SIMulation Studies
The following might be cringe-inducing/creepy/whatever you want to call it (maybe "gross" is the word you’ll be looking for in a minute) so let’s see how this is going to turn out…
When I realised that any of my future attempts at writing fanfiction would never reach the level of proficiency you guys are at, I decided to focus on a more visual approach instead and turned Peter and Carl into Sims. As I’ve always loved the second installment of the game, it seemed a good opportunity to revisit it. After following some tutorials on how to get it running on my current laptop, I started to dabble in making more realistic Simmies. The boys are the result of multiple hours my frustrated self spent tweaking every little facial detail of the plain ugly initial creatures into something that - hopefully - at least slightly resembles their real-life counterparts. I still think there’s some room for improvement (+ they don't have any tattoos meh) but I was kind of eager to start their journey through life.
Well...
Both of their handsome faces are very hard to recreate in the game, that’s why we’re stuck with these now :| Or maybe that’s better in terms of the uncanny valley effect thing - if they appeared too real, it’d be an even eerier affair.
Both Sims are now residing in an idyllic neighbourhood called Arcadia. They started out as just friends but liked each other very very very much and fell in love rather quickly. It took them a mere 15 minutes to get all flirty and leave the just friends stage behind.
A bit more animated
In the early stages of their blooming relationship, Peter often came to visit Carl at his fancy place where they either made out on the sofa or cuddled in bed.
I didn’t even know the game had a cuddle interaction. They do it autonomously which makes it even cuter. Or maybe it’s just proof that P&C are truly something special.
Soon they had enough of fancy places and moved in together. The house they’ve bought is a charming, chaotic, shabby-looking vintage place named Albion Rooms. There’s lots of books, guitars, records and clutter everywhere.
It’s still relatively tidy by Peter’s standards but they’re supposed to move around the house after all!
They once went on a date, took some sweet photobooth pics, framed them and now they’re part of the upstairs interior.
Traditional photobooth shenanigans
Another date night at a diner-like place didn’t go so well. The waitress got distracted by Peter’s presence so that Carl’s salad ended up on his jacket. He wasn’t happy about it at all.
"Let me just serve that random customer who ordered the salad- OMG IS THAT PETE DOHERTY?"
They're not resentful and returned some weeks later. No salad this time though.
Milkshake and matcha latte hipster lads
Sunday afternoon well spent: Piggybacking on footbridges around empty railway stations.
Carrying a cute load
Carl returned with kawaii cat ear hats for both of them from his latest trip to Asia.
(｡♥‿♥｡) (just seen that this gets displayed in a strange way on mobile - it's supposed to be a Japanese heart eyes emoticon)
Sometimes they just go for a home-cooked meal which means Peter takes care of preparing the actual meal while Carl is doing whatever he‘s doing with that frying pan. Fending off invisible attackers? Defending the bananas?
The intimidating cat ears are surely helping
Carl made a berry pie but doesn’t seem too happy about it.
Serious baking business
He lightens up when they start eating it though it’s more touching each other than eating.
Peter also loves to wear Libs merch in his home environment.
In his spare time, Carl likes to play god a bizarre computer game where he’s in charge of little creatures‘ lives. Their fate lies in his hands, and he decides whether they live or die, (un)dresses them, marries them off, or decorates their houses for them and presents them with a fait accompli. He often thinks about how weird it must be to be trapped in a giant simulation and how dumb these pixel dolls must be for not noticing.
Weiiiird concept
Meanwhile, in another room:
Tfw you just want to chill but a printed version of your Pandy killing ex still manages to haunt you after all these years
Going grocery shopping looks like this:
Staff is not amused
They ended up buying nothing. One day, they might even subsist on love and air alone.
Romantic night scene
There are some things left in the fridge for now.
And they taste rather good
And there's lots of love.
Even in their backyard
They’ve established a midnight cuddle and makeout routine which has nothing to do with the fact that the clock shows midnight 24/7.
Let it be 12am forever
Still 12am
Find yourself a man who looks at you the way Peter looks at Carl.
Looking at you
Winter made a comeback in early spring, so they decided to build a snowman.
Cool outdoor activities
Peter then went to greet the random penguin that appeared after a little while cause penguins are great. Needless to say Carl preferred to enjoy it from a safe distance.
Just another one of these pea-brained animals, no need to make such a fuss about it
Bonus: It got really funny as in "downright scary" when they were having a smoke.
The non-scary part
Pixel Peter all of a sudden started to act like real Peter. The smoking pose is my doing but he closed that eye on his own.
Method acting
Maybe they’re going to stand on my doorstep tomorrow demanding answers I cannot provide.
A/N: Don’t judge me and this guilty pleasure of mine too much. It’s just something I did for fun. I was too scared to put this on my Tumblr and didn’t want to set up a side blog either. It ended up here as it seemed the best place for sharing something that no one will find lol