End of the year tag! I got tagged by *takes deep breath* @stellaterrano , @lilibethsonar and @holleyberry . Thanks for tagging me!

Rules: Find your fave pics of your story, your CC, or your blog in general and post in a collage! It can be 1 picture or 100– When you’re done tag 5 people or more~! 

I limited myself to 10 pictures. These are some of my favourites (not all of them, a post with all of them would probably crash tumblr’s servers). Some of them are sad, some of them are cheerful, some show the very beginnings of Middleground, others are more recent, some show bad life choices and one isn’t even a picture of Middleground (can you believe it? This year, I actually played Strangetown- which is on hiatus, not discontinued-, did some storytelling- most of which still sits in my drafts folder… whoops!-, played a little neighbourhood just for myself, tried my hands at a selfmade ‘challenge’- resurrecting the Tricous-, and then, of course, started Middleground. Next year, I -I’ll probably go on a short hiatus in February because *drumroll* I’ll finally be teaching real students for a bit, yay! (for everyone that’s like “huh, wasn’t she a die-hard drama major?”- I switched majors in 2016/17 as I figured out what my priorities in life are). But I will continue to keep you updated on Middleground, as that neighbourhood has become quite dear to me.

I’m so late to the party, it’s not even funny. So, I’m not gonna tag anyone, sorry.

Replies

And oh boy, are there many…

Nocturnal college professors

audreysims14 said: I’ve also found my professors are either quite good at getting back in a timely manner, or even within the hour, or they take days. There is no in between

Yeah, college professors are a weird species… like, I am the college student. I’m supposed to be up until the wee hours of the morning. You are a functioning adult being, why do you email me at 3 in the morning?

Orlando being a little brat

didilysims said: He’s on the prowl for newspapers, of course!

The orphanage must have terrible security, though!

Bye bye, dogs!

didilysims said: Oh no!

I was so shocked when that happened. Thankfully, pet adoption requirements are pretty lax…

When Brandon met Kaylynn

moocha-muses said: You need to push harder for the Joe/Komei reconciliation, Brandon! How else are you going to get him out of your place?

But he also likes to keep out of other people’s businesses. And if it gets unbearable, no one would judge him if he’d throw Brandon out.

Brandon and Sandy contemplating marriage

littleblondesim said: elopement?

Not really an option in this small town. The neighbours are really noisy, I heard. XD

holleyberry said: I don’t think they will roll an engagement want with the married there. Have you tried having them go on a date?

holleyberry said: Oh, nevermind 😛

Yeah, I don’t really feel like “unlocking” their wedding wants at this point. Who knows if they’ll ever roll one again, and at this point, them wanting to marry is basically “canon”.

Joe’s and Kaylyn’s… weird date

stellaterrano said: Don’t you hate it when you want a ring but your man just wants to buy a car and a stereo 😂

Typical Fortune-Family dating incompatibility… or really Fortune-any other Sims (why are they so obsessed with buying things on dates?)

Rude sleepover guests

eulaliasims said: I don’t know of one that does it autonomously, though I sure would like one too. Maybe you can use Dolphin’s Control This Sim hack to do it manually?

Hm, never tried that one out. Not sure if the effort is worth the result, though. *sigh* A mod like this would be awesome!

Pao

holleyberry said: You deserve it Joe.

If only Joe cared about it. No, that is my internal dialogue everytime I see him. I like him, I really do, but if he could stop barging into stranger’s houses, that would be great.

Apologizing

holleyberry said: I hate people who say sorry but don’t say what they are sorry for. That’s important, imo. Even if they both know what he’s sorry for him actually saying it holds more weight.

Baby steps… Joe’s learning. (Also, psssht! That might be a ‘plot point’ in the future…)