Johnny Zest

haha well, yes, sorta. I was very worried after Kale was born. Their next woohoo put him in a lot of pain but did not result in pregnancy, so I had to wait some time before we could try for baby again for fear I would kill him. Firecrackers every single time though, so he was worth every minute of doubt and pain. ;)

It definitely is a factor not lightly disregarded. That kind of notoriety and habit can make for some great stories, especially with a legacy. Not to mention gives ample opportunity to make Grim a good friend of the household.

I love Johnny Zest! I also change his name to Zest Johnny, though. The first time I played I had that glitch where it was backwards, and I don't have it in me to call him Johnny.

Here's a few pictures of him and my sim. :)
Waiting to be seated at a nice steakhouse I downloaded from the gallery. (I wish we had actual restaurants) I ended up using the snack fridge that came with GTW so they could eat some BLT's.
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn36/rachael345343556/04-17-15_4-00nbspPM_zpsgc9c5lp7.png

Zest proposing in the most beautiful place he could think of!
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn36/rachael345343556/04-30-15_5-44nbspAM-2_zpse1chhkfm.png

Kissing in the kitchen the morning before their wedding!
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn36/rachael345343556/04-17-15_6-15nbspAM_zps3xcx6rlu.png

They've since moved out of their pink townhouse (their new house is still pink) and had a beautiful baby girl who's now a child. They also run a (pink) bakery together, and have a party with all their friends every weekend. :)

@thankucatgod He's such a hopeless romantic, isn't he? :)

I actually made him Nancy's brother (by creating Chester and Queenie Landgraab), and used him as the reason for the Nancy's branch of the Landgraabs being matrilineal, as since Johnny was Chester's only son, he feared the name would die out, essentially forcing Geoffrey to take Nancy's name. I have also given them another daughter, be she married a Worthington (whose sister in turn will become a Crumplebottom, linking all the old money families together).

I'll likely end up doing something similar to the Caliente's, by having Katrina use that name as the one she adopted for her ill fated music career Hispanic persona, shunning her actual Arabic heritage (when she was known as Nighat), hence her marriage to Flamenco (which her shallowness caused their divorce), plus it is implied in both games she is not a natural redhead, and instilled her values in her daughters (Dina using men to get what she wants, while Nina feels she doesn't have to work for what she wants).

"Thetford;13888230" wrote:
I actually made him Nancy's brother (by creating Chester and Queenie Landgraab), and used him as the reason for the Nancy's branch of the Landgraabs being matrilineal, as since Johnny was Chester's only son, he feared the name would die out, essentially forcing Geoffrey to take Nancy's name. I have also given them another daughter, be she married a Worthington (whose sister in turn will become a Crumplebottom, linking all the old money families together).

I'll likely end up doing something similar to the Caliente's, by having Katrina use that name as the one she adopted for her ill fated music career Hispanic persona, shunning her actual Arabic heritage (when she was known as Nighat), hence her marriage to Flamenco (which her shallowness caused their divorce), plus it is implied in both games she is not a natural redhead, and instilled her values in her daughters (Dina using men to get what she wants, while Nina feels she doesn't have to work for what she wants).

Love this story. You have a wonderful imagination. Just curious, how did you come up with the Arabic connection. The reason I ask is that is my husband's heritage IRL>

"jimmysnan;13888462" wrote:

"Thetford;13888230" wrote:
I actually made him Nancy's brother (by creating Chester and Queenie Landgraab), and used him as the reason for the Nancy's branch of the Landgraabs being matrilineal, as since Johnny was Chester's only son, he feared the name would die out, essentially forcing Geoffrey to take Nancy's name. I have also given them another daughter, be she married a Worthington (whose sister in turn will become a Crumplebottom, linking all the old money families together).

I'll likely end up doing something similar to the Caliente's, by having Katrina use that name as the one she adopted for her ill fated music career Hispanic persona, shunning her actual Arabic heritage (when she was known as Nighat), hence her marriage to Flamenco (which her shallowness caused their divorce), plus it is implied in both games she is not a natural redhead, and instilled her values in her daughters (Dina using men to get what she wants, while Nina feels she doesn't have to work for what she wants).

Love this story. You have a wonderful imagination. Just curious, how did you come up with the Arabic connection. The reason I ask is that is my husband's heritage IRL>

In The Sims 2, Dina and Nina's mother is called Nighat, and maiden name is Al Mahmoud, and is the daughter of Tariq and Benazir. Nighat is genetically blonde - which after a Google search, I found that blonde haired Arabic people do exist, but has red hair in photos (suggesting she dyed it), while Katrina has brownish blonde eyebrows while having red hair, which is something Maxis has used to suggest sims with dyed hair in TS3 and TS4.

"Thetford;13888230" wrote:
I actually made him Nancy's brother (by creating Chester and Queenie Landgraab), and used him as the reason for the Nancy's branch of the Landgraabs being matrilineal, as since Johnny was Chester's only son, he feared the name would die out, essentially forcing Geoffrey to take Nancy's name. I have also given them another daughter, be she married a Worthington (whose sister in turn will become a Crumplebottom, linking all the old money families together).

I'll likely end up doing something similar to the Caliente's, by having Katrina use that name as the one she adopted for her ill fated music career Hispanic persona, shunning her actual Arabic heritage (when she was known as Nighat), hence her marriage to Flamenco (which her shallowness caused their divorce), plus it is implied in both games she is not a natural redhead, and instilled her values in her daughters (Dina using men to get what she wants, while Nina feels she doesn't have to work for what she wants).

I love this story.

That is a very interesting back story for Johnny. I've never run across it. (I've played Sims since the beginning, but got into it most as more detailed building was incorporated, CAW, etc.)

I first noticed Johnny when James, The Sim Supply's, first Sims 4 LP character, Aluna, met him and got married. I recently started out a young entertainer Sim, Jordan, in the same neighborhood. Johnny was at the door first thing with fruitcake, and they quite easily became friends. He came over faithfully, but not stalker-ishly, and established himself as a good sort by cleaning up, doing little thoughtful things autonomously, etc. I don't know if the fact that they were coworkers helped, but it required fairly little effort on my part for the friendship to zoom up and stay there. They don't have any common traits--she's Perfectionist, Cheerful, Music Lover and a Muser; he's Gregarious, Ambitious, Goofball and Outgoing. She's a musician and he's a comic.

She had almost friend zoned him due to his rather odd fashion sense and unflattering hairstyle, but we gave him a makeover in those areas. He still dresses a bit flamboyantly, Jordan just had to teach him snazzy versus tacky. He rolled a wish to buy athletic equipment. Next thing you know, a romantic interaction popped up in the menu, and there's been no stopping them since. The "Ask To Move In" option popped up continually, so we gave in, since he'd gotten quite dishy with the new hairstyle and physique. He gets promoted pretty easily. They hadn't yet woohooed, but we remedied that. (Turns out, tho, you can't woohoo in a tent in Sylvan Glade, so they had to come home.) Life went by a while quite smoothly. Of course, then they rolled the Get Married, and Propose Whims. So when they both wanted to go on vacation to Granite Falls, he popped out the ring over breakfast at the cabin. And there you have it.

I had to do his parents in CAS for the upcoming wedding, used genetics, and his dad does look a bit like Geoffrey, come to think of it. Johnny is friends with Geoffrey, evidently autonomously. OMG, picturing his mom now, she's dead on for Nancy. I guess she'll be Nancy's sister in my head. Yikes, not sure how that will go. And that dastardly cousin Malcolm, oh dear. Nothing like discovering your Sim's fiancee is related to folks whom you never would have thought!

I've never really payed much attention to or played Johnny Zest. I haven't played any premades actually. He sounds intriguing though, think I'll have to give it a try!