The Frios - Part 1: Please Forgive Me.
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tigeranneEvery once in a while, I get bit by the bug that causes you to want to play the premade households. Thing is, I like to reinterpret them in my own way, and not play out the scenarios the developers have set up. While I let my own original Sims suffer and mess up their own lives as much as they're capable of, I usually try to fix whatever pickles EAxis has put the premades in.
That is why I decided to try to hook Claire Ursine and Jared Frio up.
Here are Connor Frio and Anne Song, meeting for what may very well be the first time. For those who don't play Sunset Valley - or Sims 3 - Connor is one of a duo of brothers with opposite personalities. Connor is said to be a shy good-guy, and Jared is a mean dead-beat. Mean boy Jared has a kid with his ex-GF Claire, who is currently Connor's romantic interest.
You're supposed to hook Claire and Connor up, so they can be a happy, modern family, where the kid's Dad is her biological uncle, and her uncle is her biological Dad. However, it's so easy to make two TS3 Sims fall in love, that I saw no challenge in getting Connor and Claire together. Also, if I'm going to play messed-up families, I'm gonna make the mess myself, thank you! Reconciling Jared and Claire seemed a more fun way to go with it. That's why Connor is seen staring awkwardly into the face of ex-mixologist Anne. He needed to fall in love with someone else.
It was good to see that he approved of the woman I had picked for him...
Here is Jared. He's trying to befriend his estranged daughter Angelique. The game named her.
Jared: So uh, hi. I'm your daddy, who's been absent for the first 8 years of your life, despite living right across the street. Now a mysterious force is compelling me to want to spend more time with you. Does that sound like a plan?
Angie: Sure! Can we go on vacation and stuff?
Then he made his first responsible act ever, and told Angie to get her butt off to school. He rolled the want to "play tag" with her, confirming my suspicion that Jared wasn't all bad. He's got a somewhat similar personality to JB, in fact. JB may grump and grunt, but he's actually not always a bad father.
Jared: Quite a nice little place you've got here, Claire. I like the sort of earthy combo of greens and yellows, and I'm saying this quite autonomously, with my Free Will turned on.
Claire: Really? My mother hates it. But she's never accepted that I make a living as a pick-pocket, so nothing I do is ever good enough for her.
He autonomously complimented her house. O.o
Claire: You're not all that ugly, to be honest. I like what you've done with your nose.
Jared: I kinda like tall red-heads with sharp tongues and sticky fingers.
They didn't really seem to hate each other all that much. Maybe there was hope.
Claire: Nononononooo! No hugging! I'm not sure I like you that much just yet.
Jared: Please forgive me. I know not what I do! (Yeah, that song's a bit 1994, but so what?)
Claire: Hmmf. I could say the same thing, as I even allow you to be here. You're supposed to have knocked me up and dumped me!
These two barely even knew each other, and they were supposed to be ex-lovers. I suspect this is another of those scenarios EA just sat up through cheats, rather than playing out. Yeah, I have no regrets about not following the "rules" on this one.
Jared: You're as sweet as cookie dough!
Claire: Not smooth, man.
Jared: No, it was chunky chocolate chip! Claire, why are you making that face?
Their relationship finally got high enough that they could go on a non-date to the Bistro. Doesn't it look like a friendly affair?
Also, notice little Darlene Bunch background? She's the one with the star speech-bubble.
Here she is, not so little, a few seconds later. I'm not a big fan of TS3 children, with a few exceptions, as they all look pretty much similar. So... a forced age transition and facial remodeling was in order. I tried to make her look more down to Earth than her queen-bee sister Lisa.
A couple of days later, Jared asked Claire out for a drink. The good old "love potion" made a comeback.
SLURRRRRRRRRRrrrrrpppp.
Jared:
Oh Baby let me be
Your loving teddy-bear
Tie a leash around my neck
And lead me everywhere
I don't want to be your tiger
'Cause tigers play too rough
I don't want to be your lion
'Cause lions ain't the kind you love enough
Claire: Awwww, that's so sweet!
Thanks to Full House for teaching me that song. :)
Claire: HULP! I really gotta pee, and I can't use the boys' toilet!
Pet spam-time! Since the brothers lived alone, worked opposite hours, and I wasn't sure there would be any relationships anytime soon, they got a couple of dogs for company. This is Cooper. He was meant to be Jared's dog. Since I imagine Jared as somewhat old-fashioned and macho, I reckoned a German Shepherd - a "macho" breed which has somewhat fallen out of popularity - would be the kind of dog he'd like to own.
The other dog is Lee, who was meant to be Connor's. He's a mutt I produced through playing a "breeding game" in CAS a long time ago.
They already had this cat, Illia, from when I turned on Story Progression for a while.
For the sake of fairness, Illia needed a friend, so here is Miley! Named by the game, of course.
Awww, he's found a friend on his own level. :')
I aged up the Keatons' daughter Adia. Glitch ensued.
Jared: Family trip to the beach??? We live right next to the darn thing, see it every day. I wanted to go bowling like a proper family does!
Sorry, Jared. That EPs not installed.
Angie: I have to pee! I forgot to go before we left home, and there is no toilet here.
True to life. x(
Natalie & Frank: Hello, it's us! Please to give us attenshun!
Annie: Yum! Pond-burger!
Jared: Err, whut?
Annie: Didn't you watch that documentary last night, about what's really in the burgers they sell at park stands? It was really gross! Although, I'm sure it was a pile of nonsense. Dad says you can't trust the telly these days.
Natalie: I don't feel any ill effects, at least. Hurpa-durp!
I just like taking night time pictures. Yay.
The next day, Claire finally allowed a hug. It was hopeful. And then...
Claire: You've never been there for your daughter! She's almost eight, and you've never given her a birthday card, or brought her a Christmas present! How dare you come here and play "dad"?!?!?!
Jared: But Claire, I barely even knew she existed! It was the Evil Ampire who put us up to this! How the eff did we have a baby when we haven't even kissed? And she was this larva-baby - which you left on the floor, so you could go pick people's pockets - for most of that time!
That's true. Claire wasn't the best mother. They hadn't ever kissed either. So according to game-play programming, they can't have had a baby the "natural" way, as the option to try for a baby only pops up after Sims have gone through a whole lot of kissing and flirting.
Claire: That wasn't my fault! The Evil Ampire set me up to do it!
They had this little garden plot with some veggies, and Connor got picked as the one who needed to become the great gardener. Because he sure can't cook.
And with that, this update is long enough. Next time, there is drama. :D
That is why I decided to try to hook Claire Ursine and Jared Frio up.
Here are Connor Frio and Anne Song, meeting for what may very well be the first time. For those who don't play Sunset Valley - or Sims 3 - Connor is one of a duo of brothers with opposite personalities. Connor is said to be a shy good-guy, and Jared is a mean dead-beat. Mean boy Jared has a kid with his ex-GF Claire, who is currently Connor's romantic interest.
You're supposed to hook Claire and Connor up, so they can be a happy, modern family, where the kid's Dad is her biological uncle, and her uncle is her biological Dad. However, it's so easy to make two TS3 Sims fall in love, that I saw no challenge in getting Connor and Claire together. Also, if I'm going to play messed-up families, I'm gonna make the mess myself, thank you! Reconciling Jared and Claire seemed a more fun way to go with it. That's why Connor is seen staring awkwardly into the face of ex-mixologist Anne. He needed to fall in love with someone else.
It was good to see that he approved of the woman I had picked for him...
Here is Jared. He's trying to befriend his estranged daughter Angelique. The game named her.
Jared: So uh, hi. I'm your daddy, who's been absent for the first 8 years of your life, despite living right across the street. Now a mysterious force is compelling me to want to spend more time with you. Does that sound like a plan?
Angie: Sure! Can we go on vacation and stuff?
Then he made his first responsible act ever, and told Angie to get her butt off to school. He rolled the want to "play tag" with her, confirming my suspicion that Jared wasn't all bad. He's got a somewhat similar personality to JB, in fact. JB may grump and grunt, but he's actually not always a bad father.
Jared: Quite a nice little place you've got here, Claire. I like the sort of earthy combo of greens and yellows, and I'm saying this quite autonomously, with my Free Will turned on.
Claire: Really? My mother hates it. But she's never accepted that I make a living as a pick-pocket, so nothing I do is ever good enough for her.
He autonomously complimented her house. O.o
Claire: You're not all that ugly, to be honest. I like what you've done with your nose.
Jared: I kinda like tall red-heads with sharp tongues and sticky fingers.
They didn't really seem to hate each other all that much. Maybe there was hope.
Claire: Nononononooo! No hugging! I'm not sure I like you that much just yet.
Jared: Please forgive me. I know not what I do! (Yeah, that song's a bit 1994, but so what?)
Claire: Hmmf. I could say the same thing, as I even allow you to be here. You're supposed to have knocked me up and dumped me!
These two barely even knew each other, and they were supposed to be ex-lovers. I suspect this is another of those scenarios EA just sat up through cheats, rather than playing out. Yeah, I have no regrets about not following the "rules" on this one.
Jared: You're as sweet as cookie dough!
Claire: Not smooth, man.
Jared: No, it was chunky chocolate chip! Claire, why are you making that face?
Their relationship finally got high enough that they could go on a non-date to the Bistro. Doesn't it look like a friendly affair?
Also, notice little Darlene Bunch background? She's the one with the star speech-bubble.
Here she is, not so little, a few seconds later. I'm not a big fan of TS3 children, with a few exceptions, as they all look pretty much similar. So... a forced age transition and facial remodeling was in order. I tried to make her look more down to Earth than her queen-bee sister Lisa.
A couple of days later, Jared asked Claire out for a drink. The good old "love potion" made a comeback.
SLURRRRRRRRRRrrrrrpppp.
Jared:
Oh Baby let me be
Your loving teddy-bear
Tie a leash around my neck
And lead me everywhere
I don't want to be your tiger
'Cause tigers play too rough
I don't want to be your lion
'Cause lions ain't the kind you love enough
Claire: Awwww, that's so sweet!
Thanks to Full House for teaching me that song. :)
Claire: HULP! I really gotta pee, and I can't use the boys' toilet!
Pet spam-time! Since the brothers lived alone, worked opposite hours, and I wasn't sure there would be any relationships anytime soon, they got a couple of dogs for company. This is Cooper. He was meant to be Jared's dog. Since I imagine Jared as somewhat old-fashioned and macho, I reckoned a German Shepherd - a "macho" breed which has somewhat fallen out of popularity - would be the kind of dog he'd like to own.
The other dog is Lee, who was meant to be Connor's. He's a mutt I produced through playing a "breeding game" in CAS a long time ago.
They already had this cat, Illia, from when I turned on Story Progression for a while.
For the sake of fairness, Illia needed a friend, so here is Miley! Named by the game, of course.
Awww, he's found a friend on his own level. :')
I aged up the Keatons' daughter Adia. Glitch ensued.
Jared: Family trip to the beach??? We live right next to the darn thing, see it every day. I wanted to go bowling like a proper family does!
Sorry, Jared. That EPs not installed.
Angie: I have to pee! I forgot to go before we left home, and there is no toilet here.
True to life. x(
Natalie & Frank: Hello, it's us! Please to give us attenshun!
Annie: Yum! Pond-burger!
Jared: Err, whut?
Annie: Didn't you watch that documentary last night, about what's really in the burgers they sell at park stands? It was really gross! Although, I'm sure it was a pile of nonsense. Dad says you can't trust the telly these days.
Natalie: I don't feel any ill effects, at least. Hurpa-durp!
I just like taking night time pictures. Yay.
The next day, Claire finally allowed a hug. It was hopeful. And then...
Claire: You've never been there for your daughter! She's almost eight, and you've never given her a birthday card, or brought her a Christmas present! How dare you come here and play "dad"?!?!?!
Jared: But Claire, I barely even knew she existed! It was the Evil Ampire who put us up to this! How the eff did we have a baby when we haven't even kissed? And she was this larva-baby - which you left on the floor, so you could go pick people's pockets - for most of that time!
That's true. Claire wasn't the best mother. They hadn't ever kissed either. So according to game-play programming, they can't have had a baby the "natural" way, as the option to try for a baby only pops up after Sims have gone through a whole lot of kissing and flirting.
Claire: That wasn't my fault! The Evil Ampire set me up to do it!
They had this little garden plot with some veggies, and Connor got picked as the one who needed to become the great gardener. Because he sure can't cook.
And with that, this update is long enough. Next time, there is drama. :D
