Paranormal Stuff Item Description speculation

"Reedfish;d-986449" wrote:
I got the new pack today, and naturally started scouring the CAS item descriptions for any possible hints:

1) More references to love and romance, with Guidry being a 'serial romantic' and 'beloved flirt' in life apparently, and some hint that another ghost who was his love interest in life is now following him around. A sofa is described as mystically having followed it's dead owner to the graveyard they ended up in, and the last line in the description is 'that's true love'. And there's a lamp, I think, which is described as having a bad streak, and it 'may run away with your candleabra'. I really think Romance is going to be the next Expansion Pack or Game Pack. And if it's set in Paris, that might explain the food tweets the devs have been putting out too - new cuisine? The ability to make romantic meals for someone? The Porc Du Jour item they tweeted about a few months ago had a lot of hints to restaurants (and Frenchness), but it's hard to see what they could do that wouldn't recreate or rely on Dine Out.

2) The bird statue, which I was scratching my head about because it didn't seem paranormal at all, is indeed a falcon. I wondered, wildly, if it might be a reference to the Maltese Falcon and heists, but the item description says Guidry got it on his 'world adventures'. The falcon is a big deal in Egyptian mythology, and I know the Sims had an Egypt-inspired world in World Adventures before. Possibly a new vacation coming up? The palm tree hints at somewhere exotic too, and thinking of that the leaf patterns on some of the new clothes look a little tropical too.

3) Partly related to the above point, the two new vases are called 'botanicals', which seems like a very specific word to use. Maybe they're going to do something new with plants - either farming (which doesn't have to be just Western or food crops), or possibly the Costa Rican rainforest world they mentioned in a survey a year or two ago? Which would also make sense with the tropical-seeming plants above.

I love to speculate. Anyone else have any thoughts?

They have definitely been hinting hard at romance in item descriptions imo. Even Snowy Escape had a TON of romance references in item descriptions. I definitely think something romance-themed this year is likely.

I also feel that Horus the Falcon/the palm could certainly be a slight nod to an upcoming (and LONG overdue) African world in the Sims 4.

One thing I'd like to add is a potential nod to a Scottish Highlands world. At the top left of the new cluttery wall art item, there is what appears to be a Celtic-themed plate and a photo of what could possibly be an old Highlands manor or castle situated on a moor. The other destination photos in the collection seem to be of Selvedorada, a world already in the game. This contrast makes me think the Highlands will be coming at some point, especially when you consider that we had them listed in a survey about a year ago.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50879044848_f99b0b1458.jpg01-26-21_3-35-30 PM by Sappy Sifaka, on Flickr

Even more interestingly, the third swatch of this item turns all of the photos/objects black and white EXCEPT for the plate, the photo of the manor house, and the photo of the sun, star, and moon. AKA all of the unambiguous items are black and white, while the more ambiguous ones are left colored.

To me, the sun, star, and moon item could be interpreted as a hint at werewolves, as they're bound to live by the day/night cycle. Add it all up, and I'd speculate that this item/swatch could point towards a pack set in the Scottish Highlands that includes werewolves. I think the themes would work very well together. But who knows :#