Fanon:General Buzz Grunt (C.Syde): Difference between revisions

{{Era|TS2}}{{Sim2

|name = General Buzz Grunt

|image = [[File:General Buzz Grunt Icon.png|250px]]

|sex = Male

|spouse = {{Spouse|[[Lyla Grunt]]|Divorced}} [[File:Deceased.png|16px|Deceased]] {{Spouse|[[Fanon:Erin Beaker (Singles)|Erin Beaker]]|Wife}}

|roommates = [[Fanon:Erin Beaker (Singles)|Erin Beaker]], [[Fanon:General Tank Grunt|General Tank Grunt]], [[Fanon:Ripp Grunt (C.Syde)|Ripp Grunt]], [[Fanon:Buck Grunt (C.Syde)|Buck Grunt]], [[Fanon:Rusty Grunt|Rusty Grunt]]

|family = Grunt family

|caption = There was a time when Buzz was nothing more than a domineering military freak. But even he needed to learn how to be a respectable parent and neighbour!

|game = The Sims 2

|age = Adult

|career = Military

|careerlevel = General

|asp = Popularity

|want = Have 20 Simultaneous Best Friends

|sign = Gemini

|child = {{Relative|[[Fanon:General Tank Grunt|General Tank Grunt]]|Son|[[Fanon:Ripp Grunt (C.Syde)|Ripp Grunt]]|Son|[[Fanon:Buck Grunt (C.Syde)|Buck Grunt]]|Son|[[Fanon:Rusty Grunt|Rusty Grunt]]|Son}}

|household = Beaker Family

|hair = Brown

|eye = Grey

|skin = Light

|body = Fit

|play = Playable

|state = Human

|neighbor = Strangetown

As I became more familiar with the Strangetown characters, it became clear to me that Buzz was an aggressive [[Sim]] who was feuding with several other Strangetown residents - [[Fanon:Vidcund Curious (C.Syde)|Vidcund]], [[Fanon:Pascal Curious (C.Syde)|Pascal]] and [[Fanon:Lazlo Curious (C.Syde)|Lazlo Curious]] and [[Fanon:Loki Beaker (C.Syde)|Loki Beaker]] whom he'd won fights with during his teenage years. The late [[Fanon:Olive Specter (C.Syde)|Olive Specter]] who many players believe to have murdered Buzz's ex-wife, but without his knowledge. He was also currently feuding with [[Fanon:Pollination Technician Nine Smith|Pollination Technician Nine Smith]], for being an [[Alien]] and because Buzz had lost a fight with him. Even though Buzz had lost the fight, their number of body skills are inconsistent. This can be reconciled if it is assumed that they had the fight before Buzz had maximized the body skill, and was unlucky.

Ripp and Buck called upon various neighbours to help them overthrow their father and older brother and make them see sense. They were soon backed up by 11 of their fellow neighbours. Ripp and Buck actually had tried to persuade Tank into siding with them but he flatly refused. Tank didn't bother to alert his father on what Ripp and Buck were doing, probably because he didn't want to show signs of weakness, or he underestimated Ripp and Buck's success at finding neighbours to aid them. So it came as an unpleasant surprise when Tank and Buzz saw Ripp, Buck and the 11 neighbours who'd agreed to help them, arrive at their house. Initially they minimized their signs of weakness - if any - and seemed deaf to any of the domineering threats that Vidcund, Loki and Chloe bombarded them with. But they were ultimately brought to their senses when PT9 persuaded Vidcund, Loki and Chloe to stop making threats and told them to just let Buzz and Tank's respective [[Reputation]]s collapse.

|charisma = 7

|body = 10

|environment = 8

|food = 6

|weather = 4

|culture = 0

|money = 8

|politics = 10

|paranormal = 5

|health = 3

|fashion = 0

|travel = 7

|crime = 10

|sports = 10

|animals = 0

|work = 6

|school = 4

|toys = 0

|scifi = 9}}

* Some players believe that Buzz was a teenager when he had Tank and Ripp. When subtracting the number of days each of them have lived, Buzz would not have been an adult at the time of Tank and Ripp's birth. This can be reconciled if it's assumed that Buzz had [[Elixir of Life]] at some point in his life, though this is not considered canonical in my player stories.

* I decided to remove Buzz's face paint because I thought that it made him look rather childish. In any case, I was surprised when I found that Buzz only had 15 days left as an [[Adult]]. As far as I was concerned, Buzz looked like he was in his early twenties and not his early forties (the age group which I think best represents his character and the number of days left before he becomes an Elder.

* The head-shot of Buzz that I uploaded (seen above) is less polygonal and more detailed than the original.

* In my player stories, Buzz normally wears his everyday outfit and only occasionally his military uniform. I decided to make him wear his everyday clothes more often as it makes his and Tank's features easier to compare. Also it makes him blend in better with the other residents of Strangetown.

* He is also seldom referred to as "the General" in my player stories, instead as "General Buzz" or simply "Buzz". This is because it confirms that outside his job, he is just a Sim like any other, though a military oriented one obviously.

* My player stories marks the introduction of a more relaxed and easy going Buzz which is evident in a picture I took of him playing maxis simulator and another of him and Tank playing on the [[Swings]]. Another picture shows him using an [[Execuputter]].

* Despite normally being interpreted by players as a "senior figure", I usually interpret Buzz as a "junior figure". This is due to his facial features, everyday clothes, lack of facial hair and having a high voice.