The Doe Dynasty. [Complete but not HoF.]

[loveSims]

Another cake catch fire? Lol it look like Agnes is plotting something. Cheryl is so cute! Give the poor Agnes a makeover, that hair lol!

[Sportsfan]

Wow. Cakes really hate you. Cheryl is gonna be winning some pageants for sure!

[Orange Iguana]

At the rate this dynasty is going, I think Cheryl's going to be making a mad dash for Fireproof Homestead so I can stop having cake fires. Although I plan on doing a literal copy and paste of the second generation from the previous attempt (no painting until YA to abuse the architect profession, make tons of cash off subway guitar tips), it looks like that teleportation pad is going to have to wait.

[Orange Iguana]

Episode 7: Eight Episodes Condensed Into One


Downtime sessions are inevitable. Most of the time, you're waiting for your child to reach a certain age so that he or she can begin tackling the more involved goals like supermaxing or the career.


It is time for you, the viewer of this story, to experience the glory that is time travel. There is no point in covering everything that happens until Cheryl becomes a young adult. Who knows, maybe David or Agnes will have some photographs taken of events that happened. There's only one way to find out...


In the future, you found a scrapbook showing memorable parts of waiting for Cheryl to become a young adult. For starters, Agnes started yet another cake fire on her elder birthday.

David: I can understand you trying to kill me but suicide Agnes?
Agnes: ...


But at least Cheryl didn't cause a fire when it came time for her to become a child. Since she spent so much time watching TV as a toddler, she became a couch potato. I actually really liked how she came out so I don't give her a makeover.

[Get used to seeing couch potato, it's there so that immortals will choose to watch TV all day when I don't need them to do anything.]


This is when David threw lots of parties to boost relationships with other sims. Of course, his idea of making friends was telling everyone how much he hated dark rooms as a photographer. Another thing David learned was that because of the unique layout of his home, vampires are a no-no when throwing good parties.

David: Dark rooms are bad. They make photos too dark. I bought lots of lights so that I don't have dark rooms. Did I mention that I hate dark rooms?


And here's Cheryl showing off what she learned in Sim Fu class when aging to a teenager. Come to think of it, how come this family only gets cake fires when it's Agnes or David's birthday? Cheryl had spent the entire day perfecting that jump, looks like we have ourselves a perfectionist.


This is why you don't teach a teen to drive in the middle of the night. What a wonderful way to start your teen years Cheryl.


Cheryl: No that's not right, let me try that again.

Couldn't resist making that joke again.

And so we end our journey fast forwarding through time. What would have normally been six or seven episodes has been condensed down to only one. Downtime is very common in an immortal dynasty. This episode is what happens when the author takes the easy way out. You may be wondering how far into the dynasty we fast forwarded, we end this episode one day before David's elder birthday.



David's Immortality Progress -- ELDER PORTRAIT REMAINING
Italicized = Complete
Traits: Ambitious, Photographer's Eye, Charismatic, Savvy Sculptor, Couch Potato
Lifetime Wish: Swimming in Cash
Career: Self-Employed Sculptor
Supermax: Sculpting
Real Estate: Hogan's Deep-Fried Diner, Summer Hill Springs (Level 3)
Portraits: Young Adult, Adult
Unique Lifetime Rewards: Motive Mobile, Artisan Crafter, No Bills Ever
Unique Opportunities: An Old Ruse, Personal Sculpting, Larger Than Necessary Doorstop, The Banquet Centerpiece, Help the School, Delivering the Green
Best Friends: Thornton Wolff, Cycl0n3 Sw0rd, Kenya Gagne, Ayesha Ansari, Connor Frio, Mortimer Goth

Cheryl's Immortality Progress
Traits: Artistic, Virtuoso, Couch Potato
Lifetime Wish: Master of the Arts
Career: Architectual Designer [Go go permanent 40% discount and easiest career to max for an immortal]
Supermax: Painting [Which will not even be started until YA so that I can max architect without renovating]
Real Estate: EverFresh Delights Supermarket, Stoney Falls (Level 0) [I'm broke at the moment.]
Portraits: Toddler, Child, Teen
Unique Lifetime Rewards: Entreprenurial Mindset
Unique Opportunities: Demand Excellence or You'll Get Mediocrity
Best Friends: None

[loveSims]

Cheryl is very pretty. Clever update lol!

[alex51299]

Love this dynasty, can't wait for more. 

[Orange Iguana]

Episode Eight: One Down, Seven to Go

[Before we begin, there is one thing I forgot to mention from the previous episode. I bought Agnes another Mid Life Crisis, ditching Green Thumb for Vegetarian.]

In the last episode, the author was too lazy to make eight episodes of filler while waiting for David to become an elder and Cheryl to become a young adult. Let's assume that the author actually did make those episodes and the time machine let you fast forward through the boring part.



We begin this episode with Agnes showing off all the awesome stuff she bought with her happiness points.

Agnes: I don't know why I had the urge to learn handiness to improve the memory on the food replicator I wished for. I at least did it though, time to celebrate with a zap of this moodlet manager.



Agnes is getting old though, which is causing David to realize that he's going to have to recruit another painter in order to finish painting his daughter's portraits.

David: Hey, what are you going to paint this time?
Agnes: What you would look like if you were a cat.
David: Give me tiger stripes.


The Does really do need another painter so that Cheryl can have her young adult, adult, and elder portraits taken care of. There's no way Agnes is going to make it to Cheryl becoming an adult so David set out on a quest to find the Doe's next painter.

Cheryl: No, that's not right, let me try... hey, where are you going dad?
David: We need another painter!


That's going to have to wait, however.

David: (Oh yeah... it's 2 AM. Maybe later)


...nah, this is more fun.

David: Hi!
Connor Frio: David, do you know what time it is?
David: Four in the morning. Want to move to my house?
Connor Frio: Are you serious?
David: Yeah.
Connor Frio: Yeah sure whatever. I'll go get my things.
David: Just bring your paintbrush.


There we go, problem solved.


The next day was David's elder birthday. It seemed like only yesterday he was registering at City Hall to be a Professional Chainsaw on Ice Man. It also seemed like ten minutes ago when he was telling Connor to come paint for him.

David: (No Agnes means no cake fire, right?)


That's right David.


You know, when attempting to change the future, maybe you should also change your appearance, just a thought.


The next day, after getting a sculpture, portrait, and photograph done by Agnes, David had finally met all requirements of immortality. Say hello to David Doe, Immortal Chainsaw on Ice Man.

David: This tastes worse than the chlorine used to filter the water surrounding our house.

That's one down, and seven to go. Now this story can focus on Cheryl, whose goal is to become the family's immortal painter. With Connor hard at work learning to paint to take care of Cheryl's portraits, Agnes can safely rest now.


Uh... Connor, what do you think you're doing? Oh no, don't you dare...


Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!



David's Immortality Progress -- IMMORTAL
Italicized = Complete
Traits: Ambitious, Photographer's Eye, Charismatic, Savvy Sculptor, Couch Potato
Lifetime Wish: Swimming in Cash
Career: Self-Employed Sculptor
Supermax: Sculpting
Real Estate: Hogan's Deep-Fried Diner, Summer Hill Springs (Level 3)
Portraits: Young Adult, Adult, Elder
Unique Lifetime Rewards: Motive Mobile, Artisan Crafter, No Bills Ever
Unique Opportunities: An Old Ruse, Personal Sculpting, Larger Than Necessary Doorstop, The Banquet Centerpiece, Help the School, Delivering the Green
Best Friends: Thornton Wolff, Cycl0n3 Sw0rd, Kenya Gagne, Ayesha Ansari, Connor Frio, Mortimer Goth

Cheryl's Immortality Progress
Traits: Artistic, Virtuoso, Couch Potato, Perfectionist
Lifetime Wish: Master of the Arts
Career: Architectual Designer
Supermax: Painting
Real Estate: EverFresh Delights Supermarket, Stoney Falls (Level 0)
Portraits: Toddler, Child, Teen
Unique Lifetime Rewards: Entreprenurial Mindset
Unique Opportunities: Demand Excellence or You'll Get Mediocrity
Best Friends: None

[loveSims]

Congrats with your first immortal! Awesome update.

[Sportsfan]

Congrats on your first immortal!

[Orange Iguana]

Episode Nine: The Woohoo Room is Occupied.

When we last left our family, David had obtained immortality and recruited Connor Frio with the intent on turning him into a painter. The bad news is, Connor was only one day younger than David so that didn't work out.


We begin this episode with David fixing this whole extra elder problem.

David: Congratulations on your birthday Connor.
Connor: Thanks
David: You know, you don't really have to paint if you don't want to. If you want, you could sit here and watch TV all day like we do.
Connor: Aw, really? I don't have to do anything?
David: That's right. In fact, we even have a bed ready for you.
Connor: Great! Show me to my room please.


David: You get the woohoo room.
Connor: Hey, didn't there used to be a black and white queen sized bed here?
David: Don't ask how I got this down the elevator, don't ask how buy mode works. Do you want the woohoo room or not?
Connor: Uh... sure.


But then... tragedy struck.


Grim: The time has come, Agnes. You have sat on the couch watching TV long enough.
Agnes: Vegetarian is a useless trait!
Grim: Yes, it is.
Agnes: Wait a minute, I'm a ghost now which means I can't be physically harmed, right?
Grim: Yes, that is true.
Agnes: Let me try doing a front flip!
Grim: ...


David found a note in his pocket left by Agnes while Grim was claiming her soul. "This is now yours, take care of it."

David: I wonder what this does... hey, I just forgot all about your death and I'm happy again. Yay!


Previously, the family had kept the remains of the non-immortals in the museum. The museum had section dedicated to the non-immortals who made the dynasty possible. Of course, this lead to the non-immortal ghosts permanently haunting the house and never going back to their urns. This time, David wants none of that, the non-immortal Does will be placed in the public cemetary.


A few days later, it was finally Cheryl's young adult birthday party. The family still has no painter that can do her young adult portrait but that's not important right now.

David: Ready to never go to school ever again for the rest of your life?
Cheryl: Those school chairs were pretty comfortable believe it or not.


Cheryl: This shirt is... ok. Nothing special but these pants, these pants are so terrible looking. I want them to go away. *sob*

Wow, talk about over-emotional. Cheryl may be crying because of life's terrible choice of pants but now's not the time to change her clothes. She has a romantic interest to go after!


Cheryl: Marry me
Germaine: YES!
David: (That girl wastes no time.)
Cheryl: Come on, let's go try for a baby.
Germaine: Already?
David: (That girl really wastes no time.)
Cheryl: You'll make a great daddy, I swear. Come on.


David: (That girl really, REALLY wastes no time.)


Since you cannot marry someone during a birthday party, Cheryl decides to take care of those awful pants problem.


Nothing for Cheryl to do but start drawing for an easy level 10 architectural designer career requirement. At least until the next day when she can marry Germaine.


Cheryl's Immortality Progress
Traits: Artistic, Virtuoso, Couch Potato, Perfectionist, Over-Emotional
Lifetime Wish: Master of the Arts
Career: Architectural Designer
Supermax: Painting
Real Estate: EverFresh Delights Supermarket, Stoney Falls (Level 3)
Portraits: Toddler, Child, Teen
Unique Lifetime Rewards: Entreprenurial Mindset, Extra Creative
Unique Opportunities: Demand Excellence or You'll Get Mediocrity
Best Friends: Germaine Watts, Jenny Wills, Donell Maher, Katie Graf, Staci Sepulveda, Billy Montano

[Sportsfan]

Congrats on getting them married!
So I'm thinking you weren't too sad that Agnes died. Lol

[Orange Iguana]

She lasted long enough to get David's painting, sculpting, and photography finished. She also lasted long enough to get a moodlet manager, food replicator, cook the ambrosia that's in the replicator, and upgrade the replicator.

Agnes was definitely useful, but she fulfilled her purpose.  Only wish I could have seen how long she lived. I tried to make her last a teeny bit longer with vegetarian but that turned out to be useless.

[Sims3Clacla123]

Gosh that girl really wastes no time. LOL that was one of the funniest parts. 
 R.I.P Agnes.

[loveSims]

Cheryl is a feisty young lady lol! Very funny update. R.I.P Agnes.

[Orange Iguana]

Episode Ten: Even Non-Immortals Supermax Painting

In the last episode, Agnes died and Cheryl became a young adult. Unfortunately, you can't marry someone during a birthday party so Cheryl marrying Germaine had to wait.


We begin this episode with Cheryl's graduation. David must be proud of Cheryl for sitting on her rump all day talking to her friends at school but Connor doesn't seem to want to go.

Connor: I understand that it's your daughter graduating but why do I have to go?
David: Because you're too old to raise a daughter from a baby to graduating so this is the only one you'll get to see.
Connor: What if I don't want to go?
David: I'll moodlet manager the principal and cause him to pass out on stage.
Connor: I'm in, let's go.


Cheryl, being the class valedictorian only because she read a book, received an award for being the most artistic. Oh if only her classmates knew what was in store for her.


Before going home though, Cheryl decided to celebrate her graduation by paying a visit to Stoney Falls, which she recently renovated. In the back you see a bathroom, some picnic tables, some grills, a place to put screaming toddlers, and a couple of trampolines which David and Connor are enjoying.


But the main attraction of Stoney Falls was a place Cheryl calls "Artist's Island." A place where any visitor can sculpt, paint, or sketch whatever they want at any time of the day. At least, Cheryl hopes that the 6 outdoor lights will provide enough light for night time artistry.


After Cheryl arrived home, she called over Germaine to have her wedding... right in the family's parking lot while they're both still in their graduation robes.

Cheryl: Do you take me to be your lawfully wedded wife here in our parking lot?
Germaine: I do... wish we were doing this at a chapel or a decorated backyard.
Cheryl: But...
Germaine: I do.

The next few days were spent sketching on a draft table while Germaine honed his painting skills to become worthy of painting Cheryl's portrait. Maybe not the best way to say it but Germaine won't mind once he requests to change his lifetime wish to Living in the Lap of Luxury and use that to have a Mid-Life Crisis.


After Cheryl had reached level 10 of the Architectural Designer career without doing a single renovation, Sunset Valley decided to throw an award ceremony for her.


Mayor: We hereby congratulate Mrs. Cheryl Doe for being the best architectural designer ever. With the Artist's Island in Stoney Falls, Sunset Valley will never go without creativity ever again.
Cheryl: Wait, people actually use that island?

People in the crowd nodded in agreement with a few saying stuff like "I decapitated a sculpture of my wife" and "I drew my daughter holding a fish" and "I painted my family as a bunch of ghosts."

Cheryl: What's in the box?
Mayor: A petition from every resident in Sunset Valley for you to never do a renovation on their house.
Cheryl: ...


A few days after the ceremony, Germaine had also supermaxed painting. The time had finally come to try for a baby in what will most likely be the usual spot, one of the four elevators.

Germaine: Wait, we have a woohoo room, we'll try for a baby there.
Cheryl: This is more fun.

...Cheryl actually got thrown out of the elevator by her own husband. Let's just pretend that attempt was successful and they did not successfully try for a baby in the shower afterwards.

[Germaine bought a Change Lifetime Wish to change to Living in the Lap of Luxury. I used the happiness points from that to buy him a Mid-Life Crisis and Steel Bladder. His new traits are Perfectionist, Neat, Handy, Couch Potato, and Family Oriented]

Cheryl's Immortality Progress
Traits: Artistic, Virtuoso, Couch Potato, Perfectionist, Over-Emotional
Lifetime Wish: Master of the Arts
Career: Architectural Designer
Supermax: Painting
Real Estate: EverFresh Delights Supermarket, Stoney Falls (Level 3)
Portraits: Toddler, Child, Teen, Young Adult
Unique Lifetime Rewards: Entreprenurial Mindset, Extra Creative, Fireproof Homestead
Unique Opportunities: Demand Excellence or You'll Get Mediocrity, Popular Painter
Best Friends: Germaine Doe, Jenny Wills, Donell Maher, Katie Graf, Staci Sepulveda, Billy Montano