Academie L´ Amour Part 3

The introduction of the characters finishes with the new Freshmen. Right now, there are no Juniors on campus.

Academie L´ Amour Part 1    Academie L´ Amour Part 2

The Freshmen


Thor "I can´t stand anybody" Gustavsson  
Mia "Clingy" Powers
Xenos Stardust

Griffin Thompson
Frederick "The Slob" Powers

Thor Gustavsson

Thor is Aeryn´s younger brother and second child to Anders and Basic Gustavsson. Just when they thought they were done with child raising, he popped in. He inherited the typical mixture of Gustavsson traits, neither very outgoing nor nice, but a perfectionist when it comes to cleaning. He longs to meet a brown-haired, illogical vampire. I kind of knew then that life would not be easy for young Thor.

While he usually is very shy and reserved, that can change completely when he enters the dance floor. He even received the Tsang Footwork Award for his outstanding dancing skills.

(Thor turned out to be so completely cute, my heart melted instantly. He looked so ordinary as a child, but when he grew up, the resemblance to my favorite siblings Arkadij and Flynn, his uncles, made him my instant favorite.)

Thor shares a house with 

Mia "Clingy" Powers

Despite her innocent looks, Mia can get very determined when she wants something. She might not always be successful, but this does not stop her from trying. 

(Of course I made the mistake thinking she is a Family Sim, because deep inside she is. But life (aka The Great Big Randomizer) threw a Knowledge aspiration at her.

She is the daughter of Jonah Powers and Mitch Indie, two premade University Sims (who I of course made over).

Xenos Stardust

The third roommate in the house is Xenos Stardust, son of Elaine and Ziggy Stardust.

Elaine and Ziggy met in college, actually the same one Xenos is attending now. Elaine comes from one of the oldest and richest families in town, the Shadowbanes (it is kind of hard to overlook that).

Ziggy simply fell from the sky :-)

Xenos loves cats and fishing. He is used to be surrounded by a ton of relatives, including his immortal great-grandfather Raeburn Shadowbane. He admires strong, independent women like his mother Elaine and grandmother Akira. He is nice, outgoing and playful, an easy buddy overall.


The other house is shared by Griffin Thompson and Frederick Powers.

Griffin Thompson

Griffin grew up in an apartment-sharing community with his parents Maik and Pierce Thompson, Luna Hatter and her lover Amir al-Qadiri as well as the servo Fowler de la Garcia.

Maik is a waiter in a restaurant owned by Raeburn Shadowbane, the "Di Lorenzo", while Pierce is a college professor.

Griffin is the nerdy type in the friends group, serious, neat, had maxed out logic before he even attended college (but only because he had three school-free snow days in a row). He is nearly friends with everybody else thanks to the Gootentaugen Award Luna and Amir brought into the household (it boosts all needs, so he needed much less sleep and could hang on the phone for hours building his relationships.)

Griffin has absolutely no recollection of how he ended up in the Pleasure aspiration. I can´t picture him jumping on the sofa, either, but we will see.

He can´t remember why he wanted to move in with Frederick Powers. Sure, they have been friends forever, but half an hour in the house and Frederick breaks the computer, sets the bathroom under water and makes a general mess of everything. But I am getting ahead of myself :-)

There is something between these two that is not expressed in bolts or chemistry, a strange sort of attraction that I find worth exploring :-)

Anyway, on to our last candidate in the College Camp:

Frederick Powers

Frederick is the twin brother of Mia Powers. He wants to get rich soon, so he doesn´t have to work anymore. He thinks a mop is a German dog breed, and "detergent" a synonym for "deterrent". Frederick is delighted Griffin agreed to move in with him, because he appreciates Griffin´s superior cleaning skills. The first want to call was not his sister or parents, but the servo Nautilus. Guess why? :-)

Some kids just steal my heart, and he is one of them. He is such a personality.

So, this introduction is kind of long-winded, but it makes watching the interaction between the characters so much more fun if you know more about their backgrounds. I played two rotations/days of the four households and will share these soon.

Continue reading:  Academie L´ Amour Part 4

Lewis Riddell - Dorian Cyrus

 Lewis grew up as the very troubled son of Alice McGee Riddell. If you´ve ever played American McGee´s Alice, you will know why he was troubled :-)

Initially, I wanted to add Matt Hatter to the family, but never got around to it, so Alice became a single mom. I used a premade house which was just perfect, Hovel Haven Factory by oph3lia. It was cluttered from top to bottom, with alcohol bottles lying around, so the troubled, alcohol-addicted Mom was born.

Lewis rather indiscreminately sought the attention of older men, here he is with Ode by mouseyblue. Despite his poor social background and lack of support, he managed to make it to college, where he met Dorian Cyrus.

Dorian was the love child of Sheena Cyrus and Edward Black.


 

Sadly, Dorian was so incredibly ugly as a kid, I did not take any pictures, and he had to undergo plastic surgery later.

So, Dorian had everything Lewis never had, loving, gentle parents, a safe environment to grow up, lots of encouragement and a good education. Nevertheless, when the two met, it was love at first sight.

By that time, I learned how to redecorate dorms (boolprop dormspecifictoolsdisabled false), and their dorm received a huge makeover, turning it into a Victorian/Steampunk era university. Here are their two respective rooms:

Dorian is a real hunk :-)

All was well, until Lewis felt Dorian didn´t love him enough. If you have had such a difficult upbringing like he did, eventually the old pain resurfaces. He decided to become a Romance Sim and had various love affairs, but could not really leave Dorian, who stayed surprisingly calm in all this turmoil. Lewis was very upset when Wynona moved in, feeling very jealous and afraid to lose Dorian.

The issue was not really resolved when both finished college, and despite that they decided to stay in a place together, the House of Five Gables by katalina. It received a makeover, but is not yet finished because the two don´t have that much money yet.

Both were not really sure if they wanted to stay together. Dorian was getting a bit tired by Lewis´ indecisiveness and his capricious attitude. Nevertheless, both rolled wants to hug each other, kiss each other, make-out with each other ...

One thing led to another on one beautiful winter day. Both had come home from work, it was snowing outside, they cuddled on the sofa, when suddenly I heard this lullaby tune and thought: Oops! Someone just got pregnant unexpectedly.

It turned out it was Dorian! This was the second unplanned pregnancy in the game (first was Carlotta). If I remember it correctly, I had the Autonomous Casual Romance Adjuster not yet spawned on both occasions. Lewis did not hesitate a second and proposed to Dorian, and they threw another of their famous parties on the same day to celebrate the wedding.

Aeon Adams, son of Akira and Tony Adams, now grown-up and in college, was one of their guests. I thought he looked stunning, just like his grandfather Raeburn Shadowbane.

Here is an older pic of the Shadowbane clan, Rae in the back, Akira and her mother Sheena Cyrus in the middle, Elaine Cyrus, Akira´s daughter in the front. In between you can see Aeon, he is Elaine´s brother.

Did I mention I think Aeon looks stunning? :-) The Shadowbanes/Cyruses make very beautiful kids. No plastic surgery ever needed :-)

Other party guests, Luna Hatter, Wynona Carrion, Dorian´s father Edward. Totally love the girl´s dresses! Wynona looks a bit as if she just bit into a lemon.

Dorian pops a belly soon after ...

Ah, great choice of colors, program :-)

And when he was all alone one afternoon, the baby came. Poor Dorian, but he managed well, and at least he did not have to deal with his partner giving him the "Bleh!" afterwards, like Count Maxim with Cissy. It is a girl, and I named her Stella.

Dorian looks so proud :-)

The house is not very big, so it was a bit of a hassle to find a place for the nursery. Lewis insisted on more Steampunk style.


 

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While going through my folders, I just stumbled over this image of Lewis mother, Alice McGee. I want to participate in a contest over at DeviantArt organized by TheSimsWorld, "Fairytales and Folklore", and picked "Alice in Wonderland" as my theme. Alice had already received a heavy make-over, because she was just too troubled. So, I sent the poor woman into rehab, got her some beautiful clothes from Zauma, and invited her to Wonderland, a community lot owned by Matt Hatter.

I took about 300 more shots, and will participate with another image, but I kinda liked this one very much:

More images from that shoot can be found here.

That´s it for today :-) Thanks for reading!

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.