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serenabeaniesims · 3 years

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at the start of 2021 I began an occult themed legacy challenge I designed 👽💀🧛🏽🧙🏽🧜🏼

I’ve been tweeting about it regularly but I thought I’d also post about it here ! I’m on gen 7 currently but this blog is going to start at the beginning and catch up from there.

spoilers I guess, but here are the legacy challenge rules I’ve been following (subject to change after playtesting):

TS4 Occult 10 Gen challenge

the goal is to playthrough ten generations of occult and occult-oriented sims with family dynamics

I would suggest at least doubling the elder lifespan with MCCC so that you can have generations interact a bit more.

I'd encourage you to fill out the worlds (or find a save that has) and stay within the sim's home world for each generation

feel free to do multiple aspirations in addition to the one listed for those sweet reward store points

each generation has: home world (and a population suggestion), aspiration to complete, career, and skill focus

Gen 1: Non-occult sim infected by the Mother

Must have trait: male/can impregnate

Live in Strangerville and/or oasis springs (populated by aliens)

Strangerville Aspiration

Scientist Career (save inventions for future gens)

Build a servo

Max Logic Skill

Associate frequently with aliens on & off Sixam

Become abducted by aliens and have at least 1 alien baby via abduction

Gen 2: Alien

Live in Del Sol Valley (populated by famous people)

Chief of Mischief Aspiration

torment non alien sims

Criminal Career (Oracle Branch)

maintain a negative reputation; try to get famous

Max Mischief Skill

Romance a fellow alien; have at least 1 alien child

Gen 3: Assimilating Alien

Live in Newcrest or Brindleton Bay or somewhere normal (populated by non-occult sims)

Big Happy Family Aspiration

Astronaut Career (Space Ranger Branch)

Max Rocket Science Skill

Hide your alien form from friends & family

dont get along w parents

Romance a non-occult sim and get married without them knowing you're an alien (you can reveal your true form on your wedding night)

Have children until you get at least 1 non-alien sim, and enough total (at least 3) to fulfill the Big Happy Family aspiration

Gen 4: Selvadoradian Occultist

Live in Britechester (populated by non-occult sims), but vacation frequently to Selvadorada

Academic Aspiration -> Jungle Explorer Aspiration

Education Career (Professor Branch)

Attend University for the Education Career, taking elective courses in Archaeology & Selvadoradian Culture.

Max Selvadoradian Culture Skill

After meeting a temple guardian, add a skeleton to your household (you used to be able to shift+click a skeleton to do this, now I think you have to get one off the gallery)

Collect & Use Selvadoradian relics

Romance a Selvadoradian native and get married on vacation in Selvadorada (unfortunately you cannot romance the skeletons)

Have at least 1 child

Gen 5: Family Vampire

Must have trait: Family-Oriented

Move to Forgotten Hollow (populated by vampires) as a teen

Vampire Family Aspiration

Painter Career (Master of the Real Branch) or photography freelancer (with fellow vampires as subjects)

Max Painting Skill or photography skill

Romance the same vampire who turns you

In addition to creating the 5 vampire offspring for the aspiration, have at least 2 vampire babies with your vampire partner

Gen 6: Master Vampire

Must have trait: Evil

Live in Willow Creek or Forgotten Hollow (populated by vampires, which can include the offspring of the previous generation)

Master Vampire Aspiration

vampire weaknesses -> uncontrollable hissing/undead aura

maintain a negative reputation

Writer Career (Author Branch)

Max Vampire Lore Skill

Romance a fellow vampire

Have at least 1 child

Gen 7: Vampire Slayer

Must have trait: Good

Live in San Myshuno (populated by whomever)

Good Vampire Aspiration

Doctor Career & Vampire Slayer

Max Fitness & Vampire Lore Skills

'Slay' at least 5 vampires, which can include their family members (to make slaying a greater consequence, feel free to immediately age up the 'slayed' sim to an elder or outright kill them)

Must cure themselves of vampirism before having children.

Romance a non-occult sim or a former vampire

Have at least 1 child

Gen 8: Unambitious Spellcaster

Must have trait: Lazy

Move to Glimmerbrook (populated by spellcasters) after an uneventful childhood

Successful Lineage Aspiration

Any Career

Max Parenting Skill (if you have Parenthood)

Romance a spellcaster; sometime before you get married, become a spellcaster yourself.

Have at least 2 children.

Gen 9: Competitive Spellcasters

Child 1 must have trait: Loner

Child 2 must have trait: Outgoing

Live in Windenburg (populated by spellcasters)

Child 1 has the Purveyor of Potions Aspiration

Child 2 has the Spellcraft & Sorcery Aspiration

Child 1: Gardener Career/Potion Store

Child 2: Paranormal Career

(hard mode: don't get any of the perks that decrease death by overload)

Have 1 child per sim for the next generation or have 2 children from one or the other.

Gen 10: Mermaids

Child 1 must have traits: child of the ocean; evil

Child 2 must have traits: child of the islands; lazy AND/OR freegan

Live in Sulani (populated by mermaids/sirens)

Deny your spellcaster heritage and become mermaids/sirens as teens

Child 1: Eco Innovator Aspiration

Child 2: Beach Life Aspiration

Child 1: Conservationist Career (Marine Biologist Branch)

Child 2: Civil Designer Career (Green Technician Branch)

Child 1 becomes a siren who lures non-mermaids to their deaths or outright kills them in an attempt to protect the oceans

Child 2 is a mermaid beach bum who believes non-mermaids can live in harmony with nature like mermaids do

Play through the Sulani Conservation storyline while making your neighbourhood 'green'

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thesims4blogger · 3 years

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The Sims 4 Paranormal Stuff: Developer Blog (Part 1)

SimGuruConnor has released part 1 of the Sims 4 Paranormal Developer Blog series.

Hello Simmers! Welcome to a small 2-part Dev Blog about our newest Stuff Pack, Paranormal Stuff! This pack has been an absolute blast to work on, and I’m excited to share what this pack is all about!

I’ll try not to reveal too many spoilers for the pack either, so I’ll keep things somewhat brief. Our topics for today are the new Scared Mood and the Haunted House Lot Type, plus an interview with our Audio Artist too!

Get Scared

Sims can now relish in the mortal dread of the Scared Mood! The Scared Mood affects Sims in a variety of ways, with my personal favorite, the new Scream Incoherently interaction, where a Scared Sim runs up to another Sim to scream their lungs out. This can result in the other Sim calming down the Scared Sim, or resulting in both Sims becoming Scared. This can create a Scared Mood wildfire if you’re not careful!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, it's okay!

Sims afflicted with the Scared Mood also have trouble communicating with others, the urge to panic-run everywhere, and are slightly more prone to accidents. If no other Sims are around to help calm down a Scared Sim, they might just have to Hide Under The Covers for a while.

But if being Scared just isn’t your Sims style, consider purchasing the new Brave Trait. This Satisfaction Reward Store Trait will rapidly reduce the incoming fear a Sim feels and help Sims regain their composure faster. While no Sim is totally fearless, this trait should help mitigate some of those creepy feelings.

The Scared Mood and the Brave Reward Trait are all base game features coming with the Paranormal Stuff patch on January 21st. Tons of previous Uncomfortable Buffs are now becoming Scared Buffs, such as the “Startled By Ghost” Buff or the “Thalassophobia” Buff from Island Living.

While being Scared might not be a common occurrence in your everyday Sims life, living in a Haunted House is a whole different story…

Happy Haunts

Introducing the Haunted House Lot Type!

The Duplantier Dwelling, created by Doctor Ashley! This “canon” Haunted House will be available in the gallery!

They’re like regular houses, only haunted! Although unassuming during the day, at night, these places get super weird. Your Sims may notice things like flickering lights, pipes rattling, or even creepy dolls staring at them in the corner. All are totally normal occurrences in a Haunted House, but it may take some time for your Sims to adjust to their new surroundings.

Sims living in a Haunted House will also be introduced to floating apparitions known as Specters. They’re cute little critters, but their motives aren’t entirely clear. You can try talking to them, or even offer them presents in hopes of establishing a good rapport. If they like you, they’ll drop special loot for you and your family. If they don’t like you, well, you’ve been warned.

o o o (> ‘ u ‘ )>

Learning to get along with your new ghostly inhabitants is crucial in a Haunted House. Things like botching seances, neglecting Specters, or letting accursed objects invade your house will have a negative impact on its spiritual serenity. There is a delicate art to co-existing with the entities of the house, and thankfully you’ll have an expert on the matter to assist you!

Meet Guidry

Claude René Duplantier Guidry was a seasoned Paranormal Investigator in his previous life, but now he exists to help anyone brave enough to live in a Haunted House! You’ll probably run into him eventually living in a Haunted House, but don’t worry, he’s a nice ghost!

Guidry will gladly offer his wisdom to those who seek it. If you’re confused, alarmed, or slightly uncomfortable by your new haunted surroundings, give Guidry a holler and he might be able to help. He can also offer valuable objects to help your Sims, too; all you need is to reach out!

Still got it.

All Guidry wants in return is to crash at your place for the time being. Sounds like a fair deal, right? But if you’d prefer to fly it solo, you can always disable his nightly visits—he won’t be too upset, maybe.

As mentioned before, Guidry was a Paranormal Investigator before his untimely demise. If he sees potential in you, he can certify you with a Paranormal Investigation License, granting access to the Paranormal Investigation Freelancer Gigs. Only those who are qualified enough can join the ranks of Paranormal Investigators, but more on that next time!

Be Brave!

Living in a Haunted House adds a layer of risk and reward for your Sims, and each successful night yields Reward Store Satisfaction Points for everyone in the Household. Specters can also drop treasure that can also be collected, consumed, or sold to an Oddity Collector. So although your Sims might go through a bit of peril, they’ll thankfully be compensated.

One of my favorite pieces of haunted treasure is the new Sacred Candle. Not only do they look cool, but they also help protect Sims from paranormal influences. Place them around your house to make sure Sims are properly shielded!

A properly protected Sim.

Things like Sacred Candles and performing ceremonies at the Séance Table are integral to keeping your Sims happy in a Haunted House. Without using these paranormal tools, the entities of the house might get a little bossy.

And while it might be in your Sims’ best interest to keep the spirits of the house in check, watching things go horribly wrong in a Haunted House can be just as fun too. So whatever works for you!

Like Tiny Homes, this Lot Type can be toggled on or off at any time. So whether you’re a casual thrillseeker who wants to spend a couple of nights in a Haunted House, or a seasoned Paranormal Expert who wants to take on a new challenge, this Lot Type should offer something for you!

Crosspack Stuff!

Pets get to share the fun too! They especially love the accursed objects that show up!

I think they’re gonna get along great.

As mentioned before, a ton of old Buffs from multiple packs are now being converted to the Scared Mood. I think 70 something Moodlets were converted? Honestly, I lost count. Anything that seemed more appropriate for the Scared Mood was transferred over.

Oh, and you might remember an old Lot Trait from City Living called Haunted. For clarity’s sake, it needed a name change, so now it’s the Spooky Lot Trait. It also benefits from being combined with the new Haunted House Lot Type and will have an increased chance of spawning Ghosts at night. So use both for maximum haunted-ness!

Audibly Frightened

Last but not least, I’d love to turn it over to our Audio Artist for this pack, Briana Billups! She did a killer job bringing Haunted Houses to life! Trust me!

Conor: Can you tell us what an Audio Artist does on The Sims 4?

Briana: Big, broad picture: an audio artist decides what everything in The Sims 4 sounds like. We record, create, and edit sounds to the art and animation of the game. Little, very detailed picture: creating the actual sounds is usually one of the smaller aspects of our job. We are meeting with other departments, like design, animation, and VFX, to understand the overall vision of new game features and how we can fit in sonically. We are meeting with each other to make sure all our new content still keeps the very fun and quirky vibe of the Sims. We come up with new tools and implementation where necessary.

Conor: What sort of things go into the creative process for creating audio?

Briana: Every audio artist/sound designer has their own creative process, but I like to make a “sonic mood board” of sorts. I typically like to have a good idea of what I want something to sound like in my head before I record or edit it, so it’s nice to have sound effects or music to refer to that represents my original inspiration or ideas. When I was in college, I would make Spotify playlists for whatever I was working on. I would listen to them once a day, adding and editing as necessary, so when I actually got to work, I was in the right headspace. Now I’m usually less formal about this sort of stuff, but for this pack, I would refer back to things like Vincent Price’s demonic laugh from Thriller or Casper the Friendly Ghost Cartoons and the looping soundtrack from the queue of a horror ride at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (Ghost Blasters)

Conor: What were you most excited to work on for this pack?

Briana: Definitely all the haunted house sounds! Good sound design is the crux of so many horror movies and video games, so even if we were keeping things more “Casper” and less “Poltergeist,” I still wanted to give a good scare here and there. I actually scared myself one day while playtesting another feature in the game!

Conor: If you had to choose, what is your favorite audio clip you’ve ever added to The Sims 4?

Briana: I would say my favorite SFX were the sports arena loops in EP08: Discover University. When you visit the arena for the soccer/esports match or graduation, you can actually listen to the whole game or ceremony. It was great to craft a whole story from start to finish using just sound. I also snuck in a lot of developer names when writing the scripts for our voice actors.

Thanks, Briana!

More To Come!

That about covers this first foray into the Paranormal Stuff Pack! This pack has been a ton of fun to work on, and watching my Sims flee in terror has been more enjoyable than I’d like to admit.

Next blog, we’ll focus on the Séance Table and developing your Medium skill, as well as the new active freelance career Paranormal Investigator.

Big thanks to the Stuff Pack team for helping this pack come to life, and thank you, Doctor Ashley, for building our featured Haunted House!

Until next time, SimGuruConor

#news #the sims 4 #ts4 #sims 4 #sims 4 paranormal #stuff pack

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morgynemberisagenderfluiddaddy · 3 years

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All of them *^*

Heya Ash!! Oof you're giving me a project lol thank you so much for the ask!!!

1. How big is your mods folder?

That is a really great question. I couldn't tell you off the top of my head, but it got to the point where I had to put all my mods on a thumb drive and only move them around as I need them because I'm computer was running so terribly. So I'd say it's a lot 😅.

2. How would you describe your style?

Uh, I would say very graphic novel type vibes. I'm a huge graphic novel buff and the story I'm actually working on I intended to be a graphic novel, but it really got away from me and is much too big for that now (not a brag, just my legitimate crack head antics) so when I got into Sims editing the thought was always to kind of keep the drawn/comicbook-y feel to it.

3. What is your favorite challenge?

Thus far it's been the stereotype challenge ! It was a lot of fun and I got to do it with four of my OCs who ended up fitting the criteria pretty well! I just think it came out really well both as an edit and as my OCs.

4. Do you make CC?

Aahahaahahahhaahahaah!!!!!! No. I tried to make poses one time! One singular time and it ended so poorly that I decided to swear off making anymore off my own CC for the distant future. Maybe I'll try it again, maybe I'm scarred for life, only time can tell!

5. What type of CC do you hoard?

I had answered this one before, but I FUCKING LOVE POSES!!!! And like I said I didn't have the best experience making my own so I prefer to use downloaded ones. But I never really clean out my poses in case I need them for something else! So my pose folder is astronomical at this point.

6. What default eyes and skin do you use?

You know.... This really is a question I should have the answer to but I'm totally drawing a blank right now so I'll go ahead and put a link to the eyes here and the skin here when I can look it up! ✌

7. How many URLs have you had, and what are the meanings behind them?

On this blog I've only had the one? And I feel like it's pretty self explanatory, I love Morgyn because 1.) They're the absolute best 2.) Untamed magic? Yes ma'am! 3.) They're gender fluid / nonbinary like me!! And 4.) They're an absolute snack!!!! So it was a perfect fit for me.

8. Who is your favorite gameplay blog?

Why would you do me like this??????? I can't choose!!! I love them all and I'm friends with all of them because they're absolutely amazing people that I love so much!!! I don't have a favorite! 🥺

9. Favorite story telling blog?

Please see above answer!!!!! I LOVE YOU GUYS ALL SO MUCH I AHDHAHSGA I CANT!!!!

10. Who is your favorite CC creator?

I don't really want to answer this one either 😭 but I think the only person I know that makes CC is the awesome @barbieaiden they made a really kick ass emo glove CC that I absolutely love and you should check out. (Sorry if the rest of you make CC I'm sure I've probably seen it, probably even downloaded and reblogged, but this is all I can think if right now 💜) Also my go to for all pose stuff is the glorious @katverse they do incredible poses for pretty much anything you could think up, highly recommend.

11. How do you edit you photos?

This is certainly going to get a few gasps, but I make all of my edits on my phone!!!!! I use just a basic free photo editor app and kind of bend it to my will to get what I want out of it! I'm really bad at figuring out stuff like Photoshop and I'm not willing to pay the expensive price when I can do it and get just as good as a result as I want from something free easy and portable.

12. What's the last screenshot you took?

Once again it has to do with an edit I'm working on so here's the last one I put up if you're interested.

13. What do you do when you are unmotivated?

Honestly, this! Editing and the Sims are my escape from the real world. It helps me when I'm having a hard time with my anxiety because it gives me control over something, it helps me a lot with writer's block I can't tell you how my stories have been inspired because of it. But I guess if I'm bored in the game I usually just start a new save or play another game for a bit, I always come back after like a day though! To be fair I haven't been doing this long enough to feel unmotivated yet, maybe we should revisit this when I've been doing this longer than two months 😅

14. Who is your current favorite Sim?

Ugh!!! As you guys have found out about me I don't like to play favorites......... But if I had to say maybe my OC Parker's Sim, he just came out perfectly and is just spot on.

15. Who is your current favorite Sims that isn't yours?

Guidry!!!! He's frickin' hilarious and just so great. I honestly didn't expect them to put as much into him as they did but I'm glad they did!!! He's the best!! He's no Morgyn, but he's pretty great too.

16. Recreate someone else's Sim in your style.

So this sounds like a lot of fun! But I really don't want to change anyone else's Sim, I know how much we all put into them and they're basically like our babies. They mean a lot, so unless I get explicit consent from someone saying I can use their Sim in my style I'm going to pass out of respect this time.

17. Do you talk about the Sims with people in your life?

Yes! One of my really close friends is the whole reason I'm into editing and mods and stuff! She showed me everything I know and is totally awesome for that. (@jennifermakesstuff on Instagram, go check out she's absolutely amazing and a crocheting god, go do it)

18. How many packs do you own?

.......... I don't want to answer this..... It's honestly a problem..... But I have them all.... Minus the star wars one I just I cannot bring myself to get it, it just looks terrible. But yeah I collect the packs and it's a problem 😅 but if you need advice on what pack to get next I'm your person!

19. How many posts do you have on your blog currently?

141 👀 I uh.... I have nothing else to say about that lol

20. How many drafts do you have currently?

Too many. But they're all like ask games and stuff for my OCs so yup!

21. How many posts are currently in your queue?

Only two 🙃 I need to get back to editing so I can hopefully have some more but I'm sick right now so... Maybe it's time for me to start that gameplay I've been threatening.

22. Have you ever moved blogs?

Okay yes, but not intentionally but I've moved three times? I had a blog for when I first started on tumblr it was for music stuff but I forgot to pass code to it so now it's just there, the other one I had was for my art & make up stuff but it wasn't doing good at all so I just turned it into my personal blog, and then from there I moved to this one! Also I'm avoiding my personal one like the plague right now because of a whole disaster that happened with someone I followed and I don't have the balls to unfollow them so I'm just pretending that account doesn't exist 😅.

23. Are you in any Sims related discords?

Yep! This one right here by the very amazing @clumsyghostie I'm really new to discord so it's the only one I've been apart of (EVER) but everyone has been really nice and friendly!!

24. What are your thoughts on the most recent pack? (Paranormal)

I like it! It added more to the gameplay than past packs have, but I always felt it left something to be desired in the way of CAS and build mode. Spoilers starting here if you care: Also it would've been cool if you could have had more interactions with Temperance like you can with Guidry, and if the specters did more that would be cool too. Either way I think it's good, I wouldn't say it's groundbreaking for the game experience, but it is fun.

25. How many hours have you played the Sims?

Let's find out 3,215 hours 😅 that's board line a problem hahaha if my math is right (it probably isn't because I'm gay and bad at math) that's a hundred and thirty three days straight? Jesus I might need help lol.

26. If you play gameplay, do you play with mods?

I used to! But I play on a regular laptop so it can't really run gameplay mods unfortunately so unless I'm doing edits my game is vanilla.

27. What's the furthest you've gotten on a challenge?

So I'm really bad at challenges! My favorite lately has been rags to riches it's a lot of fun but I always get bored after they get married and pregnant :/ I never know what to do after that because like the challenge is over but I'm so invested in these Sims 😅

Thank you again for the asks! This was a lot of fun 💖 I know I answered all the questions just now but feel free to send me an ask for whatever you want! I love interacting with you all, you're all so amazing 💖💖💖

#get to know the simblr #get to know me #izzy answers things #izzy speaks but i really shouldnt #lilypixels #love ya ash!!!#ask game #ask #send me an ask if you want

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jacethegaymer · 3 years

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Plans I wanted to do for my curious legacy:

Have Jace cheat on Pascal (for gossip! But they make up later!)

Have Vidcund Marry Circe (planning on it still)

Plans I’m going to do: ( SPOILERS!!)

Have Eleanor be the Mayor/President of the sim world

John become a non binary sim. (Jace’s Chid and also My 2nd NB sim)

Get to 4 generation

TRY to get Pascal or Jace to have twins

Jace turn Penelope or Eleanor or John to a vampire.

Have Michael get abducted (He is dating Penelope and both are aged up!) if he gets pregnant I wouldn’t care 😅

When I get paranormal stuff pack, have Jace be in the paranormal career

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thesnadger · 4 years

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What is the Magnus Archives

Aside from the thing that's consumed my mind for the last few months, here's a spoiler-free nickel tour:

The Magnus Archives is a horror/drama podcast centered around The Magnus Institute, an academic organization dedicated to collecting information about the paranormal.

A typical episode has Jonathan Sims (the head archivist) recording a written statement someone left describing a strange, supernatural experience they had. Later episodes also involve other employees recording statements or interruping with conversation. In some cases the format is broken to become a full-fledged audio drama, (the last few episodes of the season are always this.)

Because of the format of the statements, it's essentially a series of short horror stories that slowly reveal themselves to be interconnected. Names, places, objects and themes appear again and again and the worldbuilding slowly reveals itself.

You also slowly learn more about the employees of the Archive, as they deal with supernatural dangers and interpersonal drama. Season 4 in particular has some themes of mental health, dealing with trauma, communication and other emotional ideas which I personally believe it handles VERY well.

The horror is very good. It has an excellent combination of weird monsters and creepy imagery mixed with well-thought out psycholgical scares. The writers are careful not to use serious, sensitive topics like mental illness, sexual assault, etc as cheap fodder for horror. Something I love is that the supernatural isn't used as a one to one metaphor for real world/psychological stuff, but it IS sometimes used as a tool to explore it.

The characters are charming and well developed. There's also quite a few queer characters. Jon, the protagonist, is cannonically ace. Two characters are bi/pan and two others are same-sex attracted. There are also a number of queer statement givers: same-sex partners are mentioned frequently, and one filmmaker talks about how coming out as trans affected her career.

Also. Some real cool monsters.

#tma #its good stuff

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pyxiidis · 3 years

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The first paranormal event of the day would be the entire welcome wagon managing to crowd themselves into a tiny sliver of the front porch. Eventually I was able to get them all herded inside, and Tess played the gracious hostess until the time came for her to make a single plate of mac and cheese for herself, and eat it on the couch in front of everyone.

Needless to say, the guests all left soon after.

#ts4 #the sims 4 paranormal #the sims 4 paranormal spoilers #pyxis gc #ea game changers #x #play #(edit sry bout my queue settings its fixed now)

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gh4stlyg1rl · 3 years

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My ghost hunting sisters (...and Roger) that I made for a play through of the new Sims 4 paranormal stuff pack.

Lorilei is the older sister. She’s into everything creepy, weird, and occult. She aspires to be an author one day and write novels of her ghost hunting adventures.

Rebecca is Lorilei’s teen sister who is far more down to earth. A true skeptic, she focuses more on science and logic.

Roger is Lorilei’s fiancé. He aspires to be a master chef and is absolutely certain that he is personally the one true path to enlightenment...for a few small payments of just $19.95 (spoiler alert: he’s not)

Watch the full CAS here

#sims 4 paranormal #ts4 paranormal stuff #simblr #the sims #sims 4 #sims 4 cas #sims 4 family

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tanoraqui · 4 years

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yooo so my dash is Poppin with TMA content like all day every day and it sounds engaging as hecks but also i don't???get it???at all??? how long is it how long are the episodes where can i listen who are the characters and what the heCK is the plot like can you pls explain this podcast to me using v small words i Am gonna listen but what iS it

it’s a horror anthology podcast with a framing device that develops plot, characters, and a lot of emotional trauma - and additional horror - as it goes. The basic of it is, Jonathan Sims has recently been appointed Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute, a paranormal research institute that collects statements of supernatural experience from basically anyone who wants to give one. His predecessor, Gertrude Robinson, left the statement archive in total disarray. Also, she died on the job.

At the end of s1, Jon finds out that she died via murder. He learns this on the heels of the Institute being invaded by a woman who was a walking hive of worms. It gets more horrific and paranoia-inducing from there. Killer clowns! Endless twisting hallways! And old guy who likes roller coasters! All of these are recurring characters (well, the old guy has only appeared once in person, but he features in several statements. Sending people to terrified deaths!) You, as well as Jon and the other characters, gradually realize that all the statements are connected by delightfully elaborate-but-comprehensive worldbuilding and a very skillfully crafted multi-season plot.

Episodes are generally 20-25 minutes, most consisting of a recorded statement (short horror story, varying degrees of plot-relevant) and a scene or two of the characters doing things. As you may guess, s1 is almost entirely just statements, but the character actions ramp up. There are 4 seasons of 40 episodes each; the s4 finale was today. Of note, the plot tends to develop/worldbuilding gets unveiled very slowly each season, until suddenly shit gets really real, really fast for the last few episodes.

Main characters include:

Jonathan Sims, Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute, permanently curious and occasionally kind

Martin Blackwood, an Archival Assistant with a crush on Jon

Sasha James, an Archival Assistant who is actually competent

Tim Stoker, an Archival Assistant who’s the designated The Hot One

Elias Bouchard, Head of the Magnus Institute, consummate bureaucrat and - spoilers you definitely know from my posts - manipulative bastard

Melanie King, YouTuber and eventual Archival Assistant; will fight you, fight that ghost, fight herself

Basira Hussain (s2 onward), police detective, Daisy’s partner, wants answers

Alice “Daisy” Tonner (s2 onward), police detective, Basira’s partner, wants to kill monsters

Georgie Barker (s3 on), Jon’s ex-girlfriend but still kind of friend, only consistant owner of a brain cell

the Admiral (s3 on), Georgie’s cat, whom we have been PROMISED will survive.

We do not have any such promise about any other character. We have in fact been repeatedly promised a No Happy Ending. (It is a horror story.)

There’s other people who are pretty relevant later on, but I think I’ll leave it there for now. Generally I’ve left out the monsters. There’s going to be one more season, starting in April 2020.

#the magnus archives #tma #lady-feste-pendragon #hope that's what you were looking for!#figured i'd stick to the basics bc you've gotten a lot of hte flavor from your dash

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Best way to treat paranormal objects? Kick them! That makes me wonder about the gnomes...

#sims 4 #ts4 #simblr #ts4 paranormal stuff #ts4 paranormal spoilers #random gameplay #janelle lugo

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irresistiibles · 2 years

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was that dev patel? Oh no no, that was just jonathan sims, a canon character from the magnus archives. They are thirty one years old and are aware that they are not actually from washington dc. too bad they can’t stray from this city for long.

how long has your character been here

it has been like a month now

what is your character’s job

he’s working as an archivist still because jon cannot get away from this job for the life of him. i think probably for like a university? i’m not gonna lie i don’t know much about what a genuine archivist job looks like so i’ll be doing some research

i’ve decided he’s gonna work as an archivist at the library of congress lol

where has your character been pulled from in their fandom?

so i’m not completely sure yet (which works with the nonsense i’m pulling with jon’s memories) once i get through my relisten i’ll know for sure but it’s definitely somewhere in season 3 or 4 before the change

has any magic affected your character

so while he’s aware he’s not actually from washington d.c. his memories are foggy at best. he remembers working for the magnus archives and his coworkers, but a lot of the memories of the weird horrible shit that happens is like down the drain. he has nightmares about it but can barely remember. he’s trying to tell himself in typical stubborn jon fashion that he is in fact supposed to be in dc clearly he’s ere for a work thing, though he can’t prove it and hasn’t had any contact with his boss and wouldn’t be able to say what the work thing was, clearly that’s a him problem and not the city being weird. i don’t think i’m going to keep him like this for too too long just while i figure out where exactly i want him and also things can never be easy for jon

any other info!

gonna not say too much about the podcast to avoid spoilers but jon worked for the magnus archives which studied the paranormal and supernatural and got way more than he bargained for

this may be my most unstable character to date. this man is so unhinged. you can’t even say it develops over time as things get bad because he turns to stalking very early in to season 1. he’s always been unhinged

he’s not super friendly. he can be kind of dismissive and rude and condescending, especially right now when he’s trying to push away this idea of more going on with his life than he wants

he will soften up though for people he cares about, and in general once he accepts his situation a bit more.

spent a month getting moisturized by a clown

canonically just always looks kinda unwell. he’s scrawny and always looks fucking tired. this is not peak physical fitness folks. no one is looking at this man and thinking he makes particularly good decisions.

he’s the type to stress and panic kinda quickly, but he will not let that stop him from doing dumb shit!

he’s got a fun variety of powers that he’s mostly unaware of at the moment. he can compel people to answer questions, sometimes just knows things, typically relevant to whatever situation he’s in, he’s been able to read and understand languages he’s never learned, etc.

here in washington jon absolutely knows something is Wrong but he’s doing his best not to acknowledge it. still he’s definitely got a bunch of unhinged recordings of things he’s been experiencing and stuff he’s worried about. but if you bring up people randomly turning up in washington and what not he will treat you like a Fool

yet he definitely also goes around asking people about their experiences despite insisting all of them are ridiculous. man needs to eat

let him record on one of these bad boys

some plot ideas:

anyone he knows through work: he doesn’t really trust or like politicians but any of them who frequent the library of congress for whatever reason might know him. though honestly anyone who might frequent the library in general could know him, though it’s probably difficult to know he actually works there at first since he barely dresses in work appropriate clothes and looks like a mess at all times

supernatural creatures: like i said jon used to work investigating the paranormal and supernatural, and he’s gone kind of rogue on investigations but is still doing it. given how he is i think it would be real funny for him to be talking to a supernatural creature, getting a bunch of info, and being like, ‘real interesting, tell me more, but you know vampires don’t exist right?’ straight to a vampire’s face.

roommate: i do not think he’d be the easiest or most fun person to live with given that he’s on edge all the time, a bit of a mess, and half convinced people are out to get him literally all the time, but when you have to pay rent you do what you have to.

friends?: he’s not easy to befriend but objectively someone probably should manage to get along with him eventually. give him a little smoking buddy or something, as a treat

#hw: intro #( intro && jon )#i would have written more but i have to get to the grocery store before it closes #don't worry this is already a plenty unhinged intro

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pietro-t1me · 2 years

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#and i mean to be fair she'd just given birth and she doesn't know monica like we do so as far as protective mama bear wanda is concerned....

My Top Posts in 2021

I’ve seen a lot of people freaking out that FATWS is going to kill off Old!Steve, but I just wanted to point out and remind y’all: according to Far From Home, as far as the world is aware, Steve DIED in Endgame. So if there are any memorials, any funerals, etc etc, it’s all going to be because of the world’s perception of what happened to Steve. Sam and Bucky might still be grieving in their own ways, they lost young!Steve after all, he’s not going to be running around with them ribbing them and jumping out of planes anymore, so their grief is just as valid as if Steve actually did die. But as far as memorials go - it’s because of the world’s perception of Steve’s “dying” in Endgame. Just remember that.

Deep breaths guys!!

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I feel like it’s important for tumblr to know that The Sims 4 came out with a Paranormal stuff pack today, and the first thing I did was create Klaus and Dave and now Klaus is living his best spooky life as a paranormal investigator

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Fun little Eason signing tidbit for my fellow Klave fans: Robert’s signing booth was set up where the Dune books are on the shelves

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HOW ARE WE FEELIN SAMBUCKY STANS

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Oh, TFATWS episode 5? You mean the latest Nicholas Sparks romance movie set in a small town with a dock and a boat and sunsets and soft music?

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#oh my god i'm losing my shit at my number 1 post of the year #i was so accurate and so right and i said it #also i totally expected this to be 98% TUA or Klaus Hargreeves and turns out it's 50/50 SamBucky and Klaus Hargreeves #i know what i'm about and tumblr just confirmed it #bucky barnes #fatws #sambucky

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