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Welcome to Reflections, a blog that tells the stories and struggles of humankind through The Sims 3.

If you’re new to Reflections and would like to read a certain challenge or story from the beginning, you can browse through specific posts using the Categories section in the sidebar. The Chapters page also contains complete archives of every post, including challenges, custom content downloads and miscellaneous notes.

If you’re ever confused about who is related to whom in a challenge or story, please visit the Family Trees page.

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If you’d like to read my personal blog, it can be found here.

 

Unrelated, but…

This has nothing to do with The Sims, but I thought I’d throw something up here after neglecting this blog for so long.

I now have a video blog on YouTube, so if you want to check it out, you can here: http://www.youtube.com/user/5ftFireball

 

Hiatus

Hey guys.

Lately, I’ve been trying to get the next chapter of The Charm Legacy up, but I just don’t have the gusto right now. To be honest, I think having so many challenges on the go has just burned me right out. I think I need to pace myself better and only have one big challenge and one small challenge going at one time, at the max.

I’ve been thoroughly enjoying playing as my Simself and Simboyfriend in my game, where there are no rules or scores. My only rule for myself is no cheats, which I don’t find difficult to manage, since the second I start using cheats, I get bored and lose interest in my game. I think I’m just going to relax for a bit and enjoy my game before getting back into the hardcore challenge playing again. Sort of like a Sims vacation, heh.

I’ve been writing a story about my Simself, but I’m kind of shy to post it here, since it’s based on my own life, so it probably won’t get posted here, but it’s making me happy to write it.

Anyway, I’m sorry to disappoint you all, but during the hiatus, why don’t you take the time to register an account on the forum and chat a bit? Come on, break out of your shells, lurkers, haha. I’m always there to talk about anything you want. Mostly Sims related, but it doesn’t have to be. I hope I can still keep interest in Reflections through the forum while I’m on my Sims vacation.

So my sincerest apologies and deepest thanks for your understanding.

 

[Messovitch] Chapter Seven: A Tsunami of Change

Last time we left off, Mary Sue moved out, the triplets grew into Teenagers, Cletus grew into a Young Adult and had a baby boy named Ignacio Ursine with a lady named Adrian Ursine, and Alice grew into an Adult. Cletus moved out of the house right after Ignacio came to live with them, taking Abby Jean with him. This leaves little ghost baby Ignacio to be raised by his aunt, uncles and cousins.

Now for the next installment:

 

[Messovitch] Chapter Six: Oh How Time Flies

Last chapter, Alice got a job as a Decoy at the criminal warehouse just outside of town, but gets off to a rocky start when she gets arrested on her first day on the job. In need of exercise in order to slim down enough to run from the cops, Alice hits up the gym rather reluctantly. She continues to struggle with her weight, trying desperately to balance exercise, her day job as a Decoy and her nightly stealing sprees. Money is still tight, but Alice isn’t worried; she knows she can swipe something for some quick cash when she needs it.

It’s not long before love comes calling for Alice in the form of pizza deliverer Herman Rocha. He gets her pregnant the first night they meet and quickly proposes to her when he finds out about the pregnancy. Alice refuses at first, but soon gives way after a little more romancing and Alice brings triplet girls, Annabelle, Abby Jean and Alli-Mae, into the world as Mrs. Alice Rocha.

Now for the next installment:

 

CC Download: Charm Manor (v.2)

I was recently forced to install patch 1.4 on my game after having to reinstall my game, much to my dismay, because that meant I had to give up my beloved Indie Stone. I’d heard horror stories about the new patch completely wiping out people’s games and I immediately backed up all my save files before installing the new patch.

I got a request to upload a newer version of the Charm household and lot with Margaret in it, so I obliged.

WARNING: Seeing this newer upload will give away some spoilers. I’m much father ahead in my game than my blog.