A less-than-unified family of Sims trying to start a Legend

1. The Phantasma Legend
Not a legacy; merely a legendary bloodline.
Last time, a certain Romance Sim by the name of Erik Phantasma got into
a spot of trouble around town, and landed himself a rather unexpected
family. Go back and read the first one if you’re confused—there are only
like a dozen slides.
In this chapter, we explore how Erik and his Popularity wife Faustina adjust
to family life with their darling daughter Bindi. Their decorating style is
certainly not up to scratch, but with only the base game installed, what do
we expect?
Part 2

2. “Another one?! You’re kidding. Seriously?”
Seriously, Erik. Get used to it. I know I
don’t like my sister, but Bindi would be totally
thrilled to have someone to play with.
Well, this “Try For Baby” thing worked once,
right? So of course I clicked it again. The first
one came out so well, after all.
Erik, of course, almost immediately rolled a fear
of babies. He spent the next two days in and out
of the hot tub to try and get over it.
I also came to the realization that I was very fond
of the study (which is the room they are standing
in) and did not particularly want to have to
convert it to a second nursery. Thus did I come
to the slightly unsatisfactory conclusion that if
there was a boy involved, Bindi’s pinkness would
be redecorated to a neutral yellow.

3. The expected three days of waiting around later
(during which small breaks were taken to try and
convince Erik of a few things and teach Bindi life
skills), Linder was born. Yay, another daughter!
Linder is named after Princess Academy. It’s the
neat sort of stone they mine. It sounded cool—
now the girls are a rock and a fairy. This appeals to
me because I have an insane attraction to rock
(which can be seen later, as I start decorating with it
all the time).
Erik does as fathers should do (which, by the way,
he did not do with Bindi) and held his newest
daughter as soon as she was born.

4. “Happy Birthday, Bindi!”
“Cake!!!”
Linder is put down for her nap, because it is
time for Bindi’s birthday. Erik brings her to
the cake in the same manner he does most
things around the house—in as little clothing
as possible. It seems he’s always in his
swimsuit or underthings.
There was supposed to be quite a party, but
the wedding almost got really dicey, so I had
more of a toned-down one (with Faustina’s
non-Erik-lusting friends, mostly).
Bindi certainly got all of her toddler skills,
and she also spent an outrageous amount of
time on the xylophone. I value creativity very
highly, as can be seen coming on here shortly.

5. This picture. This picture, right here, more
or less sums up most of Bindi’s childhood.
It’s also arguably the most beautiful one
ever—and, just like Bindi, I didn’t necessarily
mean to get it. I was just cruising through
the house, checking up on them, and
managed to stop there and snap a shot. I
liked it enough that I restaged it and got
Erik to paint a still-life of it.
Bindi spent a whole lot of her childhood
and teenage years painting. She liked it, I
liked it, and everybody was happy. Plus, the
paintings I didn’t like went into the
household budget, so more bonus there.

6. *whistling*
“Dad, how long is this going to take?”
Erik developed a habit of painting. This
would have been somewhat less disturbing
if he had chosen to do it differently—the
easel is right in the front windows, and Erik
is usually running about in his underwear.
Bindi, strangely, did not seem to mind in
particular. She was the subject of several
portraits. Faustina had taken to a career as a
novelist in the study upstairs, and was
oblivious to the whole situation.
Both parents have spent most of their lives
unemployed. I put it down to “Erik’s
Fortune”, which is also known as
“motherlode”.

7. “Daddy’s little girl!”
Linder made very few appearances, and visited
downstairs perhaps twice. Erik taught her to walk in
the kitchen just before her birthday. Even though she
is a Bindi clone with blue eyes (which I usually prefer
over brown) I like Bindi so much better. I’m sort of
confused now as to why Linder came along at all.
Bindi, on the other hand, had a wild and wonderful
childhood. She was all over the house, from the piano
Erik insisted I get, to her easel, to school again, and
back. Comparatively, she had the most adventures of
anyone.
The moral of the story is that Romance/Popularity
pairings make really inattentive parents.

8. Bindi and Linder were only children
together for approximately two days, and
got along very well during this time period.
With only the base game installed, there was
very little children could do with toddlers or
teens that I was particularly interested in; I
don’t like my sister much, or any children
really, so childhood interactions were a bit
of a mystery to me.
Nevertheless, Linder got her own easel and
quickly began painting, although I got the
feeling she never liked it nearly as much as
Bindi.
Both girls had formal portraits done and
hung by the fireplace. Some of the informal
ones made their way upstairs and into the
study.

9. Bindi painting a top-down shot
of the pool in daylight. It’s a
really cool effect for a still life.
Bindi transitioned into a teenager faster than I could
believe, and continued her painting streak. She was
the first child I had gotten to be a teenager, and I still
thought that aspiration was genetic, and was hoping
that my favorite little girl would not become a crazy
harlot like her father. I was thrilled to discover that it
was my choice; she got Family in a heartbeat. My
beautiful girl was going to make lots of beautiful Sim
babies.
She rolled really childish wants for the first few days.
Just painting, hanging out with Linder, etc. No big
deal, right?

10. The first real thing she wanted was to fall in love. Typical
Family Sim, right? Well, the grandspawn certainly needed
a full set of grandparents. I wasn’t up for breeding a
special boyfriend—Linder was my proof that not every
Sim was a perfect Sim. So I did the intelligent thing and
popped over to CAS.
Thus was the origination of Zane Hatfield and his family,
who promptly moved in right next door to the
Phantasmas.
Bindi and Zane hit it off right from the start. He was a
Knowledge—the most observant and sociable Knowledge
I’ve ever met since, including the multitudes of Sim spawn
to follow. During his teen years, he acted above and
beyond his stargazing habit and three outgoing points.

11. Bindi also rolled this random want for a new family member. I’ve never
seen it since, but Family teens get on my nerves and usually get sent off
to college almost immediately. So, to spoil my baby, even though
everyone else in the house could really care less, I had Erik and Faustina
go and make another little one. I was going to go for Broke and dump
the crib in the hall, since there was literally no physical space for it in the
bedroom.
Now, I really had no idea this game could produce twins. The original
Sims does not, and until some three weeks previously, that was my Sims
experience. My family thought I had gone mad when, out of the blue, I
leaped out of my computer chair with a surprised shout of “TWO?!?!”
Well, I couldn’t have three girls and a boy sharing a room, and I was so
not giving up my study. I did what any other person would do—I
slapped a third floor on the house. Bedrooms for everyone!

12. Bindi immediately lost interest in Ivy
and Gabriel, and went back to filling
up her room—now all to herself—
with beautiful paintings. I have no idea
how the twins lived to see functional
adulthood at all; although it might
explain a few of their little problems.
I have seen prettier Sims since, but I wasn’t nearly as
talented with CAS back in the day. I’m amazed at how
well she turned out; none of the others were nearly as
fortunate. I love her paintings, as well—I have a
“historical society” run by her descendants with a
replica of the house and paintings.

13. “Tea, Mr. Doll?...Why,
certainly, Mrs. Doll.”
This is when I realized that Erik was getting old. This was a
problem to me—no one in my family ages particularly visibly. I
couldn’t stand the though of everyone’s favorite Casanova going
silver. I love silver on men, but not Maxis silver…ew.
This is also when I discovered the Magical Elixir.
Erik and Faustina downed great gobs of the stuff. They were not
going to get old on my watch. They had eight-year-old twins; no
time to be going silver.
I invented the MysticalTime Anomaly, as well; an undiscovered
property of FunTime Island that has habits of screwing around
with everyone’s time scale, with the benefit of immortality and
the potential problem of overpopulation—nothing my hard drive
couldn’t handle.
The inhabitants of FunTime Island became immortal. A truly
never-ending party.

14. Overall, not much longer than the last one. I didn’t take as many pictures
then; pictures per generation increase steadily from here on out, but I don’t
want to bore people with all-text slides.
How about a preview of the next chapter?
Bindi started a look-alike Legend line. This is
generation five—I took the picture this morning.
The black-haired one, not her creepy-looking twin
brother.

15. Picturesque Weddings!
Secret Siblings!
Grandspawn!