A Day in the life of Sim!John and Sim!Rodney

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A Day in the life of Sim!John and Sim!Rodney

That was the name of one section during the Third Anniversary McSheplets Prompt Week on the mcsheplets community.

Every day I posted a picture of Sim!John and Sim!Rodney with a little context or information or commentary. People seemed to enjoy the screenshots and I've been toying with the idea of making a McShep Sims community, so when someone asked if I had ever posted more screenshots in my journal, I went ahead and created mcshep_sims for exactly this purpose.

If you want to join the fun, here's how:


On topic are:

• Screenshots of Sim!John and Sim!Rodney


• Stories about Sim!John and Sim!Rodney


• Videos about Sim!John and Sim!Rodney


• Requests for all of the above (for those that don't have The Sims, but would like to see a particular scenario)

Off topic are:

• General McShep discussion (there are other communities for that: mckay_sheppard/mckay_sheppard)


• General Sims discussion (again, there are other communties for that, e.g. thesims3)


• Anything else that's not on topic

Rules:

• Use cuts for screenshots and long texts


• Indicate if something is not safe for work or might otherwise benefit from a warning


• For requests try to be a bit specific. (There are many ways and places John and Rodney can kiss in The Sims ;) If you're not sure, go ahead and ask and I'll let you know if it's possible

Note: While I own The Sims 2, I only play The Sims 3 where I have all expansions. However all versions of The Sims can be used to share your John/Rodney sim experiences.

The Proposal

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( The Proposal )

I love this shot. This was the first (and so far only) time that I've seen sims protesting at city hall and when I saw what they were protesting against, I couldn't help thinking of Prop 8.

My Sims tend to get married at some point, but in this case John and Rodney hadn't yet. I like to tell little stories in my head for what I see on screen and in this case I imagined Rodney's outrage (and John's more muted, defeated anger). And then I had Rodney propose to John on the spot amidst those who would deny them the right, because Rodney fights stupidity with facts and the facts are that they can get married (in the Sims 3 at least) and that it's something wonderful and beautiful and a moment of great happiness and love.