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Sims 4 | 30s | I want to talk too much about my sims and yours :)

[simohgi]

Current obsession: Worldbuilding for the occults in my simulation 💭 It started with a silly post sending my sim-self to the save file to yell at a watched-sim and then spiraled into a chaotic story: The Cube. Most of it is on the side blog: @simohgithecube

Now I'm trying to flesh out the occults and simulation for Zuri's story: Lullabies.

Translations post

Gameplay (On hold but on year 1008)

Previous Years: Sim-Year Seven Sim-Year Six Sim-Year Five Sim-Year Four Sim-Year Three Sim-Year Two

[aropride]

realizing there's no logical reason for the characters to be doing the thing you want them to be doing

realizing that just means you can find an illogical reason instead

[simohgi]

Desiree waiting for her full costume… this would be the base but the full costume will be worn off screen because I cannot draw and still get stressed in blender 😭 but feel free to enjoy the beautiful ones and their stories in the video and imagine one that fits Desiree with me.

[grungekitty-77]

Not that anybody asked, but I think it's important to understand how shame and guilt actually work before you try to use it for good.

It's a necessary emotion. There are reasons we have it. It makes everything so. much. worse. when you use it wrong.

Shame and guilt are DE-motivators. They are meant to stop behavior, not promote it. You cannot, ever, in any meaningful way, guilt someone into doing good. You can only shame them into not doing bad.

Let's say you're a parent and your kid is having issues.

Swearing in class? Shame could work. You want them to stop it. Keep it in proportion*, and it might help. *(KEEP IT IN PROPORTION!!!)

Not doing their homework? NO! STOP! NO NOT DO THAT! EVER! EVER! EVER! You want them to start to do their homework. Shaming them will have to opposite effect! You have demotivated them! They will double down on NOT doing it. Not because they are being oppositional, but because that's what shame does!

You can't guilt people into building better habits, being more successful, or getting more involved. That requires encouragement. You need to motivate for that stuff!

If you want it in a simple phrase:

You can shame someone out of being a bad person, but you can't shame them into being a good person.

[grungekitty-77]

Fun fact, that was literally what inspired me to make this post!

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[simohgi]

My favourite wedding of this generation. (And the last one. Maybe). It felt perfect for them. Koa and Star have matching plumbob tattoos and that inspired Desiree and Jesse to get tattoo wedding bands since they both don't like rings.

It's ironic? funny? the couple that made me feel comfortable posting umm certain types of poses had the most chill honeymoon because the restaurant gave Jesse food poisoning... Before simblr that would just suck but thanks to all the pros here my first thought was "Oh! There's pose packs for sims being sick!" And I quickly excited the game and went searching and that was fun.

So there would be way too many pictures from the same 2/3 days in the game cause even though Desiree would not want a wedding, a simple backyard jam brought my main legacy and her family together and I had a woah moment.

That photo has 5 husbands (Desiree is hugging her twin brother). 5 couples that I played with and planned their wedding and one of them has a toddler and some of the others will have kids (Definitely not Desiree). So the next generation is from the sims in this picture. And I was watching wondering if this is how excited and satisfied writers feel when they get to a point in their book where the room feels "full?" You know everything about each character you placed in a space and multiple conversations start going on in your head at the same time and you just have to watch and listen. You're not forcing anything, the characters are just screaming at you and it feels so good. Facial expressions, tone, body language, mood changes, everything hits and then you can magically get it on paper for other people to read, HOW DO YOU DO THAT WITH YOUR WORDS?!?! TEACH ME!

Anyway, it's DJ week. That's all.

[simohgi]

Okay seriously… what did I do to myself and my precious pixels 😩😭

[simohgithecube]

Chapter 11.5

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Oasis: Thanks for waiting.

I hope it doesn't freak you out. But if it does, I understand.

Jesse: There's a little kid in my daughter's class that's purple so you're not all the same skin tone?

Oasis: No. Some of us have the same shades as the watched-sims and some of us have these strange skin tones but all of us have weird eyes.

Jesse: Is it strange or weird for other occults? Or you're saying those words because you think it's strange to me?

Oasis: Because I think it's alien to you.

Jesse: I see. Does alien sound as offensive to occults as it does to me?

Oasis: Huh?

Jesse: Never mind. You look beautiful, Oasis. The only thing about you that throws me off is that I didn't notice you were wearing a wig tonight. I thought I was an expert with lace fronts.

Oasis *smiling*: You can blame it on my naturally straight hair.

Jesse *smiling*: I will. I can only handle one L tonight. Can I give you a hug?

Oasis: Yeah.

Jesse: Alright. Where's your mixer? I owe you a batch of pumpkin spice waffles.

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[simohgithecube]

Chapter 12.5

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[simohgi]

Okay so ummm how do I? I can’t? Shouldn’t? The decision has been made. Stick with it… but time travel?!? Just delete it all and start again?! Get a refund for life and death and lovestruck! I can’t? Why not? 😩😩 yeah I know life and death is good to Zuri and lovestruck made Jason and Ximena fun but I lost Acadia and Walker and Jesse and Desiree… okay just Acadia. Jesse and Desiree was my fault more than the gameplay but 😖

But seriously I kinda wish I made other characters to be the victims for The Cube because Jesse and Desiree stilllllll hurt 😣

[simohgithecube]

Chapter 13.3

Oasis: Okay, question 6. Coffee or tea?

Jesse: Neither.

Oasis: Neither? Again?

Jesse: Since I aged up, it's mostly water and fruit smoothies. Pomegranate smoothies.

Oasis: Bougie.

Jesse: A bit, yeah. Spent more simoleons on pomegranates than university tuition. But it's worth it. No more questions about hobbies or food.

Oasis: Okay. Then your turn.

Jesse: Aight. Why politics?

Tell me if this tastes good before you answer.

Oasis: Mmm. So good!

Jesse: Yeah?

Oasis: Mmhmm! So good. Umm, politics? It was decided for me? Mmm. On one hand, I have native coding like my life-giver, so I can do things watched-sims cannot do. But on the other hand, part of my reincarnation coding is a watched-sim... so being one of the ambassadors just fits? I'm in-between both groups anyway. More corn, please?

Jesse: Sure. So usually reincarnations are -

Oasis: Mmm! Please make this again. Umm, reincarnations are usually a baby that's 100% occult or 100% watched-sim. Maybe I'm a mess cause I'm one big, hybrid adult experiment.

Jesse: We're all a mess. But did Sixam tell you you're an experiment?

Oasis: Not to my face. But in my file, I'm called R-015, and they're all hush hush about the watched-sim side. You'd think I'd know everything that's going on but - wait, should we be talking about this stuff on a date?

Jesse: We're not going back to coffee or tea.

Oasis: Those are important questions!

Jesse: I'm trying to get to know you better, Oasis.

Oasis *blushing*: I told you don't say my name like that.

Jesse *laughing*: There's no other way to say your name.

Oasis: You know what I'm talking about.

Jesse: I don't.

Oasis: You do... are you sure you want to stay out here?

We don't have to go to your place. I get that you'd want to keep it to yourself. But my room is okay.

Jesse: You don't have any childhood memories on a swing?

Oasis: No, but -

Jesse: Come on.

Watcher Ungoril's Notes

Jesse spent our last session trying to justify wanting to see Oasis. "Deja will be in school, so I'm not leaving her like last time. And it will be rude to ignore Oasis if she's in town, right?"

I don't know if he was worried because it would be on Desiree's birthday... Or if the day doesn't matter and he only feels guilty about his feelings.

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[simohgi]

It's Koa and Jesse's joint birthday party as they both have spring birthdays. Since it is not an aging-up birthday, no cake. Just Kava (since Desi recently came back from Sulani). The controller was planning to do poses and dialogue, so Desi walked in with bags. She would be the only one to show up with anything in this friend group, while everyone (including the host, Jesse) just expects the party to be fun. But whatever moodlets they had when Desiree walked in just made her and Acadia look like they instantly hated Rena. So the controller decided to just keep staring at Desiree to see if she would be messy and she was a little bit...

Acadia telepathically talking to Desiree: Do you see this? Desiree telepathically to Acadia: Jesse's new girl? Acadia telepathically talking to Desiree: I guess. He didn't say anything.

Okay, fine. Desiree, get rid of the bags and make the Kava.

Don't smile at Jesse. Just go inside!

Jesse, your new friend should not have to follow you inside, she does not know anyone... Did you even introduce her?

That was the rudest "hi" ever, Desiree! At least look at the sim.

Not like that! Look at her with a smile on your face! And why are you wearing sunglasses inside? Oh, controller's fault...

Poor Rena...

Yes, Rena, he is really that dense sometimes.

Once she left (and Melany and Tyrone), you could feel the difference...

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[simohgi]

I really didn’t think Jesse and Desiree would end up married… in my head it was going to be her and Uche but they never pick the sims I choose for them 😤

Koa was not obsessed with Acadia. And Acadia had no interest in “fighting for him.” And it worked out well for both of them.

The non-committal sim, Desiree, always thought about Jesse and accepted an autonomous proposal. And they make the simplest things in the game make me so happy.

I get why simmers use the word watcher cause they don’t let me make decisions. I just have to go along and find poses for what they tell me to do.

[simohgi]

Dance around him, got me like a puppet, I'ma let him pull my strings

[simohgi]

Remember when Acadia wasn’t broken angry and picking fights every minute in game 😣😩

[storiesbyjes2g]

Be humble

🤭 this woman

[revivedwhimsy]

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[the-wolf-and-moon]

Vela Supernova Remnant

[simohgi]

1985

[bewitchingbloom]

My Coral Island farmer Corie by @mooreaux. I need you all to look at her because she's gorgeous 🥰

[therichantsim]

I need her to be a Parafolk.