A haven of lighthearted escapism

Storytelling - in words, in art, in Sims -carrd comin soon!

[erschsims]

Highgarden crown by Ersel (sims 3)

Аccessory: Glasses

(Icons in CAS)

Gender: Female|Male

Age: Teen/Young Adult/Adult/Elder

Category: Every

Format: Sims3Pack

Recolourable + 3 variants

Download

Please, tag me Ersch Sims if you use my cc. I’ll reblog your post with pleasure <3

[greenplumbboblover]

Snow, but better! - Version 1

Some of you might have followed the “making” of this, but it’s finally here! No more blinding snow textures or icicles, and more frost! Whee!

What’s being overwritten?

The terrain snow textures are entirely redone.

Frosty windows and glass now has more detailed frost on it

A fix for that annoying and ugly “Grass” patches.

Icicles no longer need sunglasses to be looked at. Also has a new texture!

Roads got bumpier and more detailed (For the tech people among us, it now has a different normal map)

Version 1 is mainly just a texture override. Version 2 (Coming soon) Will be all about additionals from a scripting perspective. 

Download it over at MTS

[mahriraesims]

Downloading :)

[potato-ballad-sims]

I always thought Aurora Skies was one of the better themed worlds that EA released, but it’s a huge shame that they never fixed the issues with snow- in a Nordic-themed world nonetheless!

I mean, this is just awful, right? (Original Aurora Skies)

I know that there’s already some cloned fixed versions out there, but I prefer fixing the original over getting a duplicate in the world selection menu. Anyways, this was something I had in mind for awhile, and I’ve finally gotten the time to fix it!

                                         World Information

Snow issues have been fixed.

A decrappified version of Aurora Skies was used as the base.

Very small tweaks here and there to consolidate props and fix pathing.

Reduced number of effects and spawners to improve performance.

New ‘bramble’ textures and ‘Iceland-esque’ flag for even better theming.

Routing has been refined to remove stray routing dots.

New ferry terminal lot. I found it strange that there was no way of getting to or off Aurora Skies- until now! A great use of the lot is to create a tour boat for sightseeing!

Expanded routing around the island- you can now drive that tour boat all the way around the island and far away as well. There’s no reason to restrict camera movement on an island anyways.

Check this thread out for lots to put into the world!

As with all EA worlds, I highly suggest you turn off stray animals.

Only requires basegame + Store content.

                                      Installation Instructions

Back-up your original “Aurora Skies.world” file. This is located in the Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\InstalledWorlds folder. If anything goes wrong, restore this file to the InstalledWorlds folder.

Place the new “Aurora Skies.world” into the InstalledWorlds folder. You will need to start a new game to see the changes.

                                                Download

Download here.

Mirror here.

Special thanks to @mspoodle1 and @littlefrenchsims for testing the world!

Enjoy! If you want, you can help me with living expenses here!

[mahriraesims]

I don’t know if I ever reblogged this so…boop.

[salverin-deactivated20181108]

Skyrim Set by Ladesire

Download

[cactisims-blog]

OMG YES PLEASE.

[sweetstop7]

#imdead

[xsorcier]

WOW!

[mahriraesims]

Someone asked me where to find this so reblogging for future reference :) 

[mspoodle1]

Mspoodle's Sims 3 Medieval Collection Part 3

Assorted Mailbox Defaults - Texture default for the gift box that comes in the mail, mail letter texture defaults for all the mail types and a quill mesh default replacement for the signing pen. Credit to sunni9676 for the letter textures.

Beekeeper Hat/Hair Defaults - AF, EF, AM, EM default replacement for the beekeeper hat hair. The female versions do not contain hair (but if it was up you wouldn't see it anyways). It's also not recolorable. Credit to @simverses for the mesh and textures.

Garden Sprinklers - Grabbed a few meshes from TS4 Cottage Living and made them garden sprinklers. Note - if your Sims tinker with it and use the bunny, you might want to look away. 🐰

Food Tray Default - (not shown) but it changes the sheet pan when food is grabbed from the fridge to a flat brown color instead of shiny silver.

Candle Pot_Ani Mod - This requires Ani's Candle Making Mod to work. https://anitmb.tumblr.com/post/691185413030854656/the-candle-mod It's a default for the modern pot to be a Medievalish/historical version. You can merge this file with the mod so that it replaces the internal files or put it in your Overrides folder (so it can easily be switched out between different play style saves).

Newspaper Defaults - Replaces all newspaper states with textures from Medieval images found from a British library manuscript archive.

Woodburning Fireplace Stove - Converted this fireplace from TS2. The front door does open down. Not ideal but does work for what I needed it for.

University Kicky Stuff Defaults - Replaces the modern texture with a patched leather texture for the kicky bag and kicky ball.

Indoor Trash Barrel - indoor version of the trash barrel. Thanks to @aprilrainsimblr for the trash texture.

Y'all enjoy!

Download

Simsfileshare - http://simfileshare.net/folder/170856/

Mega - https://mega.nz/file/4l5jGBTa#zb9Xh1aCSnZ7sTm5J1f1H0ou11yZCy8_dD437xnGm2Y

[desiree-uk]

Ever since I first played the Sims Medieval I fell in love with the Fireplace/Cauldron combo objects and thought it would be amazing to have them in the Sims 3. A new mod by spherefish at Mod The Sims!

A new mod by Spherefish! spherefish mod notes:

Ever since I first played the Sims Medieval I fell in love with the Fireplace/Cauldron combo objects and thought it would be amazing to have them in the Sims 3 … and have them function just like they did in TSM. So here is my attempt to bring some of that medieval charm into your good old Sims 3 neighborhoods.

This download features two different Fireplaces that have been converted from the Sims 3 Medieval with modded functionality. These objects function as both Fireplaces and Stoves and use animations from TSM, so you will actually be able to watch your sims stir that cauldron. They use a custom recipe list that can be changed via Tuning (the default list only contains recipes that I thought would make sense to be cooked in a cauldron). I also included some new recipes that were inspired by TSM, though adding them is completely optional.

Disclaimer:

The original meshes, textures and animations were made by EA for The Sims Medieval. I only take credit for the conversion and the custom script.

How to Install

There are five different files in the ZIP, some of which are optional. Simply put the ones you need into your Mods/Packages folder.

The following files are REQUIRED:

TSMFireplace_Animations.package

(Contains the script and the animations. The objects will not function without this file.)

TSMFireplace_Physician.package

TSMFireplace_RusticCorner.package

(These files contain the converted objects. You will need at least one of them unless you plan to use the script for a custom object.)

The following files are OPTIONAL:

TSMFireplace_Recipes.package

TSMFireplace_Tuning.package

The Fireplace

These Fireplaces function just like regular TS3 Fireplaces, however I did change a few aspects.

(NOTE: These changes ONLY affect the custom fireplaces that are included in this download and use the custom script, your regular fireplaces will not be affected.)

The “Light Fire” Interaction was replaced by a custom one that uses the same animation as the “Put out Fire” Interaction, your sims will just kinda poke it rather than use the (very modern looking) lighter

The new “Light Fire” Interaction basically makes the object fireproof (meaning it will not set nearby object on fire like a regular fireplace would)

The “Poke Fire” Interaction was removed because the animations looked off (this most likely has to do with slots, since I cloned the object off a stove–I might try to fix this in the future!)

The Cauldron

The main purpose of these objects is to work like a stove-replacement. Cooking meals in the cauldron functions similarly to cooking them in a stove, your sims will gain cooking skill from it and will only be able to cook recipes that they know. Since the number of recipes that can be cooked using the cauldron is pretty limited compared to the stove, this mod ignores Mealtime flags by default (meaning your sims will be able to cook Spaghetti etc. for breakfast) – however, the interaction will still say “Have Breakfast/Dinner/etc.” You can enable Mealtime flags via Tuning, though I recommend against it unless you also change the

kCookableRecipes

List to include more recipes.

By default, this mod will not allow you to cook a recipe if you don’t have the necessary ingredients, since that’s how cooking functioned in TSM (basically like ani’s Fridge mod). You can change that by setting the

kAllowCauldronShopping

Tuning value to “True”. While you don’t need a fridge to use the cauldron, the mod will check the fridge inventory for ingredients if there is a fridge on the lot.

Leftovers

Each time your sims cook a single portion in the cauldron (selecting “Have” rather than “Serve”), the “remaining” 9 portions of the meal will be left inside as Leftovers. Sims (including children) will then have the option to select “Eat Leftovers” when they click on the fireplace to grab a portion of the previously cooked meal.

Leftovers will reset if all the portions are gone, if the cauldron is used to cook another meal or if you make a sim clean the cauldron. Leftovers can spoil if they are left inside the cauldron for too long (24h by default). Sims get disgusted by spoiled leftovers and are likely to clean them out autonomously.

There is a special “Eat Leftovers” interaction for children that shows up when the cauldron is empty, allowing them to get food even when no adults are around. They’ll basically scratch out whatever is left inside the cauldron and get a default meal (which is canned soup by default, though it can be changed via Tuning).

Recipes This download comes with a few custom recipes for your sims to cook inside the cauldron, since the original list of cookable recipes is a bit short. They were all inspired by TSM Food and use (in some cases recolored) textures from TSM and TS3. Your sims will not be able to cook them using a regular stove, though if you really want to change that, you can adjust the XML file inside TSMFireplace_Recipes.package … I wouldn’t recommend it though, since right now, the regular cooking process for these recipes looks very, uhhh, broken. Read more and download from Mod The Sims!

[mspoodle1]

Mspoodle's Sims 3 Medieval Collection Part 4

More Random Default Replacements - cleaning sponge, plunger, toilet brush, rake for adult and child, and the pet brush. The rake is by @mortia and the rest is by me.

Bird Stand - Made for @nonsimsical. note - there will be clipping with animations. It has all the functions of the regular bird stand, so don't forget to feed your birds and clean it.

Kitchen Counter - Counter top, counter top with legs and a counter corner with legs made from a TSM end table. Used inspiration from what @simverses did and made my own twist to fit our counter heights. It's not perfect by any means but looks ok for what it is. note - because these are package files of the counters (I don't do sims3packs) they will do that annoying thing, if you move them and they snap to back, they will revert to an EA counter. I wish I could fix it but that's an unfixable glitch. And no, the reset in Nraas DebugEnabler will not fix it. You'll have to get a new counter from the catalog and place it again.

Medieval Sinks - 4 versions with the counter with legs. note - there will be clipping with some of the animations and the water plane when you wash dishes.

Barrel Trash Compactor - best used with the medieval counter top.

Download

Mega - https://mega.nz/file/4gAmUAha#Totg1-u0POv8EczI62psmH8C6-34LMOHLtg74Fdw4tE

SimsFileShare - http://simfileshare.net/folder/171528/

[fir890]

[shishiodtorasstuff]

Yes!!! I'm still not okay this is not how it ended. Bjorn should not have died 😭💔

[jeepers-scoob]

I was 14 years old and heavily into budgeting videos (specifically the cash envelope systems) and yet I still question whether I'm lying when I say I'm autistic

[shishiodtorasstuff]

That's a mood

[soberscientistlife]

It is ridiculous how much grocery prices have increased

[shishiodtorasstuff]

Yea, that's inflation for ya... Unfortunately, and frustratingly enough, the reason wages don't follow the inflated prices is because doing so would further increase the inflation and make it worse. Sounds like an excuse from a capitalist place of power, I agree. But it's a fact. And fairly certain history has demonstrated this too, during the Great Depression. That said, this doesn't mean that higher wages is what causes inflation. Just that it can make inflation worse...

[tintheelvenking]

Here's to the people who weren't abused by their parents, but whose parents sucked anyways. Here's to people whose parents fucked up raising you out of ignorance and not malice. Here's to the kids whose parents didn't know what to do with you so they did nothing at all. Here's to people whose parents are getting better and growing as people but still hurt you. Here's to every mean comment that wouldn't have been so bad if it hadn't come from your mom; here's to awkward family dinners because you're all trying to forget;

here's to you, survivor of a thousand 'not as bad as it could have been' hurts. I see you. You aren't alone.

[ultrafacts]

[cryptogamist]

I especially love these two excerpts from her wiki page

[only-fragments]

I tell kids about Tilly ALL THE TIME when I'm doing tsunami presentations for my job. She lived in a landlocked part of England! She probably thought she would never ever ever use what she learned in her geography class about tsunamis and then just a few weeks later she used it to save over one hundred lives! It's an incredible story about how anything can happen anytime, and we need to be prepared to act.

What I think is most important about her story is that, even as a kid, Tilly knew she was right and she stuck to that knowledge. She practically threw a fit until her parents listened to her, because at first they kept brushing her off. And that is SO IMPORTANT for our kids to know! Adults can be wrong. You need to trust your instincts. YOU can be right and YOU can act in times of danger and emergency. YOU have the power to save yourself and others.

[shishiodtorasstuff]

Yes. Trust your instincts and what you have learnt. Yes, we're humans and to err is to be human, but not listening to warning signs is being foolish.

I still remember reading about her and what she did in my geography workbook back in 2006-2007 or so. It was just a small note, but I remember rereading it on several occasions and thought of her actions as a motivation to study harder and understand the topics better...

Now almost 20 years later I wish I could remember at least some of what we learnt back then 😅...

[paxterhobber-deactivated2023100]

[shishiodtorasstuff]

Rocking these atm

[utopians]

like with lolita I feel like even when people are defending the book they tend to go too far in the wrong direction and flatten it into "well obviously the book isn't sympathetic towards pedophilia, you're supposed to hate humbert and think he's disgusting at all times" and I just feel like that's reductive bc like. the book is absolutely not sympathetic towards pedophilia but imo you ARE supposed to find humbert funny and kind of tragic and charming and that's like. the point! like he's intentionally written to be all these things!

if the book wanted to just be like. a straightforward condemnation of pedophilia, then humbert wouldn't be the narrator. but it's not a book about child sexual abuse being bad -- like that kind of goes without saying, you don't really need to argue it -- it's a book about the ways humbert justifies his abuse to himself, and to the audience. it's a book that's largely about how stories are told, and the way personal and cultural narratives can be used to justify even the worst imaginable behavior. humbert doesn't describe himself abusing a child, he describes himself being 'seduced' by a 'nymphet'; he likens his relationship to that of dante and beatrice or petrarch and laureen to establish historical legitimacy and lend a sort of tragic romanticism to it. it almost feels like the book is less focused on the story itself, and more on the way humbert spins it. he isn't written to be an obviously hateable monster, he's written to be erudite and tragic and funny, and that's because the book isn't trying to teach you that child abuse is bad, it's demonstrating the ways that being erudite and tragic and funny can be used to normalize and justify something that you already know is bad. imo it's largely a book about the ways that someone can construct a mythology to convince themselves of anything, and how if we don't think critically about what we're told then we can fall into the same trap.

it's also absolutely a story about reading past the lines to figure out what's actually going on. like it's funny that the book has become such a touchstone for discourse about Media Literacy bc I really think that 'media literacy' is like. one of the core themes. like the book kind of requires that you ignore the way humbert writes to make out what he's actually describing; the worse his behavior gets, the more flowery and beautiful his writing becomes. the story the book tells if you buy into humbert's mythology and the story it tells if you don't are dramatically different.

like the ways that the book depicts dolores suffering are there, but you almost have to read past the narrative humbert presents to see them, right? like when he complains about dolores being irritable and cruel and moody, he's presenting the picture of a fickle and unreasonable WOMAN who is toying with his emotions. but when you read what he's actually describing instead of the way he describes it, it reads like a fact sheet on spotting child abuse! she has mood swings, she lashes out at people, nothing makes her happy, she cries herself to sleep most nights. if we read humbert's account at face value, she's a fickle seductress who gets a sick thrill out of hurting him; if we recognize his bias and intentions in writing it, she's a deeply depressed and traumatized child still attempting to resist her abuser despite everything she's been through. like it's as close to an exercise in 'media literacy' as a book can get in that regard.

[drizzlingtears]

“You’re so quiet, what’s wrong?” I’m creating my own fantasy world to escape from reality so shut up.

[shishiodtorasstuff]

A screenshot and light study of Bjorn - S1E5 of Vinland Saga

Reference:

So, it's been a while. Been wanting to finish this screencap and light study for ages, but didn't manage to until last night when i had the urge to sit down and draw for the first time in months. Felt like it's been an eternity, honestly. But hey, at least i don't have to worry about going back to uni anymore. Earlier this year i managed to finish my degree and graduate, meaning that now, all i got left to do is to find a job. And work. And then who knows what else..Job hunting feels a lot like a full time job in itself though, so much so I ended up going on another round of sick leave because it all felt so overwhelmiing, and with the holidays coming closer and closer it was like every last bit of energy and joy was sucked right out of my bones..and what's even worse… I began to do something really stupid… like mixing ADHD meds and double doses of anti-depressants with alcohol. Not a lot of alcohol, like two 4% Bacardi Breezers, but trust me, that was enough to make me realise that something was way off… neurological medication and alcohol do NOT mix well.

Since, I have primarily been spending time trying to get back on my feet, recuperate, and taking care of myself. That I'm back to doing this and drawing again, I take it as an important step forward ^_^

[optimisticloving]

hey, don’t be sad. Imagine your f/o cradling your face in their hands and then giving you a loving kiss on the forehead…

[shishiodtorasstuff]

Kinda what I need right now. Heading to the vet with my dog after discovering another strange lump. I'm scared. For him and for us... 💔

Please be okay 😫🙏🙏🙏