The McTavishams

17 October 2018 @ 03:45 pm

The McTavishams; A Chronicled Legacy Story

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Meet the McTavishams; a family built by their strong founding matron Aislynn when she was forced to leave her life behind her and begin anew in the Covena Isles off the coast of Edamonella. This story is fictional, and is an alphabet legacy challenge, which began on The Sims Resource, with the direct link here. The story is no longer updated at TSR, but the older posts still remain there, if you choose to read them.

Below you will find the links to the individual generations, synopses, five most recent chapters, FAQs and other tidbits. You can also navigate to them by clicking on the links above.

PLEASE TAKE WARNING: THIS STORY IS RATED R

This story is written for a mature audience. Some of the following story may be graphic in violence and/or sexual content, and may not be suitable for minors. If you are easily affected by these two things, leave now, or forever hold your peace. Thank you.

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	Chapter Lists
Generation 1; Aislynn	Generation 2; Braeden	Generation 3; Claire

	Or: Search tags by chapter #

Most Recent Chapters	Synopses	Fun Stuff
G03:Ch44: Protect Her...	First \| Second	Family Tree \| Flickr
G03:Ch45: In My Arms...		Twitter \| Tumblr \| Q&A
G03:Ch46: PURE. LUCK.	Character Studies	Spanish Lullaby
G03:Ch47: I Live in Dreams...	Christiana \| Claire \| Colton
	Carlos \| Maritza \| More...

01.24.11 -- The McTavisham Family Tree - Please be warned; if you are reading archived entries, this family tree may contain spoilers.

Tags: !**disclaimer, !**tableofcontents

05 April 2012 @ 01:04 am

Wait... WHAT??!

OMG! ::flails:: I HAVE GOOD NEWS!!!
( In which I get really REALLY wordy... )

Tags: !nonpost

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25 March 2012 @ 06:57 pm

Teaser...? TEASER!!!

I think it's time... don't you? xP

Thanks for all the wonderful and supportive responses last entry. I wish I could group hug you all. <3

Why prolong it?
( I know you're all dying for a sneak-peek... )

Tags: !spanishlullaby, !teaser

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02 March 2012 @ 01:44 am

New Layout - and a couple RL things...

Hey Everybody! ::waves:: ::jumps up and down:: ::waves some more::

Oh GAWD how I've missed everyone...! Every single one of you. But before I get all mushy on you, first things first:

New layout! I've been working on it for about two weeks give or take, putting all the CSS together (and taking apart the codes from the one I had before to keep what I liked about it... *coughLACEYBACKGROUNDcough*) Anyway, you'll probably have noticed the big empty gray space at the top (with the "please forgive our dust" quip). I am planning on hauling out my "welcome mat" entry and putting the essentials up in that gray area. Soooo, that's going to take a bit to file it down and make it nice and organized. So if you happen to chance by here and things look a little funk-i-fied, pay no attention to this woman behind the curtain...she knows not what she does! ;)

So that's that. On to the next?

This one may need a warning or two, it's a heavy subject matter.

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11 February 2012 @ 08:47 pm

La Isla Bonita...

Okay so I'll admit I'm a total "GLEE-K" and I watch the show every week. This past episode featured Ricky Martin - whom I had all but forgotten from my middle school fan-girl stage - and they had a ton of awesome Latin music which made me really happy. Well, what to my wondering "ears" should appear, but the absolute PERFECT song, with my story's title RIGHT IN THE LYRICS?!! Omg. I flailed. My dad didn't even know why. (I was over there, doing laundry for free, because we're broke and the washers here are $1.50 for a small load. No thank you.)

So I thought I'd share. xD

Let me know if for some reason it doesn't work and I'll try to fix it.

Update on SL Chapter 10:
It is on it's way. I have no pictures yet, nor do I even have the scenes set up / buildings built. But it's slowly but surely plodding along. I'm under so much pressure at work and with what's going on at home, I'm just ready to cry and/or fall into bed every night with absolutely no gumption for sitting down and working on this. But it's really starting to itch at me, which means it won't be long before I do...and it will most likely be like "OMGWRITEALLTHERESTOFTHECHAPTERSNOWWWWW." So...I promise I'm not abandoning it. <3 I love you all!!

Tags: !bonus, !nonpost, !spanishlullaby

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02 January 2012 @ 12:22 pm

New Years Sims Revolutions!! - inspired by SimTopi

I don't think I did this last year, but would like to start.

simtopi's resolutions have inspired me to make some of my own. So, here we go!

1) Finish Spanish Lullaby - shouldn't be too hard; based on my outline I have only about three or four chapters to go!
2) Spend more time building up the city of Edanomella - I began changing over the look of Edanomella after I found that using the neighborhood terrain of Belladona Cove was near to impossible with all of its hills. Here is a look at what they used to look like (http://the-mctavishams.livejournal.com/33599.html). I'll post pictures of what their downtown looks like now. A lot has been featured in SL, as well.
3) Read more; comment more - I seem to have the worst problem in that I hardly ever comment. I get nervous that what I say is going to sound stupid, or just a repeat of what everyone else has said before me, so I clam up and just lurk instead. And I need to stop it. So my goal is to be more interactive (when schedules permit).
4) Finish Devyn's story and begin on Donovan's - and no, I won't embellish what this means ;)
5) Do more with my simblr - self-explanatory. I also need to make it more sims related, lol. Feel free to add me on yours if you want!!

The previously mentioned family issues are starting to subside...somewhat. There are still bad days...but for the most part, now that the holidays are over with, I may just have some more time for writing...which makes me incredibly happy :)

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31 December 2011 @ 04:05 pm

Ignorant Fish - An Independent Chapter

Happy New Year everyone!!! This is a small chapter written for the McT's - a few years ahead of where we left off. Devyn and Donovan are almost five, and Danielle is three. No pictures this time, but there will be next time!

Warnings: Ignorance, poor social conduct, and improper terminology for people with a hearing disability.

Claire couldn’t believe her ears. Her heart was thrumming loudly, drowning out the sound. She could feel her cheeks flaming scarlet; felt it spreading down her neck and across her collarbones. It took all of her strength to control her composure. Her knuckles shown white where she gripped the handle of the chair she was seated in.

“Mrs. McTavisham?” the devil-incarnate woman asked in front of her, seated primly in her high backed swivel chair, her hands splayed across the papers that were spread out on her overly-clean desk. Claire envisioned pouncing over the desk and kicking the lady in her sour, wrinkled mouth.

She couldn’t believe she’d ever considered Autumn Lane as a school for her children. The walls – which had gleamed white and inviting just an hour before – might as well have been covered with grime and dirt. She didn’t want to look at them.

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Tags: !bonus, gen03

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17 December 2011 @ 10:19 am

Tis the season to freak out...

Fa lala lala lala la la!!

So it's the weekend before Christmas,
And all through the house,
Not a sound can be heard,
But the click of a mouse.

The stockings are hung
By the bookcase with care,
Not knowing what's happ'ning
When two cats wait there.

The tree is a-trimmed
With bulbs halfway down
To deter kitten fantasies
Of messing around

And not a cookie is baked,
Nor a present wrapped,
For me, in my slippers,
Would much rather nap.

There are baskets to make,
And ornaments, too,
And you'd think I'd be happy
With all of the hot glue,

But instead I am sitting here
Watching the snow,
Monit'ring the cats
And telling them "NO!"

But I have one more week,
And that should be enough
I'll just stop sleeping...
Yeah, that won't be tough...

Perhaps I should move
And get started on things.
Let my fingers be nimble -
And my feet have wings!

Wish me luck with my projects,
And good tidings you keep.
Merry Christmas to all -
And to all a good week!!

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02 December 2011 @ 08:25 pm

Fuzzies!!!

Because I'm always behind the times, I thought I'd post this here in case there are others (please say there are others!) who didn't know that the annual Warm Fuzzies Holiday Meme is up at

allthingsimlish :) I've been distributing Christmas cheer to those already on there xD I love the holidays!!

On a totally separate note, I'm sure all of you know by now that December is usually a veryyyyyy busy month for me, since I tend to make a lot of my own crafts and things for Christmas (cause I'm broke!) so I doubt I will have time to post what I have (almost) ready. But we'll see. >_> I won't tell you what it is so that I don't spoil it... in case I end up having more free time than I'm anticipating. >_<

<3 McT's

**WORK IN PROGRESS!!! PLEASE FORGIVE OUR DUST!**

WORK IN PROGRESS!!! PLEASE FORGIVE OUR DUST!