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could you please make the names bigger ? thank you.

@spongbobishappy  let's see if this works if I got the names bigger

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Excellent ! I can read the names much better now. Thank you !

@spongbobishappy and if you want to know why the characters are wearing particular clothing (Clarissa in a Saree, and Hannah in 1940's or Elizabeth in 1980s clothing)  just ask! 

@Disneywoman You did a nice job on this. I am very proud of your work. I truly am. 

@calmMango9611  Thanks Mango.  But after working on it for 8 years after two chapters from now. I'm going to take a little break (2-3 months) and play other games (Democracy 4 and try to remember how Crusader King III works to play it and maybe others).  And when I'm refreshed i will come back and do Gen 8

@Disneywoman That is fine. Maybe share your other games, if you would like to do that. If not, that is ok. No worries. Just thought that a change of pace, might be helpful. 

@calmMango9611  I don't know if I can post any pictures from CK III or the game (Democracy 4) I'm going to buy once I'm get to my "intermission" of my Swanson SimLit  

@Disneywoman That is ok, my friend. No worries.

@Disneywoman You do a really nice job, my friend. I am very proud of you.

@calmMango9611 thank you, and I just took some photos of Wedding guests  and some of the briddal party (and the bride) showing up at the wedding venue:

Prince Maxwell with his Sister-in-law Princess Eleanor 

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Prince Dan with his niece Isabella Swanson (Isabella's sister)

Duchess Sara Wendy Grant with her husband Kade. 

The groom's parents (and they're but not their children- are based on real people)  Alica  and Mat Guion

Her Royal Majesty Empress Selene Swanson, and his Royal Highness prince Jay

Bridal party-woman is Princess Hannah  (Hannah Amy Margo)  Prince Maxwell's wife, and Jane's twin but I forgotten who the other sims are-but they're all more or less related to the Swansons in some way.  Reese Bersjen is the one Princess Hannah has her hand too, but I can't remember the others but Bailey woods (child) is behind Hannah holding another toddler 

and the bride arriving at the venue: 

@Disneywoman These are amazing my friend. They truly are. I love you, my friend.

@calmMango9611 when I get back here I will do a very detailed analysis of how Swansons are related to the people in the bridal party in the last picture. 

@Disneywoman Sounds good, my friend.

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OMG!!!! thats so beautiful!!!🥹🥹💜 I love playing the sims too!!!

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They look pleasant enough, I guess...

(It's hard for me to relate to virtual characters, avatars, etc.)

Also, I didn't know anyone still played the Sims. Simcity was huge in the late 2000's, if memory serves.

@slowdecline48 There's still a large community that plays the game.  But some people have taken the sims like myself write stories with them.  But to be honest its like being all-in-one department of a film studio- script writer,  costume designer/dresser,   sometimes built sets I need for the story to work,  and director.   

 And the sims can be just as annoying as real actors, because when I try to get them to pose, they walk away 

So the one red head toddler,   their name is Reese Bjergsen,  The Bjergsen family were basically the Montagues to Swansons' Capulets for 4 generations.  The Bjergsen's were also, the original royal family of Windenburg until Romeo's dad, gave the power of the monarch to the Swansons. to make up for what his family had done for the last 4 generations previous.   Because in Gen 5  Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love and get married   But due to "plot reasons" they had to give up one twin (Selene), and they don't see her again for 30 years.

The next toddler is one of my Simself's family descendants. The only thing I can tell you is that Sara's Wendy's Dad was also a descendant of Charming and Swanson lines.   Hannah I's only brother liked to have multiple partners so he had a lot of children  one son, Sergio I  married the daughter of my Simself,  and they had children and a grandchild who would be Sergio II.  Sergio II would marry Raven Grant,  Sara Wendy's mother.  (both both Sergio II and Raven Grant die young )

Baliee Woods (child)  is  something like 3rd cousin once removed to the Swanson family.  Her distant Uncle Wyatt Wood, was in an arranged marriage with Elizabeth Swanson.  But Wyatt "swinged the other way".  And also the Wood family came from the country of Afana to escape the horrors there- (think of history),  So he had trouble adjusting to the new country.

and Pollyanna O'Malley (child) at the back -   The O'Malley's  are the caretaker family of a homeless shelter I built for the game.   Not only is there a beds (sleeping bags) for homeless people,  but on the 2nd floor there's also a therapist  room as well.   And there's also is a office which i have doubled for some kind of office or other.   The O'Malleys are related twice over to Swansons.   One of Hannah's nephews from her eldest sister Carly, married the daughter of the First O'Malley.   Hannah's own great-granddaughter married the great-grandson of the Original O'Malley who is also the 2nd time great grandson of Clarissa Swanson.

This is an early/late Mother's Day picture (early since Mother's Day isn't utnil Sunday for me) and Late because for UK Mother's Day was in March. 

This is my temple for the bad reilgion in my game:

good temple went from this:

to this:

to this:

A temple? It looks more like a minor nobleman's castle...nothing wrong with that. In fact, I think every landowner should be allowed to build his/her own castle if (s)he wants so. That one looks nice.

@slowdecline48 that's kind of the point.  Its both.   Its a castle but its also is temple people go to chat with a priestess about (the picture is back from when the castle was a manor house with a funny outdoor pathway):

homeless shelter/office/thepary place

@Disneywoman Your very talented my friend.

Nice. 👌🏼

If only building residential & other structures in real life were that easy... *sigh*

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This reminded me of Avakin life lol 

@Disneywoman Hii, I just wanted to say thank youuu for posting and playing the sims! (Especially 4 haha) I have had an extremely hard and stressful day. Was ready to give up honestly until I logged back in and saw this beautiful post! I instantly felt calm and at peace.. I just knew the moment I saw this that everything was going to be alright. Thank you for breathing hope and love back into me! Now I need to fix up my mods and get back into the game lol

@SancastleSunrise  I'm Happy this makes you happy and has help your mental health

@Disneywoman Sometimes it's just the simple things in life that can bring the most joy! Please always keep going and sharing what you enjoy with the world. Your healing and happiness matters 

@Disneywoman This is awesome! I really wanna give one of these sims challenges a try they seem so fun. 

@tiredtabbycats  My Swanson Legacy isn't actually a chanellge at it.  Its "Whatever dramtic or zany siutations can I dream up of?"  And there's poses to help as well on a website The Sims 4 Masterlist

Very creative and detailed :)

When writing SimLit when you have scenes which need crowds-shopping malls,  or a some kind of public event that need journalists or you're having July 4th celebration.   

Fellow  simmers have created what are called decor sims.   They're sims which are basically statues but they're work in the sense that they make a "crowd" of some sort for sims.  Here's some examples:

Pazzari/crowd decor sims:

Here's another version of a decor sims aka Maids:

so I know Regina and her sister Estelle (its to trick you into guessing who is going to do into thinking X instead of Y) are only infants but I believe they're identical they have the same eye colour and the same brown hair as their Mom 

So this is a way that my Imagination come into play with my SimLit this is the 2nd time of two times I have to imagine the 2nd dress is a ripped version of a different dress:

@Disneywoman I love this game 😍

Now that's what I call talent. 💯💯💯💯