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Dr. Prometheus Hyde
Prometheus-hyde
Name Dr. Prometheus Hyde
Gender Male Male
Prometheus Hyde
The Sims 2 Logo cropped and centered
Biography
Mad Scientist, CEO.
Name Prometheus Hyde
Age TS3-Adult Adult
Life state Werewolf Werewolf
Personality
Aspiration  Knowledge
Lifetime want
Become Mad Scientist Become Mad Scientist
Appearance
Hair color Skin-blue Sims 3 Blue
Eye color TS2 Blue Eyes Blue
Skin color Skin-blue Sims 3 Blue
Body shape  Normal
Other Information
Game The Sims 2 Icon The Sims 2
Playability Playable
Neighborhood Fanon:Strangetown
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Prometheus Hyde
The Sims 3 Logo
Name Prometheus Hyde
Age TS3-Adult Adult
Life state CAS Werewolf icon Werewolf
Education and Employment
Career
Science career icon Mad Scientist
Personality
Traits
Trait Genius small Genius
Trait Vehicle Enthusiast small Vehicle Enthusiast
Trait Perceptive small Perceptive
Trait Artistic small Artistic
Trait Ambitious small Ambitious
Hidden traits
Trait Immune to Fire small Immune to Fire
Trait Lycanthropy small Lycanthropy
Favorites
Fav Electronica Electronica
Fav Tri-Tip Steak Tri-Tip Steak
Fav Blue Blue
Other Information
Game TS3 Icon The Sims 3
Playability Playable
World Moonlight Falls
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Dr. Prometheus Hyde is the Watcher of the StrangeTown Monty (STM) multiverse. His character is based off AldoHyde, the author/director of the STM machinima series.

Dr Hyde has three possible incarnations: (1) normal human, (2) blue human, (3) werewolf.

His first name "Prometheus" indicates that he is the type of scientist who is not afraid to play with fire, and to cross the line. His last name is a play on R.L. Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde".

In the "Direct" Story

Dr Hyde is the CEO of the Hyde Dynamic science facility, located less than a mile outside Strangetown. He also has a private lab-residence in Strangetown, next to Olive Specter's estate, but nearer to the main street.

As an employer, Dr Hyde values intelligent and conscientious sims who produce good work, whether or not they are Hyde Dynamic official employees. As a neighbor, he is seen by the Strangetown residents as a quiet loner who is selective of his visitors.

Sim vs Watcher Dynamics

Dr Hyde is simultaneously a Watcher and sim. He retains his Watcher powers while relating as a sim to other sims. This "double-nature" causes some confusion and hilarity.

Dr Hyde's presence in STM is a commentary on how sims players relate to their game. He has a direct debate with Bianca Monty in STM 1.10 & 1.11, where they discuss the power politics between Watchers and sims. For example, Bianca can protest as much as she likes, but Dr Hyde has the final word as the Watcher. Yet as a sim, he respects her as an equal.

Watcher Focus

Sims players are more likely to appreciate the full meaning behind the "Bianca vs Hyde" episodes if they focus on the presentation of the "Sim vs Watcher" issues, instead of how Hyde's person is not representative of their own demographic. In fact, STM's unique perspective is a result of Hyde not fitting the usual demographic of Sims storytellers / machinima directors.

It is easier to portray a "direct" story than such abstract ideas in a machinima show. So it's possible to appreciate Dr. Hyde both as a STM character, and as the guy who thought of, & successfully created, a Sims machinima show featuring complex, bizarre ideas.


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