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!

Gustavsson Legacy III - Generation 2 Anders Gustavsson in College

So, Anders joined the wild bunch at La Tour University. I had a baby boom in my neighbourhood, suddenly everybody wanted babies, and they are all together there now, 15 kids in various semesters. Gosh, it gets a bit tedious, because they constantly roll wants to chat with each other on the phone. Annoying!

Back to Anders. I took a peek at the crystal bowl to see who his best match would be. Turns out one triple bolter for him is Basic Grey, another is Christel, who was in college before and turned into a townie.

Anders goes shopping for a mobile phone, and guess who shows up? Basic.

Of course, Basic gets invited. They get along well.

Well, yeah, now it is rule-breaking time. The rule would be to find him a townie partner, but these two are just too cute with each other.

I make a half-hearted attempt and summon Christel to his home later.

The attempt stays half-hearted. Christel is really sweet, but Anders has made up his mind and already rolled the wish to get engaged with Basic. I will have to see how the twins will do once they join the college crowd.

Anders applies for membership in the Greek House, currently Elaine Adams, Eldred Rice and Luna Hatter are living there. My favorite place in college! As soon as Eldred and Luna move out, Anders will join in.

A typical day in the Greek House. Anders seems unimpressed or maybe already worn out. From left to right:

Anders, Flux Hatter, Sophie Black, The Streaker, Ziggy Stardust, Eldred Rice, Aeon Adams and a college townie.

Back at Basic´s place, Anders doesn´t look too happy doing his homework.

Well, college drags on and on, especially if you have so many kids there at the same time. So, there is not much going on. Basic and Anders are engaged now, and hopefully will make it safely through the four years.

A little bit later the twins joined college, too. They at first shared a flat with Reaumur Shadowbane, son of Rae and Matt Shadowbane, née Hatter.

I usually roll the dice for getting the aspiration, the poor kid became a Romance Sim, despite his fathers being both Knowledge Sims. Well, I try to keep going with this as long as possible. Here he is, trying out his luck with cute Loic Inward.

 

 

Flynn Gustavsson, looking a little emo eating his chef salad.

His twin brother Arkadij, who is a little emo, too. Maybe because their mother Marja was so sick when they were babies, and they were basically raised by a servo? :-)

At their apartment with Reaumur, Loic and Nikolai Ramirez, the college/ACR mishap. His father Max Flexor was still in college while Nikolai joined, so I raced trough the last semester to get Max out of college and made him a townie.

I am already completely losing track of who is in love with whom in this boy group. Loic is obviously high in demand.

As is Nikolai Ramirez, another Romance sim if I remember correctly. I decided to just let them go and wait til the last semester to decide who is going to live with whom. With such a bunch of Romance Sims, it is kind of hard to form stable relationships :-)

That´s it for the time being! It might take a while to get this crowd through college. Stay tuned :-)

Continue the Gustavsson legacy here.