Mega Victorian Meta part 2

[dicreasy]

Or why I set my legacy during the years 1837-1901.

Ok so this took me far longer than I thought it would to get finished, but here is the second meta on the Victorian era.

Comments

[orikes13]

Yay for meta! I love these.

The dichotomy between the upper class, middle class and actual wealth is something that's always been fascinating, and just as obviously something that most modern people simply don't get. Nowadays, upper class is considered to be tied completely with how much money you have, not the status of your name or your history.

What I think I love about what you've written here is how it shows that you really do know your source material. It was just a matter of you falling into something because you found some cool cc. Well, maybe it was, but you still know your stuff really well. I love seeing the twist you put on things as you combine the whole world of the sims with the Victorian era. :)

[dicreasy]

I like writing these, they take a while though lol.

Oh absolutely, members of the upper classes weren't necessarily richer than the upper middle classes, and in fact they were more likely to be asset rich, cash poor. Stately homes cost a fortune to run and maintain after all. Your family's pedigree was far more important, and that attitude still exits to some extent today.

Thank you, but yes, finding Judie's website made me realise that I could set my legacy in the era, but it wasn't a case of thinking, "oo pretty clothes, I must use them" and that being the only reason for it. In fact I think that if that had been the case I would have gotten bored by now, and I don't think that my legacy would be the creation it is.

[orikes13]

I think we've all had moments where finding some piece of cc inspired a plotline. :) It just can't be all that's propping up a story unless you're intending it to be a one shot.

Of course, I know I'm always impressed with what you've done with your legacy and making it look so authentic. :)

[dicreasy]

Exactly. I think that's why the part of the secret the other week about how the clothes were pretty but the era was horrible rankled me, because I just thought "shallow, much?" It proved to me that the person hadn't read my legacy because if they had, then they would have realised that it's not hung up on the clothes my sims wear.

[orikes13]

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they DID read it, but just didn't get it. There have been times when I've gotten comments from people on my updates where I have to wonder if they've read the same thing I thought I wrote. Some people just fail at reading comprehension. :)