Weekly simming 3/2016

[katrisims]

This was one of my not so great simming weeks. I've felt too tired most evenings, plus I've been distracted by a couple of absorbing books. (A continuation of a Finnish fantasy series I used to read when I was younger.)

The only thing I've done simming-wise is arranging some pictures for the next Bookacy chapter today. Well, I suppose I've also been thinking about some upcoming plot. I had one in mind for the downgrade, and I was quite excited about getting to that part, but now I'm not so sure. Not sure if that's what I want to do, if that's where I want to go with my bad guys. And maybe I want to save that plot turn for later. After all, Cho's generation has seen a lot of drama. Of course, something still needs to happen to explain the downgrade. And possibly the change with the extended family that I'm planning.

Well, there' still time until we get to that point. I guess I'll just have to keep thinking, playing and writing!

Comments

[esmeiolanthe.livejournal.com]

You've still made progress, though. Good for you!

When I need to make a sudden change in living circumstances, I use one of the following: a) so then they moved (no explanation), b) and then the tornado hit (very useful; do you have tornadoes in Finland to know what they do?), or c) some sort of major life epiphany. Feel free to use any or none of those options.

What series are you reading? Is it good? Is it available in English, do you know? *esmeiolanthe likes to read*

[katrisims.livejournal.com]

Sometimes there's very little progress, like last week, but that's ok. There was still a little bit, and it counts. Thanks! :)

Yeah, I could of course leave it with no explanation, too, but I'm sort of itching for plot by now. :) It was nice to have a break from the constant plot, but in the end, it is a major factor in why the legacy has kept me interested.

My problem with the first plot idea was that it would maybe makes my bad guys too bad, as in out of character. Or well, technically Komei since Sal is in jail. I may have a substitute idea, we'll see. :) A tornado is rather tempting, although I don't think I can shoot one - and I don't think Komei can arrange one, either... :) (I know what they do, but we don't really have any here. Nor volcanoes or earthquakes, since we are in the middle of a tectonic plate.)

It's a series called "Vuorileijonan varjo" (something like "The shadow of a mountain lion", except it's not a cougar but a lion in the mountains), and I'm rather enjoying it. Unfortunately I don't think it's been translated, very few Finnish books are popular enough. And this one wasn't very popular, in fact the parts that the author is currently putting out don't even have a Finnish publisher, she's putting them online for free. Reading is the best! <3

[esmeiolanthe.livejournal.com]

Pooh! (*she says dismissively*) I couldn't shoot a tornado either -- I used a fight cloud in close-up. Or you could shoot the story with everyone huddled in the basement and coming out to the aftermath, which is what usually happens. But there's always dams bursting (doable through human agency), a rash of arsons (ditto), vengeful genies (hey, you have supernatural elements in the game), vengeful humans setting genies on the family, false allegations resulting in all money being tied up in lawsuits (yes, I'm an American...), aliens who mixed up the "abduct people" ray with the "destroy things" ray (either accidentally or on purpose after one summoning too many), vengeful witches, or a corrupt bank employee embezzling absolutely everything. (I don't know about in Finland, but only a certain amount of money is insured in banks in case of robbery or similar.) And I'm sure there are a million things I haven't thought of too. I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

That's too bad that the books aren't translated, since they sound like fun. I've had a soft spot for lions + fantasy since Narnia.

[katrisims.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a lot of ideas! Thanks. :) I'll have to keep them in mind, seeing that I need to think of something several more times in the legacy - not that any of those times will likely come in the next decade or so. :P You were kinda close-ish to my own ideas in there too, although I'm not saying which ones. ;)

Well, to be fair, the books have very little lions in them, I think the series name is mostly about a made-up saying that gets mentioned a couple times. There was one lion though, just pretty briefly! But the lack of lions hasn't made it less enjoyable for me at least. :)