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Well I don't know if there's an easy way to answer this, but truthfully the hate does affect me. I'm only human after all! But there are several ways to deal with it. I would also say that my advice can apply to other villains or unpopular characters in other fandoms too.

Recognize that fictional villains are fictional and so are their crimes. It's kind of weird to have to reiterate that liking a villain in media doesn't mean you endorse all of their completely fictional actions, but here we are.

It's just a matter of taste, or "that's just your opinion man!" Think of it this way, how "bad" a character is is like how "spicy" some foods are. There is a scale of spiciness and some people don't want any spice in their food at all, while others can pop ghost peppers or those little Thai chilis in their mouths no problem. Likewise, people who hate Simon just think his character is too "spicy" for them, but he's not too spicy for us. I have a friend who unapologetically likes Kilgrave from Jessica Jones and that's a character that is too spicy for me!

If you like or even relate to a villain it just means that you are a normal human being and your empathy was activated when you engaged with a story. This also means the writers did a good job writing the character, doubly so for a tragic villain like Simon.

Engage less with the online fandom, and more with your friends. Usually, discussing TV shows with your friends mean you get better and more nuanced opinions than with random strangers on the internet. Blocking somebody is also allowed and what the feature is for! Blocking certain tags on Tumblr can also help!

Engage with other media. This includes other TV shows, books, video games, etc. In fact, if you read more books or watch more "cinematic" movies, you'll see that a lot of them actually have morally ambiguous, offputting, or downright villainous main/supporting characters. Getting away from the mindset that you are "not allowed" to have strong empathetic feelings for "bad people" actually opens your mind to being able to enjoy more types of art and storytelling.

Oh, perfect, I love answering questions like this. >:3c Prepare for a long-ass answer, I'm not sorry. <3

Alright, so I've explained it a couple times before, might have been a while back so I'll briefly explain it again. Vesla isn't permanently rooted to the ground. She roots herself in her chambers (a room separate from the room she shares with Auric) for usually around a month, to soak up nutrients and such. Once she's finished, she can leave her chambers and walk (or would it be more of a slither?) around as she pleases for up to two months before she must rest again.

Starting with Grimm, he is generally very preoccupied with travelling, but every time he is in the Hallownest area, he tries to make a visit to the White Palace. His main goal is to see Auric, but considering how Auri pointedly avoids him and/or is a total douche until he leaves, Grimm often ends up hanging with Ves for a few hours. If he catches her at a time in which she's mobile, the two will sometimes walk around the Palace and chat (usually with Dryya tagging along and eyeing Grimm suspiciously the entire time). If she's rooted, he will sit with her and have a nice chat with her about this or that. The two of them mostly spend their time together talking. Vesla especially is excited to hear what Grimm has to say since he's such an avid traveller. She loves to hear about the places he's been and the people he's met. Besides just talking, the two have chilled in the Palace Hot Spring together, and Vesla has even brought Grimm to see the Queen's Gardens quite a few times (she loves them so, and wants him to see how she's cultivated them). Dryya, of course, tags along any time they go anywhere, lmao.

Absolutely to both. There are five characters [six if we're including anime original characters. Three guesses who that extra is (>▽<) ]

Most of the characters I dislike rub me the wrong way for personal reasons or they're too much like assholes I actually know/knew, and I typically avoid writing them when I can because I don't want them to come across bashed and I know a lot of people who really enjoy those characters.

Hi Anon! Wow a sims question! I don’t tend to make families straight out of cas, that being said, most of my families are huge generational ones. I can’t resist making families for my straight out of cas founder sims either. Jay Fields in my game started out as a single sim and now he has parents, 2 brothers and a sister, 7 nieces and nephews, 6 kids (not all biological), and 5 grandkids!

Another one of my families, the Brick family, is made up of 3 siblings and their partners, their kids and grandkids, and in 2 of the houses, there are 3 generations under 1 roof.

♡ Thank you so much for the compliment! Right off the bat, please don’t be embarrassed! You’re on anon, and something like that is nothing to be embarrassed about anyway!! ^^ Don’t let anyone tell you differently either!

♡ Okay but as a domme, I saw “sub!reader” and my inner self screamed into the abyss. I don’t know how to write the reader as submissive - I don’t know how to be submissive TT I put this into my drafts just in case inspiration struck for it, but you might have better luck asking a different MysMe blog that doesn’t cater more towards the niche dominant reader area（>﹏<)

I really like this question! I wanted to answer it as soon as I got it so sorry to the late reply.

I cant find a super comprehensive list of backgrounds (theres some on the Shining Live Wikia but its missing lots) so I can’t say for sure without missing some, but I’ll go off a mix of the ones on the wikia and the ones I have unlocked.

The one I use on EN is ‘Shining Live Stage’ that you get at the start of the game. Honestly I use it because it looks good with Ai’s Dancing with Stars costume.

I do really like both versions of the Christmas Wallpaper, but it doesn’t really go all year round ya know? I feel like I usually prefer lighter coloured backgrounds (gotta love me some pastels) like Park and City Street A, but my intense marine aesthetic makes me love ‘Beach Bar’ from the beach set and I’ve also really found myself liking the night versions (City Street A (Night) and Christmas Plaza (night).) Of the ones I have unlocked on EN, I do think the beach one is probably my favourite, but I’m sure I’m missing some great ones. 

I really love the background for Autumn Memories Ren as well actually. Damn. I take it back, the Autumn Memories background is my favourite. I literally just bought it on JP because of this oops. 

Well, usually it comes as part of something else - I have it because of my OCD and BPD (although it seems to act up most when my disassociative problems or depression are really bad, but I'll leave it to the professionals to decide what causes what). That said, I know what it can do to me when it's bad, and I'd consider it a mental illness even on its own, provided it was having similar levels of impact on someone - that said, it wouldn't even be classed as maladaptive daydreaming (or compulsive fantasy as it's also called) if it wasn't, well, maladaptive and thus having a negative impact on someone's quality of live, it'd just be daydreaming. For me, I can zone out for hours or days at a time and just lie in one position - I've gotten bed sores because of it in the past, I don't eat or drink in those states, I miss any appointments or social events, it's not healthy at all. So yeah, if someone was going through that then I'd most definitely class it as a mental illness.

And I think, for me, one of the most obvious examples of how it's an illness, rather than just a lot of daydreaming, is how the individual can't pull themselves out of it - it may be incredibly hard or even impossible for someone with maladaptive daydreaming to get out of the daydream and focus on reality, and if they do manage it then the daydream will often stay in the back of their mind. With normal daydreaming, if a fire alarm goes off then you're going to be able to prioritize your physical safety over the daydream, but with maladaptive daydream that's not a certainty. You may either prioritize the daydream and decide to stay in it, or you may not notice it, or you may simply not be able to pull yourself out however much you try. It's worth stressing that, again, mine also comes with dissociative disorders and depression and stuff, so someone might have maladaptive daydreaming without experiencing some of the symptoms that I experience or to the same degree.

Yes! Well, he used to. In current day, he is much too busy and/or consumed by his Void experiments as well as general royal duties to engage in most hobbies.