Shiny New Historical Procrastination

[artyartie]

Remember when I said, oh, this summer, I bought Sims 2 as a reward for finishing my now obsolete prospectus?

Yeah, that wasn't such a good idea.

I spent a good portion of last night building a swank bachelor pad for Marc Antony, getting him and Atia on the path to romance, fixing up the home of the Tulli, and, well, seeing that Tulliola isn't an only child anymore.





The Tulii, before the addition of young Marcus. Poor Tullia looks more like her father, but Terentia is quite lovely. Tulliola is certainly her father's darling - they both love the anachronistic piano and telescope.




These two are ridiculously sweet towards each other - spontaneous serenades and cuddling. It's quite sweet, but bastard historian in me wants to see just how I can simulate the breakup of their marriage.




Marcus senior giving Marcus junior his first ever bath. Tullia, however, is the most doting member of the family when it comes to the newest addition.




Atia's branch of the Julii - sadly, I haven't found historical clothing for young boys.




Our swinging bachelor! When he walks by, he's in everyone's thought bubbles.




Another day in Antony's ridiculously swank villa.




Servilia, with the bright ginger hair, has a bizzare relationship with her fellow Republicans. She will literally storm into the Cicero home and start pushing people around. I don't understand it!




Atia and Servilia - I cannot wait to really let these two at each other.




The little blond girl is Octavia, in this frighteningly omniscient screencap.



I still need to make Caesar and Posca, Cassius, and probably Cleopatra once Tullia and Brutus (not shown) become adults and Octavia and Octavian become teenagers. And I'm debating recreating the Ciceros or at least trying to sneak Tiro into their household. And once the cast is assembled, to paraphrase Shakespeare, we'll let slip the dogs of love and war.

Comments

[lucky-sparkle.livejournal.com]

I LOVE it :D

[artyartie.livejournal.com]

How fast is this game going to turn into 'Everyone Loves Antony?' Dude, I bet even Cassius is going to be hitting on him. But how can you *not* love Antony?!

If I'm good, tonight I'm going to make a few more houses and Caesar - though I'm wondering just how the Optimates will assassinate him? Take away his cooking skills and encourage him to make a casserole? ;)

[sharpiefan.livejournal.com]

mens insana in corpore sano... possibly.

That's so wonderfully insane I love it!

(Thus speaketh the Classicist!)

Oh, and I think you SHOULD do the Ciceros... at least you won't have to translate any of M. Tullius Cicero's speeches... :D

[artyartie.livejournal.com]

You did classics? That's awesome! I did ancient Greek in undergrad, and two years of Latin. One of my classmates did a thesis on Cicero's 'On Old Age,' and I admit, I was hooked. If I was forced to translate Cicero for a grade, yes, I probably wouldn't like the man (the philosopher, mostly) so much.

When you want to talk with another Sim, one of the options is 'Brag.' If I was being truly accurate with him...;)

[cal-reflector.livejournal.com]

I'm interested to see what you do with Agrippa, Octavian, and Octavia.

And how about our delightful HBO original duo? Our dubious heroes of the Rome series?

[artyartie.livejournal.com]

Like I've said, I'm so, so glad I can't do incest in the game.

Heh, I think solely from popular demand, I'll toss Pullo and Vorenus in there. Like another commenter said, someone has to instruct Octavian in the ways of the world! And Rome can always use more sons of Arpinum.

[wanderingfool.livejournal.com]

Ahh, Sim-debauchery.

I had trouble getting into The Sims. My first Sim became a serially unemployed bachelor who spent his time sitting in his filthy house, eating pizza, playing computer games, and crying.

[spacemonkey-27.livejournal.com]

Hehe! I really need to get this.

Can't wait to see how Brutus turns out. :D

[jhd91.livejournal.com]

Ooh, very nice. I would love to have my own Sims, but I'm well aware no one would ever see me again because I'd be too obsessed with my Sims.

But where's Pullo and Vorenus? Octavian needs to learn swordplay and whatnot.

Can't you adapt the men's clothing, and make it smaller for boys?

[artyartie.livejournal.com]

I think I have the wrong OS (Mac OSX) and programs to try any recolours of my own, but I might try doing a blue version of the centurion outfit for Antony, just because he looks so damn gorgeous in that. Hunting down a boys tunic may take a bit longer, but if I put some work into it there's probably something out there.

And yes, I'll be adding Pullo and Vorenus! I just remembered Cassius, and I suppose I could throw in Pompey and company....

If you guys don't hear from me for a while, you know what happened!

This is beyond awesome!

[revwarlass1776.livejournal.com]

LOL I'm obsessed w/ROME( just like I was w/John Adams) and think this was an awesome representation of them!

Maggie

Re: This is beyond awesome!

[artyartie.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I had to retire for a bit, due to my M.A. thesis, but I might try to come back - though I've become utterly smitten with John Adams in the meantime, even if my favourite founder, Alexander Hamilton, didn't get enough screentime, and we only saw him as bombastic-jerk!Hamilton. I wonder if anyone's tried recreating that series in the Sims - that would be quite a project!