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The Divine Feminine Legacy Challenge

Welcome to the Divine Feminine Legacy Challenge!

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Overview / Rules:

13 Generations : 12 Zodiacs / Ends in Divine Feminine

Must complete indicated career, aspiration, skills, and any other goals listed

Each generation has an associated color palette to integrate into their look and home

No money cheats allowed

Use any mods / cc as you wish to customize your gameplay

How to determine the next generation:

Strict Matriarchy: The Founder must be a woman. Only women are eligible to be named heir. Men cannot, under any circumstance, ever be the heir to the next generation. Matriarchy is key!

Bloodline: To be eligible to be named heir, a child must be able to trace an unbroken ancestry back to the founder

Heir Law: I will personally be using Democracy (aka asking followers/friends to chose the next heir); however, if this is not possible you are welcome to chose another method like first-born or the child with the highest relationship to the prior founder

**Any similarities between other TS4 challenges are purely coincidental – as of June 2022, this has not been fully played through so if you find any issues please let me know! I do have quite a few packs so apologies if this does not fully fit your game play; adjust as need be**

Enjoy your journey to the Divine Feminine!

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Generation: Aries (Red)

Plot: Typical Aries – doing what you want, when you want, and how you want it. Even as a kid, you were always taking risks and moving to the beat of your own drum, much to the turmoil of your household. While this has given your life a lot of…adventure, you often have a hard time making friends because of your fiery personality and sharp tongue. Your family has cut ties because their hearts couldn’t take one more screaming match. But a new “family” came along in time who knows exactly where you can fit in (specifically small bank vaults).

Traits: Hot-Headed, Kleptomaniac, Self-Assured

Aspiration: Public Enemy

Career: Criminal Career

Skills: Mischief, Fitness, Handiness

Other: Have 3 friends only and 3+ enemies / Marry a coworker as no one else understands your line of work

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Generation: Taurus (Pink)

Plot: While you definitely inherited your stubbornness from your Aries mother, there’s not much else that relates you two. Growing up in such a tumultuous, loud environment, you become increasingly risk-averse and prefer the company of your quiet garden over mom’s crime ring buddies. Being so set in your ways, you like routine and have worked hard at creating an oasis of calm and beauty.

Traits: Green Fiend, Loves Outdoors, Vegetarian

Aspiration: Freelance Botanist

Career: Gardener

Skills: Gardening, Wellness, Herbalism

Other: Maintain a thriving garden of 10+ plants including a cowplant / Take a yoga class every Sunday with your mom to try to instill calm into her life

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Generation: Gemini (Yellow)

Plot: You spent a lot of time on the internet researching for her mother – ‘how to create hybrid plants’ or ‘what to do if your cowplant eats you’. What was once a chore for mom, became an outlet for you. A world beyond the garden where people had thoughts, opinions, and could joke or argue behind the anonymity of a screen. Oh, you are GOOD at this! Finally real people to talk to aside from the queen of routine. Hopefully you won’t word-vomit all over your laptop.

Traits: Insider, Cheerful, Goofball

Aspiration: Friend of the World

Career: Social Media > Internet Personality

Skills: Charisma, Comedy, Research and Debate

Other: Maintain a blog or social media profile / Create your own club and regularly hold club meetings every week / Marry a club member

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Generation: Cancer (Silver/Gray)

Plot: Your first memory is when you set up a “free hugs” booth at your elementary school and was promptly teased for being too sensitive. Mom says you're an empath, but that memory was the first lesson in hiding her pain in the hopes of not burdening anyone else. You found art as a teen and slowly healed from the bullying you experienced as a child with art therapy. You finally realized that being an empath is a gift and should be spread to all.

Traits: Gloomy, Good, Art-Lover

Aspiration: Painter

Career: Doctor

Skills: Painting, Parenting, Logic

Other: Have two failed relationships due to your wanting to ‘fix’ this person / Adopt at least two children

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Generation: Leo (Orange)

Plot: While your mom’s life ambitions were incredibly altruistic, yours are a bit more glam. You want to be heard and seen. Spending your childhood watching Mom try to fix everyone was exhausting and you fully believe in self-care over anyone.

Traits: Ambitious, Self-Absorbed, Jealous

Aspiration: Master Actress

Career: Actress

Skills: Acting, Dancing, Singing

Other: Be nominated for the Starlight Accolades / Lose your acting career after a public breakdown

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Generation: Virgo (Green)

Plot: After your mom’s incredibly public breakdown, you were left to pick up the pieces as a teen – a task you are of course completely ready to handle. The first item to check off your never-ending list was to get them out of the media frenzy. The next, to start over in a new town. And once the list was done, it was time for another – 1) go to law school, 2) pass the bar, 3) clean up everyone else’s messes. A perfect task for a perfectionist, including your side hobbies of baking and bowling– more tasks that need perfect precision.

Traits: Perfectionist, Neat, Genius

Aspiration: Successful Lineage

Career: Law

Skills: Bowling, Writing, Baking

Other: Move neighborhoods as a teen and support parents until their death / Help your children with homework every night to ensure they grow up perfect like you

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Generation: Libra (Lavender)

Plot: You were perfectly happy following your mom’s expectations. It was actually nice for a while as making your own decisions is incredibly difficult. Like what to eat, what to say, where to live, what to study, who to date…it gets to a point where you are juggling multiple relationships because you don’t want to deal with a breakup. You throw yourself into a career as a food critic to avoid all that stress, but get fired as you give everyone five stars to not hurt their feelings.

Traits: Romantic, Foodie, Childish

Aspiration: Serial Romantic

Career: Critic > Food Critic > Restaurant Owner

Skills: Cooking, Gourmet Cooking, Mixology

Other: At level 6 of Food Critic career, leave job and purchase a restaurant / Once married, maintain two secret relationships

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Generation: Scorpio (Black)

Plot: You've always had a knack for getting to know what truly lies under someone’s skin. You figured it out from a pretty young age when waiting tables at your mom’s restaurant and being able to convince someone that they actually adore their meal, rather than send it back. When you interview at the bureau, the interviewer actually wept as you managed to uncover their traumas that they kept hidden deep in their subconscious. In short, you are the top dog for your uncanny ability to uncover the truth. Your only outlets are video gaming and fishing as they don’t require too much thought.

Traits: Loner, Bookworm, Paranoid

Aspiration: Neighborhood Confidante

Career: Teen > Barista / Detective

Skills: Video gaming, Charisma, Fishing

Other: Gain the workaholic lifestyle / Get divorced due to your one true love – work

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Generation: Sagittarius (Navy)

Plot: While you feel your detective mom is too attached to her job, you hop around like no one’s business. You want to see the world, try new things, and always be a better version of you. It started with a love of space but you got lonely without a library of books and how-to manuals around, so you switched over to the engineering field. Now there’s where the research is – but perhaps too dull? Maybe being a scientist would work out well, or an archaeologist would be pretty cool. Your mind moves so fast it’s hard to keep you up with even yourself sometimes!

Traits: Non-Committal, Adventurous, Bro

Aspiration: Renaissance Sim

Career: Astronaut > Engineer > Scientist

Skills: Robotics, Rocket Science, Archaeology

Other: Elope at a young age, separate, then find your way back together / Go on a jungle expedition

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Generation: Capricorn (Brown)

Plot: Your mom’s energy has always been way too much for you. You thrive on stability and cater to your own agenda. You’ve been a full fledged adult since the age of 3, and you don’t understand why everyone isn’t this way. Watching your mom go from career to career is genuinely painful to you. You’d much rather pour your energy into getting high marks on everything you set out to do and thrive on that little ‘good job’ you get from your boss every so often.

Traits: High Maintenance, Unflirty, Snob

Aspiration: Mansion Baron

Career: Business

Skills: Logic, Violin, Knitting

Other: Complete a collection / Marry someone in Military career as you appreciate their structure and regime

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Generation: Aquarius (Light Blue)

Plot: To you, intelligence is sexy. So why not go to the hottest place on Earth – university! You are obviously accepted into a distinguished degree and join the ranks in a secret society. Not so much for the community aspect – more so for the sake of arguing and convincing everyone of your incredibly niche views on the existence of vampires. Sometimes you wonder why no one wants to hang out, but at least you have your companion to rattle on to.

Traits: Geek, Mean, Cat Lover

Aspiration: Academic

Career: Education

Skills: Programming, Vampiric Lore, Guitar

Other: Own a cat and become companions / join University secret society / marry an academic rival

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Generation: Pisces (Green, Gray)

Plot: You’ve always felt intimidated by your very smart family. For them, hosting lively dinner debates on alien sightings was FUN. You’d rather melt away and be boundless on the Earth’s planes, being one with all realities. As soon as you can, you leave that suffocating family home and live simply on the land to further your dreamscape.

Traits: Animal Enthusiast, Child of the Ocean, Good

Aspiration: Outdoor Enthusiast

Career: Writer

Skills: Photography, Wellness, Piano

Other: Live on a simple living lot for all adulthood / Compete in Finchwick Fair competitions weekly

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Generation: Divine Feminine (White)

Plot: You are wise beyond your years – people describe you as intuitive, compassionate, creative, kind, and sensual. You live life to the fullest and are constantly present. You care deeply for your family, friends, animals and Mother Earth.

Traits: Family-Oriented, Music Lover, Creative

Aspiration: Friend of the Animals

Career: Conservationist

Skills: Pet training, Flower-Arranging, Cross-stitch

Other: Be a friend to bees - maintain a beekeeping box / Every week go to Sulani to clean up the beaches

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“She is so bright and glorious that you cannot look at her face or her garments for the splendor with which she shines. For she is terrible with the terror of the avenging lightning, and gentle with the goodness of the bright sun; and both her terror and her gentleness are incomprehensible to humans.... But she is with everyone and in everyone, and so beautiful is her secret that no person can know the sweetness with which she sustains people, and spares them in inscrutable mercy.” ― Hildegard von Bingen

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salientio · 8 years ago

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Why Yuri on Ice is so fucking important

I mean the obvious reason is canon queer couple who are supportive and deeply in love:

But there is a lot more as to why their relationship is so important.

Yuri struggles badly with anxiety, self esteem issues and I would argue depressive tendencies.

A lot of his coping techniques we see are similar to ones I employ or have employed

He cries alone, not wanting other people…not even his mom to know how much pain he’s in

He engages in physical activity when anxious probably because he can’t sit still (know the feeling which is made worse by not actually able to be active in my case)

He clearly has panic attacks

Later when Victor accidentally triggers Yuri’s feelings of worthlessness and inadequacy he shuts down completely which is a defensive strategy I am all too familiar with. It’s an attempt to keep from breaking down completely by going numb and withdrawing from the world around you even though it fucks things up even more.

but Victor in this case does the right thing and pushes Yuri just enough. He opens up and give Yuri space to come to him on his terms. When Yuri does talk it out with Victor he reveals his fear of appearing weak.

I used to be obsessed with this. I’m less so now and other negative thoughts have become stronger but for a long time I hated opening up about my thoughts or feelings and really hated anyone’s attempts to draw me out. My husband was the first one who could see past my attempts at pretending to be fine or to shut him out and instead managed to draw me out. He did it a similar way to Victor by just being there going “I know you’re not okay but I’m not going anywhere…talk to me about it please.” and that felt not like an intrusion or him feeling I was weak (and he told me he didn’t see me that way in the same way Victor does here) instead he was, like Victor here, a wall I could lean against.

Which leads me to Episode 7.

Here we have Victor fucking up big time. He thinks tough love might motivate Yuri and here’s the thing. That would have broken episode 4 Yuri but episode 7 Yuri knows Victor is lying and is pissed and hurt…but he says that. He feels strong enough to confront his lover (and they are lovers already by this point because come on!) and say clearly “You fucked up!”

This is so important because he calls Victor out on his fuck up and reveals his fears but at the same time is able to recognise it’s an irrational fear and that he does trust Victor’s feelings.

He is able to clearly talk back to his lover, declare his needs and Victor fucking listened which is also really important. He could have kept it going after all, he was looking to shatter Yuri’s heart as a motivational thing but as soon as it actually happened he backed down with a “I made a huge mistake!” reaction which is great and why I kind of love “I don’t understand humans” Victor.

But then we have Yuri’s thoughts during the program:

he’s not upset that Victor saw him cry or wondering what Victor thought of him because he’s okay with crying in front of Victor. He’s just glad he got the tension out of him. That’s a big deal and shows how much faith he has in Victor as a partner

In fact he even thinks Victor’s panic was a little funny which is huge growth.

Which is why we get the next bit:

He’s not blaming himself for their fight like I think he would have done in the past. He knows Victor fucked up and is able to see that. That’s a huge leap forward.

The tone he uses here is interesting because he’s acknowledging his issues without rancour or self hatred. Just a statement of fact that he has issues and it’s not news and he thinks Victor should be ready to handle it and is willing to see it’s not just his problem but Victor’s as well.

Yuri doesn’t skate perfectly here but he skates well and better then he expected because he got out what he needed to during the fight and now feels emotionally lighter for it. He’s still a little annoyed with Victor but he’s not angry, not really. He knows Victor is remorseful and doesn’t want to leave him so instead he thinks about getting his revenge by surprising Victor with the quad flip. He’s again thinking more about Victor and their relationship so that he manages to better in his routine then usual.

That’s a huge sign of both Yuri’s growth as an individual he’s able to recognise his anxiety and confidence problems and also recognise when his fears are irrational and still have faith that his boyfriend/coach will be there for him. He’s surprised by the kiss at the end I think because of the venue but that look at the end when they are so in love gets me every time.

I love that we have such a healthy dynamic between these two that even when one of them fucks up they fix it by communicating and are stronger for it.

That’s why it’s so important. Yuri’s growth as a person dealing with chronic anxiety and poor self esteem and the like is very very real and Victor is so good for him but he’s good for “I don’t know how to human” Victor who from what we’ve heard from other’s is not known for caring about other people. Christophe says it and Yakov says it. That he’s selfish…but that’s not what we see with Yuri. We see a Victor who is trying so hard but fucking up and then trying harder because he loves him so much.

God they are the best couple on tv ever

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