The Bella Goth Scandal
Have you noticed that Bella Goth is a young adult? Her oldest daughter, Cassandra, is a teenager. So, how old was Bella when she had Cassandra?
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I think the big problem is just that they did not make the life stages line up in terms of number of years each stage represents. For example, a toddler goes from 1-5 in one week, but by that math the sim is pregnant for 2 years and then the baby is an infant for 2 years. Similarly, the YA and Adult stages line up so that if one week equals four years they're aging to elder at about 50.
So I extend most of my sims' YA and Adult stages using potions of youth to make them age up to Adult at about 45 years old and to elder in their late 60s. By that math, Bella could have a 13 year old daughter and be in the later half of the YA stage. I usually age her up early so it does feel like she was not at the beginning of young adulthood when the game started.
Also I have a story for it in my game. I decided that she ran away from an unpleasant childhood in a spellcasting family at 18. She gave up magic so they'd have a harder time finding her, except for one last love potion. She found a wealthy man who seemed nice enough and gave him the potion, then got pregnant quick so he'd be trapped before it wore off. So she was about 19 when Cass was born.
I just have trouble seeing Bella as a victim to anyone. Also this gives me an explanation for why she knows about magic but doesn't have any in my game.
So I extend most of my sims' YA and Adult stages using potions of youth to make them age up to Adult at about 45 years old and to elder in their late 60s. By that math, Bella could have a 13 year old daughter and be in the later half of the YA stage. I usually age her up early so it does feel like she was not at the beginning of young adulthood when the game started.
Also I have a story for it in my game. I decided that she ran away from an unpleasant childhood in a spellcasting family at 18. She gave up magic so they'd have a harder time finding her, except for one last love potion. She found a wealthy man who seemed nice enough and gave him the potion, then got pregnant quick so he'd be trapped before it wore off. So she was about 19 when Cass was born.
I just have trouble seeing Bella as a victim to anyone. Also this gives me an explanation for why she knows about magic but doesn't have any in my game.
