2.19 Disputable taste in music and other phenomenons

When I woke up this morning, I knew something was different.

Yeah, you put on your outdoor clothes for sleep. That’s new.

No, that is not what I meant. I felt more powerful. As if the world was going to be mine soon. And then I remembered what happened last night! You told me the world WOULD be mine soon!

Okay, that’s not *exactly* what I said. Besides, as long as you are still a teenager, your father is in charge of this house and you have to keep listening to what he says.

*Keep* listening?

…you’ve got a point. Well, at least pretend to.

As long as he is nowhere to be seen, I can behave exactly the way I want to, right? And I now declare this house a place where you can eat the way you want to eat. *shoves waffles into mouth*

Please don’t take this the wrong way, but you kind of look like a vacuum cleaner right now…

Even future heiresses have to finish their homework. But since Willow is such a good student (which was proven in the last chapter, if you remember), this won’t be a problem. RIGHT?

Go away. *mutters under breath* I hate maths. Nobody needs math. Ever. I will never have to solve a f*cking equation with four variables.

Again: you’ve got a point. But this won’t get you out of studying.

The other kids were still alive, and being adorable. I’m a little worried that Xander spends so much time with his Imaginary Friend, because those use to freak me out in the game. They always appear when you don’t want them to be there, they take up your Sims’ time… can’t you do something else, Xander? Please?

*sings* “No woman no cryyyyyyy, no wooooman no cry”

…what?

Why do you need to be in the chapters? You are not heir, after all! Do you know who Dawn is, do you? Do you? She’s the main character’s little sister, and nothing else!

Nu-uh! Not true! Xander once said she’s not special, but she is extraordinary! *whimpers*

Alfie decided to prove that he is still, in fact, working on his LTW. How come?

Well, if I have to resign rather soon, it would better be with a BANG. Quite literally.

I’m kind of scared for the existence of the house right now.

Look, Tara, I can make my hand disappear. Wait, now it’s really stuck in my lab coat. This is awkward.

Do it again, do it again! *giggles*

It’s free, it’s free! Kids, don’t try this at home. That includes you, Tara.

Poor Willow was forced to work out again. Ivy, why don’t you ease up on her? Or at least give her some time to change?

She needs to look good for prospective husbands or wives! This way she will never find somebody!

…of all the habits you could adopt from your older siblings. *sigh*

*sings* “Get up, stand up”

Okay, WHO bought that Bob Marley LP?

Dawn is trying to keep up with cleaning up all the messes her family produces, but she doesn’t stand a chance. At least the dishes are gone now, ignore the toilet and the giant puddles. I don’t want to know where those come from.

Well, this is a somewhat awkward situation. 

Ivy continued to run around in her underwear, and decided to catch up with her daughter – who was in her swimsuit – in Tara’s room. That’s better, of course.

You haven’t worked out for at least one day now! You will never find a man!

*sneaky smile*

I’m starting to feel really sorry for Willow.

Please tell me this will stop once I grow up?

Yes, I can make you do different things instead of listening to what she says.

Oh, thank God.

 

Otherwise things will get very ugly between me and Mom.

With that look: no doubt. Maybe we should give you guys some rest now. Do something different, like, I don’t know, building a snowman?

Are you kidding me? I’m not a child anymore! Snowmen are for kids, not for young adults!

You’re still a teenager, and if I were you, I’d make the most out of it. Once you grow up, all the responsibility is on you. If you don’t find a man/woman to have children with, there will be no family legacy. And it will be your fault. So do you really want to play adult now?

…snowman sounds fun. *hurries off*

Yes, I thought so.

2.18 Crazy parallels

Go, go, go! Push yourself! Yes, just like that!

But it hurts!

It just hurts the first time, trust me! Go on!

Excuse me? What the hell is going on here? *has eyes closed, just in case* *slowly opens one eye* Phew, it’s just Ivy and Willow working out. Or, to be more precise, Ivy is making Willow work out. Why her daughter has to be in her formal wear, including high heels, we will never know. And on that note: welcome back to the Stars, where anything is possible, and  everything WILL actually happen, no matter how crazy.

Mom is horrible, she made me work out in this dress! Can you imagine how sweaty it is now? The only good thing is that I wore gloves, which protect me from all the germs other people left on that treadmill before.

Other people? As if anybody has ever used that before. *checks older pictures*

Xander, let me tell you: if Mom calls you, and you know you didn’t do anything wrong, don’t react! It’s a trap! She will make you work out, or clean the house. Alwaysalwaysalways pretend to be deaf.

You’re so smart, big sister!

She is not only smart, but she also takes responsibility for all of her younger siblings, including the smallest one. Here she is feeding Tara, but I’m not sure that view is appropriate for a toddler. Honestly, Willow, could you kneel down or something? Or change into something more comfortable and less revealing?

That’s better, much better. Willow and Xander are excellent students who conscientiously do their homework in the evening. Their father, however, does nothing to acquire his LTW, but stuffs himself with birthday cake instead.

Hey, somebody needs to eat it, right?!

Yeeeeeah, right.

Dad, could you eat a little more quietly? That screeching of your fork on the plate is giving me a headache, and I can’t focus. Right now I have to write a paper on the origin of the Weeping Willow, and it’s important that I get all the facts right.

The Weeping Willow? Which school do you go to, exactly? When did your acceptance letter for Hogwarts arrive?

Well, it didn’t. Got lost in the mail or something. However, I’m in a book club, and this month we are discussing Harry Potter. Don’t you realize that I’m often out of the house in the afternoons?

Honest answer? Uh… 

You know, you always talk about watching us, but in fact you don’t! You didn’t even know I was in that book club. Everything you say is just “Bla Bla Bla”.

Hey, cut it out! I know you’re moody, but it’s been ages since I last saw you, and I need to get back into your lives right now. There are some things I forget. But I’m trying! I promise.

Really, this will get better? That makes me so happy! You’re the best watcher!

First, that was a quick change in your thinking. Second, did we segue into the Buffy Series now?

Yes, that’s what we are watching in the film club right now! Did you know that there are characters that have our names? Willow, and Xander, and Dawn, and Tara… this is such a coincidence! I like Willow the best, like, the “other Willow”. Not me. The one on TV. She should have been the main character of the show. When I’m grown up, I want to be as brave as her, and as cool.

Well, I wanted to wait a while before I tell you and the others, but you’re in such a good mood right now: you will be the main character of this legacy soon, and then you can make up for what the writers of Buffy screwed up.

Really? Really? OH MY GOSH THAT IS AWESOME!

Wait. *Looks suspiciously* does that mean I will have to get married, and have babies and stuff?

Eventually…yes. You need to have at least one kid at some point, now matter how you get it.

Crap.

Author's Notes: Unbelievably, it's been almost 3 months since I last updated ANY of my legacies! So sorry about that. First I was on vacation in the land of Koalas, and then a lot of life stuff happened. It is still happening, to be precise, but I managed to squeeze some Sims quality time in. Something I should do more often. 

This is only a small approach to catching up, and it will take some time until I actually get there. But I managed to get out what I wanted to get out: Willow will be heir and taking over when she turns into a Young Adult soon.