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Post by HermioneSims on Aug 3, 2024 15:51:51 GMT
Hello everyone! Here I am with my own Legacy  The Miller Legacy is my first save on The Sims 4, I started it in 2019 (it feels like ages ago!) to explore and learn how to enjoy the game after about a decade spent playing to The Sims 2. The legacy was originally posted in Italy on this other forum and was terminated about one year ago. In 2021, then, I decided to open a blog and translate it to English, and here we are! Currently I'm translating the first chapters of Generation 9, and I have all the intentions to reach the end in about six months. Also notice that all this introduction implies that English isn't my first language, so I have ask you to please be patient about my weird way of composing sentences  Back to the story, this story is a 10-generations Legacy in which I explored the Sci-fi and alien-lore in the game. Needless to say, in a surprisingly short time the situation escalated a lot, and the Millers ended up facing the challenges of a world increasingly different from our own, yet so reminiscent of many issues we grew so accustomed with. Each heir is very different from their ancestors, for sure it was fun to see the evolution of so many different lives! I wasn't very strict regarding the legacy rules and keeping points, my main rule was: "Reach generation 10 without cheating!". I come from story-driven storytelling, so I gave priority to varied plots over reaching all the in-game achievements. The whole legacy index can be found here --> STORY INDEXEach generation ends with a shorter summary, so in case you found a generation boring feel free to skip to the summary, and then directly to the next one! This said, I wish you a pleasant read, in case you decide to give this story a go Genres: Sci-fi, slice of life Synopsis: The sighting of a UFO is just the first piece of a long series of events that neither the sixamians nor the earthlings could ever have foreseen. Among social tensions, family dramas, weird alien tech, and environmental concerns, the Millers will remain in the eye of the storm for many generations (10 to be exact. What a coincidence, isn't it?) Possible triggers: The story in general is meant to be PG13 with language and content. Still, delicate themes are covered quite often, the worst offenders are anticipated by a warning at the beginning of the chapter.
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Post by HermioneSims on Aug 3, 2024 15:54:28 GMT
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Post by GlacierSnow on Aug 4, 2024 1:27:27 GMT
Excited to see your story here! Is it okay to post comments on this thread? Let's see if I can figure out how the spoiler box works... {SPOILER}I kind of suspected Matt had some kind of secret he was keeping from Gaia. And Thomas has always seemed disapproving of him. I wonder if he knew some of this...?
Kind of a tough choice for Gaia, but her mom gives pretty sound advice.
But what will happen to poor Pixel if they break up? 😟 |
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Post by HermioneSims on Aug 4, 2024 14:08:49 GMT
Thanks a lot for the comment GlacierSnow ! Of course it's okay to comment in here, pick the forum/thread you prefer! For sure Gaia jumped in the relationship without knowing much about Matt, that's true. And he doesn't seem very willing to admit much unless he's obliged to, the situation isn't really moving in his favour... As for Thomas instead, *redacted* (I was mixing up the latest chapter with those which are just in draft, it's still to soon for this! Ops!) We'll see what he has to say quite soon anyway, don't worry As for Pixel, I don't think that Matt has enough space in his apartment, but these situations are always hard to predict, that's true. If the dog leaves, anyway, both Gaia and Nacho would be very upset. |
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Post by HermioneSims on Aug 7, 2024 14:32:35 GMT
And here I am with chapter 9.5! ( link) The plot is actually moving faster than it seems, this chapter is going to have... consequences for many characters. |
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Post by HermioneSims on Aug 12, 2024 13:48:25 GMT
Here is chapter 9.6! ( link) Quite a lot will change after this chapter, I can't say much more this time  |
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Post by GlacierSnow on Aug 12, 2024 22:02:26 GMT
New chapters! So Thomas didn't actually know who Matt was, he just didn't like him (or didn't like that Gaia liked him). And then, he and Gaia spy on Matt. But not very sneakily, apparently, since Matt figured it out right away.  It's probably good that relationship has ended. Neither one was being very honest, or trustworthy. Matt using a disguise for so long without telling her (or telling her about his ex and kid). Gaia spying on him. Not exactly healthy. I love that Gaia's mom sent her a book about relationships. Gaia seems to have some difficulty, like her father, though for different reasons. Thomas makes me curious. He keeps hanging around Gaia, even though she doesn't seem all that interested in him. And there's that girl he met at the comicon, but who he's being kind of secretive about. |
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Post by MonaSolstraale on Aug 13, 2024 7:45:43 GMT
HermioneSims I know we've talked about this before. The challenges of start reading stories with many chapters. We can both count ourselves in that category. I am traveling to a holiday home at the beginning of September. Equipped only with my IPad and prevented from using my computer, my image archive and my game, I hope it calms me down to really dive into Miller Legacy. In any case, I'm so glad that we meet in this Forum 🌞
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Post by HermioneSims on Aug 14, 2024 13:21:09 GMT
Thanks a lot for the comments! This time I took a bit longer to reply because yesterday I was travelling back to France (of course it's cloudy already, Atlantic weather! ), but for the rest of this week I'm still on vacation and with more free time than usual. MonaSolstraale , I'm glad we met too! And I wish you a nice vacation on September too, whatever you decide to do in that period. As I said many times, I struggle with binge-reading stories too, so I fully understand! This story isn't going anywhere (this is an Italian saying meaning that the story will remain available forever), so feel free to decide if, how and when to read it GlacierSnow , thanks for commenting the last few chapters, as always!
Tommy doesn't like many people in general, I would say. Matt in particular is his total opposite, in particular in their way of working at the store, no way they could get along XD As for Tommy and Gaia instead, they're mostly colleagues now (both working at the company they parents founded). After all this time they're in quite friendly terms, but I would also say that Tommy is often checking Gaia isn't making a mess, considering she started the job later and is learning a lot of things on the way (other than not liking many people, I would also say he doesn't trust others much either).
But the big news is that Gaia dumped Matt, yeah!🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳 They were both being quite childish all along, and this last decision could have been the most mature they made up to now. As for the comparison with Rowan instead... I can just say this generation is going in a quite different direction than the last one, in particular in that regard.
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Post by HermioneSims on Aug 16, 2024 19:34:49 GMT
And chapter 9.7 is out too! ( link) A lot of this chapter is inspired by the lifestyle Gaia unlocked around this point in the story, but I won't spoil you which one it is |
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Post by GlacierSnow on Aug 17, 2024 1:55:07 GMT
Great chapter!
I love that Gaia and her mom are able to talk about some of the personal stuff. It's good to have that kind of support at home.
Poor Thomas is always looking kind of unhappy. Talking with the girl he mentioned... it doesn't seem like she's the one he's really interested in.
Gaia's unlocked "single" lifestyle really fits her right now. It seems like right now what she really wants (maybe needs) is to figure out who she is and what she really wants out of life. Maybe someone else will fit into that picture. Maybe not. But it's good to get it figured out.
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Post by HermioneSims on Aug 17, 2024 10:24:15 GMT
Thanks a lot for your comment GlacierSnow !
I actually didn't think too much about that conversation with Juno, at my place it's quite normal to talk about everything with our parents (actually, when it doesn't happen it's because parents and kids aren't in good terms). I always forget about it, but this kind of family dynamics is often quite different in other countries, that's true. Anyway, whether it's "traditional" to them or not, it's still nice that Gaia can talk about everything with her mom, that's for sure!
As for Tommy instead, in particular in this part of his life, he's a quite pessimistic and fatalistic person. The kind of pessimistic person who convinces himself that nothing good will ever happen to him and that ends up sabotaging himself as a result of his attitude. The peak of enthusiasm you can expect from him is the face he made when he managed to buy the Comicon's tickets, so it's hard to tell what he really feels and plans to do. That's not an easy situation, we'll see how this goes...
As for Gaia's lifestyle instead, it was actually quite easy to unlock, it popped out almost immediately after I selected the option "ask to just be friends" with Matt. Also, the lifestyle seems to collide only with committed relationships like an engagement or a marriage, but not with more casual dating. It's a quite interesting lifestyle, even if it took a while to me to understand how it worked.
Either way, there really are a ton of things that may happen now. And they will also happen sooner than you may expect, as I (once again) ended up too close to the heir's birthday without a good plan. So, we'll see...
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Post by HermioneSims on Aug 19, 2024 19:04:46 GMT
I just posted chapter 9.8 ( link). I don't really feel like anticipating anything this time, so... |
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Post by GlacierSnow on Aug 20, 2024 21:24:18 GMT
New chapter!
Gaia's feelings are very relatable here. I feel for her.
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Post by HermioneSims on Aug 21, 2024 18:49:51 GMT
Thanks for commenting GlacierSnow !
This chapter was also thought to write, I was sure I had some days more with Rowan and Juno...
Anyway, from the next chapter the general mood will return to the previous one, no worries about that.
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