Maxis Taste Dare 010: Formal makeover

[strange_tomato]

It's been a while since I actually participated in one of the maxis_taste dares (I did the makeover for Goopy and Sandy, but I never did get around to posting it). This one ties in nicely with my Christmasy mood, so I decided to go for it.

The challenge was to make over a couple (same sex apparently needing an opposite sex "chaperone" or some such thing :P),

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[smjoshsims]

The party looks AMAZING, ST. I love their outfits! And Beau is so adorable with his break dancing.

I love how Frances is on the outskirts, but watching at the same time. FRANNY FTW.

And Lucy's hair is GORGEOUS. Is it from XMSims?

[strange_tomato]

I love the breakdancing so much. If I ever get the next chapter off the ground, you'll see Beau learning it.

Yeah, Frances is the man. :D He wants to participate, though. As you can see, he's looking over at Beau, just queueing up interactions with him.

Hmmm... I'm honestly drawing a big blank on that hair retexture. I do think it's an XMSims mesh, but I don't know who did the texture. It's either Miki or Neena. I think. I wish they didn't have so many locations. I checked their lj pages, GOS, and MTS2... but maybe I missed something.

[xel_squirgle_ox]

I believe it's a retexture by me_emma_me, and I have it too. It's definitely now one of my favorite meshes bow but I don't know who to use it for! :P

[xel_squirgle_ox]

ugh, that "bow" wasn't supposed to be there. XD

[aledstrange]

"same sex apparently needing an opposite sex "chaperone" or some such thing"
rofl!! it sounds really bad, if u put like that! rofl
The idea was to include both makeovers (male and female), you could have done two couples as well ;)

Nice makeovers! :)
Love Frances and the place is beautiful!

[strange_tomato]

*snicker* Sorry, I'm kind of making fun there, aren't I? I guess I just question the reasoning for requiring both a male and a female, but it's just part of the cc hunt, right? I makes it more difficult?

It's not like I even play exclusively with gay sims, or anything or the sort. I'm just contrary. :P

Thanks. :) The set is just a bunch of the Holiday Stuff tossed together (I'm trying to get my money's worth - LOL), but I'm glad you like it.

[aledstrange]

Not much logic reasoning really, its just to add some challenge in the dare. One makeover for each gender. That was the idea.

But it could have been any couple, not only same-sex.
The challenge was to 'makeover a couple', assuming that is hetero in general, so only in case that anyone choose to go same-sex, the extra makeover (whatever single or an another couple) was required to cover for the missing gender. :)

[strange_tomato]

Yeah, I understand. ;) I know you were assuming that hetero was the default, though I don't really see that so much in the sims community. Many people use same-sex couples. There's a lot of variety, and it's good to see.

I guess my reaction is more to the whole idea of needing to include the two binary genders. Gender is... a vast and complicated topic, and one that tends to get me a little riled up. But that's neither here nor there... you allowed for particpants to "opt out" in various ways. They could even cover two "genders" with the same sex, if they wanted to.

Anyway, I was just stirring the pot. ;) No worries.

I see a spelling error above that I can't edit now... I makes it more difficult? should be It makes it more difficult?

[imsothenetgirl]

Well, now I need to use the fruit punch thing! I didn't know they crushed the cups on their heads!

Awesome pics!

[strange_tomato]

Yeah, it's a fun little interaction. I'm not sure if it's a random thing, or more likely to happen with certain personality types. I'm guessing the latter, but it seems odd for Frances to do it. He autonomously washes windows, so it seems a little odd for him to smash cups on his head too.

Thanks. I'm enjoying the widescreen format, though it would be tough to pull off a story post like that.

[mixreality]

Amazing! Love Frances, quietly getting drunk in the background, with the nutcrackers, lol. They all look so pretty!

(Those maxis-sclerified Phobia+Sahrha eyes are looking real good. Aaaah, what should I doo??)

[leskuh]

Omgosh Lucy! SO PRETTY! That is basically all I could think through this whole thing. Lucy's GORGEOUS and she always seems to give off some really extreme expressions. <3333

Lol at the dancing! And Frances' cup smashing skillz.

Beau and Lucy are my favorite BFFs.

ps Johnny's nutcracker vs those two nutcrackers? THIS IS A BATTLE THAT I MUST SEE.