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Hello everyone. If you haven't read the Intro story, I strongly advise you to do it. The Intro explains what kind of story this is and introduces the Pleasantview pre-made families in case you never played them. It also already shows some of my own gameplay.
This is Part 1 and now there will mainly be my own gameplay, but I will also introduce some of the families I haven't already. Once again I am sorry for any possible mistakes and for some of the pictures that don't look good. Like I said in the intro, I had some serious technical problems.

Hello everyone. If you haven't read the Intro story, I strongly advise you to do it. The Intro explains what kind of story this is and introduces the Pleasantview pre-made families in case you never played them. It also already shows some of my own gameplay.
This is Part 1 and now there will mainly be my own gameplay, but I will also introduce some of the families I haven't already. Once again I am sorry for any possible mistakes and for some of the pictures that don't look good. Like I said in the intro, I had some serious technical problems. This time I will start with the Goths. Little Alexander bought himself a hamster. He wasn't really getting much attention from his father or sister. Mortimer became very closed after Bella's disappearance and didn't really talk to anybody. Cassandra was an adult already. So Alexander thought maybe a pet would be nice company to him. Cassandra also was looking for a fluffy friend. The Goth house was so big and seemed so empty to her, she wanted to liven it up a little. Cassandra bought a cat and named her Bella. Bella spent lots of time staring at the fishies. Alexander also has found a friend at school. Her name was Rosemarie LeTourneau (note: she's a townie that comes with Bluewater Village, may have a different name in your game). Alexander was bringing her home from school quite often and they enjoyed playing chess for hours.
(Oh please don't mind the bubble indicating what they're talking about...) On day 4 Alexander grew up to teen. He got a knowledge aspiration, like his father Mortimer. And Rosemarie grew up too. (Note: FreeTime wasn't out yet, I aged her using a cheat)
I don't remember if the game asigned it or I chose myself, but she also became a knowledge sim. Their friendship grew into something more very soon. Unfortunately, Mortimer didn't see his son grow up and go to college, he didn't even live until Cassandra's wedding. On day 7 it was his time to go. Alexander was the one to witness the Grim Reaper take his father away. It was a big loss to everyone.
I was thinking of making Mortimer die platinum because his LTW was to become a Mad Scientist and he is a retired Mad Scientist when you enter the game, so it would seem fair. But then I thought I should leave him without a platinum grave explaining it with a fact he never recovered after losing Bella. Mortimer took his place in the little Goth family graveyard. As much as she loved her father, it was time for Cassandra to move on with her life. She wasn't becoming any younger and wanted to have a family of her own, not only take care of the little brother. Mortimer was extremely against Cassandra's relationship with Don. But now he wasn't there to object, was he? So Don agreed to move in with Cassandra and enjoy the luxury of living in the Goth house. Tiger moved in with him, of course. Cassandra had met him before and she loved cats, so it wasn't a problem. On of the families left out in the introduction is the Burb household, which can be found in Pleasantview's family bin. On the left you can see Jennifer Burb. She is Daniel Pleasant's sister. She's talking to Checo Ramirez, but that doesn't matter now. Sorry, couldn't find a better picture. I only started taking more and better of them when I decided I will do these stories, back then I just played. So this is the whole family - John Burb, Jennifer Burb and their daughter Lucy. And this is the house I moved them into. This is Lucy. She grew up to a teen on day 5. There she is. Again, sorry for the picture... A better picture and a better appearance. I chose popularity aspiration to her, seemed to fit perfectly. A picture with the view in the mirror. We'll leave the Burbs for a while. There's nothing much to tell about them. I just wanted to share this picture of the Pleasant twins. Angela on the right, Lilith on the left.
There is also a couple in the family bin named the Oldies. Herb Oldie and Coral Oldie. They are the parents of Mary-Sue Pleasant. I am really sorry, but I'm afraid I haven't taken any pictures of them. I moved them into a little house and they spent their last days of life gardening. Seasons was the latest EP and I was playing from the beginning with all of them so I wanted to try gardening and the Oldies seemed perfect for that. Herb died of old age on day 8, after that Coral moved in with the Pleasants and died on day 10. If I find any pictures with them, they will be included while talking about the Pleasants. So now you have already been introduced to the main Pleasantview families that come with the base game and a few families from Bluewater Village that come with Open For Business EP. Lets go back to Bluewater Village now. The Delarosa family. Well, not exactly a family. Just one sim. Florence Delarosa is a single knowledge aspiration sim who owns a home business flower shop. The screenshots made by Maxis tell a story that she left her home very young. And arrived to Bluewater Village, where she buoght a house. The house from the inside. So the flower shop is all her life. But she will have to leave it to someone when the day comes... And after lots of thinking I decided that it would be the best for her to adopt a girl. That's how Ericka joined the family.
Note: names of the adopted children are assigned by the game, I have nothing to do with them. Ericka was a very nice little girl but showed no interest in flowers. She was very creative and loved to play the piano, but didn't seem the right one to take care of the shop some time later. So Florence adopted another girl - Kana. Florence loved the girls and took care of them as if they were her own children. Ericka spent her time playing the piano, while Kana was painting a lot. Painting was good to learn more about colors and their matching, very important thing in arranging the flowers. One more family from Bluewater Village is the Jacquet household. Denise Jacquet is a widow, fortune aspiration sim. In the background you can see her son Gilbert, a romance sim, dreaming of becoming a Hall of Famer one day. They own a J'Adore Bakery, which is a community lot in Bluewater Village. Gilbert spends lots of his time studying cook books, while his mother is like a supervisor which keeps an eye on him. Maybe that's why he haven't found a wife yet, he has no time left, because Denise thinks he should spend all his time on money making.
Note: this is my own interpretation of a family. You can see any of the families in a completely other way than I do. You are always welcome to share your opinion and point of view, it's really interesting to read what others think! Gilbert cooking. When you first enter the family house, if you check Gilbert's relationship panel, he already has a crush on one or two (I don't remember) female townies. One of them is Pamela Hanby. So I thought why not. I'll go with her.
I've heard of people marrying Gilbert with Florence Delarosa, but they never seemed the right couple to me. She moved in very soon and Denise didn't mind. Well, in fact... I haven't asked her. And the last one from Bluewater Village are the Ramirez family, who own a furniture store. On the left is Checo Ramirez (a fortune sim), on the right Lisa Ramirez (a knowledge sim) and their little daughter Tessa. I'm not sure how to interpret this Maxis-made picture. I was considering Florence having a child from Checo, but second-thought. I like seeing him as a good husband who cares about his family. The opening of "Ramirez's Fine Furniture". Tessa is already a child. And while daddy is taking care about the big business, Tessa is learning the basics of salesmanship in a simpler way. Checo is teaching Tessa to study.
I'm done with the introductions. There still are the Gieke, Larson and Kat families left, but since they don't have a big pre-history told by Maxis, they will be introduced when I will need to speak about them. I have so many screenshots that it's extremely difficult to keep some kind of a sturcture in a story. So I will just go through the ones I haven't shown already in the order they were taken and appear in designing a story. So we're back in the Broke household. Brandi had a toddler boy Larry, remember? This is him as a child. Sorry for the PJ's, Brandi had no time to dress him into everyday! He is actually wearing the very same PJ's as Beau, which is weird. The three boys going to school. The oldest Dustin by the door, younger Beau on the stairs and the youngest Larry. Beau grew up to a teen. He is one of my favorite pre-made sims. He is very beautiful really. His name is good for him. I chose family aspiration for him. This family has something weird about the PJ's. Again the same! This time Beau and Dustin. A little more of the comedy. "Well it's really nice that you called, but I can't really talk right now. My wife is about to grow up and I have to watch it, so please call me back later." Mary-Sue became an elder on day 7.
I am sorry this is getting a little bit like just a list of events, but like I said - I haven't been taking many pictures then, just the special events. And like I said in the intro, it's not a masterpiece, it's just showing how I played. Sadly, this is the only picture that has Oldies. Coral Oldie in the front, moving in with the Pleasants. And she'll die soon. The active sim is Mary-Sue, she came to greet her mother. The very next morning Angela and Lilith moved out to Sim State University. This is Angela.
Since I am so obsessed of everything happening in the right time, I send my teens to college only when they would become adults the very next 6PM. Or don't send them at all (that's rare). And this is Lilith. They both need new clothing and a totally new look. Angela's makeover was successful from the very first time. What I wouldn't say about Lilith... This was my first try. And this was the second. While finally I had to admit she looks much better with black hair. The "final version of Lilith" as a young adult. There was one thing the girls had in common, though. They loved working out. The very same day Angela and Lilith moved out to college, Coral Oldie died. She was a family sim, by the way. I think.. I don't remember. And Herb was a romancer, right? Anyway, some die, some are born... That's why we love The Sims 2. Well at least those of us, who played The Sims original game.
I love taking pictures like this with my sims. Malcolm and Dina look like a perfect couple together. I have these weird tendencies also. Like all of my Goth generations will only have black hair. Because I said so. And all the Malcolm's in the Landgraab dinasty will have only blond wives. (The girls that move out and make their own families are allowed to choose whatever they want) Well yes, that was a hint that Dina would have a baby soon. Very pregnant Dina Landgraab eating for two. And in the morning of day 11 Dina gives birth to... ...a girl. I wanted a boy. He would have been Malcolm Landgraab V. But I thought a while and saved anyway. Let it be a girl. They can have another child. I didn't have a name for a girl and my quick thinking could only suggest Winter, since it was winter in my Landgraab household at the moment. Malcolm with the baby Winter. There were also some special events in the Delarosa household. Ericka grew up to teen and got a knowledge aspiration. She rolled up a LTW to become Media Magnate. And Kana also grew up in two days. She became a family sim. A closer look at her. Dina wasn't the only one expecting a new family member. This is Pamela Jacquet. Yep, already married. The whole family. From left to right: Pamela, Gilbert, Denise. It was a time of girls. Pamela gave birth to Judith. And to Melissa! She had twins. Natural! No cheese cake! No cheats! And in the Ramirez household Tessa grew up to a teen. She got a fortune aspiration, to inherit Checo's business some day. Since Tessa rolled up a lifetime want of 6 pets reaching the top career level and she'll be raising kittens, I'll give a short overview of the Kat family. This is Tara Kat. A family sim who's crazy about cats. She comes with pets in the lots&houses bin as an occupied lot. The lot has three cats - male cat Mickey, female cat Samantha and a little female kitty (in the picture) Faline. I was cruel and wanted to challenge myself, so I made Tara's lifetime want - raise 20 puppies or kittens. I hate that one. It's one of the two actually impossible ones. (The other is 5 top level businesses). So she was the one who took care of all the town's kittens. Well it's like you buy a kitten, or you have it born, you give it to Tara, she raises him/her and gives you back an adult cat. But Tara's story will come later. Melody and her little sister Stephanie, who was too stubborn to grow up. She didn't want to! So the cake had to do it. And there's little Stephanie as a toddler. Wanda comes to see her daughter grown up. Stephanie learning to talk. And a random picture for the end, just like the last time. This is a servo greeting a penguin.
So that's all for now. Next time I'll tell you about Sim State University students and some of the other families that I have started talking about already. Feedback is more than welcom, as always!
*there are a few more pics* "You know, Lilith, if you would only try, you also could make it to dean's list. It's not as difficult as it seems..." "Lilith, are you even listening to me?" ...

The Pleasantview Chronicles (1)

Mar 9, 2009 by Fikcija
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    On Mar 10, 2009 .:love_angel:. wrote:

    nice story...

    On Mar 10, 2009 aakerhjelm wrote:

    good story.\:\)

    On Mar 10, 2009 tykijones wrote:

    i loved it and i can`t wait for the next part

    On Mar 11, 2009 robbyngirl wrote:

    Great job! 5.0\:rah\:

    On Mar 11, 2009 candy820 wrote:

    Another great part. Waiting for the next part. 5.0 here

    On Mar 12, 2009 kitfu11 wrote:

    Another great chapter! \:\)

    On Mar 12, 2009 elvizog wrote:

    \:wub\: \:rah\:

    On Mar 15, 2009 YrS92 wrote:

    Nice\:wub\:

    On Apr 8, 2009 -kalisa- wrote:

    Aha so that's what you did with the Burbs and the Oldies! \:D You made me want to play with that neighborhood now...But there are a few problems: 1) I do not have Pleasantview - I deleted it 2) The game is slow in my laptop 3) I have no hope for better graphics card, coz my laptop couldn't take it, and that hideous sea I see in the neighborhoods drives me crazy \:P I wonder how long you have played with these simmies to get the story so far? And did you really write the story here on TSR page??? How do you find the pictures you need? It seems impossible...

    On Apr 13, 2009 AussieAngel18* wrote:

    Hi there -
    I loved your idea with Tara Kat - getting her to raise the kittens and handing them back to other owners. A fantastic idea !!Love reading your stories on ho you have each family living. Well done \:D

    On Apr 23, 2009 shady411 wrote:

    Nice job on the story. Can't wait to read more.

    On May 4, 2009 madkitty13 wrote:

    Lol I love the silly ending with Lillith and Angela! Sadly the PLeasant family was my tester family for the inteenimater, and they got all glitchy and the crashed and ugh! Angela had a son and Lillith (my fav!) had a son named edward and a daughter named rosalie. Angela's son named Emmet I think. ya, Emmet. They were CUTE!

    On Jun 1, 2009 Mangio wrote:

    Great chapter and loved the funny ending. The penguin and the servo hugging && Angela and Lilth Pleasant

    On Jun 27, 2009 slivershell wrote:

    Nice job, so the intros are done I take it? I am also doing a Pleasantveiw story on how I play the neighborhood. I had own with Veronaville, but my old computer crashed... So I lost everything and want to start over, with a different neighborhood!! Again nice job and Lillith does look good with black hair.

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