The Coopers 1.1

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Alright, here we go! My very first Sims 4 legacy! Exciting!

Please note that I don’t want to guarantee that this legacy will definitely make ten generations because a) my Sims 2 legacies only had a “one out of three” record in that respect and b) because I had to do some fiddly shit to get the game running on Linux anyway, I might screw everything up in the future trying to get patches or new EPs to install. This feeling of impermanence is also why I broke with tradition and went with a beer naming theme instead of an Esperanto naming theme like all my Sims 2 legacies.

But anyway… ultimately that’s all just waffling. Because this legacy is certainly happening for now!

So, everyone, meet Stacey Cooper. She is a Popularity Sim with the aspiration Friend of the World. Her traits are Outgoing, Goofball, Childish and that Popularity bonus one, Gregarious.

Her first order of business is to stand outside her house playing games on her phone. smh Stacey

Being ~inspired~, she rolled a want “whim” to cook, but so far she’s not very good at it :(

It sure didn’t look like they were going to turn out that way but ok, sure.

She then wanted to buy a toy and autonomously played with it. Hmm, ok. I think it’s time to make some REAL friends.

Wow – beautiful! And can I just say how times have changed? That I can render this beautiful park at “Ultra” settings with INTEGRATED INTEL GRAPHICS is something I would not have thought possible eight years ago when I was struggling with the Sims 2. Wow.

We spy this young lady, Liberty Lee, playing chess alone. Could she be friend #1?

Stacey: How great is coffee? yum yum yum
Liberty: Can we play chess now?

That is not an elephant, Stacey. That is a llama.

They talked about many, many things, and then Stacey came up with this. ??? You’re not a TS2-style Romance Sim, Stacey! What’s up with you?

Then we met this guy, Isaias Gunn.

Stacey: llamas ELEPHANTS!!!

Isaias: something something handcfuffs

Stacey: something something DIVORCE

That escalated quickly.

Isaias: You know they serve food on the other side of the park.

Stacey: BYE!

I dunno this guy’s deal

For some reason everyone in this town likes going on about how much they hate bugs.

This is Melvin Krause. I’m not sure why he’s so angry at the moment.

Redhead: blah blah death
Stacey: heeeeeeelp

Melvin joins the table.

The redhead leaves and Stacey and Melvin have a grand old time chatting. Stacey learns that he is Materialistic.

I mean, I’ve been trying. It’s a slower process than in Sims 2 :(

What do you have against her, Stacey? Just what?

Stacey doesn’t have Simoleons to buy a desk, so she has to Write Jokes from her dining table. Which she has to do for a promotion apparently.

Stacey: I wonder what would happen if watches could throw flames when the alarm went off.

Um… me too, Stacey.

Life at Stacey’s home is really boring.

Lucky Melvin wants to come over!

Melvin: I just love fancy cheese platters and wine!
Stacey: um ya lol I totes have the Simoleons for that

Don’t you have a computer at home, Mr Materialistic?

This dramatic attempt to get Melvin’s attention wasn't wholly successful.

Look, Stacey has one friend!

Stacey complimented his clothes and he fell for it completely.
By the way, his second trait is Self-Assured.

Could you please stay awake just a LITTLE while longer, Stace?

I’m not sure what this interaction was but they have something in the romance bar now.

I got Stace to confess her attraction but Melvin was all “LOL NO”

Time to go home now Melvin.

The next day Melvin turns up again.

Finally, we know his third trait: Loves Outdoors.

They flirted! He can’t find her that ugly.

ok ok, I’ll stop using this “Confess Romantic Attraction” interaction since clearly it’s garbage. jfc

Stacey wanted to call a friend (i.e. Liberty) to tell her all about it. Now she wants to hide.

Stacey: So… how’s those teeth?
Melvin: I SAID YOU ARE UGLY

ouch

I’m not shocked tbh

Joke’s on you, Melvin! Stacey thinks you’re ugly… now… anyway!

Stacey: You think you’re so awesome with your suitcases full of money talking about your blah blah blah…

This seemed to get his interest back. For some reason.

Melvin: Damn, I love her shoes!

r u srs

r u srsly srs?!

Yeah he likes her after all. smh

The next day Stacey makes some eggcellent excellent scrambled eggs while inspired that fulfilled a whim she’s had since bloody day one now. Good.

Yayayay. She now has nearly 72 hours off work btw.

Well… better invite someone over, then!

Actually we didn’t need to because he invited himself.

Will this work?

ok Stace let’s not get too carried away here

It’s kind of a wonder he wants to hang out here at all.

and they don’t seem to share the same views on action movies

But we convince him to move in!

He is a Fortune Sim (I guess?) with the aspiration to become some kind of art lord.

dafuq

I made him become some kind of tech bro. To get his next promotion, he needs to spend 4 hours playing video games :|

This was an option when I, as Melvin, clicked on the fridge. I guess because he moved in he now owns all of Stacey’s stuff.

Obviously having seen this I had to let him do it! He got this moodlet.

Stacey: Hmm, being a Popularity Sim it’d probably be nice to have more than one friend.

She called up Liberty, but shockingly Liberty didn’t want to talk about vacuum cleaners for very long. Remember how, in TS2, a Sim could talk on the phone for hours? I miss that.

Look Stace, at the rate you’re going I don’t think this is going to happen any time soon, alright?

Meanwhile Melvin wants to do this. Let’s see how it goes!

It did not go down well at all.

Only for some reason, it was STACEY who was mortified and embarrassed and MELVIN who was acting all cocky like nothing had happened. What!

Stacey: hahaha, I’m sooooo embarrassed for no reason; I wish I could hide under a lampshade!

Melvin: so unattractive

Stacey: maybe you’re unattractive!

AND YET THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PLATONIC CHATTER TO ME

Well, maybe this does a bit.

However, as Melvin left for work, I saw Stacey distinctly SWOONING over him! Why are you two so in denial?!

After he left, Stacey had a whim to jog around the corner and back.

Then Stacey went to the gym, to introduce herself to MOAR PEOPLES~!

Meeting people montage!

Working out montage!

When we got home, Melvin had already returned from work. My game assured me that he could take care of himself, and yet I found he was “TENSE” from being “cooped up” inside watching TV (by his own choice). So I sent him fishing to unwind.

Remember Redhead? His name is Broderick (which just sounds like the BRO version of the name Roderick but w/e). He turned up because he turns out to be friends with Melvin. He and Stacey danced for ages, even though he is married. Scandalous! Or, uh, not really because it was pretty chaste dancing.

Good one, Melvin my man!

These two got as far as Titillating Banter during their Friday morning breakfast… then Melvin had to go to work.
We’ll get there.

Sarah still has only ONE FRIEND and his name is Melvin, so today she went to the park with her nearly-friends Liberty Lee and Tabitha (who she met at the gym yesterday).

Liberty Lee vanished pretty fast (smh) but a whole group of people congregated around Stacey and Tabitha for a chat. Stacey didn’t manage to make any new friends though :(

Who the fuck are you, Geoffrey, and what do you want?

Then, suddenly, Stacey and Tabitha both went BOLTING across the park…

…for this?

Stacey: Wait, THIS is why we came running? erk

He now needs to learn some programming skills to get his next promotion.

My game reckons this is an apple. Uh-huh.

Another day, another breakfast.

Melvin’s “bold pick-up line” was rather effective!

Stacey knows how to reciprocate.

And look! THEIR FIRST KISS TOGETHER, FINALLY!!

This “sexy pose” interaction is pretty awesome.

WHY IS THIS A POSSIBLE INTERACTION ALREADY

~suggestive whispering~

These two went steady!

WAT R U DOIN BRODERICK IN THE BACKGROUND

Melvin: Should we ignore Broderick and head on over to the bedroom, Stace?
Stacey: Yes, let’s!

I think you can guess what these two lovebirds got up to next.

Then, while Stacey took a post-coital nap, Melvin finally invited Broderick in. And talked to him about… vacuum cleaners. Hmm.

And that is, for now, the end! Tune in next time for more adventures in me trying to figure out how the game and posting legacies in 2017 all works. Hopefully it won’t be long!