#RAnch 12

[apricotrush]

[DAY 4] Horse Santa Hat

Santa horse hat ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sims 4 custom content

Horse Ranch required

5 swatches

2 Versions (With & without forelock)

Patreon

Public Access: December 25, 2023

[mrsterlingeverything]

I work at an office, only making $30/hr I’m not sure what to do with my life too

Only making $30/h... you are a king or quing on here queen

[separatist-apologist]

Can you tell me more about your views on ranch? What makes a good ranch? Which place does ranch well? What’s your favorite thing to dip in ranch?

Oh my god is this what making it feels like???

I think the BEST ranches are going to be homemade. It's incredibly easy to make if you've got five minutes- a little mayo, a little sour cream, some butter milk, dill, garlic, and some other spices and bam. Ranch. If you've ever wondered why ranch in the bottle tastes...less good...than the stuff at restaurants, this is probably why (in some cases i KNOW not all restaurants are making their own ranch).

I don't like Hidden Valley NO ONE HUNT ME FOR SPORT THIS IS JUST MY OPINION I mean I'll use it if thats all there is, I'm not a snob.

In terms of things to eat with ranch, honestly it's versatile. You can fit so many badboys in a container of ranch. Probably wings, and then fried pickles, and then vegetables. I'm from the midwest, I will not entertain feedback about my ranch preferences.

[ranchthoughts]

inspired by @dudeyuri pointing this out in He's Coming to Me

I'm thinking about how HCTM goes HARDER with the concept of 'if you know how it's going to end, why start anything?' than even Bad Buddy.

In Bad Buddy, Pran doesn't see the use in verbalizing his feelings for Pat because it can only end in tragedy. He looks at their situation with their parents and doesn't see any way that he and Pat can have a happily ever after. But Pat's relentless optimism and love in the face of this helps Pran realize that some things are worth trying. Like in the episode 5 rooftop kiss, where Pat kisses Pran and Pran goes "...what the hell. Might as well go all in" and kisses Pat back. (I've talked about the kiss here and here (shout out to @dudeyuri' contributions); and more broadly about Pat and Pran and genre/tragedies here and here)

In Bad Buddy's case, Pran and Pat are able to defy their seemingly pre-destined tragic ending through the power of their relentless determination to be together (see @chickenstrangers' brilliant post here). If it means fake breaking up, if it means hiding parts of their lives from their parents and others, they can do it. They refuse to have their story end in tragedy. And they succeed! They have found enduring love and a future together in a situation where that seemed impossible, a guaranteed inevitability. They defied generations of family feud forbidden romance endings (Romeo & Juliet, Kwan & Riam) (and their own families' intergenerational trauma - see this post by @waitmyturtles) to find a happy ending.

But Bad Buddy's ending is not 100% happy - Pat and Pran aren't able to be open in front of their parents, they aren't able to realize their achingly simple dreams (Pat being respected and not questioned by his father, Pat able to join Pran's family at dinner - see @grapejuicegay 's tags peer reviewed here).

In the same vein, HCTM doesn't have a fully happy ending either, and it also deals with the looming spectre of inevitability tragedy. Only this time, it's even more inevitable.

(If you haven't finished HCTM beware spoilers)

HCTM establishes that ghosts remain because they died before their time, because they don't know the reason they died, or because they didn't get the proper funerary rites. If these issues are rectified, the ghost will be able to pass on and be reincarnated.

(forgive my potentially hazy remembering of HCTM, it's been a few months since I watched it and I'm writing this on a train)

Mes hasn't passed on because he didn't know the reason he died (and he hadn't received the proper care post-death from his family). Thun helps him rectify this: solves the mystery of how he died and helps arrange a proper send-off. Thun does all this because he loves Mes and wants to help him, and despite knowing it will help Mes pass on and leave him - the inevitability of their situation looms large.

At the end of the show, Thun cries because he believes Mes had left him forever, but by some miracle Mes has remained. But this is temporary, and we all know this. One day, Mes will pass on and be reincarnated. Not today - today Mes and Thun get to stay together - but one day, that is how this story will end.

So like Bad Buddy, it's not exactly a happy ending (Pat and Pran are trapped in a glass closet, Thun and Mes will be separated one day). But unlike Bad Buddy, there is less chance of a reversal of fortune, of defying the inevitable. Thun and Mes are working with cosmological forces of death and rebirth. Perhaps their love will be able to overcome this and Mes can stay with Thun... but the show doesn't confirm this. If anything, the show makes it clear that this is temporary, that eventually Mes will leave Thun.

Despite this though, and like always in Aof's stuff - better to have loved and lived than not at all. Despite their less than stellar ending, Pat and Pran have found an enduring love in each other and their lives are better and happier for it (Pat says it himself: he was happier when Pran wasn't in his life because he didn't have to compete so much, but he was damn lonely). Thun and Mes are the same - sure their love won't be everlasting because eventually Mes will have to pass on, but the joy and love it brings to their lives (and the self-realization it brought to Thun's) is worth it all.

Bad Buddy ends in the middle of things (Pran and Pat still haven't rectified things with their family) and so does HCTM (Thun and Mes are together, but only temporarily. We don't see their ending).

Shout out to another @dudeyuri post that made me think about this (here) and @waitmyturtles masterful post about suffering in Asian BLs and, more specifically, the lack of closing loops in narratives/relationships, which I have been mulling over since - Bad Buddy and HCTM's stories aren't over, we don't see the endings.

[rnelonbread]

what do you mean they put the ENTIRE red dead 1 map in red dead 2 and it took me until I got to the fucking epilogue to find out wtf

[gaal-dornick]

there's no delicate way to say this but a guy i went to college with got into an online reality show where all participants are. dwarfs.

[bridgetserdocksketches]

working on a thing.. could use some more ideas for scenes for a robyn/lyndell steal around the world trip

[impostorsshow]

Why choose between selfcest and OC x canon when you can have both

Edit apparently Tumblr decided to kill the pixels on This Post Specifically so click on it the blur is terrible and annoying when I already draw pixelated

[polarfarina]

Ooh when I came in to work this morning.... the catering, the early birds asking for barbecued ribs at 7 am (we do not make them that early), the sandwich case being turned off at some unknown time (no longer keeping cold) so I had to throw away all our pre sliced onions and meat and cheese and tomatoes, bakery never giving me the sandwich bread I ask for, ash still kind of all over everything in the deli from Saturday, having to go out on the floor and pull expired food, having to take 30 packs of ribs out from the hot case from yesterday that should have been taken out and turned off last night, managing the loads, keeping track of distress, getting the barbecue actually set up and keeping ribs going and consistently thawing out new packs (putting the five cases of ribs away first of all), making 12 whole chickens at a time (oh yeah we ran out), making the big huge subs, the lettuce all being fucking bad for no reason at all (could grab some from produce but that means LEAVING THE DELI), manager never showed up even though she totally said she would be there today to do the catering, working the lunch rush alone, the one customer who asked for mesquite turkey - can I try it - oh that's good I'll take two pounds - actually make it three pounds - and please package it separately one pound per package - and that's not how I wanted it sliced do it over - thanks now can I have some Swiss (I had a good flow going lady and you ruined it [unserious]), multiple customers trying to ask for things I couldn't give them which resulted in many negative interactions ....... overall. Very stressful day. There was surely more that was my responsibility but I can't remember, and not everything in this list got done the right way or at all.... I tried though. Damn

[fandomsandfeminism]

Yall wanna hear a kinda funny, kinda sad story about my grandmother and hetero-normativity?

Ok, so... when my grandmother was in her 50s (I was an infant), she met a woman at the Unitarian Church. And, as can happen when you meet your soul mate, this event made it impossible for her to deny parts of herself that she had fiercely hidden her whole life.

All the drama- their affair being found out, the divorce with my grandfather, the court battle over who got the house, happened while I was a baby. Even in my earliest memories, it's just Mama Jo and Oma, and my grandfather lived elsewhere (first his own apartment, then a nursing home, then with us.)

But here's the thing- no one ever explained any of this to me. No one ever sat down and was like "hey, Rosie, so do you know what a lesbian is?" It was the 90s. It was Texas. I think my mom was still kinda processing all this, and just assumed that like... I was gonna figure it out. Don't mention it, let it just be normal. Like I think my mom thought that if she explained the situation, she would be making it weird? I dunno.

But like. In the 90s, in all the movies I had seen and books I had read, do you know how many same sex couples I had seen? Like. 0. Do you know how many "platonic best friend/roommates" I had seen? A lot. I had no context, is what I'm saying.

I literally thought this was a Golden Girls, roommates, besties situation until I was like...I dunno, 11? 12?

It was actually their parrot, an African Grey named Spike, imitating my grandmothers voice saying "Johanna, honey, it's getting late", that triggered the MIND BLOWN moment as I realized that *there's only one master bedroom and it only has 1 waterbed* when all the pieces finally clicked.

Anyway. I think it's a real important thing for kids to know queer people exist, for a lot of reasons, but also because kids can be clueless and it's embarrassing to have your grandmother be outted by a parrot because everyone just thought you'd figure it out on your own.

Anyway, here is my grandma and her wife, my Oma, after they moved to Albuquerque to be artsy gay cowboys and live their best life. They helped run a "Lesbian Dude Ranch" out there (basically just with funding and financial support. As Oma has explained "traditionally, most lesbians don't have a lot of money" so they wrote the checks and let the younger ladies actually run the ranch.)

[labetalol]

Bruh

[scripture-pictures]

[nomaishuttle]

got 2 the end of the glass desert got caseys last starmail screammsss

[dwuerch-blog]

God's Creation Can Be Unruly

Carl has “deer” issues. He put out an array of flowers in big pots around his home. The next day, he went out to check his plantings. Many of the flowers — gone. He knew the culprits were the deer who thrive in his neighborhood. This community has many homes and cars that move about. But these deer consider it their wildlife habitat! And, if he were dealing enough with the deer, he found a huge…

[pierisim]

Hello hello! 

Welcome to the last part of Woodland Ranch collection, the living room! It has been made to get a very warm and cozy look, but you can explore more styles with those different sofas and color swatches ! Speaking of colors, this set comes with a plaster wallpaper that will match the fireplace, but also the kitchen counters if you want a seamless look! 

I have added special slots on the fireplaces' top part that will allow you to snap some decor items. Ufortunatly, it doesnt work with all paintings from the game, but I have made those 3 new paintings compatible so you can snap them on the fireplaces to decor them if you want!

I am very excited about some textures of this new set, like the hammered look of the coffee table or the rattan of the fruit bowl and I hope you will like them as much as I do! 

You can find the items by searching for WOODLAND RANCH or Pierisim in game.

Some items share the same textures so make sure to have the packages finishing by "texture" in your mod folder :)

All base game compatible.

unmerged and merged version available.

Public release 02/12/2023

DOWNLAOD (early access)

[oakiyo]

The Hazel Collection:

The Hazel collection draws inspiration from country/bohemian fashion - frills, denim, and obnoxiously large jewellery. This 9-piece collection fits beautifully into the worlds of Henford-on-Bagley and Chestnut Ridge for that casual everyday countryside attire.

Information about each item is below the 'keep reading'.

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Item Information (left to right):

1. Drew Hair:

BGC, 24 EA Swatches, All LOD’s, Hat Compatible, All Maps.

Headband comes in Daisy palette, found in left brow ring category.

2. Honey Jeans:

BGC, 15 Swatches, All LOD’s, All Maps.

3. Piper Top:

BGC, 20 Swatches, All LOD’s, All Maps.

Comes in my Daisy palette.

4. Maple Dress:

BGC, 20 Swatches, All LOD’s, All Maps.

Comes in my Daisy palette.

5. Gracie Blouse:

BGC, 20 Swatches, All LOD’s, All Maps.

Comes in my Daisy palette.

6. Macie Earrings:

BGC, 12 Swatches, All LOD’s, All Maps.

Swatches come in @caelhinn Porcelain Gleam.

7. Dylan Necklace:

BGC, 12 Swatches, All LOD’s, All Maps.

Swatches come in @caelhinn Porcelain Gleam.

8. Sally Overalls:

BGC, 15 Denim Swatches, All LOD’s, All Maps.

Accessory sweater file found in gloves category and comes in my Daisy palette.

9. Mya Hair:

BGC, 24 EA Swatches, All LOD’s, Hat Compatible, All Maps.

Headband comes in Daisy palette, found in left brow ring category.

Watch how I make this hair in this video on my YouTube channel!

Credits and Miscellaneous stuff:

Lot used in the preview is by @captain-silvera and can be found here.

Reshade used in the preview is an edited version of Lithium by @gunthermunch.

Both shoes worn by the sims in the preview are from the Horse Ranch expansion pack.

Honey jeans are named after and inspired by @honbeafairy

Please let me know if you encounter any issues with the items in this collection via a direct message on Tumblr, including a picture of your error. Hope you enjoy, and make sure to tag me if you use my custom content!