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Lumi | She/Her | 18+ | Sims4 Player | No Wcif

[twinklecotton]

Hi, I'm Lumi. My English isn’t very fluent, so I sometimes use translation tools to help me communicate. I share screenshots of my sims, builds, and scenery here.

My Sims | Downloads | Screenies | Instagram

I’ve recently started trying to develop some original characters, and I’m still figuring out how to organize all their stories. For now, I’m just separating everything with simple tags.

My Band OCs | Mari🥁 | Saku🎹 | Yuka🎤 | Kiseki🎸 | Ruka🪕

[twinklecotton]

After playing for 30 minutes, I started feeling motion sickness from the 3D...🥺

[twinklecotton]

Night dancer ✨

[flovoid]

5TH & 6TH VICTIMS ✯ moots in my simstyle

SETH by @vicciouxs

NOEE by @simminginstars

[simulatedtrait]

freaked out... literally

[seeah01]

[poluninna]

[yurawrrr]

how many white plastic chairs do u need? yes.

[mandiespalette]

loving this kitchen so much 🌷🐛🍎

[midsummermoon20]

A bunch of sims - May

[twinklecotton]

Yuka's twin brother Ruka. He’ll be on bass.🧑‍🤝‍🧑🎸

I finished Yuka first, and then used the in-game genetics feature to generate a new sim and tweaking him to make Ruka. So I had absolutely no idea what Ruka would end up looking like, but the result completely blew me away...😭❤️

Do you think he and Yuka look alike? 👀✨

The setting for these three is that they’ve been classmates since high school. Honestly, besides their backstories, my brain has completely taken over and is already brainstorming all the drama 🤣💥

Now that all five members are finally here, I'll share another post later to dive into their full names, traits, and some of their backstories! 📖✨

[twinklecotton]

If certain people redirected the energy they use to attack others into actually improving their hair-making tech, they’d probably be famous as they want by now.

Sadly, they lack both the talent and the capability, so their only strategy is to clout-chase by trying to tear down a giant. Imagine being so pathetic that the drama you manufacture is more entertaining than the actual content you create.

@wotunciba I'm so sorry you're forced to endure this kind of horrific ordeal.

[wotunciba]

This will be my final response regarding this situation.

After people kindly helped send me a recording of the tiktok video (since I do not have access to tiktok myself), I discovered that the accusations had escalated far beyond simply claiming I "copied" a hairstyle.

^ When comment sections start encouraging mass reporting against my accounts, this stops feeling like "community accountability" and starts feeling like targeted harassment.

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The video included captions like "black women can't have anything", and also claimed that the sim used in my preview images was "not actually black".

(I did not include screenshots of the captions from the video because I genuinely could not bring myself to watch it a second time. I barely managed to get through it once, and the entire thing left me feeling physically sick, overwhelmed, and on the verge of a panic attack.)

The sim used for Tyler Hair was specifically created by me for this release, and I intentionally tried to resemble the person from the original real-life reference photo as much as possible. Here is a direct CAS screenshot of him before rendering. I understand that maybe my sim does not look exactly identical to the real person, but I genuinely did the best I could while creating him, and there was never any malicious intent behind it.

If his skin in the preview appeared lighter in preview images, that is because I render my previews in blender, where lighting/environment settings can significantly affect brightness and skin tones. Additionally, the reference image itself does not depict an extremely dark-skinned person to begin with. The skin overlay I used is literally a skin overlay commonly used on black sims by another cc creator as well.

So at this point, the accusation no longer feels like "you copied my hair". Now it has become assumptions about race, identity, and my intentions as a creator - all based on extremely subjective personal interpretations.

I am Chinese. I made a hairstyle based on a real-life reference after researching locs tutorials and trying my best to approach it respectfully. If people genuinely believe that non-black creators should never create black hairstyles or black sims under any circumstance, then that becomes an entirely separate conversation from plagiarism. Because what is happening now is not evidence-based criticism anymore. It is people attaching increasingly severe moral accusations onto me despite there still being zero proof that I copied anyone's work.

I do not think identity labels should automatically determine who is "allowed" to create certain styles in fictional character creation spaces. Otherwise where does that logic even end? Creators make sims inspired by cultures, fashions, aesthetics, and references from all over the world all the time. What hurt me the most was seeing phrases like "black women can't have anything" attached to a situation where there is still no evidence that I copied anyone's actual work. I am also a woman. Whether someone is a woman or not has absolutely nothing to do with whether plagiarism occurred. Those are two entirely separate discussions, and combining them together only turns a creator disagreement into something much more emotionally charged and hostile.

Regarding the name "Tyler", I chose it because when I first found the pinterest reference months ago, I saw comments referring to the person in the photo by that name. I wanted to verify whether that was truly his name, but I could not find any reliable information confirming it. I later searched it myself and saw that Tyler is also a name used by some black people. The person in the reference also appeared to be based in Canada according to linked profiles, so nothing about the name seemed unusual or inappropriate to me.

And if people still insist that the sim I personally created isn't black despite me intentionally designing him based on the real reference photo, then I apologize. Honestly I do not know what else I am supposed to prove anymore.

I fully respect black people and black culture. I have never posted or said anything racist toward black people. Some of my mutuals are black, and one of my own OCs is black too. That is exactly why this situation has been so upsetting to me, because I never approached this hairstyle with mockery or disrespect. But after experiencing this level of hostility and being publicly framed as racist over a hairstyle I created in good faith, I honestly do not think I can go through this again. If creating black sims or black hairstyles as a non-black creator will automatically lead to this kind of controversy regardless of intent or evidence, then I will avoid doing it in the future. Tyler hair was my first black hairstyle, and it will probably be my last. Not because I believe I did something wrong or because I am "admitting guilt", but simply because I do not want to experience this kind of situation again.

At this point, people can make their own judgments about the situation. I am exhausted.

Thank you to everyone who sent kind asks, messages, screenshots, support, and reassurance during all of this, genuinely.

I will continue creating eventually, but right now I need some time away from this situation because it has seriously damaged my motivation and emotional energy.

[twinklecotton]

The reshade preset I used was too bright, which often made all my sims' skin tones look way more washed out and pale.

Because of the time difference, I usually posted right before going to bed. But one time, I woke up to a DM from a creator I highly respected, gently pointing out that Julia Wright’s skin tone looked way too white in my post, and that it is a massive taboo in the community.

They told me they hoped I didn't do it on purpose. Of course I didn't! Honestly, it scared the absolute living daylights out of me. I rushed to post an apology and explained everything immediately. Luckily, the situation passed. I am still so incredibly grateful that when I first joined this community, there was a senior creator who chose to give me a kind heads-up. That is exactly why I can completely, deeply empathize with what you are going through right now.

[wotunciba]

Sorry for suddenly talking about something serious instead of replying to recent comments/tags/asks, but I genuinely do not want to stay silent while being publicly accused of something I did not do.

An anon today reached out to tell me that "Moyiglow made several TikToks stating that they feel you've stolen their hair idea from a WIP on twitter, calling you a copycat, and saying they blocked you." I'm grateful they told me, because otherwise I would have never known any of this was happening. I know they asked me not to publicly answer it, but at this point I feel like I have no choice.

I'm making this response publicly because I literally have no way to contact @Moyiglow privately even if I wanted to. Their twitter/x account is suspended, their tumblr has me blocked, and I do not even have a tiktok account. Yes, technically I could try commenting under their patreon or something, but honestly, why am I expected to privately defend myself against something I never did in the first place?

(and now, after I posted this response and went back to check whether they had posted any WIPs on patreon, I discovered that I had been blocked there as well. At this point, I genuinely do not understand why I am being blocked across every platform unless they simply do not want me to defend myself or respond publicly to these accusations. Absurd.)

However, I still went and gathered some evidence anyway because this accusation genuinely upset me. I keep a large folder of hairstyle references on my pc. The references for Tyler Hair were saved on November 12th, 2025. You can see the creation dates in the file properties screenshots I attached. (My system language is Chinese, but windows users can compare the same property locations on their own systems.) The Tyler Hair.package file itself was also already created on December 30th, 2025.

Yes, I only finished making the hair recently. Because frankly, this hairstyle intimidated me for a long time and I kept putting it off. But I had already saved the real-life references months ago and already started preparing the project long before this situation. And this is what confuses me the most: if I already had real-life references saved from months ago, why would I even need to "steal" someone's WIP idea?

I did not follow @Moyiglow on twitter/x. In fact, before receiving that anon ask today, I had never even searched for their twitter account. Yes, I have a twitter account, but I mainly use it to follow artists, lads fan content, and occasionally repost posts from people using my cc. I do not use twitter to keep up with sims cc creators.

Another thing I really want people to think carefully about is: what exactly counts as "stealing an idea" here?

Because most cc creators, including myself, use real-life references. Hairstyles exist in real life before any of us recreate them in the sims. If two creators use the same popular pinterest reference, that is not automatically theft. Otherwise, almost every creator in this community could accuse each other endlessly. The reference I used for Tyler Hair literally has thousands of likes on pinterest. Thousands of people have seen it. Obviously multiple creators may feel inspired by the same hairstyle. Nobody can monopolize making locs any more than someone could monopolize wolf cuts, jellyfish hair, hime cuts, or alpha curls. These are all real hairstyles that exist outside of the sims community. If simply creating the same general hairstyle concept counted as "stealing", then honestly the entire cc community would not even be able to exist. In fact, before they blocked me on patreon today, I noticed that some of their previous hair posts explicitly stated they were "inspired by" specific artworks created by other artists, and they even included the original artwork images as references. So by their own logic, would it then be fair for me to accuse them of "stealing ideas" from those artists as well?

And honestly, similar situations have happened to me before. When I noticed another creator had already posted a hairstyle that looked very similar to one I was currently working on, I became worried that people might accuse either of us of copying. So I reached out to them directly and politely to clarify things. It turned out that the same commissioner had sent both of us the same reference image. the entire conversation was respectful and pleasant on both sides, and we handled it like normal adults communicating privately instead of publicly accusing each other.  I even mentioned this openly in my Alphie Hair post.

What hurts the most is that I was never approached privately first. Instead:

I was blocked

Publicly called a "copycat"

And discussed on a platform I cannot even access or respond on

So now I am forced into a position where I have to publicly defend myself against something I genuinely did not do.

I'm typing this while genuinely shaking because this whole situation has been extremely upsetting to me. even without a tiktok account, I know how quickly accusations spread there, especially accusations using words like "copycat". Being asked to "prove" I didn't secretly stalk someone's WIP is honestly absurd and deeply discouraging.

I have always tried to be careful within this community. Being publicly painted as dishonest over a hairstyle based on a real-life reference has genuinely damaged my motivation and trust. If anyone here has access to tiktok or is not blocked by @Moyiglow on tumblr, I would appreciate it if you could at least let them know that I have publicly responded to these accusations. I believe I deserve an apology, and honestly, if someone publicly spreads accusations like this, they should also publicly clarify the situation afterward instead of leaving those claims hanging.

I'm not interested in dragging this into endless public drama. But I will absolutely remember this. Out of everything I've experienced as a cc creator, this has genuinely been one of the most ridiculous and hurtful accusations I've ever received.

[wotunciba]

A kind person sent me screenshots of the conversation, so yes Moyiglow is already aware that I publicly responded and provided evidence. They simply chose not to read it and decided to continue standing by the accusation anyway.

While I am sorry if they've experienced actual plagiarism in the past, this entire situation only makes me wonder how many of those situations were genuinely "copying" versus simply multiple creators using public real-life references.

Because at the end of the day, Tyler Hair was based on a real hairstyle from a pinterest reference with thousands of interactions. And if the standard now is apparently "I saw someone else make the same hairstyle after my WIP therefore they copied me", then I genuinely hope they stop using pinterest references entirely in the future as they said, otherwise every other creator could end up being accused of "copying" them as well.

And by that logic, if I post a WIP first, does that suddenly mean nobody else is allowed to make the same hairstyle anymore? It's honestly absurd. At that point the entire community might as well turn into a competition over who can post WIPs the fastest, with everyone flooding timelines just to "claim" ideas first. I started making cc simply because I enjoyed creating and sharing things for free. Now I've been blocked, publicly accused of something I didn't do, and expected to defend myself against claims that were never backed up with any actual evidence. The only thing presented was "my WIP was posted a week earlier, therefore you copied me", which really does not hold up as proof of plagiarism.

And one more thing, they said I was blocked because they're "an overthinker". Okay, but if we're using that as an explanation, then doesn't that also raise the possibility that this accusation itself came from overthinking and assumptions rather than actual evidence?

Being an overthinker cannot just excuse everything. I'm also an overthinker, anyone who has followed my posts or seen the way I respond to comments probably already knows that. So did they ever stop to think about how publicly accusing someone of plagiarism over something unfounded might affect another overthinker mentally? How it could make me feel genuinely awful, impact my motivation to keep creating, or damage my reputation within the community over something that was never true in the first place?

我希望所有人搞清楚是我先在tiktok上被污蔑，是我受到了伤害，只有我是受害者。Moyiglow怀疑我，Okay，但为什么不先私聊我呢？到底是我真的抄袭了，还是TA看不惯我制作、发布了这个发型后获得了还行的engagement？所有认为我在抄袭TA的人也都拉黑我吧。我觉得非常可悲。我以后每次要开始制作一个头发后都会提供参考图、WIP、开始的时间，每次发布的时候我都会在文案里链接这些WIP帖子，这样你们满意了吗？我觉得非常奇怪的一点是从Moyiglow以往发布的作品来看，TA做的一些afro发型也有别的大CC创作者做过，那为什么Moyiglow只说我在抄袭，不说那些创作者？难道就因为我的关注者比那些创作者少？还是因为我的国籍？因为TA的刻板印象？

[rabbitxxhole]

my girls 💫

[plumcatt]

24/7 in cas ᯓ★

[twinklecotton]

Kiseki and Yuka! The 3rd and 4th members of the band! Unlike the high schoolers Mali and Saku, they along with the 5th member are all college students.

I want Kiseki to have a gentle yet melancholic vibe, while Yuka is stylish, sharp, and a little bit willful.

Can you guess who our vocal is?🎤

It's Yuka!!! After going back and forth, I finally decided to bring a female vocalist into the band. I couldn't help it—I just admire Sheena Ringo way too much!❤️

I'm still not entirely sure about their relationship yet, I just think the interactions in these screenshots are so cute. The next post will feature the 5th member who also happens to be Yuka's twin brother Ruka! 🧑‍🤝‍🧑✨

I can't believe this is my first time trying to create and introduce OCs like this in all these years…