#shwc

[strangetomato]

Cherry Bomb

I suppose if I wasn't sober, this bachelorette party would be a lot crazier," said Jaxy. "It's a far cry from what we did back at LFT."

“I'm enjoying the chill vibes,” said Zoe.

“Yeah, I’m sober, Zoe doesn't drink because of me, Ophelia's pregnant, Ripp is…” Jaxy paused, and looked around.

“Wait… where's Ripp?”

“Uhoh…," said Zoe, "Yeah, he hasn’t even touched these chips…”

“Zoe, where is RIPP??!!”

“I think you already know.”

“Ophelia???”

“I am so, so sorry.”

Can't stay at home, can't stay in school

Old folks say, "You poor little fool"

“Oh my god no.”

Down the streets I'm the girl next door

I'm the fox you've been waiting for!

"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!” 

Hello, daddy, hello, mom

I'm your ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb

Hello world I'm your wild girl...

I'm your ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!

"I just thought he was going to come out and do some half-assed strip tease."

"Zo, you know I always use my full ass."

"Okay, but why are you actually… good?"

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[rhoddendron]

I forgot how much I hate Ophelia Nigmos after reading that awful story that turned her into a total purity mary sue so now I have to decide if I kill her in my new Sims 2 game. Hah.

[chrisnewbie]

As promised, here is a random sampling of cut footage, outtakes, and other fun moments I happened upon while making "Just A..." story.

This image is that missing key transitional picture (*) I mentioned. I wanted to express the trio's similar obsession with teenage vanity over "looking cool." It got cut for space, obviously, but it's still not exactly right in the end anyway so getting cut was probably for the best here. :\ (Note to self: get better at photo editing. And sizing.)

In all my sim years, I've never seen Ripp's dialogue about getting dumped before. O_O

It happened when I had Ripp ask Ophelia out on a date, then while on the date she called Johnny to ask him out on a date. Ripp's date abruptly ended with the above dialogue pop ups.

Johnny can "Fly To School"!?!?!

(My biggest regret is that I thought to take a screenshot of this option but NOT actually choosing it in the end. D'oh. I tried to re-create it but I can't get the option back??)

Completely opposite to what I posted in the story, here's Ripp's natural reaction to Phi and Johnny approaching him.

It took me hundreds of tries to get that Johnny/Ophelia walk scene right, and in one of the failed attempts I caught a great Tank moment.

This is how I intended to start the story btw, very Simpsons-like for no particular reason.

Here's Johnny and Ophelia's reactions to Tank beating up Ripp at school. I thought about writing it in somehow (ie. changing the camera angle so you could see their faces), but I had to routinely remind myself that "Just A..." is Ripp's story. He doesn't get to know how Johnny/Ophelia feel about him until the end.

I really loved this shot and I'm so sad I couldn't fit it in. Note the Johnny calendar/SHWC easter egg. And chips on the floor. ;)

...and that pretty much concludes all the "extras" I have.

Thank you for your collective warm reception to my little song story. It was fun to get out, in the end, and now I'm suddenly inspired to play with the premades again. :)

[angelapleasant]

for the storytelling questions: 20, 25 & 28 ! :)

20. choose your favourite shot from your story so far

since i have so many Hermia Driving Ominously (which are my favorites haha), i picked another “style” of shot. i feel like this pic is so basic but to me it really exemplifies the gloomy/ dark mood i’m going for w the addition of being in strangetown (also my fav)

25. what inspirations have you drawn on for your story?

re: sims stories, definitely f&r because it encouraged me to want to do a story in the first place and got me more into the premades. this was originally just going to be a cordial backstory (which got reworked some and will now be included in sw). and of course shwc, since for me that was my original exposure to premades as a viable and interesting subject.

the biggest sims inspiration i have is obviously @emperorofthedark. like i feel like i say this constantly but i love her stories, the atmosphere is sooo good and honestly every time i’ve come back to the sims community (before having a story myself to keep me occupied lol) it’s been because i need to check for an update bc i want to find out what happens next LOL

for non sims stuff, i’ve always been super into horror. i don’t really like gore/ slashers, but a ghost story with a good twist (i love when the ghost is just like… tragic vs flat evil lol) or anything with “resurrection gone wrong” themes like pet sematery. some recent stuff i’ve really liked is haunting of hill house/ bly manor, midnight mass, the new interview with the vampire show, talk to me, stuff like that. (please whoever is reading this rec me horror books and movies lol)

and the dark side of fairy lore of course! when i was a kid i had this anthology of darker/ retold fairytales called “a wolf at the door” and i’ve been hooked on that kind of thing ever since.

also true blood, i know it’s goofy but it’s a comfort show i guess? for the inspiration for the tricou family’s backstory which will get written about at some point re: the grand vampires in NL are like, a vampire council. also the aesthetic of twin peaks/ true detective.

for music, tasseomancy, especially their albums ‘ulalume’ and ‘tasseomancy’ (that one was from when they were known as ghost bees) and promise and the monster’s ‘red tide’ album and the EPs from that era, and her ‘feed the fire’ album, the dear esther soundtrack, gazelle twin, a.a. bondy, timber timbre

28. if you could reproduce your story in another medium (movie, novel, comic, etc.) what would you choose and why?

tv show for sure! hour long, shorter seasons like hbo shows. i’m thinking it will end up being around 12~ chapters and i’m honestly writing it to be like that already, where i’m trying to do the scenes as if they were in a show (with a soundtrack and everything lol), where the images aren’t always straight depictions of the text but they compliment each other instead, if that makes sense.

ty for asking!!! i love talking about this thing lol. sorry i wrote so much 😂

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[cemeteryview]

This is right behind SHWC 🎶🥰

[mushi-and-junior]

album moodboards: Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) // The Smiths (requested by anonymous)

last night I dreamt that somebody loved me no hope, no harm; just another false alarm

[zdeno]

convinced that sebastian aho is the second coming of christ

[simnostalgia]

In case you were wondering, the Sims 3 does allow polyamory. It’s hard and requires effort to maintain (as in real life) but it’s possible

Yes, I love poly sims! I’m attempting to do a poly legacy but I don’t have mich time to do all the writing/editing that goes into legacies though so it’s on pause.

[strangetomato]

"It's What I Do."

"Zoe and Jasmine invited me to their bachelorette party."

"Don't call her Jasmine, okay, she hates that. Jax or Jaxy is good."

"Okay, sure. It was nice of them to ask me, though, don't you think? I bet that will be fun."

"Yeah, we'll have a great time."

"You're going?"

"Yeah of course I'm going."

"But you're a guy."

"Thanks for noticing."

"Are you sure they want you to go?"

"Yeah of course they want me to go."

"Isn't a bachelorette party supposed to be a girls thing?"

"Yeah... and me. Not only do they want me there, they expect me to show up and do something incredibly stupid. This is a fact. It's a bachelorette party! It's my duty to like hire a stripper or something. If I didn't they would be so disappointed."

"Are you sure?"

"Phi, listen. I am contractually obligated to be a fucking dumbass. You know this. That is what they expect. It's what I do. This is what I bring to the table. I'm giving a speech at the wedding, writing a whole song to play at their wedding, but also at the minimum I have to take my ass out or something at the bachelorette party. I don't make the rules!"

"I find it very hard to believe they haven't seen your ass before..."

"No, of course they have. Obviously that's just a placeholder."

"Wait, I've got it... Oh man, yeah I don't think they'd see that coming at all."

...

"... But I'm gonna need your help."

[yakumtsaki]

you're the pretty smartest captain of the team, I love you more than being seventeen ♪

[creidart]

welp I'm gonna play pre-made neighborhoods instead of making one bc I was inspired by SHWC hah

Also, I wanna play without custom hairs or hair defaults or, at least, only with cc that matches to ingame as much as possible

hehe updates is coming👀

P.S. I'm still want to start BACC one day and I'm still doing preparations for it I'm just changed my priority bc I love Maxis neighborhoods (and premade sims) so much

[chrisnewbie]

I had a dream where @strangetomato uploaded a bunch of SHWC content and I felt so lost/overwhelmed because how did I miss it? When did they publish it? I have to catch up quick - where is the beginning? I can’t find the update! Where is the update! And apparently everyone in the simblr world had read/seen it except me so I had irate fomo about it. 😵

Hope you’re doing well and life is treating you good, ST! <3

[lanoikrueger]

HADIAH UNTUK DIRI SENDIRI #lanoi #yeay #shwc #hotwheels #japanhistoric2 #nissan #greddy #jnc #butangbajukumanepah

[mrbelangv3]

: NOW LIVE!!! At Danga City Mall #johorbahru #johor #malaysia 17 Dec 2016. #sport #hobby #car #hotwheels . Racing Car Contest Exhibition #shwc #fita #southernhotwheels

[artsology]

Contemporary Native American pottery in a shop in Boulder, Colorado. Unfortunately there was no label, tag, or identification of the artist, but it certainly is a gorgeous and intricate design. #nativeamerican #nativeamericanpottery #pottery #geometricart #boulder #bouldercolorado #colorado #indigenous #ceramicart (at Boulder, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdUvHe-sHWC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=