#nimitwinklesims

[nimitwinklesims]

And we'll all go together, to pull wild mountain thyme~

All around the blooming heather ♪

Will ye go, Lassie -- go~ ♪♥

[mortia]

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nimitwinklesims replied to your photoset “Lucciola is officially a toddler and I can’t stop laughing at how she...”

Aww adorable! And wow, congrats, that is quicker than I thought! Now I understand your desire to create something new a bit more, too :)

Haha, well it’s been 3 years since I started the game so it’s not thaaaat quick! I made the monetary goals MUCH harder to reach for myself so that it’d be more of a challenge. I’m not sure what I’ll do once the “challenge” part is officially complete but I tentatively assume I’ll switch the Warwickshire set of rules. 

And then yes, of course, the “something new” is in the back of my mind. But I also want to see the lives of this game play out as well, since I am quite attached, so we shall see!

niamh-sims replied to your photoset “Lucciola is officially a toddler and I can’t stop laughing at how she...”

And, how did they earn that much to pay $9000 in taxes? That's a ton!

Robin got a monetary Perk from the Smithy business, so they had quite the windfall!

niamh-sims replied to your photoset “Lucciola is officially a toddler and I can’t stop laughing at how she...”

Lucciola is so cute!

She is definitely something, I just imagine a small Robin in a dress stumping around the village and can’t stop laughing. 

[dramallamadingdang]

Replies, the God edition.

I promise that I’m not going to talk about this stuff a lot, though now I’m kinda thinking that I do want that sideblog, if only just to get down all my own thoughts in writing, which has always helped me to sort of mentally organize things. But, I did want to reply to a couple replies and also paste in some nonnie replies, so that I can get ‘er all done in one (long, of course *eyeroll*) post. I also apologize for not tagging previous posts as non-sims, for those who block such posts. In my defense, I’d gotten in from a night out and was in that “tired, but not quite tired enough to sleep” place, and in that place I get kind of spacey and careless. So I’ve fixed that.

So, anyway, replies for @snarkysims​ and @nimitwinklesims​ as well as two anons who sent me asks are behind the cut...

snarkysims replied to your post “Speaking of religion, I saw in a lot of MTS off-topic discussions that...”

I appreciate you being candidate about your journey. While I do consider myself to still be Christian, much of what you said resonated with me. I appreciate you being open to people regardless their beliefs. Cheers!

Frankly, I’ve never understood not being “open” to people of other beliefs, even when I was very Christian. I mean, that sort of attitude is...Well, not very Christian, is it? Christians are charged with bringing the gospel to the non-believer, and you can’t do that if you can’t meet people where they’re at in order to talk to them. Sure, some brands of Christianity are more isolationist, so as to avoid ungodly influence and whatnot, but as a Christian, I was always of the opinion that doing so was a mark of dangerously weak faith and that it defeated the whole “be in the world but not of the world” thing, not to mention making spreading the gospel that much harder. Our society has just become so polarized and tribal that it’s ridiculous. 

Well, in any case, I love people of all kinds, whatever their beliefs about anything, and I have very strong disagreements, including religious ones, with some of my very best friends. I have no truck with the whole “purity test” business, wherein I can’t be friends with, or associate with, or ally with on issues on which we do agree, or have spirited discussions with people who disagree with me in any way. While I do understand the importance of having community with supportive like-minded individuals, what’s the point of always surrounding yourself with people who agree with you in every single particular? Mutual back-patting? Circle jerking? I’ve never understood that, and it’s only gotten worse with the whole “call-out culture” thing. No thanks.

nimitwinklesims replied to your post “Speaking of religion, I saw in a lot of MTS off-topic discussions that...”

For some reason I can't access the entire post when on mobile -- will try laptop later.. curious to read!

It’s probably because it’s freaking long! *laugh* I do go on, I’m afraid. *sigh* But if you still can’t read it, I’d be happy to copypasta it into messages or some other format.

I am so sorry that you were indoctrinated. I had difficulties breaking away even as a non-indoctrinated (self-indoctrinated?) convert. I still sometimes have nightmares about hell and all. So I can’t even imagine what it’s like for people who had this stuff drilled into their brains from birth. I am glad that you had the fortitude to escape. :)

It rather surprised me -- though it probably shouldn’t have -- that the “if Yahweh was proved to be real, I’d believe in him but refuse to worship the f***er” is a common theme among atheists, especially, it seems, among those who had a fervent belief at some point and then deconverted, as opposed to those who were raised secular and/or just never believed. Maybe it’s a reaction to betrayal. I mean, you spend “X” amount of time being spoon-fed carefully-chosen rhetoric and scripture and swallowing the notion that this character is all-loving, that he’s the very embodiment of love, and then when the scales are lifted from your eyes you realize how very wrong that is and, at least in my case, I really felt the weight of the time I had spent (and wasted) thinking that this character was something that he clearly isn’t, by his own words, if you believe in the whole “the Bible is the Word of God(TM)” thing. I was angry. I guess I still am. Not at god, per se -- because I don’t believe that god is real -- but at the people who deliberately misrepresent him in order to make more people believe in him.

I cannot presume to speak for all people for whom speaking in tongues is a thing. And even amongst fundamentalists, it is a not a thing for all of them. A good percentage of fundamentalists are, in fact, very opposed to the concept. It is primarily a thing in charismatic Christianity, which IIRC consists of maybe 400 or 500 million Christians worldwide of various denominations. (As opposed to the 2 billion+ Christians that exists as a whole.) So, it’s not a common thing by any means, on the whole.

And yes, they are babbling random nonsense, and IMO many of them are just faking it and deluding themselves. Why? Because within charismatic churches, speaking in tongues is considered proof of one’s born-again status. Meaning, it’s proof that you’re saved. So there is tons of pressure -- especially among impressionable children -- to do it, with the unspoken admonishment that if you don’t/can’t do it, then maybe you aren’t really saved, and if you aren’t really saved, then you’re destined for hell. So, you get situations like this clip from the Jesus Camp movie.

The other thing is that mass hysteria is a thing. Christianity is generally practiced in a group rather than as a strictly individual activity. We are social and imitative animals. So, if one person starts “feeling the Spirit,” genuinely or otherwise, sure enough other people start thinking “Hey, there must be something to this,” and then they start feeling it, too. If this happens among a large group of people, then it becomes truly awesome, in the original sense of the word rather than the 80s sense of it. And then you end up with things like the Toronto Blessing, and people swearing that they felt and/or were imbued with the Holy Spirit and then felt compelled to do all these crazy-ass things.

So, my own personal opinion is that the whole thing is part being conformist out of fear and part mass hysteria. But, like I said, I don’t really speak for anyone but me. For me personally, I have both faked it and experienced the mass delusion thing. Pentecostal worship services are wild. But, were I to speak in tongues now, it’d definitely be just faking it...but I can fake it really, really well. :)

[niamh-sims]

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nimitwinklesims replied to your photoset

Precious little face!                    

She’s adorable, isn’t she!

withlovefromayre replied to your photoset “Eydis meets Ingrid from the next farm oiver”

The background of the Viking world looks so cool

Thank you.  I really love the Alpine background, and it is perfect for this ‘hood!

fireflowersims replied to your photoset

Aww, such a cute toddler! WCIF the pot she's playing with?

She is adorable!  Easily one of my favourite toddlers.  The pot she is playing with is part of a set by Javiera, available here.  There are recolours of the Charisma cup and the logic toy over at Hat’s Dreamwidth, if you’re interested.  I think the toys are as follows: Body- BV crab, Charisma- cup, Cooking- pot, Cleaning- pot, Creativity- book, Mechanical- fire truck, Logic- hobby toy.

glabeglarn replied to your photoset “The Hof Church Un-owned Community Lot Worship and resting place for...”

So cool! It reminds me of a stave church~

Funny you say that!  the Worshipers of Eostre will be getting a Stave Church!

nimitwinklesims replied to your photoset “The Marketer’s Longhouse”

Oh this looks great!

Thank you!

squeezleprime replied to your photoset “And this eventful round with the wood choppers is at its end!”

I've had wood choppers make a little more than this, but I guess sickness cut into business earnings?

They actually earned $1,021 in seasonal income from the farm gate business, but did bring in $2,988 in diggables and business rewards (I only let the Sims in this ‘hood collect one money business reward per round, even if they can get more).  They didn’t do too bad, but there is room for improvement!

nimitwinklesims replied to your photoset “Kaayven has reached enough money in the treasury to move from...”

Congratulations! So nice seeing all of it together. Now that I know the church island exists, it's so fun to spot it in these photo's! 

Thank you!  I love seeing pictures of other people’s neighborhoods, especially when you can see how all of the lots fit together.

nimitwinklesims replied to your photoset “Kaayven has reached enough money in the treasury to move from...”

Is your Persian 'hood developing alongside this one at more or less the same rate? Do you have plans for trade between them in the future? (If they are in the same universe?) 

I have three neighborhoods that are part of the same universe.  My main ’hood is Eowerrania (Anglo-Saxon), and the two sub ‘hoods are Kaayven (Viking) and Jerarevia (Persian).  Each has their own regional varieties of fruit, vegetables, herbs, spices, livestock and wild game.  The end aim is to attach a themed sub ’hood linked to each of the main ‘hoods, and eventually start trade when each ‘hood has traveled enough.  More information about the set up of this ‘hood can be found here at PBK (Registration required).

nimitwinklesims replied to your photoset  “The Hof Church Un-owned Community Lot Worship and resting place for...”

This is awesome indeed!

Thanks!  It took a bit of time to get it looking right (and I have no idea if it is playable), but I had fin building it and I’m pleased with how it turned out!

squeezleprime replied to your photoset “Thrall Family: Miners”

The men seem to be outnumbered in this adorable family :)                            

They certainly are, and this is one family where lots of boys would have been helpful.  They are cute, though.  I can’t wait to play them, they look like heaps of fun!

[episims]

@nimitwinklesims replied to your photo “So here it is, my own little fantasy world. It’s nothing too fancy -...”

Wow so cool! Tell me more! :D Do you have a lot of supernaturals living here? I love the idea of it being in a crater and that explaining cool and crazy and weird and magical stuff happening. So is the lake (zooming out a little) in the centre of the crater? .....game-wise, how did you make the military base have a desert terrain? with those NH terrainpaint blocks? it looks amazing with the clouds and the desert backdrop! I hope you don't mind all the questions :D

Yep, there definitely will be a lot of supernaturals, especially amongst the “locals”! I actually started that neighborhood because I wanted explore playing with supernatural lifestates as I’ve almost never played with those before :’D so your inference was very correct. The lake is actually at the south bottom of the crater: you can see the zoomed out picture of it from here. 

And for how I did that desert terrain: Yeah you guessed right too that I used those NH decal thingies as a base, but I actually made my own default for them as I didn’t find anything suitable already done. There’s also third climate present as well as I used greener “paint” around the lakeshore to make it seem more tropical (and then I tried to use tropical plants on those beach lots) but it’s not that obvious :P

Thank you so much for your nice words (I’m still blushing here) and general interest, I really like answering these kind of questions :3

[simorous-me]

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mortia replied to your photoset “The boys in Moorcliff know that the fire station is the best (and...”

Those kids know they're cool.

They sure do!! They’ve become neighborhood friends kinda autonomously and I love it. They’re definitely the ones that organize all of the kickball matches at the park.

nimitwinklesims replied to your photo “My second terrain to share with y’all – Elska (1.0)! Same as Moorcliff...”

Yeah, you'd need to share your N00X folder in order to share the changes that you made in TS2. Which you can always choose to do, but I find that it is also fun to really make a terrain your own after you've downloaded it... :)

Beautiful! <3

THANK YOU <3 I didn’t know that about the N00x folder -- but I totally agree with you, the in game tweaks are more of a personal stylistic thing. 

biduline2011 replied to your photoset

trop joli ! so nice !

biduline2011 replied to your photo “Catherine Ave.”

very nice !

Thank you!!! <3 Comments mean the world to me. I appreciate all of ya!

[keoni-chan]

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nimitwinklesims replied to your photoset “I’ve decided to give try another BACC. I’m going to play with Nepheris...”

Yayyy! Enjoy yourself! And happy new year too ♥

Thank you! (for both lol) I’m really looking forward to playing. Almost done decorating :)

deedee-sims replied to your photoset “I’ve decided to give try another BACC. I’m going to play with Nepheris...”

Oh, watcher, I remember Kieran and Rue from Calypso ^^"

Blast from the Past, lol. I wanted to include some part of my old BACC, and they were a logical choice. 

charming-plumbob replied to your photoset “I’ve decided to give try another BACC. I’m going to play with Nepheris...”

This is great ! I enjoyed your previous BaCC a lot, and it was reading your stuff that got me motivated enough to start a Simblr :) I'm eager to see what you will do !

Thank you! And wow, I don’t know what to say ♥ I’m glad you started a simblr!  :D

[nimitwinklesims]

The fields in the centre of the hamlet are shared. On the bottom right, you can see a farm field owned by the manor lord (they are in the stone house with the two wings). It's tilled by the teenage boys of the peasantry. Which, they mind less because the manor lord household consists for a large part of pretty teenage girls...

(Yes, when I rolled for the families, for the gentry I ended up with 3 teen girls and a few children and toddlers!)

Also also, I built a chapel.

I think medieval chapels are some of the prettiest things that a landscape can have, so of course I always have to make one. I'm not religious, but the architecture and history interests me.