Charisma and Cottage Living

Is everyone else's charisma through the roof?

It just occurred to me that while friendliness is always helpful in the Sims, it's pretty much a key aspect of everything in this pack. You have to befriend your chickens. You have to befriend the cows and llamas. You have to befriend the wild birds. You have to befriend the rabbits. You have to befriend the foxes. You have to befriend the villagers to complete many of the errands.

You have to befriend the bees and Patchy if you use them; although they aren't technically part of this pack, it's hard for me to imagine playing this pack without one or both of them.

I'm curious whether anyone's come up with any interesting gameplay ideas based on that. I mean, for example, I would think a Loner sim would find it *very* uncomfortable to be in this world. (Although, does anyone know whether interacting with the animals gives Loner sims that uncomfortable moodlet? If not, you could definitely play as a misanthrope who keeps their social needs high by talking only to the animals. (Which is basically what I imagine the Creature Keeper is!)