I must admit: I don't think I've ever done a memorial page for a villain. But, I've said I do this when a sim integral to the story dies, and who could be more integral than the bad guy? I've once heard it said that a story is only as good as its bad guy is bad.
I created Drake so that Alex and Laura could have a child. He started as a child in CAS (this was even before the toddlers update came around), and I hit the random button for his personality. I was almost shocked when the 'evil' trait popped up. An evil Goth? *grin* YES. The original plan was to have him and Emily marry and have kids. (They'd eventually divorce and stuff.) As the story progressed, however, different ideas came to me. However, his original 'programming,' as it were, never varied. To him, they were always SUPPOSED to be together. To him, it was like, "What the plum happened?"
Will there be anyone to take his place? Well, I've had a few waiting in the wings: his son Valentino and there's a Landgraab son that's not often mentioned named Oliver. Also, the characters themselves can be their own worst enemy.
I feel generation three (both strings of them) winding down, and generation four's story arcs are cramming themselves into my mind. Before that, though, there are some definite issues which must be solved.
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