Have a Very Simmy Christmas

Well, here we are, Christmas again and time for the Brown family reunion. I wanted to show everybody all lined up to give an idea of how much had changed since the last picture, but with all these extra errands and emergencies that have come up lately I just _plum_ ran out of time.

SO! This is the best I could do. I couldn't pose them all 'cos kids always have to leave early, in this game? and one of the family members hadn't even shown up yet when the youngest member of the family was leaving, so...

But they're all having a good time and there's a Christmas tree nearby, right? Good enough!

From left to right: _Way_ over there almost hidden by the evil snowman, is Wendigo, then Herbert is smustling by the rosebush, the redheaded little boy is Betelgeuse, Julianne is the pink-haired woman talking to him, the auburn-haired woman in the chartreuse-and-purple coat is Lamia Brown, formerly the awesomely-named Lamia Queen (seriously, does that or does that not sound like something out of the D&D Monster Manual? Or whatever you 4th-edition whippersnappers are calling it these days), the red-haired smustling little girl is Callisto, the black-haired smustling woman is Evelyn, the plant-lady in the fur-trimmed coat is Charlie, the dark dude in the tux is Cube, and finally, inside the house we have Peri and Altair. Who was a baby the last time we saw him.

PHEW.

NOT PICTURED: Maxil Brown aka the Sixth Doctor (Herbert's stepfather), because he went around the other side of the house to throw snowballs, and Drax, because he WOULD NOT SHOW UP in time before the kid, Wendigo, left. So I had to leave the picture incomplete.
Also Peri and Six's cats, Rassilon and Omega, and Herbert's family's cats, Castellan and Kim. But even if I had managed to perfectly pose everybody else, they wouldn't necessarily be in the picture. You can't force cats to do ANYthing in this game, even with cheats. And I approve.

Yeah, I know, this family takes a bit of explaining, nowadays! Here's a run-down.

Peri got abucted by aliens and had Herbert. She and Six raised him. Herbert got married to Julianne, and had Altair, Betelgeuse and Callisto.

Meanwhile, Peri also briefly turned into a PlantSim, and during that time I decided to have her spawn a plantbaby. Evelyn is her plantdaughter, making Evelyn Herbert's half-sister. (And aunt to his kids, etc.) I turned Evelyn back into a humanoid, but not before _she_ spawned a plantbaby, who is Drax. Then I did the same to Drax, and he spawned Charlie. (Whom I haven't decided if I want her to have a plant-kid or not.)

Then, Evelyn married Cube to try for a kid the more old-fashioned way (hasn't happened yet) while her plant-son, Drax, married Lamia Queen and they did have a kid, Wendigo.

So basically everybody here is genetically descended from Peri in one supernatural way or another (except the ones who married in), and there's a lot of aunts, uncles, cousins and second...removed..whatever type stuff goin' on. I should probably make an illustrated family tree.

If you want the full story, click here to start from the beginning. If you have read up through last year's family portrait, click here to start from Chapter Seven.
(Er, although I haven't yet had a chance to catch up on Evelyn and Drax's branch of the family in pictures, such as when Drax married Lamia.)
This is of course assuming you're not _too_ bothered by my rambly writing. Heh.

Anyway, from Riverblossom Hills, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

...Notorious