GDBM: Meanwhile, in Apocalypse Heights....

[sigma7]

Disclaimer: GDBM does not appear in this update.



Let's check in on Doctor Doom, shall we? Last we saw of him he was slithering his way up the journalism career ladder and he's doing fine....



And he likes blogging. Go figure.



"Zee zee zee curse you Richards zee zee zee zee zee curse you Richards zee zee zee zee zee...."



"You want ME to clean my toilet and my bathtub?" Yes, Victor, you. I don't see any Doombots about. We really need to work on that, by the way.



The supervillain-takes-bubble-bath bit never gets old, does it?



Why does Doctor Doom have a section of his home converted into a store? Did I mention that Victor is also a serious mack daddy, too? (He's one of Zatanna's evil exes, by the way; GDBM's going to have as much in common with Scott Pilgrim than with Bruce Wayne, I fear.)



Conquerer of Earth, nearly held the Infinity Gauntlet, possessed the power of the Beyonder, but still gets stumped by a cash register. Sigh.



And like the cowl/leotard/dance-machine combo, some outfits just don't mesh right.



DoomCo: dedicated to customer service. Dude in line is apparently digging little Victor, too.



Eventually VVD needed some help around the shop, so he grabbed friend and occasional smoochy-face Jennifer Hogan to wear a classic Rogue outfit and restock and occasionally run checkout. And, most importantly, to wear the paper trainee hat.



Oh, this bodes well. (He never came back. I was almost disappointed.)



...It was only when he started having all the obituaries written two weeks ahead of time that anyone got suspicious....



Yay, redecoration! Doom's redone the whole interior now, added a whole new inventory, including some dresses, fireworks, and some ray guns....



Yes, ray guns. Mainly to expedite a plot point....



...Namely, the Baroness, who, across town, is making terrifying faces in casual conversation.



Any guesses as to what Lex's playing here? "Night on Bald Mountain?"



"I am sorry! I am not good with the making of the pork chops! They are coming out with the rancid and the disgusting! EAT THEM ANYWAY, GODSDAMNIT!"



Darth Maul: Hot Tub Sex Machine.



What Would Lex Luthor Do? He'd go for it, of course. (Actually, he'd undercut them all, buy them all out, kill them all in their sleep, or something else wicked and devious that's not presented, but of the three choices, yes, the Lexiest option is certainly to take the deal.)



...Except for the whole part where it backfires. Augh.



Yes, when we think "endorsement deal," we think "Darth Maul." Pass.



Law of averages kicks in.



"Ah, ah, ah! You cannot fool me, little blue boxxy person! I slap you with pork choppings!"



That's a good question, Kiki LeBeret.



"Everybody lies...."



"Dammit, Eddie, no more House marathons before work."



The Riddler gets demoted. Everyone else gets promoted, even Lex. I like to assume a late-night incursion, some duct tape, and some sotto voce threats were involved.



He's working on his spoken-word album. No decision yet on which word it will be.



Bad ideas of our time: playing red hands against the Sith Lord. Dial 9 and 1, and dial 1 again when I tell you.



Now that's the face of a satisfied Machiavellian overmind.



"Mandalorian pork chops. Just like den mother used to make."
"I know you are the making fun of me, now, man with bucket on head, and you will stop or I will be slapping you with something! HARD!"



Speaking of, remember the dickhead neighbor who got in a fight -- twice? -- with the Baroness and keeps kicking over their garbage? She wants to see his ghost. Badly. I just can't deny her this, guys.



Oh, yeah, Boba Fett has a job as a slacker.



This just in: had a job as a slacker.



*strains of REM's "Everybody Hurts"*



Meanwhile, back at Casa del Doom, the Doc has moved up in the world.



Doctor Doom is currently selling a pretty pretty dress to the local vampire lord.



And is entirely too excited about the process. Maybe he's just enthused about having an agent of darkness in his network. Yes. That's how I choose to interpret this course of events. Not that he's singing "pretty pretty dresses" or anything like that.



And the doctor has sunk to a new low of filth and depravity.



WWDDD? You have to ask?



I DO NOT BELIEVE THE CHARACTER VALIDITY OF THAT HAPPENSTANCE. But whatever.



The Baroness finally appears! At 2 in the morning! And buys...a video game! And leaves! WHARRGARBL. I need to move this plot FORWARD, people. Buy a death-gun already! GAH.

So that's where we're at. Next time, maybe a check in with Tim Drake's critical wardrobe malfunction as the game seems to not acknowledge his Robin uniform and he's had to make do with an...alternate.

Comments

[ronwe.livejournal.com]

yay for GDBM!

[vulpisfoxfire.livejournal.com]

I swear, you keep tempting me to get the Sims every time you post this stuff. And it's such a money-sink to get all the expansions... :-/ Oh well--still a great read. :-)

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Funny thing is Sims 3 still hasn't caught up anywhere near to Sims 2 in terms of expansions -- college, businesses, seasons -- yet. The new expansion in June promises to add some features I've been dying for, particularly Servos (Doombots!), but I still find it lacking in some areas.

[manekikoneko.livejournal.com]

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

Can the Baroness pull the classic push-Louis-into-the-pool-and-take-away-the-ladder move, or does that only work with actual playing characters?

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

That's a fallback, I suppose, especially if he keeps stopping by. I want to have as little Hand of God involved as possible, and two of the ray guns promise instant death, so I was looking forward to that. At this rate I'll have to wall him in with video games. But rest assured, he's goin' down.

[lacrimaeveneris.livejournal.com]

Yay! Happiness and Win!

[rewil.livejournal.com]

You can see all of this and more at lunch, says Doom!

... Aw, and who wouldn't love to get a Boba Fett daisy bouquet?

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

And even though I don't say this anymore, I was gonna, but was incapacitated yesterday: hippo birdies ya rly!

[former-callixte.livejournal.com]

OMG, thank you so much for posting this. I was laughing so hard at your comments. And of course the images of Doom with the suit, cape, and camera and the hood and loin cloth combo were HI-larious. I can't wait for the next post.

[samson-of-5.livejournal.com]

I have never felt more sympathy for a villain than when Boba Fett got fired. What would Jango think of him now?
And Doc Doom in shorts...I think I need to go spray my eyes with bleach now. BBL.