I Really Enjoy The Realm When It’s Driven By Character Conflict. Not Conflict Spawned By Faction Wars,

i really enjoy the realm when it’s driven by character conflict. not conflict spawned by faction wars, or by weekly tasks—but between two people played by streamers who have had the opportunity to develop their characters separate from an external, admin-driven force. such as (most notably for me personally) the ones between aimros & pangili. i think that’s where the heart of the server lies, and i think the cast of people on the server would thrive in a completely free-range roleplay opportunity. they’re all very creative people, who have the skill to make some incredible storylines outside of factions.

and i do feel it’s important to note that several creators have started to take their storylines in their own directions, and give less “lore-ability” to the factions. which is incredible! it’s really been re-sparking my love for the server.

it wasn’t intentional, but the factions do feel restrictive, both in terms of things people can do and directions in which they can take their characters. it’s had a tendency to put them into boxes. that’s not to say that there haven’t been extremely interesting character conflicts and dynamics spawned by the factions, because there have been (ex, pili/ros, green/red, etc) but they also prohibit any development of these dynamics. because the factions have inadvertently given us the “good guys” and “bad guys,” we are at a stand-still. they have been frozen in this conflict, and it’s being dragged out with no proper way to resolve it.

for example, at the end of the day, the red faction will still have to kill. there’s no other option. and i feel like that’s very isolating. and i feel like it’s spawned a lot of fandom toxicity. and that (the fandom infighting), above everything else, is pulling me away from the server. it has a lot of potential! even currently! but i fear the factions will eventually drive it into the ground, and drive the community past the point of no return.

Whitepine theories

Pretty big spoilers for Whitepine 4 and the ARG under the cut

So while watching the new episode, my friend and me came up with a few theories/thoughts and since figuring stuff out is a community effort, I thought I'd share them.

The detective

As my amazing, perceptive friend Bee ( @mossybee-exe ) pointed out, in this shot, while Ivory is walking back from the cabinet where she's supposed to find the cot, there is a pair of legs on the staircase.

You know who has black pants? THE DETECTIVE, who we later see in the manor.

That in itself is already kind of a theory, but I think this subtle detail makes sense for both explanations we've come up with.

Option I

The detective has something against Ivory and literally stalks around the manor to interrogate her, which would mean in this shot, he's watching her go about her day

Option II (the one which makes more sense to me)

The detective isn't actually in the manor. Instead, he's a figment of Ivory's imagination, a reflection of how badly the interrogation impacted her. That would explain why she's the only one who ever sees him at the estate and no one else does. When she mentions him to Serapter, Serapter hasn't seen him, and we don't have confirmation that Prince Zam sees him after going to find him in this episode.

This would mean that him standing atop of the stairs is a reflection of her mind, a sign that the memories of the interrogation are always ready to pounce on her in the form of the detective (which happens later in the episode).

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A different theory which is pretty much unattached from this one

Lop was in the new ARG video

While I'm not all that familiar with the ARG videos and the backgrounds, I've watched those which have been found with a playlist someone else made.

In those videos, Epony (the mirror image or counterpart of Ivory) leads Ivory to a room in a bedrock box and traps her there. Then, Ivory tries to break out, but the whole room is surrounded by bedrock.

What is interesting to me about this part of the ARG especially, is the voice Ivory hears, because to my friend Bee and to me, this voice seems like Lop's. This would mean that this whole sequence of videos took place at the end of Whitepine 4, meaning we know at what time they happened.

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It's possible these theories aren't actually what took place, but I thought sharing them might help the overall community 🤍

Nightmare Legacy Challenge for the Sims 4

Rules written by @matchacake, challenge inspired by @lilsimsie‘s current LP over on her YouTube channel!

The challenge is simple – complete 10 sim generations with the same family, but on short lifespan! Complete the challenge on story mode or nightmare mode for even more suffering!

Disclaimer: This is by no means a new take on the classic legacy challenge, and I’m sure there are many other challenges out there that are very similar! I’ve just been binge-watching lilsimsie’s current LP whilst suffering a bad flare-up of my chronic illness and felt so inspired that I pulled out my old gaming laptop so I could play something similar in bed! Now that I’m going into gen 2 I thought I would write up some rules that I could personally follow, and have decided to share them here with you. xo

- rules and more info below the cut -

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luminescentlama

3 months ago

i dont believe in that stuff anymore

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luminescentlama

1 month ago

Sea Of Thieves (6 Of 9) - Kirk Quilaquil

Sea of Thieves (6 of 9) - Kirk Quilaquil

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owengejuicetv See the realm smp the realm realm smp jester owen AND THEN HE DID HE PLANNED THIS GETTING KICKED OUT THE CASLTE AND ALL HE IS SUCH A GOOD VILLAIN

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luminescentlama

4 months ago