What is THAT all about?

[profbutters]

In Sim news, I've been playing Uni.  I have some ideas for a plot involving at least some of the Pleasantview Sims.  I'm starting to enjoy stories with the Maxis pre-mades, and the gender reversal makes for some nice twists.  For example, I allowed Danielle to cheat on Marty Stu a bit because she already has, and she's clearly supposed to.  But while I feel a bit sorry for Mary Sue (she's within three days of elder when you open the lot, nowhere close to her career goals, about to get fired, and her husband is cheating on her), somehow Danielle cheating on Marty Stu is. . . funny?  That's probably awful and terrible and sexist of me.  

Here's the thing:  I never played the real Pleasantview before, so some of what's going on doesn't make a lot of sense to me.  I figure most of you have, and I thought I'd ask you guys some questions:   I'll use the original names, so it's clearer.

What's up with Daniel and Dustin Broke?  When I invited Daniel(le) over to the dorm at Sim State, (s)her followed Dustin around, cornered (her)him in the restroom, and slapped the cookies out of (her) him.  Why?  What did Dustin do?  What's Daniel's beef?

Is Angela always this passive?  When you open the Pleasant's lot, it's Lilith who steps forward and smacks Angela.  I tried to get them a little less mad at each other before I sent them to college, and I gave up.  And still--it's most Lilith who does the stalking.  Angela slaps back sometimes, but mostly she avoids Lilith and cries.  

Dirk Dreamer seems a bit keener on keeping up the high school relationship than Dustin.  I don't know if that's because I played the Brokes longer than I played the Dreamers and Dustin had more time to do things like bond with his family and boost his grades.  

Frankly, I almost prefer Alexander, Beau, and Lucy, because they aren't such drama queens.  

As a girl, Nina Caliente was nothing but trouble, especially at the businesses.  But as a boy, he's pretty decent.  He was a date drop for Nausicaa, and I thought "no way," but then he hung around raking leaves for hours and then chatted with Nausicaa.  So I began to think he might be all right after all, though maybe not Fifty Dream Dates worth it.  

Anyway, I don't know when I can update next.  The work is going to snowball almost right away.  But I'm making time to Sim and I think I have some nice plot ideas.

Comments

[catzilla01.livejournal.com]

damn girl, that looks like a dramma story, great! I totally get you, first day is hard for every one

[peasant007.livejournal.com]

I'm going to guess that Daniel doesn't approve of Dustin dating his daughter, Angela. You know how some things are queued up to happen automatically (Don leaving Cassandra at the altar if she doesn't kiss him beforehand? Or Mortimer showing up on the Caliente lot as soon as you load it?) Dustin's teen career was on the Criminal track, and in Angela's biography, if memory serves, it talks about her "Bad boy boyfriend". It's never happened to me, but then again, I don't think I've ever actually had Daniel and Dustin in the same room together.

Yes, Angela is always that passive. Lilith was another "bad girl." I just checked their stats, and Lilith is meaner. And, I know from first-hand, personal experience, that Lilith is very aggressive and will pick fights for no reason...even in other neighborhoods, so that's not story coding there. I don't know why Lilith is that aggressive though, she has 3 Nice points, but she acts like she has 1.

I don't know about Dirk as I never played with him and he's currently an adult Townie with no past relationships in his memory.

Alexander and Lucy are actually very sweet, especially if they roll compatible Aspirations. That's probably the reson why a lot of people pair them up.

Male Nina and Nausicaa would be a three bolt couple, eh? Of course it all depends on whether or not you choose to re-roll her Aspiration after Sophmore year. The LTW's re-roll when you choose a new Aspiration, right?

I owe you a comment on your latest chapter, I know. I've been trying to get this rebuild finished and everyone situated, along with redecorating Zane's house so it's closer to what it was in the last update. I did read it, though and I can't wait to see what you have planned :)

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

See, Angela always seemed to have it in for Lilith in my version of Pleasantview. I kind of felt bad for Lilith.

Daniel is probably set up pre-disposed to dislike Dustin because he's a 'bad boy' from the wrong side of the tracks dating his precious daughter. I know there's all sorts of ugliness with the way Angela and Lilith are treated. Angela's personality was encouraged up while Lilith's was encouraged down.

[smoothiesims.livejournal.com]

83 degrees??? No building in California EVER needs to be that warm. My room at work was ~80 last week while no one else was here and the A/C was turned off/not working for whatever reason and it was miserable. I hope you feel better soon and that the rest of the week goes well.

I never really play the pre-made neighborhoods (preferring my own Sims) but Pleasantview sounds like a drama bucket.

[ndainye.livejournal.com]

83 degrees? Even as I sit here shivering, I think that's way too warm. I hope you start feeling better.

Daniel starts the game with low relationship levels to Dustin. If that's not corrected before Dustin becomes an 'adult' then Daniel will fight with him. The Pleasants are supposed to be upwardly mobile, they are materially wealthy and Angela is the Princess. Dustin is the bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks, he's poor and he's a criminal. Daniel doesn't want him near the Princess. It would probably be fine if Dustin was dating Lillith, but not Angela.

The Angela/Lillith relationship is one that I tend to work hard on repairing. And in my experience, Angela is always the aggressor. Lillith has social problems prior to playing the lot for the first time due to poor aspiration and negative family relations but once those things have been fixed she's fine. I always give her back her proper personality.

In my legacy hood with the sims extracted as townies, Mary-Sue married a cousin and the twins were sent to UNI with their step-siblings. The only issue I had with either of them was the constant stalking of Puck Summerdream. But hey, everyone did that :) Angela re-rolled romance, Lillith and Dirk eventually got together and are happily married.

Lillith/Dirk had no previous relationship in that hood, they just happened. In past Pleasantview experiences, Dirk has been a bit of a player. He has better chemistry with both sisters than Dustin does and tends to go back and forth between the two of them. Dustin and Angela rarely 'click' for me.

Lucy/Beau/Alex don't have many pre-set relationship issues. They're clean slates that can be played the way you wish them to be played. Since they're children they have time to bond with their families and to make friends. Depending on aspirations you choose for them Lucy can work well with either boy. My personal OTP for Alex though is Bottom Summerdream, but that requires merged hoods.

I've never had many issues with Nina, personality wise she doesn't really 'fit' romance. She's easily the type of Romancer that can settle with one man. Unlike many others, I don't think that Don's the one man for Nina. They gravitate towards each other based on the previously set relationships, but Don's not going to stick with her long term. He can't stick with anyone.