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Last time, Gen 4 began Uni in earnest, which means that an heir was declared. Aphrodite, whose LTW was revealed to be "Reach Golden Anniversary," painfully mundane for a Family sim, was our heir. She also fell in love at first sight with Emmett Wilder, despite them having relatively little chemistry and there being better objects for her affection. If Castor, Artemis, and Apollo could've run around the dorm naked, they would have. Pollux pranked everyone and whined like a pussy bitch when he got called out on it. Apollo and Pollux managed to be my first sims on academic probation ever. After taking a love potion to make herself fall in love with Emmett, Aphrodite proposed and he accepted!
Word of God says this won't end well.
You would think, with this amount of closeness, that these two would be twins.
...I mean each other's twin.
What are you doing here? Five words or less.
Out. for. a. walk. bitch.
Wasn't that very thing a
sore spot for you last update, Apollo?
Look, Dionysus, don't take it personally, she was just obsessed with Emmett! (Also, her uncle has your name, that would be kinda weird.)
Well, on the plus side, it looks like no one is going to flunk out this generation.
Castor spent a long time just waving at Felicity here. You know, it's okay to actually initiate conversations with people who aren't blood relatives. Honestly.
I know they look alike, but this one's Apollo. You can tell by a) the human eyes and b) the pudge.
My redheaded aliens make for funny body hair. XD
Look, if you want to jump on the couch or play in a bathtub, you'll have to do it on your own. Jeez.
MWAH!
Someone needed some charisma for her next semester. But I suddenly realize what the problem with her first first kiss attempt was if she makes smoochie noises like that for real!
Look at the widdle cowwege gwaduate! What's wong?
I think my party is going to be lame.
It can't be that bad, let's take a look at your guests...
Two professors and your mother?
Plus another professor and my dad.
Okay, you were right! Sorry about that!
The fruit tree yields, so I have Aphrodite snatch it up, because that's the only fresh fruit this legacy is going to see.
What a wild finale college blowout, huh?
I don't think turning the gossip mill on your mother is helping matters, Aph.
No, it doesn't matter how much I drink, I am not making out with you!
D:
And I heard a "falling in love" sound, and these two finally made up. In the photo booth. Which is kinda appropriate, when you think about all the time they spent there when Hephaestus was still in college.
Now this is pretty pathetic. The only thing I can say in Aphrodite's defense is that all of her YA-aged friends left because they studied themselves into boredom. Including her fiance.
Okay, the party ended pretty late. You better head on home and let me graduate your siblings when they wake up!
I'm happy with not having that LTW. Seriously! Her One Nice Point explains quite a bit.
I have a question about nice points: why is Pollux pranking the world with Ten? Also, LTW OF DOOM. BOOO. And I just noticed that Pollux has been wearing actual pajamas instead of underwear, and he has no outgoing.
Max 7 skills...I wonder what that would be like for a torchholder. Well not horrible with that bookcase, I bet.
Wow, I didn't know FOUR active points was low enough to make you have lardass tendencies. The more you know!
You might have noticed a couple rock-bottom aspirations? That's because I made a mistake with Castor and Pollux and sent them to their final final without giving them grade points first. HA HA HA HA. So they failed. And even the subsequent passing afterwards didn't lift their spirits.
So, the spares are all sharing a house together. Have fun~
GLITCHY LOAD SCREEN OF TERROR
Aphrodite was fine, though.
We hung her portrait up with the others.
And she's immediately being domestic. Mainly because she's our best bet for accident-free cooking now. :P
I made your favorite breakfast, Mom!
It's good, honey. So what are your plans?
I got a job! And I'm having a wedding this afternoon.
I'm going to be an actress, and I'm marrying Emmett Wilder. Hopefully the reception won't be over before you get home. Have fun at work today!
She certainly piled on the information there.
Hey, look, Aphrodite invited her favorite professor!
And her other favorite! And I obviously should have double-checked her siblings' formalwear, because Castor is still not in his right mind, apparently.
Artemis congratulates Emmett on having a psycho-tutu wearing mother?
Aw, Mia actually dressed up for the wedding.
THEY'RE STILL NOT THAT RICH.
I decided it was high time to drag out one of the multiple pianos in Hephaestus's inventory. (After all, Aphrodite is part-alien and it is the alien way of expressing love.)
I'm totally counting this as your wedding gift, okay, Aphrodite?
Having turned around the refrigerator like I always do for parties, I invested in a buffet this time! However, as that's way too easy for ISBI, I deleted it as soon as the wedding was over.
Heph still wins while being uncontrollable!
Off to a whirlwind honeymoon~
And when they get back, I use Emmett's one command to get him a job. The dice-roller said he gets the first job available on the computer, which is journalism. I'd love to get one of those statuettes. I hope he doesn't get fired before he earns it. :(
Emmett is a clean freak! <3 I mean, it always eventually dies out in a spouse, but it's refreshing to see the house clean before the babies inevitably destroy it.
So keep your eye on your woman. If you don't watch it, she may cheat on you!
Uh, you're talking about your daughter here!
That's right. C'mere, son!
Look, I just met you Mr. Randolph. I don't want you to hug me.
Stay out of my personal bubble, and we'll get along. Otherwise, I can't guarantee what I might do.
...eep!
Emmett needs a hobby besides waiting for Aphrodite or watching Aphrodite.
You seem hungry, honey.
I think I'm pregnant.
*choke* Already?
Don't worry, Emmett and I were careful before, we just had a very productive honeymoon!
I don't think shoving that grilled cheese in your face is going to unsee what just popped up in your imagination, unfortunately, Heph.
THE BEST MORNING EVER
Violet should obviously make the soup that I like the best!
And it would've worked out great if she wasn't clumsy! *grumblegrumble*
You know what? The whole Family greeting thing can be annoying, but at least they have some sort of response to great news like a promotion.
Look at Heph. He got a promotion AND Hera and he's all STONEWALL JACKSON RANDOLPH about it.
Yes, Hera's career is in education. It's ~ironic~.
SNAP CRACKLE POP
Thanks, Ulric! Now that quick bite before bed has to be ignored before she pisses herself and passes out on the floor in the piss.
NEW. SPOUSE. BLOOD.
STOP. BEING. SO. FUCKING. ANNOYING. ULRIC.
Man, it's so creepy with all the tombstones of Aphrodite's relatives just sitting in the yard like this.
Way to eat your pregnant daughter's dinner. :( :(
Piano!
Hera, I know you're bitter that you had to move out of the family homestead, but don't take it out on Violet. She had nothing to do with it.
It's good to see that they didn't get completely bored of sex during those 9 million dates they went on.
YES WE GET IT THERE'S A PIANO NOW AND YOU LIKE IT
I'm not having much fun lately.
You spend most of every day doing what you want. What else could you ask for?
That's a little creepy. She's busy calling her brothers, anyway.
Wow. Hephaestus cheering his own portrait. Way to be humble there.
April Wilder walks by, several times a day, to try and sway me from my decision to try and get a completely different creator for each spouse. I'm not joking about the amount of times, either.
Emmett is here to reassure us that even without a male heir, we can has beefcaek.
And he likes to take some time each day to also reassure himself of the same thing!
Wonder what's going on here?
I just liked the lighting in this shot.
What is it, Aph?
WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE IN THE BATHROOM?
...oh.
It's a boy, with alien skin, eyes, and blonde hair. Well there's Violet's hair gene! His name is Anteros...this generation has a naming-theme-within-a-naming-theme. Not only are we going Greek gods like always, we are going with CHILDREN OF APHRODITE. I know, you are astounded and amazed.
Anteros is the god of requited love.
I think we should have another one!
I'm game to trying again already if you are!
They did and she was and they are. Um. Lullaby!
So, since I had no idea what the other people in the house worked, I hired a nanny when Aphrodite went to work just in case.
Turns out Violet had the day off, but I got to give the nanny a makeover, so it evens out?
Ah, Violet must have informed the nanny of her theories about the green fumes.
Another answer based on my opinion. I always fell asleep in cold classes...it was like my body wanted to shut down. :P
WRONG!
Oh, I get it now. Emmett's happiness at marrying a rich sim was him actually predicting her fiscal state in the future.
Aw, yay, spouse win! (He actually gets another promotion that I didn't cap because it was in the middle of a few other things.)
You know, I should have known this already, but I feel outright gypped that the hand mirror isn't reflective. :(
MR. RANDOLPH, YOU STINK!
*sniffs* Wait, that's me?
Ah, to be in one's golden years...
Hi, baby.
Aw, and just think, Emmett, you've got another on the way!
MY LIFE IS OVER!!!! WAHHHHHH.
You know, you had a sub-aspiration of family in your original incarnation.
First pop already~ We don't waste time.
Since she was in a moderately good mood all around, I sent her to work. She actually came back better off than she would've been at home, believe it or not!
...of course, Anteros decided to fill his diaper right as his mother was leaving.
After letting him cry himself to sleep, grandma Violet comes to tuck him in about 50 times in a row since you can't do much else to a sleeping baby autonomously.
She does change him when he wakes up, though. She always was a competent caretaker.
One extra snuggle from Mommy (because Aphrodite actually rolls multiple wants for her infants)...
...and it's time for a birthday!
Someday I will have a moment of clarity when I'm looking in my downloads folder and actually delete that hair.
Here's Anteros!
Who has...elf ears?!
I will admit, I was absolutely flabbergasted, astounded, you name the emotion of astonishment and it applies. I wracked my brain and the only thing I could think of was...
...that I had absolutely forgotten that Emmett had elf ears. Well, why wouldn't I? That hair looks great on him but hides his ears!
And Anteros heads right for the toilet because he loves to hear my brain break.
Aphrodite was going to interact with her son but a ghost jumped out at her, so she has to go to bed NOW. GODDAMN GHOSTS.
Anteros is adorable and charms everyone. No XD eyes, though.
I'm a little disturbed that this family kiss obviously fulfilled a desire on Violet's part to kiss. D:
One step closer to chaos!
Come on, Anteros!
Say "Mommy!"
No!
It would make both of you so happy if Anteros learned to talk!
Hey, hurry up and pay your overdue bills and invite Ares in!
What was the point of that? Uncle Ares is not entertaining! MY LIFE IS NOT ENTERTAINING.
What did you think was going to be the result of having children spaced so closely together? Just think how much worse it's going to get when more than one is actually OUT of you.
I can't look, he's half-naked, it's disgusting!
It's a bathing suit. I wore a lot less in college.
Just like the rest of your family, Aphrodite. Calm down.
Even if the toddler won't actually get trained, it beats diapers.
There's a lot more room in the kitchen than in the bathroom!
It's another boy! With his tanned skin, blonde hair, and father's blue eyes, I had to name this one Eros. Who you may know better by the Roman name, Cupid.
Finally! :D
I wonder how I'm going to lose this one...
...I actually won! O_o
Time for the birthday event from HELL.
After Anteros aged up, Aphrodite rolled the want to have a kid. Sure, a fear, too, but a want is all I need to go ahead with another. Since I want CHAOS. Note that Eros's diaper is filled.
Eros, for some reason, attracts a swarm of flies anytime he fills his diaper. I wish we were on different mythology with this scheme, because I'd change his name to Beelzebub, Lord of the Flies.
A nice makeover shot of Anteros.
Eros failed his first cake, and then fell asleep on the floor.
I cheated his energy up and finally got him aged. At this point, it's like two hours after Anteros aged up, and all of Aph's needs are tanking.
I'm disappointed that Eros seems to be a lot like his father in looks, and less of a blend of his parents.
SHE SAID SHE WANTED ANOTHER ONE
Anteros may be moderately well-adjusted. Considering that this house will soon be crazytown central, that's saying a lot!
Aaaaaand Aphrodite was about to starve to death so I bought a juicer, put her oranges in it, and gave her a quick juice infusion.
Look, buddy, maybe it's time for you to head to bed, too. Your own.
Oh no, she doesn't look nauseous...
...no, I will not let the birthday from hell kill unborn baby #3!!
Always, with Eros, the FLIES! D:
Yes, I had to resort to gelatin because Aphrodite is close to keeling over still.
I think I got something in my teeth.
You just had Jello for dinner. Highly unlikely.
There are only so many ways I can say AWW, you two!
YAY FOWNTUN!
Trust the toddler to find the broken shower ASAP.
Well, the baby's still alive?
Does that make you happy?
I'd be even happier if I could get Eros potty-trained!
I'm pretty sure you will have that baby eventually if we keep you healthy. Which, incidentally, will probably mean not concentrating on the potty training so much.
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ISBI STAT TIME~
Torch-Holders(founders/heirs): 4
Perma-Plat Sims: 2
Shrink Visits: 7
Social Bunny Visits: 1
Fires: 7
Self-Wettings: 6
Pass-Outs: 18
Fights: 16
Deaths: 4
Social Worker Visits: 0
Alien Abductions: 0
...I love how things felt out of control, but nothing ISBI-interesting actually happened! Sorry if the commentary got worse near the end...I may have taken one of my sleep-aid pills a half-hour ago. Weeee. The Randolph family tree is updated, and expect Gen 4 available for download in the next day or two.