#about:eddie

[our-little-kingdom]

6, 10 & 16 for all the adults. curious about how these could manifest in their relationships

what do you think their zodiac sign would be?

eddie, my first instinct is virgo.

aniyah, gemini.

penny, taurus.

jordyn, pisces.

what kind of childhood did they have?

eddie is the youngest of three children (two older sisters that he doesn't speak to, they're just not close) raised by a single mother (stopped speaking to him over his desire to be polygamous). he's met his dad a handful of times and didn't like what he encountered - eddie couldn't tell you if that man is dead or alive. he became "man of the house" at a young age, and the brokenness of his own immediate family is what led him to the desire to have his own large, happy family. however, eddie's mom actively derided therapy for a lot of his childhood and instead encouraged him to take all his troubles to church without discernment.

aniyah is a middle child, raised by two parents who were married right up until she and eddie started dating. her family was fundie-lite, with plenty of purity culture guilt, performative modesty, but hey, she was still allowed to go to college (chose not to), opt to set her own dating OR courtship standards (made eddie do that), and her parents actively told her to wait until she was REALLY ready to be married, not just until she wanted to have sex (didn't listen).

penny is an only child, raised by two parents. she kind of fell into the role of "little adult" and enjoyed a very privileged life of travelling and having all her expensive hobby whims fulfilled, but also felt a great deal of emotional distance between herself and her parents. even through becoming semi-famous and having all the material things she could want, she was always searching for something to fill the void. by the time she first met eddie, marriage and children was one of the last things she could think of the fill that void.

jordyn is the oldest of seven daughters, raised by two parents in a full on fundie house. jordyn was raised for marriage and childbearing, and really only found value and praise when she did things for others and agreed well with the will of others. if you ask her, she'll say she had a happy childhood and honestly, it's true -- she's known nothing different, her parents were never (outright and intentionally) abusive or malicious, and the only dream for her life so far is being fulfilled.

fight or flight (i'm also adding freeze or fawn)?

eddie, a mix of fight and fawn. eddie's mom had narcissistic tendencies, so eddie definitely got into the pattern of being the validating, comforting presence, in contrast to his sisters who would fight with her. however, if fawning doesn't work out, he switches quickly to anger to reassert control of the situation.

aniyah, fight. she is a classic passive aggressive to straight up aggressive, big gestures to draw attention and seize control middle child (author says this knowing full well that she is also this way). if she can't yell/glare her way out of the situation, she'll storm out and make a big scene.

penny, freeze. in her home, emotions just...were not a thing. you don't address it, nobody raises their voice or even speaks for hours, then you offer gifts/dinner out/planning the next expensive ski trip to mt. komorebi or aspen together so everyone can forget any of that ever happened.

jordyn, fawn. it's her fault, she's sorry, she should've reminded you/listened better/etc.. she offers herself up as the one at fault to excess until the other person is neutralized, then is eager to offer service/repair measures even at the cost of her own feelings.

(this was SO much fun to write y'all)

[our-little-kingdom]

11 (Aniyah), 17 (Jordyn - who is still basically a kid!), 8 (Penny) & 9 (Eddie)

aniyah - can they sing well? play an instrument?

nope. she loves music (in my head, she is lauryn hill's biggest fan), but was never really good at making it herself. she took piano lessons shortly as a child, but quit.

jordyn - what kind of kid were they? troublemaker? goody two shoes? hyper? something else?

a little wild, but good all around. she is the oldest of seven daughters, so she definitely has the "oldest sister trying to be an example"/sister mom complex, but she also has held onto a sense of fun and always trying to make others laugh.

penny - what do they want for their birthday?

clothes, clothes, clothes. even after she started dressing more modestly & being a stay at home parent/not living her life on simstagram all over san myshuno, she never lost her desire to be on trend and fashionable. she'd love some new blouses!

eddie - does your sim plan ahead or wing it?

so for all of his many, many, many flaws, eddie is the rare person who is both highly organized/type A, but also willing to reconsider his plan with new information and life experience (as you'll see soon enough). i want to give all these characters, as annoying/horrid as they can be, a fair mix of redeeming qualities, human quirks, and faults.

[itsrogersandco]

HOW ADORABLE ARE YOU?

Eddie is 75% adorable. Very unusual, definite boyfriend material.

(Thanks to @kit-just-kit for the website, I feel like Kit would agree).

[eddiexpowers]

↳ INTRODUCING EDDIE POWERS

in character

Name: Eddie Powers

Faceclaim: Jack Quaid

Gender & Pronouns: Cismale & He/Him

Age: 33

Birthday: February 23, 1991

Occupation: Veterinarian @ the zoo

Neighborhood: Masonboro

Sexuality: Bisexual

biography

Eddie Powers was born Edwin Carter to Nancy and John Carter in 1991. He was the youngest of three boys and what most would say the most awkward of the three too. While the other two spent most of their time focusing on their athletics, Eddie was different. He liked bowling, comics, video games, and board games. He liked academics and learning and reading. He was the odd one out of the three of them and he never really let that get him down despite being teased for it throughout his time in school.

Being bullied was something he got used to rather quickly. The plus side to have cool older brothers was the fact that they seemed to stick up for him whenever they were around, which was rarely but it meant a lot of him when they did, in fact, step in to protect him from whatever it was the other kids said or did to him.

When high school came around, he joined as many clubs as possible in order to help him make some friends and it worked. He fit into the math club and even newspaper, both of which he loved more than anything and spent a lot of his free time doing what he could for the clubs when he wasn't spending his time focused on his hobbies. He actually got an opportunity to write a newspaper article for the school paper during his senior year, one where he focused on the fact that the success of the football team was more than likely due to the use of steroids. His article encouraged the school to implement mandatory drug tests to its players, and once that went into effect, the team wasn't happy with him.

In order to get Eddie back, a couple of the players decided to make a fake social media account where they staged themselves as a girl that was interested in Eddie. He really didn't have any dating experience and so, this was all exciting to him. After a couple of weeks, they managed to convince him to send over a nude picture with promises he'd get one in return but instead, they took the picture and spread it around school after deleting the account.

Mortified and devastated by the realization that it was all just a joke, his parents allowed him to finish his classes at home and once he graduated, he moved to start school at North Carolina State University and with the help of his parents changed his name so that he could start over without having the ghosts of his past follow him here.

After finishing his veterinarian medicine degree, he moved to wilmington and scored a job at the local zoo. He keeps to himself most of the time, outside of his meet up with his bowling team. He has no social media and is a bit of a loner. He has managed to gain a couple of close friends since moving to wilmington and those that are close to him mean a lot to him.