#oh and for the record I still think it's completely possible don's loki is or is at least similar to the loki who took over nyc

[mobius-m-mobius]

To input another pov to the s2e5 conversation, I personally brushed off the single dad comment from earlier in the ep, chalking it up to clunky exposition dialogue (oh they need to show how he has his hands full in one line and make it make sense) and THEN the fit check happened and my eyebrows raised to the my hairline, and THEN Don dropped that "[...] or did you follow me home? ;)" line with THAT attitude, and my had to cover my mouth going, what's going on...?? lmao from an extremely jaded tv watcher who almost never ship anything except canon events.

Truly think the world collectively shook that night thanks to the number of viewers leaning forward in their seats with hands over their mouths and awe in their eyes 😂💖

But really though, there will NEVER be proper explanation for what happened in ep 5 other than Loki's canonical impulse to impress Mobius at any given moment finally extending to 90s Hugh Grant rom com territory (as anything should, tbh) or it being a hint that on Don's timeline he'll eventually meet *his* Loki and the two of them will settle into suburbia with the kids and jet ski off into the sunset as fandom intended and I'm personally fine with either option lol

[glowyjellyfish]

I started writing down an updated collection of thoughts and plans about my Megakingdom project, but they got very rambly and so I am beginning anew.

And no, I have not forgotten about Grimwood Abbey, but for my undiagnosed but likely adhd brain I gotta follow the fixations where they lead. It’s actually quite helpful to have several different Medieval Sims 2 concepts I want to play with while working on the excruciatingly long CC Sorting portion of the project, because I can bounce around from one to the other to find fresh things to think about without abandoning the CC project. I got through all the Teen and Child clothing, and everything in Buy Mode! I am halfway through Walls in Build Mode! I have some broken things to identify, some Star Factory stuff to check on updating (accidentally overwrote my fresh install of all those with some older duplicates and could not actually undo, Mia culpa), and a bunch of empty folders to check and remove. Then comes the real sorting. And a backup.

But today I am here to talk about the Megakingdom. I have realized I can’t just play it as a straight MCC, because I already have a king. And yet the Warwickshire rules are wayyyy too complicated for somebody who has yet to complete an MCC. So I am going to play mostly MCC, with a few Warwickshire rules incorporated early, using the advancements to replace unthematic community lots and make sure the community gets well-rounded. I’ll also be using the social advancement rules to earn sims the right to fill in a few empty class spots (for example, Pleasantview currently has no Gentry). I will probably start using some of the Warwickshire title guidelines once each subhood has a reasonable amount of sims in each class and sims start purchasing titles outside the basic ones. And I am thinking I might roll a THS for babies born in-game, but avoid randomized health hits and pregnancy health concerns until I get used to the system and/or those babies grow into adults.

The big difference I am planning from both rule systems is… frankly, I want to use the colleges and the college sims. The college sims are going to be a flexible marriage pool, but also, three is too many for just a couple of social classes to attend, and it really bugs me that college sims get more lifespan than non-college sims. So each college is open to a different selection of social classes. Academie Le Tour is the upper class university, and only royalty, nobility, and heir/firstborn gentry may attend. La Fiesta Tech is for non-heir gentry and merchants, and Sim State University is the trade school for yeomen and peasants who are sponsored by a noble. I’m not sure yet about the other two colleges, but SSU will for sure have a strong tuition fee, which peasants may request from a noble in exchange for becoming their serf. There will absolutely be many sims who still cannot afford to attend, and for those I’ll get some YA mods, but this plan will ease me into that play method AND will prep up some serfs for the megahood.

(I… will have to reread up on the lower classes and determine exactly how and who I want to set up as serfs, if I feel I need to start with any. For some reasons, I am constantly assuming that the lowest classes in these challenges do not automatically equal serfs and I might also just be wrong on that, and if I am I’ll figure it out.)

Some story plans and concepts:

Faith and Herbert Goodie are going to be church sims, with the Newsons moving in as a collection of orphans being raised by the church. Coral Oldie, meanwhile, is going to be a midwife (probably not the only one, but I haven’t identified anyone else for the role yet); I have set the Oldies as Merchant class, and so I might have Herb run a small business that complements her midwifery, perhaps selling herbs they grow or something.

I’m trying to figure out what’s to be done with Jessica Peterson; without the game lore she’s just an obvious peasant, but with it she’s divorced from Armand DeBateau, a duke, and therefore must be at least Gentry. I feel like the thematic way to handle this would be having her join the church or become an outcast, but I haven’t decided yet. By a similar token, I really want to keep Alexandra Teatherton nee O’Mackey’s “left family to become a pirate” story, but then I’d have to set up pirates and junk. Otherwise, she’s in the same position as Jessica.

Cassandra Goth is betrothed to King Malcolm Landgraab IV. I think that Don Lothario, a yeoman at best, has been trying to seduce her and making all kinds of promises in his efforts to bed her, but he never intended to actually try to marry her and is shocked at how seriously she took all his talk of running away together. That is way too permanent for Don Lothario, he just wanted to WooHoo her.

I did this same basic setup for a Steampunk Strangetown I played a while back, but I think the quickest and most interesting way to set up a kingdom in Strangetown is a. Olive Specter is the ruler, b. Ophelia has been raised as her heir, but c. Nervous is the true heir, kept secret because of his parentage but Olive plans to officially recognize him before she dies, and d. Loki learned the secret a while back and has been holding Nervous hostage in an attempt to either marry Nervous to Loki’s sister Erin or otherwise gain power. So that’s essentially what is happening here, Olive is the Duchess, Nervous is her heir, Loki is a mere Gentry trying some ruthless means of acquiring power and advancing his family’s status. Erin is a viable match for Nervous, but in my experience they usually don’t like one another; I think generally speaking I’m not going to force sims with X attraction to marry just because they’re a good match. Maybe for story purposes or if the pickings are too slim, but not in round one.

Oh, and I have designated a few ladies to be Duchesses of their subhoods, and a Gentry lady heiress here and there, but for the most part I will be sticking to full classic primogeniture. This is mainly for setup; I just picked the best/most interesting choices to rule each subhood. I.E., I’m not gonna make the Roths be the Ducal family of Riverblossom Hills when the Goths are right there ruling over Pleasantview, that is dumb, and Catherine Viejo makes a very interesting setup. Is Betty Goldstein her secret lover and/or lady in waiting? Is Andrew Martin her secret lover and/or gardener/serving man/serf? ...so Cleo Shikibu, heiress to the Duchy of Riverblossom Hills, and Florence Delarosa, Lady of Bluewater Village, will both have to find second sons or college sims to marry in order to preserve their respective inheritances (meaning, basically, they can marry Kent Capp or a college boy, because maxis families are really light on siblings generally). Olive Specter is technically another example, but since she has a male heir in Nervous, Ophelia is not being treated as an heiress and will just get married off wherever. (...not to Johnny, unfortunately for them. Johnny is a merchant. And thanks to Johnny’s heritage, it will be Difficult to cheat discretely. Sounds like Fun!) But I will be avoiding situations like this in the future, and will only allow heiresses if there is no possible male heir, and even then her duty is to marry a hapless guy and produce a male heir as soon as she can to preserve her family line.

I’m also pretty excited about my spreadsheet for the Megakingdom, making pages for simple round info, a full resident census, individual families and family trees, records of deceased sims and events, the neighborhood and treasury, maybe one day including full economic notes on sensible pricing for SMSF goods. And charts on viable marriage prospects for each class, which I am pretty proud of. They’re sorted by rank, red means not allowed, bright green is preferred, and light green is allowed. Generally speaking, sims get bright green within the same age group and light green outside it, making it easy to prioritize same age marriages over, say, adult-teen marriages or teen-child betrothals. Both of those are allowed but not preferred. And these charts will change as sims age, and sims will be removed when they get married and added when new sims are born or rolled.

I am very excited. The spreadsheets also give me something I can work on during down time at work!

[kurtty-drabbles]

Ocean au (each one stories)

N/A: Merciful short and filler bonding moment. I guess. An idea for White Witch and Vision here.

@djinmer4 @dannybagpipesarecalling @bamfoftheundead

The White Witch is a fearsome foe if you dare to oppose her and Dr StrangeFate can speak proudly of her prowess in magic and the woman, in question, can feel the man, albeit pretend to be grumpy, does care for his students even Wanda(even if she has a dangerous power)

Yet, in matters of love, Wanda was really unlucky. People used to think she and Pietro were a thing ("I love him as my brother. My own twin") and Wonder Man was...something she´s not happy to talk.

"Wanda, are you back? Or is this another spell?" Victor asked amused as he´s carrying Tommy on his shoulder. Victor is Wanda´s husband and both of them are aware of rumours circling around them.

("I bet he´s some sort of alien ready to conquer Earth"

("Maybe Wanda got insane and create a perfect lover is the only way for a man to be so happy in being weak against a woman)

Victor puts Tommy down who is ready to run to Billy to play and annoy his twin and Victor´s hand careless Wanda´s face for a moment making the White Witch´s eyes gaze upon yours. "Tough day?"

She opens and closes her mouth for a moment and nods. "Do you...think I really...made you?"

Victor is bemused by that. "Wanda if you did then why you give me peanuts allergy?" he jokes and continues "You didn´t make me, Wanda, I´m real and our kids are too"

"But...do you ever wonder about your past?"

"Sometimes, you found me almost drowning in the sea and while I may not record my time previous to that...I don´t regret it and maybe it's for the best"

Wanda nods again. And comments. "I think...I have found a way to deal with those cursed diamonds"

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Sparrow can analyse most of the criminal minds in New Gotham and for her own life can´t seem to comprehend what´s Kitty´s reasons to be a thief. The obvious one was money, sure, but doesn´t she has enough money now?

Lorna is drinking her juice and still, proudly display Frozen merchandising when Sparrow out of curiosity asked the green-haired woman one question.

"Columbina´s reasons? Oh..." Lorna takes a sip of her cup of Olaf and then speaks again "No idea and I never really thought about it"

Sparrow is not sure if she´s protecting Columbina or if she really does not care.

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Kokoro is with her sister-in-law as they are relaxing for once. People have a certain view of Kokoro that prompts the woman to not really care for their opinion. Most people see Kokoro as a heartless bitch, but, what they don´t get is that Kokoro does not own anything to anyone.

"Hey, check out," Kokoro said using one of those slangs that her brother seems so fond. "it says Columbina is the supposed mastermind of the robbery of Castle Rock"

Meggan shakes her head. "no, she´s not" and is quick to realize how her words appear to be strange for her sister-in-law. "I mean, is not her usual MO, you know, she usually steals diamonds...not art"

Kokoro is not impressed by this reply but continues reading the article on her cellphone. "It seems the police think is her fault or some new criminal called Shinobi"

"I think is the Shinobi"

Kokoro is not thrilled with this reply, but, when her app rings with a new post it makes her arch an eyebrow. "yes, it seems you are right, this Shinobi guy was arrested just now and he´s responsible for the robbery" and Meggan gives a big sigh of relief and Kokoro really think this is odd.

However, Angel calls her and this doubt quickly vanishes from her mind.

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"Felicia..."

"I´m just saying, dear father, could it be possible?"

Dark Claw sighs tiredly. "Well, is possible, Felicia...why you ask me this?"

"Just think loudly"

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Columbina is in her loft and is cramming at her whiteboard with the plans. Lorna is still looking at her cat and dog and makes the same questions which Kitty is always evasive.

"Lorna, we´re going to steal cursed diamonds...the secrets that my cat and dog may or may not hold won´t help in our heist" Kitty explains and Lorna sighs letting go of her curiosity for now.

"Ok, you have a backup plan?" Lorna asked sitting on the couch and gazing upon Columbina.

"I made a mistake and I need to rethink the plan...because...Loki will be there"

"Oh...that´s a problem" adds Lorna surprised much to Kitty´s chagrin.

"Why are you surprised you are the one who gave me the list of guest?"

"Still that asshole never leaves Norway...if he´s there...he must want to steal the diamonds for himself" Lorna speaks and Columbina agrees with this horrible idea. "which now you have to run against time"

"I´m a pro, Lorna"

"I know...still, Loki is Loki and he seems to hate your gut as much Emma"

"...I know"

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Kurt Ryder and Logan are happy to have captured Carnage, the lunatic was screaming at the tops of his lung his love for Knull (whatever this may be) and this lead to the end of the chase.

Dark Claw is celebrating by drinking a beer and Kurt never says no to a good beer.

"Hey, Ryder...are you invited to Emma´s fanciest party?" Dark Claw asked and this makes Kurt laugh harder, maybe, Kurt is still in the Nightcreeper´s stance in his mind.

"What? No, I may be famous but is not enough to get an invitation to Emma´s parties. Why? wanna crash?"

"No, just wondering how the system works"

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Emma is looking at her precious diamonds with a big smile on her face. And begins to talk with them. As usual. "My beloveds, soon, our plan will come to fruition" and her eyes are now matching the diamond´s shades. Completely white. "the party is arriving around the corner and all the guests will have the diamonds. Our diamonds"

[sabine-leo]

A smile to remember

Chapter 11 

Author: @sabine-leo

Genre: Fluff, Humor, Romance,

Note: The chapter (like the one before) inculdes Textmessages I marked them with < >

> for incomming

<for outgoing 

-Chapter 11-

The one with a very special sleepover

 The next week at work was like any other before you met him. Until late Friday. You were playing a game with Dylan and a friend of him as you got called by Clara. “(Y/N) could you please come in the hall for a minute!” Something in her voice told you it was urgent. You excused yourself to Dylan and James and went into the hall. Sarah’s husband was standing there. Agitated.

 “Hello (Y/N) I…I need your help!” You saw he was nervous.

“Sure, how can I help you?”

“It´s Sarah, she was in an accident and I am needed at the hospital. They said it´s nothing very serious, but…it is a 2h drive. She was out on a job when she got injured. I don´t know all the details yet.” You listen and nod understanding why he had to be with her.

“Sarah´s parents are out of town, Toms away. I don´t have anybody who could look after Dylan. I know it is not your job and I ask a lot of you, but I don´t know what else to do. I will probably be there all night. Dylan get´s scared so fast.. I…” His voice breaks a little.

You don´t think twice about what to say.

“Don´t worry, do you have his stuff with you. I will take care of him and we´ll have a slumber party at my place. You go take care of your wife, and please tell her I´m very sorry something happened to her!” Dylan´s Dad seemed relieved.

“Yes, I´ve packed a bag.”

“Ok…then try to calm down and go tell Dylan he will stay with me tonight. I will handle the rest from there.” “Thank you so much. You really are an Angel, like Sarah said!”

 Soon you sit in the tube, with Dylan and his bag on your lap. He was a bit taken aback at first, but his Dad and you reassured him that everything would be fine and he just had a sleep over like with Uncle Tom sometimes. That calmed Dylan enough to get used to the idea.

“You know what?! When we are home, we´ll write Uncle Tom and send him a picture of you eating popcorn watching a movie!”

“Oh yes please.” Dylan said and grinned a little. Uncle Tom likes Popcorn, he will be sooo jealous!”

 An hour later, Dylan was fed and in his pyjamas on your couch. The Dschungle Book was playing of a DVD and he had a bowl of Popcorn in his lap. His gorilla by his side.

You took a picture and captioned it with

<Dylan and his hairy friend do like my popcorn!

 Some 30 minutes later Tom replied

>I heard what happened. Thank you for helping out and taking care of Dylan. I wish I could be there now. Sarah seems to have a fractured leg and is in the operating room as we speak. But it´s seems to be nothing major. How´s Dylan coping? He seems fine in the picture.

 You sit next to Dylan and take a look.

<He´s doing ok. I´m glad Sarah isn´t hurt badly. I showed him your drawings and Dylan liked them. Not the girly ones, but the manly gorillas

 >hehe, yes, he doesn´t even like that girly stuff. I know. Would it be ok with you if I´d facetime you later? I want to talk to him and say good night before he goes to bed.

 <Anytime you want. I think it would be good for him to see your face.

 Dylan´s watching the movie and singing along to the songs. Cuddling up to you.

“You are my friend, you know? I like you…you are ok for a girl” he said sometime in between.

You couldn´t help but laugh. The movie soon came to an end and you prepared him for bed.

“I´ve got a surprise for you!” You said as Dylan had cuddled in. You had texted Tom that it was bedtime now and he wasted no Time calling you on your tablet. The screen was bigger.

Dylan´s face lit up

 “Hey buddy!” Tom said smiling.

“UNCLE TOM!!!” Dylan almost jumped out of bed. You propped the tablet up on a pillow in front of Dylan. “Uncle Tom. I´m having a sleep over. I watched a movie and ate popcorn. (Y/N) is my friend now, she is ok for a girl!” he talked fast and matter of fact. Tom laughed.

“Yes, she is. Where is she now Dylan? I want to say hello to her too.” You lean in a little.

Dylan almost instantly cuddling up to you.

“Hello darling.” He smiled at you using the endearment he only started to use a little while ago.

Just in that moment you realized he was in bed too. Leaning against his bedframe. Without a shirt and the blanket only half covering him. He was clean-shaven and his hair was shorter now then the last time you´d seen him. But he looked gorgeous nonetheless.

“Hi Tom.” You smiled back at him. Hoping he wouldn’t see the blush on your face.

Suddenly it felt 20 degrees warmer than before.  

 Dylan took up his attention again. They both talked a for a bit until Dylan yawned.

“I need a bedtime story Uncle Tom! Pleeeeaaaaaseee.” You laughed quietly and started to switch of the big light in favour for a softer nightlamp. Tom could see the both of you anyhow.

 Without a second to think about it Tom cleared his throat and his voice drooped into a soothing tone. “Alright buddy, cuddle up and close your eyes!” Dylan did as told and yawned again.

Tom began to tell a story with a quiet and oh so soothing voice. You relaxed yourself listening to him and stroked Dylan´s hair. It took him probably 5 minutes before Dylan passed out and was fast asleep.

 You smiled at him and then at Tom who was whispering “Is he asleep already?” You nod and take the tablet into your hands. Sensing Tom wasn´t about to sign off directly you tiptoe out of the bedroom into your Livingroom and take a seat in your armchair. The reading lamp giving a soft glow to light the room.

 “You´ve got a nice home.” Tom commented and grinned.

“Good that Loki isn´t here, he would probably be jealous. Kneeling before Dylan first, making him popcorn and stroking his hair. A God could get insecure over that!”

You laugh as quiet as possible and tilt your head.

“Yeah, what’s up with him not being there? You got rid of him today?”

Tom had a mischievous grin on his face.

“For the day at least. I do have a night shoot today.”

“Ahh, hence you being still in bed.”

 You try to focus on his face. His half-bared chest was doing things to your heartrate that were treacherous. He arranged himself more comfortably and you could see a tiny bit of his hotel room. Your notebook sitting on the bedside table made you smile.

 “It´s so nice to see your face again.” He said quietly and smiles a handsome smile just for you.

The air around you seemed to crack. There was that tension again.

The tension you felt as the both of you had danced together.

 “Loki wasn´t completely wrong with his request for pictures, you know.” And just like that it was all fine again. He made it fun. Yes, it really was easy to talk to him. He made you feel comfortable even with him being half naked.

 “Oh, I´ve got an idea. Can you record this conversation on your tablet?”

You are a bit stunned but answered.

“Yes, I can do that. Why?”

 Tom just smirked very, very sexy.

“Lean back darling, you´re in for a treat!”  

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