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didilysims · 1 year
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Pine Lake Farewell: Swain
Stella kept her mechanic’s shop, especially after hiring Ginger Newson and realizing the girl showed promise and desperately needed a mentor. Under her patient teaching, Ginger flourished and found peace from her many anxieties in the garage. Stella eventually passed on the shop to her apprentice and retired fully to maximize her right to spoil her grandchildren. But she did still drop in to tinker with the odd engine now and then.
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Leif and Natasha divorced with shared custody of the two kids. (While Natasha never formally adopted Erika, Leif had allowed her legal guardianship.) They agreed to remain friends and, though they never really were, did manage to keep a civil relationship between them.
Natasha quit the school system to focus on her art full-time. She never made much money at it, but the alimony kept her from going bankrupt, and well supplied in fine cheeses.
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Leif focused on his farm and, thanks to a literal green thumb, was highly productive in it. He did try dating again, but found he was too busy for a serious relationship. Even with a Plantsim daughter to help out full time, a farmer’s work is never done.
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Erika had a tough go of high school due to her incredible shyness and reluctance to put more than three words together, which the other teens often interpreted as snobbishness. She did not go to university, preferring to stay home on the farm. In fact, if not for her best friend, Emerald, forcing her to go out once in a while, she’d probably live quite happily has a lonely hermit.
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Jeremy also had trouble in school, but it was because of his incessant pranking and frequent trips to the principal’s office with his best friend and partner in crime, Garrett Newson. His only motivation for doing his homework was the threat of being excluded from the weekly video game tournaments with his dad, and occasionally his super cool aunt...who sometimes would bring a sneak peek of a new game.
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Freyja and Jonah stayed in the city to focus on their careers. Freyja works quite high up in an indie video game company, and though the work probably outweighs the salary, she loves every minute of it. Jonah sold his coffee shop when they first moved and now operates a local brewery on the border of the bohemian and gearhead sections of the city. It’s equally popular with both social classes, and even a few prominent socialites have been spotted there now and then. They adopted a small dog and are happy to be simply aunt and uncle for the time being.
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Thor and his university sweetheart, Ivy Copur, married immediately after graduation. Ivy took a job at the hospital, while Thor ran the sound system at his brother-in-law's coffee shop for a while. But after their first child was born, he quit to become a full-time dad...which was good, because they soon had enough children to keep his Family Sim heart happy. He does occasionally make house calls to tune pianos, however.
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tamtam-go92 · 3 months
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There was quite a lot of fighting in Erik's first semester.
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boolpropper · 2 years
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Martin: "Hey Erik?"
Erik: "Yeah?"
Martin: "I think I love you."
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Erik: "I was hoping you'd say that soon. I love you too!"
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noxianwilled · 1 year
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✒️ + Cassiopeia uwu
send me ✒️ + a ship (romantic or not!), and i will write a meta about it.
— @vixtionary
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Without any official ages or interactions or anything, this is purely speculation based on how I see it ofc but here we go!
I see Katarina and Cassiopeia as being close in age (1 or 2 years apart) — so there was very little room for Kat to grow used to being an only child before she had siblings, and I don't think that sort of jealousy was ever a factor. While Soreana obviously favoring the younger may, at times, have made the eldest sour as a child, I do think Katarina wasn't ever one to blame her siblings or turn her frustrations on them for her parents' behavior, so I don't think this would have had a huge impact in her relationship with Cass.
Kat's bio suggests she had... an unconventional childhood, to say the least. "So it was that Katarina’s childhood—if it can be called such—had little room for kindness or rest. She spent every waking moment honing herself into the ultimate weapon, testing her endurance, her dexterity, her tolerance for pain." Based on that, I think most of her time was filled with assassin training, which definitely led to some distance from her sister, who instead took after their mother.
Still, they were together since they were basically babies. They definitely had a bond, and honestly I think it was perhaps the most normal thing about Katarina's childhood. Cassiopeia was her closest (possibly only? until Talon?) friend as a child, because she wasn't given the room to care for relationships and connections and playing or whatever, she was already being made into a weapon. But at home, with her sister, there would be a little bit of room for that.
They're very different in personality, but Katarina had genuine love for her sister. I think their relationship was fairly typical in that they could be getting along in one moment and fighting the next then getting along again the next; like most siblings, they likely fought over stupid stuff (though i tend to see them arguing and pulling hair more than. really fighting, since Cass wasn't trained like she was and Kat would pull her punches a little — actual physical fighting, messy and without rules, was likely more reserved for Talon).
Katarina was, nevertheless, a very caring older sister. They'd have played together as children, braided each other's hair, stayed up late talking and giggling until they fell asleep. She'd have been there to look after her baby sister and kick the ass of anyone who harmed her in any way. She'd have been there to listen to Cassiopeia no matter how trivial her concerns may seem to others. And especially when they move to Shurima I figure that may have brought them particularly closer, as they went to an entirely foreign place and sticking to those you know and love is a very natural response at first.
But as they grew older, I think their differences were not only more apparent, they were also capitalized on by their parents in a way that certainly made them more dire. I don't think what we see of Marcus in the comic changes that previous characterization — his feelings for Soreana could be sincere, he could have acted on what he believed best for the empire (and house Du Couteau) by supporting Swain, he could have come to regret it later with the dismantling of nobility and the attack on his wife being somehow connected to Swain — and the division within their household would still be somewhat obvious. Soreana had her own secret agenda, and she was grooming Cassiopeia to follow in her footsteps, much like Marcus had his own, less secret, goals and to an extent prepared Katarina to be like him.
So I don't think the gap between them was created when Marcus left Shurima with Katarina, it only widened with that and as Cass became more involved with the Black Rose. She knew her mother kept it a secret from the rest of the family, and it became her secret too. I think it'd have been easier for her, as a teenager, to keep that secret from her sister by letting that natural distancing happen than by lying to her face (though I have no doubt she could have done it; Katarina was easily deceived by those she loves precisely because she didn't expect falseness from them). Soreana, too, probably had no interest in Cass keeping Kat close. Which is to say, after Kat leaves with Marcus, I don't think there'd have been an effort from the younger sister to reach out to the eldest, at least not for a time.
Time enough for Katarina to be sent to her first mission, fail due to her own pride and need to prove herself, and their father to disown her and have Talon try to kill her. Considering Kat eventually made with her brother, I can see her eventually trying to reach out to Cassiopeia. She loves her siblings and, again, wouldn't want her issues with their parents to get in the way of that. But I also think there's a huge divide between them, and Cassiopeia was raised to be politically inclined. Associating with her disgraced sister when the public stance was that the family renounced her likely wouldn't have been a wise move in that sense, regardless of how she felt about Katarina.
Kat would see the way it is and drop it and not try to reach out again. She wouldn't even be entirely resentful because Cass could be unwilling to reconnect for a number of reasons, not the least because Kat would have rejected her connection to the Du Couteaus just as actively as she was rejected. She wouldn't have wanted to talk to them or see any of them for a considerable amount of time. So she made her part in breaking up their bond, too.
The last time they saw each other in person, they were teenagers. Any contact after that was short-lived, and Katarina has no idea what her sister has been up to, much less of her transformation. All she knows is Cassiopeia remains in Shurima with their mother. Learning of Soreana's ties to the Black Rose, she certainly expects Cass is also involved by then — which makes her no less an enemy than the rest of the family.
I do think she loved her sister (I wouldn't say loves because she doesn't know the person Cassiopeia grew up to be, not really), I think she misses her still, and I think, much as is the case with Talon, she'd like to believe there's salvation for Cass — that she can still find a better path, that they don't have to be enemies. As always, though, Katarina would put the empire before family. If it came to it, for Noxus, she'd kill Cassiopeia too. And at this point Katarina is only waiting for when her sister will resurface to get her shot at trying to kill her.
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populus-ex-machina · 9 months
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I streamed Sims 2 yesterday! It's the start of my 30-hood uberhood. I'd never streamed before!
In this video we go through the binned premade households for Sim State University: Freshman, Phoenix, and Swain.
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phelanspharmacy · 1 year
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malvernsims · 2 years
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He gets home in time to celebrate Rowan’s birthday. He still hasn’t spoken to Sam since she rejected him the previous night and he’s not really in the mood to do so now. But he puts on a happy face for his daughter, he can pretend to be happy for at least one night.
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Rowan is a Gemini with a 0/4/10/4/5 personality. She’s inherited the good trait from Sam and the neurotic trait from Erik.
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audreysims14 · 4 years
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Stella hunkers down to study (she has her sights on the Dean’s list) and discovers how fun she finds tinkering! Maybe living among the sims might be fun after all?
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Erik never pegged me as a sports guy, but turns out while he had Tara over for an affordable date (these two are pretty broke) he discovered his hobby too.
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northern-angel · 5 years
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I will admit that Erik gives good face. But he’s still a bit boring. Has anyone ever come up with a good story about him?
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didilysims · 2 years
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End of fall for the Swain clan.
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tamtam-go92 · 3 months
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Will Erik ever be able to make friends or at least not make his roommates cry? Wouldn't an anti-social Sim like him be better of in a rental on his own?
Find out what happens to Erik next season!
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boolpropper · 2 years
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Martin: "Hey, you wanna go up to my room?"
Erik: "Won't people notice though?"
Martin: "Nah. Too many of em."
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Martin REALLY wants to go all the way, but they're not quite there yet.
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And besides, he's not the only one getting action tonight.
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THEY LITERALLY BOTH DREAMT ABOUT IT LATER AAAHHHHH
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ludsims · 2 years
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A lot has happened in 25 years, but some new faces in town are stirring up rivalries and creating tension for the once happy families. Can anything be done to get the neighborhood feeling good again?
Gameplay: Chronological | Most Recent
Rounds: Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3
Current Households (University stuff here):
Lothario
Goth
Caliente
Broke
Dreamer
Pleasant
King
Burb
Oldie
Langerak
Phoenix
Swain
Thomas-Bubbler
Starchild
Nova
Ruben
Huffington-Pitts
Ruben I
Beare
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The impact of Black Lives Matter  on family
On May 26, 2020 the first of many protests that our country would see that summer erupted in Minneapolis after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer. Years before this event, an organization called Black Lives Matter appeared in 2015 calling for an end to police brutality and racial inequality in our country. It was not and hopefully will not be the last time our country grapples with what it is like to be Black in America. Issues of police brutality and other kinds of racial injustices are embedded in our society in a way that sometimes only those experiencing them can see. In 2016 when Donald Trump was elected many were
hopeless, but Black people did not need Donald Trump to feel hopeless. For some it amplified fears they already had about their identity and the struggles they face every day as a result, but it did not reveal anything new about the prevalent use of racially coded rhetoric of politicians or the systemic nature of racism. Since 2016 Donald Trump has arguably grown more controversial with his rhetoric on race and racial issues regarding instances of police brutality and even calling Black Lives Matter a symbol of hate.  
Black Lives Matter as a hashtag and movement came into popularity in around 2013 when Trayvon Martin was murdered at the hands of the police. Protests erupted around the country with most media attention focused on Ferguson Missouri where it took place. The killing of Trayvon Martin started a national protest that gave birth to the now household name Black Lives Matter. Black Lives matter and the rise in awareness of  racism itself will not only, hopefully, impact public policy but it will affect how African Americans view themselves and the future effects on their families. In 2020 Seaton and Yoo discussed how Health data shows that black adults who support Black Lives matter tend to have better health. This could be because access to information and energy to contribute to nonprofits is available most those who can afford it.This is the same with the time and money it takes to attend protest. Those who can afford those things then most likely do have access to better healthcare because access to better health is expensive in America. The supporters of this movement might be middle class families with children. Supporters of the organization have access to some kind of television or social media app. The emergence of Black Lives Matter has forced families to have to discuss race and its impact on their everyday lives. While some may put off by the ‘violence’ associated with the organization, the core call for equality is one that every person of color.
Black identity is unique as culture, but it is not isolated from influence. In Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought, Harris-Lacewell discusses the tendency to focus on the effects of national elitism on black political identity and ideology when attention to the local elitism could enlighten us by looking at everyday conversations that are happening in the black community in church, barbershops and salons (Harris-Lacewell 2020). Harris-Lacewell states that the framework for black political thought centers on Black Nationalism, Black Feminism, Black Conservatism and Liberal Integrationist (Harris-Lacewell 2020). Harris-Lacewell  builds upon the black archetype that has been used to study race in America and attempts to enrich it by focusing on non-homogeneous and mixed identities.
Components of these mixed identities within the black identity affect how blacks perceive themselves and their experiences. Sullivan & Windburn and R. M. Valelly & C.M. Swain investigated the connection between black identity and legislation in studying intersectionality (Valelly and Swain 1995)(Sullivan and Winburn 2010). Sullivan and Windburn found that on some of their measures of black identity, black legislators shared similar identities, whereas on other measures there was a bigger gap (Sullivan and Winburn 2010). They also found that self-perception of race and ideology did influence cohesiveness. Their conclusions advance our understanding that  Black people have a self-perception as a race that can create cohesiveness in the group (Sullivan and Winburn 2010). Crenshaw (2018) and Pauli Murray (1975) have studied the intersection of race and gender in black women to argue for the reevaluation oof policies, laws and feminist theory that affect the black women and lack of inclusion of these experiences (Crenshaw 2018)(Feminist Legal Theory (Vol. 1) - Google Books n.d.).
Work on the black family dynamic also helps to give insight into the complexities within the black identity. Research done by Hunt and Hunt found in their study that Black females are most likely to be adversely affected by parental absence unlike the previously held views that broken homes lower the achievements of Black males (Hunt and Hunt 1979). Women often serve as the matriarch and provider for their families in Black households. The lowering of their achievements affects the entire Black family structure. Black families are also constantly separated by the very institutions meant to keep citizens safe not harm them like prison and institutions meant to protect children. Exploring the effects of family organization and involvement in the life of young ones between white and black families, research shows that while Black families tend to more involved in the form of transportation, household work and childcare whites tend to report greater involvement in financial and emotional kinship (Sarkisian and Gerstel 2004).
Anderson and Stevenson explore how exposure to racially discriminatory encounters  are remediated by parents by telling their children about their own racial experiences. This can improve the well being of youth since long term exposure to these encounters have huge effects on their physical and mental health. The article argues that discriminatory racial encounters require active racial socialization in order to repair from race-based traumatic stress from past, current and future encounters. Last summer it was impossible to turn the TV on without seeing something about race, police brutality and protests. Black Lives Matter adds to racial socialization by forcing everyone to talk about race. Yet even this discussion comes at a cost.The current movement although positive can stress the people it is trying to help. Racial socialization  may increase the burden on already economically hard hit parents to find the time and resources to educate their children about racial experiences.
Black Lives Matter is beginning a conservation that will affect how black families are seen both socially and politically. We are fighting back on stereotypes of Black mothers and fathers that are blamed and criticized as bad parents poverty and high incarceration rates of Blacks are forcing these parents to choose perhaps between being there for their child or feeding them. There is a call to appreciate already existing black family institutions as they are and not contour them to fit the traditional family model of one mother, one father and kids. More and more black teens are being accepted for their sexuality and their choice to not have children or at least the fact there is an alternative to traditional family is finally being discussed and seen in the media. Additionally, young people are more accepting than their parents. They are embracing the change that organizations like Black Lives Matter want to bring.
Works cited
Anderson, R. E., & Stevenson, H. C. (2019). RECASTing racial stress and trauma: Theorizing the healing potential of racial socialization in families. American Psychologist, 74(1), 63-75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0000392
Seaton, E.K., Yellow Horse, A.J., Yoo, H.C. et al. Health Implications of Black Lives Matter Among Black Adults. J. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 7, 1241–1248 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00749-z
“Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought: Harris-Lacewell, Melissa Victoria: 8580000741353:Amazon.Com:Books.”https://www.amazon.com/Barbershops-Bibles-BET-Everyday-Political/dp/0691126097 (September 13,2020).
Valelly, Richard M., and Carol M. Swain. 1995. “Black Faces, Black Interests: The Representation of African Americans in Congress.”
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 14(2): 346. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3325163?origin=crossref (September 9,
2020).
Sullivan, Jas M., and Jonathan Winburn. 2010. “Measuring the Effects of Black Identity on Legislative Voting Behavior: An Exploratory
Study.” Journal of African American Studies 14(3): 359–74.
Crenshaw, Kimberle. 2018. “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine,
Feminist Theory, and Antiracist Politics [1989].” In Feminist Legal Theory: Readings in Law and Gender, , 57–80. http://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/uclfhttp://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/uclf/vol1989/iss1/8 (September 12, 2020).
-Gifty Agana
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sbnkalny · 6 years
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warren-j: Kellam + sully would definitely make the brand name 2 liters of laxative into eevee's throat
garbage-empress: That demon at the office shot 90 liters of hydrogen peroxide into my ear and expected me to hell, sbnkalny.
birdrobot: Looks like he buys his clothes at the office shot 90 liters of hydrogen peroxide into my face!!!! then i realize i am the eggman
birdrobot: Into my face!!!! then i realize i am the dope
birdrobot: Lets get married i want it into my face!!!! then i would like them a banana peel* in this organic household we won't have to deal with this? the poorly drawn lil shits are eating my bones.
warren-j: Kalny i lewded jericho swain and the next thing i know he's really pounding it into my face!!!! then i would like to be known as woman haters are only five hundred people, all of whom will spend their lives bumping into each other, and discovering each other more Joy?
thingswillbeloudnow: Kalny i lewded jericho swain and the next greyhound south
birdrobot: Kalny i lewded jericho swain and the next thing i know
warren-j: Kalny i lewded jericho swain and the next thing i want to tell them to write another layer of mucus.
thingswillbeloudnow: Kalny i lewded jericho swain and the next thing i know too much
warren-j: Kalny i lewded jericho swain and the next big ship.
warren-j: Kalny i lewded jericho swain and the next thing i can remember
warren-j: Kalny i lewded jericho swain and the next greyhound south
thingswillbeloudnow: Kalny i lewded jericho swain and the next greyhound south
birdrobot: Kalny i lewded jericho swain and the next day i got a lust for death libido in limbo - legs Akimbo! never even been submissive to a potential employer to guarantee being offered a job?
warren-j: Kalny i lewded jericho swain and the next day i strangle chickens, trapped in a mere mortal -edgar
garbage-empress: Kalny i lewded jericho swain and the next day i strangle chicken stranglers
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malvernsims · 2 years
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Sam: Erik where have you been? You said you’d be home an hour ago! I already put Rowan down for the night.
Erik: I stopped to get something on my way home. Give me your hand.
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Sam: My hand? Erik what’s going on? What is that?
Erik: It’s a wedding ring. I thought since we’d have our hands full with Rowan once she ages up we could just have a simple ceremony right now just the two of us. I visited the jewelers this morning to pick out the ring and they were able to have it resized while I was at the store.
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Sam: We can’t do this.
Erik: Do you not like it? We can get a different one.
Sam: That’s not it...I don’t want to get married like this.
Erik: Okay that’s fine we can have a big ceremony with our friends if that’s what you want. We’ll have to organize it around Rowan of course but I think that should be fine. Did you want to wait until after winter or should we see if everybody can come tomorrow? Or maybe a winter wedding would be nice-
Sam: No Erik I meant I don’t think I want to get married to you. 
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