[Spoiler (click to open)]Just sitting here glowing over Nick and Alice's engagement and reminiscing about the dance that led us here. And I was handling the news of Plumbbob Harbor until they told Cindy and James. I just burst into tears, the painful kind that hurt your eyes and soul. How is it I can be so moved by a bunch of colorful pixels? Perhaps the Bradfords are more than fiction; they're like a facsimile for the real people who've gone through this, built our country for better or worse. I feel bad for Rosalie's beau and any man who wasn't eager to go out and fight. I think they're unfairly villainised for having other priorities but, se la vie
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[Link to spoiler]It was quite a dance that led to their engagement. They’ve known each other since Nick’s first day as a child, and that’s a long time, both in game and in real life. It was definitely harder for me to write the scene where they tell James and Cindy. Well, at least for this generation the Bradfords are facsimiles for my grandparents in many ways; maybe that’s why you’re feeling so moved at the moment. I don’t necessarily think that there’s anything wrong with Bruce not wanting to go to war, but yeah, people who took that stance without a “legitimate” reason such as religious objections or medical issues were not looked upon well. It’s one of the things that I’m going to look at a little bit as the war progresses
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Thank you! I’ve been looking forward to shooting this wedding FOREVER, and it was a lot of fun to make Alice a Bradford officially. The departure scene was heartbreaking to write and shoot.
Welcome! Commenting here is fine; I’m not around Boolprop so much myself either but I still post the legacy there as I know there are a few people who prefer to comment there and in hopes of picking up a new reader or two.
Thank you! The wedding was something I’ve been looking forward to for a while, and I wanted to make it nice as I knew it would be a pretty poignant moment with everyone knowing that Nick was leaving soon.
The departure scene was very hard to write and shoot.
I loved that James got to follow through on the bet he made with Cindy all those years ago. Also I totally laughed at James' hairline. It's completely his fault that he's hidden it under a hat all these years.
The whole war stuff was interesting. I was kind of surprised at how much you sped up the action then I realized it kind of makes sense in terms of sim lifetimes. Alice was right that she didn't have a lot of time with her husband so no point in spending it mad.
I look forward to seeing what you have planned with the interludes.
[Link to spoiler]I wanted James to admit he was wrong about the whole thing without actually having to say the words, and giving Cindy the coat (and the diamond ring) was a great way of doing so. It was also nice to let James spoil Cindy a little, as he wasn’t able to do so during the Depression years. And yeah, I laughed at James’ hairline too. If he’d not insisted on his hat, it wouldn’t be such a shock to everyone. But I think he knew that his best friends (and his youngest son) would give him a hard time about it so he kept a lid on it (so to speak) for so long
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[Spoiler (click to open)]OMG you totally made me cry with this chapter! Please, please let Nick come home!!!!
I love the way you worked in all of the major events of the war and everyone's reactions to them. So many things to cause worry...
YAY for Nick and Alice finally tying the knot!!! I'm glad he finally got it through his head that he should propose. And I'm glad they got married before he left. I feel terrible for Shirley. Walter is going to be kicking himself later. I know from your drabbles. ;)
Oh Danny. I am definitely worried about him as well. Especially since he is more likely to be in the thick of it.
Poor Dotty. I hope she figures out what she wants to do with herself. (Also I really hope that it's not Nick's grave that she'll be stopping at during her Grand Tour.)
Excellent chapter as always! I'm both dreading and looking forward to the War year chapters!
[Link to spoiler] Aw, I didn’t mean to make you cry. I imagine that I’ll be hearing a lot of pleas for safe homecomings until I’m done writing the war stuff. I tried to work in the events that people would be talking about, but still let the legacy stuff happen. There really was a lot to worry about.
I have been ready for them to get married FOREVER, considering I picked her out to be the next legacy spouse about this time last year. Yeah, Shirley’s pretty upset with Walter about not proposing at least, and Walter will be regretting he choice quite a bit.
Yeah, Danny’s going to be in the thick of things. Things in Europe were bad, of course, but I always got the impression that things in the Pacific were worse.
Dotty will drift a bit for a while, yes, but she’ll eventually find her calling. (And I’m not telling :P You’ll have to wait and see what happens).
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[Spoiler (click to open)]Just sitting here glowing over Nick and Alice's engagement and reminiscing about the dance that led us here. And I was handling the news of Plumbbob Harbor until they told Cindy and James. I just burst into tears, the painful kind that hurt your eyes and soul. How is it I can be so moved by a bunch of colorful pixels? Perhaps the Bradfords are more than fiction; they're like a facsimile for the real people who've gone through this, built our country for better or worse. I feel bad for Rosalie's beau and any man who wasn't eager to go out and fight. I think they're unfairly villainised for having other priorities but, se la vie ( ... )
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[Link to spoiler]It was quite a dance that led to their engagement. They’ve known each other since Nick’s first day as a child, and that’s a long time, both in game and in real life. It was definitely harder for me to write the scene where they tell James and Cindy. Well, at least for this generation the Bradfords are facsimiles for my grandparents in many ways; maybe that’s why you’re feeling so moved at the moment. I don’t necessarily think that there’s anything wrong with Bruce not wanting to go to war, but yeah, people who took that stance without a “legitimate” reason such as religious objections or medical issues were not looked upon well. It’s one of the things that I’m going to look at a little bit as the war progresses ( ... )
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This was so beautifully written!
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[Spoiler (click to open)] What a wonderful chapter! The wedding was gorgeous, and that horrible feeling of knowing Nick's having to go...
And then the departure scene. :(
This chapter was fantastic, looking forward to more! :)
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Thank you! The wedding was something I’ve been looking forward to for a while, and I wanted to make it nice as I knew it would be a pretty poignant moment with everyone knowing that Nick was leaving soon.
The departure scene was very hard to write and shoot.
Thanks for commenting!
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It was good. Very good.
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I loved that James got to follow through on the bet he made with Cindy all those years ago. Also I totally laughed at James' hairline. It's completely his fault that he's hidden it under a hat all these years.
The whole war stuff was interesting. I was kind of surprised at how much you sped up the action then I realized it kind of makes sense in terms of sim lifetimes. Alice was right that she didn't have a lot of time with her husband so no point in spending it mad.
I look forward to seeing what you have planned with the interludes.
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[Link to spoiler]I wanted James to admit he was wrong about the whole thing without actually having to say the words, and giving Cindy the coat (and the diamond ring) was a great way of doing so. It was also nice to let James spoil Cindy a little, as he wasn’t able to do so during the Depression years. And yeah, I laughed at James’ hairline too. If he’d not insisted on his hat, it wouldn’t be such a shock to everyone. But I think he knew that his best friends (and his youngest son) would give him a hard time about it so he kept a lid on it (so to speak) for so long ( ... )
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I love the way you worked in all of the major events of the war and everyone's reactions to them. So many things to cause worry...
YAY for Nick and Alice finally tying the knot!!! I'm glad he finally got it through his head that he should propose. And I'm glad they got married before he left. I feel terrible for Shirley. Walter is going to be kicking himself later. I know from your drabbles. ;)
Oh Danny. I am definitely worried about him as well. Especially since he is more likely to be in the thick of it.
Poor Dotty. I hope she figures out what she wants to do with herself. (Also I really hope that it's not Nick's grave that she'll be stopping at during her Grand Tour.)
Excellent chapter as always! I'm both dreading and looking forward to the War year chapters!
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Aw, I didn’t mean to make you cry. I imagine that I’ll be hearing a lot of pleas for safe homecomings until I’m done writing the war stuff. I tried to work in the events that people would be talking about, but still let the legacy stuff happen. There really was a lot to worry about.
I have been ready for them to get married FOREVER, considering I picked her out to be the next legacy spouse about this time last year. Yeah, Shirley’s pretty upset with Walter about not proposing at least, and Walter will be regretting he choice quite a bit.
Yeah, Danny’s going to be in the thick of things. Things in Europe were bad, of course, but I always got the impression that things in the Pacific were worse.
Dotty will drift a bit for a while, yes, but she’ll eventually find her calling. (And I’m not telling :P You’ll have to wait and see what happens).
Thanks for the comment!
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