Category: Author’s Note

I’m back, major Sweeter Than Sin changes

Hello all ♡

Welcome back to ze blog. In honor of Wicked releasing in theaters this week, here’s a wicked themed photoshoot of the leading (and supporting) ladies of Sweeter Than Sin.

I actually have a million reasons why I took a break but honestly it doesn’t matter now. Hopefully I’m able to get back into regularly posting again.

There are two changes that I want to take for Sweeter Than Sin

For one, I want to change the names of two characters. Let’s start with this cutie:

    TBH, the name Evelyn has never resonated with me for her. It makes me think of basketball wives. Before settling on Evelyn, her name was yoyo-ing between Nadia and Nadine. So here’s her new name…. drumroll pls….

    E M I L E N E S A T O

    I wanted to keep it similar to Evelyn to not confuse readers (and myself). Also, I think Emi is a cute name and popular for Japanese girls. Also, I wanted to give her a name similar to Marlene’s since Ken JR has Ken’s name. Trust me, it’s important for the story.

    The second character that is renamed is….

    Now that we have Emilene, I thought Eliana’s name was too similar. And since she’s not a main character like Emi is, I figured changing her name too wouldn’t hurt. Also, I wanted a more mature name since this character is a woman in her 50s. So her new name is…..

    C A R M E N O L I V A R E S

    Unlike Emi’s new name, there’s no super connection to her new name. I just like the name Carmen. It sounds like a woman who doesn’t play.

    I started retagging and rewriting Emi’s chapters with her new name but I have yet to do Carmen’s.

    Before we proceed, here’s some pictures.

    The second thing that I want to address is the plot. We’re not far into the story so it won’t change anything that has happened so far but I do want to change the trajectory. This means there might be some slight personality changes to the characters. Honestly, it probably won’t be noticed. I don’t want to say whose destiny will be changed yet but once I wrap this story up, I’ll reveal it!

    Also, just a reminder we do have a trigger warning page as this story plans to explore some pretty dark topics and themes.

    Last thing, I’ve decided to move everything to a new save file. I started doing this before my break but I was still playing in the old save file to get content out but wow my save is corrupt. Of course that’ll take some time but not 3+ months.

    Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys the upcoming holidays. Thank you for sticking by me and reading my story. Or, thank you for just looking at the pretty pictures.

    New Series…Sorta

    Hey guys. Happy Hump Day.

    First of all, thank you for following along with my story. Even though I’m only three chapters in, I feel like I’ve written an encyclopedia’s worth of words LOL. If you’re not aware, I post this story to my tumblr as well but tbh I’m very inconsistent with posting. I’ve been considering new ways to show my story and I think I’ve figured it out – YouTube! The Youtube series will be the same story but more of a summary format with all of the pictures from this blog. I’ve started listening to more podcasts and this is the closest I can get to that format.

    If you’re interested, the first video is here. Feedback is appreciated (and encouraged!)

    I haven’t figured out the pacing of the YouTube videos yet but I have no intention on slowing down on posting due this “new” series! Chapter 4 is already in the works BUT since the last update, my save file won’t load so I might have to create a whole new save file. Hopefully I can figure out the issue before it comes to that!

    To celebrate my new series, I think I want to do a pack giveaway for the next new pack so keep an eye out for that post as well.

    Hope you enjoyed the random photos I included of Evelyn and Cheyenne throughout the post. I saw the dresses on DHM and wanted to see the girls in them but I knew that the photos won’t fit into the story so I’m sharing them here lol. Here’s also a photo of my simself meeting my own creations. Of course Chey blows me off while Ev is being a sweetheart lol!

    Author’s Note 1

    Part 1 of Chapter 2 is scheduled for tomorrow and I would like to introduce a mod that I have in game into my story.

    It’s Frankk’s Mods Language Barrier which assigns native languages to sims based on their regions. Sims have the opportunity to learn and speak multiple languages in the game. And when two sims who don’t speak the same language interact, a language barrier is formed and there will be mistranslations.

    In this story, most of the sims will speak Simlish. Frequently throughout the story sims will speak another language. To show what language is being spoken, that text will be in a different color. In this next part the Olivares will speak Selvadoradian with each other so Selvadoradian will be displayed in orange.

    Frequently, the Satos will speak Komorebian with each other and that will be displayed in purple.

    Other languages could include Tartosiano and Windenburgish.

    I haven’t planned for the remaining characters to speak the other languages featured in this mod but if it happens, there will be a disclaimer at the beginning of the section. I will try to be consistent with matching the languages to their respective colors.

    I highly recommend this mod as it adds a small but super realistic gameplay feature to your Sims game. Also if you’re looking for mod and cc that I use in game, I have a resource page that links some of my favorite creators. Remember to follow your best judgement when shopping for CC and don’t bloat your game by going CC crazy! But most of all, enjoy!

    ❥ missmoodring