Convincing Vieve, Pt. 1

Kaseem had to admit that seeing his mother more than usual, with her more pleasant and cheerful attitude, brightened his days.

With the births of her grandchildren, something stirred within Genevieve that pushed her to work even harder at improving her relationships with him and his brother. To be just as present for them as she was for their children. After all, she always felt she had not provided them a good childhood, at least not one with a good mother.

For Kaseem specifically, she'd allowed herself to step back and let him work at his career (and life) without any snide commentary or pushing her ideas and unwanted advice on him.

She finally realized that he wasn't lazy or unwilling to work at maintaining the standards she'd set as an actor/entertainer... he simply had ideas and an ambition that didn't always match the individuals he'd worked with prior to taking his career into his own hands.

In such a short amount of time, he and Natalie had both taken the spark that had been lit by their first film together and soared far beyond what anyone had anticipated. He, in particular, wielded his star power and the advantages that came with being his mother's son and was parlaying it into something that could help an entirely new generation of actors, writers, producers, and more.

He hoped that the pride she expressed in him more often now would be strong enough to approve his latest big idea.

While the idea was nice, and Genevieve did love biopics and projects of that nature, she was not interested in one of her own. Couldn't understand why the idea even crossed her young son's mind.

Unfortunately, for her, the lone attitude Kaseem got from his late father was the inability to accept 'NO' as an answer when he had his heart and mind set on something he knew would make good money.

POV : you weren't supposed to be a main or a side character (literally was only supposed to be in 1 post), but the creator loved you more than your brother and now you and your wife live a very blessed, happy life.

Aside from A.J. & Kali, Kaseem & Natalie are my comfort sims, lol.

Just doing normal gameplay with them today, while Khiry is with Glamma Vieve, while I write out his full family lore/backstory for his mama's future series.

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The evening was young, the stars were out, and the premier for Kaseem and Natalie's latest theatrical release was in full swing.

Of course, there had to be a quick interview granted, a little announcement, and some red carpet poses before everyone headed inside for the main event.

Once inside, everyone took their seats and set their minds at ease. It was time to enjoy what Kaseem hoped would be a well-loved Christmas classic.

[Let It Snow is a holiday themed, second chance romance following divorcees Alexander and Savannah as they find themselves 'stuck' together after five long years of unhealed trauma and grief.]

Natalie sat nervously, watching and listening to the reactions of those around her. Kaseem kept his eyes focused solely on the screen. If anyone hated it so far, he'd rather find out much later when official reviews came out.

Carter sat stunned, quickly wiped the tears from his eyes before he spoke in a whisper. "Man, I don't know what she'll be nominated for, but Natalie's getting a nom. And the win too."

Kaseem could only smile. If that could pull emotion from the brother that had been a brooding grouch lately, he knew they had something good on their hands.

Of course, there was a happy ending and from the reactions Kaseem was beginning to hear as the music credits began to roll, they at least had a top 10 or top 5 film on their hands. He was quiet pleased.

So much has happened with the younger members of the Powers family.

When the birth of their son was announced, Natalie's family came out of the woodworks. But none stressed her out more than her mother and father. Suddenly they cared. Suddenly there was a place for the daughter they never thought about beyond what boarding school to ship her off to next.

Suddenly, there was pride in something she'd done. Produced a 'proper heir' to continue the Lecroy legacy. Thoroughly convinced that she had been 'brainwashed' by Genevieve and that Kaseem was simply using her, The Lecroys tried everything in their arsenal to sway Natalie back into their circle.

As if she was going to forget over 20 years of mistreatment and neglect. As if she was going to allow her pride and joy to deal with people who hadn't even bothered to learn or pronounce his name correctly when they spoke of him in the media.

It took less than a week for Natalie to grow fed up with the antics. Her dream home had been tainted by their constant visits and unwanted gifts, so she told Kaseem she wanted to move. It took longer than they wanted, but they sold her penthouse apartment (and issued a one-time repayment to her parents so that she owed them nothing) and the first home they'd purchased together, then they followed Genevieve to the isolated neighborhood (deep in the high hills of Del Sol) where she'd bought a new home and purchased one next door.

It was going to be just the four of them, and that was perfectly fine with Natalie.

Kaseem worked tirelessly over a nine-month period and had finally reached a point where he felt comfortable with relaxing and taking a break to spend some time with his wife and son as they fixed up their forever home just the way they wanted it.

There was nothing he and Natalie loved more than being parents to Khiry, and they would do anything to give him everything they never had (of non-monetary value).

Fun fact : Kaseem doesn't actually care about Halloween. But he won't miss a chance to dress like the slut he used to be. (he had a costume that showed more, but Natalie said y'all can't see all that. we learned in Mt. Komorebi that she can and will fight.)

Fun fact : Natalie played basketball in high school. She feels they should call her for the next Space Jam remake, or at least let her voice Lola.

Minding Their Business And Making Money.

Now that they've made their pregnancy announcement, before the tabloids could 'expose' since Natalie had been spotted on set resting & rubbing her belly; the younger Powers felt a sense of relief wash over them.

'Let It Snow' has been a success. Kaseem has gotten a new role in a horror film, his horror script 'Prayer Lake' had been picked up for production, Natalie is going to sing for the San Myshuno Christmas parade (she and Kaseem co-wrote a Christmas song together), and Kaseem has been asked to submit a comedy script.

Look at the range.

Movie enthusiasts can spot rising starlet Natalie Powers in her upcoming RomCom & Thriller films.

She stars as Lelani Tripp in "The Wedding Wars", and as Pilar Robins in "Illicit Affair".

While she loves and had an amazing time working on both films, she holds "The Wedding Wars" extremely close to her heart. It is the first film she's ever written.

And of course, Kaseem's not far behind his wife with the projects. The success of "Let It Snow", their mini web series, and Kaseem's horror film at a few film festivals let the young creative know one thing. There's money to be made, and plenty of people at the top willing to dish it out for quality work.

There was no limit to the vision he had, and there was no one that would stop him for making it all happen. To outsiders, it seems like the young couple are trying to push out everything possible while the iron is hot and their box office stock is up.

In truth, Kaseem is setting him and his wife up for something that not many black creatives in Del Sol have been able to do. It's been over 50 years since there was a fully Black owned film studio pushing out quality films, shows and projects.

If they could help it, while putting the Powers Legacy back at #1, he and Natalie were going to kick down doors for all other creatives just like them.