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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-08-04 03:45 pm

[ SECRET POST #2041 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2041 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2012-08-05 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, this is something that I've done: I took a race that I created for a space opera that I SWEAR I'M GOING TO WRITE SOMEDAY SERIOUSLY IT'LL HAPPEN and decided to build one of their historical cities. On one side of the city are the regular folks; on the other side are the Tanihle, who are the descendants of the old aristocratic families. They don't really have any true power in society anymore, but they're still rather wealthy and are eccentrically holding onto the old ways. They practice a very rigid form of arranged marriage that involves cycling through each of the families in a very specific way over a very specific length of time. This is supposed to ensure that the bloodlines don't get too homogeneous, but of course since there are far fewer families than there used to be, that's kind of a lost cause at this point.

So, of course, you've got the patriarch who suggests that it might be best for them to start pairing with important non-Tanihle families, and there's drama and argument and resistance (particularly since it would be rather difficult to convince such a family of the benefit of arranged marriage, something the larger society no longer practices). And of course one of the children falls for a non-Tanihle. And there's forbidden romance and hijinks and CRIME!

Anyway, the point is: make up a story and create its characters. Have a "right side" and "wrong side" of the tracks, with mansions on one side and capes on the other. And make sure someone's a loose cannon.

I've also made crazy hermits before, which is pretty fun, particularly if you have Pets. Build a small cabin in the woods, surround it with a ridiculous amount of trees, and give your Sim a panoply of cats and dogs and a room filled with birds. Then, try to keep up!

There's also Sim Survivor: give your Sims just a few amenities, build a moat around them, and see who outlives everyone else. Reward that person with a lovely house. After a while, you'll have enough Survivors that you can start to breed them.