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#76 Old 16th Aug 2023 at 12:15 AM Last edited by gummilutt : 7th May 2024 at 11:25 AM.
Last week I sat down to filter my screenshots of our relevant families to make it easier for myself to continue posting episodes, and oh boy is there a lot to get through. I'm a little conflicted on how to move forward with the story, I imagine any readers may have noticed the number of screenshots only increase as the story goes forward. I am not a consumer of stories myself so I do not know what the norm is, or what a person reading may want. When I play for myself, I screenshot constantly, wanting to capture every play session in detail so I can go back and relive it both for enjoyment, and to help myself get immersed again the next time that family comes up in the rotation. For example, the Sawyer family album is over four thousand screenshots as this point Lots of those are only interesting/relevant to me, but it is difficult to decide where to draw the line between keeping it consumable and still have you, the reader, immersed in the story and understanding changes that happen. One of the comments I received back then was that my Sims felt more real to the person than they are used to, and that is exactly what I am going for. I want the Sims to feel real, I want the story to feel natural and believable. A picture speaks a thousand words, the old saying goes, and we all know I am extremely long winded, so in a way I think sticking to pictures to convey the tone ends up shorter than if I tried to use text instead The point being, I hope you are willing to bear with me as the story gets heavier in terms of number of pictures I have done my best to trim it down, but I don't want to lose the nuance, so picture heavy it will be

Chapter 15 - The Sawyer family
While I imagine some are wondering how Siri and Isamu are getting on, we spent a long time away from the Sawyer family and there is much to catch up on. So today, we are once again going to stop by the trailers and check in with Sally Mae, Billy Bob and the kids.



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Mad Poster
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#77 Old 3rd Sep 2023 at 11:25 PM Last edited by gummilutt : 5th May 2024 at 7:07 AM.
I had a health crash in August so I haven't had enough creative juice to update here, I'd like to but I need more energy for this type of Sims doing. Temporary break I'm starting to get better so I am hoping I can post the next chapter soon. In the meantime, I thought I'd drop a picture from a play session about a month ago. It pertains to our stories, but the details will come many chapters forward. Still, it's a sweet image and it does not spoil anything so I thought it might be fun to share

Sigrid playing on a roundabout with two of the current residents of the orphanage


Story continues in chapter 16
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Instructor
#78 Old 19th Sep 2023 at 9:40 PM
Finally catch up this one

~~~~Call me Ellu ~~~

My love, my love, my fearless love, I will not say goodbye..
Sea may rise, sky may fall, My love will never die..
My heart, my heart, My drowning heart, Oh all the tears I've cried
Oh I may weep forevermore, My love will never die..
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#79 Old 19th Sep 2023 at 9:47 PM Last edited by gummilutt : 7th May 2024 at 11:52 AM.
I haven't been feeling well unfortunately, body getting up to no good again But today I finally feel fit to post another update, and it really is long over-due. We haven't seen Siri and Isamu since 2019

Chapter 16 - Siri & Isamu Kim-Sjöström & the Sjöströms
When we left them, Siri had recently had a visit from her mother. Tom would never have agreed, due to the risk of bringing attention to the cottage and Siri being discovered, but as you may recall from this episode, it turns out that sending Siri away broke Tom's mind. These days he doesn't seem to know where he is, he constantly escapes Sigrids watchful eyes turning up in kids stores or the homes of families with children. He never used to show up as a walk by, or in the background on community lots, but now he somehow manages to defy the coding, inviting himself into houses of people who does not know, to sit in their nursery.


No idea when the next post might come given health stuff getting worse again, but I will try my best

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#80 Old 8th Nov 2023 at 12:25 AM Last edited by gummilutt : 7th Sep 2024 at 10:41 AM.
Life continues to get in the way, I've barely touched Sims in the last month, but I've been wanting to post another update and today I am finally finding a little bubble of calm in the chaos to sit down and get one posted. Today, we are going to check in with Stoffe.

Chapter 17 - Stoffe Andersson


I hope you have enjoyed!

Go on to chapter 18

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#81 Old 20th Nov 2023 at 2:24 PM Last edited by gummilutt : 30th Jun 2024 at 10:55 PM.
Quick next episode for once (EDIT: Well it was when I first started writing this post, then it took a week to finish ) You've seen what Stoffe has been up to since the divorce, but what has Vanessa been up to? Ever since she came into view, it was as Stoffe's love interest. Now she has ended their marriage by her own choice, right before she's about to have a baby. What'll become of her now? We know the court's ruling regarding alimony, but what will Vanessa do? It's time to answer some of those questions

Chapter 18 - Vanessa van Derbirth


If anyone is reading and feels up to giving input, I'd be interested to know to what extent you want backstory/surrounding information of other households that we come across in the main story. For example, we have heard a brief excerpts about Moa Sernman's past, and in this episode we are introduced to her sister. I love talking about all my Sims, so I'd love to do a brief post sharing the main points of the stories of these side characters so the points where they overlap make sense to you as well, but I'm not sure how interesting it is to someone that is reading. Do you like the brief summaries I have done so far, is it too much, too little or just enough?

Continue reading in chapter 19

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Test Subject
#82 Old 7th Jan 2024 at 2:29 AM
@gummilutt

Hi there, I made an account here yesterday and was exploring the website and found this thread/group and just wanted to say something a little interesting

I don't think your hood name is boring at all! I've been on and off calling most of my custom/empty hoods "Simsville" with an "s" for almost twenty years!

Simville! I think it's really neat that at least one other person had the same idea! Alright, take care!
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#83 Old 15th Feb 2024 at 12:27 PM Last edited by gummilutt : 7th May 2024 at 4:28 PM.
Time for another update. A lot longer passed than I would wish, I love this story and I want to finish it but health does what health wants and I've been short-stacked on energy as I usually am in winter. But here we are, once again, taking a trip to Evergreen and one of the families therein. And today, we are stopping back in with the Sawyers!

Chapter 19 - The Sawyer family
Reminder that this story is a little dark, and deals with topics like abuse, so although I keep it PG13 as per the site rules, if you are sensitive to that type of story, you may want to skip the Sawyers for now



Go to chapter 20

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#84 Old 15th Feb 2024 at 12:29 PM
Quote: Originally posted by danbot
@gummilutt

Hi there, I made an account here yesterday and was exploring the website and found this thread/group and just wanted to say something a little interesting

I don't think your hood name is boring at all! I've been on and off calling most of my custom/empty hoods "Simsville" with an "s" for almost twenty years!

Simville! I think it's really neat that at least one other person had the same idea! Alright, take care!


Very sweet of you to come tell me that you too have a similar name for your hood I think it's probably a fairly common name, along with things like Simtown or Sim City. Easy name to come up with, and to the point descriptive. It's a little cliche, but it's what's inside the hood that matters to me, not the name

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#85 Old 22nd Feb 2024 at 4:55 PM Last edited by gummilutt : 7th Sep 2024 at 2:23 PM.
For once, an update not too long after the last one was posted Lets check back in with Stoffe, and see how he's getting on.

Chapter 20 - Stoffe Andersson


Read bonus content on hood lore

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#86 Old 28th Mar 2024 at 11:06 AM
I am aware I haven't updated this in a month, and I'm sorry about that. It's because I am doing some major developing and planning, that will benefit this in the end. I had been stuck on how to continue in my own game play for a while and I've finally figured it out. I've also been getting inspired by Charmful and working on my hood in general. I will resume posting this story when I have some chapters lined up so I can try to post with a regular schedule. I have over 20 ready picture-wise, but they need writing to go along and as this story gets more complicated I am trying to shift over to more text to better convey the nuances. So apologies for drought, hopefully you will feel it's worth it in the end

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#87 Old 2nd May 2024 at 8:48 PM
Default Rebranding and hood developments
One of the things I've been working on, is making my hood a little more unique. It's having a 2024 glow-up and I'm really excited about it As I mentioned in the last post I've been getting inspired by Charmful and her hood Kashmire, and I decided that after 10 years of being called Simville, it was high time I actually gave it a proper name. Thanks to some talks with Chat-GPT, Charmful and various others over on CCS discord, I have a new name and expanded lore on the location which I'm excited about!

So today I wanted to share some of that lore that I posted over on FB, and also let anyone interested know that if you enjoy my hood you can now learn about more of the Sims in it over on FB. I do it through albums on my Sims profile, which you can find here. The quality so far is pretty low, like at the start of this story, because I'm starting from the beginning and back then I used in game camera. Some of the things that happened back then will become relevant as this story goes on, so if you ever wanted background information for the Sims we come across that aren't Siri, Stoffe or Sally Mae, I would recommend checking it out

Evergreen - Old town, new name
Welcome to Evergreen! A small town, divided in two by the Twinklebrook river, where over the years nature lovers have gathered thanks to the geolocation's proclivity to sunlight. The valley the town is located in got it's name from this natural phenomenon, and is known around the area as the Sunlight Valley. The sunlight also gave name to the river, by the constant twinkling of the surface.

Evergreen is located in the greater region of the Aurora shores. Located fairly north on the globe, it can get harsh winters, but despite this has a rich green and blue nature that is treasured by all who live there. If you are lucky, you may catch the breathtaking aurora lights on clear nights.


Still not sure when I will keep posting new updates, but I promise it's for the good of the story in the long run, I'm hard at work figuring out the direction and making story sets I need. I also feel my time spent posting the other Sims to FB albums is going to benefit the story, as you'll have more of a frame of reference for characters like Andreas Nilsson who has become highly involved in Stoffe's life and Elna Sernman who is becoming a close friend of Vanessa's. Some of the ways they influence Stoffe and Vanessa will make more sense if you know their backgrounds and personalities more. Not to mention that they too have interesting lives that you might enjoy reading about, if you enjoy reading about Sims

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