#throwback pics

[totoochristianwolff]

Some more baby Toto from the Mary Bendet Foundation's Charity Dinners over the years: 2013 - 2014 - 2016 - 2017

[esotheria-sims]

I've been reading your BACC and recalled your old family tree. I know both are separate continuities but I had some questions. Are Annika and Anastacia comparative or just sisters of Marcus in different universes? Any Latal lore? How are Iziliel and Aruena related? Who was Remus' mother? And lastly, what happened to Godric's father Phillip?

Hi Peridotlionheart! (love your username! 💚)

First things first: thank you SO MUCH for your thoughtful message! 🥰 I'm actually stoked to know that people find my silly pixel world immersive enough not only to follow, but also to ask questions about it!

I have to say, I've given this ask a lot of thought. Your questions prompted me to take a deep-dive into my memories as well as my awful Pre-simblr 2010 Screenshots Folder™, which is always a fun trip. The result was an entire illustrated mini novel!

Because of this, I'm going to have to split the ask into several parts. Two warnings:

1) LOTS of old lore incoming!

2) Some of the old screenshots I unearthed are straight-up awful game-camera pics dug up from the 'Screenshots' folder. Yes, the 'Screenshots' folder. Turns out, a lot of my early gameplay was only documented with the in-game camera and nothing else. Don't say you haven't been warned! 💀

As a side note, this and the following posts will be divided into sections. That'll hopefully keep things more coherent.

And because no multi-part series is complete without a silly name, I'm calling this one: Esotheria Does Simchaeology.

For starters, a bit of background info: Around 2009-2010, the custom hood I played was called Maggie Town (named after my beloved pet. RIP Maggie, smartest dog I've ever known). Maggie Town was where a fair share of my oldest sims were born, including some featured in my current BaCC.

Circa 2012, Maggie Town got rebranded and became Margitaville, because the old name felt a bit juvenile.

Now, here's where the timeline gets a bit muddled. I know for a fact that the next name change for Margitaville was Neo Margitaville, and I want to be able to say that the name change occurred in 2014. Neo Margitaville was the last hood I played before starting my current BaCC in 2017, after all. However, while digging through my old pics, I came across screenshots of Margitaville that are dated 2014, and screenshots of Neo Margitaville that are dated 2012. I'm not sure how the math is mathing there, but maybe the timestamps just got messed up. What I can say for sure is that the timeline between 2009 and 2017 went like so: Maggie Town -> Margitaville -> Neo Margitaville.

It's worth noting that there were two iterations of Neo Margitaville: the older hood, and the newer, so-called RBACC edition (which stands for 'rebuild-a-city challenge'. I totally made that acronym up). The RBACC hood was on the same map I'm using for my current hood, and kinda looked like a blend of modern and medieval. It got quite a bit of screen time on my blog, and even has its own dedicated tag!

When I reinistalled TS2 after getting a new PC, I decided I'd start fresh with a real BaCC (I talked a bit more about my motivations behind it in this post from September 2017). So with a heavy heart, I said goodbye to RBACC Neo Margitaville in 2017 and started a new chapter on my simming journey.

The first pics of Wyvern's Bay dropped in October 2017, and by February 2019, I started playing my first families!

I feel that providing this context will be helpful for deciphering my confounding scribblings in the upcoming posts.

[snoopybutch]

Once in a while I think of my cishet lady coworker telling my nineteen (19) yr old Prime Butch Vibes (doing manual labor in warehouse and in much better shape) self in a slightly awed/surprised tone, “You’re . . Really pretty. ?” After I took off my mask n I was like “oh haha I haven’t heard that in a while.” And she was like 🥺😫 thinking no one ever complimented me. No my sweet, I am/was butch and my beloveds use masculine compliments to affirm me I’m not like festering un-lovèd

^lil baby butch 19yo me (ft diarmuid big naturals)

[kiankiwi]

🫠🫠🫠🥺❤️

[destinyc1020]

Speaking of Monaco.... My GOSH Tom looks so good in Pink.... 😍😍

[thestylesindependent]

jo_elvin: Flash back just popped up on Facebook: That time I asked Harry Styles to let me try and take a photo to see what I’d look like with his long hair. All I learned from this experiment is that @harrystyles is way too nice to drunk ladies. Sorry Harry.

[weridobybirth]

Some throwback pictures I found on my Instagram archive 😂📷🤳💞

[princesstigerbelle]