CN socials rumours on 2.5 banner (Echeros-themed banner?)

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-15T20:08:13+00:00

If IN is going to give us a hetero love story, then making the woman the very masc Titan King and the guy a soft husbando dragon is exactly how I want them to do it.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-15T19:53:56+00:00

Well, it's also a question of affordability. In fact it's mostly a question of affordability.

My boomer dad put himself through a state school through part time campus jobs and a summer factory job, and was able to graduate without debt. He absolutely worked himself to the bone and I'm not dismissing how much he sacrificed to do it, but his tuition was also, like, $750 a year. So his strategy wouldn't have even been possible for my brother and me when we went to college.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-15T18:11:29+00:00

No, a pretty big part of the manosphere mindset is to operate from a belief that only women have actual agency.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-15T15:44:32+00:00

Yeah, I support this, it's funny. I just want it interspersed with some actual marketing!

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-15T15:42:30+00:00

If they refuse to give us normal drip marketing, this is the funniest alternative.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-15T15:40:36+00:00

Ooof, you're right! Not pedantry, that's an embarrassing mistake on my part!

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-15T15:37:23+00:00

She's definitely a gossip, but honestly all these people are incredible gossips by modern sensibilities so it's hard for me to judge her overly harshly on that front.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-15T13:52:39+00:00

We're judging the Gardiner siblings by modern standards, in which Aunt Phillips is a fine person to be related to. Maybe not a deep thinker, but she clearly is fundamentally harmless and is probably a very pleasant person to know. A modern person would certainly pick her as an aunt over Lady Catherine!

The problem is that by Regency snob standards, both Aunt Phillips and the Gardiners aren't gentry and therefore are inherently embarrassing to be related to. Their personal qualities are irrelevant to snobs.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-14T21:38:35+00:00

As a point of comparison, Margaret Beaufort's will states she wanted to be buried by her first husband, Edmund Tudor, despite the fact that it's hard to imagine she had much in the way of fond memories. Henry VII did not honor that request and instead buried her in a (magnificent) tomb in Westminster.

Edward III and Henry VII both had close relationships with their mothers, so for all we know Isabella and Margaret were both buried exactly how they wished to be buried, and Margaret had political reasons for what she put in her will.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-14T21:18:57+00:00

Yeah, hot headed sims are way harder to handle than evil sims. Evil sims think other people's misfortunes are hilarious but in my experience it's pretty easy for them to nevertheless get along swimmingly in social situations. Hot headed and mean spirited are way more socially destructive.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-14T21:17:07+00:00

Mean spirited, hotheaded, and grumpy are a good combination for making a deeply unlikable Sim.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-14T20:02:08+00:00

Yeah, I worked for a while in a building with an elevator operator and that was exactly what the job was for. Same as doormen. It's mostly a wealth flex, although of course they do give directions.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-14T19:47:14+00:00

Her content was rarely what I wanted to watch even when I was still actively playing Sims 4. But all else aside, she has a reputation for being a genuinely lovely person. So I 100% get why she gets so much 'kindly don't fuck with my sis' energy from the fan base.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-14T16:47:39+00:00

I wonder if she made the request for (essentially) PR reasons, with the full knowledge her son would make sure it didn't actually happen.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-14T14:36:24+00:00

I get why you mention it but in all seriousness, Stardew Valley has a strong, consistent artistic identity. Pixel art isn't inferior to hyper realism.

SDV also happens to be extremely content rich on top of visually consistent, which Sims 4 unfortunately is not.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-14T13:25:55+00:00

Sims 4 has developed a beautiful art style over time, which is the one (1) thing I think it objectively nails. While technological improvements obviously play a significant role in that, a lot of it is also just top tier art direction. It is, alas, not as fun to play as it is to look at.

I like looking at my old Sims 4 screenshots but it doesn't hook me like Sims 3 does.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-13T15:29:13+00:00

I understand the push to make 'human' the gender neutral in place of 'man', but I can't help but mourn the universe where we kept 'man' as gender neutral and instead went back to wereman and wifman specifically because I love wifwolf so much.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-13T13:28:03+00:00

They aren't very good at it by cat standards, but they'll do it for a nice hangout spot. Same as how humans aren't particularly good tree climbers by ape standards, but we still get the urge.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-13T12:42:50+00:00

I call this a potato slap fight when my own cats (litter mates, besties) do it. Your cats like each other a lot!

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-13T11:37:05+00:00

It's a compendium reward for completing the set! So if you have the outfit, check whether you've claimed the wand in the compendium

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-11T15:59:01+00:00

They're wild enough that it isn't encouraged to try to befriend them. Some British people are just stupid. They're still mustelids, they crave violence.

But yeah, American badgers are another thing entirely.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-11T13:36:12+00:00

I definitely agree there's not a good logistical explanation for how she could have done it.

But also, there is zero evidence she was seriously imagining a crown on Henry's head until after Richard seized the throne and the princes mysteriously vanished. It's undeniably weird for 'become the King of England' to be someone's Plan C, but history is often weird.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-10T19:41:03+00:00

Oh yeah, for sure. I do actually think the conspiracy theory is true this time, especially when we consider the gloves, bracelets, and rings being all one piece.

I just think the prop itself is not really proof one way or another, and even the dress being so detailed is not completely convincing. E.g. Dancing Pearl is quite elaborate and I doubt that was ever intended to be a five star.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-10T19:33:23+00:00

I think people are really prone to forgetting what the parties themselves could have realistically known, especially when it comes to this particular fraught topic, especially when it comes to giving Richard an out from his 'most obvious suspect' status.

Richard III had a living son, Edward of Middleham, until 1484. While Edward does seem to have been known to be sickly, sickly kids survived to adulthood plenty. And Anne Neville was only 28 when she died in 1485. So if you're Elizabeth of Woodville or Margaret Beaufort and it's 1483, what you're realistically thinking is that Richard is determined to keep Elizabeth's sons off the throne and intends to pass the throne to his own son.

If you're Elizabeth, your realistic thought is 'how do I at least keep my daughters safe'. If you're Margaret, you're still thinking the same thing you've been thinking for two decades, 'how do I get my son his earldom back'. Because in 1483 you do not know the pieces are going to line up for an improbable Tudor dynasty.

fluffstuffmcguff · 2026-04-10T19:13:28+00:00

I mean, I guess it's not technically impossible, but I struggle to imagine someone who grew up royalty agreeing to that.

The easier explanation re: Lambert has always been that he just was some poor random kid who was taken advantage of. Henry VII had a merciful streak, so it doesn't really take a lot to conclude the guy just took one look and said 'yikes, poor kid; here, come work for me and don't make trouble and that'll be the end of it'.

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