Fanon:Daniel Pleasant (C.Syde)

Daniel Pleasant is a well known resident in my player stories in The Sims 2 in Pleasantview. He is the son to the late Jeff and Diane Pleasant (née Danders), the elder brother to Jennifer Burb, the uncle to Lucy Burb, the ex-husband to Mary-Sue Pleasant, the husband to Kaylynn Pleasant, and the father to Angela, Lilith, Clovis, Sarah and Arian Pleasant. Daniel is voiced by David Boat and is 5 days from being an Elder.

Daniel's relationship with his wife Mary-Sue was very poor at the start of the game. They weren't even best friends (despite their lifetime Relationship status), much less were they in a romantic relationship. When I first noted that Daniel's romantic affair with Kaylynn was closer than his relationship with Mary-Sue, I decided to let him continue the Affair. I could have easily prevented Mary-Sue from finding out about the affair but I - accidentally on purpose - let her catch him and Kaylynn in the act anyway. I did consider making Daniel end his affair with his maid so that he could repair his relationship with Mary-Sue. But then I thought that Mary-Sue probably wouldn't want to be married to Daniel anymore. So I had Mary-Sue break up with Daniel, leaving him to marry Kaylynn.

Daniel and Mary-Sue restored their friendship (but not romance) over time and the latter has made good friends with Kaylynn. Daniel and Mary-Sue still role wants to rekindle their romance. I won't take these wants into account as it would conflict with the current circumstances. Also Kaylynn seems to be more Daniel's type than Mary-Sue is. Daniel and Kaylynn have had three children together - Clovis, Sarah and Arian Pleasant. Both Daniel and Dustin Broke are best friends with my CAS Sim Jestyn Leishman, despite being enemies with each other.

Daniel wanted to become the first man to set foot on Mars, to makeup for the same dream that his father Jeff failed to fulfill. Daniel eventually did so after discussing the possibility of fulfilling his dream with some Sims who worked in the Military Career as Astronauts.

Trivia

 * Daniel Pleasant has 9 body points at the start of the game, but the promotion to Superstar and Assistant Coach on-wards require 10 body points. This was probably an accidental or deliberate mistake by the game developers. Daniel has since then, maximized the Body Skill.
 * For some reason in my player stories Daniel's family connection to his daughter Angela became temporarily unlinked. Angela recognized Daniel as her father but his relationship box with Angela became unticked. However they still appeared on each other's family trees and I have restored their family connections with SimPE.
 * Despite having a high level in Body, he isn't very fit at the start of the Sims 2.
 * His thumbnail (seen above) is the same as the default one, except that the one I uploaded is less polygonal and the graphics have not been rendered.
 * In my player stories Daniel is officially in his early fifties, while in other player's stories he may be portrayed as being in his late forties.
 * Daniel is one of the Sims that I have interpreted as a "senior figure". This is mainly due to his clothing, facial hair, his age, and having a deep voice.
 * In an early gameplay draft, when Mary-Sue kicked Daniel out of their house and he invited Kaylynn over, she asked if her 'friend' could come over as well. Kaylynn soon arrived at Daniel's 'new house' with Lilith. I waited a couple of seconds for the 'friend' to arrive before realizing that Lilith was the friend. Daniel and Lilith were not pleased to see each other.