Thought about being productive today and instead spent too long creating a Landgraab family tree to reference if I ever play Bluewater Village.
Some of the choices I made are pretty arbitrary and maybe fly in the face of the understanding others have? For instance, I wasn't married to the idea that just because Gregory is said to have been the first wealthy Landgraab in the chance card, doesn't mean he had to be before Admiral Landgraab (or the same sim), who is clearly meant to be a relative from a colonial period. Meanwhile, Gregory is said to have been a school teacher around the turn of the century, which is still popularly considered to be around 1900 (or the sims equivalent of that). So... basically I decided House Landegraab was a noble family, very mercantile, and over generations their name became Landgraab. Around the time of the Admiral they lost their fortunes, but regained them around the turn of the century with Gregory (to be clear, while the Admiral is connected to Gregory as a father in the tree, and Dacian to the Admiral the same way, I believe there to be several generations between both of these connections that simply have no canon names).
And then the family line branches and continues. I didn't include the Into the Future sims, and there might be a couple others I discarded, but I think this is most of them and works well enough if I want to do anything with storytelling with the Landgraab family.
A worn gravestone rests in the Goth family cemetery, distinctly out of place from the rest. How long has it been there? Mortimer spent much of his childhood playing in the family's private cemetery, touching each stone as he ran by, careful to not be disrespectful or careless. He remembers the first time he saw the gravestone which felt like it appeared out of the blue one day, despite his family's reassurance that he must have overlooked it in the past. With no birth or death date inscribed, the family hasn't a clue when she lived or even how she met her end. No one seems to recall what the girl might have looked like or if she was even a young girl at all. It's unknown if she ever loved, if she had hopes and dreams that were cut short. Maddening, Mortimer decides, would not be a concise enough word to cover the intricate puzzle that her grave weaves. After all, the aristocratic and macabre Goths have always revered the dead. For generations they have kept the stories of family members past like a sacred oath, so how could this woman be forgotten? How could her story be lost to time, with not even a trace of her existence in the copious, comprehensive paper trail each family member has deliberately curated and left behind?
Once a year, always on the same day as the year before, Mortimer feels called to visit the cemetery and pay the unknown girl's plot a visit. Under the pale light of the moon, he tries to make sense of why his heart aches for her and why he feels akin to this person whose history has seemingly been erased. He thinks that, perhaps, if he looks at the weathered stone hard enough and grazes his fingertips along the delicate white flower that grows from the earth atop it, he will find the answer to a question he doesn't fully understand, but has felt in his bones since childhood:
My version of Caleb Vatore did in fact have a torrid love affair with one William Shakespeare and thus named all his dumb children after his characters-
Thinking about all the different Lou Howells out there on simblr.
I've always interpreted Lou as an eternal bachelor (romantic yes, but lifelong commitment makes his skin itch.) My Lou is a goofy sweetheart and loyal friend but ultimately has the heart/attitude/maturity of an eternal teenage boy lmao. No impulse control, hates being responsible/doing "adult stuff," and not the brightest (bless him, he tries though). He's a show off, loves dating and flirting because it's "Not that serious." He and Celine act like an elderly married couple but they are purely platonic (Celine makes sure everyone knows this) 😭😂. He does have several children though and is a great dad!!
All that being said, I feel a little bit bad for my Lou as there are a whole lot of married and responsible Lou Howells out there in the simblr multiverse... sorry my guy 😂
Circe/Dominic Newlow and Circe/Nervous are big NoTPs.
😊: Friends
Abhijeet Cho and Meredith Lillard. The three of them started the GSA at their high school, but things quickly got weird when the entire Curious family joined. That's also where I headcanon her relationship with Vidcund began: In the club room.
📺: TV Show they like to watch
Circe enjoys laughing at ridiculous ghost hunting shows and judging the people involved.
🎨: Favourite Colour
Maybe like... marmalade orange?
🔮: Something Random
Circe asks Jenny Smith to be there when she's delivering the news to a family that their loved one passed away. She knows that Jenny will be able to respond the way people are supposed to, and it will distract from Circe seeming too cold about the situation.
Alexander Goth. Dustin feels a bit uncomfortable around sims with such enormous wealth. Don Lothario, too, because he doesn't trust the man with his mother's heart or as a role model for Beau (and he kind of resents the fact that Beau sees Don as more of a role model than Dustin).
🐶: Pet or favorite Animal
Dustin falls in love with every dog he meets, and he absolutely tries to bring strays home. Skip wasn't as keen on just letting any animal into their home, so he always took the creature to the shelter.
🌷: Flowers or plants they like
Blackberry brambles. There are a few spots in Pleasantview where the brambles grow, and Dustin picks the berries right off and eats them.
☀️: Favourite Season
Summer
🌧️: Favourite Weather
Sunny and hot, but not too hot. Weather that's perfect for swimming.
🕯️: Favourite Aromatic candle
He quite likes the sugar cookie scented candle that his mom has in the bathroom.
🥘: Favourite Food
Dustin loves ribs.
☕: Favourite Drink
Dustin would claim it's beer, but he's more into lemonade. Brandi makes freshly squeezed lemonade and Dustin thinks it's to die for.
🍦: Ice-cream Flavour
Neapolitan. Why be limited to just one flavor at a time, yeah?
🍕: Pizza Topping
Dustin likes a pizza slice that's heavy in toppings. He wants lots of meats and veggies piled high, including pepperoni, sausage, chicken, green peppers, olives, spinach, tomato, mushrooms, etc.
🍟: Snack
Dustin will mow through any bag of chips in minutes.
🍿: Movies they like to watch
Crime/mobster movies and sports movies. He used to watch sports films with his dad.
📺: TV Show they like to watch
Dustin likes watching family friendly cartoons with his younger siblings. The kind of cartoons that are fine for kids but that actually have plots and themes that are interesting for adults, too.
🎵: Music they listen to
He likes his dad's music. Probably some country and old school rock.
⚽: Sport they like or play
Dustin likes playing pretty much any sport. His favorites are basketball and baseball.
📚: Books they like to read
Dustin occasionally picks up a book that's getting a lot of attention, but he finds it difficult to sit and read a book for hours. He's also not a comic book fan.
🕹️: Video Games they like or Play
SSX 3. Dustin likes the classics (and it's the only game he owns).
🎻: Musical instrument
I don’t really see Dustin playing an instrument... He probably enjoyed those plastic kazoos that kids seem to be given a lot. Oh! I know! He likes helping his siblings and eventually his children learn the xylophone.
🎨: Favourite Colour
Red or dark blue?
👠: Shoes they like
Dustin can't afford really nice tennis shoes, but he does admire the top-of-the-line brands. Given the chance, he'd shoplift a pair.
👕: Clothing style
Cheap, comfy, and a little baggy.
👜: What’s always on their bag
Fake ID and an extra pair of socks
📰: Section of the Newspaper they read
Job listings
💻: Website they visit the most
Dustin probably visits Simstube a lot (or whatever the sims equivalent of YouTube is called... Do we have a canon name?).
📱: Social media they use the most
I don’t feel that Dustin uses social media? I think he’s smart enough to realize that he probably doesn’t want to put too much information out there considering the work he’s doing.
📗: Favourite School Subject
Biology is Dustin's favorite subject, especially when the focus is more on plants and animals.
📕: Less Favourite School Subject
English. He hates all the essays they're expected to write. He's always been marked down for his writing sounding too conversational. He also hate that they always have summer reading.
🎓: University they attended (or not)
I don't see Dustin attending any university. If he were to attend, he'd go to Sim State University.
🎒: University Major
I think he'd take a while to declare a major, but he'd eventually settle on economics, political science, or biology. He'd be really drawn to polisci and bio, but I think econ would ultimately be his pick. It would feel more practical.
🔮: Something Random
Dustin is a Fortune sim more in the sense that he wants to be able to live comfortably, without fearing that the repoman will come. If he had the resources, he’d happily work from home to take care of the kids he eventually has. Skip wasn’t really the best dad (or husband) in my headcanon, but Dustin remembers fondly being able to play with his father, and he wants his kids to have similar memories with him.
