Bolin

Bolin is a core character created in the SimKorra Sims 3 save file, originally intended as a one-day joke with a segment of the Legend of Korra fandom during the hiatus between its first and second season. He was given a Japanese style school uniform and dropped into a custom-built high school along with Korra, Mako, and Asami, to have his autonomous actions observed by the game's Mod for one in-game day. His actions were then documented in a handful of posts on tumblr. The characters' actions proved popular enough, the Mod created a separate blog and began documenting the characters' lives as the game evolved into a Legacy game. Bolin is currently in one of the three households included in regular gaming rotation, and appears regularly throughout the blog.

Pre-Blog
Before the game's main events began to unfold, Bolin spent one day visiting his old high school with his schoolmates, Korra and Asami, and his brother Mako. As it was a new game, they were all neutral acquaintances without significant "backstory," with Mako and Bolin having a sibling relationship.

Bolin took some time to begin socializing with his peers, but quickly demonstrated his friendly demeanor by engaging a complete stranger. He ultimately spent his day playing basketball with Korra and Mako, or soccer with Asami. He left campus before the others, helping prompt the Mod to explore sending the group to college.

University
At the end of his first in-game day, following the blog's community feedback, Bolin was enrolled in University along with Korra, Mako, and Asami. He was signed up for the athletics degree, with the idea that he might like to be a "pro-bender." It was at this time that Naga and Pabu were added to the household, however pets were not able to come to college and were left behind for the semester. The four friends were assigned to a co-ed dorm, with Mako as Bolin's roommate.

Before and during orientation, Bolin decided he found both Korra and Asami attractive and began flirting with Asami heavily, which helped develop an official friendship between them. He took a break to cheer up Mako when he noticed him feeling down.

Before the end of their weekend settling in, Korra was extended an invitation to a kegger, and Bolin tagged along with Mako and Asami. The kegger included a daring system, where individuals who accomplished their dares before the nights' end were given a §100 reward. Bolin was dared to find someone willing to sleep with him before the end of the party. Asami kissed him for her dare--he became upset with her and their friendship was damaged. Although there were several individuals at the party, Bolin was unable to hold a conversation with anyone before the party wound down. By the end of the party he was a bit lonely, and wishing that he could kiss Korra. He eventually made up with Asami, then passed out on the floor at the crack of dawn.

Bolin went back to his dorm to sleep the night off, since his class schedule started later in the day, but accidentally slept through his class. He felt down, and after the rest of their dorm had gone out or gone to sleep in the evening, he attempted to kiss Korra and was rejected. It damaged their friendship, and he regretted it.

The rest of Bolin's time in university was dominated by his studies. When he wasn't attempting to take care of his basic needs, he was often found working out or was pushed by the Mod to stay on top of his homework. At times, he demonstrated a funny habit of dressing in the wrong outfits for different situations. However, some further social developments did unfold: while Bolin continued to flirt with Asami, complexities of a "love quadrangle" unfolded with both girls being attracted to Mako  and at different points in the semester, kissing and becoming romantically interested in him. Group outings were complicated, and often involved upset feelings on the part of at least one individual in the group. Bolin continued to wish for a successful kiss with Korra. However, Korra's attention was often focused on Mako, with her sharing frequent friendly  and flirtatious encounters with him.

In spite of all this and a few unsuccessful encounters with other girls around campus, Bolin made no significant romantic breakthroughs in college. A few times he went on outings with his brother. Finals brought out quirky behavior from him. Following finals, Bolin and his dorm mates threw a Halloween party. Upon receiving his final grades, he was reported to have passed the semester with top marks.

City Life and Relationships
At the end of the semester, the blog's community voted to end the Krew's time at university. As such, they were moved in together into a modified three-bedroom penthouse in Republic City (represented by MAXIS' Bridgeport). Naga and Pabu were able to join the game's activities. After some debate, Bolin was assigned to the Professional Athlete career.

Bolin's relationships with the Krew continued on mostly the same track as in college, due to the limited overlap in their schedules. A month into their new arrangements, Asami and Mako had a falling out over Mako's obvious feelings for Korra, and Bolin took Asami out dancing to take her mind off the situation.

Korra and Mako began dating and interacting in a more seriously romantic nature   , and the various changes in relationship statuses altered the group chemistry. To help them find a new balance the group was sent on a vacation to Ba Sing Se (China). There, the group was able to re-establish positive interactions with each other. Bolin's flirting with Asami became more overt, with him often blowing kisses at her and triggering an "obsession".

Following their trip, Bolin and Asami remained best friends but occasionally engaged in romantic activities, such as stargazing together. On one occasion, the group spent an evening at the winter festival together. Two weeks following their trip, the Krew threw a party to celebrate the new year and invited the friends they'd made from work. Bolin kissed Asami under the mistletoe.

Commitments
Following New Years, Bolin met Korra's cousin Eska at a bar, to Asami's disapproval. He showed early attraction to her, but she was not interested in him. A few weeks later, he developed an attraction for his coworker, Ginger, and wanted to get the opportunity kiss her. As Bolin gained public visibility, a false rumor was spread about him being a dumpster diver. Regardless, in April Ginger invited him to a party at her penthouse--he brought Asami with him. He greeted Ginger with a kiss, which she accepted and returned. Later in the evening, the pair disappeared to a bedroom to try and "make a baby" for reasons no one to this day understands. Bolin was happy with having a romantic interest and sex for the first time, however, and continued to hookup with Ginger until the end of the party while turning down other women's offers.

Two weeks later was Love Day, and Bolin tried meet with Ginger again for a date, however she stood him up. This created some conflicting feelings for Bolin, who wanted to finally get a date with Ginger but also started crushing on Ginger's roommate, Sugar, who he met at the party. Korra was found berating Bolin for his ignorance, and it was inferred that she was chastising him for his relationship with Ginger. A little over a month after the party, Bolin was finally able to meet up with Ginger again in an attempt to initiate a proper relationship. There it was revealed to the characters that Ginger was pregnant. Following community feedback, the Mod elected to "house swap" the Krew with Ginger's flatmates. This placed the Krew in a six bedroom penthouse that would enable them to continue could still living together while Bolin worked on his relationship with Ginger and help him prepare for their baby.

Problems began almost immediately for Bolin and Ginger, as she fought with Bolin on a whim and openly romanced a fellow actor, Matthew Hamming. In fact, Bolin was only one of three love interests she was entertaining at the time. While the Krew's dynamics continued mostly unchanged, Ginger proved to be a difficult personality to get along with. Asami fought with her immediately upon meeting her, and apparently did not approve Bolin's relationship with her. Bolin continued to pursue his romance with Ginger all the same, and started nesting.

In June, after Korra contracted an illness and then later entered a period of violent nausea and vomiting, the Mod sent the Krew on a vacation to the Fire Nation (Isla Paradiso). Ginger did not come due to her pregnancy, and Bolin was able to decompress. The trip played out in a similar fashion as their trip to the Earth Kingdom, with lots of fun, friendly interactions and activities. They rented a house boat and spent a lot of time in and on the ocean.

After returning home from their trip, the Krew went back to their regular routines and Korra continued to be sick on a frequent basis. A month and a half later met the onset of the Summer holiday, and the Krew went camping with Ginger and a romantic interest of Asami's, Iroh. While the trip involved fun activities, it was somewhat upset by Korra's "illness" becoming more violent as time wore on. Two weeks later, Korra and her friends were invited by her mother to an end-of-Summer party, where Korra realized during a conversation with her mother that she was pregnant with Bolin's brother's baby.

About two months after the party, Mako and Korra agreed to get married. After polling the community, it was decided that Korra and Mako should marry before Winter. As such, Bolin attended Korra and Mako's wedding on October 26th. The ceremony was a simple affair held in the living room of their apartment and attended by close friends and family.

Rename
While Korra's pregnancy ultimately led to her and Mako's marriage, Bolin's relationship with Ginger continually deteriorated. Ginger officially ended her romantic relationship with Bolin sometime following the wedding, and about a month after giving birth to a boy named Nuktuk (born on December 30th), it was decided it didn't make sense for Ginger and Bolin to be living together. A custom apartment began to be built.

In Febuary, Korra and Mako moved into their own three-bedroom apartment, with Bolin and Asami living in the other two units in the complex. On March 5th, after a month in their new home, Korra gave birth to her and Mako's first baby girl, named Aruna. She threw herself back into work almost immediately (hoorah Waterbending healers??), establishing a "parenting shift" system with Mako that would be maintained for a few years: he worked in the mornings while she stayed home, then she would head out to her work while he took care of the home in the evening. While the system was mostly effective, Aruna was a bit of a mama's girl early on, and Korra seemed to struggle a little bit with maintaining the energy to do her job effectively. In one instance, while on call for evicting a troublesome spirit from Lin Beifong's home, she got caught up relaxing and watching TV when Lin stepped out. When Lin found her, she kicked Korra out of her house and fired her from the job.

About five weeks after her birth, Korra and Mako took Aruna to Love Day festival, where they presented her to her grandparents for the first time and got to check in on Senna, who was about five months pregnant with Korra's new sister.

Outside of this and supporting Asami while she planned her own wedding to Iroh, Korra's life started to find a rhythm balancing her Avatar duties with her newfound domesticity. She continued to devote mornings to motherhood and evenings to work, with Mako following the opposite pattern. While this meant they spent a good deal of time apart, they made good use of the time they did have together, spending a many of their earlier mornings , Mako's days off, and holidays together.

In the middle of June, Korra experienced a new bout of nausea. However, four weeks went by with only one other wave of sickness.

Rename
July 13th, Korra attended Asami and Iroh's lavish wedding with her family as part of the wedding party--it went off without a hitch. She then left Aruna with her parents while she and Mako travelled with Asami and Iroh on a double honeymoon to the Earth Kingdom (France), on which Bolin also tagged along. The trip was simple, with Korra and Mako visiting musems and tombs together. While exploring a barrow, the topic of having a second child was brought up by Mako. They also spent some time with Bolin, Asami and Iroh sampling drinks.

Upon returning home, it was discovered Bolin had acquired a female roommate named Debbie, who Korra would not get along with. A couple days following their return was the Summer festival. Korra seemed to still be recovering from the trip, as she began to feel ill again. While she attended the festival with her family, Iroh and Asami, she mostly took it easy and tended to five-month-old Aruna. To top it off, she napped when she came home, and watched the stars with her husband.

At the end of the first week of August, Korra's parents called to announce that she, at just short of 22 years old, was now a big sister to new-born Malina. Nuktuk moved back in with Bolin for his six month custody turn, and Korra began tending him alongside Runi (petname coined by Mako for Aruna) for a few hours during the day while Bolin, Mako, Iroh and Asami all went to work. This resulted in Nuktuk beginning to bond with Korra as his favorite guardian of the household.

Within 20 days following these events, after another surge of nausea, Korra realized she was pregnant with her and Mako's second baby. She informed Mako after he came home for work, and they both affirmed their hopes for a boy. They got an ultrasound a few weeks later, although the result was kept partially concealed from the blog's community to enable a surprise birth for those who wanted it.

In the Fall, due to her questionable behavior around the children, Korra finally snapped at Debbie, who was then kicked out of Bolin's apartment. And once Malina turned two months old, Korra and Mako took seven-month-old Aruna to meet her for the first time. In October, the Krew co-hosted a holiday feast, prepared with decorated pumpkins and candy. The party included lots of friends and avatars of blog followers. A couple weekends later, Korra attended a follow-up party with Mako at the tumblr household, however not much happened besides Korra watching TV and Mako getting cornered into talking about unicorns with the host.

The end of Fall signaled Korra and Mako's first wedding anniversary, and the pair checked into a resort out of the city. They spent a large part of their time in the pool and chatted over a fancy dinner. Upon coming home, they took their first official family portraits together.

The onset of winter cozied and slowed things down a bit. In late November, a now-expectant Asami invited Korra out for a pregnant ladies' night at the arcade that ended up pretty low-key. Iroh's work changed to a night shift, and he was able to assist Korra with Aruna and Nuktuk during the day. Towards the end of the year, he caught himself on fire and Korra helped control the blaze. Bolin hosted Nuktuk 's first birthday party with her family, inviting Ginger to attend. She stayed for the minimum amount, leaving shortly after the main birthday celebration was completed and Nuktuk became a toddler.

Asami and Eska
2004 was welcomed with a gift exchange party with extended family, where Nuktuk taught himself to walk in his walker. Bolin preferred to avoid the party and went to bed early, however he was forced to sleep through multiple intruders in his room. At the start of February, Bolin returned Nuktuk to his mother for six more months. Bolin continued to make passes at Asami when they were alone. Their behavior wasn't clandestine enough, however, as word got out about it in March, impacting Asami's relationship with her husband. Bolin attended Aruna's first birthday, which was a smaller affair than Nuktuk 's.

On Love Day, Bolin invited Eska out on a date. He attempted to take her to the resort, however staff were absent, so the pair went to the Spring Festival instead. While they were able to test their compatibility on the love meter, by the time they arrived a lightning storm settled in, so they went back to Bolin's apartment, where they had dinner together. Eska also spent the night at his apartment, however she slept in his spare bedroom. In April, Bolin began to flirt with Asami again after dodging her for a month. The maid took pictures of one of their conversations, and Bolin fired her. Eska made a house call at this time, diverting his attention for the day. She ended up staying the night, and the pair had unprotected sex.

Bolin continued to spend much of his free time in Korra and Mako's apartment, bonding with his niece and playing with Naga's new litter of puppies. Asami made up with her husband, and Bolin stopped his romantic overtures to her. By summer, after making no progress for two years, Bolin quit his job and was sent to pursue acting. After Asami gave birth to a baby boy in June, Korra hired a butler named Camilla to help out with their babies and puppies as a live-in nanny. At the end of the month, he was invited to a celebrity pool party with his family. The party was hosted by Gingers on-again-off-again lover, Matthew Hamming, however it was mostly uneventful.

In July, Bolin met up with Eska inside a utilities closet at the school, and then hosted his own masquerade party. In August, Bolin picked up Nuktuk for the half-year , and the adults took the opportunity to continue their annual tradition of a trip abroad, this time to Whaletail Island (Roaring Heights). They dolled up in themed attire, visited the beach, museum and gym  , gambled a little, had a swanky dinner , made out, and attended a carnival. Korra censured Asami after noticing her being too flirtatious with Bolin. After returning from the trip, another round of family pictures are taken to include Nuktuk.

In mid-September, following frequent bouts of nausea similar to her pregnancy with Aruna, Korra was able to confirm her third pregnancy, and shared the news with Mako. However, unlike previous pregnancies, Korra experienced some sporadic contractions early on. A cold that Nuktuk brought into the home spread to the other children and adults, so a doctor's visit was arranged for the entire household. Two weeks later, Bolin set Korra and Mako's kitchen on fire, and Korra helped put the flames out when he was too busy screaming and falling asleep. The fall was ended with a costume party, which Eska attended.

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