Poor Dora - and poor Woody, they are both so starved of affection, I really felt for them, though Dora asking Daytona for advice had me laughing out loud anyway, especially with the advice given. Once again I marvel at the effort you put into every little detail in the pictures (and the hood) with the poses, and the deco and the outfits (love the customtownies!). I know I always tell you the same, but the pictures are getting more and more awesome for each update. Goldie for example, snapping pictures with her camera, added so much reality to that particular section of the chapter - and then you turn around and remind us that they all are in fact sims, you even make them talk about their Aspirations. Great detail there! Also I once again must compliment you for your own personal narrative. You really have a very, very personal “voice”, and this could never get mixed up with anything else, it really stands out. Since I’m not a native English speaker I must ask though what dialect I should imagine them have? I get that the lingo is kind of rural and folksy, but how do they sound?
What a lovely comment, thank you! Dora and Woody are struggling but they've both got their own rather unique ways of taking matters into their own hands. Once Woody's project literally became mine I wasn't content to just make do with whatever I happened to have already loaded so it snowballed from there and really focused my attention. So, for example, Penny and her maxed outgoing points may have thought she needed to be completely naked for a quickie on the roof in the middle of winter but, um, no. I end up posing (and in the case of this round, cobbling together meshes or retextures) in response to what plays out so that even what ends up staged wasn't necessarily scripted, just embellished. As you can see I've been having a lot of fun with that :-)
As for how they sound, hmm, I haven't pinned down a locale for Widespot but the main culprits for an unmistakably regional accent would be the Lands, mostly Beulah and Mary who picked it up from her Mama, and they speak with a US southern drawl. And because they're in such close quarters in this town, it spreads. Daytona often catches herself slipping into it but Lana never would, even though her early background is more akin to the Lands (as they are now) than Daytona's, socio-economically. The older generation are all transplants from somewhere else so I would say it really comes down more to individual idiosyncrasies. Dora has a kind of hodgepodge twang but none of the rest of her family do and likewise Val speaks with a certain cadence and colloquialisms that were most likely acquired over his life without him even realising. He actually ended up sounding more like those "old-head" guys he used to see hanging around his old multi-ethnic neighbourhood than like his parents. (They were just so 'smo-oothe'! They were the original "cat-daddies".) Whereas I very distinctly hear Rhett surprise-cursing in Spanish in the next round even though he doesn't know Spanish, he got that from Angel. Kind of a roundabout explanation, hope it makes sense!
Thank you so much for the sound info - that added another much appreciated layer to the characters. To me, my comments on your updates always feel very shallow - there is always so much to comment on that I kind of never know what to choose and where to start, but I want you to know that I’m awe how much thought you put into your characters and what’s happening and that I’m truly fascinated by them. As I’ve told you before before, I always read yours and Penny’s conversations thoroughly because of all the extra info I get that way; all your thoughts and interpretations combined makes for a very interesting read and a deeper understanding of Widespot and its inhabitants.
Your comments are far from shallow! I can't tell you how I appreciate that you take the time to read and respond. Clicking a like button and keeping it moving is much simpler but here in LJ land we have no other way of knowing if anyone does, in fact, like it or is even reading without someone making that extra effort to say so. And I'm still amazed that you sift through the wall o' words Peni and I get going. I was drawn to Widespot for the novelty of it, playing someone else's characters and adding in the challenge parameters, but, of course, the storytelling took over. Couldn't be helped! :-D Poor sims...I'm sure they'd love it if I'd get with the build-a-city programme and stop prying into their every quirk and putting their little personal dramas on display but them's the breaks when you're a sim.
That aspiration conversation was a last minute filler instead of saying 'and then this guy came to talk to Penny' but I like using those little moments to reveal a bit more character--Hamilton's not big on romance sims right now and in addition to the rebounding business that's another reason he'd be more responsive to Penny than some miscellaneous 'romancer'--while being a bit tongue-in-cheek about the sim-ness of it all ;-)
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As for how they sound, hmm, I haven't pinned down a locale for Widespot but the main culprits for an unmistakably regional accent would be the Lands, mostly Beulah and Mary who picked it up from her Mama, and they speak with a US southern drawl. And because they're in such close quarters in this town, it spreads. Daytona often catches herself slipping into it but Lana never would, even though her early background is more akin to the Lands (as they are now) than Daytona's, socio-economically. The older generation are all transplants from somewhere else so I would say it really comes down more to individual idiosyncrasies. Dora has a kind of hodgepodge twang but none of the rest of her family do and likewise Val speaks with a certain cadence and colloquialisms that were most likely acquired over his life without him even realising. He actually ended up sounding more like those "old-head" guys he used to see hanging around his old multi-ethnic neighbourhood than like his parents. (They were just so 'smo-oothe'! They were the original "cat-daddies".) Whereas I very distinctly hear Rhett surprise-cursing in Spanish in the next round even though he doesn't know Spanish, he got that from Angel. Kind of a roundabout explanation, hope it makes sense!
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That aspiration conversation was a last minute filler instead of saying 'and then this guy came to talk to Penny' but I like using those little moments to reveal a bit more character--Hamilton's not big on romance sims right now and in addition to the rebounding business that's another reason he'd be more responsive to Penny than some miscellaneous 'romancer'--while being a bit tongue-in-cheek about the sim-ness of it all ;-)
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