This story has been probably one of my most successful stories ever. And it’s definitely the longest-running. It started with the need for me to test out how mermaids played.. And turned into not just a challenge, but an inspiring legacy with each main sim having their own personality and writing each entry like a journal. I had originally intended just to play it like a commentary challenge… but that first sim just spoke to me. Looking back, I’m glad she did. Meeting her and her descendants has been so much fun! The story is an uplifting and fun read about a family of mermaids who all start from humble beginnings and have some goals to meet to be able to pass the legacy on to the firstborn female of each generation. I hope you all enjoy meeting my mermaids as much as I have enjoyed writing about them. I’m still a long way from finishing the story, and I will be continuing it… as soon as I have the time.
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"I know, I know, the last thing I need is a new challenge. But this one I want to write a story about. I'm really bad at it, but I want to give it a try anyway, because I found this challenge and it really sparked my imagination for a change." …That’s all I wrote about this challenge before I was drawn right into playing it, and apparently I never got back to finishing an appropriate introduction. So here we go: This, at its heart, is a dark story about a man who has lost everything more than once, and is trying to find his way in the world through all the hardships. But, then, what Vampire story isn’t dark, right? I will say there may be triggers in this story, so read at your own risk. I do try to note which chapters have them, though.
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Welcome to my cleverly titled "Broomstick Files" challenge. *chuckles* I wanted to play around with the new "Realm of Magic" pack, and this was one of the first challenges I found that piqued my interest. I started the challenge, and continued with play.. and then I took my break from sims. When I came back, I re-read the rules to help re-familiarize myself with the challenge.... and I discovered something rather major. I'd already messed up. Instead of having the heir in the way the rules stated, I had gotten married and done things the way I usually would. I'd built a house that I adored, and had played for quite a while. Because of this, I considered just continuing, but I hate breaking challenge rules. So I thought about just using the sim I had saved from the start of my challenge and just starting over.. but that felt wrong, too. So, being addicted to starting challenges as I am, I made a new sim.. and started COMPLETELY over. Which meant a couple things. One, I needed a new house, because a starter sim couldn't afford the one I had built for the other sim. And two, I had to change my new signature/header graphic to reflect the different sim. Oh, and it also meant all the pictures I had taken and organized for the beginning of the challenge were useless. And - just because I'm a glutton for punishment, the threads of a story had already started dancing in the back of my head, and wouldn't let me go. I had initially planned to just go commentary style, because it's infinitely easier... but I couldn't get the story out of my head, even while playing the beginning of the challenge. Everything my sim did just solidified the story, and made things more and more "real". So... against my better judgement... and after hours and hours of deliberation and arguing with myself.. I've decided that this will become my fourth current challenge that's done story-style.
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Another new story? Yep. Guess you are all just lucky! This story is based on the Lunar Legacy rules that my friend Sovereign_Flower and I put together. I was inspired to start this with a Townie and incorporating a Sims 3 family because of some of the elaborate backstories they come up with for their stories. I had an idea, started researching it, and - amazingly - the more I read, the more I was sure that the story line I came up with was plausible for the games as well as for the sims. I will not tell you exactly who the included sims are in the backstory, as the story will explain in it's own time.--> I will warn, however, that the beginning of this story will be quite dark. <--So, be aware that there may be some "trigger" moments in the early days of this story, and, above all, enjoy!
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