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Skeilah's Stories [Updated June 15, 2024]

Posted: May 8th, 2024, 10:19 am
by Skeilah
Sul Sul!

In this post I'd like to introduce my Sims 4 families to you! First we have the Ridley family, which I started playing around May 2020. Second we have the Hampton family, who joined us in December 2020. On January 2021 I created the Ellison family and I played them until July 2021, but I will soon bring this family back to play another challenge!

Under here you can see a bit of information about my beloved families and their challenges. I will announce chapter updates in the replies, so I hope I can entertain y'all with that ^^

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The Hampton's
(Follow The Whim Legacy Challenge)

[Family Tree]

The catch of this legacy is that the Watcher (=the player, in this case, me) can’t control the story. The heir tells their own story. You are only allowed to do the following things:
  • Follow the whims (=wants and fears) of the heir
  • Fill needs when needed
  • Follow aspiration goals
  • Complete work tasks or tasks on social events
  • Move the heir to another lot ONCE in their lifetime

In this legacy, all offsprings, both adopted children or children from birth, from another species than human, all are eligible to become the next heir. Once all offsprings turned into teens, a poll will be opened, and everyone can vote for the next heir.

Generation 1 (Eliza Hampton) - Overview Chapters (Completed)
Generation 2 (Demetri Hampton) - Overview Chapters (Completed)
Generation 3 (Maverick Hampton) - Overview Chapters (Completed)
Generation 4 (Hannah Hampton) Overview Chapters (In Progress)

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The Ridley's
(MySims Legacy Challenge)

[Family Tree]

This legacy challenge is based on the MySims Legacy Challenge from alexia142, where every generation is based on a MySims Trophy that can be found through collecting. The challenge is LONG (20 generations), but so worth it, because every generation gives you new experiences. You must complete all of the Generation Goals in order to continue to the next generation. These goals are found on my blog, in the sidebar of every chapter.

In this legacy, only children of the opposite gender to the current heir are eligible to become the next heir. The oldest, by order of joining the family, eligible living child will automatically take over for the next generation. No heir poll for this story, sorry Standard smile.

Generation 1 (Liz Ridley / Chef Gino) - Overview Chapters (Completed)
Generation 2 (Oliver Ridley / DJ Candy) - Overview Chapters (Completed)
Generation 3 (Jess Ridley / Elmira Clamp) - Overview Chapters (Completed)
Generation 4 (Christopher Ridley / Ol'Gabby) - Overview Chapters (Completed)
Generation 5 (Aria Ridley / Hopper) - Overview Chapters (Completed)
Generation 6 (Theo Ridley / Violet) - Overview Chapters (In Progress)
Generation 7 (Poppy Ridley / Poppy)
Generation 8 (... Ridley / Yuki)
Generation 9 (... Ridley / Dr. F)
Generation 10 (... Ridley / TOBOR)
Generation 11 (... Ridley / Chaz McFreely)
Generation 12 (... Ridley / Lyndsay)
Generation 13 (... Ridley / Buddy)
Generation 14 (... Ridley / Morcubus)
Generation 15 (... Ridley / Goth Boy)
Generation 16 (... Ridley / Jenny)
Generation 17 (... Ridley / Leaf)
Generation 18 (... Ridley / Zombie Carl)
Generation 19 (... Ridley / Trevor Verily)
Generation 20 (... Ridley / Gonk)

The Ellison's
(One Year Challenge)

The One Year Challenge was a WIP (work in progress)-challenge I played back in 2021, where I told the story of a guy named Bryon Ellison. The goal was to publish one single picture a day, and tell a story around it. I never finished the challenge, stopped in July because life got too busy and the story got a bit too complicated, but thanks to this challenge, the Ellison's family is also a family close to my heart.

For those interested, I tried reconstructing the story in the spoiler. You can also find the one photo's a day here: https://skeilah-thesims4forum.weebly.co ... lenge.html
Spoiler:
January 2021: Thrown out of his 'house' (aka shed) by his abusive father, Isaius Ellison, Bryon was now without a roof, money, anything really. Still, he made the best of it, bought himself a tent, went to the bathhouse often, made friends, got a part-time job, and so on. On a certain day, he meets Naoki. Naoki is a traveller at heart who loves to go on adventures. He's also a big goofball and not serious at all - basically the total opposite of Bryon, but hey, opposites attract, right? Naoki continuously challenges Bryon to go hiking, snowboarding, ... and Bryon starts to enjoy Naoki's company, maybe a bit too much. He doesn't accept it right away, but he hopelessly fell in love for the guy, and guess what? The feeling is mutual. The two end up together and everything is going great until Bryon's childhood trauma's come sneaking through, and it gets worse as Bryon opens the mailbox one day and finds an invitation to Windenburg. The letter comes from someone names Johnny Ellison, he claims to be Bryons younger brother. He lives with the woman Bryon always resented... Randi Eldridge, his own mother.

February 2021: Naoki and Bryon decide to head to Windenburg. They meet up with Johnny, and Bryon is in for a shock. It's not Bryon's mom (Randi) who's been the bad guy like Bryon always thought. It's Isaius (the father). As soon as Bryon found out the truth, Isaius kidnapped Randi, and the two brothers immediately know that they're being watched by him too. Detective Eliza Flex (wife of Marcus Flex) decided to get Bryon, Naoki and Johnny undercover. She dyed their hair (Eliza is kind of extreme, haha) and let them live undercover with her until she found a better solution. The three got home-schooled by Jess Ridley and Rose Douglas and everything seems to be going fine, but even though they never heard something about Isaius while living with Eliza and Marcus, they still didn't feel entirely safe. One day, Morgyn, Sage of the Untamed Magic and good friend of Eliza, came to their rescue. He took the Bryon, Johnny, Naoki but also Jess, Julian (Jess' twin brother) and Beatrix (Roses daughter) to Glimmerbrook.

March 2021: After arriving in Glimmerbrook, Morgyn immediately took all the teens to the Realms Academy. They all had to take tests to see if they were worthy to become a Spellcaster. Bryon and Johnny had it in them. On his first day of school, Bryon met another student gifted with the ability of becoming a Spellcaster, Gabbie. Gabbie was actually working for Isaius when she met Bryon, but as they befriend each other, Gabbie learns that not Bryon but Isaius is the bad guy... Or let us say, 'Curse' is the bad guy. Curse is literally a curse that took over the body of the real Isaius. The 'real' Isaius is a wandering teenage ghost, discovered by Gage (Gabbie's friend). While Gabbie and Gage turn to the 'good' side, Curse makes sure to keep Gordon (another friend of Gabbie) at his side. One day when Bryon and Gabbie were hanging out, they found a red-haired cat on the porch, who later turned out to be a girl named Roxanne. Again, Curses doing. Gabbie and Gage later get a resignation letter from their part-time job as an accomplice of Curse. They immediately go to the base where they used to work, together with Bryon and Jess. Curse reveals Randi and Kumiko (the curse's current wife, she's pregnant), but disappears right after and makes the building collapse. Everyone gets out, but Kumiko sadly passed away in the hospital. On a good note, Kumiko's child survived. A little girl named Kristine Braidee Ellison. As Randi and Kristine slowly get better in hospital, Bryon and Roxanne decide to visit the animal shelter and adopt a cat for Naoki, since he enjoyed having Roxanne the cat around. In the end they adopt every one of them because they suspect some of them to be human (like Roxanne), which turned out to be true. The real cats (Roo, Tiger and Salem) got adopted by Naoki, Jules and Gabbie. Randi finally leaves the hospital and comes to live with Naoki and Bryon for the time being. Bryon and Randi immediately feel a connection. They still have a lot to catch up on. 'Curse' is taken down at the end of the month and the real Isaius got his body back. What they don't know is that they killed Gordon... Curse swapped bodies with him and wiped away his memories, replacing them with a copy of his own. Curse itself turned Gordon's body, in which he lives now, into a Vampire. Everyone graduated the Realms Academy and now everyone is able to follow its own path. Gabbie, Isaius, Jess and Bryon decide to go to university. Johnny joined the military, Beatrix is back home and going to high school again, Julian and Naoki started working.

April 2021: Bryon enrolled the Computer Science Distiguished Degree as soon as he, Naoki, Randi and Kristine arrived in Britechester, and of course, he got accepted right away. A guy named Anas introduced himself as a classmate in the same degree. Bryon and Anas seem to get along well, but Naoki has the Jealous trait, and he has a bad feeling about this guy. Because Bryon doesn't want Naoki to be mad, he tries to avoid Anas and concentrates on school more. He joined the Brainiacs club as a distraction but... Of course, Anas is a member of that club too. Bryon really enjoys his time with Anas, so he decides to not tell Naoki about his friendship with him. of course, that just blew up in his face. Naoki got mad because he just doesn't trust Anas. He ran outside in his PJ's, only to get abducted by aliens... And that's when we find out that one of these aliens is actually Anas himself. Bryon tries to run after Naoki but can't find him. Instead he gets hit by a heavy headache, only to wake up again without any memories of Naoki. He's confused, because the place in his heart where Naoki once was, is now an empty hole. Jules, Naoki's best friend, feels the same way. Jules and Bryon find comfort in each other... Too much comfort, to say so. They both find out that kissing someone makes the weird feeling of emptiness go away. Bryon goes to a pub with Anas, only to kiss every single person present in that pub. This is not what Anas wanted, he wanted Bryon for himself. Anas gets mad and is now out to break Bryons life. He and his alien family decide to impregnate Naoki and give him back to Bryon, only to steal the alien baby away right after giving birth. Everything goes back to normal until Naoki's belly starts to grow mysteriously. Naoki's colleague advised them both to go to the alien hospital. Doctor Noelle confirmed a pregnancy, and even told them that Naoki is actually pregnant with alien twins: a boy and a girl. Bryon and Isaius finish college, Johnny comes back for a while, Naoki gets frequent check-ups from doctor Noelle and Randi finds love again with Patrick. She and Kristine decide to move out and live with him so that the soon-to-be parents can start a family. Right before going back to military service in Strangerville, Johnny and Jess came over to have a little lunch together. Doctor Noelle also came over for a check-up. Right on time, because Naoki is ready to deliver the babies... But just as Bryon and Naoki hold their children, the aliens decide to barge in their house and steal the twins, Audrey and Alex, away.

May 2021: Bryon and Naoki travel to Strangerville together with Johnny and Jess, since they got wind that their kids might be in the mysterious Strangerville lab. Johnny showed Bryon around in town, giving him a first glimpse of the state Strangerville is in. Bryon also got introduced to Erwin Pries, a Conspiracy Theorist but also Johnny's good friend. Erwin doesn't know why Bryon wants to get into the lab, but he's the one to suggest Bryon should join the army to get access. Bryon thinks about the suggestion and then decides to do it, to Johnny's surprise. Bryon's condition was never really good, but for the babies, Bryon would do everything... Even if it meant gaining a lot of muscles. By some kind of miracle, Bryon gets stronger and stronger... And eventually gets access to his very own key card. Right on time, because Naoki got kidnapped again and Bryon suspected he'd be somewhere in the lab too. Randi found out about the situation and wanted to help, so Johnny, Bryon and Randi got into the first level of the lab together. Unfortunately they only found Johnny's co-worker, Jess Sigworth, who was able to help Bryon a little bit, but then Mother took her over and warned Bryon to never come back again. Too bad for Mother, Bryon wasn't going to give up. Erwin helped him out and Bryon was able to go down to the next level in the lab. Bryon finds Naoki, but doctor Noelle is also in this part of the lab. To Bryons surprise, she lets them go. Naoki becomes possessed from time to time, but other than that, he seems to be doing okay. One certain day, Noelle is in front of their door. She decided to take action in her own hands and help Bryon defeating Mother. She's absolutely done with the way humans and aliens are living separately right now. She wants for the two species to live together in peace. Bryon, Noelle, Johnny and by some surprise Erwin fight against Mother (Naoki is still too weak after getting vaccinated). Bryon and Anas had a massive fight, but when Bryon wins, the other aliens gave in and Anas went unconscious from embarrassment, lol. They were able to take Mother down and get Audrey and Alex back, who are now full grown toddlers (thanks to Mother's power while they were incubating inside of her). Erwin and Noelle eventually become a couple. Isaius now has a little son called Gilles. Jess and Johnny adopted a girl toddler named India. Naoki (finally!!) proposed to Bryon. They had a massive wedding and it was just adorable... But after the wedding, a new character shows up: Rene Beauchamps, butler of the wealthy Saito household. Apparantly Naoki is the only son of that family, and his teenage sister Hana needs him. Their old-fashioned parents want her to have an arranged marriage with the son of another wealthy family... Naoki wants Bryon to come with him, but knowing that Naoki comes from high above, and he basically lived in a shed as a kid - he feels very uncomfortable. Naoki reassures that everything will be alright, and that he doesn't have to look down on himself like that, after what they've succeeded together. Naoki gives Bryon some time to think, and eventually he told Naoki that he's ready to go with him.

June 2021: Bryon and Naoki fly to Del Sol Valley. They settle themselves in town and get ready to face Naoki's parents. Naoki's father - Katsutoshi - has a short temper, and Naoki's mother - Maria - doesn't have a say in anything. Katsutoshi demands Naoki to 'stop this nonsense' and come back to the mansion, to marry the woman he has chosen for him. When Naoki stands up for himself and Bryon, Katsutoshi gets angry. Naoki is totally done with him, so instead of yelling any more, he takes Hana's hand (his little sister) and asks Bryon to poof them away. Hana lives with Bryon and Naoki as Audrey and Alex's nanny for the time being. In the meantime, Bryon keeps himself busy with a new hobby: editing videos and posting those on the internet. Very soon, Bryon is contacted by an ad agency who recognises his talents. They ask him to make more videos with himself in the spotlight. Maria wants to settle things with his son and Bryon. Katsutoshi ended up in jail. Apparently a lot of fishy stuff happened back when they were young, and they finally found enough evidence to arrest Katsutoshi and clear his title of Duke. This is also where Maria and Rene reveal that they are actually siblings, and that Maria hired Rene on purpose to look after her kids. Maria was in so much pain for a long time, but she can finally start being herself and start living, together with her children. Hana gets impregnated by an alien in the process, although that's probably a bug, but I just embraced it, lol. Bryon keeps increasing his fame, to a certain point where he's hired for a first gig. The agency keeps coming with new opportunities and eventually Bryon becomes an actor. He made some new actor friends, one of them being Duane. Together they rise to the top; but going to the top isn't as fun as it sounds. Quirks, 'fans' that are not really fans, a lot of problems... Bryon and Duane are slowly fading away from their true selves, and eventually decide to quit the spotlights. Duane will soon go back to his hometown: Sulani. Bryon sees the perfect opportunity to take the entire family with them and have a nice and long vacation. Duane likes the idea, and is happy to take them all with him... But of course, Naoki had to get abducted right before departing from Del Sol Valley, and he just HAD to get pregnant. Well, at least now Hana and Naoki can be pregnant together.
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(ISBI Legacy Challenge)
The goal of an ISBI Challenge is to get through 10 generations of Sims while only controlling the so called 'Torch Holder', aka your heir. All other Sims that join the household must live on complete autonomy (except for free actions, see later). They can live (or fail) as they please. While you're trying to keep your family alive with only your heir in control, you have to keep a score (see scoring).

In March of my One Year Challenge, a little girl named Kristine Braidee Ellison got born - Bryons little sister. I decided to turn her into the Torch Holder of this ISBI Challenge.

In this legacy, all offsprings, both adopted children or children from birth, from another species than human, all are eligible to become the next heir. A spinning wheel will determine how much pregnancies the Torch Holder (or their spouse) will have to go through, and when all kids are born, the spinning wheel once again decides who will become the next Torch Holder.

Re: Skeilah's Stories [Updated 04.05.2024]

Posted: May 8th, 2024, 10:28 am
by Skeilah

Re: Skeilah's Stories [Updated 04.05.2024]

Posted: May 8th, 2024, 5:23 pm
by Designergirl81
I am excited to get caught up on the Ridley family as I got really behind. They were what inspired me to start my own MySims Legacy challenge.

Re: Skeilah's Stories [Updated 04.05.2024]

Posted: May 9th, 2024, 10:30 am
by Skeilah
Designergirl81 wrote: May 8th, 2024, 5:23 pm I am excited to get caught up on the Ridley family as I got really behind. They were what inspired me to start my own MySims Legacy challenge.
I should check out your legacy challenge too then, if you publish it! Thanks for following along ^^

Re: Skeilah's Stories [Updated 04.05.2024]

Posted: May 9th, 2024, 1:17 pm
by ciyrose
Started reading through your Ridley family, I love MySims challenges! Designergirl and Mojo were certainly inspirations in starting mine so I look forward to seeing how you did, I'm still only in gen 1.

Re: Skeilah's Stories [Updated 04.05.2024]

Posted: May 9th, 2024, 3:38 pm
by Skeilah
ciyrose wrote: May 9th, 2024, 1:17 pm Started reading through your Ridley family, I love MySims challenges! Designergirl and Mojo were certainly inspirations in starting mine so I look forward to seeing how you did, I'm still only in gen 1.
I just started reading the one from Designergirl, but I'll check out yours too! I saw that you were commenting on my first generation with Liz - thanks a lot, it means so much <3 When I started playing with Liz, I was totally undereducated about the premade sims in the game. It's actually a bit embarrassing. I promise it gets better as the generations go up xD

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Re: Skeilah's Stories [Updated June 9, 2024]

Posted: June 9th, 2024, 7:17 am
by madeinsixam
I love the comic book panels! I'm going to have sit down and binge read this one of these days :D

Re: Skeilah's Stories [Updated June 9, 2024]

Posted: June 9th, 2024, 11:25 am
by Skeilah
madeinsixam wrote: June 9th, 2024, 7:17 am I love the comic book panels! I'm going to have sit down and binge read this one of these days :D
Thanks! This means a lot to me ^^

Just a reminder that there is A LOT to read xD And I kinda bummed a bit in Gen 1 of the MySims Legacy, something with breaking up a premade Sims couple I should've never broken up, but I promise it gets better!

Re: Skeilah's Stories [Updated June 15, 2024]

Posted: June 15th, 2024, 2:26 am
by Skeilah