Okay, so I built Beanie’s and CCRP in the Sims 4 as yet another way to procrastinate writing the next chapter of my fic (which I am still working on, I have over 6,500 words for chapter 2 and it’s nowhere near done…). I did my best to get the layout to fit the staging, and I included as many little references as I could think of.
A list of all the references (that I can remember), alphabetised. Mostly for myself, but also in case anyone cares!
Beanie’s
Books on the coffee table - I imagine this is where Pete was studying.
Satisfied Squirrel Hot Chocolate Kit - references both Peanuts the Hatchetfield Pocket Squirrel and Pete Spankoffski (Hot Chocolate Boy).
Wallpaper (Retro Color Blocks) - looks a little bit like the squares used as the backdrop which were lit green for Beanie’s.
(I also put a university notebook in the break room, that is perhaps Emma’s)
CCRP
Labs
Cloning Machine - the making of the Pauls.
Corbut - geode, perhaps taken from the meteor.
Electroflux Wormhole Generator - an inter-dimensional doorway, maybe it will take you to the Black and White?
Invention Convention and Robotics Workstation - everything you need to build Android Emma.
Posters - aliens arriving and a suspicious singular eye on a purple background.
Test Tube Room - there are 5 giant test tubes in the labs, the first four contain (in chronological order of appearance) Pokey, Wiggly, Blinky and Tinky (Nibbly is absent because I have yet to watch Honey Queen) with Webby watching over her brothers from the corner of the room.
TechOffice
Bill’s Desk - Photos of Alice as a toddler, a child and a teen (a nightmare to both take and place).
Charlotte’s Desk - Freezer Bunny Snow Globe to reference JLB’s recent Easter video, and a duck feather for Firebringer since only Jaime and Lauren had characters who worshipped the duck (Grunt wasn’t part of the tribe til after).
Entrance - the actors seem to use Stage Right as the “door” to the office, so the entrance had to fit that.
Geometric Honeycomb carpet - the Hive.
Melissa’s Desk - Melissa enters Stage Left, so her desk had to line up, Llamacorns Team Photo is for the company softball league.
Mr Davidson’s Office - had to be Stage Right, globe because CCRP is an international corporation.
Paul’s Desk - Photo of him and Emma, Most Loyal Employee Award because Paul is shown to be very loyal, but also this is possibly the reason why they chose to clone him, Emily Snow Globe for the Emma-Emily line, and The Reaper Snow Globe for Jon’s attempt at Love Never Dies. Also a bi flag because Paul is bi.
Ted’s Office - Ted pops out as Paul goes to leave, so his office is on the way out, Mysterious Time Capsule and Future Cube are only fitting for Time Bastard, Gonk figurine for Grunt in Firebringer.
(They all have “printers” by their desks in different colours because Paul mentions that Bill’s is HP laser jet where his is HP inkjet.)
TopFloor
Sylvia’s desk
(Also in the front entrance, there is a Stock Ticker to reference “I hire you Pauls to keep our stocks high”)
Okay, so I built Beanie’s and CCRP in the Sims 4 as yet another way to procrastinate writing the next chapter of my fic (which I am still working on, I have over 6,500 words for chapter 2 and it’s nowhere near done…). I did my best to get the layout to fit the staging, and I included as many little references as I could think of.
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Emma Perkins & Jane Perkins, Tom Houston/Jane Perkins, Paul Matthews/Emma Perkins, Tim Houston & Tom Houston, Tim Houston & Emma Perkins, Tom Houston & Emma Perkins, Tim Houston & Paul Matthews, Becky Barnes/Tom Houston, Tim Houston & Jane Perkins
Characters: Jane Perkins, Emma Perkins, Tim Houston, Tom Houston, Paul Matthews, Becky Barnes (Black Friday), Douglas “Duke” Keane
Additional Tags: First chapter is Jane-centric, Angst, well well well if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions, Nightmare Time Episode 5: Jane’s a Car, Takes place just after that episode, Basically that episode left me with so many questions, Mostly just ‘what the fuck?’ over and over again, But oddly enough my biggest question was how would Jane react to Emma’s return. Autistic Paul Matthews, Because would I really be me if my fic didn’t have an autistic character?
Summary: Jane looked to the Peanuts clock on Tim’s bedside table. Who on earth would be knocking on the front door at 2am? She wondered, slipping out of Tim’s room. When she pried open the door, it was to see a couple of police officers and a shaggy-haired man stood in front of the door. She felt her breath shorten, a wave of familiarity washing over her. She’d been here before.
In which Jane learns of the consequences of her actions.
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Emma Perkins & Jane Perkins, Tom Houston/Jane Perkins, Paul Matthews/Emma Perkins, Tim Houston & Tom Houston, Tim Houston & Emma Perkins, Tom Houston & Emma Perkins, Tim Houston & Paul Matthews, Becky Barnes/Tom Houston, Tim Houston & Jane Perkins
Characters: Jane Perkins, Emma Perkins, Tim Houston, Tom Houston, Paul Matthews, Becky Barnes (Black Friday), Douglas “Duke” Keane, Bill Woodward, Alice Woodward, Charlotte (The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals)
New Tags: Second chapter is Emma-centric, And has a lot of Paulkins, Paul and Emma are bi4bi
Chapter Summary: Emma tugged at Paul’s hand, pulling him through to the dining room. Paul sat on the edge of the dining table.
‘I know when we talked about kids, we said we’d wait a couple of years until we were more settled, but —‘
‘Emma.’ Paul spoke without hesitation, his voice gentle, but firm. He grasped her arms lightly and pulled her in between his legs. He leaned forward to rest his forehead against hers. ‘Of course we’re going to take Tim in.’
obsessed with the totally hypothetical idea of the NPMD set having a lot of doors and staircases, the whole set being in black and white, and the lighting on ghosts being like the lighting on Qui-Gon in Ani
