliberately being not rebellious, therefore "rebelling" against his mother and grandmother. 

It really is all relative, isn't it?

[Rhoxi]

Apples: Part II

Since the apple didn't fall far from the tree, he too felt bound by the same fate: parties, drama, dancing, celebrity, romance, heartache, and lots of rebellion.

Until something happened, to change all of that.



Sinjon: "You were out all night, drinking mixed drinks and partying!?"

Devon: "But Gramps, I was just--"



Sinjon: "No excuses! I expected better of you, Devon. You're turning out just like your mother."



And that was the last thing his grandfather ever told him. They never got the chance to reconcile.

Sinjon just stepped out of the shower one day and felt a little light-headed.



And just like that, he was gone.



Just an ordinary day, just an ordinary shower, and then . . . an afterlife? nothingness?



Grandma Gwenyth says the dead remain, that they speak to us if we will listen. That didn't seem to stop her from feeling loss.



He wanted to make some sense of it all.

He tried to hear the voices Grandma Gwenyth spoke about, but they were silent. There was only one voice he could hear, saying the words over and over. You're turning out just like your mother.



No offense to her but, what if he didn't want to be like his mother? I mean, she was great and everything, but sometimes her life was just a little too exciting, you know? I mean, what if he wanted to be like someone else? Or only be be like certain parts of his family? Or be someone completely different?

Alone in his room, listening to music, a sudden memory came back to him.



A present Gramps had given him on his birthday.

Sinjon: "Don't think I have noticed that little ditty you keep whistling, kiddo."

Devon: "Huh?"

Sinjon: "I think you'll enjoy it. Go on, try out those strings."



He made a decision: no more parties, no more late night antics. Just music.

As they say, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.



But who's to say it's got to stay there?



This one's for you, Gramps.


 

[PeregrineTook]

Rockin' out for Gramps.  That seems a fitting tribute, somehow.

[Trip]

Gawd, that last line.

RIP Sinjon. Thanks for your gorgeous genes.

[Shewolf13]

Awwww!  That was just heart-wrenching.  Beautiful, but heart-wrenching.

[Tilia]

Devon is so ... pretty.  I mean, almost androgynous with the planes of his face and those lips.  He's what teen musician heart-throbs are made of, you know.

[Pyro0001]

R.I.P. Sinjon. You'll be missed.

Anyway, go Devon! As nearly everyone else has mentioned, that final line was lovely. Is he going to supermax guitar? If he does, good luck. It's a hard skill.

[Serenity S.]

I think that I know that feeling. That the last thing you spoke with your soon-to-be-dead relative, was something mean you were never able to reconcile. I hope Devon will see Sinjon soon enough not to do anything stupid to deal with his grief.

RIP Sinjon.

[kaylas]

RIP Sinjon, may your legacy live on forever. Devon looks good with the blue tips in his hair.

[RainBeau]

Devon is gorgeous. I love the androgynous look Sinjon was an excellent Dojo spouse, somehow combining fathering the next generation of rainboos and some extracurriculars! Very touchingly written, and I like reason for his turnaround. Good job with The Bachelorette, by the way, for a second I was confused as to where you got the house! Lol