Gustavsson Legacy V - Generation 3

Finally time for another update on the Gustavssons!

Find the previous posts here:

Gustavsson Legacy I   Gustavsson Legacy II   Gustavsson Legacy III   Gustavsson Legacy IV

We left Anders and Basic after their marriage.



Stella, the family´s servo, was feeling kind of lonely, and another family needed a servo. I thought the two might make a nice couple, and lo and behold, they got along really well. Here we see Stella turning Fowler on :-)

Marja likes to hang out with the boys, even in the most inappropriate moments.

 Basic´s belly is starting to show ...

and a few days later he goes into labor in the middle of the crowd that likes to hang out on the Gustavsson estate. I have made it a rule that any unsuspecting passer-by gets greeted and invited into the house, which makes for some lively interactions.

And Aeryn gets born, the first baby (girl) of generation 3!

Basic annoys the heck out of me by constantly rolling wishes to flirt with Aeon Adams. They went to college together, and if I remember it correctly, Aeon attempted to kiss him once, which Basic refused.

Obviously, my memory doesn´t serve me right, it was the other way around. They did kiss while being together in the Greek House, but Basic, is it really necessary to continually roll that want after all those years? Aeon is married, you are married, but first thing in the morning after you get up, the wants panel looks like this:

I even checked the attraction scores via ACR, and Basic has higher scores with Anders, so, really, what is this all about? Stop bugging me with Aeon, this is not going to happen!

We have a saying in German, "Kleine Sünden bestraft der liebe Gott sofort", which roughly translates to "God punishes little sins immediately", and when I next went to the Gustavsson house and Basic got up, he looked like this:

Nice makeup, Basic. I then remembered he went to Cissy´s Beauty Palace, and one of the trainees there ruined his face.

It became quickly clear that raising a baby was not Basic´s favorite task.



Luckily for Aeryn, Stella and Marja were taking care of the baby a wee bit better, although below we see them playing the "pass around the stinky baby" game.

Aeryn grew up into a cute toddler, being a spitting image of Basic.






I had the silly idea to see how well everybody (a household of four grown-ups, a servo and a dog) would take care of the toddler. To cut a long story short, it was a complete failure (except for the dog). The above images were taken when Aeryn tried to get their parent´s attention for hours, but they were too busy telling dirty jokes or making love and paid absolutely no attention to their girl. I gave up that experiment quickly. I love my Sims too much :-)

Just when I thought things were starting to get a bit boring in the Gustavsson household, Anders and Basic telepathically picked up my thoughts, hopped into bed and *bingo*, I heard the lullaby again. They did not even try for baby or anything, it just happened. Oh well. I was curious who the lucky one was:

Hmm, is Anders trying to tell me something? Hanging over the toilet thinking of his husband and puking?

Here we see the proud soon-to-be-daddy singing a sea shanty to the devoted servo Stella.

Anders´ relationship with his father Ingolf is a little difficult. Every day, Ingolf takes a look at the portrait Anders painted of him and shakes his head in disapproval.

And everytime, Anders breaks out in tears.

This might be the reason Anders frantically paints in his rare free time.

 

Another interesting tidbit: Anders picked a career that is the exact opposite of Ingolf´s career - Ingolf was a Criminal Mastermind, and Anders is in the Law Enforcement career and quickly became Captain Hero.

A subconscious attempt to recompense the bad deeds his father did? A subtle (or maybe not so subtle) Oedipus complex thingie? "Hey Dad, see me in my shiny Captain Hero armor? I could kick your a** anytime!" And at the same time that breaking out in tears when Ingolf complains about his painting again. Complex, indeed.

It probably didn´t help the relationship either that Marja and Ingolf found the loveseat in the boy´s sleeping room irresistable and did not care a single bit that Anders and Basic were sleeping behind them. Have you no sense of decency, folks?

The bed seemed equally attractive.

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Time flew by quickly, and Anders gave birth to Thor, who is another spitting image of Basic. Sheesh, where did the wonderful Gustavsson genes go?

Because the post has gotten rather long and image-heavy, read the next part here:

Gustavsson Legacy VI

Gustavsson Legacy IV - Generation 2

Previous posts in this legacy:

Gustavsson Legacy I   Gustavsson Legacy II   Gustavsson Legacy III

Marja had already aged up before Ingolf. They were still all over each other, though. I have never seen this before. Ok, they are both Knowledge sims, but still, the wants windows are both filled with wants to talk, play, flirt, wohoo with the other - constantly. It is not even spring! And they only share two bolts. Nevertheless, this couple is definitely in love.

While the kids were still in college, Ingolf became elder.

 

He looks goregous, doesn´t he?

They threw a party for the occasion, and the kids came over. Marja is so proud of her sons! (Ok, I admit, the look in her face is rather blank, just pretend she is looking proudly :-))

I don´t know where Anders went, but I have grown more and more attached to Flynn and Arkadij.



The two elders are having a good time. When they are not kissing or hugging, Ingold loves to smustle, and Marja is the bathtub pirate. They both retired and enjoy they quiet time with each other.





Or they smustle together and make me feel like I play an asylum challenge again.


Marja still has that secret, never-expressed crush on John Hunter. They have been best friends forever, and he is so dear to her heart. If the rules (which I broke quickly in generation 2) did not state that the founder had to marry a townie, she would have been together with John. Well, some things are not meant to be, but I always get a little melancholic when I see these two together.



Basic finished University a semester earlier than Anders and already moved in with the Gustavssons.



 
Then I went and played Cissy´s Beauty Palace, and darn ACR kicked in when Flynn and Basic were there at the same time.



I could not believe my eyes. Flynn, would you please stop kissing your brother´s fiance and soon to be the heir´s spouse??? Aargh. Sometimes I hate ACR. Basic and Anders were already engaged, but not married. Interesting enough, Anders refused flirt attempts when he moved into the Greek House:

He was upset when Nikolai tried kissing his arm, and Nikolai kissing thin air instead is hilarious! Well, I guess Sims are just different when it comes to flirt attempts ... despite how ACR is set up.

Nevertheless, when Anders finally finished Uni and moved back in with his parents, Basic dropped everything and went outside to greet his partner passionately and lovingly:



And they hugged. And kissed. And flirted. And kissed some more ... it was cute.

 And since Anders as a family Sim wants to celebrate the Golden Wedding, I let them marry right away. (Basic is a fortune Sim, btw.)



During the ceremony, a stray random Sim came by and joined the festivities. There is no greater way to photobomb the wedding picture by hopping into the front of all friends with a tacky pink suit!! (Not to mention the haircut. And the face. Note to self: Grab random townies more often and give them a makeover.)

Ingolf joined the ceremony a little late, but as an elder gets excused. I love his Indian style formal suit!

I am not sure though why Marja did not care at all about her firstborn´s wedding and decided to eat some hotdogs with Flynn, who did not care either. Arkadij had to work and could not join.

I have grown fonder and fonder of the twins, and was slightly regretting making Anders the heir, but, what the heck. They will get a little update on their own.

Just some random shots of the guests.

Eldred is too damn cute when he is flirting, because he has only one or two outgoing points. He always gets embarrassed completely, but could not stop flirting with his partner Aeon.

Flux on the right. I have to sneak in one of my favorite shots of Flux that is totally unrelated to the party:

Elaine and Ziggy who just married and are expecting offspring soon.

Basic had to leave for work. The party was a great success.

Aeon and Flynn:

Yeah, and then it was baby-making time :-) Stay tuned to find out when generation 3 of the Gustavsson Legacy will be born!

Aeon Adams

In my last post, I mentioned Aeon Adams, and would like to give him a proper introduction.

Aeon is the son of Akira and Tony Adams, Elaine Adams is his sister. Read more about his family here.

Aeon won my heart when Dorian invited his step-family over to the dorm. Since I am a control-freak when it comes to playing Sims, I usually micromanage every move you make, every step you take - err, well, they make. I never saw a kid pulling a face like that one (because probably they never had a chance to do it, but here was Aeon in the dorm as a guest, and could go on a rampant to his heart´s desire.





I was curious what was going to happen, and he went to an unsuspecting dormie and shocked her!



Then he went into Lewis´ room and jumped on the bed for hours. This is what happens when you let your Sims loose, especially if they hardly have any nice points :-) On this day, he decided that one day he would live in this dorm.

Here he looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.

Akira made sure he got at least some nice points.

Aeon grew up into a cute teenager. 

 

He made friends with Flux Hatter, son of Matt Hatter and the result of an alien abduction. 

Being the curious knowledge Sim that he is, he started dating Flux. 

 

The two ran away together and got caught by the police, but that did not stop them from trying that again. Rascals!

Sometimes, I can not take screenshots, but only have a few poor quality in-game shots.

Aeon sitting in a huge limousine, ready to pick up Flux.

Flux returning home in the police car. Thankfully, the parents were sound asleep and did not care.

Cuddling.

Flux was rather upset when Aeon did not want to go into the same dormitory with him. Not only that, but Aeon broke up with Flux. They never had been going steady, so there was no drama involved in-game, but Flux was devastated. There seems to be a certain Shadowbane gene that makes Rae´s offspring a bit unpredictable, and Aeon is not free from that. Poor Flux, I felt very sorry for him, but Aeon went on a sort of Romance Rampage. But first he had to refuse Basic´s charming.

 
Then along came Eldred.  Eldred who had been unhappily waiting for Jonah to make up his mind and at least give him a call, after Jonah had graduated and moved out of the Greek House. Which did not happen until I gave in and let Jonah call him. He even proposed to Eldred, only to forget him again.

My heart cringed. Eldred is in the Top Five of My Favorite Sims Ever. I think he deserved something more than waiting for Jonah who was perfectly content just studying and dating other Sims. See the whole story here: Jonah I, Jonah II, Jonah III, Jonah IV.

So I thought: Ok, Aeon (who is in the Top Five of My Favorite Sims Ever, too), give it a go. Although I was a bit hesitant, Eldred really did not need another uncaring Sim who would break his heart again.

And I knew he was notorious for refusing silly flirt attempts. He is a very shy guy, and voilá, Eldred did not disappoint me :-) I think it was a harmless "Charm" that Aeon started with.

Which Eldred refused. 

Aeon gave up quickly and turned to Luna Hatter, Flux´ sister. As a Romance Sim, she naturally enjoyed Aeon´s attention. These two have been friends forever, so it was not particularly difficult.

Eldred´s expression is a bit tortured. Wonder what he thinks? He tried to focus on his homework and ignoring Aeon´s flattery and flummery.

As Aeon proceeded, there was the curious incident of him wanting to get engaged with Luna and at the same time fearing it. Speak about ambivalence! Haha, and I just noticed another wish was to buy love potion No. 8.5, most likely for his failure in flirting with Eldred :-)

Meanwhile, Eldred took a bath in the whirlpool and probably pondered what was up with the new kid on the block.

Aeon proceeded to lure Luna into bed, only to realize he was not into girls. Duh! So, after a passionate kiss, he crawled under the covers and fell asleep quickly.

In the morning, he planned his next move.

Which was to jump on the sofa for a while.

And give it another try with Eldred.

Hug? Check. Good sign. Proceed.

Aah, and then finally, the first kiss.  Aeon did not want to push his luck and left it at that. And he was still unsure if he wanted to continue further on this path. He knew Eldred is a serious person and not into superficial flirts. His sister Elaine, who lives with Luna and Eldred in the Greek House, had told him everything about Jonah and Eldred, and he did not feel like going any further when he was not sure if he really wanted to be with Eldred.

So instead, he enjoyed Max´ attention.

Then he was invited to one of the famous Greek House parties. And I thought, what the heck, no risk, no fun, and let Eldred approach Aeon. Hmm, and they kissed ...

 

And then I went on vacation. 10 days without actually playing Sims, but lots of time to sense into my pixel creations. I even started writing a bit more seriously, and had lots of fun with my fantasy Simmies. When I came back, I had made some decisions, and decided to let the drama ensue!

The first thing I noticed when I opened the Steampunk dorm again and checked in with Aeon, he rolled the wish to get engaged to Eldred. Wow. This was exactly what I had planned for him, at least in the long run, but in my inner world Aeon had decided to stop his Romance Rampage and get serious with Eldred. It was a nice confirmation from the game :-)

Not wasting any more time than necessary, first thing in the morning Aeon did was invite Eldred.

For some reason, Eldred did not feel like wasting any time, either, and stormed to the 3rd floor and jumped right into the whirlpool. The Autonomous Casual Romance Adjuster in action. It took some effort to drag him out of the water again.

"What do you mean - get out of the pool? I just got in!"

Aeon preferred to start the whole thing a bit more slowly, also.

At least a little bit.

When someone called, maybe Elaine, he enthusiastically spoke about the great kissing.

And then the Drama began. The first of a few.

Eldred had invited Jonah and Aeon to the Greek House to break-up with Jonah.

Poor Jonah, he did not know what hit him. He was very much in his cloud-cuckoo-land.

No chance to argue with Eldred. When Jonah broke out in tears, I felt sorry for him, though, and Eldred and Aeon kissing behind his back was a bit heartless, in my opinion. I think it was autonomous. I wash my hands of responsibility :-)

 When Eldred approached Jonah later, Jonah was still upset. Understandably so.

Later, Eldred and Aeon met at Aeon´s place again. There was a hilarious moment when Anders decided to sit down in front of the bed while Aeon and Eldred were ready to spring into action.

Caption contest, anyone?

How about:

"After years of Transcendental Meditation, Anders was able to maintain a calm and serene stance even in the most dicey situations."

Anders´ expression is really priceless.

He was eventually shooed out of the room.

Just a few more pics of my favorite simmies.

Aeon is happy.

"You bet."

More about Aeon and Eldred here. 

Jonah´s story continues here.