'Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.'
So I guess thats where I find myself now with an island shaped around comfort. As this is a story of sorts let me introduce you to our cast of characters:
Beau - This beautiful lazy deer is the apple of my eye. He brings a smile to my face in even the darkest of time. As time has progressed I have come to know and love him a young deer just starting out, moving away from his family for the first time. He is eager to please and to fit in with the popular people. Everyone warms to Beau even if they do think him somewhat naive.
Pietro - This lovable clown loves to be centre of attention. Always strutting around town with a smile on his face and bringing the colour to every day. Deep down beneath all that smugness he just wants to be loved. As such I very often find him randomly visiting villagers. In Hobbiton Pietro lives on the same plot as his best friend Dom.
Dom - I can't say I was especially looking for a Jock. I don't really believe any character looks especially good forced into a tank top lifting weights on the town square. But Dom is a little bit different - he can certainly talk the talk. I mean who hasn't heard about the buffness of Dom's arms? But alongside that he's sweet and sensitive he never tears people down a strip he only builds them up.
Raymond - Affectionately called Raymond'o' thanks to his presence on another island close to mine Raymond is my precious business cat. At first when I got him I was so afraid to do anything with him - gift him anything or change him in anyway. Then quite by mistake I made a trade with Raymond for a flea that moments earlier I had swiped off Beau's back. Raymond has of course situated this pride of place in his house and no amount of cat beds or towers have managed to shift it. It was after then I began to ease in to having Raymond on my island gift him things that I thought he looked cool in and not worry about what anybody else things. He was my Raymondo afterall and has eased into island life perfectly despite his celebrity status.
Kabuki - It was Kabuki's awesome design that drew me to him at first but it was soon to be his cranky charm that held my heart. He was like the lovable old man who constantly referred to you as kiddo or who reminisced about the good times. He and Fang were good friends until Fang moved on since then he has been finding his feet amongst the youngun's.
Our Cast of supporting characters (more on them later)
Agent S, Sylvia, Ken, o'Hare and our newest resident.
Previous residents: Fang, Nate, Antonio, Hippeux, Peaches, Hamphrey, Stella, Portia.
My island has had only a couple of face lifts during my time playing the game each perhaps more stressful than the next I'm not entirely sure that I will ever get this terraforming bug. I hadn't considered myself a person who was adverse to change but have found myself wedded to items and features that have been a part of my island since 'day one'. Infact I still have the entirely pointless and never visited bamboo garden stuck off in an awkward corner of my island because I just haven't thought to change it. I've never moved either the museum or the shop from their initial placement! The most recent facelift was one a residential area that I still don't feel at all satisfied with (more on my musings about that later). I can't say my island has a theme of sorts but comfort does just about describe it. It is filled with things and places that I find comfortable in every day life sort of like a Hobbit Hole.
So I guess thats where I find myself now with an island shaped around comfort. As this is a story of sorts let me introduce you to our cast of characters:
Beau - This beautiful lazy deer is the apple of my eye. He brings a smile to my face in even the darkest of time. As time has progressed I have come to know and love him a young deer just starting out, moving away from his family for the first time. He is eager to please and to fit in with the popular people. Everyone warms to Beau even if they do think him somewhat naive.
Pietro - This lovable clown loves to be centre of attention. Always strutting around town with a smile on his face and bringing the colour to every day. Deep down beneath all that smugness he just wants to be loved. As such I very often find him randomly visiting villagers. In Hobbiton Pietro lives on the same plot as his best friend Dom.
Dom - I can't say I was especially looking for a Jock. I don't really believe any character looks especially good forced into a tank top lifting weights on the town square. But Dom is a little bit different - he can certainly talk the talk. I mean who hasn't heard about the buffness of Dom's arms? But alongside that he's sweet and sensitive he never tears people down a strip he only builds them up.
Raymond - Affectionately called Raymond'o' thanks to his presence on another island close to mine Raymond is my precious business cat. At first when I got him I was so afraid to do anything with him - gift him anything or change him in anyway. Then quite by mistake I made a trade with Raymond for a flea that moments earlier I had swiped off Beau's back. Raymond has of course situated this pride of place in his house and no amount of cat beds or towers have managed to shift it. It was after then I began to ease in to having Raymond on my island gift him things that I thought he looked cool in and not worry about what anybody else things. He was my Raymondo afterall and has eased into island life perfectly despite his celebrity status.
Kabuki - It was Kabuki's awesome design that drew me to him at first but it was soon to be his cranky charm that held my heart. He was like the lovable old man who constantly referred to you as kiddo or who reminisced about the good times. He and Fang were good friends until Fang moved on since then he has been finding his feet amongst the youngun's.
Our Cast of supporting characters (more on them later)
Agent S, Sylvia, Ken, o'Hare and our newest resident.
Previous residents: Fang, Nate, Antonio, Hippeux, Peaches, Hamphrey, Stella, Portia.
My island has had only a couple of face lifts during my time playing the game each perhaps more stressful than the next I'm not entirely sure that I will ever get this terraforming bug. I hadn't considered myself a person who was adverse to change but have found myself wedded to items and features that have been a part of my island since 'day one'. Infact I still have the entirely pointless and never visited bamboo garden stuck off in an awkward corner of my island because I just haven't thought to change it. I've never moved either the museum or the shop from their initial placement! The most recent facelift was one a residential area that I still don't feel at all satisfied with (more on my musings about that later). I can't say my island has a theme of sorts but comfort does just about describe it. It is filled with things and places that I find comfortable in every day life sort of like a Hobbit Hole.
