Having moved into a frat house, Remy and Dan begin making friends with their new housemates. I didn't realise how tall they all are because they're usually standing next to relatives. I blame Silas, Bunny's grandfather, who had his height-slider set all the way up. Sequoyah is also quite tall.
Pretty soon, Remy and Dan need to attend the welcome event at the student centre. Dan is quite attracted to this woman (I gave her a makeover), but she's a professor and quickly shuts him down.
Back home, Remy begins making friends with another housemate, but he isn't picking up what Remy is putting down. Like an absolute bro, Dan steps in to convince the guy to flirt with his brother.
This move is very successful, and Remy finally achieves his first kiss! Dan is calling that professor. Presumably, he's telling her that he's actually very mature, way more mature than these gross housemates who have already made a huge mess of the kitchen.
Dan - and the other random housemate who wandered in - quickly fuck off as it turns out Dan's intervention was even more successful than we initially suspected. I gave Remy and Dan rooms next to each other, with an adjoining door. I did try locking the doors, but it interfered with Remy's woohoo-life so we just need to deal with people wandering in.
The next morning, Remy explains that he just wants to be friends. His housemate does not take the news well. Sims 3 needs a casual hook-up mod.
I built a dive bar, in the hopes that Monster Mash - Remy and Dan's band - will be invited to perform there. Remy tried to return the favour, in getting this girl to flirt with Dan, but Dan wasn't into it, possibly because she's in a relationship.
Back home, a fire breaks out and like an absolute bro Dan runs over and immediately starts putting the flames out. I don't know why. I don't think he has the Brave trait, and there aren't any firefighters in their ancestry (except Bunny's stepdad, and the game no longer recognises that relationship since they moved towns). He does have military and law enforcement in his ancestry - I wonder if that's a factor.
I think Remy - who inherited the died-in-a-fire aspect from their father - particularly appreciates this.
It also gave him the chance to hook up with the housemate he liked on the first day.
His ex is not impressed.
The new guy also isn't impressed when Remy gives him the "let's be friends" speech. I feel bad for him, he looks so sad.
Later, Remy comes back from class to find his two exs playing with his drum kit. I think this might be some kind of weird revenge.
The boys bought a Bonehilda for the house because absolutely no one was cleaning up (including them). Remy wanted to chat with her, presumably about their shared woes as supernaturals.
While Remy prefers to hang out at the bar, Dan has been going to the local coffee shop and trying to flirt with women. He has been very unsuccessful. He is building a nice friendship with the barista, who he thinks of as "coffee girl". I'd give her a makeover too, but she's always in uniform and the game won't let me.
Today, Dan visited the coffee shop in the hopes of seeing her, but she wasn't working so he just studied instead. Both boys (I) have decided to start taking their degrees seriously, even though Remy's is only vaguely related to his interests, and Dan will learn a lot more on-the-job back at the ranch.
Quoting a previous post; "When Hialeah is 15, Remy is 10, Dan is 9, Richard is 3 and [Saoirse] is zero." Since Hialeah and Richard are dragons, this means Remy is a Rooster and Dan is a Dog. I quite like that I've not actually done those yet, so they can be a preview before I reach those heirs. However, Rooster does not describe Remy at all. So, I've decided that his birthday is early in the year, making him a Monkey rather than a Rooster. The Travel China Guide describes Monkeys as follows;
"The monkey is a clever animal. It is usually compared to a smart person. During the Spring and Autumn Period (770 - 476 BC), the dignified Chinese official title of marquis was pronounced 'Hou', the same as the pronunciation of ‘monkey’ in Chinese. The animal was thereby bestowed with an auspicious meaning."
One of the challenges I'm following has this;
"Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Monkey thrive on having fun. They’re energetic, upbeat, and good at listening but lack self-control. They like being active and stimulated and enjoy pleasing self before pleasing others. They’re heart-breakers, not good at long-term relationships, morals are weak. Compatible with Rat or Dragon.
Inventor, motivator, improviser, quick-witted, inquisitive, flexible, innovative, problem solver, self-assured, sociable, artistic, polite, dignified, competitive, objective, factual, intellectual. Can be egotistical, vain, arrogant, selfish, reckless, snobbish, deceptive, manipulative, cunning, jealous, suspicious."
While the other says this;
"You ignored your parents horrible marriage by taking refuge in jokes and mischief. You’re not sure you believe in love.
- Have Goofball and Noncommittal traits
- Join the Criminal Career
- Have two good friends
- Do not marry
- Have at least one child with the insane trait that is not heir"
A fair amount of this just doesn't apply, because Remy isn't the Monkey-Heir, doesn't follow a Goat parent, and won't be the parent of the Rooster-Heir. There are some clear similarities though. All of Bunny's children are clever, as part of her requirement that they have good grades, and Remy is a talented musician (he has the virtuoso trait and also practices a lot). We've seen, in this update - which I played through yesterday, before looking up all this info and writing this post today - that Remy is a heartbreaker, and that he wants to have fun and play the field right now. Since he has the non-committal trait and doesn't age, that might be the case forever. He wants to have a successful band (I'm not sure if that's formally coded into the game as a wish, but that's my goal for him) and to become a five-star celebrity (ditto), which requires that he be artistic (as in, virtuoso), egotistical, and arrogant. We've not yet seen any jealousy, but he could be considered selfish and manipulative, since his hook-ups don't realise they're hook-ups (which is really the game's fault). Bunny and Sequoyah don't have a 'horrible' marriage, but it's certainly not perfect in many ways - he's a ghost who doesn't age, and the celebrity rumour-mill has been rife, almost breaking them up at one point (or, at least, making them not even friends until I fixed it). I haven't really focused on it, but being married to an immortal ghost while you slowly get older cannot be good for the psyche, and never mind Sequoyah outliving Bunny and all that trauma. I can see how, having inherited the ghost trait and wanting to be a celebrity, Remy might feel disinclined to find a spouse and put them through that, especially since he's commitment-phobic anyway. He's not a goofball and probably won't have a child with the insane trait, but I think those are specific to the heir, not all monkeys.
As for Dan, here are the descriptions of the Dog;
Fruits Basket:
"Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
Honest, intelligent, straightforward, loyal, sense of justice and fair play, attractive, amicable, unpretentious, sociable, open-minded, idealistic, moralistic, practical, affectionate, sensitive, easy going. Can be cynical, lazy, cold, judgmental, pessimistic, worrier, stubborn, quarrelsome."
"Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
Honest, intelligent, straightforward, loyal, sense of justice and fair play, attractive, amicable, unpretentious, sociable, open-minded, idealistic, moralistic, practical, affectionate, sensitive, easy going. Can be cynical, lazy, cold, judgmental, pessimistic, worrier, stubborn, quarrelsome."
- Join Secret Agent or Detective career
- Have a childhood friend
- Start romantic relationship/marry childhood friend upon adulthood.
- Have two eligible heirs
- Adopt a child as well"
We know that Dan is loyal. His brother is his BFF, and he's demonstrated love and protection in this update. He's had trouble finding mates (despite the little white lies, like about how mature he is), and I'm happy for him to find "the one" at uni and settle down, especially since Hialeah and Remy will have much more varied romantic lives. I didn't consider making him a detective, but I don't hate it. I'm ignoring the childhood friend and the heirs/adoption parts because, again, those are specific to the Dog-Heir, which Dan is not. It wouldn't be fun to have them live out the heirs lives before I even get there, and also I want to keep my tree/heirs linear rather than branching off (though I'm toying with the idea of doing another interlude to see how the non-heirs get on at a later point). It's been fun looking at this descriptions and thinking about how they can influence the characters' motivations.
