Goth Family

The Goth Family are a playable family in the video game franchise The Sims. The Goths are most likely the most famous family in the franchise and have appeared in the original The Sims, The Sims 2, The Sims 3, and The Sims 4. The family consists principally of husband, Mortimer Goth, wife Bella Goth (née Bachelor), and their children, Cassandra Goth and Alexander Goth; however, Mortimer's parents, Gunther Goth and Cornelia Goth, also appear as playable characters in Old Town in The Sims and Sunset Valley in The Sims 3, and a number of other members of the family appear as ghosts in various games. The Goths are known for the gothic appearances of the characters and architecture of their homes.
==Canon==
===The Sims===
Mortimer and Bella live with their daughter, Cassandra, at 5 Sim Lane in Neighborhood 1. Mortimer is a Test Subject in the Science career. In The Sims: Unleashed, Gunther and Cornelia also appear living in Old Town at 77 Maple Street.
===The Sims 2===
In the intervening years between the original Sims game and the sequel, Mortimer and Bella had one more child, Alexander, and moved the family to 165 Sim Lane in Pleasantview. Shortly before the start of The Sims 2, Bella was abducted by aliens and disappeared; a clone of her (without her relationship history or family tree) can be found as a Townie in Strangetown. Also prior to the events of The Sims 2, Mortimer became a Mad Scientist and began dating Dina Caliente, and Cassandra, now an adult, got engaged to Don Lothario.
===The Sims 3===
In this prequel to the original Sims game, Mortimer is a child living at 13 Skyborough Boulevard in Sunset Valley with Gunther and Cornelia. Bella is also a child and lives with the Bachelor family. In The Sims 3: Supernatural, three ghosts--Samuel, Frida, and Olivia Goth--appear living with human Helen Hall in Moonlight Falls.
===The Sims 4===
In this alternate universe, Mortimer, Bella, teen Cassandra, and child Alexander appear living together for the first time in any Sims game. They reside at Ophelia Villa in Willow Creek, where Mortimer is a Freelance Article Writer and Bella is an Intelligence Researcher.
The Goth family as originally created in The Sims 4 drew criticism for whitewashing the characters, who appeared with somewhat darker skin tones in previous games (especially Bella). Maxis responded by redesigning the family's appearances--including to give them darker skin tones--in a "Sims Delivery Express" drop released shortly after patch 129.
==Fandom==
As is common in The Sims fandom, fans often tell stories on sites like LiveJournal and Tumblr using screencaps taken in-game as they play. Particularly in The Sims 4, it's also very common to see fans create their own makeovers of the Goth family available for other players to download and use in place of the default version in the game, even after Maxis itself redesigned the family in response to criticism.
==Meta & Discussion==
==Fanworks==
===Fanfiction===
* Tell Me A Tale of Magic by selverya
* Mortimer Goth And The Book Of Chaos by TalesAvail
* Vanity Quest by Rozozzy
* Benefiting Bella by TalesAvail
* Perform Grand Romantic Gesture +3000 Aspiration by elsandry
===Fanart===
* The Goth Family by caazel
* Cassandra Goth by erisjoy
* The Goth family inspired by the sims 1 by capricornsims
===Makeovers/Downloads===
* Cassandra & Alexander Goth in Sims 3 by fooshineh
* Goth Family Premades Replacement Mod by simplyanjuta
* I got it in my head to remake the Goths by permanentleigh
==References==