The Bates Family Legacy [5.4]
Hey guys, and welcome back! It hasn't been all that long since I updated last, because I've been in a sims-playing mood lately, but nonetheless I will recap for you.
Last time, Ariel cuckolded her boyfriend, Matthew Hamming, with her ghost husband, Hank (or, as I like to call him in the tags, Hank the Tank). Charlotte was pregnant, and Ariel got called out for her cheating ways. Bridgeport had mutant bugs. Charlotte was the sole normal person in a family of crazy, and also the biggest BAMF the sim world has ever seen: she drove herself around on her little scooter while heavily pregnant, and used it to drive herself to the hospital when she was labour. Hadley and Wayne Bates-Bumble had a son they named Leonardo, obviously destining him for great things. Charlotte and Josh had a baby boy they named Aidan. Matt (Hadley's first son immaculate conception), defying all odds, got a girlfriend. I decided Terry & Nora were going to get five grandchildren. Good luck, Kelsey. Nora and Terry fulfilled their LTWs. We actually saw Matt in the flesh and turns out that he wasn't as ugly as I thought. Charlotte and Josh had another boy who they named Gavin. Then Josh and Terry went to Egypt and it was basically just fan-service from that point on.
Let's head under the cut for more Bates Family fun.
I thought that a healthy dose of kid spam, with emphasis on Aidan, would be the perfect way to start this chapter. I love the boys, they're adorable! (And evidently their family loves them, too, as they're constantly being held, tickled, and loved on by Josh, Charlotte, Terry, and Nora.)
Go Matt! It turns out he's quite the player; he's dated quite a few women at this point.
Herp-de-derp elder birthday!
(In other news, this saddens me terribly. I don't want Terry and Nora to grow old! D:)
Well, at least he's a smokin' hot elder! :D
Anyway, time for Josh/Aidan spam:
What are my emotions doing to me.
The first wish Terry rolled as an elder was to retire. Given that I hate the music profession and everything it stands for, I was only too happy to oblige!
He retired in style, surrounded by family, friends, and his wife with a picket sign. I don't even.
This was his second elder-wish.
Terry, I love you, but you're cruisin' for a bruisin'.
Ariel has just decided to throw reputation to the wind and totally fuck over her relationship with Matthew.
It's a miracle I haven't received a notice that he's officially ended things.
(In other news, the game magically reset him to an adult. He'd become an elder at some point before this, and then the game just reset him. Why is my game so weird?)
Okay, this laundry gnome is just weirding me the fuck out. He can turn the television on.
In other news, Charlotte is pregnant again.
Oh, and Aidan grew up. I forgot to take pictures of the process. But he's super cute!
He also looks a lot like Lucy and Ellie when they were kids, and it's starting to freak me out a little. I didn't come so far just to return to the days of skeleton-face. (Not that I don't love Ellie & Lucy, but really...)
I can't stop staring at Gavin's nose. Like, seriously, it takes up half his face. (However, I do think it is cute.)
I wish I had a caption for this face. I just thought it was hilarious/cute.
And then...
ARIEL: "What the shit is this sparkly stuff? Why is my boob exploding?"
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO--- D:
(I may not have been happy about Ariel's death, but I think we can agree that the sparkles make for an interesting/visually appealing photo op.)
ARIEL: "Motherfuck."
After a mind-numbingly long process (the exercise equipment slowed it down, I think, because Ariel was just floating there for the longest time, waiting for the Grim), Ariel was whisked off to the afterlife to join Hank and her parents. Oh, and Dee of course.
Meanwhile, Nora became an elder.
(Also: I apologize for my constant excess in terms of birthday faces, but as derpy as they are I really find them cute and silly.)
Nora rocks the elder look. She makes me think of, like, a serious veteran journalist with style. (It might be the glasses that I gave her. I figured that after a career spent in front of the computer she might have some optic problems.)
Aside from the weird double-lip thing this chick has got going on, I kind of like her for a possible spouse. I haven't had a vampire in the legacy yet and I want one! I also want vampire babies!
Meanwhile, a wild non-bump appeared!
Oh, laundry gnome. You so silly.
Terry's retirement has left him with pretty much nothing to do, so he's been spending all of his time bonding with his grandchildren. In other news, he's best friends with pretty much everyone in the house at this point.
Birthday time!
So Gavin rolled the insane trait.
I think I'm in love with him.
I lied: I don't just think I'm in love with him. I know I'm in love with him.
D'awwww.
Not even one apparent contraction reaction. Charlotte is a goddess among women.
OKAY SO WE HAD TWINS! FRATERNAL TWINS! FIRST GIRL OF THIS GENERATION (AND YET ANOTHER BOY).
Anyway, this is Quinn. (I was watching Glee while the babies were being born.) Quinn may be my new favourite. She looks exactly like Josh, and I'm eager to see how his genetics translate to a girl face.
Also, I find the colour of her eyes to be beautiful, and I don't know who they came from.
Anyway, I have high hopes for Quinn: I think I want her to be a police officer or a fire fighter. That had been my original plan for Gavin until I randomly selected insane and then I thought it would be funnier if he was crazy instead of helpful.
And this is Saad (pronounced Sahd, not Sad). He is like a clone of Gavin, and definitely has Charlotte's nose. Either way, I like him. (But not as much as his sister.)
THIS GIRL IS MY FAVOURITE EVER OMG.
FAMILY TREE UPDATE:
Hadley's an elder and Leonardo is now a child. Matt continues to be single.
I can't help taking pictures of Gavin wherever he goes. He's such an oddity. I LOVE IT.
Everyone, meet Leonardo in the flesh!
He looks surprisingly unlike Hadley. Like I think he may be a carbon copy of Wayne or something. Craziness.
Charlotte's adult birthday! Nothing to see here because she looks exactly the same...
Aidan's derpy teen birthday!
Funny, that's not what I expected, but I am pleasantly surprised!
Also, lol I randomly chose kleptomaniac as his trait. This may be fun.
Immediately after becoming a teen, Aidan rolled the LTW to become a Creature-Robot Cross-Breeder, which is level 9 of the Science career track, if I remember correctly. Which is excellent, because it's what I'd wanted for him all along.
Anyway, we'll end this update with Matt dating the girl who I'd originally thought I'd marry off to Josh. Funny how things work out.
It's been fun, folks. I'll see you next time!
- Kelsey