#Aspiration and Trait Sheet Calculator

[simgigglegirl]

Hey there! I was wondering if you'd ever consider updating your aspiration calculator to include a LTW calculator? With lamare's new LTWs/the LTW chooser, it means we could have a setup a little bit similar to ts3, and might help to make sims even more unique?

Hey @goldenbloodytears

I did have a plan once to make an LTW calculator once I started using Lamare's ltw mod, however in time I thought it would have been too much work for something that others wouldn't be interested in.

Maybe after I one day fix up the trait calculator design to become more user-friendly then I'll give some thought to doing a LTW calculator. 😊

[belaephemeral]

The night sky is coloured with you.

Pairing: Kaveh x Reader (gender neutral)

Author’s Note: A little oneshot to guide my favourite architect back home. Good luck pulling for him! <3

Inspired by Love Paint (every afternoon) - NU’EST (my POV Kaveh playlist).

Pressing a chaste kiss against the nape of his neck, you carefully pull and tug free the silky blond locks secured by the rouge ribbon in his hair. 

You pull away to catch him stir from his abrupt nap atop his work desk once again, murmuring nonsensical mutterings into his arms, which he’s propped his head up on, and snuggling into numerous large sheets of drawings and calculations beneath him. Surely, you hope he isn’t drooling onto the plans he’s worked so painstakingly hard on as he shows no signs of rousing from his beauty sleep nor do you have the heart to disturb his well-deserved cat nap. 

Slowly, you gather his curled form into your arms to carry him into his bedroom. Just as you tuck his head into your chest and secure your hold on his lithe frame, you steal a glimpse into the leather-bound notebook open and sprawled on the table. Little remarks and minuscule doodles line the margins of each page, making you chuckle briefly but your amusement bubbles into one of admiration. It happens as a gust of wind left open in the study room flips the book to a spread of graphite depictions of yourself. Your lips curled up and your heart swelled at the thought of how meticulous he was to get every plane and angle of your face just right or how much attention he truly pays attention to your features to capture the way your eyes wrinkle as you beam or the beauty mark you figured many haven’t noticed. 

To Kaveh, you’re his muse, his inspiration and his purpose. he dreams of capturing your beauty in every medium, style and art form. He wants to portray your tenacious character, your gorgeous features and your irresistible disposition, all endearing traits he adores you so much for. He aspires to paint his undying love into your being. Although, the latter is an issue for another night. At least in his dreams, he is able to do the same. Perhaps, when he isn’t too busy with his projects, he’ll turn those dreams into reality.

Planting your lips on the crown of his head, you step away from the graphite drawings and pages of proportions and measurements to exit the study room. You’re intent to bring him back to his room for some proper rest and back into your arms and embrace - back to a place where he’s safe and loved. A place that will always be there for him once he closes his eyes to the rising moon and opens his eyes to greet the morning sunrise. Unfailingly, you’ll always be there no matter what - because he’s everything you could have ever wanted and more. And you’ll protect that, protect him from anything that seeks to hurt him. As long as you’re here, by his side and in his arms, you won’t let anyone take him away from the life he deserves no matter what.

Because luck or not, fate has guided him to you. And who are you to deny the path destiny has carved for the both of you?

EXTRA:

A faint yip resounds throughout the room as it’s swiftly followed by a cacophony of pitter-pattering paws against cold tile floors. One by one, you watch astounded by the sudden barrage of beige and ochre fur leaping onto the bed and treading through the undulating plains of sage green blankets and pillows. Eventually, the three critters, who’ve slowly begun to invade your territory, knead the plush material underneath their forms before circling, and nestling into their designated sleeping spot.

You chuckle at their ministrations, playfully whispering “Hey, leave some space for me!” as they peacefully lay around the dozing blond. The three adorable desert foxes surround your beloved, as though guarding him as he descends into dreams and cuddling into his form for warmth during this chilly night in Sumeru City.

As you draw the covers over your body, you lean over to brush Kaveh’s locks back and place one last kiss against his temple. “Sweet dreams, my love. I’ll see you in the morning.”

[aorticsims]

Kinda biggish update to my aspiration calculator

I know it's only been out for about a day or two, but I've added three other calculators which use the first sheet as a baseline:

One True Hobby Calc. - uses interests and personality to decide what hobby a sim should have. Includes the 4 extra hobbies from MissyHissy's Hobby Mod for those who want to recreate their TS2 saves in TS4.

TS4 Child Aspiration Calc. - another TS2t4 calculator for those who want to recreate their TS2 saves in TS4 but can't decide what aspiration to give their child sims. Uses interests only, as child sims can't have grown up aspirations.

3t2 Traits Calc. - originally by simgigglegirl, I took their 3t2 trait calculator and adjusted it to my aspiration calculator.

Note about the input values: you only need to input the values of your Sims in the first sheet in order to see the calculations in the other sheets. I did that so you don't have to repeatedly jot down every value in each spreadsheet.

[plumbtales]

Sims 2 Aspiration Calculators

I wanted to know how the different aspiration calculators out there compared to each other,

I decided to find the available aspiration calculators I know of and calculate what 1st and 2nd aspirations the sims from Pleasantview would have according to the calculators. 

I choose the Pleasantview premades since most people know of and have opinions about the premades’ personalities. So it would be easy for people to decide which calculator they think fits their idea of the premades the most.

Toddlers and children can’t have any other aspiration except Grow Up but I decided to just go ahead and calculate them anyway for the sake of it.

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@pleasantsims Secondary Aspiration Calculator (No Grilled Cheese Version)

Calculates only interests

Counts high interest in sci-fi as a Pleasure aspiration trait instead of Knowledge aspiration trait

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@simgigglegirl’s Aspiration Sheet

Calculates interests + personality + zodiac sign + one true hobby

Calculates 3t2 traits from the Traits Project

Includes the Grilled Cheese aspiration

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@belladovah’s Aspiration Calculator

Calculates interests + personality

Has a separate calculator for YA/teen sims, where high interest in school counts to Knowledge aspiration instead of Family aspiration

Allows negative aspiration scores

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Sophie the puffin’s Aspiration Calculator

Calculates interests + personality

Divides every aspiration into 2 subcategories with descriptions for each subcategory

Renders some aspirations impossible if certain interests & personality points are too low/too high

Suggests fitting LTW’s for every subcategory

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@delijume-sims​' Aspiration Calculator

Calculates interests + personality

Divides every aspiration into 2 subcategories (inspired by Sophie the puffin’s calculator)

Also calculates OTH, favorite music etc.

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@aorticsims​ Aspiration Calculator

Calculates interests + personality + OTH + zodiac sign

Includes creativity and power aspiration (accomodates a mod for TS4)

Sims that roll the same thing for 1st & 2nd aspiration will only get a primary aspiration

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Pleasantsims/ Sophie the puffin / BellaDovah / Simgigglegirl:

Delijume-sims:​

AORTiCSims:

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REALLY LONG  CHARACTER  SURVEY. RULES. repost ,   don’t  reblog !    tag 10 ! good  luck ! TAGGED. I took this from Minnie’s archived Bioshock blog. I’ve been looking for this meme all this month. TAGGING. @hammurabicomplex. @bluuxriising. @ Me - for Sal on @bulletsoverbensonhurst​. @immaterialed (charlie) @soypeor (bella) @svmmercmance​. @mrflayed. and you!

BASICS. FULL  NAME :  Eve Delores Littlejohn NICKNAME : Evie, Little Evie (by her maternal side of the family), Delores, Didi NAME  MEANING / S  Eve is from the ancient Hebrew name  חַוָּה (Chawwah), which was derived from the Hebrew word חָוָה (chawah) meaning "to breathe" or the related word חָיָה (chayah) meaning "to live". Delores is a variant of Dolores, meaning "sorrows", taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary María de los Dolores, meaning "Mary of Sorrows." Littlejohn is a surname that has historically been found in England and Scotland. With potential origins being either ‘to distinguish a beloved child that was not the eldest.’ Or, ‘a contradictory nickname for a large man.’ HISTORICAL  CONNECTION? : She’s named after her grandmother, Evelyn Hollins.

AGE : 42 BIRTHDAY :  June 2 ETHNIC  GROUP : Black-American. Meaning she’s mixed with a lot (Some of her relatives are respectively Creole and Italian) but uses Black as a catch-all term. NATIONALITY :  American LANGUAGE / S : English, Italian, Spanish, Latin, some French SEXUAL  ORIENTATION :   Bisexual ROMANTIC  ORIENTATION :  Biromantic RELATIONSHIP  STATUS : Verse dependent, usually married -or connected- to Salvatore Scozzari in some way. CLASS : Upper-Class HOME  TOWN / AREA :   Brooklyn. Spent time between Bedford-Stuyvesant - with her paternal grandfather and Park Slope - with her maternal grandparents.  CURRENT  HOME : In her childhood home in Bedford-Stuyvesant. PROFESSION : Ballet Instructor. Former Professional Ballerina. ( Other verses see her as a professional thief. )

PHYSICAL. HAIR : Black. In terms of her natural hair, Eve has springy, 3C hair she seldom shows off because she was raised in a family where straightened hair was deemed presentable and professional.  EYES : Thin almond eyes. Dark brown. NOSE : Straight and small. FACE :  She has a prominent, high forehead, that’s accented with high cheekbones and a pointy chin. LIPS :  Full. COMPLEXION : She has a light brown (tawny) complexion.  SCARS : None major. TATTOOS : None. HEIGHT : 5′4″ BUILD : Eve has a slender build. One of those people who have been small and petite since childhood. Despite this, she also stays skinny because she is obsessively conscious of the food she consumes. The older she gets the more she weighs, however. USUAL HAIR STYLE :  Her hair is cut short. Reaching her shoulders in a neat, even bob. She either curls it in a retro fashion or curls the tips. For work she wears it in a traditional, pinned bun. USUAL FACE LOOK : In public, she appears stoic for the most part. Any emotion shown (such as the length of a smile) is carefully calculated. She has to seem perfect.  USUAL  CLOTHING : Form fitting dresses. Incredibly chic and fashionable for the time. Shoes include heels - never open-toed, unless she has on stockings. Extravagant earrings. Jewelry that can include either necklaces, crosses, pearls, or dainty rings. Prone to wearing black sunglasses in public.

PSYCHOLOGY. FEAR / S : Thunderstorms, airplanes, creatures like weasels, snakes and ferrets, break-ins, men she doesn’t know, harm coming to her children ASPIRATION / S :  Formerly wanted to become a major [black] ballerina in the elite world of ballet, now she just wants to expose more [inner city children] to dance through her job. Personally, she wants her children to change the world in some form or fashion, too. Eve also has good ideas on improving the community, but at the moment has no idea how to go about these ideas. POSITIVE  TRAITS :  Generous, compassionate, patient, protective NEGATIVE  TRAITS : Strict, sullen, hard to read, represses her emotions, secretive MBTI :  Advocate - INFJ-T ZODIAC :  Cancer TEMPERAMENT :  Melancholic ANIMALS :  Lioness VICE / S :  Pride & Lust FAITH : Christian. Grew up Baptist, but Catholic influences have been around her since childhood. Attended a Catholic High School in Park Slope, her grandmother Evelyn was also a practicing Catholic.  GHOSTS ? : Yes and no. She feels that objects formerly owned by the deceased posses the essence of their previous owners and that they essentially live on through these pieces of property. AFTERLIFE ? : Yes. REINCARNATION ? :  No, but it’s a romantic concept. ALIENS ? : No. POLITICAL  ALIGNMENT :  Democratic ECONOMIC  PREFERENCE :  She likes being where she’s at now. But honestly, being upper class is all she’s ever known. SOCIOPOLITICAL  POSITION : Bourgeoisie, basically. The Littlejohn’s represent The Historical Black Elite.  EDUCATION  LEVEL : College level. FAMILY.

FATHER :  William ‘Bill’ Littlejohn MOTHER : Linda Littlejohn ( nee Hollins ) SIBLINGS : None EXTENDED  FAMILY : Amos Littlejohn (paternal grandfather) Liza Littlejohn (paternal grandmother) Evelyn Hollins (maternal grandmother) Giuseppe D’Aietti (maternal grandfather) and a wide host of cousins, aunts and uncles.

FAVOURITES. BOOK :  Night Song by Beverly Jenkins. The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Some sort of old, French erotic novel that was published before she was born. MOVIE : Eve watches films along the lines of...Waiting to Exhale, Beaches, The First Wives Club and Fatal Attraction. She loves Made-For-TV movies from the time period. In regards to plays, her favorite one is Sunday In The Park With George. 5  SONGS :  Meet Me On The Moon / Essence of Sapphire / No One In The World / People / The First Time I Saw Your Face  DEITY :  Persephone  HOLIDAY : New Years Eve, Christmas, Thanksgiving. Major holidays during the colder season. MONTH :  October SEASON :  Autumn PLACE :  The dance studio she works at. WEATHER : Sunny, but cool. SOUND : The voices of Anita Baker and Sarah Vaughn. A skilled hand running over piano keys. Soft trumpets. Running water. Cats making chipper little meows. SCENT / S :  Perfume, floral scented lotions, her partner’s cologne TASTE / S :  Caramel, the tang of dark chocolate, strawberries coated with either chocolate, or sprinkles of white sugar. Light Vinegar.  FEEL / S : Performing in front of an audience. Hot water engulfing your skin after a long day. Satin - whether it be the fabric of her clothes or sheets, your fingers tightly intertwined with another’s, feeling your significant other’s chest raise and lower against your skin with each breath they take. ANIMAL / S : Cocker Spaniels, Afghan Hounds, Cats, Birds - she loves all ( well, a majority ) of animals. NUMBER :  Doesn’t have one. COLOR :  White, Pink, Gold.

EXTRA. TALENTS :  Dance, Eve is trained in ballet when it comes to her main verse. She has attended ballet classes since the age of eight and ever since then she placed all of her focus into it. Similarly, Eve has always had the makings of a good artist - as a child she enjoyed drawing and had informal art lessons with a man who lived in the basement of her grandfather’s brownstone, but she never invested into that half of her. BAD AT : Singing, Being interviewed, Public Speaking (as in Speech Giving), Decision Making TURN  ONS :  Charisma, Leadership Skills, Temperature Play, Phone Sex, Heavy Kissing, Light Roleplay TURN  OFFS :  Public Sex, Tearing [ Her ] Clothes, Threesomes, Cruelty, Senseless Violence HOBBIES :  viewing plays & some musicals, reading romance novels, shopping, working out (she was into the whole celebrity VHS tape exercise trend), playing tennis, decorating AESTHETIC :  Vintage Black Glamour, Black Ballerinas, Champagne and Wine Glasses, Paintings by Melinda Byers and Edward 'Clay' Wright QUOTES :  "I'm bad with words, I hope you're good in reading eyes." / "There are truths I haven't even told God. And not even myself. I am a secret under the lock of seven keys."

FC INFO. MAIN  FC / S : Lynn Whitfield ( A Thin Line Between Love & Hate ) ALT  FC / S : Kylie Bunbury ( Twisted ) OLDER  FC / S :  Lynn Whitfield ( Greenleaf ) YOUNGER  FC / S : N/A VOICE  CLAIM / S : Lynn Whitfield

MUN QUESTIONS.

Q1 :   if  you  could  write  your  character  your  way  in  their  own  movie ,   what  would  it  be  called ,  what  style  would  it  be  filmed  in ,  and  what  would  it  be  about ?       A1 : Recently I decided that if/when I try to write anything serious about Eve again, it’ll center on her being a jewel thief because it presents me more fun, and emotionally diverse, opportunities. That and I have a very specific cover image in my mind. Ideally, her adventures would be a series of books. I have no title in mind, no idea about how ‘it would be filmed’ ( although a style replicating 90s films would be excellent, film grain and all. ) but, I do have a bunch of plots in mind that I really don’t feel like typing out here.  

Q2 :   what  would  their  soundtrack / score  sound  like ?         A2 :  Her score would have a vintage sound (or a jazzy Spike Lee sound, if you will) with instrumentals by Dorothy Ashby (a Jazz Harpist) the Ahmad Jamal Trio, Pharaoh Sanders, Yusef Lateef and Tarika Blue. For music with lyrics, the soundtrack would include the likes of Julie London, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, and Dionne Warwick.

Q3 :   why  did  you  start  writing  this  character ?   + Q4 :   what  first  attracted  you  to  this  character ? A3 :  Whenever I make NPCs for my character’s lives I actually can’t just let them just be NPCs. I start thinking about them too much. Developing them too much. And then I’m like, ‘wow! I really like this character!’ Eve was a different character when I began writing her, and likely wouldn’t be considered the same character as she was previously, if I told someone in real life who knows about my writing (like my grandma) about all the changes she has undergone. Originally Delores was a university professor, because I thought it could lead to interesting interactions with college-age muses. And her previous history with the mafia was also something interesting to tap in. But then I started thinking about what was realistic, what wasn’t realistic, what did I feel comfortable/interested writing? What didn’t I feel comfortable/interested in writing?  So as time went on, things would alter about this character. And the new things I came up with attracted me more. 

Q5 :   describe  the  biggest  thing  you  dislike  about  your  muse.         A5 :  I have a love/hate relationship with Eve’s quiet demeanor. On one hand, I think quieter characters need love and the ability to be fully dimensional but on the other hand, writing louder characters has always been more fun for me. But really, Eve’s guarded behavior makes writing her stressful in some cases with others because sometimes...if I’m going to be honest...people don’t know how to carry a thread and interact with someone of her demeanor effectively. 

Q6 :   what  do  you  have  in  common  with  your  muse ?       A6 : We’re both black, we’re both into art (although our exact interests and aesthetics with art differ)

Q7 :   how  does  your  muse  feel  about  you ?         A7 : Realistically she would think I need to take better care of myself.

Q8 :   what  characters  does  your  muse  have  interesting  interactions with ?   A8 :  We skippin’ this question.

Q9 :   what  gives  you  inspiration  to  write  your  muse ?       A9 : Films such as, “Waiting to Exhale,” “The Kitchen” and “Widows.” Books by Alice Walker, like “The Third Life of Grange Copeland” as well as her short story, “Roselily.” The historical mob figure Stephanie St. Clair.

Q10 :   how  long  did  this  take  you  to  complete ?       A10 : A few hours.

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MJ3 Clones

Based upon a tumblr post that I can no longer find (the link is dead)

https://callmeawota.tumblr.com/post/85499142124/what-if-prison-hope-was-just-a-prison-full-of

What if in Majisuka Gakuen 3, Prison Hope is just a dumping ground for out-of-control government clones of the MG1-5 cast?

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The story begins the way it ends – in a dreary ramshackle pub sandwiched between two concrete buildings.

Two people sit on opposite sides of the tattered booth couches, a middle aged man with peppered hair in a grey suit, and a young woman with in bob haircut and a pair of wiry spectacles. The man appears friendly, fingers strumming on the splintered wooden tables, sipping on piss-poor beer in a questionably murky mug, while the woman eyes the stack of papers in front of her dubiously.

“That’s it?” she asks, skimming through the sheet in front of her, “You’ll give me thirty million yen for some skin and blood samples?”

“That’s all there is to it Maeda-san,” the man replies smoothly, “Just sign the contract and we’ll have a team come to collect the samples at your convenience, and the money will be deposited in your account on that very day.”

Now Maeda Atsuko may be a former yankee-delinquent, and she might not have been the most studious student in her schooling career, but she definitely isn’t stupid. There has got to be more to this than what they’re telling her, and that’s not even counting what they could possibly be planning to do with her DNA samples. News articles about scientific research looking at what caused all of the random abilities that started popping up in people about thirty or so years ago flash through her mind. Abilities like Black’s super speed, Gekikara’s endurance and Torigoya’s psychic hypnosis.

Atsuko never thought she had an ability, because in her mind, super strength has always been associated with lifting trucks and buildings, and she definitely cannot do that. Then that news article came out about some big scandal where a medical company was found to be experimenting on people with abilities, trying to replicate them. In particular the story was focused on a girl who had augmented strength, nothing flashy like the movies and TV shows, just strong enough to have a weird discrepancy between her muscle-mass and the amount of power she could exert. The realisation hits Atsuko like a train – a girl her size probably shouldn’t be able to hit as hard, or get up after taking so many hits like she does. She cuts back on the cage fighting, and the bodyguard jobs after that. No need to be flashing ‘I’m a powered person!’ sign with neon lights over her head. Apparently that didn’t work out too well because there’s a supposed government agent sitting across from her trying to get her DNA samples.

“And what exactly are you going to do with the samples?”

“I’m afraid that’s classified Maeda-san. You needn’t worry yourself over trivialities like that. Rest assured that whatever happens won’t be your responsibility at all.”

Long story short, there isn’t a single good thing that can come from giving this shady (potentially non-government, because who is this cheap-beer-drinking guy think he’s fooling?) organisation her DNA.

But it’s not like she has much of a choice.

As it turns out, being arrested and charged for assault doesn’t do much for job prospects. Particularly when there’s been a colourful history of violence and delinquency before that. So no matter how hard she studied, Atsuko never quite managed to land that job as a nurse. Casual retail work, and odd cash-in-hand jobs barely manage to keep her afloat all these years, but now…a hand subconsciously ghosts down to her stomach…she’s not feeding one anymore.

The choice isn’t difficult to make.

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Atsuko assumes that they’re using her DNA to study and replicate abilities.

She’s dead wrong.

This company has decidedly bigger aspirations.

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Project Beginnings and Subject MA#071091 Alias: Atsuko| Parent DNA: Maeda Atsuko |

Time Stamp Nineteen Hundred Hours. Subject MA#071091 is a success.

“Congratulations everyone!”

Time Stamp Zero Eight Fifteen Hours. Subject MA#071091 is refusing to cooperate. Possible solutions:

a. immediate termination (not recommended, last resort only)

b. behavioural observation and adjustment (recommended, more funding required)

c. obedience training* see service dog manual for more details (recommendation pending)

d. memory implantation (theoretical only, much more funding required)

Time Stamp Zero Zero Zero Five Hours. Subject MA#071091 has escaped facility.

“This program is an abomination! Human cloning is illegal!”

Time Stamp Zero Zero Thirty-Nine Hours. Subject MA#071091 retrieved with mild damage. Losses include: five injured personnel, and two casualties.  

“Senator think of what we can do with a project like this! We could remove all personnel from the field, drop war casualties to zero. These girls are good-for-nothing delinquents, but they’ve shown they could do one thing: fight. So why not use that for the good of the country?”

Time Stamp Fifteen Twenty-Six. Petition to the senate is a success. Funding for project expansion acquired.

“There’s an eccentric millionaire willing to work with us. She owns a private prison on some remote mountain. It’d be the perfect place for that behavioural observation and adjustment facility we’ve been discussing.”

Time Stamp Seventeen Thirty-Three Hours. Memory Alteration Project is a success.

“We finally got our hands on those samples from that warehouse massacre a few years back. Begin working on all viable subjects.”

Time Stamp Zero Five Hundred Hours. Subject MA#071091 has escaped Prison Facility.

“Try adding sunshine and rainbows. Happy thoughts. Make it happy to be here.”

Time Stamp Ten Zero Fifty-Seven Hours. Subject MA#071091 retrieved with major damage. Losses include three injured personnel, and zero casualties.

“Get rid of the guns, we’ve been allocated a portion of the budget for Tasers. The clones are expensive, don’t damage them!”

Time Stamp Sixteen Thirty Hours. Non-fatal toxin-releasing braces are a success. Implementing security device on all subjects.

“According to the psychologists’ report the bracelets appear to be having a negative effect on the subjects’ overall morale.”

Time Stamp Thirteen Eighteen. Multiple riots in the last three days. Damages still to be calculated.

“It’s chaos out there sir. We had to activate nearly two dozen bracelets to stop them from killing each other. They just get violent when we throw them together for too long.”

Time Stamp Thirteen Forty-Two. Subject MA#071091 missing from head count. Last accounted for before the riots started.

“If they like fighting so much, give them an enemy to focus on.”

Time Stamp Twenty Hundred Hours. Subject MA#071091 retrieved with poison damage by subjects SM#110386, KY#150791, and OY#171088. Cannibal Initiative is a success.

“I want a tracker put on this one and someone get the psychologists in here now! It’s the tenth riot this week!”

Time Stamp Eleven Twenty-One. Teamwork Initiative implemented. All subjects divided into multiple teams to encourage cooperation and reduce rioting. Observations pending.

“Sir it’s that Maeda clone—

“—if you tell me it’s escaped again, so help me…”

“…uh…It’s escaped again.”

Time Stamp Zero One Hundred Hours. Subject MA#71091 terminated.

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Subject MJ#080397 Alias: Nobunaga | Parent DNA: Matsui Jurina [Center] |

Verdict: Great Success* | Sentience: Self-Aware | Status: Locked-down, constant visual monitoring required, termination pending|

Subject MJ#080397 was originally the most successful cloning experiment completed to date. The fighting prowess had been greatly improved compared to the original, and attitude adjustments were able to successfully stamp out all of the unwanted aspects of the original’s personality, such as arrogance and impatience. However, as time went by and re-evaluations have been completed, it’s revealed that the subject retains the original’s stubbornness and noble streak, and will not be cowed into compliance. The subject is supremely dangerous and must be kept separate from the general population to prevent it from organising the rest of the clones into a resistance.

The Mind-Wipe protocol has been deemed a failure, as the subject continues to be non-compliant even when confused and disorientated from the lack of memories, which exponentially quickens in its recall after each mind-wipe.  

*Note: Great Success was the initial verdict after the subject proved to be superior to original in combat, however the status was revoked after the subject’s repeated disobedience and failure to comply with orders.

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Subject KY#110296 Alias: Peace | Parent DNA: Kizaki Yuria [Magic]|

Verdict: Success | Sentience: Almost-Aware| Status: Closely monitored, bi-weekly check-in|

Subject KY#110296, self-named Peace, is one of the more successful clones created in the project. The original’s fighting prowess has been replicated successfully, reports do indicate that it may even be slightly improved, barring the preference for trickery, which seems to have been a trait nurtured by the original’s environment and upbringing. After several failures, it was discovered that the clone responds positively to parental encouragement. After negotiating with the contractor, several memories were implanted into Peace to create the illusion that she is the daughter of the prison warden. The results were an extreme success with exponential improvement in emotional, mental and physical states. 

Notes: Due to the subject’s psychological requirements, it needs to be kept partially aware under false pretenses of being the prison warden’s daughter. If the truth, or simply the falsehood of being the prison warden’s daughter is revealed, it may have detrimental affects on the clone’s effectiveness.

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Subject IA#031295 Alias: Annin | Parent DNA: Iriyama Anna [Yoga]|

Verdict: Great Success | Sentience: Semi-Aware | Status: Closely monitored, fortnightly check-in|

Subject IA#031295 has been deemed an extreme success. Its fighting prowess has been recorded as a vast improvement upon the originals. However, the special ability that the original possesses has not been able to be successfully replicated in any clone. Researchers speculate that Yoga’s so-called distraction ability was nothing more than exaggerated tales.

The subject is generally compliant and well behaved, however it has been noted to be asking certain questions in recent weeks. Close monitoring must be kept upon the subject to ensure that it does not become aware.

Notes: The subject has developed a sadistic streak, monitor to ensure that it does not become a liability.

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Subject SH#300394 Alias: Paru | Parents DNA: Shimazaki Haruka [Salt] & Maeda Atsuko [Maeda]|

Verdict: Moderate Success |Sentience: Completely Unaware* |Status: Constant monitor, visual confirmation at all times |

With the failure of Subject MA#71091 attributed to mostly too much willpower inherited from the original (Maeda), researches have decided to create a clone using the spliced DNA of Maeda and a more apathetic parent. This resulted in the creation of Subject SHMA#300394.

Subject SHMA#300394 must be kept under the Mind-Wipe protocol at all times. While replicating Salt’s fighting prowess is still a work in progress, the subject has been deemed a considerable success, and is the most powerful clone created to date. The subject is however, not deemed a complete success, as it is wilful, and has developed all of Maeda’s passion, and none of Salt’s apathy, and thus far had been kept sedated, or mind-wiped in order to be kept pliant.  

*Note: Ensure that subject remains UNAWARE. Subject is impossible to control when approaching any status beyond ‘unaware’.

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Subject KR#120295 Alias: Nanashi | Parent DNA: Kawaei Rina [Bakamono] |

Verdict: Failure | Sentience: Unaware | Status: Monitored remotely, annual check-in |

Subject KR#120295 or ‘Nanashi’ is a complete failure in every way, barring physical health. Replication of the original’s fighting prowess and super strength ability could not be achieved. It’s been deduced that the parent’s fighting capability was likely due to environmental factors, such as trauma in her life that is thus far mostly unknown.  Trial and error of introducing trauma to the subject early in its life cycle resulted in a clone that is too anxious and frail to be of any use in combat.  

[palechildwitch2]

SIMS 2 GAMEPLAY RULES

REGLES DEL JOC

GENERAL.

- The aim of these rules is all about simplifying what I consider to be a complex gameplay, (unlike MySims series). The objective is to maintain the hood, there is no need to build infinite lots cause it makes the game to be stacked.

- I’ll tend to accomplish all sims’ wants unless they enter in contradiction with these rules.

- Almost all commerce lots are THEMED house businesses. This means that all sims will dress and look according to their inherited lot. This idea will be developed later on.

- I do not use in-game rabbit-hole careers. However, all sims may earn money by crafting stations/objects; besides the businesses system, if they want to.

- All lots get unlimited money by the state (me).

- Adults don't age. Never.

- I don't play with NPCs.

SPECIFICATIONS.

- Special sims have permission to stay permanently in their adult stage. These sims like the owner of the Hotel can have relationships and partners, but neither of them will age up to elders nor be substituted by a new guest.

- Business sims may have to quit their current lot if they find out their love and they choose to be steady with that partner.

- If ANY - special or business sim- who runs a lot breaks up with their couple, their ex-partner will come back to the Hotel as a guest until all rooms get busy. If Hotel is busy already, a new business will be assigned to this sim according to their characteristics.

- All Home Business lots will have at least two free rooms. In order for the generations to keep passing and the story to continue.

SIMS. (IMPORTANT)

- I play with an Excel sheet that determines multiple aspects of a sim’s life, such as their secondary aspiration, or their life state (creatures).

- I must write down on their biographies: (Favorite Colour, Gender Pref, and University Major | Business Type | Life State).

- Almost everything on a sims' life is determined from the very beginning, in which their qualities/traits are randomized.

- All kids will have their interestsrandomized at the "Orphanage" when they become so.  - Favorite coloris chosen at this point. Interests will play an important role once they age up to teens and choose their secondary aspiration. Gender Prefis randomized at this point.

(Sims choose their secondary aspiration as soon as they get 3 aspiration points.)

- All sims shall discover their predestined hobbyin the Orphanage based on their given interests. This fact will determine their future role in the neighborhood. (University Major | Business Type | Life State).

(This information (University Major | Business Type | Life State) should be written down in their biography as soon as they discover their predestined hobby)

- All normal sims shall study the Businesscareer major unless they show interest on Cooking (Culinary major) or Paranormal stuff. (See Excel Sheet).

- “Paranormal” sims shall be turned into creaturesever since they graduate from their paranormal careers. Each creature has its own business type, - where they’ll be sent to once the Hotel reaches its capacity-.

(TO DEVELOP):- “Culinary” sims should inherit their home business based on their university grades. Marks should be written down in order to keep track of this.

(TO DEVELOP):- Predestined Hobbies will determine sims' Businesses and Theme, as it's shown on the table below:

Arts and Crafts (Museum)

Cuisine (Restaurants/Tavern/Cafe)

Film and Literature (Library)

Fitness (Gym)

Games (Arcade)

Music and Dance (Night Club/Ballet Studio)

Nature (Spa/Massage)

Science, (LAB)

Sports (Taichi/Yoga)

Tinkering (

HOOD.

- There are 3 kinds of lots: Special lots, Home Business lots (all must be owned eventually) and Public spaces.

- Each lot has its own unique deco style, also for the clothing of the sim who owns it. However, owners can modify their lot to meet their color preference.

- Home Businesses are distributed in hood according to their Theme/Aesthetic. Special lots such as the Orphanage, the University and the Hotel will be on the town center.

- Empty Home Businesses may be occupied by a hotel guest who meets the requisites. (In case any of them is built empty or abandoned).

- Some community lots may remain empty (Public lots such as the Graveyard or the Central Park).

- At first, foundational sims based on MySims will be created on every House Business lot (for breeding purposes).

- School = Rabbit Hole.

ORPHANAGE.

- All kids must be abandoned and sent to the "Orphanage" (Special owned lot) after they are born; that's where the nanny lives.

-      Like we said: The owner can live with a partner if they wish.

UNIVERSITY.

- University is not owned by any special sim.

- All teens must go to University.

- It is recommended that only sims who wish to study will do that.

- It is recommended that at least three students go to University in order to play this lot.

HOTEL.

- Graduated sims must go to the Hotel. Hotel is a Special lot and a Home Business at the same time.

- Hotel has 7 small rooms: 1 is for the owner. Guests can only spend the common funds in Clothes, Food and products bought in Business lots.

-      Like we said: The owner can live with a partner if they wish.

- Hotel Guests only can move when it reaches its capacity, that is also when two sims with the same Business Type coincide.

- Moved guests will go automatically with their steady couples.

- In case, they don't have one. They'll go with their assigned business(Not Crush/Not special sim) who automatically will age up to elder, while the moved sim will assume the ownership.

- If the last owner of the assigned business lives with a couple, both of them will age up to eldersand keep living together.

- Elder sims actually age and will pass away eventually; in order to make room for the new generations of business owners to come.

TABLES.

1stAspiration correlation (NO Pleasure):

2ndAspiration Calculator (Excel. Interests):

-      In cas of draw: Aleatory.

-      In cas of Primary Aspiration. The second highest.

Life Stages Calculator (Based on the following mod):

Majors (Life States/Predestined Hobby):

-      Witch: Wicca.

-      Alien: World Domination.

-      Plantsim: Living flora.

-      Werewolf: Lycanthropy (Werecat in case of low marks).

-      Dracula: Vampire.

-      Normal sims: Home Business.

-      Cooking sims: Culinary Arts

Witch Alignment (Primary Aspiration):

-      Good witch: Family.

-      Neutral witch: Popularity. Romance.

-      Evil witch: Fortune. (Knowledge).

[simgigglegirl]

Hi! Hope I can explain myself right, my English can be quite bad lol. I have a question regarding your aspiration calculator. So I am supposed to pick the traits with the highest number, but does the calculator randomize the results if I end up with multiple highest number? Or do I have to choose autonomously 5 of them?

Hello anon,

I wouldn't say your English is bad, I understood your wording just fine :) And before I answer your questions I just wanna say sorry for the layout of my trait calculator, I needed to take some screenshots to better explain the questions and noticed how it wasn't user-friendly. One day I'll improve it for you and anyone else using it. Anyway to the questions.

So I am supposed to pick the traits with the highest number

Yep. I've given each trait almost three conditions that it checks before the calculator decides if a point will be added to it or not. After the checks are done you will see some traits highlighted in yellow and some in lighter yellow, grey or blue. The following colours mean:

Yellow = These are the traits that match really well with your sim. Light Yellow = 2nd best match, if you didn't gain 5 or more yellows traits you can use these to fill up the remaining trait slots you have left. Grey = Not the best match with your sim's personality. If you want, you can give your sim these traits if they grew up poorly. Blue = Not a good match at all. I tend to just ignore them.

Here's an example of what I mean, by using Brandi Broke as my test subject:

So after entering Brandi Broke's Personality, Hobby, Zodiac and Interest in the " Aspiration" Tab, the "Traits" tab will have finished its calculation automatically and you'll see what are the sim's highest number.

In the case of Brandi Broke, she gained 4 most compatible traits for herself: Daredevil, Friendly, Irresistible & Rebellious since those are her highest number traits (yellow). If you want to give her the default 5 traits, then you go for her 2nd highest to fill the remaining slot. In this case, it's the number 2 traits (light yellow).

does the calculator randomize the results if I end up with multiple highest number?

Nope, after the calculator counted up the points it will use the colour condition I gave it to highlight the highest number only in yellow. So even if your sim does not pass, at least, one trait's 3 conditions, it will still turn yellow for the highest number it could find.

If you are still confused, look out for the number 3 or 2 points traits. They will be your sim's best match traits.

do I have to choose autonomously 5 of them?

Yes. For now, I'm not yet skilled with Google Sheets to make it pick for you the 5 traits.

However, I made this google sheet while thinking that the person using it will want to pick up to 5 traits for their sims themselves. But it's up to you if you want to play your game in that method. If you want to follow the ts3 method of adding traits by age, I included a note for anyone that wishes to be reminded of the amount. Just hover your mouse on the area shown below.

[simgigglegirl]

Sims 2 Aspiration Sheet

3rd May 2019 Edit: Made edits to the post to make it clearer on how it works. After reading up some Sims Wikia pages I’ve edited the sheet one final time.

7th January 2021 Edit: Added a Trait calculation. I felt that hexagonal-bipyramid’s 3t2 Trait Mod gave too much random traits to my sims so I created a calculator that will hopefully give traits that make more sense for a certain sim.

I made a google sheet that will "calculate" what type of Aspiration your sim will get, depending on their Personality, Hobby, Sign and Interests.

If you wanna know how it all works plus how the aspiration is calculated, just click the read more for more details (Or go to the “Read First” tab). If you want to skip that and just go for the sheet, here it is below. I made sure that at least the basic on how to use it is explained.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FJgrf5meYsOyzSiGFSjafXhB2wOfFvMMWxzPLh-WOA4/edit?usp=sharing

Btw the link makes the sheet editable, so you should be able to test it out or make your own copy of the sheet if you want it. You must now make your own copy to edit it.

Using Brand Broke’s details I’ve added it like so. I made notes so you’ll always know how to edit the details in. (You might want to open the image in another tab to see it better). 

If Grilled Cheese is your 1st/2nd option: Made this random roller so that if grilled cheese becomes your highest (or 2nd highest) number you can reroll and see if your sims get the grilled cheese aspiration or instead gets the 2nd/3rd option. (Example: Grilled Cheese was Brandi’s highest number instead of Popularity so I reroll (ctrl + r) and see if I get Grilled Cheese or Popularity)

Tie Breaker: Use this if you have more then one highest number that matches. (Example: Let’s pretend Brandi’s Fortune and Grilled Cheese was her highest score instead of 29. Because they are both 14 I reroll (ctrl + r) until I get either Fortune or Grilled Cheese. The one that pops up first will be her main aspiration)

Now for how each aspiration gain their points

Family

+1 if Neat is 5-10

+1 if Shy is 0-5

+1 if Grouchy is 4-5

+5 if Cuisine is their predestined hobby

+5 if Game is their predestined hobby

+5 if their sign is Cancer

+5 if their sign is Aquarius

+1-10 if their interest is Animals, Environment or Toys

Fortune

+1 if Outgoing is 5-10

+1 if Active is 5-10

+1 if Serious is 0-4

+5 if Tinker is their predestined hobby

+5 if Music & Dance is their predestined hobby

+5 if their sign is Scorpio

+5 if their sign is Capricorn

+1-10 if their interest is Money, Crime or Work

Knowledge

+1 if Neat is 5-10

+1 if Serious is 0-5

+1 if Grouchy is 0-2

+5 if Science is their predestined hobby

+5 if Nature is their predestined hobby

+5 if their sign is Virgo

+5 if their sign is Sagittarius

+1-10 if their interest is School, Paranormal or Sci-Fi

Popularity

+1 if Outgoing is 5-10

+1 if Playful is 5-10

+1 if Nice is 5-10

+5 if Sports is their predestined hobby

+5 if Fitness is their predestined hobby

+5 if their sign is Aries

+5 if their sign is Leo

+1-10 if their interest is Weather, Politics or Sports

Romance

+1 if Outgoing is 6-10

+1 if Active is 5-10

+1 if Nice is 5

+5 if Film & Literature is their predestined hobby

+5 if Fitness is their predestined hobby

+5 if their sign is Taurus

+5 if their sign is Libra

+1-10 if their interest is Culture, Health or Fashion

Pleasure

+1 if Outgoing is 8-10

+1 if Lazy is 0-4

+1 if Playful is 8-10

+5 if Music & Dance is their predestined hobby

+5 if Games is their predestined hobby

+5 if their sign is Gemini

+5 if their sign is Libra

+1-10 if their interest is Food, Travel or Entertainment

Grilled Cheese

+1 if Sloppy is 0-5

+1 if Shy is 0-5

+1 if Nice is 7-10

+5 if Cuisine is their predestined hobby

+5 if Arts & Crafts is their predestined hobby

+5 if their sign is Aquarius

+5 if their sign is Pisces

+1-10 if their interest is Food or Health