#sh1.8

to briefly address the surname retcon from kirk to king!

i recently redid my tag system, and since i was already fixing things on my blog (and in my spreadsheet and in simPE), i decided to retcon kirk as a surname at the same time, which is something i've been debating doing for a while now.

i wasn't very familiar with a certain far-right american political figure back in late 2022 when i originally made anthony and natalie as sims for signal hill, but over time it's been bothering me that they shared his surname, especially as the name association has become more prevalent.

i don't think it's a big deal for sims to coincidentally share names, and especially not very common surnames, with public figures in general: sometimes it just happens! you can't avoid every single overlap! but for this specific case it was starting to bother me personally. like can you imagine if i had picked erika as one of the twins' names, which was an option i literally had in my mind at the time? yeah. no thanks lol

so yeah that's all! new name over here. i didn't wanna say nothing about it, especially since i've gotten asks about it before, but i also didn't wanna make it a huge huge deal lol. there might still be some mentions of their old surname in old posts, but i'll find those over time lol

as a bonus, some shots of the house reno!