The Sims 2 | "Nehru" Legacy Challenge (Reader Participation Welcome)

[Omega124]

Second Gneration were assorted names, the thrid eneration were Roman names? I wonder what the fourth will be?

I nominate Mustang for being the best (affordable) car.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Generation four has arrived in full, though I drew from previous submissions. It has a slight bias, but the kids as a whole through me for a real surprise -- you'll see why tonight. Marion is just about to have her teenage birthday.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Nehru Legacy 4.0

So not only has Hiero's pot been stolen, but he's been...vanished? It's like he got on the wrong side of Joe Stalin.

This skunk wanders randomly through the kitchen sometimes. I've gotten used to it.

...and Tatiana joins her father in scaring the bejeesus out of people.

The back door probably leads to the mook room, while his Evil Lair is probably upstairs, so his evilness can enjoy a good view. Try the roof.

*shrug*

I don't think the snowman believes you about climate change being nothing but alarmism, Mr. Penguin.

Someone cook Tatiana's favorite dish?

Naturally.

...and now Marion is a toddler! A rather boyish-looking one, actually.

..I have named babies after the wrong gender before. In my current hood there is a teenage dude named Emily.

Erin is having....a rough pregnancy. She's passed out repeatedly, often in her food, and is rarely 30 minutes from starving to death.

NOT HELPING, Tatiana.

Gus picked some real winners.

The Reaper is, fortunately, sympathetic.

Oh, happy day.

Blonde hair and green eyes? We've got us an heir, or at least a personal favorite!

She is named Julia, following up on someone's request for Julius.

Kaiser makes this face a lot. I'm not altogether sure why.

Erin's urine and a pile of trash: what a great place to leave lil' Marion.

More to come...

 

[Smellincoffee]

Nehru Legacy 4.0 -- Continued

Marion grows up into....a girl! Looks like I wasn't mistaken after all.

...though, John Wayne's birth name was Marion...

The first time I ever had a Sim reach this, he was just a guy living in a trailer with his high-school sweetheart, and he'd CLAWED his way up to the top while he and his wife had five kids and built a small house. Gustavus just went to work a couple of days.

Do the lead designers at Electronic Arts go around dressed like this?

Julia grows up a bit..

...and Debbie gives birth to another blonde (!), named....

(Ignore the asterisk: that's the key I have mapped to FRAPS for shaking screenshots.)

Again with the face, Kaiser?

Oh, pay the movers. Deduct the money from the salaries of your severely overpaid players.

The Game agrees with me.

Heh -- nice hair, kid.

The Harem. With all the beds now available, the house has fallen into chaos and no one sleeps anywhere predictably. When Augustus/Augustine becomes a child, he'll have the master bedroom to himself most nights.

And Julia grows up successfully...

Just for this I let her walk around in that suit throughout her entire childhood.

Let `em sit in coach.

Enjoy this one, guys, it may be your last.

(..it was.)

I think I'll let him stay as this for a while. I'm tired of all the career-hopping.

Nice, family dinner.

"If you're looking for Erin (again), she's in the back room..."


Oh, boy. More to come.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Nehru Legacy, 4.0 -- Continued

Though I liked his sister better, I must admit to growing rather fond of Kaiser.

Attagirl! She's an overacheiver. Most Sims don't start passing out in front of toilets until they're in college!

Augustine (er, Augustus) continues a-growin'..

Marion is clearly above gender stereotypes.

....hello, Kaiser. He's happy to see his bed is still around.

"The enemies of the Nehru clan shall perish!"

Tweak his bourgeoisie nose!

Heh.

Marion is in Advanced Placement, I assume.

...and now she's a teenager!

...wha? Oh. Noelle.

Into the Vault of Honor with you.

Celebrating life in the midst of death.

...you know, between the skull-mounted phone and the glowing-eyed tiki monster, this is a creepy bedroom.

A chance card game up when I was ordering Marion to do something. Apparently whatever I clicked on wasn't correct.

Kaiser agrees with his dad; making people wet themselves is hee-larious.

Keeping the superhero business in the family...

Wooosh! This is her "go to work" animation.

Gustavus and his sprogs...

Julia wants to be a master chef: Marion prefers the Chief of Staff position at a hospital.

And with that, the last of Generation 4 hits teenhood!

My next game session will see the kids through their teenage years, and I'll presumably start thinking about heirs. This generation isn't much for knowledge Sims (their aspirations are mixes of Popularity, Fortune, and Family), and I've been managing the chaos rather than trying to keep everyone on a tight leash. With five adults and three kids, I didn't exactly have a choice.

So, thoughts on the heir?

 

[sophie]

The evidence is clear: Augustus.

 

[W|M]

Yep. Augustus.

 

[Skwink]

Augustus.

 

[Civ'ed]

Augustus.

 

[Lord of Elves]

Hail Caesar, we want Augustus.

 

[Arakhor]

A unanimous vote - Augustus, pater patriae!

 

[Omega124]

Julia, but I really don't care as long as it isn't Marion (That hair is ugly).

 

[Eerdna]

next twins will be called copy and paste

 

[Smellincoffee]

Julia it is, then!

... Just kidding.

Nehru Legacy 4.1
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Young Augustus wants to be a hall-of-famer.

...thus began one of the longest nights the Nehru household has ever witnessed. Kaiser and Chris went on a fright-rampage. I counted five scares, and then...

Wha -- who died?

Kaiser: Bwaaah haahh!
....why do I have the feeling YOU have something to do with this?

.... So much for the chosen one.

As much as I'd love to disrupt the patriarchy, I have Gus bring his boy back from beyond.

STOP THAT!

I knew it. Time to address this ghost problem.

I've heard they can't cross water, so....behold! The River Styx!

And its keeper, Charon!

Gustavus would like you to know that he is old, yet awesome.

...that's a little creepy, guys. You're aware that you're full-blood siblings, right? Julia is your mutual half-sister...

Julia doesn't go to work often. When she does, though, they promote her.

....hi, Noelle. Good to see you, but I guess this means the Styx is failing to keep you in?

Still creepy, Augustus.

...I must admit that Augustus has strong features, worthy of an heir.

Debbie is also old. I pay very little attention to Debbie. I don't think I've been this apathetic about a spouse-sim since Chris, though Chris grew on me in old age...

Marion dyed her hair just in time to go off to college. She and Julia went at the same time, though I didn't take any pictures.


More to come, much more.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Nehru Legacy 4.1 -- Continued

In my regular hood, I play Sims through their university years. Not so for this Legacy. Here, if I WANT a Sim to go through college, I hurry them along in this way. First, I use the College Adjuster, which I downloaded years ago, to jump them from semester to semester. I always jump them to semesters 2, 4, 6, and 8 so they get the end-of-year benefits.

Then, I set their grade...

...and then set the semester to end. In this way I didn't waste time playing Sargon, Marion, and Julia through a lifetime of college. Heirs get a bit more time, usually because they're working on making friends. Once they get their friends, I push them through.

It DOES work! Hah!

..I guess Noelle is just that good.

....no heir of mine is going to be called "Limpy".

Augustus is a Tinkerer.

.... You don't FISH in the Styx!

Those shows are obnoxious, so no.

*shrug*

No, possessing Charon isn't going to help you get across.

"Little help here?"

You killed his son. He's not going to help you.
...has he been fishing there ALL DAY?

Romulus is off to college, and will spend his time chasing skirts and making friends. He likes this gal, but she's married with kids.

...doesn't stop them from ENJOYING themselves, but you can't marry someone who's already married.

His roommate is Romulus, who I don't speed up. He's managed to become a junior..

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

More to come.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Nehru Legacy 4.1 -- Continued

Though Gus's first wife and daughter of one of his kids, Erin's been on her lonesome since I made her drop dead. Thus, when Augustus went off to college and they invited him over for a family party, and Erin and Augustus jumped in the sack together, I let them have their fun. What's the harm?

Red hai-- how'd THAT happen?

...anyway, her name is Edele, named after one of the singers (Edele Lynch) in an Irish pop band I listened to in middle school.

While Augustus is at college, life continues apace --

Yup, again.

She puts the time to good use.

Blonde hair, brown eyes -- same as his father.

I took the liberty.

That puzzle-box has been out there since I moved all of Hiero and Chris's stuff out of the shack to build the house.

Aww, she's a tomboy.

At college...

The woman Augustus is so fond of us named Stella Roth. This is her husband. He's a bit slow on the uptake.

Romulus: Something wrong...?

...awkward.

Romulus invites both of them over and takes Stella to bed in hopes of breaking them up, but Roth WENT TO SLEEP!

...so he goes to his high-school girlfriend instead. The three adults at home will die soon, and he'll need backup.

....?

Romulus, I'm REALLY glad your brother Kaiser won the heir-poll.

Graduation time!

The patriarchy shall fall!

Edele and her brother Tiberius. They're very chummy.


Even more to come.

(Just one more post, though.)

 

[Smellincoffee]

Nehru Legacy 5.0

Augustus is back in the house!

You don't have to look so HAPPY about it, Erin. Put things into perspective.

I'm amused that he can go to THIS straight from college.

Gus has yes, THREE women wanting to hug, kiss, and fondle him.

I thought about bringing Tatiana back from the dead just to paint Augustus' heir-portrait, I really did.

Erin is old, too, now. She's younger than Gus and Debbie because she was restored to her young self when brought back from the dead.

I believe time would be of the essence here, Augustus.

Well, that was a short playing career.

This is Marie. She has blue eyes and hair that is both brown and red. (Her eyebrows are red.) I'm not sure what's up with that.

And this is Edele, all grown up.

Tiberius comes home every day whining, and I got tired of trying to corral someone to play with him, so I built a pool.

Yeah, guys. Don't let the PREGNANT LADY sit down. Tiberius thinks she's faking it.

Edele is also a Tinkerer and an Athelete.

....and Tiberius is now a teenager! Popularity/Family. Edele is..Knowledge/Family.

Augustus is about to be the father of three. Time for you guys to play...

Name! That! Baby!

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Chandrasekhar, Chandravarma, and Chandragupta.

 

[W|M]

Napoléon, Louis, François!

 

[Smellincoffee]

Er, by father of three I meant Edele, Tiberius, and Baby Three. Marie's not packing triplets.