Wishful Thinking In TS2

Ramona, Ariel, Benedick, Goneril, and Rod

Goneril Capp

Fortune - Wants to Become Chief of Staff
but is stuck being a Tycoon. Poor her.

Perm plat - 75 days old. Frist wishes: Relative gets engaged and married, get a grandchild, and ressurect doggo Alegra. Not sure who she is wanting to get engaged/married...All of her children are married, as well as her granddaughter. Well, (ASimWen checks her family tree) she has a couple of nephews who aren't married yet. Goneril MAY pass this round.

Ariel (Capp) Monty

Popularity - Have 20 Best Pet Friends (no)

Ages up in 8 days. Ariel will probably never be perm plat, as that LTW hasn't been worked on. At all. Her storyline fell to ensnaring Romance Sim Benedick Monty in matrimony. First Wishes: Get a puppy or kitten, get a kitten, get a puppy, have a party, be BF with Fay, and resurrect doggo Alegra.

Benedick Monty

Romance - Wants to be a Celebrity Chef

Benedick is currently an Executive Chef. Ariel managed to snag him in marriage last round, and he moved in to be a full time daddy to Rod, and later, Ramona. First wishes: Woohoo in bed, go swimming, be friends with his neice Elvira Monty, and have a party.

Rod Capp


Knowledge - Wants To Become a Space Pirate

Rod is the child Ariel gave birth to during the affair stage of her relationship with Benedick. Rod just aged up to teen last round, so is still a ways away from adulthood. May go to University. First wishes: Go to University, get fit, and get skills 1 for logic and cleaning.

Ramona Monty

Grow Up

Ramona is Benedick and Ariel's child born after her parent's wedding. She will cake up in short order to child. Wishes: Get Creativity 8, be tickled, grow up well and talk to dad.

What happened last round?

Ariel and Bennie went on a date to Londoste where they had public woohoo in the hot tub, then ate a great hotdog. Ariel knowing that Benedick was now single asked him to marry her. He, being uncontrollable, had no choice but to say yes. As soon as she returned from the date, she got her first baby bump, her second child with Bennie.

Rod grew up to be a Knowledge Sim with the wish to become a Space Pirate. He has 12 days before he ages up to adult but will more than likely head out to University next round. A beautiful little girl named Ramona was born, and eventually aged up to toddler. She will cake up the first day of next round.

Ariel was all about partying almost every day to get her wishes in, and eventually invited Benedick to move in on Sunday to participate in a wedding party, which went off without a hitch. Benedick promoted up to executive chef his one day in his new house and will more than likely reach TOC next round and reach platinum, no longer getting his romantic wishes fulfilled. A new little cat named Neka joined the big male cat James in the cat pen, and they produced three kittens. They are pregnant with another batch.

Goneril was just sort of "there" and went to work every day. No retiring for her, as she is not needed to watch grandchildren since Ariel is a stay at home mom. Goneril is now 75 years old and I will be surprised if she doesn't pass this round.

Alright now that the review is out of the way, Let's play TS2!

Right off the bat, the men left the house on their daily routines. Rod as off to school, Benedick was off to his job at the restaurant. Go YOU GUYS!!!

Moments later Ariel's brother Hal came strolling by looking to have a nice visit with his sister. He managed to hang out all day long and was there for Ramona's birthday that evening.

What an adorable family.....Ariel made the absolute right decision in proposing to Benedick when he had no choice but to say yes... (he was unplayable at the time).

Ramona made a birthday wish, and blew out the candles! (oh my goodness, she is so cute)

I have been trying to stay away from taking numerous birthday pictures.. (we have all seen hundreds of Sim birthday pics over the years) but I just can't resist with this little gal.

Ramona - Libra
Romance

ASimWen uses a system of choosing the aspiration per the zodiac. Used to roll for it per the Prosperity rules, however it was time to change that.....I like this. In this case where she could be a Romance or Pleasure Sim, I play the "This or That" skill with Alexa, and she chooses for me. Still sorta random.

Ramona's wishes on growing up: Buy a toy, tell an inside joke, make a friend, and talk to dad. ASimWen loves that little crown in her hair. She will definitely be keeping that.

Party Pics

A wish realized for Ramona...talk to dad whilst her brother throws a mean game of darts.

And dad thinks her jokes are extra funny!

The party was a roof raiser, and ends with Benedick autonomously reading a bedtime story to Ramona. While Benedick was happy to be a family with Ariel and his children, he was keeping a wish to go on vacation to the Islands...or the Orient. We will see if he keeps it.

Kitties Neka and James have produced the first litter this visit. They were immediately sent off to Animal Control and got another litter started right away, thanks to Ariel urging them along.

Loving that Benedick has not given up his Romance Sim ways. He is still wishing to woohoo with ten Sims, along with his wishes for a vacation. He was wishing for a kitten, then Neka and James came through. Luckily, a generic wish to Ask a Sim on a Date is just as good to ask his wife Ariel to date. This easily gets in wishes for both for a day.

Ah, and after school visit for Rod....it is Bottom (Summerdream) Monty and Alon Monty's daughter Eva. ASimWen thinks these two would make a nice couple!

Popularity Sims
Eva - Have 20 Best Pet Friends
Elvis - Become Media Magnate

Eva has a twin named Elvis. Not sure why Eva's hair changed since her home was played earlier this round.....

Goneril's backpack was full of flowers and other miscellaneous items that could prove to be of some value. (snapdragons) She gave it all to the man of the house, Benedick.

In the mean while Ariel, not being perm plat...has to have 3 wishes a day fulfilled fr a max of 1,500 points. Well, sometimes she gets them all in one wish, and them some. Here she has made friends with Eva Monty...yes....the girl that comes to see her son. Helicoptering, much?

My oh my...those two...being a three bolt attraction they are on each other all the time. Rod can't even have friends over in peace...doesn't his friend look uncomfortable? Trying to throw some darts, but this dude's parents are going at it....

Speaking of the Montys and friends coming over after school. This is Mayella Monty, Eva's younger sister. She came home on the bus with Ramona. The two girls had a blast. Bottom (Summerdream) came to collect her daughter when it got late.

For a Knowledge Sim, Rod wasn't throwing many Knowledge Sim type wants....like skill wishes. He threw "Go on a Hike" so off he went every morning before the bus showed up to take him and Ramona to class. He DID keep a wish to buy a lousy hand held game. Hmmm...

ASimWen gave in to Rod's gaming desires and sent him down to Sims Gone Wired to get the stupid gaming device Also picked up a phone. Weeellll what do you you know, his wants panel filled up with skill wishes and the all important Uni wish.

Ariel traveled to H&M Veronaville to help her husband out with a wish to have some public woohoo. She grabbed a quick wish fulfilled and bought some jewelry. Well, dear...five days from Sexy Senior, and you are pregnant....what do you expect when you are married to a Romance Sim whom you share 3 bolts of attraction with....hopping into bed constantly...uh-huh.

In the meantime, what was Ramona up to? Throwing wishes like jump rope, eat cereal. Every day.

At this point in time ASimWen remembered to check her fears. She didn't want to lose a game to Mayella. Well, she did anyway. Apparently Mayella had a wish to win a game.

A rare but juicy wish met....max out a skill. Not really hard to do these days (especially with the Education bookcase).

Bennie was keeping a wish to either go on a vacation, or buy a vacation home. ASimWen put off the vacation wishes...but then Ol' Bennie rolled a wish to flirt with his wife's mother. Oh no. Nope. Buy vacation home it is. Maybe one day he and Ariel would visit it.

Woops! Ariel goes into labor just as Bennie is walking out the door to work....and having a baby right in front of the neighbor girl. (Mayella). Buh-Bye Bennie...there will be a new baby in the house when you come home from work.

Correction. There will be TWO new babies when you return home from work. Twin boys. Go you, Ariel and Bennie!

No room in the house anymore for Rod....off to University he goes.

Alright. The first thing Rod does upon aging up to YA is start playing with that dang hand held game. urg. Go inside and claim your room, buddy.

Ariel had twin boys Cole and Luke just 2 days before aging up to Sexy Schmexy Senior. She invited her bother Hal and her sister Miranda over for the birthday party and of course Rod came all the way from University.

Ariel's wishes upon growing up: meet someone new, have a roof raiser party, be BFF with Eva Monty, buy a drum kit, influence a Sim to entertain, and prank. It was a "good time" party.

And this is where we end this visit with Ariel and Benedick.

Ending wishes:

Goneril - Perm Plat. Wishes were not consciously fulfilled for her.

Ariel: Have a good reputation, play darts, play Marco Polo, be friends with townie Nikki Zhang, talk about hobbies, and play a PC game.

Benedick: Ask Sim out on Date, go hiking, Woohoo with ten Sims, and Woohoo. (locked in).

Ramona: Get A+, play Marco Polo, grow up well, and jump rope.

Cole and Luke...they are babies! All they wanna do is eat, sleep and do their diapers.

Summary

Goneril was just sort of there. Went to work, came home, and provided conversation when guests came to the house. She only has a sliver of life left. Will pass next round.

Ariel: She and Benedick were constantly all over each other, was not hard to get her wishes on for the week. She constantly wished for friends and having parties.

Benedick will age up in 4 days. He kept woohoo related wishes, asking Sim on date, woohoo X number of Sims, and rolled go on vacation at least once a day. Managed to stay away from woohooing other Sims through dating Ariel. Toward the end of the week he flipped up flirt with Goneril and kept it for two days....no. The only way to make it roll away was to buy the vacation home, and so it was. He did not promote in his job any more since the first day, as he needed two Creativity skill points to promote. He never wished for them, and never brought home a co worker for a String Me promotion.

Rod was wishing for the most inane things such as getting the hand held game. It got to the point where I couldn't fulfill any wishes..only to send him down town and get the dang hand held game. Ugh. I guess not surprising since he is a knowledge Sim. Once he had that thing in his pocket he rolled the typical Knowledge Sim wants like crazy.

Ramona wanted child like things. Jump rope, eat cereal, play with this friend or that friend. She also wanted to make friends. Easy-peasy.

Cats James and Neka: Sorry don't have pics of them, only this one of Neka:

She and James contributed eight kittens to the neighborhood adoption pool. Liza, Grayson, Annika, Yadira, Xavier, Sklar, Moshe, and Maritza. They are pregnant again at the end of this round.

It was a strange thing, no one, I mean NO ONE received a call to go on an outing. I thought something was missing. heh

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