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Beautiful person award! Once you are given this award you are supposed to paste it in the ask of 8 people who deserve it. If you break the chain, nothing will happen, but it's sweet to know, someone thinks you're beautiful inside and out. ❤️

Thank you!  Right back at you, my friend. :D

holleyberry replied to your photoset:After checking the inventory, Malcolm excused...

I bet there’s some backlash from that conversation. I have a bad feeling about this Fleming guy.

He’s certainly a creep.  I wasn’t intending him to play this big a part, but (as often happens), things spun out of my control. We’ll have to keep an eye out for Fleming and whatever he’s up to.

holleyberry replied to your photoset:

Dear Mom and Dad, I got a surprising phone call...

One post a day is killing me! Haha!

Bwahahaha!  My evil plan is working!  

In truth, though, I’ll turn up the number of queued posts per day soon enough.  I’m glad you’re excited to see what happens next.  That tells me that I’m doing my job right.  :)

holleyberry replied to your photoset:In the end I was glad that Louis invited me...

Oh! Let them work, Flo!

That’s not going to happen, I don’t think.  For one thing, I have a rule that premades can’t marry each other in this first generation.  (The only exception is for the college students, who are encouraged to marry.)  I made the rule to avoid having to combine challenges, and because my game creates some pretty nice townies.  I also think that Gilbert and Florence work nicely as friends. 

If it makes you feel better, I went into the game and checked their chemistry. They have just one bolt.  There is a townie who Florence likes a lot better and who you’ll meet quite soon.  I don’t know about Gilbert yet, as I haven’t played his house, but I think he’ll find his Miss Right too.  

holleyberry replied to your photoset:The twins are getting ready for another day at...

It looks like they are racing to see who can finish their breakfast first.

Everything’s a competition with these two.  :)

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There are a lot of replies today, so I’ll hide them under the cut.  Thanks @didilysims, @holleyberry, @yakumtsaki, @penig, @gayars, and @squeezleprime for your feedback!  It’s great to know that you’re all reading. :)

On Jodie’s possible romantic choices:

didilysims replied to your photoset “Jodie also went out (because what one twin does, the other gets a...”

Dare to be different! I'm also digging the first guy's surfer dude look, so yeah, I'll root for him. ;)

I think in this case I will be different, unless Jodie makes it really clear that she wants to be with Pierce.  She didn’t seem as interested in dating as her brother, so I may put that off for her for a while and let her focus on her business.  But maybe surfer dude will turn out to have made an impression and we’ll see him again.  Who knows?

On upping the queue: 

holleyberry replied to your post “I’m finally upping the queue to post 3 times a day instead of just...”

I queue nothing. I think you'll be fine.

I’m sure I will. :) It really is just a mental quirk I have. 

Responses to Thoughts on the Larson round:

yakumtsaki replied to your photoset “Thoughts on Bluewater:  Larson Business Twins, Round 1 I’ll be...”

in my game i've made the larsons into hipster party animals and

yakumtsaki replied to your photoset “Thoughts on Bluewater:  Larson Business Twins, Round 1 I’ll be...”

* i actually enjoy letting them fail at their businesses lol like i make up little stories "today jason shows up drunk at work and fucks the whole thing up

Ha ha ha!  That’s a cool way to approach them.  I wouldn’t mind the failing, but none of it was really Jason’s fault.  I think a lot of it was my business lot design that didn’t work out...

penig replied to your photoset “Thoughts on Bluewater:  Larson Business Twins, Round 1 I’ll be...”

You need to shift the focus of the challenge to something more fun for you. Your first problem was the bickering - find a way for the competition to turn into a bonding. Also, let Jason have his disasters! If he's getting trounced in the business through bad luck while she's sitting pretty, that's a vector of change.

Thanks for the thoughts.  I’d be happy to let Jason have his disasters if they were really his fault and not mine, but like I said above, I’m pretty sure most of the issues were caused by me and my crappy business designing.  And a random lightning strike...

Honestly, it’s been a month or two since I played that round and went through all that frustration, and I think I’m getting over it.  Watching it play out again as the posts queued up, I started to enjoy the competition between the twins.  I want to watch their interactions on other lots and with other sims and see what happens there.  They may never learn to get along.  Some siblings don’t.  We’ll have to see what the future holds.

On who is winning between the twins:

gayars replied to your photoset “Which twin do you think is “winning”?  It’s a pretty close race.  ...”

The girl is prettier :D

If it was a competition for who was prettier, Jodie would totally win.  Although I think she and Jason are actually identical twins, so maybe the features just look better on a girl than a guy?  

squeezleprime replied to your photoset “Which twin do you think is “winning”?  It’s a pretty close race.  ...”

Jodie

I’d agree, although it is pretty close.  Jodie got the reporter, though, and the award, so that did push her into a lead just a bit.  We’ll see what happens next time, I guess!

Thanks for all the replies, guys!  I really appreciate it.  The Jacquet round starts tomorrow and I am so excited for you guys to see it!  I seriously have not had that much fun playing in Bluewater since the Landgraab round!  :D

holleyberry replied to your photoset “Yves!  There you are!  Where on earth have you been?  I’ve been...”

I've never seen the bunny.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen him except when I summoned him (by making a sim’s social need bottom out).  In game, Denise actually fought the bunny and kicked his butt, but it didn’t seem appropriate for the story I was telling.  

holleyberry replied to your photoset “Denise got up the next morning, showered, dressed, and walked out into...”

Your boy is already on it, Denise. You'd be proud of him.

katrisims replied to your photoset “Denise got up the next morning, showered, dressed, and walked out into...”

I hope Denise is feeling a little better at least!

didilysims replied to your photoset “Denise got up the next morning, showered, dressed, and walked out into...”

Good girl, Denise. :)

Denise is over the worst of her grief, I think.  Yves’s ghost coming in and scaring her kind of jolted her back to reality.  She’s still upset (obviously) but I think she’s got a goal or two now, and Denise with a goal is a force to be reckoned with.  She’ll pull through. :)

@holleyberry - Nope, you didn't miss it. :) It never happened. I cheated Cyd into a werewolf in order to set up the challenge. I always felt like he should have been a werewolf, since he came with the Pets expansion, so now he is one. He doesn't mind. :)

holleyberry replied to your photo:@holleyberry - Nope, you didn’t miss it. :) It...

Okay, cool. I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss it. In fact, I think I remember you mentioning that with their description.

No worries!  I probably did mention it at some point, but it might have been a while ago.  No harm in asking. :)

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holleyberry replied to your photoset “I sent Chester down to the electronics store to “sell” his robots to...”

How does gifting them monetarily help Chester?

Well, it would help him if I remembered to actually put money into his account for “selling” the robots to the electronics store.  (I meant to do that, but I don’t think I actually did.  Thanks for the reminder!)

holleyberry replied to your photoset “Cyd found the third map!  I don’t think he made it quite to the...”

Three Lakes! Bigfoot!

Your vote has been noted.  I’m waiting to see if Cyd has a particular want to go to one location or another.  Otherwise I think Three Lakes would be a good starting place.  (It’ll help Chester out too, since he needs to meet Bigfoot.) Thanks!

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Thanks, everybody, for your amusing reactions to the Landgraab drama! The round ends this week and there’s only more drama to come. I look forward to your reactions!

Replies under the cut for @didilysims, @katrisims, @raptorsims, @holleyberry, @foxglovesims, and simminginsilence. I eagerly await your reactions to the end of the round. :)

On Alien Abductions

didilysims replied to your photo “Mwah-ha-ha-ha!  I was hoping for an alien abduction at a certain...”

Checo? I'm trying to guess by the house, but I don't remember Bluewater houses well enough... But congrats on the aliens! :D

It wasn’t Checo, although I’d like to get him abducted at some point too.  We’ll see what’s in his random generator this round. 

I think the house in the background there was actually Malcolm’s house (although he wasn’t the lucky abductee either; that could be fun), but that wouldn’t have given you much of a clue.  The Delarosa, Tinker, Ramirez, and Larson houses are all across the street from the Manor, although you’d have a time seeing it from the Larson house. 

On Abby and Malcolm

katrisims replied to your photoset “2 am. Abby slipped out of the bed and dressed as quietly as she could....”

Ow! I was really not expecting this. Poor Malcolm!

raptorsims replied to your photoset “2 am. Abby slipped out of the bed and dressed as quietly as she could....”

Noooooo

holleyberry replied to your photoset “2 am. Abby slipped out of the bed and dressed as quietly as she could....”

Ugh!

foxglovesims replied to your photoset “2 am. Abby slipped out of the bed and dressed as quietly as she could....”

:o

katrisims replied to your photoset “7 am.  “Good morning, beau–Abby?”   The bed beside him was empty. ”

:(

simminginsilence replied to your photoset “7 am.  “Good morning, beau–Abby?”   The bed beside him was empty. ”

That is just so sad.....

didilysims replied to your photoset “He looked for Abby, but she wasn’t in the house.  She must have gotten...”

I watching through a little slit between my fingers, hands over the eyes.

Poor, poor Malcolm.  I’ve really been quite mean to him.  He needs hugs.  

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Replies on Malcolm and the newspaper article below the cut for @penig​, @didilysims​, @katrisims​, @raptorsims​, and @holleyberry​. The Landgraab round ends this weekend! Thanks so much for all the feedback! :)

didilysims replied to your post “Emotion Prompt: Hurt”

Poor Malcolm. I wonder what other newspaper readers' reactions are to this story. Any forthcoming Letters to the Editor?

I don’t know. Malcolm doesn’t actually have a lot of friends in Bluewater.  He has a lot of customers, but he’s spent the majority of his time outside of work getting to know Abby.  I don’t know that anyone in town will feel strongly enough about this to write a Letter to the Editor.  (How sad is that?)

penig replied to your photoset “What the hell?”

She wrote that fast! The autobiography must have an index.

I think Abby probably had most of the article written up beforehand.  She had to do some fact checking (hence the autobiography) and she needed the quotes from Malcolm, but the rest could be written and saved until she could fill in the blanks.  She also had Mr. Fleming the lawyer as a source (as revealed in today’s post). This whole thing has been cooking for a while.  

katrisims replied to your post “Emotion Prompt: Hurt”

Poor Malcolm. He so didn't deserve this.

holleyberry replied to your post “Emotion Prompt: Hurt”

This was so heartbreaking. Poor Malcolm.

didilysims replied to your post “THE BLUEWATER HERALD”

Hoo boy

katrisims replied to your post “THE BLUEWATER HERALD”

Oh no, that wasn't nice at all. :(

raptorsims replied to your post “THE BLUEWATER HERALD”

Nooooo Abby pleeeease

katrisims replied to your photoset “What the hell?”

Oh dear...

holleyberry replied to your photoset “What the hell?”

Poor Malcolm.

Poor, poor Malcolm indeed. He needs a hug, poor guy! I’d promise that it’ll all work out for him in the end, but I honestly don’t know that. I haven’t planned or played past this round. I do prefer happy endings, though, so I suspect things will get better eventually. 

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I’m trying to get better about replying to replies, so here are some more for @holleyberry, @penig, and @sweetpea928.  I also want to let @dunne-ias know that I see you going through the Kat household posts from Round 1.  You’re nearly caught up!  You can do it!

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Oh my! Who possibly could have written that last letter? I'm super curious now.

I have a few ideas.  ;)  We might get to see one potential writer this round (we’ll see where that goes) but I figured that would be a valid response to the article for a certain kind of girl.  I mean, Malcolm went around town looking for a date but I don’t think he mentioned the “I am very rich and live in a mansion” thing right off the bat.  There are women out there for whom that is a big turn on and some of them live in Bluewater. 

penig replied to your post “Letters to the Editor”

If they print any of those, Malcolm should feel a lot better. Also, prostituting oneself for a story is highly unprofessional.

Yes it is.  It is very unprofessional.  I honestly don’t know how much of what Abby did was genuine and how much was just for the story, but it doesn’t really matter.  Unless her uncle pulls some strings or something, I don’t know how much longer she’ll be working at The Bluewater Herald. (I’m pretty sure her editor is also in big trouble, letting one of his reporters use those methods and then print a story like that.)

sweetpea928 replied to your post “Letters to the Editor”

I'm so mad at Abby right now...

holleyberry replied to your photoset “9 am. Bluewater Herald offices. “Bluewater Herald. This is Abigail...”

*Resists using a derogatory word to describe Abby*

I am torn between laughing evilly and completely agreeing with you guys.  I had fun setting up the plot twist, but I also had fun writing the angry letters in that set and letting out a bit of my feelings on the matter. 

penig replied to your photoset “9 am. Bluewater Herald offices. “Bluewater Herald. This is Abigail...”

The plot thickens!

Indeed!  ;) Now I just need to figure out what happens after this.  (I have the rest of Round 2 to figure it out, I guess...Anyone have ideas?)

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penig replied to your photoset

Shared pregnancies are so cute!

Aren’t they?  It gets cuter.  :D

holleyberry replied to your photoset

He looks so happy!

He makes me smile.  He is a giant dork, but I love him. 

holleyberry replied to your post: Darn it!

XD I thought I was so behind!

Ha ha!  Nope!  The queue is still set at 1 post a day, so it’s just finishing up the Ramirez round right now.  

holleyberry replied to your photoset “And we’ll end the round with a hint of things to come. ;-)”

I'm curious what a baby from these two will look like. I always thought Tessa was a good blend of them. An offspring EAxis did right.

I did have them have a baby last time, Maria, and she turned out pretty cute. I agree that Tessa is a good blend of her parents, possibly one of the few who actually was.  I’m excited to see what this new baby ends up looking like.  

@holleyberry - That’s a good idea.  I usually do have my sound up, etc. but I’m almost always listening to something in addition to my game.  I’ll have to remember to turn off everything else and pay attention next time.  Thanks for the tip!

@didilysims and @penig - I’m not sure what the reason is for Cyd not getting a massage. My guess - at least from a gameplay perspective - is that it’s just not programmed in for werewolves to be able to get massages.  But storywise, maybe the masseuse does have an actual issue with Cyd.  I don’t think he minded too much, honestly.  Cyd is fairly laidback for the most part (even if he is a werewolf).  He just wants to experience as much of life as he can. 

@sweetpea928 - Agreed!  I think smelling like wet dog would be one reason Cyd really wants to cure his lycanthrophy, even though technically he’s a knowledge sim and is okay with it.  I hate the smell of wet dog, though, so I might be a bit biased. 

Just a couple of

didilysims replied to your photoset “This is going to be a long one, mostly because I have credits to give...”

A hunky firefighter showing up is a boost to any party score!

True.  I’m sure some of the ladies there were thrilled to see a firefighter!  It was like having a special guest! 

holleyberry replied to your photoset “Robert:  Son, I’m sorry I didn’t acknowledge your good grades right...”

I'm sure you know the broken robots can be "repaired".

Yep.  I’m not sure if Robert will think to do that, or if Justin will have to try doing it himself when he gets a bit older.  On the other hand, Robert has a robot badge now, so hopefully no more of his creations will be broken. 

Lots of replies under the cut, because I’m just now catching up and because you guys are amazing!  I loved seeing all your thoughts on the Bachelor challenge so far.  Keep them coming, and I will try to keep up!

beaella9 replied to your photo “This is the end of the queue for now.   Bluewater Challenge will...”

Enjoy the break. I totally get that! I look forward to more Bluewater :) I really enjoy your posts. BTW, always wondered... did you create the challenge yourself?

Thanks ! I...kind of created the challenge?  I didn’t make up all the mini challenges the families are playing through by any means.  The only ones that were my idea are the Ten Kids Challenge and the business challenge the Larsons are doing.  All I really did was decide which family was going to play each challenge.  It was mostly a way to keep myself a bit more interested in each household in the neighborhood while I played.

katrisims replied to your photoset “Day One:  Meet and Greet Malcolm tries to get to know the ladies....”

That just means Malcolm has some sense in his head! I'm a little wary in general, there were maybe two potentially likeable candidates based on the interviews... Well, Malcolm is up for some interesting times, that's for sure!

The contestants were chosen based on their potential chemistry with Malcolm and their potential to get the show views.  I’m not sure how the calculation worked on those, but at least Malcolm will have some interesting choices.  Right?

katrisims replied to your photoset “Bachelor Challenge Day 1:  Meet the Contestants Cynthia:  Next up we...”

Eek. I would definitely be running if I was Malcolm!

holleyberry replied to your photoset “Bachelor Challenge Day 1:  Meet the Contestants Cynthia:  Next up we...”

I agree with Peni.

penig replied to your photoset “Bachelor Challenge Day 1:  Meet the Contestants Cynthia:  Next up we...”

Run, Malcolm, run!

penig replied to your photo  “Coming soon on SBC - a new season of The Bachelor, featuring Bluewater...”

Pretty sure they can't do this without his consent.

Now come on, guys.  It looks to me like Malcolm is ready for this.  You don’t see him complaining, do you? (Seriously, though, all will be explained by the end of the month.  For now, just enjoy the ride!)

sweetpea928 replied to your photo

I love this. So much!

simsllama replied to your photoset “Meet the Contestants Cynthia: And last, but certainly not least, we...”

Omg I'm so excited

sweetpea928 replied to your photo “Coming soon on SBC - a new season of The Bachelor, featuring Bluewater...”

I am so so excited.

holleyberry replied to your photoset “Luckily Malcolm’s neighbor, Cynthia Kim (of Futuristic Family fame)...”

Go Sharon!

sweetpea928 replied to your photoset “Malcolm Landgraab is the handsome, wealthy heir to the Landgraab...”

Yessss!!!

youdonelostyourmind replied to your photo “Coming soon on SBC - a new season of The Bachelor, featuring Bluewater...”

Ahh! Love it!!

delicatesoul88 replied to your photoset “Round 2 is finally, finally over!  It feels like it’s taken forever,...”

Love it! There's a lot happening!

I’m so glad you guys are enjoying this!  I like seeing you root for your favorites too!  Don’t be shy about telling me who you want to win!