Chillio

 

Willow seems to have a fascination with fire.  You could say that it was her forte.

After setting alight items in Willow Creek park, the Romance Festival and burning to death one of her party guests in her own back yard, our evil witch decided to visit the home of one of her neighbours.

After being invited in and of course a "friendly introduction", she decided to set the poor unsuspecting Sim's bed on fire.  Of course this is not a normal thing to do but we are talking about an evil witch.  Willow Mendip, to be precise.

As I stated in a previous post, EA/Maxis seem to have changed things a little since The Sims 3.  Unable to cast any more "inferniate" spells because everything "clicked on" brings up a red notice stating that "this cannot be done because there is a fire on the lot", Willow runs out of the house waving her arms in the air, followed by the poor neighbour.  There's nothing else she can do but to call the fire brigade.  In The Sims 3, she would have been able to light fires in every room of the house, causing more havoc than she can in this incarnation.

The firemen/women take their time, seemingly more interested in playing with clay than putting out the blaze.  However, they manage it after a fashion and everything is back to "normal".  Apart from, of course, the poor neighbours blackened bed.

Willow takes her leave and decides to go homeward bound to practice some more magic.  What else can she learn?

Chillio.  That was what she learned - chillio.  It seems to go from one extreme to the other.  Instead of burning Sims to death, she can now freeze them to death.

Armed with knowledge of a new spell, she travels to Mount Komorebi.  Needless to say, she chose this location because of the snow...

After introducing herself to a Sim on the lot, again in a friendly manner, she invited the Sim outside to help build a Snow Pal.  The Sim was of course happy to oblige and followed Willow outside into the freezing cold.  Once the Snow Pal was finished and having lulled the poor Sim into a false sense of security, Willow "chillioed" her.  To put it more plainly, she froze her into a Simlish iceberg.

Other Sims started to appear on the lot and Willow chillioed a couple of them too.

Unfortunately, this practice of freezing Sims is not lethal, for now anyway.  Things may get better as time wears on.  We can only wait and see.

- Minicart

Voodoo Doll

 

The Voodoo Doll has been in The Sims 4 game from the beginning.  In The Sims 3 however, this had to be purchased from The Sims 3 Store as I remember, as extra content for your game.  When you "bind" the Voodoo Doll with a Sim, you can then affect the Sim through the doll.  For example, if you pour water over the bound doll, the Sim that it is bound to will become soaked.  Likewise, if you place the bound doll on a fire, the Sim that it is bound to will simultaneously be set alight.  I found this out, thanks to a post by a fellow Simmer, on Reddit.

For your Sim to acquire a Voodoo Doll in The Sims 4, your Sim will either need to purchase one, which costs around 1,000 simoleons or may "win" one from the Humour and Hi-Jinks Festival if you have City Living installed.  This is where Willow Mendip acquired hers.

Having had this doll in her inventory for quite a while, it was only a matter of time in which Willow would test this out.

There are many festivals in The Sims 4 and a few more have been added with the Snowy Escape expansion pack.  One such festival that came with this pack was "The Festival of Lights".  Lights of course come in the form of stars, lights, candles and fire, such as bonfires.  One such bonfire is conveniently placed in the Festival Square for anyone to light and interact with.  For an evil witch with a Voodoo Doll, this is a dream come true.

One elderly Sim was chosen for this experiment as it was deemed that she didn't have "long to go" anyway.  Willow introduced herself in a friendly fashion and was then able to bind the doll to her victim; she then threw the doll into the bonfire.  The effect was instantaneous.

Unfortunately for Willow but fortunately for the Sim, the combustion doesn't last long and the Sim survived but, it was fun to do - for an evil witch of course.

- Minicart

Fire

The behaviour of Willow Mendip of The Sims 3 and her incarnation in The Sims 4 with regard to fire is noticeably different.

For example, in The Sims 3, Willow would run around the neighbourhood setting things and Sims on fire, one after another, and then laugh maniacally at the poor Sims misfortune.  In The Sims 4 however, she will run from the blaze and unfortunately, EA/Maxis seem to have "calmed" things down a little, to the point that Willow, although evil, isn't quite as evil as in The Sims 3.  In this incarnation, she becomes upset at seeing Sims die, unlike in TS3 where she took great pleasure in killing off Sims, one by one.

Of course this doesn't stop her from starting fires whether it be in the park or on her home lot.  Starting fires on a community lot seems to bring a lot of do-gooders who turn up with fire extinguishers to put out the blaze.  Willow's plan of killing Sims away from her home lot seems to be futile as there are too many neighbours to come to the rescue.  However, starting a fire on her home lot brings different results.

Willow enjoys entertaining, in more ways than one, and inviting Sims from her neighbourhood to her home is a great way of achieving this.  You would think that the Sims in her neighbourhood would have grown wise to Willow's ways.  At one point I thought this may have happened but time and time again, Willow invites them over and they still accept her invitation.  

This particular day is no exception.  

It's the day after the Summer Party and the hot Summer sun is still beating down on this little Glimmerbrook home.  It's a wonder that there weren't any "natural" fires on the lot.  Nevertheless, Willow decided to start her own.

As she waved her arms and cast the deady spell of "Inferniate", the blaze took hold of the dry grass and the unsuspecting guest.  This time, there were no neighbours with fire extinguishers.  This time, the other guests ran to the front of the lot, waving their arms about in a panic.  Willow followed suit.  There was of course no need to light any more fires.  Her deadly deed was done and all she had to do was wait.

Here's a snippet of episode 17 of The Glimmerbrook Witch: 

Watch the full episode on my channel on YouTube!

- Minicart