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I decided to make a new sideblog for VVEposting. This is a blog dedicated to obsessively thinking about my elaboration and expansion of Veronaville. The neighborhood will eventually be released once I'm done working on it.

"All's well doesn't end well for the Capp and Monty clans of Veronaville. Murder, mysteries, and magic abound in Veronaville Expanded. VVE doesn't deviate too much from EAxis' canon, but rather elaborates and adds upon it using new families, new family members, and expanded lore for the existing Sims."

Feel free to send me headcanons and questions ! I love talking about this neighborhood and all the Sims in it.

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I'm fond of the idea of Tybalt having facial burn scars, especially if it covers almost half of his face. There is a trope in media where a character calls themself "horrid and disfigured" when they just have a simple scar on their nose or lip. It definitely feels like that's as much facial harm that the general population can handle without getting scared.

If you follow my main, you might remember this post I made a while back. Besides Consort shaping his grandson's mindset to vent his anger towards the Montys because "they definitely set the fire to kill your parents", his own image in the mirror is a constant reminder of what his rivals have (supposedly) done to his immediate family. This gives his hatred another deep and psychological layer.

In VVE, I keep Tybalt's original face structure, but I also tweak the burned side of his face. His affected eye is slightly squinted, and the affected corner of his mouth is pulled into a neutral position (and his non affected other mouth corner is in a perma-downturned position). For the scar directly on his eye, Tybalt thankfully did not lose his vision in it, but he does suffer with dryness because it doesn't close completely, as well as light sensitivity. (From my research, the skin bordering on the burn scar tends to tighten and be more stiff since the scar tissue is not flexible at all. This can cause the normal, non burned skin, to be pulled in the direction of the scar.)

I'm still researching about burn survivors and trying to find good info and images !

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Capp and Monty heraldry on a store mesh

Gonna put a metal overlay texture on it so it looks less flat, but I like how this looks

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I really like the idea of Cordelia being the golden child and having more room to persue love as compared to her younger sisters. Because Regan and Goneril definitely had arranged marriages.

Taking a few pages out of some headcanons I've been seeing, but I really like the idea of the Capp teens having witch and mermaid ancestry because of their dad...

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House Escalus - Ruling Family of Veronaville

Very green in color, but not in experience, is the Escalus family.

Marquess Prince Escalus rules Veronaville with a steady hand. Fair, yet also strict, he prides himself on keeping the peace between the Capps and Montys. The loss of his dear Marchioness was due to this feud and he intends to end it by all means necessary. Will his rulings be just and reasonable, or will his own bereavement cloud his judgement?

Charming, rich, and entirely well aware of both, Count Paris always gets what he wants. Except when he doesn't. Then it's everyone else's problem. Will this privileged pretty-boy learn that affection are not prizes meant to be won?

While most girls her age chase love, Countess Rosaline rejects it, even at the cost of hurting the rose of the Monty family. She prefers it this way, all quiet and observant; gathering all of the juicy drama to keep tabs and create favors. Rosaline loves being glued to a screen, but will her own inaction cause her to watch her own life pass by?

The Marchioness was very pretty but I forgot to save her Sim 😮‍💨 Maybe even Prince forgot her face? I love when characters do things in the name of their dead loved one, and that loved one would haaattee their actions if they could only see.

I can see Paris as a rich kid that needs a bit of sense knocked into him. I wouldn't say he's a misogynist, but he definitely does get what he wants. Except when it comes to Juliette, she's totally not into him and isn't going to be after the 5th gift of dethorned roses and designer chocolates. I'm not sure how to write him without being a creep, so maybe he's insistent in a Gaston (Beauty & The Beast) type of way?

Rosaline is canonically aromantic and asexual. Perhaps it would have been kinder to Romeo if she figured her sexuality out before dating (and suddenly breaking up with) him... ouch. I also based her personality and vibes off of Moeka from Steins;Gate.

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I got ReShade to work yayayyay The Monty family's estate was in a dire need of a revamp, so I scrapped the Maxis build and went for something new. I've always been a fan of Italian villas with cortile (central courtyards), as well as Italian architecture in general (thanks AC2.)

Villa Monty is heavily inspired by Villa Le Corti, near Florence. It's a cute Villa usually rented out for weddings. I know that Verona is in the Veneto region of Italy, however I intend on basing my Monty builds on Tuscan buildings. I don't know much about the intricacies about the architecture between the two regions, maybe there isn't much a difference, maybe there is.

I wanted the tiny balcony to be Romeo's room, but I feel like that would be an ideal master bedroom. There's also going to be a LOT more rooms. Of course for Romeo, Mercutio and VIola, but also two more rooms to properly represent it being an OLD family home. Unused bedrooms of course turned into offices or skill rooms.

The two towers at the end of Villa Le Corti will be added since I'm very fond of the design :3 Maybe one to emulate the original Maxis home? It might look lopsided though idkkkk

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I've seen the inclusion of Titania's fae servants (Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, Mustardseed) reinterpreted as her adopted children. I really enjoy this idea as it can, practically, be more people who are allied to her. And Titania loves having more support as compared to Mab, who barely has any. Gameplay though... the idea of having two extra toddlers and two children is stressing me out already lol

I've already made them using some templates from around the Internet.

Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, Mustardseed in order :D

Not sure what to do with their personalities...? I'll think of something, but the last thing I want is to shaft child characters and make them be seen as 'boring.'

I'm still not sold on the name for Mustardseed. Mustard is just... no. Seed is a bit boring. Mustardseed as a whole is a bit too long for me and just sounds weird. Inverted with Peaseblossom, but I'm more fine with the whole name. Having Blossom by itself would be confusing for Bottom in my opinion.

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For a very long time, I was super not into the idea of Juliette's one true hobby being Games, but thinking about her dragging along Romeo to play an MMO is grinding some gears in my head...

Tank/Healer couple will be real 👀

Technically, hobbies are determined by personality and interests and were not retroactively applied to make sense with Sims created before Freetime. As such, I do not consider the generated hobbies for premades as intended canon.