Johnny Zest

"Thetford;13888532" wrote:

"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.

Great! My husband has an Arabic name and being married 45 years I also carry it. Knowing this really peeks my interest. I guess I should pay more attention to the back stories.

"Simslikeee;13889047" wrote:
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!

Me too!

"SimSwim2;13888468" wrote:

"LoveMcQueen5683;13886248" wrote:
Didn't he run away to become a celebrity?

Isn't that Johnny Zest in the spa day image? I wouldn't know I've never played him. He seems like a snob to me.

To me too, and much too eager to capture all the ladies. I like to play my own game. If the premade sims are getting on my nerves, I either delete them or find out something else. With Johnny Zest I let a girlsim move in with him. since that my female sims are not bothered with him anymore. LOL

I'm going to keep this bookmarked, just in case it becomes another thread with stories about the landgraabs ;)
That thread was glorious

This is interesting. I just started a legacy and my sim married Johnny Zest. However it sucks cause my sim's ex bf was Malcom Landgraab and he came to visit and Johnny doesn't even know him and he is all alone in his family tree.

I miss having back stories :/

My Johnny somehow befriended Geoffrey, or vice versa, I suppose out and about, before he joined my household. I thought that was interesting. (I'd already made Johnny's parents before I read he was a Landgraab, so I pretend Geoff and Nancy are his uncle & aunt.) He doesn't know that dastardly Cousin Malcolm, tho, and if he ever meets him, I think I'll have him tell him a thing or two. Johnny is a good sort, and was evidently disowned by the Landgraabs...for being a comic?! Malcolm is dastardly, evil, and is still on point with them?! The plum you say! I actually think Geoffrey feels it was wrong, and that's why he is trying to make up for the bad behavior of his relatives.

Another interesting thing about Johnny...he can't get a drink. I've had him order them before, but he always route fails, or drops it from the queue. Jordan, his fiancee, has ordered many of them, but he never takes them, they sit there, and someone else always grabs them. I've decided that he's a recovering alcoholic, and that he hasn't told Jordan yet. He will soon, tho, and that will solve some things about which she's been wondering. Why he is always home a bit late from work (he's in The Program), and why he has several love interests from before he met her. (They're from his drinking days.)

"Livin in Sim;13909523" wrote:
My Johnny somehow befriended Geoffrey, or vice versa, I suppose out and about, before he joined my household. I thought that was interesting. (I'd already made Johnny's parents before I read he was a Landgraab, so I pretend Geoff and Nancy are his uncle & aunt.) He doesn't know that dastardly Cousin Malcolm, tho, and if he ever meets him, I think I'll have him tell him a thing or two. Johnny is a good sort, and was evidently disowned by the Landgraabs...for being a comic?! Malcolm is dastardly, evil, and is still on point with them?! The plum you say! I actually think Geoffrey feels it was wrong, and that's why he is trying to make up for the bad behavior of his relatives.

Another interesting thing about Johnny...he can't get a drink. I've had him order them before, but he always route fails, or drops it from the queue. Jordan, his fiancee, has ordered many of them, but he never takes them, they sit there, and someone else always grabs them. I've decided that he's a recovering alcoholic, and that he hasn't told Jordan yet. He will soon, tho, and that will solve some things about which she's been wondering. Why he is always home a bit late from work (he's in The Program), and why he has several love interests from before he met her. (They're from his drinking days.)

Thats creative

Nancy is a Snob, also Ambitious, Materialistic, Business Savvy. She is the one with the Landgraab ancestry, a pretty involved back story, starting in TS2, I think. She made Geoffrey take the name. Check out the Simswiki for more details. Geoffrey is Domestic, Family Oriented, Outgoing, and Good. Malcolm is a teen, he's a snob, dastardly, and evil.

Edit: No, they're in all The Sims iterations, even SimCity has the name in some buildings, etc.

"Livin in Sim;13909729" wrote:
Nancy is a Snob, also Ambitious, Materialistic, Business Savvy. She is the one with the Landgraab ancestry, a pretty involved back story, starting in TS2, I think. She made Geoffrey take the name. Check out the Simswiki for more details. Geoffrey is Domestic, Family Oriented, Outgoing, and Good. Malcolm is a teen, he's a snob, dastardly, and evil.

Edit: No, they're in all The Sims iterations, even SimCity has the name in some buildings, etc.

I hated malcom.

"Livin in Sim;13909523" wrote:

Another interesting thing about Johnny...he can't get a drink. I've had him order them before, but he always route fails, or drops it from the queue. Jordan, his fiancee, has ordered many of them, but he never takes them, they sit there, and someone else always grabs them. I've decided that he's a recovering alcoholic, and that he hasn't told Jordan yet. He will soon, tho, and that will solve some things about which she's been wondering. Why he is always home a bit late from work (he's in The Program), and why he has several love interests from before he met her. (They're from his drinking days.)

That's interesting! :open_mouth: I love bizarre autonomous behavior like that. It's just so fun when you get to take something like that (Johnny being unable to grab a drink) and turn it into a part of the Sim's character.

I have one Sim who randomly gained a bunch of weight. I decided to play at as an effect of depression, since she has the Gloomy trait. I should play with Johnny or the Landgraabs to see if anything like that happens to them, too.