Possible occult hint?
This is possibly/probably a reach, but I saw this ad on my homepage for a new year sale, didn't think much of it at first but then I noticed all the sims were references of occults or occult packs. Fi...
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"CelSims;c-18038677" wrote:"LatinaBunny;c-18035309" wrote:
Oh, whoops, lol! I think there is a misunderstanding. ? I meant, in the past, I used to see some players who love the more darker or more so-called “accurate” (usually a darker version, even when there is an old romanticized version) occults sometimes talk badly about cutesy or romantic supernaturals, and then they would complain about how, Disney/Tinkerbell/Winx/whatever and Twilight destroyed the “coolness” and “darkness” of the supernaturals. Like there is only One True Way to portray a supernatural despite those supernaturals being portrayed different in various pop culture, literature, and even folklore and in other cultures.
(Like, say, vampires. Some vampire fans were somewhat nasty about daywalkers and gentle/friendly vampires who didn’t fit the gothic, gloomy, violent or darker tones of what they consider “true” vampires, and those fans blamed Twilight despite the romanticizing of vampires happening before Twilight. Or that Disney’s Tinkerbell made fairies too cute, even though cute fairies have been one variation that has been around for quite a bit.)
That’s what I mean, and why I got defensive and misunderstood your post. It’s not about the mechanics. It’s that some folks like to talk badly about some supernatural beings. (I’ve had situations where some folks were putting down mermaids in general, before mermaids even came to the Sims 4. They’re just useless fish for some folks, etc.)
But, I do agree with you on the frustration of underbaked occults. :(
Speaking as someone who has been scathing of the cutesy version of many occults, it's not that I have an issue with them, I have an issue with them being the only possible version of that occult to create. The game makes it very easy to have a 'good' version of any sim but fights you every step of the way if you want to add a bit of spice.
I'm especially sensitive with the Fae because they're part of my heritage and my family still practice some version of interactions with them to this day. Imagine the game introducing a religion then turning it into some cartoon version of itself. The practitioners would be upset :)
Actually, many occults in Sims series were the nightmares of people in the past. However, I can't control myself to love them.
As per my knowledge:
Spellcasters / werewolves = witches hunting
Vampires = innocence people didn't know what putrefaction is
Mermaids = shipwrecks
Fairies = In some countries, they're evil
Aliens = Somethings should have happened in Roswell...
Some people are mentioning Kitsune, I also want Kitsune to be appeared in the game (I like foxes). However, according to Japanese and Chinese legends, this creature made a dynasty collapsed and affected the samurais to declare wars...
Sometimes I think, by any chance, EA does not want people to recall those misery histories, therefore they stop to introduce new occults and not going to refresh the occult packs?
