The Expressionist
Generation
The hippie era is on the rise, including but not limited to: Tie-dye, art and marijuana. Where the generations before might have been restrictive and not allowed for self-expression, this new generation is ready to fight to be themselves and achieve their own goals. Even if those goals include tents, dreadlocks and music festivals.​
Played: June 18, 2023 - Present
Ava Mizrahi
Traits: Trust Issues, Cold Blooded, Brilliant
Aspiration: Big Happy Family
Career:
Top Skills: Bowling, Baking, Painting
Likes: Bowling, Brown and Blue, Cerebral Sims
Dislikes: Fitness, Arguments
Kyle Kyleson
Traits: Lazy, Genius, Clumsy
Aspiration: Party Animal
Career: Business
Top Skills: Charisma, Comedy, Bowling
Likes: Yellow, Bowling, Jokes
Dislikes: High Energy, Hard Working and Pessimistic sims
Generation Goals
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Master Bowling Skill
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Have 3 children
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Be Best Friends with Nancy Landgraab
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Be an accepted part of the San Sequoia Community
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Celebrate 20th wedding annversary
Unique Challenges for the 1970's & 1980's
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First decade focus -Enivironmentalism
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Second decade focus - Rock n' Roll era
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Dangers - drugs
If you're starting with Gen 5 here's what you missed...
Ava Mizrahi was the result of an unwanted pregnancy after her mother (Sofia) was assaulted. Desperate to give her daughter a better childhood then she had, Sofia ran away to Oasis Springs to raise her daughter as a single mother. For the first 3 years of her life it was just Ava and her mother until Jamal Donnelly entered their life. She was 6 when they married and 10 when Jamal (aka con artist Jameson Reed) was arrested and they divorced. The trauma of the divorce created a hard edge in Ava that some might call cold-blooded and made it difficult for her to make and keep friends outside of the snobbish and mean Nancy Landgraab. While her mother and half-brother coped with the divorce in their own way, Ava poured herself into her education and was eventually asked to tutor a failing student (Kyle Kyleson) who managed to quickly work his way into her heart. Despite Ava's affinity for distrust, she said 'yes' when he asked her to marry him and they moved to San Sequoia where he grew up. But they are still young and there is still much they have not worked through.
Other Side Plots...
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Ava's mother Sofia remarried her childhood best friend, Nikolas, the year after Ava and Kyle married. Nikolas is the closest thing to a true father figure Ava has ever had. He was the first person to meet her when she was an infant, gave her treats as a toddler, was her confidant as a child and he was the one she asked to give her away when she got married. As a detective it was Nikolas who learned the truth about Jamal/Jameson and arrested him and it was him who Ava and Thomas would call in emergencies. He was also an unofficial caretaker for Ava's sick biological father, Mathias who passed away shortly after Ava met him.
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Ava's uncle Stefan (Sofia's twin brother), currently lives in Mt. Komorebi and is believed to be a caretaker for his mentally ill companion Esteban who was not allowed to fight in the Sulani war due to his 'illness'. The family does not know the full truth which is that Esteban was deemed 'mentally unfit to fight' after telling the recruiters that he and Stefan were in a relationship. Though not legally married in most worlds they have privately preformed an old Salvadoradan marriage ritual and consider themselves eternally bound.
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Nancy Landgraab is Ava's closest friend despite their tense relationship. They met in Oasis Springs as children and despite a tense start realized that they were the only ones who could stand one another and to some extent understand each other.. Nancy has always had a poor opinion of Kyle causing tension that led to a fist fight and Nancy getting suspended from Copperdale Academy.
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Kyle comes from a very close family that shares everything. He lived with his older sister, Jennifer, while attending Copperdale Academy, but continued to keep his parents in San Sequoia informed on his life, including his romance (something Ava was not too happy about). Kyle's dad Evan works for a computer company and has helped Kyle get a job in the company while his mom Glenda is a rather religious recycle disciple.They are very involved in the San Sequoia Community.
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