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I'm partially blaming this on not sleeping particularly well last night (reason given below), and partially on it being the tail end of my period -- still got a bit of period brain. At least it was a non-cleaning Saturday, and I could afford to be lazy! And I got through all of my short to-do list, which was good:

1. Work on tumblr drafts, particularly FO4-themed Smiler: Check – got the write up for the robotic/eldritch Smiler that would fit into “Fallout of Darkness” done around lunchtime (as in, I started before lunch and finished after lunch), yay. Also prepped the pictures for this week’s quick update on the house I built for my Chill Save Valicer threesome, the haunted abandoned farmhouse, so that’s good. :)

2. Keep up with YouTube Subs, the Plumbella in the Watch Later, and "Winter of '83": Check – you may notice that the last item has been removed (or, perhaps more accurately, substituted, see C)), and that is because I genuinely had a hard time getting to sleep last night after watching the first four segments. Apparently I am REALLY sensitive to analog surreal/psychological horror themed around winter storms (you all know how I generally feel about snow), and I am not going to risk freaking myself out to the point of insomnia, even on a weekend. Fortunately for my “but what happened?” curiosity, there was already a short write-up on TV Tropes that at least let me know the plot. Thanks TV Tropes editors! *thumbs up*

As for the shit I DID watch –

A) Started this afternoon with the two Plumbella videos in my Watch Later:

I. “The Sims 2 for PSP is negatively impacting my moral compass” – the next part of her LP on this strange spin-off game, in which you are secretly being mind-controlled by a supervillain as well as trying to exorcise the ghosts in your house and do odd jobs for the citizens. This week, Jesse managed to exorcise the music room ghost, Dennis, by finding the remains of his shredded swim suit in Hazel’s pool filter and burying them in her garden (I choose to believe this means Dennis is haunting his ex-wife now); play some more zombie whack-a-mole for cash; temporarily DIE because Plumbella was so focused on the various plots she forgot to eat and sleep; discover the neighborhood of Deadtree (vaguely Gothic-cowboy-themed) and visit the saloon there; find the home of the Curious brothers; help out Roberta, the now-explicitly robotic wife of Isaac, by getting her a virus to hack her programming so she doesn’t necessarily have to blindly obey her husband (though she refused to leave him in the end, which Plumbella wasn’t a fan of); and discover the way to exorcise the master bedroom of the ghost of Nervous Subject – find his remains, dig them up, and present the necklace he was wearing to his girlfriend, Amelia, at the saloon to prove he didn’t run off with another woman. ...This game is WEIRD, y’all. XD But it’s fun too.

II. “My Wedding Stories but if it breaks, I quit the game (Final Update) (The Encore Version)” – another video testing out just how broken that damn pack is, now that they just released a patch that was literally nothing but fixes for it! Previous videos hovered around the two-minute mark, WITH intros and outros and all of that – this one?

Six minutes, 21 seconds! New record! Plumbella went in, quickly randomized some Sims to serve as the engaged couple and the wedding party, set everyone to show up in Polished Yellow clothes, then zoomed off to the wedding venue. Everyone threw rice, SOMEONE went to go make a toast but no one really went to listen, the various Sims all made it up the aisle to the arch –

And THEN Plumbella noticed that not all of the guests were wearing yellow. Whoops. She was so sad, but decided to plow on just to see if the Spousal Kiss was fixed. Fortunately, it was, as was having vows with an officiant, and everyone had dinner successfully too. So the pack is working better than it was, but Plumbella really should have quit at the halfway mark because of the lack of yellow clothing. (Though some people have mentioned this could be EA’s shitty tagging system for clothing colors instead of a bug. . .) She still can’t recommend the pack, and I do not blame her. Firmly in my “never buy” bin now. I’m not giving them money for broken DLC, even if they HAVE patched it.

B) Then, this evening, we started with Linkara being Linkara and not an analog horror enthusiast in the latest Atop The Fourth Wall – “Marvel's Civil War II!” A cheap cash grab of an event they thought up in just a few months to capitalize on Captain America: Civil War in the MCU. And it SHOWS. The plot is that this young guy becomes an Inhuman who can see the future thanks to magic green mist bullshit, and ends up predicting a few disasters – but how to use his predictive capabilities (and how accurate they are) ends up a point of contention between Tony Stark/Iron Man (who doesn’t trust the kid’s power, especially after it gets his friend Rhodey, aka War Machine, killed on a mission to stop Thanos) and Carol Danvers/Ms. Marvel (who trusts in the kid’s power a little TOO much – even after it’s revealed he’s not ALWAYS right – and starts profiling people because she’s that set on preventing disasters before they happen). The writers go to intense extremes to make everyone act like idiots and assholes (particularly Tony, who doesn’t seem to get how his own “futurist” beliefs should work and who happily kidnaps and tortures the kid, Ulysses, to get a brain scan to see how the power functions – and to make sure both sides are “equal,” Carol is turned into an extremist when her baseline of “well if we can TRY to prevent disaster, shouldn’t we at least take precautions?” is entirely reasonable), and the event series ends with the kid ascending to a higher plane of existence to get him out of the way, Tony in a coma from the fight he had with Carol over all this, and Carol with a blank check from the government to do shit. And this isn’t even getting into the issue of the 140 tie-ins that disrupted storylines and apparently caused massive continuity errors (people have mentioned the Hulk stuff in particular contradicts what was going on in his book at the time). Basically the whole thing feels like a) a cash grab on the movie with a similar title, even though it’s based on the FIRST “Civil War” storyline, and b) just a sneaky opportunity to tease future events, what with some of Ulysses’s future visions being storylines that would crop up later (like Miles Morales killing Steve Rogers – that was actually him killing HYDRA Steve, the evil one). The frustration in Linkara’s voice was real, poor guy. And he STILL has one event comic to go. . . *pats him* You need a vacation, buddy. Just don’t go to Fawn Circle.

C) After that, it was a pleasure to go over to the Subs and Call Me Kevin: “I ruined the Sims by making motives decay at 500%” Yup, in a one-off episode featuring “Kevin Pickens” (who dresses like a leprechaun in clown shoes), Kevin decided to try life as a Sim whose needs decay five times more quickly than normal! With the aim to either get promoted up a job, or get married. Things – did not go well. Kevin Pickens was rather obsessed with playing games on his computer (which was – weirdly accurate), and despite joining the Social Media career and temporarily becoming a minor celebrity, never really got anywhere with his job because he couldn’t concentrate long enough to actually DO any of his work tasks. Basically the vast majority of his time was spent either peeing or passing out. And surviving off stolen mac and cheese and rotting pizza because he couldn’t cook anything (he was living in Henford-on-Bagley, and I guess Kevin doesn’t realize the “Simple Living” lot challenge is on a lot of the houses in that world). Fortunately, he DID somehow make friends by throwing terrible parties and joining a few clubs – and then he got the infamous “inheritance” phone call and suddenly getting married was his TOP PRIORITY. Luckily, after circling through a few candidates, he finally found the perfect one – the heavily-tattooed Ulrike, who consented to move in and managed – after QUITE a lot of effort on Kevin’s part, and quite a lot of pissing and passing out on her and Kevin Pickens’s parts – to woo Kevin Pickens, propose to him, and get married to him straight away. Challenge complete, and it only took Kevin’s sanity! (Kevin Pickens never had any – Erratic Sim, you see. :p)

D) And finally we had GrayStillPlays and “I found the most dangerous roller coaster in the world” – in GTA V, of course. Though the actual “roller coaster” wasn’t that bad – it was GETTING TO IT that was the real pain in the ass. Like waiting in line for ages for a ride that’s really just kind of “meh.” Gray started out doing a loop de loop into a vertical wall ride dodging ramps that pulsated across the course (and hitting the same ones repeatedly) before having the choose the correct route to the NEXT wall ride – a multicolored loop-de-loop from hell, that shot him onto a side-winder that forced him to leap into a parking garage, and from that to a CHASSIS SLIDE DODGING WINDMILLS, and then to ANOTHER chassis slide WITH WALLS THAT PULSATE IN AND OUT (basically the green sections stayed put, but the first two red sections periodically disappeared to the side) and THEN you have to BLOW UP A BLIMP IN YOUR WAY TO GET THE CHECKPOINT, and then to a THIRD chassis slide where you had to get boosted through a thumbnail hole SIDEWAYS, before FINALLY going over the final loop-de-loop to the ride. Which was just a straight “road” for the most part, with boosters and slow sticks marking places where a head-remover would occasionally pop in, with one ramp at the end to launch yourself to the win. Gray, you didn’t find the world’s most dangerous roller coaster, you found the world’s most dangerous LINE FOR a roller coaster. Get it right! You know, once you’re done crying in the shower. XD

3. Play Sims 4 and start Smiler's college "years": Check – after letting the latest patches install, I booted up the game, re-enabled mods (all the ones currently in are compatible), and then went back to Smiler! And I actually got through a couple of days in-game with them:

Tuesday – Smiler’s first day of classes! They showered, did all their homework (while listening to music through their earbuds to keep fun up), then headed over to the Commons to hang out and meet people. And learn that they like Robotics. :) I had them tinker for a little while, until they insisted on trying to shoot some hoops, then sent them to practice their darts as they had a want for that. That lasted until their first psychology class, which they studied hard in – then, once that was over with, they met and insta-friended Shingo in the arcade area, where they chatted for a bit before feeding from him. And that feed was enough to push them over the edge and get them some more power points, meaning – dun-dun-dun – they now have Perfect Sun Resistance, yes! I need never have them worry about sunlight ever again! I also picked up the first rank of Vampiric Strength for sparring purposes. :) From there they just wandered around campus for a bit, sharing a cheer with Lilith Pleasant in the Larry the Lobster mascot outfit, then headed to their second psychology class – then, after taking a look at the big statue in the courtyard, attended a guest lecture on robotics and AI (I’m doing the college-related aspiration, and you’re supposed to attend three, so. . .) And after that, before leaving for their job, they met and insta-friended one of the Bot Savants, Davion! :D So now they have an in into that organization, if they so choose. :) In fact, there was only one thing that really annoyed me today – you know how, even without the Neighborhood Stories on, random Sims your Sim knows will call you for advice? I got two calls on Tuesday – one from Vlad asking if he should date Catarina Lynx (Smiler encouraged him to go for it, and got a call later that they were now an item) –

And one from Alice asking if she and Victor should have a baby.

Ahem, game? I know I haven’t played them in a while, but VICTOR AND ALICE ARE STILL ONE OF MY PLAYED FAMILIES, THANKS. THEY SHOULDN’T BE PART OF THIS. *sigh* I had Smiler tell her no, because no, I DON’T particularly want them having kids yet, but sheesh. Bad EA, bad.

Wednesday – Fortunately, we started the next day on a high note – Smiler got a promotion at their part-time job! They’re now a River Wrangler, yaaay. :) Small raise and a cute little fish statue. Smiler celebrated by going to the Vatores in Forgotten Hollow and sparring with them. Lilith still kicked their ass, but they actually managed a win against Caleb, nice! :) So now they just gotta defeat Lilith to move on in the Master Vampire aspiration. . . Anyway, with that taken care of, Smiler did some fishing in Forgotten Hollow and caught a goldfish, then went back to Larry’s Lagoon Commons in Britechester as I’d spotted a fishing area there and used the goldfish to catch a kissing gourami (plus a betta). New plasma packs, yay!

And then – yup, Wednesday in summer, time for SimCity Founding! Smiler went around spreading the cheer to a few people (and also snacking on one – sorry Leslie Kenner, but you were available and isolated), before heading to their media production class. And then it was off to Willow Creek to visit Alice and Victor, because a) why not and b) they live near a fishing spot, and Smiler did have to fish in one more different place to advance the Angling Ace aspiration. They had a pleasant conversation with Alice and a few kisses and cuddles with Victor, then went for a fish and got a salmon and a walleye (both mounted as now they have to do that with their next five fish). I was preparing to send them home because they were starting to smell –

And that’s when I noticed the water balloon bucket in the little gardening area nearby.

Cue Smiler, Victor, and Alice having a little water balloon fight to fulfill the “Water Fun” tradition of SimCity Founding. XD Like two balloons actually HIT during all of this mess, but everyone had a blast regardless! :) After that, Smiler headed back to theirs, washed up, then headed outside to light off their spare Humor and Hijinks firework!

Which – was a dud. *sigh* I promptly ordered another mortar shot, which went off rather better – well, from my end. When I looked down at Smiler, I saw that they were looking a touch, ah, singed. XD Whoops! But it fulfilled the tradition well enough, and the extra shower gave them more time to practice their singing skill. XD And then it was back on the streets briefly to meet, insta-friend, and feed from one Camille who happened to be wandering around, before flying back home to start on their homework again. :) Very productive couple of days, if I do say so myself!

So yeah, that was all well and good, at least! :) Especially that last update -- nice to get in a good long playsession. :)

As it stands right now, though, I have stuff to do, so let's set up the Sunday to-dos:

1. Keep up with the FO4 Playthrough Progression

2. Keep up with YouTube Subs and Jon's F:NV "Utter Chaos" video

3. Play Fallout 4 and START TOWARD DIAMOND CITY DARN IT

4. Work on tumblr drafts

5. Get in a workout

You know, standard Sunday stuff. Hopefully I get a little more sleep tonight and thus have a little more focus to get through it all! Night all!
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