Sul sul laddies, femmes & gents! Welcome to my official simblr!
I'll be doing the #upgrowthchallenge by HollieBB with a bit of the updated rules from the #DecadesChallenge by Cutecoffeegal, starting in 1890 and then ending in 2080. I will try to keep this simblr updated as much as possible with all the wackiness that it entails and post lookbooks of each character, including all the CC links used. There will be a separate post for all general mods & CC used in gameplay.
**DISCLAIMER**
I am a bi/demi pale Puerto Rican femme married to a straight white American male and in no way a fashion historian or historian in general. I'm mostly interested in playing these challenges to enrich my gameplay and to be able to expand on the legacy concept, since I've never been able to make it past 1 or 2 generations in regular gameplay. I'm trying to challenge myself to stay committed to this and I will try to do my research in order to portray every ethnic group represented in my stories in the most respectful way possible. If you spot any historical inaccuracies in terms of fashion, buildings, environment, behavior, etc., kindly point them out. Though, please note that I will probably mostly play for funsies and not strictly for historical accuracy.
I also mean to play this game as realistically as possible so there will be light NSFW scenarios such as Teen Pregnancy, Race/Ethnicity, Period-Typical Sexism, Gendered Language, War, Death, Suggestive (but not explicit) Content, Infidelity/Cheating, Religion, Menstruation, Infertility, Alcohol, Smoking, Period-Typical (mild) Homophobia, etc.
The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this simblr are fictitious, unless indicated otherwise. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places, buildings, etc, blah blah blah disclaimer this and that, you know the drill.
This project will probably take a while to finish, but I'm willing to take on the task. Thank you to those who are staying to follow me on this upcoming weirdly exciting journey...and so long to the 80% of bots that are just gathering dust in my followers section.
Special thanks to these simblrs for inspiring me to start my own blog and for providing amazing stories and gorgeous lookbooks, CC links, original mesh and recolors:
https://alainas-sims.tumblr.com/
https://pixelnrd.tumblr.com/
https://historychallengecc.tumblr.com/
https://linzlu.tumblr.com/
https://simsfromthepast.tumblr.com/
https://historicalsimslife.tumblr.com/
https://simfreaks-historical-cc.tumblr.com/
https://thesim-tea.tumblr.com/
Rules:
HollieBB's Upgrowth Challenge:
Cutecoffeegal's Decades Challenge:
P.S. Rules say to omit same sex and interracial couples in the earlier decades but I'm allowing it because they’ve always existed, despite not being able to have the same marriage rights back then.
This post may contain content that is upsetting to some readers.
Tennessee had business in town to attend to and invited Tatiana and Washington to town with him. He needed to visit the bank to deposit his investment earnings. Tatiana didn't often join him, but today she decided to go and enjoy the time with family. Once they arrived in town, Tatiana noticed Virginia and Louisa coming up the main street. She told Tenn that she'd see him in a bit because she wanted to catch up with her sisters-in-law. Tenn and Washington bid her good afternoon and headed into the bank to complete Tenn's business.
Tatiana was enjoying the conversation and sunshine. It'd been quite rainy of late in Paradis and the sun shone brightly as it reached its zenith. The dull roar of commotion didn't phase the ladies as they talked, but as the din grew louder something raised the hairs on the back of Tatiana's neck. She turned ever so slightly to see what the ruckus was about. She had but moments to act; she pushed Virginia into Louisa and tried to dive after them as the crazed horse careened towards them.
The commotion from the accident brought Washington and Tenn out of the bank as well as several others from nearby businesses. Washington rushed to find the doctor, as Tenn’s anguished cry seemed to freeze time.
He gently scooped his wife into his arms and held her close to his chest for the last time. She still smelled faintly of bluebells, her favorite flower. Despite the dirt and mud that caked her clothes and the redness from where the horse had trampled upon her she looked as if she could be sleeping.
Tennessee laid Tatiana to rest that afternoon. As his children came home from school they found him at the freshly dug grave, weeping silently.
*This portion of the story line has been altered with the great save snafu of 2021.
The house is really small, there’s no place to welcome a new member in the family yet. It was built with starter money only. So until Alphonse earns enough money to expand the house, they will have to deal with it. But they will be happy here, no doubt.
Just for funsies. Again.. no rhyme or reason and insanely lazy editing and no posing. The challenge I’m currently working on is what I really want to put more effort into, so.. yeah..
Here we have the newly weds, Charles and Elenora Dalton. Charles is a farmer and wood carver of comfortable means while Elenora has a passion for painting and reading where she finds time. Most of her younger years, Elenora would sneak books into bed whenever she could and dare to have fictional adventures within it’s precious pages. Charles, head over heels with his lovely bride, has given her all the freedom to read to her heart’s content. No more squinting by candlelight for Elenora! In turn, Elenora makes a huge effort to keep Charles well fed and his home pristine while longing for the day she can give him children of their own to love.
*Note* The home that the Dalton’s are currently occupying was made by the sweet @ivyandink who is currently doing videos of her Upgrowth Challenge! The challenge itself was created by HollieBB.
