jayeless_sims | The Coopers 3.8 (Reply)

Welcome back! It’s time for another instalment of the Coopers!

After this I only have one and a half more updates in reserve, though, and my game is getting to be a real shit to play because it crashes every ten minutes. So at this stage I don’t know what lies in the Coopers’ future. For now, I hope you enjoy, though!

Last time: Britta successfully ousted Max Villareal and became leader of the Renegades club. She and Morgan attended the Humour and Hijinks festival, and got engaged!

The Coopers 3.8

Britta and Morgan kiss passionately (with Morgan’s foot suspended in the air) in the living room

Our newly betrothed are very much in love.

Level Up! Julian has reached level 8 of the Logic skill!

Two skills down, four more to go… Writing and Painting are both at 7 and should be next. After that, Charisma and Comedy are both at 6, so maybe them? But let’s not forget dark horse Handiness, currently at 5 and gaining ground rapidly thanks to STACEY’S GHOST CONSTANTLY BREAKING EVERYTHING IN BOTH BATHROOMS ughhhhh

Pregnancy Start: Started Pregnancy for Jena Lorenz with Wolfgang Munch.

THIS IS LITERALLY YOUR FOURTH KID WITH A FOURTH SEPARATE WOMAN!! YOU AIN’T EVEN GOOD-LOOKING, I DON’T WANT YOUR GENES IN HALF THE TOWN, PLEASE STOP IT WOLFGANG!

walls-down shot of two double beds in two different rooms, doonas bouncing and love-hearts floating

This is a household full of lovin’.

Claire talks to Stacey’s ghost, who is flaming red and raging about something

Except for Stacey, who is full of RAGE every time she emerges from her grave. Here is Claire trying to talk her down so she doesn’t spend all night breaking all their shit… again.

montage of Britta and Morgan’s wedding at Magnolia Blossom Park

Britta and Morgan get marrieeeeeed!! Forgive the spam, but the two of them were just so cute ♥

Wolfgang looks disgusted, thinking about Britta

Wolfgang was disgusted by Britta and Morgan’s kiss. Arsehole, I think it’s disgusting how you have impregnated four separate women so far.

montage: Morgan reaches for a slice of cake held by Britta; Britta smushes cake into Morgan’s face, at which Morgan smiles; Britta, Wolfgang and Morgan eat cake together, Britta making a funny and undignified face

Cake montage. They so cute you guys ♥

Morgan happily thanks Wolfgang for coming, Britta side-eyes Wolfgang, and Wolfgang shrugs and grins in embarrassment

Morgan: Hey Wolfgang, thanks for coming to our wedding, even though you think our kissing is disgusting!
Wolfgang: Eh… well… what can I say? We’re Renegades, it’s just what we do for each other. I don’t judge your lifestyle, and you don’t judge mine!
Britta: *SIDE-EYE*

the wedding guests crowd around a pop-up bar under a tree, staffed by Julian

Julian does bar duty to ensure that all the guests have something to drink.

Wolfgang smiles with one drink, Shirley smiles with two drinks, and Abed pouts with zero drinks

Well, nearly everyone.

Abed: Wait a minute… why does Shirley get two drinks and I don’t get any?

Troy strokes his chin in contemplation as he makes himself a drink

Troy hacked the system and realised he could make his own drink. Maybe give your younger bro a tip!

Britta uses her phone at the park; an inset says that she gained 200 followers, for 1,055 in total

She checks into social media from her own wedding and only gets 200 new followers? r00d.

Wedding Complete! Gold medal earned!

you bet your arse

Britta and Morgan, smiling, jump into bed

Our newlyweds get home and you know what time it is? Time to get crack-a-lacking on generation four!

Eating for Two! Congratulations! Morgan is expecting! There’s going to be a new addition to this household.

Success!

Morgan excitedly shares her news with Britta who glares at her

Morgan: Guess what babe! We’re going to be parents!!
Britta: what

Morgan continues talking excitedly; Britta pouts and gestures despairingly

Morgan: I’m pregnant! Together we created a little embryo and it’s in my womb right now!
Britta: But whyyyyyyyy? Noooooooo!

ok, get over it plz Britta.

snapshot of the Renegades club panel

New club rules!

Be mischievous to EVERYONE… including other Renegades.
Tell lots of jokes. To everyone.
Be funny with everyone!

As well, they are no longer a club that instantly dislikes everyone they meet during a club gathering. RIP Britta’s relationship with her baby cousin

Max Villareal may accuse Britta of watering down the club he built up to be so great(ly hated), but as far as Britta’s concerned she’s making it not suck.

Britta, Morgan, Wolfgang and Ulrike sit in the Coopers’ living room

Club gathering at the Coopers’ house!

Morgan: How funny would it have been if I’d told Britta I didn’t want to get married after all? lol
Britta: Uhm… babe… that was a bit hurtful.

Morgan shares the news that she’s pregnant; Ulrike throws up her hands and smiles, while Wolfgang talks about himself

Morgan: So, guess what guys! I’m pregnant!
Ulrike: Oh my! Congrats!
Wolfgang: Aww sheez, I hope it’s not mine! I’ve been fathering a lot of the little buggers lately.

I wouldn’t worry if I were you, Wolfgang.

Morgan pulls a funny face at Wolfgang and Ulrike

Britta pulls a funny face at Wolfgang and Ulrike

Rounding off the evening with some classic funny faces.

Julian’s work panel, showing that one of his Work From Home tasks for the day is to study 5 pieces of art at the Arts Centre

Ugh I hate Julian’s employer. Working from HOME doesn’t mean working from the Arts Centre!!

Britta has been promoted to Cat Video Creator!

How is she going to create cat videos in a world where there are no cats, EA??

Britta, Julian and Morgan outside the Casbah Gallery

So, Julian, Britta and Morgan headed to San Myshuno to check out that art gallery. Unfortunately, my game decided to crash about three times before finally letting me get through this visit. (The last crash was on the “Travel” dialog when I was trying to send them back home! grrrrr) Anyway…

Julian looks at a painting

Julian studies exactly five works of art…

Britta pulls a funny face at Morgan, as both sit around what appears to be a large shisha pipe

…and Britta and Morgan try out the ~~shisha pipe~~ bubble blower that’s been inexplicably set up in the gallery bar.

Britta, Julian and Morgan sit at the bar with a bowl of chips

Before heading home, the three of them snacked on some chips. Then they headed home before my game crashed AGAIN.

Britta yells at the computer. An inset says: Rants tend to make people uncomfortable with you. Britta has lost 565 followers.

At home, Britta tries to record a rant video, but evidently her rant was ~muito controverso~ because she lost over half her followers.

Morgan, nightie-clad with a visible baby bump, carries a bowl of food through the living room

Morgan wakes up from her evening nap and look! She’s popped!

Melvin’s ghost, bright red in colour, sails through the living room holding a bag of rubbish with a big grin on his face

Melvin proves that he is by far the better ghost, wearing a giant grin and helping to clean up despite being flaming red with anger. Truly an icon to aspire to.

Morgan gestures to her womb talking to Melvin (now green); Claire smiles wistfully at the ceiling

Morgan: So… hi! I hear you’re Britta’s grandpa! You know, in this womb right here I’m carrying your first great-grandchild!
Melvin: what
Claire: Ahhh, baaaaaabies :D

Claire talks to Melvin and Morgan about sunshine; Morgan says she urgently needs the toilet

I was very confused about this because Morgan’s bladder bar was not even close to yellow.

Morgan vomits into the toilet

But it turns out THIS was why she needed the toilet. To SPEW!

CAS picture of a male toddler with black hair, tan skin and a hot pink shirt

So, this is Zoe’s toddler, Stephon. Except I renamed him Dean for the ~naming theme~.

picture of the Coopers outside a house in Windenburg’s Island

I went on a bit of a building kick and built this awesome-ass house on the “Mid-Nowhere” lot on Windenburg’s island. Unfortunately since I’ve moved the Coopers here I’ve had a shit-ton of crashing, so we’ll see how long they stay here. It’s a shame because (for now) I rather like the house…

picture of the Coopers’ first floor

Here you can see their top floor (except I redecorated that green bedroom pretty fast into a nursery). Three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, and an artistic hobby space.

picture of the Coopers’ ground floor

Here’s the Coopers’ ground floor – mostly open plan, dining and cooking to the left, lounging and computering to the right.

picture of the Coopers’ basement

And here’s the basement! General all-purpose entertainment, partying and workout space.

In total: three bedrooms, two bathrooms, two “half-bathrooms”. Tons of room for hobby equipment (which was the main gripe I had with the old place). Out the back there’s also a deck with a barbecue and seating space which I didn’t show. Provided that my game STOPS CRASHING ALL THE F***ING TIME this should be a real sweet home.

Britta, Morgan and Julian chill on the lounge, eating food

Breakfasting in the new home~

For some reason though I have to actually TELL THEM to sit down with their food when they grab a serving of anything, though. They won’t do it autonomously.

Morgan naps on a sofa

Morgan finds pregnancy rather draining, so takes a midday nap to regain some energy.

Claire and Morgan sit with two male Young Adult Sims at a dining table, while in the distance two elderly Sims talk to each other

We had a welcome wagon! As you can see in the background though, those Bjergsens were more insular than welcoming.

Clara Bjergsen and her husband stand at the fridge, the former holding a plate of eggs and bacon

Then they stole our food. Don’t you ingrates own a fridge?

Troy texts Britta: Hey Britta! I was wondering if I could join Renegades. I know the Club is very exclusive, but I think I have what it takes. What do you say?

Originally Britta was going to say no because in the Renegades there are NO DORKS ALLOWED but then she decided that was just too mean and she let him in. smh Troy y u put her in this position

Britta uses the computer; an inset says: Jokers always win. Britta gained 125 Followers for winning big with silly words. She now has 1,095 Followers in total.

Britta strives to regain the followers she lost from that rant the other day…

Morgan strides past the coffee machine, heavily pregnant

Second bump!

Britta jogs extremely close to the neighbours’ house

This neighbourhood is kinda weird without any roads. Britta ends up jogging very close to the neighbours’ house – let’s hope they don’t call the cops on her?

Morgan eats yoghurt with a cup of coffee in front of her

Have Sims ALWAYS been able to drink coffee AND eat at the same time, or did some recent DLC enable this? Either way, this has been a revelation to me.

Morgan waves in the air next to her bed as a red plumbob hovers above her head

When I re-opened my game, we were two hours INTO THE FUTURE. Morgan nearly re-enacted what happened to the pregnant Claire when that happened (i.e. she pissed herself) but she made it to the toilet in time.

Claire and Morgan eat fruit salad; Claire looks distressed while Morgan smiles calmly

Fruit salad for breakfast! idk why Claire’s looking so upset; she’s the one who made it.

Claire smiles as she pushes the weights on a workout machine

Happily, breaking in the new gym cheers her right up.

a nightie-clad Morgan talks on the phone in a bathroom; an inset says: Morgan is missing work! If she misses too many days her job performance will suffer!

Morgan: Hello, Morgan speaking. Oh, hi Boss. Why yes, I am not at work today, that is correct. … I was under the impression you’d given me family leave, sir. … Oh, I see. … Fine, in future I will ask you for permission before using the family leave that you definitely did give me. Good day, sir.

It’s a good thing that something tells me Morgan isn’t too committed to this athletic job.

Julian paints a landscape on an easel

FUCKIN’ FINALLY JULIAN REACHES LEVEL 8 PAINTING SKILL

in the middle of eating a salad, Morgan types on her phone. An inset says: Gone Into Labour! Morgan is bursting… with anticipation to meet her new bundle of joy!

Morgan: *feels contractions* omg! MUST… LIVETWEET… FOR POSTERITY…

Reached Writing Level 8: Julian can now Write Science Fiction.

Level 8 Writing skill… but then my game crashed and I DON’T REMEMBER IF HE MADE IT AGAIN THE SECOND TIME ROUND

If he did, though, that means he finally only needs to get two more skills to level 8! C’mon Jules you can do it!

Morgan talks about CDs, while Britta freaks out

Morgan: Isn’t it weird that our future offspring may never remember using a CD? Haha!
Britta: Wait…

close-up of Britta freaking out

Britta: FUTURE OFFSPRING?! *panic*

Britta shouts forbidden words

Britta: [beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep]

Morgan glares at Britta, thinking about expletives

Morgan: Dude, our fetus like totally heard you. I mean, it’s literally right on its way out! No way it could’ve missed it!

Britta laughs manically, Julian facepalms, and Morgan pouts as she stands over a bassinette

Britta: No matter, for I, BRITTA COOPER, AM A CRIMINAL MASTERMIND! MWAHAHAHAHA!
Julian: *facepalm*
Morgan: Um seriously guys the baby is coming out…

Morgan grins zanily as she holds a baby

It’s a baby boy… named Arnold!

So, our naming theme this time is a superb Australian comedy, Please Like Me. If you don’t know it go look it up. It rules.

foreground: Julian shouts forbidden words; background: Morgan smiles as she rolls her eyes at the ceiling.

Julian: *swearing for no reason*
Morgan: Well… I guess this baby’s gonna be a potty mouth and that’s just how it is…

Morgan fusses over the baby

Morgan is autonomously a very doting mother.

Morgan types on her phone

At least when she’s not updating her Simstagram followers as to her son’s every movement.

Morgan: omg! My little man just did his first poop! They grow up so fast! xo

shot from ground floor of Morgan in the basement holding her arms out at her sides

Unfortunately… MORGAN GOT STUCK NOT EVEN BEING VISIBLE UNLESS VIEWED FROM A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF THE HOUSE, AND I RESETSIM HER AND THEN MY GAME CRASHED AND ARNOLD CEASED TO EXIST.

foreground: Morgan stands above bassinet, exhaling slowly through puffed cheeks. background: Britta naps.

Birth attempt two!!

foreground: Morgan looks alarmed. Midground: Britta freaks out. Background: Claire plays on a computer.

Britta freaks out again but at least there are no expletives this time.

foreground: Morgan holds the new baby. Background: Britta smiles approvingly.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW! This time around they have another baby boy, who I ALSO NAME ARNOLD! Nice try fucking me over, stupid game, better luck next time xo

Come back next time for… a legacy premiere… TODDLERS! See you (metaphorically) then!