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limeysims · 3 days
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She wraps up the day at the Humor and Hijinks festival ^^ Tomorrow will be back to business as usual, but today was a much deserved break for Dot ♡
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fabuloustrash05 · 4 months
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Cute parallel from the first and second Trolls movie that I noticed:
First movie: Bridget has a secret crush on the King of the Bergens, Gristle, and she has photos on him in her room that she keeps hidden.
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Second movie: Branch has secret crush on the Queen of the Trolls, Poppy, and he has photos of her in his room that he keeps hidden.
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claudtrait · 2 months
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i might've cheated a bit and gave her a tent...
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fyi-iyanni · 1 year
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bootobeneficiary · 2 years
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Mood of the Board: Health & Wellness in Wealth
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annasiims · 2 months
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Meet Veronica C. Duvall, a 24 year old aspiring singer. Veronica was kicked out of her home after disobeying her parents by not upholding family traditions and pursuing a career in business. Veronica's lifelong dream has always been to study music and become a famous singer. Now she’s faced with the task of starting from ground zero with nowhere to go and no simoleons. | WATCH HERE
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fafnir19 · 3 months
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Isn't champagne part of human rights?
The frosty air nipped at Leon's cheeks as he made his way through the snow-covered streets of the upscale ski resort. The grand hotel loomed before him, its opulent facade standing in stark contrast to the modest upbringing he had known. As he entered the lobby, the hotel manager, Mr. Bower, beckoned him over. "Leon, I have a special task for you," Mr. Bower said, his eyes gleaming with anticipation. "What is it, Mr. Bower?" Leon asked, trying to ignore the nervous flutter in his chest. "We have a group of wealthy young guests staying at the hotel, and we want them to spend more. Since you're close in age, I want you to encourage them to indulge in our amenities," Mr. Bower explained. Leon frowned, feeling out of his depth. "But I'm not sure how to do that... I'm not exactly outgoing." Mr. Bower clapped him on the back. "Nonsense, Leon. I believe in you. I'll provide you with the right attire to fit in with them. It'll be a valuable experience for you." Leonard nodded, trying to quiet the apprehension swirling in his mind.
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Over the next few days, Leon found himself in a world entirely different from the one he knew. The rich kids exuded confidence and self-assuredness, while Leon struggled to keep up. They spent money like it was nothing, purchasing the latest ski gear and indulging in extravagant meals. "Come on, Leon! Live a little!" one of the rich kids, Max, exclaimed, tossing an expensive scarf to him. Leon caught the scarf awkwardly, feeling a mixture of excitement and guilt. "I... I can't afford this," he stammered. "Nonsense! It's on the house," Max said with a carefree laugh.
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As the days passed, Leon found himself caught up in the whirlwind of luxury and excess. He joined the rich kids on the slopes, where they whooped and hollered as they carved through the powdery snow. "Woo-hoo!" Max shouted, spraying snow as he skidded to a stop. Leon laughed in exhilaration, his initial discomfort fading into the background. The evenings were a blur of indulgence, with the rich kids popping champagne corks and reveling in the lively après-ski scene. "This is the life, isn't it, Leon?" Max grinned, clinking his glass against Leon's. Leon hesitated for a moment before raising his glass. "Yeah, it's... it's incredible."
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However, as the winter holidays drew to a close, a sense of unease gnawed at Leon. He couldn't shake the feeling that he was deceiving the rich kids. On the final night, as they sat in the hotel's lavish lounge, Leon finally spoke up. "I have to tell you something. I was... I was hired to encourage you all to spend more money." The rich kids exchanged surprised glances before bursting into laughter. "Seriously? That's hilarious!" Max exclaimed, shaking his head. "We knew that, Leon," another rich kid, Emma, said with a chuckle. "In fact, that was the whole point." Confusion clouded Leon's features. "What do you mean?" "We've been looking for an heir to our uncle's fortune, and we believe you're the right fit," Max explained, his eyes glinting with sincerity. Leon's jaw dropped in disbelief. "Wait, what? I don't understand." Emma leaned in, her voice soft. "We've been grooming you to become one of us, Leon. You're more than just an acquaintance. You're family now."
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As the truth sank in, Leon felt a whirlwind of emotions surging through him. He had gone from a hesitant hotel apprentice to being welcomed into a world he never imagined belonged to him. With the winter holidays coming to an end, Leon made a life-changing decision. He chose to leave his role as a hotel apprentice and enroll in the prestigious boarding school where the rich kids studied.
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Over the coming months, Leon embraced his new lifestyle, immersing himself in the world of the wealthy. He traded his modest clothing for designer outfits, and his once-shy demeanor gave way to a newfound confidence. When the next winter holiday arrived, Leon returned to the hotel with his friends, the gap between them bridged by shared experiences and a bond that transcended social status.
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"Leon! Pass the champagne!" Max called out, and Leon obliged with a grin, reveling in the camaraderie that now defined their relationship. As they laughed and toasted to their friendship, Leon couldn't help but marvel at how far he had come. The rich kids no longer saw him as an outsider but as one of their own. The extravagance and merriment continued throughout their stay, and the hotel buzzed with the infectious energy of youth and affluence. "This is the life," Leon thought, his heart brimming with gratitude for the unexpected turn his life had taken. With each passing day, Leon felt a growing sense of belonging, a feeling that had eluded him for so long. On the last night of their stay, as they gathered for an extravagant farewell dinner, Leon looked around at his friends, now his family, and a surge of overwhelming emotion washed over him. "Thank you, all of you," Leon said, his voice filled with sincerity. "For everything." The rich kids raised their glasses, their laughter ringing through the opulent dining hall. "To Leon, our brother in arms!" they cheered, their voices blending in perfect harmony. Leon smiled, his eyes shining with contentment as he basked in the warmth of acceptance and friendship. No one would ever guess that he had once been a timid hotel apprentice, for now, he stood tall and proud among the rich kids, a testament to the remarkable transformation that had taken place.
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berrycactus · 13 days
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well Its a start! 🌾
( I also added an outdoor off-the-grid shower she can use with her collected water)
Simple living and off-the-grid lot traits ✔
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nizaberry · 9 months
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Howdy 🍎
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em-dash-press · 11 months
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Story Arcs: 5 Types to Consider
Stories take readers on a journey. The details along the way differ, but many stories share similar arcs. You can study them specifically to improve your plot creation and development skills. Check out the five story arcs to consider whenever you get inspired.
1. Protagonist In a Hole
Readers often pick up books specifically because they want to read about a character who reaches rock bottom and finds their way out. It’s a story arc full of hope and encouragement. You can recreate that type of plot with the Protagonist In a Hole arc.
The protagonist should start in a happy place in their life. Things start to slowly unravel after your inciting incident. Maybe they make a series of bad choices or struggle with a lack of control over their life. After reaching their personal rock bottom, they have a heroic arc where their choices and efforts start making their life better.
At the end of this story arc, your protagonist will be in a happy place again or in a better situation than where they started.
Longer stories can also repeat the up-and-down arc, depending on how much you want to put your protagonist through for the sake of your theme.
Example: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (things always get much worse on the quest for clues before Sherlock puts them together and overcomes the mystery/antagonist)
2. Riches to Rags
Some readers also love story arcs where the protagonist starts in a moderately happy place and ends the book at their rock bottom moment. It often leads into a sequel or serves as a warning for readers that aligns with the story’s theme.
Note, this doesn’t always have to be about rich people losing their wealth. The “riches” can be a metaphor for whatever your protagonist values and ultimately loses.
Example: Cinderella, but without Prince Charming. If her story ended at midnight striking and Cinderella barely getting home in time, she would have lost her one chance at rising from her station in life. 
3. Rags to Riches
Stories can also have a singular rising arc as well. It begins with the protagonist in a situation they don’t want to be in and focuses on what they do to reach their idea of happiness. Some conflicts will happen along the way, but ultimately they accomplish their goal.
Again, this doesn’t have to be about accumulating wealth. “Riches” is whatever your protagonist defines as happiness or their life goal.
Example: Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth and Darcy end up married, so she gets the true love she wanted and happens to also achieve financial security for her family. She didn’t have to marry without love to provide for her family, ultimately achieving her biggest life goal.
4. Hero Storyline
Much like Rags to Riches, the Hero storyline starts in a low place for the protagonist. They’re fighting a losing battle or stuck in a place they don’t enjoy. A plot device helps them out of that place, but their ultimate weakness or a big mistake makes them crash back down again.
By embracing their most heroic action (usually involving selflessness or sacrifice), the protagonist ends up happier and better off than at the start of the story.
Example: Aladdin. He meets Genie and wins Jasmine over while gaining wealth that lifts him out of poverty. However, she finds out he’s been lying about his identity, so Aladdin loses everything. By focusing on his friends’ needs instead of his own, he reaches his ultimate happiness again to complete his hero’s arc.
5. Tragedy Always Strikes
The fall-rise-fall arc can be a bigger cautionary tale than Riches to Rags. It starts with the protagonist in a place where they’re unhappy. Things continue to worsen until hope appears. Maybe a new character or plot point makes life better for them. The protagonist experiences personal growth and gets so close to the freedom, redemption, or happiness they desire. Then a plot twist makes it come crashing down. The protagonist ends in a worse place than they started.
Example: Gone Girl. Nick Dunne is in an unhappy marriage. His wife goes missing and he’s the primary suspect for it. That’s his low point, but when the narrative switches and Amy Dunne is revealed to be doing everything on purpose, Nick gets a rising arc with the reader. They’re on his side against her scheming, but the story ends in an even worse place for him. She comes back and gains complete manipulative control over the relationship. He’s trapped with someone he hates and fears instead of someone he just dislikes.
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Sometimes it’s easier to write a great story by picking a story arc before you start writing. Consider the various arcs listed here to match them with a character or storyline you feel inspired to write. You’ll have built-in plot directions that make planning much easier.
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roseamariesims · 1 year
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Patchwork Infant Crib
Early access on Patreon until April 27th 2023.
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This infant crib is base game compatible and has a functional mobile upgrade. It has 20 swatches, and the wood swatches match my other nursery CC items. 
It's only 30 simoleons in game, and is obviously meant for story/challenge purposes where your sim may have little money to spend (rags to riches, etc etc). I wouldn't advise putting your baby in a real crib like this.
Download on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patchwork-crib-81241761
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limeysims · 20 days
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Banh Mi for lunch + pass the afternoon an art gallery 🎟️
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I haven't been able to sit down enough to do the new pack justice, so have this doofus on a Rags to Werewolf challenge. Since he's already a werewolf, he's starting with nothing but a party bush.
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claudtrait · 2 months
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i think they're gonna be pretty good friends
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catofadifferentcolor · 5 months
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Terrible Fic Idea #72: Game of Thrones, but make it rags to riches
For all being a bastard in Westeros is not ideal, being the acknowledged natural son of the Warden of the North is a pretty good life. Sure, your food and clothing may not be as good as your trueborn siblings and your stepmother may hate you, but it could very easily be worse. As with many things, the wealth gap makes a difference here too.
So naturally I thought: why not take that all away? Or: What if a female Jon Snow was raised by her mother's maid?
Aka: The People's Queen Fic
Just imagine it:
Lyanna is just that much more stubborn than canon. She manages to grin and bear it through the first few hours of labor, giving no sign to her captors she's about to give birth. She calls for her maid - Myria Sand, a Dornish woman only a few months older than herself - only when the urge to push becomes too much.
She gives birth in silence to a daughter, biting back all her screams until her lips and tongue are bloody. Even if it wasn't clear Lyanna had lost too much blood, she wants better than what Rhaegar had planned for the babe. Lyanna urges her maid to take the child and escape.
Ned arrives at the Tower of Joy to find the remaining Kingsguard burying his sister. Thinking they killed her to hide their prince's secret, he flies into such a rage his bannermen would later say it was as if the spirit of Brandon overtook him. He takes his sister's bones north without ever learning of the child she carried.
Meanwhile, Myria gets as far from the Tower of Joy as possible. She has no idea who the lady in the tower was, only that she was being held against her will and her captors called her Lya. She names Lya's daughter Lynesse, thinking the names are similar enough to honor the woman she barely knew, but who gave everything to protect her child, and eventually finds her way to Oldtown.
Myria takes up service at the Scribe's Hearth and raises Lynesse as her own. It's a hard life, but it's loving, and several of the apprentices dote on little Lynesse, passing her sweets and teaching her to read and draw and do sums.
One of those apprentices is another Dornish bastard, Olyvar - a man a little older than Myria whose father, Nymor Lyons, is a minor lord sworn to House Uller - who has earned six iron links studying bladesmithing. He ends up leaving the Citadel to become a swordsmith in Oldtown and marries Myria in the middle of the Greyjoy Rebellion. He never treats Lynesse as anything other than his own.
Life gets a little less hard after that, but it's still hard work. Lynesse helps as she can as she grows older, but in the end its her drawings - including beautiful, functional designs for hilts - that end up getting attention, especially after her stepfather starts incorporating them into his work.
Meanwhile, canon proceeds apace elsewhere. Jon Arryn dies, Ned Stark is beheaded, the War of Five Kings rages. Prince Oberyn is killed by the Mountain... and Olyvar's father, who was part of Oberyn's retinue, tries to kill the Mountain in revenge. This goes poorly, leaving Olyvar's aging grandfather, Lord Lyons, without an heir. Lacking other options, he recalls Olyvar home and starts training him for the position.
Olyvar is not a bad student, merely disinterested in things that aren't swords. Lynesse, however, eagerly soaks up everything that her grandfather has to teach - though her main interest will always be in drawing and sculpture.
After a few month's preparation, Olyvar and his family are presented to Prince Doran. It is a Cinderella moment without a glass slipper.
Doran takes one look at Lynesse, sees Stark, and the wheels in his head start turning so fast they smoke.
His son Quentyn takes one look at Lynesse and falls into immediate lust, but is gentlemen enough to realize that his attentions make her uncomfortable and so leaves off his flirtations fairly quickly. They end up falling into a conversation about blade design through the known world - and, somewhat amazingly given their backgrounds, end the event as friends.
Doran encourages Quentyn's friendship with Lynesse and suggests to Lord Lyons that his granddaughter might benefit from time spent in the Lady Myrcella's retinue. Meanwhile, Doran has his agents start researching Lynesse's background - and what he finds surpasses his wildest dreams.
But while that plays out, the War of Five Kings continues. It's less major battle and more general chaos, with rule of law stretching only so far as each local lord cares to hold it. Dorne is an island of peace amid the storm and is waiting for the moment Daenerys makes landfall.
No one is more surprised than Quentyn when he's told to go to Dragonstone and present Lynesse as the queen's niece - except for perhaps Lynesse herself. Daenerys is suspicious at first, but the evidence is convincing - and, more importantly, a female relative is less threatening to her claim to the throne and thus can be safely considered family. Once they get over the awkwardness, they become fast friends.
Daenerys carries out her reconquest of Westeros and is eventually crowned Queen. Lynesse remains her heir until such time as she has children of her own... which seems less and less likely as time goes on.
When Dany dies in her 40s after a riding accident, Lynesse is crowned queen of the Seven Kingdoms. She is, perhaps not as powerful a ruler as Dany, but she is competent and fair and aware of her own limitations, and surrounds herself with good advisors. The commonfolk adore her, and for this and her childhood she is often called The People's Queen.
Bonuses include: 1) A slow burn romance between Quentyn and Lynesse. This should characterized by immediate lust on Quentyn's part which turns into genuine love and affection as he gets to know Lynesse over the course of two or three years. His attentions should make Lynesse uncomfortable from the start, but his efforts not to pressure her are a pleasant change after years of being a nothing more than a pretty bastard. Her feelings for Quentyn grow slowly, and its not until Dany suggests she marry Willas Tyrell to secure the Reach that Lynesse realizes she's in love with her best friend; 2) A lot of emphasis on what it's like to grow up as one of the common folk, without the advantages being a lord's bastard might grant. This should continue to a lesser degree after Myria and Olyvar marry, but still be a lingering presence in the back of Lynesse's mind well into Dany's reconquest; 3) Swords. Just everything there is to know about bladesmithing, complete with Olyver's attempts to recreate Valyerian steel. He never quite succeeds even with access to dragons, but comes up with a variant of Toledo steel during the reconquest (called Lyons steel) that makes his house very wealthy; and 4) Lynesse always considering Myria and Olyvar her true parents, and honoring them above all others.
And that's all I have. As always, feel free to adopt this bun, just link back to me if you do.
Other Jon Snow Headcanons: Aelor the Accursed | Aegon the Adopted | Aegon the Undying | Aegon the Unyielding | Aemon the Adventurous | Baelor the Brave | Bastard of Winterfell | Daemon the Destroyer | Daena the Dreamer | Daeron the Desired | Dyanna the Defiant | Elia the Magnificent | Jon the Fair | Jon Whitefyre | King of the Ashes | Lady Arryn | Lady Baratheon | Lady Lannister | Lady Stark | Lord of the Dance | Maekar the Maester | People's Queen | Prince Consort | Prince of Summerhall | Queen Mother | Queen of Nightingales | Red Queen | Rhaegar the Righteous | River Queen | Shiera Snowbird | Visneya the Victorious | Wolf Queen
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bootobeneficiary · 2 years
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Mood of the Board: Life of a Trophy Wife
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