Falling to Masterpieces 3.1

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Welcome back to Falling to Masterpieces, an artistic alphabet legacy. We’re only in generation B right now, with the heir, Bassano Masterpiece, in college. Bassano is named for Jacopo Bassano, a painter who created “Two Hounds,” the painting in the background of the title page. Bassano the sim is an excellent example of why I use heir polls. He was my 3rd choice personally for heir, but the readers liked him, so now I get to try and see what I’m missing.

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The other sims in the Greek House are Bassano’s sisters, Botticelli, Bazille, and Bellini (not pictured). All four of the kids also have fiancés/fiancées like Botti’s beau Edwin here, so they are often hanging around somewhere.

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“God, I hate your sims.”

Why, whatever is the problem, perpetually perturbed shopgirl?

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Oh, right. The public woohoo again. Well, what are you gonna do? This is Angeline, Bassano’s fiancée, sneaking in to join him.

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“Dang. I think I know what she sees in me.”

Oh, go put some clothes on. I always have sims try on underwear when they want to do public woohoo in a clothes booth. Just seems appropriate . . . or rather appropriately inappropriate.

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Angeline got a makeover from last chapter before I towniefied her. Bassano kept pretty busy for the rest of college and didn’t invite her over or out again, so this is the last time you’ll see this outfit. Totally worth the effort, lol.

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One of the defining things about Bassano is that he developed an interest in literature all on his own by reading while relaxing in bed. He started rolling wants to write a novel, so I let him. Luckily, his creativity is high so it sold well, netting a cool 8,000 points for him.

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Here it is: his first novel. It is a cookbook (so actually not a novel at all, but whatever, game) called Alphabet Salad. Super interesting, no? I have a hard time naming novels, so most of them turn out rather eye-rollingly stupid.

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Bellini gets to work on painting Bassano’s college portrait, but when it was finished, his head was huge compared to Anjolie’s portrait, so Bellini sold it as a masterpiece.

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“But I don’t want to sing karaoke!”Okay, so don’t.“But I want to sing karaoke!”Okay?“But I’m afraid of it!”

Ugh, Botti keeps rolling up fears of karaoke, which she then fulfills because she loves singing karaoke. Makes no sense.

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One of the romance girls wanted a hot tub, which I unceremoniously plopped down right in front of the house because it is soooo getting rebuilt next generation so I just don’t care anymore. Anyway, there was one tile between the hot tub and the Greek house, so that’s where these three decided to socialize. Of course.

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We’re trying again on the portrait, but I still think it’s too big. I don’t know why I can’t seem to take a good picture for it.

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Bazille: “Hey, what’s going on here?”Botti: “Oh, Bazille. It was awful! She insulted me for no reason!”Bell the cheerleader: “I sure did. And later, I’m going to kick your ass!”Bazille: “Okay, Bell. Time to leave. I think we’ve all had enough of your ‘cheer’ for one day.”

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“There, there, sweetie. Don’t cry. Whatever she said, you know it isn’t true. Everyone except Bell that knows you loves you. She’s just causing trouble.”“Thanks, sis.”

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What’s up with you, Bassano? Writing another novel? That’s cool.

. . . I’m not doing so great at making him interesting, am I?

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What Bazille said was true: everyone, especially Bassano, adores Botti, including me. She was my second choice with Bellini being number one.

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Try number three on the portrait.

And it’s still too big! I know Bassano does not actually have a large head, so I don’t know why I keep zooming in too close.

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On the fourth try, we got it close enough to make me happy, though his head is still larger than hers. Presenting generation A and B’s college portraits, everyone!

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“I hate Bell so much. I’m going to write awful things in my diary about her.”

Whoa, I know she insulted you, but what’s with the hatred? Did I miss something? Let’s turn back the clock and look at earlier that day . . .

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*flick* “Ha ha! Only an idiot would fall for that!”“Shut up, Bell! And leave me alone!”“Whatever, loser.”“Did she just call our beloved little sister a loser?!”“It’s okay, Bellini. I’m a big girl and I can handle a little bully.”“Who are you calling a bully?”

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Botti and Bell are really getting in to it day after day. Botti finally stands up for herself and slaps back after Bell slaps her, but then they’re right back to Bell insulting Botti and Botti crying. I have no idea what Bell’s problem is. She’s acting like a cow mascot.

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Okay, I was unhappy with Bell before, but when she attacked my sim, I was fed up. To top it off, Botti only has 9 body points, so she lost to Bell.

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“You beat me up, and now you’re going to cheer at me?”“Vooo gerbits! What are you gonna do about it, you little priss?”

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“I’m going to go cry!”

College has gotten unexpectedly hard for Botti. Bell keeps showing up and making a beeline to pick on her whenever they’re in the house at the same time.

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Bellini tries her typical technique for cheering people up, but it’s not really enough.

And yes, Bellini did this on her own again. She loves pranking people and needs no help from me to do it.

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It’ll be a small consolation, but maybe if Botti can win the next fight, she’ll feel better. There will be a next fight because Bell won’t stay away no matter how many times we ask her to leave.

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So, I discovered that one sim can be a personal trainer to another sim on the treadmill. You may already know this, but I didn’t. It’s going on 10 years, and I’m still finding new things about this game. I love that.

Back on topic, Bellini is not the most . . . encouraging trainer. Maybe having a mean sim encourage another was not the best idea. She just boos and gives Botti a thumbs-down. Not helpful, Bellini. She’s trying, though. Bless her heart.

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“Ha! You’re cornered! I’m coming for you, you wimp!”“Bring it on.”

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Botti gets back at Bell for all the abuse she’s been putting up with. A few insults and pokes later, I’m just waiting for the inevitable fight.

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Unfortunately, Botti is too nice and can’t really take what she’s dishing out. Bell, on the other hand, is spoiling for a fight and is literally punching the air in anticipation in the background. >:(

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Bell initiates the fight once again. Come on, Botti! You can do it!

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Okay, maybe she can’t. I would like to call attention to Bell’s evil face in this picture. I hate her so much.

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For some reason, none of the mascots like Botti much. I expect it from the cow, but I don’t understand what our mascot and Bell’s problem is. At least the llama isn’t attacking Botti every chance he gets.

Amusingly, the llama’s name is Odin and the cow is Freya.

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“Vooooo gerbits! As soon as you get off that bed, I’m ready to hand you your ass again.”“Well, that’s an incentive to stay in bed.”

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Bazille: “Ladies, I’ve called this meeting around the pinball machine to discuss what we’re going to do about Bell picking on our baby sister.”Botti: “Sorry, guys. I thought I could beat her, but I guess I’m not up to the task.”Bellini: “Don’t feel bad, Botti. You’re a lover, not a fighter. Anyway, we’ve almost graduated so she won’t be a problem soon, but I have a little plan to give her her comeuppance. It’s going to take a little while, so be patient, but trust me: she will get what’s coming to her.”

Chilling words from such a mean sim.

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So, while the girls are plotting to stop Bell’s reign of terror, what is Bassano up to? Uh . . . well, he wrote some more novels and he maxed his skills. I just don’t find him very inspiring. One of the reasons voters cited for voting for him was that he wants to be a cult leader, so maybe he’ll get more interesting as an adult . . .

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So, Bassano wrote 9 novels (at least 1 of each genre) in the latter half of his college years. The titles are Love in the Time of Comfort Soup, Alphabet Salad, An Alien in Paris, Cruise into Death (remember this one – it comes up later), Elephant’s Almanac, All Things Considered and Eaten, The Andromeda Grain, Apocalypse Sim (inspired by all you apocalypse writers!), and Sunshine Spaceman. Amazingly, his highest grossing novel was the romance novel Love in the Time of Comfort Soup, with Sunshine Spaceman a close second. I guess the editors don’t like his serious work.

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College wraps up with 4.0s, a placeholder moved in, and Bassano growing up in a mismatched outfit that turns his top into a belly shirt, reminding me strongly of Marc Encore. Luckily we’ve had no more attacks at the house since the last visit from the Bell from hell.

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So, now that college is done, it’s time to take care of the spares. Bazille and Botti moved into neighboring townhouses. Bellini and her fiancé are family sims, so they’re going to get a house, but the two romance sims won’t need as much room for their families.

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Bazille married Alan, who we haven’t seen much of recently. I had a couple of pictures of him hanging around in his pink undies, but they didn’t make the cut for this already long chapter. Anyway, he and Bazille make a cute couple. Alan is a pleasure sim, so they’re a good match.

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Not long after they married, Bazille gave birth to a little girl named Anne.

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Alan turned out to be a great dad to Anne, and she definitely takes after him in a lot of ways. She has the toddler version of Bazille’s hair.

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Here’s Anne as a child. Definitely her daddy’s girl.

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And here’s Bazille’s happy little family. Please pretend you can’t see her underwear, but at least the CC maker put underwear in, I guess.

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Meanwhile, next door, Botti married her fiance, Edwin. They are a very cute couple and Botti seems to have relaxed some now that she’s not being insulted and/or attacked on a frequent basis.

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They had a little boy who they named Thomas.

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Thomas is freakin’ adorable and has kind of a throwback look to some of Botti’s uncles.

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He’s a little less cute as a kid, but still adorable.

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And that’s the end to Botti’s story.

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Bellini married her beau, Sebastian. I should mention that I got lazy and had all the spares get married in their outfits that they’ll be wearing for Bassano’s wedding. Bellini and Sebastian are both family sims so they would love nothing more than having a humongous family. Unfortunately for them, they’re a spare couple, so they’ll have to limit their dreams somewhat.

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Hmm. Pregnancy totally breaks Bellini’s mesh, and I felt too lazy to change it. It’s kind of terrifying when she goes into labor, though.

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Bellini and Sebastian’s first child is a girl named Lynne.

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As a toddler she’s very cute.

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While Lynne is still a toddler, Bellini gave scary-looking-mesh birth to twins, a girl named Addison and a boy named Dylan. As Lynne cried in her crib with a dirty diaper, I think Sebastian and Bellini may be happy they’re stopping here.

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Lynne, Dylan, and Addison grew up. I love that they all have the same eyes and look very closely related.

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Dylan and Addison grew into children as well.

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So that’s Bellini and family, but don’t forget that Bellini has plans for Bell later . . . Mwa ha ha!

Okay, that’s finally it for the spares . . . for now. Let’s get back to Bassano and the main house.

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Bassano arrived home, changed, and called up Angeline. I guess I lied earlier because you can see the shoulder of her newest college outfit. Still totally worth changing it.

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After a move-in and a makeover, here’s Angeline. She’s a knowledge/popularity sim with the lifetime want to be an Eco Guru. I think it’s cute that both she and Bassano have University LTWs. Her personality is 4/4/4/7/6.

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She makes a very pretty bride. She and Bassano moved in during the morning, so they’re having their wedding right away since Bassano’s parents both have the day off from work.

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Corwin and Anjolie are still adults and actually had something like 8 days left in adulthood when the younger couple moved in, so they may wait a while to have kids.

Anjolie and Angeline get along right away, which is good, but I realized that, once again, I have given sims very similar-sounding names, which is bad. From now on we’re going to call Angeline Angie, which is still close to Anjolie, but a little better. Anyway, Angie’s first autonomous interaction with her soon-to-be mother-in-law was to tell a dirty joke, so I think she’ll fit in just fine.

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While getting set up for the party, Anjolie and Corwin decide to partake of the drinks before any guests even arrived. While we waited for everyone to show up, they downed an entire tray of poured drinks. Meanwhile, Anjolie and Oil are popping up thought bubbles of Corwin. You may remember from last chapter that he is a thought bubble magnet, and that hasn’t changed a bit.

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“Doo-de-doo-de-doo. Skipping to my wedding. Sure is nice being a playful sim.”

Bassano, you’re adorable.

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The guests finally arrive before Anjolie and Corwin get too sloshed. Bassano’s three sisters and Edwin and Sebastian are invited. Bassano never made friends with Alan, an oversight on my part, so he stayed home to watch the five kids, I suppose. Semi-interesting note: the bridesmaid dress I selected is the same one that founding spouse simRoxy wore to her wedding. It’s one of my favorites.

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We got one nice picture in of Angie walking down the aisle . . .

. . . and then one typical sim picture. At least they’re all sitting down. I closed the business but forgot to turn off the “charge customers” option on the venue thingy, so Edwin got confused and went home instead of buying a ticket to the wedding, leaving an empty chair up front.

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Here’s your typical sweet wedding shots. They make a very cute couple, don’t they?

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Anjolie is super psyched to see her daughter married, apparently.

Neither of the parents rolled up wants to see a child married since they’re still adults. That was a little disappointing. Also, I am a terrible photographer and the family bug attended the wedding.

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“I, the Volkswagon Beetle, do approve of this union. Bassano, you may kiss the bride.”

The maid: “Oh how beautiful! I’m so glad I attended instead of cleaning your filthy house! I made sure to wear red so I’d clash with all the soft blues and pinks!”

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I never do wedding cakes. I don’t know why. It just was never part of my routine. After seeing it in a legacy I was reading recently, I decided to give it a go.

Unsurprisingly, playful Bassano is a cake stuffer . . .

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. . . and playful Angie finds it hilarious. Whew.

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The new couple heads upstairs and Bassano gets lost in his bride’s hair. I think usually you get lost in someone’s eyes, but eh. They’re not going to try for baby until Anjolie and Corwin are closer to elders.

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Everyone makes a beeline for the drinks, and Anjolie gets to drink with her daughters quite a bit. After her alone time with Bassano, Angie studies and Bellini tries her best to connect with a knowledge sim. Angie doesn’t have many skills, but she faithfully rolls up wants for them like a good knowledge sim.

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She does look up from her book to say goodbye to everyone when the party’s over. It was another roof raiser.

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Although they’re pretty tried, Angie and Bassano quickly leave for a vacation to Twikkii Island.

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They stay at one of the family’s vacation houses, and Bassano immediately gets down to the beach. Angie spends some time calling her in-laws so they’ll be friends when they get home.

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Just your typical island vacation. New massages learned, spas woohooed in, and random vacation townies ruining good couple shots in the hot springs.

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Bassano wanted to take a picture, and this is the one he took. You think he likes what he sees?

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Shopgirl: “Oh god. Not you guys again.”Bassano: “I am a fortune sim! I want to buy all the things!!”

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“I want to buy jewelry too! Why? WHY?!!!”

Dude, I so want to know that too. I always tell myself I’ll go back in buy mode someday and fix this in all my neighborhoods, but I always forget. It is so annoying.

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Angie doesn’t have much luck beach combing, but she makes a great pirate.

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Back at the vacation home, Bassano learns to hula. He is surprisingly good at it right off the bat, just like Palmer Vermachtnis was.

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Angie? Not so much.

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Got enough sand castles there, Bassano?

“You should see where I built the fifth one!”

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Why did you . . .? How did you . . .? Oh, never mind.

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Lovey-dovey couple pics. Bassano loves jumping in Angie’s arms. He’s so silly.

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And it’s finally time for vacation to end. Now let’s get back to the main house.

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Anjolie wisely wants to study parenting, so Corwin joins her in that. Angie is still working on maxing her skills, a want she has locked. Neither paranormal or natural science have come up on the computer yet, so these two have some free time. Bassano spends his writing more novels.

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“I’m off to become a media magnate!”

Without any kids, things are kind of quiet. Corwin and Anjolie are still hoping to finish up secondary LTWs, and Corwin gets a job in journalism to work on his. Angie maxes skills and also makes best friends with Anjolie.

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We also open the business back up. It keeps things crazy around here, which I love.

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Angie tries to socialize during a game of poker, but she’s not very good at it. She rejects every topic that comes her way.

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Last generation, we had problems with cats eating. This generation, it’s socialization. Despite lots of customers and having each other to play with, Oil and Acrylic always run down their social bars, so they have to be stroked and hugged first thing every morning. I don’t know what the deal is with my cats.

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Anjolie found a job in slacker and became a Party Guest on her first shift. Corwin is taking a little longer since he doesn’t have her college benefits.

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Portraits are painted and Angie finally maxes her skills. Things are progressing nicely, if a little boring.

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“I’m off to become a media magnate!”

Argh. My game crashed and I hadn’t saved in a long time, so all those pictures you just read through? They technically didn’t happen since that progress was lost. Grr.

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Okay, let’s get through all this again. Open the business? Check. Best friends? Check. Max skills? Check. Top slacker? Nope. It didn’t come up on the computer this go around, but Angie got a job in natural science, though she has a day or two off before she can go in. That’s actually better since Anjolie’s already permaplat and doesn’t need another LTW technically.

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Paint portraits again? Yep.

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Just a cool little pic of Angie painting while Oil and Acrylic share the cat condo. I didn’t even know they could be on it at the same time!

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Here’s the finished portraits along with their placement on the colorful portrait wall. Angie is pictured studying, since that was all she did for the first bit of her adult years, and Bassano is supposed to be getting an idea for a novel. I wanted a pic of him reading while walking, but I could not figure out how to trigger it. He never did it, no matter how many times I tried, so I went with this instead.

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Angie has also made best friends with Corwin now, which he loves since he’s popularity.

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While her husband rakes the leaves from our neglected tree, Angie heads off to her first day in natural science.

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The first child born in this legacy, Avery, plays poker with Sebastian and some random townie guy. They’re all thinking, though, that this game is missing one thing . . .

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“Gasp! A girl!”

Yeah. Aubrey rounds out the party. Notice that all four are in PJs, so the customers are still spending the night. We also finally reached level 10 for the business.

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Corwin came home from work with the flu, but a few bowls of Anjolie’s comfort soup has him back in shape to be wasting time playing poker right away.

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Anjolie and Corwin are almost elders, so Bassano and Angie decide to get started on their family.

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No need to flaunt it, though, you guys. Geez.

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Corwin has reached media magnate. He now wants his first LTW again, that is, to be a hall of famer. That’s what Anjolie still is since she didn’t find slacker again before she turned elder.

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Angie is working her way up natural science, and these two are still trying for baby. Hopefully it’ll take one of these days. I’m in no rush for them to start, so they’re not trying five times in a row or anything like many of my sims do.

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“My head is cold. Why do I have to wear this?”

Because you’re an exorcist! All exorcists wear weird tribal tattoos and are bald and stuff. Everyone knows that! You’re only one step away from your LTW, by the way.

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And there we go. Bassano is now a cult leader, and he immediately quit because I don’t like night jobs for my sims. I didn’t mention one thing about cult leader until now, so once again, I am failing at giving the readers all the interesting Bassano plot that they wanted. Sorry, guys.

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Angie fears that she’s been gaining weight recently, so she rolls a want to get fit.

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Which she achieves quickly. I guess she wanted it because of the secondary popularity? It doesn’t really seem like a knowledge sim want.

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Ooh! And the weight gain is finally explained. That’ll be it for this chapter. Can you believe we got through an entire chapter without even a single kid born? Slow generation, I guess. Things will pick up next chapter, promise.

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