#gbsc extras

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When Brianna woke, it was with a realization she’d had before, though this time was far more joyous. 

She was pregnant. 

She hurried to tell Emfreir and Eoganan, who were less excited, but still happy. 

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If I encounter one more page saying that Boudica led her armies into battle fully naked and covered in a layer of woad paint, I'm going to riot.

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When you still haven't found the right words but don't want to disrupt the writing flow or forget what's supposed to happen in the given moment 🖋💯

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In-story vs in-game:

In-story: My main character in a rush leaving the village where she spent half of her life, buried a child and two husbands, because she's just had the wildest woohoo ever with a man she absolutely doesn't want to be attracted to and panicked big time, so she instantly accepted a marriage offer from a man from a faraway place even though she has close to zero feelings for him and basically just wants to run away, and now she's sitting on a cart getting further and further away, looking back at all she's leaving behind, trying (and failing miserably) to look at her grown-up sons who're staying behind as well instead of at the man she's running away from, while said man stares back at her looking calm and at best slightly annoyed because toxic masculinity, pride and the fact that literally the entire village is gathered around won't let him admit that he's actually dying inside

In-game: Do you want those sims to move in together? Merge families. OK. Loading screen.

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Don't you just hate it when you're trying to write a dialogue-heavy scene and to not get lost you have it all nicely planned out, either on paper/screen or at least in your head, but then you suddenly hear your characters say things which weren't planned at all and you think 'hey, that's actually good, let's write it down', and the whole convo goes into a completely different direction and you either need another 500 words to arrive at the line they were supposed to say or you never even arrive there at all...?

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Me: I finally finished writing a scene I'd been struggling with for a good week! What an amazing achievement! Such a successful day!

My writing software:

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My GBSC / Iron Age / Celtic save has fully taken over my brain. I spend every free minute writing, I have face claim folders for almost all the important characters, I have them sorted by their DnD alignment (you know, the lawful vs. chaotic and good vs. evil thing) and I dedicated yesterday's evening to making a full-blown moodboard of those non-existent people, so now it's the first thing I see when I turn on my laptop (because ofc it's now set as my desktop background 🙃). Is that healthy? Is that even still Sims? Why am I sharing it if it isn't? So many questions...

...but don't stop me now 'cause I'm having a good time, I don't wanna stop at all 🎵

In case anyone wants to enjoy those vaguely Celtic vibes with me, here, enjoy! 😊

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My Britons wish all the Northeners a very happy summer!

(I'm pretty sure they'd wish the Southeners a happy winter too, if only they... you know... knew the southern hemisphere existed 😅).

Special thanks to Diarmaid Murtagh, Armstreet and their models, and all the anonymous people whose pictures keep bombarding me from all corners of Pinterest. The algorithm works well enough 🤭

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Me attempting to write at 11:30 PM, after having written over 1100 words and close to 2 full scenes during the past 2 hours

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It has been done.

I accept zero criticism of those pErFeCtLy ReCoNsTrUcTeD names unless you're a native speaker of Brittonic 😛

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Me: I have no idea though how Argante became Argante. With an 'e'. <contemplating it for a moment> Scribal error...?

My hubs: Good, good! <patting on the back> I see you're becoming a professional linguist.

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My writing software:

Me:

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Will you one day make roman era clothing? I’ve had trouble finding good ones and I like how the majority of your cc looks!!! ❤️ One of my fav historical cc creators

Hello there Nonny! I promise I'm not ignoring you, I've just been wondering how to answer your message for a good week😅. If you want me to keep it concise, I think the best answer I can give is: I can't promise anything, but it's very likely, though probably it'll be just a couple of things (think my current iron age Celts spree) and not a full-blown immersion in the era (like in case of my older Victorian stuff).

The not concise answer, a.k.a. what went on in my head when I read your question, sounds more like: oh no no no, I won't, no way, there's no time, I already have no time for playing because of all the writing, if I start making my own cc for the next era I'll never finish even the first one, there's enough Roman cc out there, I wanted to just roll with whatever I find and not overcomplicate my own life for once - oh, but tbh some pieces are severely missing, and I am already planning to make some things, even if small, plus look at all those Celtic things I've already made or am in the process of making, look how well 'I'm not making anything' worked, what was the point of resisting all those capes smh - crap, let's be real, I will make some Roman stuff at some point, won't I...?

Back to the real world and out of my confused head... I'm definitely planning to make my own edits and recolours of certain princess Aurora wraps/headscarves (could be very useful for romanising all the outfits which are kind-of-Roman-but-not-quite). I also had a go at a pair of Roman earrings and if this experiment ends well (which I think it will - I'm still struggling to find the right lighting setup for Blender, but once I've found it, I can bake the texture and they should be done!), I'd love to delve deeper into the world of ancient jewellery, as it's both something I've never done before and something pretty much non-existent in TS4. If there is any other, specific piece that you'd like to see made, feel free to leave your suggestion(s) in the comments! 'You' meaning you Nonny or anyone else who has any desperate Roman needs 😉

Oh - and thank you for the kind words! I'm so happy you like my work, that's always super motivating to hear 💗

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More of the same:

Honestly, by now I'm doing it on purpose, it makes writing much more enjoyable 😂

When you still haven't found the right words but don't want to disrupt the writing flow or forget what's supposed to happen in the given moment 🖋💯

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My new favourite 🤭

When you still haven't found the right words but don't want to disrupt the writing flow or forget what's supposed to happen in the given moment 🖋💯

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Aaaaand another one which stands out lol

When you still haven't found the right words but don't want to disrupt the writing flow or forget what's supposed to happen in the given moment 🖋💯