Unloved: A Sims Story by orenjiAi

"mercuryfoam;c-17682071" wrote:
How'd he build a hut though? Has that much time passed?

Lol I knew someone would point out the plot holes eventually! Thanks @mercuryfoam for the questions! But I wanted to answer some of them coz I get to share my creative process :D

Fun fact, Unloved 4 (Encounter) was supposed to be the original Ep3 (hence why it came out waayyy faster than the published Ep3 "Good News") but it had this massive plot hole of Adriel travelling to Capeside and building his home in an unbelievably short time. I originally penned a filler episode where Elia tries to explore the chateau in the storm (picking up from Ep2)--an artifact of which can still be read on this line:

"orenjiAi;c-17680970" wrote:

“That house is haunted I tell you! Besides, I don’t have anything else to do there. The rooms are locked, the TV reception’s bad, and I’m still figuring out how to use this thing you gave me.” Elia said as she brandished her phone.

But I scrapped it in favor of Robert's flashback. Which I believe is better since now, 1) it would make more sense to the reader why he's so uptight and 2) it serves as a premise for the Whittaker kid's introduction down the plot.

To answer the time problem, (since I'm not gonna be writing in the answers in an episode anyway), Elia has been at Capeside for give-or-take 3 days already before the village tour episode (lemme check: her first day being the morning after adoption, second is the scrapped house exploration; and another too mundane to write). Adriel arrived* at Capeside on the morning of the 3rd day which gives him just "enough" time to upset Robert with this hut. There are actually two things "wrong" with the house.

The satellite dish. Most preservation rules do not allow modern utilities like this to be visible, and

The color. From my architectural background and very light research, without considering geographical location, saltbox homes actually pre-date the Neoclassical style of the chateau. So its presence is not against any guidelines by the National Historic Commission. It had already been long built (NOT as old as everything else though) even before Adriel moved in. Adriel began repainting the tiny house's exterior but only managed the primer coat (white) because of the rains. When Robert sees the house, he does not know it's unfinished but he does know that white paint was uncommon for houses then--especially for some poor fisherman's shack. Adriel, observing the good weather, was actually at the back preparing to paint again (that's also why he had his shirt off) when he heard the front door slam open. How Adriel got access to these resources is planned to be explained in the next episode.

*no spoilers please

P.S. I call them "episodes" (instead of chapters) because the details in the visuals actually form part of the story very much like a movie's. Watch out for more of them in the next ?