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🎃 Not-so-Simstober 2024 - Day 26 🎃
"Death's Door"
The Moonfeather dynasty is renowned for its exceptional longevity. It is for this reason, perhaps, that when the passing of a family member does occur, it's regarded as a profound tragedy.
The longer the life shared with someone, the greater the pain of saying farewell.
(Featured location: The Royal Crypt)
I'm working diligently on new BaCC pics!
They're not quite there yet, though, so here are some leftovers from my Not-So-Simstober photoshoots instead. Watcher knows I've got a ton of 'em lying around. 😅
The pics above are extras from the photoshoot I did for Day 26, "Death's Door". I couldn't find a way to fit them into the final photoset, but they're still pretteh & therefore worth posting.
More Simstober extras, again taken for the "Death's Door" prompt. I tend to take a lot of extra pics every time I'm in the game and then feel bad about deleting them, which results in a very cluttered Fraps folder. Posting them is how I deal with my hoarding issues. 🤣
And since this is a behind-the-scenes sorta post, you'll get to hear alllll about my picture-taking process (probably more than you care to know!)
Here are some random fun facts, in no particular order:
The Royal Crypt is a community lot, which means I had to send my sims to visit it in order to take pics. Took quite a few tries before I was able to load the Moonfeather household (crashes, crashes everywhere! -_-)
With photoshoots in general, I usually keep a "test" sim on hand who isn't needed for the photohoot itself, but rather to "work" in the background and perform all the little extra tasks required for the photoshoot (e.g. opening/closing doors, turning the lights on and off, or just being there while all my other sims are frozen with the freezer clock). In this case, my test sim was Marcus, who volunteered for the role all by himself (he flew in on his broom right after the lot loaded). Thank you for your services, Marcus!
I lucked out with Feanor's pose, which is actually just the autonomous "wring hands" idle animation. He looked so miserable doing it that I positively had to use it for the final pics! 🤣
I wanted to have a sim to plop into the coffin, even though I knew they wouldn't be prominent in the final photoshoot. Any random adult sim would've worked, but naaaah, I had to go the extra mile and opt for an actual Moonfeather blood relative. And since the only other Moonfeather I currently have in my game besides Aruena & Feanor is Arwan, who is a toddler... I aged him up so I could use him for my pics. Poor guy. 🫢💀
Just to clarify, Arwan is still a happy little toddler in my game and his untimely demise is NOT canon. I didn't specify who it was that the Moonfeathers were mourning in the OG photoset, so it's totally up to personal interpretation!
"But Esotheria", I hear you say "how come your latest rotation recap says you have five community lots, when you actually have four?"
...Asked no-one ever. But in case some of you were wondering about it - good catch! It's true that I've only showcased four 'proper' community lots so far. Well, surprise! Here's the fifth.
The Royal Crypt
In a flush of morbid inspiration, I decided that the Moonfeathers needed a private burial ground. It only makes sense - all those queens and kings of the past had to be buried somewhere, right?
It's located in the forest right behind the castle, at the foot of a very steep hill. So far still a WIP, but I like the exterior so I probably won't be messing with it anymore.
Leisure · 2022
Hellooooo Hyrule!!
We've reached the next stop in our Minish Cap Tour! Beat the heat in the CHILLING Royal Valley!
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