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In this run of The Sims 4, I make it my absolute goal to get my sim to become friends with Baby Ariel, and to hopefully marry and start a family with her. Since Baby Ariel's name is from a real-life person, I simply chose to change her name to Ashley Ward. I even added in a bit of plot suggesting that Ashley was Judith's secret love child that she has kept her eyes on since birth since Baby Ariel is ALWAYS seen at Judith's park, Ward Park. There have even been times where I have seen Judith spying on Baby(Ashley) at the Park, but never really interacting with her(when my sim eventually got married to Ashley, her relationship bar with Judith was in the red), but I don't think they usually get along with one another.
Anyways, in order to become friends with Baby Ariel, you have to "attempt an introduction". This can be either a hit or miss if your sim is at a lower celebrity level than the NPC. I started my sim as a Rising Star, and since Baby is a Proper Celebrity, I was WAY out of her league. I gave it a shot though, and Baby accepted the introduction on my first try(very lucky). After that, the celebrity limits conversations with lower-tiered celebs/normal-controlled sims drastically. That means that your dialogue is short, simple, and awkward, and it can't be continued upon to grow your friendship. Due to this, it's very easy for the celebrity NPC to get tired of a conversation, thus losing you friendship points when it's already hard enough to gain them in the first place. Though this is true, a celebrity sim, at times, can grow an interest in your sim for whatever reason, and they eventually accept you as a friend(or a human being, for that matter), and you can continue on normal conversations like any other sim.
I eventually got there with Ashley, BUT, as we all know, Baby isn't your ordinary sim. She comes with a TON of quirks. For one, you can NOT travel with her anywhere outside of Judith Park. 2, if you go on a date with her, the date ends almost immediately. And 3, it is very hard to learn her schedule on what time she arrives at Judith Park, and once you become friends with her, you CANNOT interact with her or invite her anywhere via phone because she will NOT show up in your contacts list.
I had to deal with all of this even once they started courting one another, with times where my sim would get the mood just right, and Ashley would just drop everything and walk off and leave the lot out of nowhere, or it would be impossible for them to interact like a couple should(snuggling, kissing...gushy stuff like that). I wasn't going to give up though, and eventually, I got their friendship and romance bars maxed out. That means, it was time for them to get engaged :)
Since Baby Ariel is a special case for a sim(if you didn't know, she is legit immortal. She literally cannot die by ordinary means), this would mean that you would face a brick wall for things like engagement and marriage, but I have a solution. MCCC. With MCCC, you can change the status of any couple you would wish by right clicking on them and going to the relationship prompt, and bingo. I have my sim and Ashley engaged. I waited a few more days to wait for Ashley to show signs that she wanted to have a family with my sim, and I eventually married them. I did this by right-clicking on Ashley, choosing, "add to family" and then getting both her and Eric dressed up for their special ceremony. Unfortunately, they can't be married by using a social event since Baby Ariel is, as stated before, a special case. They were also teenagers at the time, so even if Baby wasn't such a special case, you would STILL have that teenager barrier keeping them from getting married.
With MCCC, you can also age up even immortal sims. This means that whenever Mr. Stupid(my sim) ages up, all I would have to do is then age up Ashley.
After it's all said and done, my sims are now living happily with one another, and Eric and Ashley have 6 kids and Ashley is pregnant. I'm hoping that they have twins :)
They are indeed a happy family, but you are still limited to what you can do with Baby even when she is part of your household. The only way you can travel to other lots with her is if you use HER to travel and/or change locations with others. It's pretty annoying, but it's not too bad. This interaction barrier is also present with things like the massage chair, massage table, etc, but of course, there are workarounds to that. [RWI2zWngYO0] |