#sewellbitsandbobs

okay loving these thank u thank u (also i see you sneaking hattie in)

🌑 - what does your character think is their biggest flaw?

Hattie is still a bit new to this story so this is a fun moment to get to dive into her a bit more! I think she would consider he biggest flaw to be her lack of education. She grew up in a very backwoods area in pretty extreme poverty with a whole jumble of siblings and has had very little education. For someone who has dreams and aspirations of bettering themselves and seeing more of the world, that's a sore spot.

🕰 - what made you pick your character's career? how was it influenced by the time period they live in?

I feel like asking this question just like implies you know I thought about this so hard. Will's future career was something I agonized over for a long time and went back and forth on a lot. He had multiple options which now that I've developed this one all feel SO odd to think about. I didn't want him to be a farmer, I couldn't do a second gen of that, but as many of you know realism is important to me! Will didn't get more than an eighth grade education, which wasn't uncommon at the top, but did realistically limit him from a lot of potential careers (especially careers that equate to sims careers, we need more blue color rep ea pls). As I was determining his career I was thinking about this period in time and what was a way that a man without much education could make his own way and have some opportunity for advancement. Mechanics, and specifically automobile, mechanics really stuck out to me as a great way to showcase the changing of the times but remain true to Will's experiences. And since it was a growing industry it seemed like it would be easier for a newcomer to make his way. I also wanted to showcase the shift from agrarian to industrial jobs that was rampant at this time.

👀 - what is the first thing stranger's would notice about your character?

Gosh this is hard!! I think a couple of things honestly, I think they would notice his height, in my mind he's over six feet and isn't a super lanky dude either, so he's got a presence. I think after that they'd notice his smile, he's such a sweet guy and honestly his in game smile is just very like inviting and sweet. Like it's a smile that says I am genuinely happy and I think in some ways that's rare? He's not dumb so I hesitate to use the words gentle giant, but in some ways I think he has some of those traits typified by that term so those are the two things people would notice.

Amazing ask, the 40s is one of my favorite decades. Though not necessarily for fashion reasons, though I've grown to love the fashion, I just find the pivotal history really interesting!

There were a couple different paths I could have taken for Violet, but I decided this was most in character. Violet was fairly well educated, even if it was mostly taught by her father. I think in a later period where she could go out and get a job she might have. Especially if there was a war on she felt she needed to help with.

I think she'd still be a bit of a daydreamer, fantasizing about that hero to come sweep her off her feet, perhaps a handsome redheaded soldier...

I am apparently incapable of not going completely all out for these.

Thanks to @twentiethcenturysims for the amazing final pose, quintessential for the 40s!!

I may or may not have been in game taking some Sewell family portraits (coming soon to a dash near you) and you know I couldn't pass up the chance to use @cattermelons amazing lovers rock posepack with my favorite late victorian couple!

Okay okay i know this is not the most stereotypically 70s outfit, but as soon as I saw your ask I knew i wanted to make Hamish a 70s back to the lander.

At his core Hamish is all about agriculture and living off the land and the back to the land movement occurring during this time just fit him so well. I'm of course biased towards representing it since it's my own history. So here he is on Sable Farm some 60 years after where my story is now restoring it after it's fallen into disrepair.

Outfit is based off stuff my own father was wearing at the time so don't come for me. Those cut off jorts are still in the rotation.

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A few more details under the cut and an extra shot for all you Hamish stans.

I am not really a Pinterest girly so this was actually difficult but also SO fun and maybe I am one now??

This was perfect timing with me getting back to story posts soon, so thank you!

Have some vibes for our baby Will:

Thank you for asking for this one, because I had SO much fun doing it. I wasn't quite sure which direction made sense for Elsie in the 80s, but I kept coming back to that classic 80s summer camp aesthetic.

I think Elsie would adore summer camp, she's super social and really likes being friends with everyone. She also loves playing outside.

Elsie would outfit herself for summer camp practically in shorts and a t-shirt, but she'd keep her cutesy strawberry necklace and of course rock her signature side pony. She's all about pretty clothes and new styles, but she does want to be able to move in them.

If the new friendship bracelet animation wasn't so horrible I'd have included a picture of that because we all know that is the quintessential summer camp activity and Elsie would be making a bunch and getting even more.

If you want to send me another OC cas challenge, the list is here!

The lovely lot is by @catsaar !

I was tagged in this by @aheathen-conceivably and @sasaofastora, thank you guys!!! I love the opportunity to forcefully share more about my sims with you, so here you go, a bit more of a glimpse into Hamish and Violet! Felt appropriate since I'm posting again!

Let me know if there's anything you're particularly surprised by, some of these things I had to think about a bit since they haven't come up in my story, but Hamish and Violet made their feelings on the matter quite clear, so ta-da!

Thank you to @simadelics and @thistleflower-sims for the inception of this tag game, you can find the template here.

🔥🌫️💧? (Also this inadvertently looks like some sorta elemental face and I love her)

Girl hitting me with the hard ones!😫

🔥Wildfire - who is your most emotional character and why?

I'd say that currently that's Elsie, it's partially because she's younger, but mostly is just who she is. I think she just feels things more deeply than others, and is very empathetic and picks up on other people's emotions very quickly.

🌫️ Fog - What was the hardest part of your WIP to write?

The part you guys haven't read yet that is coming up, the part from now to WWI (1917). I won't say too much because we really haven't gotten into it, but I wrote and rewrote this section like three times. I struggled to fit everything in a satisfying way that made sense to me. I think I've gotten it to a really good place though and I can't wait for all of you to see it!!

💧Rain - What's the most emotional scene you've ever written?

I think my most emotional scenes have been when my otherwise buttoned-up, repressed men have opened up. The one that comes to mind right now is the letter that Hamish wrote to his father shortly after he passed away and he was facing potentially losing his farm. I will say there's another post with one of the male characters kind of letting go a bit coming up, so both have felt very emotional.