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2. Hi everyone! You probably won’t recognise me – I usually like to hide behind the other side of the camera. Today, however, I needed to show myself because there’s something I need to explain. First off, let me say, welcome back to Galahad’s Bachelor Challenge. As you might remember, on Day 1 we said goodbye to Stella Terrano after it became apparent that she was more preoccupied with Tara Debateau than bachelor Galahad. Day 2 saw of Tina Traveller who, for whatever reason, no longer wanted to get to know Galahad. That left us going into Day 3 with 4 contenders for Galahad’s heart: Tara Debateau, Georgia Newson, Ripp Grunt, Natasha Una and Puck Summerdream. I was well on my way to writing Day 4 when disaster struck. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCverviewhot001.png

3. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCverviewhot002.png I got this . A shiny new laptop (please ignore that this is a desktop). Better graphics, more memory and RAM and other computery terms that I don’t understand, on Windows 7 instead of Vista which I’m lead to believe is a good change and most importantly of all, an actual battery life.

4. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCverviewhot003.png I spent the next few days transferring everything over, downloading all the programs I use regularly and installing The Sims. There were some hiccups along the way, but within a few days I was satisfied. I checked my legacy hood to make sure it was all okay, and then got down to the serious business of procrastinating. I spent the next couple of days just playing my legacy hood, getting things moving and all sorted out and to where I wanted them. Then this morning I decided to actually work on the BC. I knew the hood was there because I saw it whenever I loaded the legacy hood. I hadn’t checked it properly, but since the other hoods were all perfectly fine it had to be too, right?

5. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCverviewhot004.png WRONG!

6. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCverviewhot005.png It wasn’t the right hood – it was just plain old Belladonna Cove, not the megahood where the BC takes place. Well fine, nobody would be idiotic enough to not make back ups of important hoods nowadays, would they? Turns out, I’m an idiot. Of course, I still have my old laptop! I could use the backup from that!

7. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCverviewhot006.png Err, you remember what I said about being an idiot? Yeah, in a fit of ‘I don’t have to use this any more’ joy after I transferred everything over, I deleted most of my files from my old laptop because what would I need an emergency back up for? Nothing unforeseen would happen! They’re computers! They’re always completely reliable and never fail or go wrong!

8. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCverviewhot007.png So there I was, my hood gone with no change of a back up. I could rebuild – it wouldn’t be too hard, I just have to grow up and make over a few sims before I dropped Galahad into the lot. But no, I stopped to think about for a moment and realised that rebuilding the house would be too hard. I’m not good at building, and I’m far too anal to accept anything but a perfect replica. And, wouldn’t you kn ow it, I have no decent pictures to work from. I thought this whole BC thing was sunk. What could I do? No hood and it’s not like I’m so anal I played the whole thing in advance and shot it so meticulously that I have hundreds of pics from each day, is it? Oh, wait…

9. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCverviewhot008.png That sounded way too good to be true – sure, I originally played the BC last summer, and I did shoot pretty meticulously. But after every other stupid thing I had done since getting my new laptop surely I wouldn’t have done something half way intelligent and transfer those shots over. I leapt at my laptop. My heart in my mouth, I opened the Pictures folder, when through the bazillion subfolders I have and – lo and behold! It was a miracle! I am not a complete and utter dunce.

10. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCverviewhot010.png So that’s why this isn’t Day 3. The events I’ve shown you on Days 1 and 2 are essentially what happened but staged and slightly dramatized. The outcome has always been the same. Instead since I have access only to the old pictures and can’t stage shiny new ones, and because I’m so reliant on those staged pictures, I can’t just carry on as normal. I have to do something different, and that something is a brief overview of th e rest of the BC.

11. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCverviewhot011.png So here we are. This is just going to be an overview of what happened the rest of the challenge. I won’t be telling it in my usual narrative style because – well, it’s tiring to write lovey dovey emotional crap. It won’t have all the fun stuff I planned to do with the group dates because I didn’t think of it back then. Instead it’s just going to be hot tubs for them all. Oh, and some of the sims will have different hair and/or clothes. I hadn’t settled on their looks back then. I think only Puck and Galahad have the same clothes and hair. The house is completely different too, and in my opinion, lamer. Be prepared for slightly differences like that. So you ready for this? You sure? You can still back out! Okay, fine. Lets get this show on the road.

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13. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot001.jpg You were going to get a surfing scene for the group date, but instead it’s straight to the hot tubs! Galahad, naturally, is in there first. There’s 3 spaces and five sims to join him! Who’s it going to be?

14. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot003.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot024.jpg It’s the girls who make it. Lucky boy – Galahad gets a whole hot tub of girls to look at! Ripp and Puck missed out, so they’re confined to the other hot tub. I don’t think they mind too much, the boys get along pretty well and they’ve got a bolt or two between them.

15. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot011.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot025.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot005.jpg So three hours of pulling vaguely silly face pass. The usual hot tub stuff happens – if you’ve ever read a BC then you know there was the inevitable spatula and handcuff jokes, splashing each other and blah. All actually pretty dull when you’ve seen it so many times.

16. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot033.jpg After the three hours are over it’s time for the one-on-one dates. Again, this is something I planned to be more fun to look at than chess, but we’re stuck with it. On the other hand, it takes place in Galahad’s room which, I admit, looked cooler here than in the hood I lost. Anyhoozle, Galahad sits there playing alone and waiting for someone to join him. Who comes along first?

17. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot035.jpg Georgia!

18. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot064.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot050.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot054.jpg Then it was Natasha, Puck and Ripp…

19. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot071.jpg And finally they end up Tara. None of the chess dates were very eventful – nobody cheated so it was just play and talk, play and talk, play and talk. Basically, not very fun to watch or write.

20. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot076.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot075.jpg Next it’s downstairs and onto the flirting. Galahad started with Georgia, probably because she was closest. She accepts the first flirt, but turns out his second. She’s not that kind of girl, apparently.

21. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot078.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot077.jpg Onto Natasha because… she was there? Anyhoo, like Georgia she accepts the first flirt. Galahad moves in for a caress and – DENIED! Yeah, they weren ’t close enough yet.

22. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot081.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot080.jpg To Puck! Hold hand? Sure, why not? Caress? Well sure!

23. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot084.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot082.jpg Ripp is very into Galahad. It comes across like 3 bolt stalkerishness when they’re only 2 bolts. Because of that Galahad has a high relationship with Ripp, so they begin with a caress – and it’ s accepted! Only a serenade and that’s accepted as well. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a serenade rejected, actually.

24. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot087.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot086.jpg And onto Tara, who will hold hands but doesn’t like people touching her cheek.

25. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot088.jpg And then it’s back to our old friend the poker table! In Day 2 I tried to tone down how much time they spent there, showed them doing other things, but that was a lie! Every free moment was spent there. Usually it was the same people too, some combination of Galahad with either Natasha, Ripp and someone else, Natasha, Puck and someone else, or Natasha, Ripp and Puck. I had some hard-core gamblers on my hands.

26. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot097.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot091.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot095.jpg They spent a few hours pulling faces as they played. Don’t remember who won, probably Ripp. I think Georgia did pretty badly, but I might be making that up. Who knows? I don’t.

27. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot117.jpg Then it was off to bed for everyone.

28. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot120.jpg Breakfast!

29. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot121.jpg Mopping the floor! And probably agonising over who to ask to leave. Galahad decides –

30. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot122.jpg Georgia should go!

31. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot123.jpg Ripp gets in a sneaky ‘thanks for keeping me around’ goose.

32. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 3hot124.jpg And then Georgia actually leaves.

33. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 1hot003.jpg And that’s it for Georgia. Two days of virtually ignoring Galahad in favour of Tina backfired. She managed to claw back some points since Tina left but it was too late. The others had managed to get so far ahead she had no chance of catching up in one day. The results were: Ripp 178 100/78 Friend, Best Friend, Mutual Crush, Love (Galahad to Ripp) Natasha 151 100/51 Friend, Mutual Crush Puck 142 99/43 Friend Tara 127 89/38 Friend Georgia 97 59/38

34. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCverviewhot012.png So what now? Do you have to wait weeks and weeks and weeks more for my to get my arse in gear and write Day 4? Why no, silly! Because of my idiocy you get the rest today! Isn’t that lucky?

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36. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot001.jpg Day 4 Galahad had Natasha, Ripp and Puck in the hot tub with him. Tara decided to go play darts instead. Now, Day 4 was when I was properly going to start incorporating Galahad plot from my legacies into the BC a little. He was going to tell them about his dead twin sister and how when the BC was finished he was going to resurrect her and raise her. Everyone was going to freak out to varying degrees, but eventually get over it in time for the group date. Yeah, pretend that happened, okay? C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot039.jpg

37. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot051.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot032.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot048.jpg Another three hours of pulling faces pass. Nothing interesting whatsoever happens.

38. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot053.jpg Then it’s time to dress up snazzy. Slight deviation from the rules here. I think it was meant to be 3 flirts, instead they got a slow dance with each of the moves. And they got to wear formal clothes. Why? Because it looked cool.

39. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot059.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot064.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot062.jpg Tara’s first this time – she was ready first. The date goes well.

40. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot075.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot071.jpg Puck’s date also goes well despite the sinister look he gives when Galahad rests his head on Puck’s shoulder.

41. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot086.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot087.jpg Natasha’s date didn’t go half bad either, come to think of it.

42. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot097.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot094.jpg And with Ripp, like the other three dates, everything goes off without a hitch.

43. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot104.jpg Then everyone went to bed. Next morning they all woke up early and before the sun was even up they were eating breakfast.

44. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot112.jpg Dirty joke in the bathroom. Galahad wasn’t happy. His single outgoing point doesn’t like dirty jokes, but his eight nice points mean he’s too nice to tell Ripp to stop telling them. The result? Loss of points.

45. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot124.jpg And it’s back to our old friend the poker table. Puck just misses out, so he’s resigned to the pool table alone.

46. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot119.jpg Lots of faces are pulled, as per usual, and Galahad spends the time thinking over who he’s going to ask to leave. It’s harder now – all the scores are pretty close. He has to see off someone. It’s tough but eventually he decides.

47. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 4hot126.jpg It’s Tara. She’s fine with leaving though. She’d developed a crush on Galahad, but she didn’t think her feelings would go much deeper. Besides, this meant she was free to go fine Stella and start dating her.

48. And it’s bye bye Tara. It was a shame to see her go – I adore her, and she only lost out to Puck by 5 points. Mind you, the whole thing is getting pretty close now. The results: Ripp 177 88/89 Friends, Best Friends, Mutual Crush and Love Natasha 173 100/73 Friends, Best Friends, Mutual Crush Puck 164 100/64 Friends, Best Friends, Mutual Crush Tara 159 100/59 Friends, Best Friends, Mutual Crush C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 1hot005.jpg

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50. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot003.jpg Day 5 and there’s no question of who gets the hot tub today – everyone! There’s playful splashing and jokes and generally having a laugh. And, of course, the funny faces.

51. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot021.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot019.jpg After the hot tubs it’s kissing time! Natasha and Puck were happy enough to help out with this part. Galahad didn’t mind it so much either.

52. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot024.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot022.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot023.jpg Ripp, however, really enjoyed. After Galahad made out with him, he jumped Galahad and smooched him then caressed his cheek lovingly. She what I meant by three bolt stalkerishness? Still only two bolts, by the way!

53. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot027.jpg Aaaaand back to the poker table! Seriously, someone was at the damn thing at least half the challenge. Like the hot tub, everyone gets a place for the first time.

54. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot034.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot031.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot032.jpg After a single hand Galahad heads upstairs. It time to get his flirt on. Galahad’s become more comfortable flirting with this people now, and they’ve pretty comfortable with him. Ripp,

55. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot038.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot036.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot037.jpg Natasha,

56. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot042.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot039.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot040.jpg And Puck’s date all go swimmingly. Lack of conflict is boring >.<

57. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot045.jpg Moving along, there’s just enough time for dinner with the guys…

58. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot046.jpg And a congratulations in the bathroom

59. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot047.jpg And then bed. Galahad doesn’t have a great night’s sleep. It’s getting even harder to choose who goes, and that’s weighing on his mind all night.

60. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot050.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot048.jpg And the next day as he and Puck play catch in their underwear. Why are they playing catch in their underwear? Believe me, I’ve asked myself that question a lot . In the end though, he feels slightly less strongly about one person in the house than the other two, and that person is…

61. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot057.jpg Puck Summerdream. It really was close, but Puck was just pipped at the post by the others.

62. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot058.jpg Once again, Ripp celebrates, this time by jumping for joy – into Galahad’s arms.

63. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 5hot056.jpg And as Galahad heads to the hot tubs, Ripp and Natasha share a look. Just them left now.

64. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCay 1hot053.png And Puck goes. I was sad – Puck’s awesome! And it really was close. The Results: Natasha 191 100/91 Friend, Best Friend, Mutual Crush, Mutual Love Ripp 190 100/90 Friend, Best Friend, BFF, Mutual Crush, Mutual Love Puck 188 100/88 Friend, Best Friend, Mutual Crush, Mutual Love Natasha’s chemistry with Galahad also jumped up to two bolts from her previous one. Looks like someone’s getting her game on. Ripp’s almost recovered from the dirty joke fiasco of Day 4! Just a day to go, a maximum of only 9 or 10 more points to get and equal boltage. Who’s going to win? Let’s find out!

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66. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 6hot006.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 6hot001.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 6hot002.jpg They got to the hot tubs just fine. Galahad was really relaxing around them now, but his mind was already on who he was asking to leave. He was in love with both of them, after. Saying goodbye to someone would hurt. Anydoodle. Three hours, usual hot tub faces and hot tub talk. I’m sure you know the drill by now.

67. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 6hot070.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 6hot073.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 6hot074.jpg And time for flirting! Three flirts this time, and yep, they all go well.

68. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 6hot076.jpg As did the making out. ¬_¬

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70. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 6hot088.jpg And dinner! With Ripp waiting for the plate.

71. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 6hot089.jpg And then to bed! With Galahad understandably agonising over a decision that will affect the rest of his life! Natasha and Ripp’s lives too!

72. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 6hot094.jpg C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 6hot095.jpg Again, the house wakes bright and early. Galahad doesn’t know what to do. The morning passes steadily, but Galahad doesn’t leave his room He feels incredibly strongly about both of them, and he need to make a decision, right now! With no Galahad around to distract them, Natasha and Ripp get talking. Nothing too deep, both of them are pretty worried about being sent home too, but there’s nothing they can do about it unless Galahad emerges. Midday rolled around and it’s time for Galahad to reveal who he’s going to spend the rest of his life with. He chooses…

73. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCverviewhot014.png No, not me. And like it was going to be that simple. It never is, not with me!

74. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCverviewhot015.png Galahad put me in quite the conundrum at this point. See, he really hadn’t wanted to choose between them, so he did something I’ve never seen happen in a BC before. He scored the final two equal. Yep, both Natasha and Ripp ended on a score of 200. I was at a loss. I remember that quite clearly. I couldn ’t choose based on chemistry any more – Natasha had gained a bolt on Day 5. I checked their relationship panels, and they each were at 100/100 for Galahad. Natasha and Galahad were BFFs now as well, so that route was out. I could do a tie breaker, but no interaction was likely to end badly at this point. I even asked on LJ what I should do. In the end there were two choices: see who could live longest on free will, or I could do this…

75. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCay 6hot013.png Natasha and Ripp have pretty good boltage – I think two bolts? They got along really well too, so falling in love wasn’t far off for them. In the backstory I made up for Ripp he’d been with both Ophelia Nigmos and Johnny Smith as a teen, so he’d be willing to give it a try. Natasha was apprehensive but she loved Galahad and had a pretty good feeling she’d fall for Ripp if she let herself. And Galahad? He got to keep the two people he loved most in his life. He knew it was going to be hard, but they owed it to themselves to at least try, don’t you think?

76. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCriginal Go Throughay 6hot069.jpg Gratuitous swimwear shot of the three of them for no reason? Sure!

77. C:sersaticturesimsour LegaciesBCverviewhot016.png And that’s the end of Galahad’s Bachelor Challenge. I wish it hadn’t taken so long, and that I had been able to write it in my usual style, but like I said earlier I am an idiot. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Hopefully I’ll have a new chapter of the legacies out soon, with me back in my unintentional villain role. And with a fourth wall aging! That’s it from me for now! Bye guys!