Cleaned up my feed a bit today, unfollowed lots of non-sims accounts to keep this account sims-only. If I unfollowed you bc I didn't see sims stuff in my quick scroll, but you're a sims account, just poke me bc I did that clean up super fast 😅

If you used the easy method James Turner provided on his website to disable packs, I would like you to upvote this bug report. Was it intentionally that you can't use the EA App anymore? Who knows. BUT we now HAVE to go though the Marketplace. Imagine that..lol forums.ea.com/idea/the-sim...

Guess it’s the perfect time to ignore my paid for TS4 game & get a pirated version that will work offline & with cc intact. Glad I’m not really home this week and can semi-ignore this hellhole EA has created.

Honestly this is just comical. Name a better cartoon villain way to launch your new controversial corporate CC marketplace than by disabling 95% of existing free CC.

𝐉𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥⁣ ⁣ “𝖨 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖼. 𝖨 𝖽𝗈𝗇’𝗍 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿… 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗒.”⁣ ⁣ “𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺?”⁣ ⁣ “𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍’𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇?”

𝐎𝐳𝐳𝐲 𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥 "𝖧𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌𝗇’𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗅𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗋! 𝖠𝗇 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗋! 𝖧𝗈𝗐 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗇𝖺𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗌 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝖺 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇!?" "𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳, 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭." "𝖠𝗌 𝗂𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗀𝗎𝗒."

𝐀𝐗𝐋 𝐕𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐋⁣ ⁣⁣ "𝖲𝖾𝗑, 𝖽𝗋𝗎𝗀𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝗈𝖼𝗄 & 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾. 𝖨 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝖺𝗌 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗂𝗋 𝖨 𝖿𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾."⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦?"⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ "𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗎𝖼𝗄 𝖨 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋?"

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Oh wow! It’s been 5 years since I started the Joy Legacy! THANK YOU EVERYONE whose been here from the beginning or joined along the way, you make it all so special & amazing! 💖

Huge massive thanks to @nyxshadesims.bsky.social, I dropped into her DMs like DON'T U WANT TO DRESS ELSIE AS A PHOENIX!? 😅 & she thankfully was like HELL YEAH! B/c I was failing hard 🤦‍♀️ BLESSED to have such lovely, kind friends ❤️ Now I'm going to disappear for a day or two to decompress -ha!

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It was time to contact her team and set things right in Strangerville, once and for all.

There was much to do. Victims to save, villains to arrest, a void to quarantine, & a giant talking plant to deal with. Elsie allowed her form to return to normal, shaking from the release of so much magic. She always felt closest to Fanta when she took that form, & her heart ached now at its loss.

Her powerful form flew through the void’s exit. She set Hedy down, trapping her limbs to avoid further surprises, and stood there in her fiery form for a blissful moment, basking in the ecstasy of power.

Her claws captured Hedy, protective magic wrapping around the limp form, and quickly carried her from the dark depths of terror-filled nothingness. As promised, her prey would not get away.

With that cry, she shot forward, determined wings beating with overwhelming power. The fierce joy of dominating the chaotic domain flowing through every surging movement. The Phoenix would not be denied her goal.

The void did not like this. The chaotic magic had a mind of its own, and it did not like such a powerful creature free within its depths. The phoenix within roared at the magic pushing her out. She had a purpose, and she would not be kept from it!

She closed her eyes & surrendered to the ancient magic within. Allowing her mortal mind to ease as the magical creature inside took control. The release of her Phoenix form was an orgasmic surge of magic, her cry of ecstasy lost in the silence, but her fire screamed louder than any words ever could.

Magic flew from her, seeking, hungry in its eagerness to wrap around their target and bring her home. It faded from existence a few feet away from Elsie. Damn it! She had to get closer! Looking back at the opening, she tried to steady herself from the terror of drifting further from safety.

She tried to cry out for her sister, but silence swallowed the sound. An invisible weight was pressing against her chest, slowly squeezing the breath from her lungs. She had to do this quickly, if not, they would both find their death within these depths.

Without allowing herself to think, she leaned forward and pushed herself into the void. Mind-numbing terror filled her. It took every drop of willpower and blazing phoenix magic to calm herself, to focus on her goal. Hedy. She had to save Hedy.

Elsie threw out magic, reaching for her sister, but nothing happened. The void did not allow magic to go far enough, it fizzled out halfway to Hedy. No. No! She would not, could not, lose her sister like this! She promised her mother! She promised herself!

She fought through the twisted magic, her terror for Hedy overriding anything else. She fell to the ground, ignoring the burn of the void’s power against her skin as she looked into the depths of emptiness. Hedy was there, twisting and flailing in the endless darkness.

“No!” Elsie screamed as she raced toward the hole burning with chaotic magic. A wave of endless darkness and raw terror flooded her mind as she drew near. The void was inducing a terror that threatened to consume her.

They shattered. For one breathless moment, nothing happened. And then... All the air rushed from the room. Elsie’s ears popped violently as the pressure shifted, and she watched in horror as her sister was sucked through the black void that ripped into existence where Hedy once stood.

As the magic cell came down, so did Hedy’s hands holding the vials. Everything seemed to move in slow motion as Elsie watched them falling. She let go of her sister, sent her magic out to catch the fragile glass... but she wasn’t fast enough.

Elsie’s mind raced through options in one terrifyingly frantic second before deciding to drop the protective bubble and trap her sister’s hands. But that one second was all her sister needed.

“You do not get to win, sister. I will not allow it!” Elsie watched Hedy’s hands dip into her lap coat and knew nothing good would come out of it. “Whatever you are planning, do not do it, Hedy!” Bubble up -death to her sister. Bubble down -Watcher only knew…

But it wasn’t enough, she was taking no more chances! She wrapped Hedy in a ball of power, a temporary cell, before moving forward. “It’s over, Hedy. I’m taking you into SIA!”

“No.” Said again, this time with a bit more force, as the reality of Elsie still being alive hit her. Elsie said nothing, giving her sister no more time to react. She threw the woman hard against the wall, enjoying the sound of Hedy’s body hitting the brick wall.

Elsie emerged from behind the large generator and moved toward Hedy. Hard drives and papers were being messily thrown into boxes until her sister caught sight of orange from the corner of her eye. Her mouth went slack from shock, “No.” Came the whispered disbelief.

Nearly dying and having half her torso rebuilt happened in record time, and, due to all the loud, rumbling machines in the room, had gone unobserved by her psychopathic sister. YAY, team firebird!

This whole phoenix thing had its perks. Elsie smiled down at herself, looking as though she’d not just been blown open by forbidden power. She smiled at Gobby, then shooed her away quietly. This was no place for her squishy familiar.

I ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 to see you tomorrow! I've not finished pictures 😅

Gobby's tongue flicked out to the tear as it slipped from Elsie’s cheek. She carried it reverently, dropping the magical liquid onto Elsie’s wound. Eyes flew open. A shocked gasp as fire blazed through her body w/renewed power, burning away dead skin, & rebuilding the risen phoenix within seconds.

She looked down where half her stomach used to be, cringed, and looked away. She should be dead. Eyes closed, weakness dragging her under, she heard the beat of a phoenix’s wings as a single tear slipped from her eye. Watcher, she missed Fanta. She needed him physically here.

Elsie passed out again, the potion filling the literal hole in her side had been intolerable! She woke to Gobby’s soft trills, and the vile taste of a healing potion on her lips. Okay. Between that and her own natural healing, she would be able to sit up… nope. No sitting up. Not yet.

Gobby appeared, as familiars always did when their caster was mortally wounded. A little bag dropped near, filled with potent potions that would help her get moving. Bless Gobby, especially as her familiar managed to open the bag & carry a potion directly over the huge hole in her charred side.

Okay, so maybe dying wasn’t so bad after all. It was almost preferable to the agony Elsie was currently in! The air was coated in cloying magic as her body went into shock. She tried to scream from the pain tormenting her, but no sound emerged, only choked gurgles as blood slipped from her mouth.

Then she got back to work, moving to unplug the tanks as the first order of business. Her experiments would die, and she would have to start over. But there was no time to mourn her hard work, she had to get out before more supes decided to engage. She had too much research to protect.

The explosion rocked the lab. Hedy watched with savage glee as her twin’s body launched into the air & was thrown back from the force of it. Dark, twisting magic filled the air as she savored the death of the one she once shared a womb with.

Her fiery magic went into overdrive, pushing out the volatile poisons as Hedy withdrew the dagger, but there was no time, an explosion was going to happen no matter what. So Elsie did the only thing she could think of in the moment, she wrapped that area of her body in a shield, closed her eyes…

Hedy smiled, “It will be a pleasure to watch you die this time.” No! She was not dying again, that shit hurt, and Elsie did not want a repeat!

The blade came as a surprise. Who brought a knife to a magic fight? When did the knife ever win? But it did this time, cutting through her stomach with magical and mundane poison coating its sharp edges. She gasped in shock from it, looking down as she felt the way the liquids began to boil...

Her body dissolved into flames before blinking out & reappearing behind Hedy. Her sister gasped from the shock of what she saw, reaching for something as Elsie rematerialized behind her. “I will not fight you, Hedy! I’m here to stop you, but not fight.” “Too bad, because there is no stopping me.”

“Enough!? Enough!? We’ve not even begun!” More potions came flying her way as Elsie’s body became a transparent wall of flames, letting the vials fly right through her and explode somewhere behind. She glared at her sister, “Yes. 𝗘𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵!”

The sound of scraping metal, & then a huge machine was flying towards Elsie! She dove out of the way again, even as she threw out her hands, casting magic to cushion the object from an explosion as it fell to the concrete. She jumped up as quickly as she’d thrown herself to the side. “Enough!”

Elsie stepped around the broken glass as her sister spoke, trying to maneuver her body in a way that would not cause any further damage to the kidnapped aliens. “Doubtful.” She replied, eyes wary of her unstable twin. “You have limits, you care about fracking everything, I, however, do not.”

She turned to her sister, who was pushing a table out of her way. “You may have attempted to merge your soul with Keck, and stolen power from these aliens, but you and I both know you are no match for me." “I have one advantage you do not.”

She’d crashed into a tank that exploded on impact. As Elsie shrugged out of her burned top, she checked on the body that’d fallen out of the tank. Breathing. But for how long? She needed her mom for this, but that was impossible for now.