#tikos

[siryl]

"Bran Mak Morn" by Peter Tikos.

[knight-engale]

👫

For disowned speedrun?

@xvi-the-tower @dreams-of-the-arcana

Since she's with a storm magician now, Morgan gets over her fear of thunder.

If Morgan were to have a baby in this AU, Tikos and Jas don't even notice she's pregnant for a while because her symptoms end up being very mild, and it takes her ages to start showing.

Morgan enjoys playing with Jas's hair. She's not used to styling hair that isn't ridiculously long and curly, but she tries her best.

Each girl gets a Tikos chest pillow! One blue-haired sailor for each of his arms...

[mugamug200]

[daman19942]

TSR CC Recommendations: TS2 Lot Builders

Nobody asked for this but I have a little time on my hands and I said I might do it, so here is a list of some TSR lot builders who I recommend checking out. A few notes under the cut before we get started (all details under the cut, as well, in case you aren't interested in my preamble):

This is not meant to be paid promotion for TSR. I believe TSR asking users to pay for their CC is ridiculous, especially for a 19 year old game they haven't supported in 7 years. But I spent many years uploading there during the peak-TS2 / pre-TS3 era and know there is great CC in their archives that newer players may not know about. And unlike TheSims2.com, which has sadly shuffled off this mortal coil, TSR's content is still available to freely download (assuming you can stomach the pop-ups and wait times)

This post will only be about lot builders because that was what I was primarily uploading and downloading in this era. I was friendly with some of the creators I am about to list, but none of them are still active members of the TS2 community.

The preview pics might be a little rough and the architecture styles will likely feel very dated compared to the most popular styles these days, which are more colorful, cluttered, and use 3t2 and 4t2 conversions. Re: the previews: too many of us were using free trials of PaintShopPro back then, and TSR limited us to 2 previews, so we did our best. Re: the styles: unlike pre-2010's CAS CC, which was full of hand painted and "realistic" textures (LOL), these are the same objects you can find in the game today, just being used in different ways! Sometimes for the first time! And, yes, while some of these creators used CC, it was mostly Homecrafter walls and floors, as you'll see below.

This was also the hey-day of CFE lot building, which has certainly fallen out of favor to more traditional builds (in part because graphics cards have improved and these types of builds don't look as good in 2024, and also because the great CFE experimenters, builders, and tutorial writers are no longer part of the community and their original discoveries are gone as well - I am happy to go down a massive rabbit hole on this piece of TS2 history if anyone else cares, but trust me, you don't have to care).

Alright that is enough caveating, here are some recs! (Links are in the creator's names and they take you to their Lots, though many of them have other creations, too).

Lord Tiko Speaking of great CFE builders! Lord Tiko built spaceships, boats, pagodas, domes, windmills and bridges, oh so many bridges before retiring mid-TS2 because of health issues. He was one of the first builders to take Daihtnaoz7's single and double bridge tutorials and apply them to really big lots. I'm still not sure how he built the Venice Rialto Bridge, or his other European water lots. Overall, a massive inspiration to me when I was prioritizing CFE builds.

Hatshepsut My favorite "traditional" home builder, and someone I considered a friend. She specialized in English and American builds, and I had many of Hat's houses in my old saves and was impressed by her range and decorating style which was (for the time) more varied than many of her peers. Knew how to take great preview pics of her houses, too.

Tigerblue Another builder I corresponded with, Tigerblue was probably the least prolific uploader on this list for sheer number of uploads, but she also crossed a range of styles. Her builds leaned way into specific styles (see the previews, these were all part of consistent sets of 3,4, or even 10 lots), but this was also what happened when a new EP dropped and everyone raced to uploaded builds using as many of the new objects and styles as possible. Tigerblue just happened to be better at it than most of us.

Cyclonesue Do current TS2 players know Cyclonesue? Because it's hard to think of someone who had a bigger impact on building and decorating of the era, first with her English and Tudor builds and later with her extremely distinct grunge creations. Seriously, check out her Urban Renewal series and the corresponding objects. Iconic stuff that surely now feels frozen in time. I probably only played 20% of her lots that I downloaded, but they still make for great hood decor. Like Tiko, someone who happily experimented with CFE.

Illiana The creator who inspired me to make this list is, ironically, the one on it who I know the least about (she is a Featured Artist but not in the Hall of Fame, whatever that means). I just started playing her Tri-Annyas fraternity house and have a few other lots floating around my game. She built in a range of styles, from classical to modern to Twikki Island to grunge. Revisiting some of them in-game, the TSR previews do not do them justice.

*EXHALES* If you made it to this point, kudos to you. I'm sure there are creators I've forgotten, and houses I haven't linked to, but this is a good starting point for digging into some of the eclectic builds the TSR(chives) have to offer (I just coined that, is it clever? It is not). Maybe I'll do a Part 2 if people like this.

If you have any favorites of your own, let me know what I missed! And as I do with my old Exchange re-uploads, I am tagging @sims2packrat and @oldasscustomcontent for general TS2 history awareness!

[ccwpids-blogbiggestfan]

The discourse about black reader / urban fics i try to ignore it and stay out of it, but i promise you, honey, you're not different for not liking or reading black reader fics.. you want something different? go ahead and write tht shit yourself instead of complaining. at the end of the day? you're yapping and down talking other black women's creativity and hard work ion like that at all. it's always better to move in silence. this is fiction, and I think it's a heavy YOU problem and not that deep at Alll. let mfs write their silly little fanfictions damn.

[thicksexyasswomen44]

Seduction

@_tiko

@thicksexyasswomen44🍷🍷

[rot-worm]

Spreading tiger propaganda to my friends <33

Apologies 4 the wonky drawings whiteboard causes me 2 suffer

[shalegas34]

I was reading steel type playthrough today and noticed a sore lack of pictures in the middle section. this one will be going in ch24

[mintspider]

She's got a type 😅

Sucker for an undercut

[matashaw]

Yeah, yeah, we get It! You like Shador, BUUUUUUUUUUUUT. Imagine them but angst...

[pine-needled]

sponsored by my best scribe, @kryloxen ❤️

well hello everyone!! my name is pine (like the tree!), and welcome to my get-to-know-me post !!

I’m expecting to mostly post my art and my oc stuff, and I’d love to make any new artist friends on here! I love interaction and any contact, so please don’t be hesitant to reach out and say hi :>

if anyone’s interested in a multifandom writing blog by me, head on over to @pinecipitation !! do I post a lot?? no but I sure try

honorable mention, this is an lgbtq+ positive space!! I will not tolerate any sort of hate on here on anything, nor will I invite anything relating to making fun of both writing and/or art.

overall, welcome new friends, and I hope to see y’all stick around!!

[masterfuldoodler]

Have you seen them recently?

[artsy-arlequin]

Uranium pen doodles real

[foxonaleash]

Silly things I drew!

Mostly on whiteboardfox!! It's so silly X]

[hunter-with-double-h]

Tiko content for ya'll because i will not upload any other content for the next 2 weeks💙

[meadow-roses]

ALL HAIL THE GOBLIN QUEEN