i forgot i get two more

really funny thumbnail when I searched for her on duckduckgo

I forgot that you get ten villagers in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and not eight so there's two more friends on my island now. Here they are.

RENÉE

I had to go through like fifteen Nook Miles Tickets to find a villager I at least kind of liked. So here's Renée. She seems cool but I'm not like, a huge fan or anything.

OLIVE

Meanwhile, I found Olive with my first ticket after setting up her plot. Scooped her up immediately. She's soooo cutes.

Anyways, this is my island for now. May make more posts about the game if fun things happen but may not.

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my friends Trip and Grace who I have spent a lot of time with lately

I have been working on the script for a video essay about Façade for a while now, and maybe if I share a chunk of that script I will feel held accountable to finish it. So here we go:

I’m going to get a bit personal and read you a section of my autism evaluation report.

Julia had the tendency to quickly say mhmm as this evaluator spoke, which was interpreted as her wanting to skip the information. On occasion, the evaluator asked if Julia already knew the information but she answered that she did not.

When I read this sentence, it floored me. This is something I was completely aware that I did when in social situations, especially when having things explained to me. But in my mind, chiming in with a mhmm, yep, yeah, uh huh, was me indicating that I was following along with what the other person was saying. And I’m sure there are plenty of people in the past who have interpreted it that way. But for the first time I realized that there have been situations where my habit, my active choice, has come across as rude, and I had no idea.

And that’s what playing Façade is like. You say something that you’re sure is correct, that will help improve the situation, and Trip and Grace just stare at you. Blankly. Or worse, they take things the opposite of you meant them. You say that Trip needs to take a step back, and Grace thinks you’re saying she’s overbearing. So you make small talk, pick up one of their crusty PNG tchotchkes, ask about the magic 8 ball, and it just makes things worse. You have to gamify your interaction, try to figure out the right thing to say at the right time, and no matter how much you overthink it, you might leave this place worse than you found it. Because the name of the game has always had a double meaning. Grace and Trip are putting up a very flimsy façade of a happy marriage, but you, as the player, are choosing what to think about them, if you want to play a character, and seeing if you can push through the frustrating differences between the way your brain works, and theirs. After all, what the game calls a façade could just as easily be called a mask.

 

Stop Comparing Austen to Victorian Women

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Jane Austen died in the year 1817. That year:

• Elizabeth Gaskell was 7 years old
• Charlotte Brontë was 1 year old
• George Eliot, Emily Brontë, and Anne Brontë had not been born yet

But time and time again, I see Austen talked about in the same sentence as women like the Brontës as if they had all been writing at the same time and it's really unfair to me. Despite what you might think with it coming first, the Regency era was waaaaaay more liberal than the Victorian era. Austen never had to use a male pen name. While she and the Victorian women all wrote dynamic, innovative female characters, they were innovative in extremely different ways. The books were political in different ways. While Pride and Prejudice and North and South both feature an enemies-to-lovers couple that works through political and class differences to live happily ever after, the things that complicate their relationships are different because the types of people who were being written about, and the things they were dealing with, were different.

I'm not trying to say that you can't compare all these books from a critical lens just because they were written in different eras. But I see so many people talking as if Austen and the Brontës were contemporaries and they weren't!!!

Also, I just realized something weird. I don't think I could name a single female contemporary of Austen's. Hang on, I'm gonna Google "regency literature."

Okay, the first two women I see here  on the Wikipedia article are Susan Ferrier and Maria Edgeworth. Gonna be honest, I don't know a single god damn thing about their work. That's weird, right? Apparently I have at least looked at the Wikipedia article for Edgeworth's Castle Rackrent because the link is purple. I'm actually really curious why the general populace know so many more female authors from the Victorian era than the Regency. Maybe literature was more accessible in general because of stuff like the printing press and newspaper serials? Curious if Ferrier and Edgeworth are more widely known in the UK because I guarantee if I asked most people here who Austen's female contemporaries were those names would not come up. Odd.

I’m gonna have a conniption fit

HE JUST GOT HERE

Jake Doyle might’ve torn his bicep in the match against FTR tonight and I think I might cry. He literally just got to AEW. He’s had three matches and was starting to build momentum. And now he’s in the ring saying he thinks he might’ve torn his bicep. I really hope it’s not as bad as it could be because the poor guy like just got back from injury and has finally signed to a company that seems like it’s gonna present him as the monster threat he obviously is (I’m looking at you TNA making Jake lose to ENZO). I’m just so sad, man. He’s one of my faves right now. Life sucks. I hope it’s not that bad. Sorry this is a bummer. At least Tommaso Ciampa is here kissing guys on the cheek.

UPDATE: More Animals are Here

 

i would love to know

I now have eight animals on my Animal Crossing island. None of the new three were the ones I ideally wanted, but I'm still pretty pleased. THE NEW CROP:

COLTON

Look at this fancy lad. I didn't even pick him he just showed up at my campsite. A gentleman.

WENDY

Her little teefs!!!!!!

DOBIE

 GUYS IT'S OKAY! Peepaw is here!

 

Perhaps I will continuously update as people leave and arrive. We will see.

I wish it was easier to add pictures

i had to email this screenshot to myself and then add it from my computer

When I try to use Blogger from my phone, it doesn’t let me upload pictures because of cookies settings or something. I also can’t comment on other people’s posts from my phone. This is very annoying. I have tried to turn off whatever cookie settings are doing this and nothing works. If anybody knows how to fix this please tell me. I like to write post cozy in bed.

Ranking My Sims 4 Legacy Challenge Heirs

 

I am coming close to the end of a 30 generation Sims 4 legacy challenge. For those who don't know, a legacy challenge involves being given a set of goals and traits for each heir in a family tree. The one I've been doing is the Whimsy Expanded Challenge, which I especially like because some of the traits of the next generation's heir depend on things you did or did not accomplish in the previous generation. My generation 30 heir is currently a child, and I wanted to reflect on Every Single Heir and figure out which one I like the most. So here, worst to best, is my ranking!

(the family tree) 

Gibson

Gen 4, child of Felicity, parent of Helena

Gibson Roberson, born Gibson Mai

Gibson was a victim of unfortunate circumstances, considering his tasks were either things I don't enjoy doing or that flat out didn't work. He was meant to be an interior decorator, and any Sims 4 player can tell you that career is busted. Also, I'm just not good at decorating in general. Gibson also married a landlord, so he clearly has bad taste. He was kind of boring, especially compared to his mom. Sorry kid.

Erika

Gen 1, parent of Brooks

Erika Walton

Her being the first generation, I really just don't remember Erika well enough. She was a freelance fabricator, which is a fun career. She had a cool wife I think.

Helena

Gen 5, child of Gibson, parent of Ivy

Helena Roberson

Helena was a veterinarian who married another veterinarian and had a bunch of pets and two kids. That's kind of all I remember about her. Again, victim of being an early entry.

Ian

Gen 30, child of Fia

I can't say much about Ian yet because technically he is still a child. He hasn't fully inherited from his mother Fia yet, he will when he becomes a young adult. But I think he's cute so far. 

Marlowe

Gen 7, child of Ivy, parent of Owen

Marlowe Perkins-Hill

Marlowe was fun in theory. Their goal was to never be able to hold down a job and have three kids with three different partners. Unfortunately that meant they never had a really endearing relationship or storyline I was able to lock into. Very scattered person, which was kind of the point, but that just led to me never getting a good read on them. Also their face looks kind of weird I'm sorryyyyyy.

Brooks

Gen 2, child of Erika, parent of Felicity

Brooks Mai

Brooks would definitely be higher if he was more recent. I loved that his whole deal was that he wanted a family but not a partner, so he adopted three kids and then had his daughter Felicity as a science baby. However, the challenge said he finally would find true love in his old age, and I kinda wish I'd just ignored that part and kept him single. No offense to his ultimate wife, but I think it would've been more fun for him to never find love at all because he never needed it. He was cute though, I liked him.

Austin

Gen 15, child of Yasmin, parent of Blair

Austin Guidry

Another where there just wasn't much to him. He was a marine biologist and had his daughter Blair with an island spirit, which was all fun, but especially compared to his mother he was just a step down. I liked that I managed to find him a husband whose last name was Fish.

Wilhelmina

Gen 26, child of Turner, parent of Danika

Wilhelmina Mullins

To be honest, Willie would be much higher if her challenge didn't take so loooooong. She was born a vampire because of an ancient curse her father Turner uncovered in the ruins of Selvadorada, and I ended up having her fall in love with a human who she refused to turn because she didn't want him to share her curse. That human, Raj, ended up being the father of her seventh child, Danika, and when Danika ultimately confronted Willie with a cure for vampirism, long after Raj had died, she took it to rejoin her love in the afterlife. All cute stuff. But like I said, Danika was her SEVENTH child. That was part of the challenge, and it was just so boring playing long enough for her to have six other kids before Danika. I do love her, but the length really soured me on her.

Uma

Gen 11, child of Stella, parent of Victoire

Uma Perrin, born Uma Muse

Uma was fun because she did e-Sports and I think that's just a very silly career to have in the Sims. Her husband was cute, and I liked her relationships with her mom and daughter. We're out of boring territory and into "they were good!"

Wren

Gen 13, child of Victoire, parent of Yasmin

Wren Stovall

Oh look, it's Uma's granddaughter. I liked that Wren grew up not knowing her other mother was a witch, that was a good touch, but all the spellcaster goals were really easily completed and I kind of ran out of stuff to do with her. I had her get a career as a matchmaker, and I imagine her as kind of a love witch. Cutie.

Felicity

Gen 3, child of Brooks, parent of Gibson

Felicity Mai

I read the description of Felicity's challenge and thought "oh she's just Mama Mia!" That was the gimmick, that she was a party-girl bartender in the city who would sleep with three people in one night and not know who her son Gibson's father was. Silly challenge that was a lot of fun. I keep saying fun.

Turner

Gen 25, child of Shiloh, parent of Wilhelmina

Turner Mullins

Turner! I like him! He was an archeologist that lived in a trailer with his wife Abigail, who he met in Selvadorada. I've always enjoyed the Jungle Adventures gameplay, so I was inclined to like him by default. Also, his dumb ass got his daughter vampire cursed. It wasn't on purpose.

Ivy

Gen 6, child of Helena, parent of Marlowe

Ivy Perkins-Hill, born Ivy Jiang

Ivy's challenge was really cute. The idea was that she would have a childhood sweetheart that would move away in their mid-teen years, and they would reunite when they met at university. Ivy was a sweet little romantic and I was a big fan. Especially since she got to live in Tartosa, which is one of the prettiest worlds in Sims 4 to me.

Lucas

Gen 21, child of Iris, parent of Nova

Lucas Landry

Lucas is notable for multiple reasons. One, he was an astronaut who got mpreg. Two, his nonbinary partner Ezra was extremely supportive and I liked their relationship. Three, the result of his mpreg was my number one on this list. Lucas was a good egg.

Blair

Gen 16, child of Austin, parent of Emory

Blair Guidry-Lim, born Blair Guidry

Blair was the daughter of Austin and an island goddess, so I named her Blair in honor of the goddess character my friend Nicole wrote. Her gimmick was to travel to every world in the game and take a nice picture, and that was a nice, steady goal that kept me engaged for her entire lifetime. Also I just think she was a major cutie.

Danika

Gen 27, child of Wilhelmina, parent of Ethan

Danika Singh

It was sort of a relief to play as Danika after so long as Wilhelmina. I liked the story I built with her, being the only one of her vampire siblings with a human parent and therefore being the one who wanted to find a cure. She was sweet with her wife Kala. Not a ton with her otherwise.

Fia

Gen 29, child of Ethan, parent of Ian

Fia Nyhus, born Fia Burke-Reyes

Technically my "current" heir, her son is already born but he isn't old enough to inherit yet. She's a fun party girl and I think she's one of the physically cutest of the generations. Easy breezy beautiful Fia girl.

Shiloh

Gen 24, child of Otto, parent of Turner

Shiloh Mullins

Shiloh was soooo cutes. Especially her relationship with her grandma Nova, who I'll be getting to. She's the one who founded the Mullins Museum of Art and I'm very proud of the work I've done on that lot, it displays both Nova's paintings and Turner's collection of artifacts. She's the baby in the picture at the top. I also loved her wife Isabella, who I gave the Grim Reaper career since Life & Death had just come out. 

Owen

Gen 8, child of Marlowe, parent of Robin

Owen Watts

Alright, now we're starting to get into the Sims who are really dear to me. After Marlowe was kind of boring, Owen was a breath of fresh air. Literally, since his whole generation was about being an outdoorsman. He met his wife Annie in Granite Falls and she's maybe the prettiest game-generated Sim I've ever seen. Owen had great vibes. 

Emory

Gen 17, child of Blair, parent of Freya

Emory Lim

Okay, I love Emory, but she was a hot mess. Spent all day climbing mountains instead of raising the child she had by accident, and ended up dying in a fire while Freya was still a teenager. I love playing Sims with stronger personalities and so Emory's devil-may-care attitude was super fun. Rest in peace dumbass.

Victoire

Gen 12, child of Uma, parent of Wren

Victoire Perrin

VICTOIRE!!!! Cutie patootie. Victoire was elevated by her spellcaster wife Alanna who I also adored. I managed to give her home really cozy vibes. She's iconic to me.

Iris

Gen 20, child of Gavin/Gabriel, parent of Lucas

Iris Landry, born Iris McNamara

Don't be confused by how grumpy she looks in this picture, Iris was suuuuch a sweetie. She was elevated by the circumstances of her birth (which I'll get into when I get to her dad) but I also loved using all the Home Chef Hustle game mechanics with her. Cozy city chef. Love her.

Ethan

Gen 28, child of Danika, parent of Fia 

Ethan Burke

I like the Strangerville gameplay more than most, so Ethan was a blast to play. Just a really solid, good guy. I just noticed how weird his ears look though.

Freya

Gen 18, child of Emory, parent of Gavin/Gabriel

Freya Lake, born Freya Lim

Okay, when I say "favorite" I don't mean "good person." Freya girlie you were such a disaster. She was a cop. She was a bad mother. She was a toxic wife. She was sooo fun, and I'm glad this challenge had at least one generation where you played as just kind of a bad person.

Robin

Gen 9, child of Owen, parent of Stella

Robin Muse

Iconic werewolf botanist. What else do you want me to say? I like the werewolf gameplay, and Moonwood Mill is such a pretty world that it elevates anyone I'm playing as who lives there. I had never played as an Emissary of the Collective werewolf, so that was funky. Good mom. She has it all.

Otto

Gen 23, child of Nova, parent of Shiloh

Otto Mullins

Otto my friend Otto. It helped that their generation is when I was really starting to get into Pose Player, so I have a lot of good pictures of them. Also, I started playing them right around when Businesses and Hobbies came out, so the gameplay elements like small businesses really helped expand their story. Any kid of Nova's is gonna be an icon.

Otto and their husband Daniel

 

Yasmin

Gen 14, child of Wren, parent of Austin

Yasmin Guidry, born Yasmin García

You wanna talk iconic? Yas is ICONIC. She was in a polyamorous relationship with Cassandra Goth and Guidry the ghost. She spent all day knitting and doing paranormal investigations. She was so freaking cool.

Stella

Gen 10, child of Robin, parent of Uma

Stella Muse

When my orientations and sexualities mod told me that Stella was a trans girl, I knew she would be top tier. I had so much fun with her fabulous Hollywood (Del Sol Valley) life and I felt so bad when I had to make her wife cheat on her. Your loss, Liza. You fumbled the coolest girl in the world.

Gavin/Gabriel

Gen 19, child of Freya, parent of Iris

Gabriel McNamara, born Gavin Lake

Based on his challenge alone, I knew this was gonna be good. Freya's son, he ran away from home as a teen and ended up being recruited into a secret agency, was assigned a handsome guy named Dylan as a partner and had to fake-marry him as a cover, fell in love with Dylan for real, they had Iris and wanted to start a life together before Dylan was killed in action, Gavin changes his name to Gabriel and takes baby Iris out to live a quiet life on a farm. Props to the challenge writer on this one, most of what I love about Gavin came directly from their writing.

Nova

Gen 22, child of Lucas, parent of Otto

Nova Mullins

Here she is. The queen. The moment. The star of the show. Style icon. Product of mpreg. Left at the altar when her dirtbag boyfriend found out she was an alien. Single mother and loving grandmother. I adore Nova. No one's doing it like this girl. Just go and read the summary that the Whimsy Expanded challenge gave (I put it on the family tree when you click on her) and try not to get emotional. I'm so proud of her. I'm gonna put some pictures of her to end this because I love her so much.

insecure teenage selfie, when she was too scared to remove her human disguise

there he is that's the dirtbag!

posing for her self portrait

her and baby Polly aaaah

her and Shiloh

the portraits she made of her four granddaughters