Just throwing it out there that generation four has probably been the most fun generation for me to play (so far). Maybe it's the Parenthood features deepening their characters, but they interact well! Hope you enjoy.

Last time: school projects, bear phases, Claire became an elder, Ella became a child, Arnold and Josh became teens.

In case you forgot, Josh is a teen! I wanted to reassure you all that he got a non-terrible outfit as well as haircut.

Why can’t they ever go through good phases? Like, when I was about 11, I went through a phase were I was deeply and absolutely obsessed with Doctor Who , without any sense of proportion whatsoever. I watched the show obsessively, I wrote fuckloads of fanfiction, and I talked my friends’ ears off about it. Why can’t Sim children have phases like that? Why is it always “fuck salad” or “if I can’t wear a bear costume I CRY” or “fuck parents!!!!”

See what I mean. This is not fun.

Morgan (using the “Influence to…” interaction): Clean that up, Ella!

Ella: NO!!

Morgan (using the “Force to…” interaction): Clean that up, Ella!

Ella: okay, okay…

Morgan: *smug mode*

Doin’ their homeworks because these are responsible young men~

Well I’m sorry CLAIRE, but according to this game you reach the brink of death every time you go for a run.

Britta supports her youngest child’s passion for drawing nudes.

Julian felt that Arnold getting into brawls was fine just so long as no one got hurt, which somehow boosted Arnold’s conflict resolution skills. I guess physical confrontation is a way to resolve conflict…

He had a whim to do this because of his Mean trait…

Luckily she laughed, so it must be all good.

omg Julian! This isn’t TS2; you know how to walk to the fridge.

Britta and Morgan went to this café in Windenburg’s old town!

Morgan tried to strike up a friendship with this barista as a means to raising donations for her cause… but the barista went home before Morgan could ask.

Then she tried the same strategy on this customer, but he did the same thing.

Just at that moment (thankfully), Siobhan Fyres invited them over to her place. So, Morgan thought she’d try her with her alternate universe family.

Much more successful!

omg! Who should Britta meet at the Fyres’ residence but THE FAKE MORGAN FYRES?!

Britta: Whoa, this is some weird sciency shit.

Fake Morgan: true

Back at the Coopers’ residence, Arnold has met an attractive girl his own age. Her name is Billie Jang. Unfortunately, Billie is a bit more interested in her phone than she is in Arnold.

So Arnold yelled at her.

About an hour later, they’re getting along much better and Billie’s telling Arnold about how excited she was to become a teen and throw her dolls in the bin.

And Arnold tells Billie LIES about how experienced he is in “messing around”.

Once Billie left, Arnold went in and mocked his little brother for not being popular with the ladiez in the way that Arnold clearly is.

Josh isn’t fazed.

o noes

I checked in on Ella for the first time in a few Sim-hours and found this. Guess she’s got Grandpa in her pocket!

How is this one different from how Arnold is usually?

Brotherly love.

Look who invited Arnold to skip school and “play hooky” with her!

what does “play hooky” actually mean anyway

Things seemed to be going well.

Even though Arnold could only come up with lame pick-up lines about the things Billie might find inside his undies.

BUT THEN, Arnold decided to “insult” Billie for no reason, apparently about being poor. So they had to build the conversation all the way up again from “Unpleasant Conversation” -________-;

I forced Arnold to apologise for this dick move.

Billie: Eh, okay. I’ll give you another chance. Why not?

First kiss!

Billie: By the way boy… I am very experienced in the ways of the birds and thie bees… if you know what I’m saying

They exchanged numbers (which seems stupid seeing as clearly Billie already has his number given that that’s how she invited him on this outing in the first place) and then Billie LEGGED IT! So Arnold shrugged his shoulders and went home.

Siobhan invited Morgan to her birthday party! Unfortunately I am a dunderhead so I forgot to click the option that’d let me bring anyone else to this birthday party. Siobhan seems disappointed.

Morgan is a good charity worker person and makes use of this event to fundraise. I’m sure Siobhan loves having her event be hijacked by someone asking for money from everyone.

Hey, Siobhan actually has a cake. When my legacy founder went to Cassandra Goth’s birthday party there was no cake.

No longer can anyone say, “Hey… has anyone ever actually seen Morgan Fyres and Morgan Fyres in the same room together?!”

Josh skipped school the next day because when Morgan got home at like midnight, he wasn’t tired at all, and once he finally was tired it was 5am and too late for him to actually get adequate rest. Methinks it’s gone to his head.

Morgan’s begging networking at Siobhan’s party has been well-rewarded with a promotion.

A family scene. Things aren’t looking so harmonious between the boys now.

This made me smirk.

Siobhan: Why is it always “blah blah, donate money for the cause” with you?

Morgan: No idea. btw if you quadruple your regular donation maybe I’ll stop.

Siobhan: ok!

So gullible…

Part of me is going, “Oh no, not Claire!” The other part is relieved because I need the room in the house for the next generation…

I mean, if I wanted she totally has the aspiration points for six bottles of Potion of Youth and could live another 100 days. Because that shit is crazy overpowered. I don’t really want to do that and yet I feel guilty about it :/ :/ :/

Arnold: hey nan, why are you old people all so ugly anyway?

Claire: WHY YOU LITTLE—

Dude, I hope you know that when she dies her ghost is going to target YOU for those extra-intense scarings.

Then Arnold decided to convince his little sister that monsters are real.

Luckily Ella can dish it out as well as she can take it.

Arnold: Wow you’re a lil’ B. People are NOT all robots!!

Ella: Yeah and monsters aren’t real either, bumface. What’s your point?

Ella: PLEEEEEEEASE GRANDPA CAN I HAVE SOME MONKEY BARS?!

Julian: Don’t you… already have monkeybars…?

Arnold: ew man, your outfit is so outdated. Did your grandma pick that out for you?

Josh: WHY I OUGHTA—

That’s nice. Thanks Arnold.

THEN THEY WENT TO THE GYM!

You can see that Josh is just thrilled to be here.

Unfortunately for Arnold’s cocky self, he is not exactly a pro at using a treadmill.

Arnold: Uhm, if I were you I wouldn’t get ahead of myself laughing just because I tripped on the treadmill… at least I have tons of experience with the ladies, unlike YOU, virgin loser!

Josh: uhhhh? lol ok

Then they went to the park, and Josh pulled this smecksi pose, in case any teenage girls were there. They weren’t.

This was a possible action as Arnold, clicking on Ella.

Arnold: What if the glass is neither half-empty nor half-full? What if the glass doesn’t exist at all, except as a 3D graphics asset in the coding of someone's simulation game in another dimension. What if we too are nothing more than bits of code?!

Ella *sarcastically*: Wow bro… what a reeeeeeeal good point you have made there… too bad we have no university in our world or you’d be getting a PhD for General Geniusness for sure…

He kept on trying to be mean so she just walked away. ’atta girl, Ella.

Hittin’ the club on a Saturday night!

Unfortunately, other than Candy Behr, some pregnant lady, and the DJ, no one was at the club other than these three.

Additionally, unfortunately for Billie, clearly these two got their dancing skillz from the white side of their family.

Then, Billie’s not-quite-beau Arnold started acting all snotty and rude to her. smh

I got mad at how hard it is just to track down teens to hang out with and made a Teen Hangout Club. FITE ME, GAME

I initiated a club hangout and Josh got this text. Ya… thanks Arnold.

None of the other club members turned up though. tbh if I were them I probably wouldn’t either. “wtf is this? Some dickhead I’ve never even met added me to some ‘Teen Hangout Club’? Fuck off.”

When Arnold steps out for a toilet break, Josh seizes his opportunity to establish himself as the superior brother.

Josh: Hey Billie! Have I ever told you how many girls I’ve kissed? I mean, wow, those girls just can’t get enough of kissing me. So many girls. I love kissing.

Billie: That’s nice kiddo. I like books.

Josh and Billie weren’t keen on being chased off the dance floor so Arnold could bust a lame move.

Why are you yelling about WooHoo when literally everyone on the dance floor is a teenager?! Creep!

Feeling competitive, Josh decided to challenge his big bro to a dance contest. It didn’t go that well for him.

For some reason the grown-ups (none of whom are sleepy at 1am due to the way the stupid-ass “Care For Self” function seems to work) decided that the kids’ room was a best place for a making out session.

I am not convinced that directly under the fiery glare of your porch light is the best place for stargazing, but GO FOR IT, YOU TWO

Apparently Britta thinks that calculators are dumb.

Morgan: But how will I keep track of all the charitable donations I collect without them?!

Britta: Don’t know, don’t care. BAN CALCULATORS

Honestly, I’m just amazed that she managed to maintain her career as a professional sports player at the age of 102.

Ella is NOT pleased by the sight of her grandparents kissing.

Julian too. So sad.

I forgot what Britta was angry about here. Possibly mess in the other room (close to everything in the kitchen broke in the one morning).

It’s Ella’s birthday!!

And… holy shit is she a good-looking teen.

She rolled the Clumsy trait (like Britta) to go with her pre-existing one of Geek. She also got the Joke Star aspiration.

Apparently his Empathy is now in range to get the Insensitive trait.

Guys. She is so cute! I already basically decided she’s not the heir but I’m going to have to settle her down with a nice person to live a happy life for sure.

And she’s already achieved Practical Joker of the Joke Star aspiration, too. What a champ.

So in this alternate universe where Britta never meddled in the Renegades club, these two are not only coldly indifferent to each other, but boning? smh what a messed up world they live in