Bad News and Good News: ToEA Simseries

In my first post after the new year I have some unfortunate news: My computer needed a complete factory wipe at some point during the holidays, which has sadly resulted in the loss of such wonderful Sims as my whole Modern Pinup Collection (nooooo!) and the eccentric half-alien McSims family (noooo!)!!! R.I.P., Modern Pinups. And Norman. And Norman's little blue children. =(
BUT - in every catastrophic ending there's a new beginning, or at the very least a silver lining (at least in comic books, anyway). So, the bad news is that those versions of those Sims are forever lost.
But the best way to cure my melancholy was to start over and make new Sims (especially because I didn't have much choice...), and the good news is my new Simseries: A short set of videos in a slot called ToEA, which stands for "Tales of Ever After."

It's basically what I like to call a "modern/medieval mashup A/U."TS4 is set in a modernized world, but my writers' group is set within a medieval world of fairy tales. I've created a strange mix of both by deleting all the Maxis premade lots and families that come with the game and creating a blank canvas of all the different worlds, as detailed above. I've replaced the mostly modern-style houses with medieval cottages. I refer to it as an A/U (Alternate Universe) because it's clearly not the same thing as my writers' group, but it is a way to entertain myself with a different version of it that doesn't require as much thought or input when I'm dealing with a rough day. Narnia is the most prominent world represented so far, but I still have quite a long way to go with this project. I can't continue with the others, so this will take their place. Fingers crossed that nothing happens to lose this one!