Viola (Veronaville)

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Viola, possibly Viola Monty (also known as N005_User00018), is a deleted character whose file has been overwritten by NPC Seth Bui. She previously resided in Veronaville. She is referenced within the files of the lot 111 Stratford Street. A pre-release image for Veronaville shows Mercutio and Olivia Monty with an unknown teenage girl, presumed to be Viola, at 111 Stratford Street.
==Information==
Viola is speculated to have been the sister of Mercutio and Romeo Monty. Her file, N005_User00018, would have immediately followed those of Claudio Monty (User00016) and Olivia Monty (User00017). This sequence may imply that Viola would have been the first Sim created after her parents but before Romeo (User00019) and Mercutio (User00020), though it is possible to have a family "interrupted" by a townie or unrelated Sim if a Sim is deleted in Create a Sim.When a Sim is created in Create a Sim, they immediately gain a character file, which is fully deleted if the Sim is deleted in CAS. The number given to this character file remains available if it is deleted. If the deleted Sim has a family member that was created after them, and no Sims are created after the deletion, there will be a gap in the character files that will be filled by the next Sim created.
According to relationship entries whose instances end in 003C, many members of the Monty family recognize a Sim (possibly Viola) as Claudio and Olivia's child.Sequentially, the original instance number for N00X_User00018 would likely have been 0x0000003C. This number matches the expected relationship data the Montys should have with Claudio and Olivia's child, as it'd be located between Olivia (0x0000003B) and Romeo (0x0000003D). Interestingly, her parents and siblings do not recognize her as this information seems to have been intentionally removed by Maxis.This is based on Viola having an instance number of 0x0000003C. Almost all Sim Relations data in Veronaville have the family box checked in SimPE. Viola's grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins all have their relationships set with her as expected. However, her immediate family (Claudio, Olivia, Romeo, and Mercutio) have all relations removed including the checked family box. It would strongly suggest that it was removed intentionally. A similar situation happens with Sim with instance 0x0000003F, who was known by mostly the same Sims as Viola, with the exception of Juliette, Hermia and Tybalt Capp, and treated the same way as her.Relationships Sims had towards Sim with instance 0x0000003F:
* Antonio Monty – Aunt or uncle (0/0, family, 0x0036003F)
* Beatrice Monty – Cousin (0/0, family, 0x0038003F)
* Benedick Monty – Cousin (0/0, family, 0x0039003F)
* Claudio Monty – Unset or unknown (0/0, no flags, 0x003A003F)
* Cornwall Capp – Unset or unknown (0/0, no flags, 0x0041003F)
* Hamlet Dane – Aunt or uncle (0/0, family, 0x0035003F)
* Holofernes Dottore – Grandparent (0/0, family, 0x00E5003F)
* Isabella Monty – Grandparent (0/0, family, 0x0034003F)
* Judith Dottore – Grandparent (0/0, family, 0x00E4003F)
* Mercutio Monty – Unset or unknown (0/0, no flags, 0x003E003F)
* Oberon Summerdream – Unset or unknown (45/35, acquaintances, family, 0x00AD003F)
* Olivia Monty – Unset or unknown (0/0, no flags, 0x003B003F)
* Patrizio Monty – Grandparent (0/0, family, 0x0033003F)
* Puck Summerdream – Unset or unknown (65/35, acquaintances, friendship, family, 0x004D003F)
* Regan Capp – Unset or unknown (0/0, no flags, 0x0040003F)
* Romeo Monty – Unset or unknown (0/0, no flags, 0x003D003F)
* Titania Summerdream – Unset or unknown (33/35, acquaintances, family, 0x004C003F)
Interestingly, both the names Olivia and Viola, are references to a by , a possible inspiration for both Sims. Viola is also the twin sister of Sebastian in the play. However, lead producer Jonathan Knight said on Twitter that it most likely had to do with the movie , where the protagonist's lover and muse is called Viola.Twitter thread from 2023 where Jake Simpson and Jonathan Knight answer fan questions. The question itself about Viola is now deleted, but a screenshot of it can be seen on this Tumblr post.
==Datamined information==
*The reference to Viola can be found by opening N003_Lot45.packageThis file is found within Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods\N003\Lots. (111 Stratford Street) in a text editor such as WordPad. The lot contains the name of Viola's character file from a time when Veronaville's Neighborhood ID was N005 instead of N003. There are a few other references to N005 Sims contained in other Veronaville lots including ancestral, townie, and playable Sims.
**On the same lot, there are also remembrances of Ariel Capp, Miranda Capp, Hal Capp and Goneril Capp. All of their character names start with N005 instead of N003. However, Albany Capp is mentioned with his N003_User00027 name.
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===Relationships===
While Viola's relationships towards other Sims had been removed, other Sims' relationships towards her have mostly been left over in the files. Due to the way the game stores relationship data, any relationship entry's instance that ends in 003C is a relationship that an other Sim had towards Viola.
* Antonio Monty – Aunt or uncle (0/0, family, 0x0036003C)
* Beatrice Monty – Cousin (0/0, family, 0x0038003C)
* Benedick Monty – Cousin (0/0, family, 0x0039003C)
* Claudio Monty – Unset or unknown (0/0, no flags, 0x003A003C)
* Cornwall Capp – Unset or unknown (0/0, no flags, 0x0041003C)
* Hamlet Dane – Aunt or uncle (0/0, family, 0x0035003C)
* Hermia Capp – Unset or unknown (80/50, acquaintances, family, crush, 0x0043003C)
* Holofernes Dottore – Grandparent (0/0, family, 0x00E5003C)
* Isabella Monty – Grandparent (0/0, family, 0x0034003C)
* Judith Dottore – Grandparent (0/0, family, 0x00E4003C)
* Juliette Capp – Unset or unknown (29/29, no flags, 0x0043003C)
* Mercutio Monty – Unset or unknown (0/0, no flags, 0x003E003C)
* Oberon Summerdream – Unset or unknown (0/0, no flags, 0x00AD003C)Oberon, having most likely been deleted and recreated, doesn't recognize her as family, unlike Puck and Titania.
* Olivia Monty – Unset or unknown (0/0, no flags, 0x003B003C)
* Patrizio Monty – Grandparent (0/0, family, 0x0033003C)
* Puck Summerdream – Unset or unknown (50/60, acquaintances, friendship, family, 0x004D003C)Summerdreams recognize mostly all Montys and Capps as family, but the game doesn't treat them like so due to the relationship type set as Unset or unknown.
* Regan Capp – Unset or unknown (0/0, no flags, 0x0040003C)
* Romeo Monty – Unset or unknown (0/0, no flags, 0x003D003C)
* Titania Summerdream – Unset or unknown (50/30, acquaintances, friendship, family, 0x004C003C)
* Tybalt Capp – Unset or unknown (53/33, no flags, 0x0046003C)
==Trivia== 
*Despite her character being overwritten by Seth Bui, It's also an odd coincidence that Seth's genes for skin and hair match those of the teen girl in the pre-release image, and the eyes match those of Claudio's.
*The Montys and Capps appear to have a lot more parallels in the beta. Viola appears to be a gender-reversed Monty counterpart to Tybalt Capp, as Romeo compliments Juliette Capp and Mercutio fills a similar role to Hermia Capp. Alternatively, Mercutio seems to have more parallels with Tybalt, meaning Viola would be Hermia's counterpart, supported by the fact that she does not hate any of the Capp members.
*The name Viola appears on the list of townie names in Live.package which could suggest that she was simply a randomly generated townie.
==Gallery==
Viola script Lot45.png|Viola mentioned deep within 111 Stratford Street's code
Sims 2 Beta Viola.jpg|Olivia, Mercutio, and possibly Viola. Looking closely at this image, it would appear that this unknown female Sim shares some facial features with Olivia like her nose and possibly mouth and jaw
VeronavilleBetaIMG.jpg|Another image of a Sim who could possibly be Viola
Simpe Order.png|When ordered numerically, User00018 falls in between Olivia and Romeo, separating the parents and the children, indicating another Sim likely related to Monty's existed here
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Unused Sims