Peach 

Peach is my forever island. I started it on release day, March 20th 2020, and have never reset it (and never will!). Across the 3,000 hours I've poured into this island, I've tried a number of different themes - at first I wanted a forest island, and then I got inspired to make a So-Cal boardwalk theme. But then the great era of the "cores" came to animal crossing, and we were introduced to cottagecore, farmcore, and my beloved fairycore. My heart has been settled on fairycore since mid-2020, and I've never deviated from that concept. 

Peach is a lush, colorful island with magical little builds and elaborate terraforming, befitting of a fairycore themed island. But this island means so much more to me than just cute decor or themes - it's really been my home. I've hosted SO many events on this island; countless games of hide-and-seek, birthday parties, even my college graduation (which tbh was WAY more fun than walking irl). It's also how I got started on my path of content creation; my first-ever Twitch stream was of me building a sunken waterfall (now demolished lmao) and a number of my Youtube videos have featured Peach. 

And in true Sophie fashion, this island would be incomplete without an absurd amount of lore behind it - and BOY have I got some lore for you. 

The most important piece of lore that you need to know: Flurry is our resident serial killer. You may be thinking, sweet little hamster Flurry? How could she possibly be a killer? But that's what she WANTS you to think. Believe me, behind those chubby little cheese and adorable round body is a stone-cold killer that could even put Dexter to shame. When she's not busy making hit lists, she's going on dates with her boyfriend Dom (who is blissfully unaware of her true nature) or baking sweet treats for her neighbor (and hit-man slash second-in-command) Sasha. Flurry has long gone unopposed on the island, as any who dare stand in her path end up... well, in her garden. But one brave soul has taken up the torch against Flurry's tyranny: Melba. Sweet Melba originally moved to the island to take care of her elderly grandfather Gonzo, but when she learned of Flurry's true nature she made it her lifes mission to bring her to justice. And this has not occured without great sacrifice - Melba's first girlfriend, Diana, ended up double-crossing her and worked for Flurry. Painful as it was, she broke up with Diana, who soon left the island. She is truly committed to fighting against Flurry and her vicious allies. They have, at present, formed a tentative truce, but you never know when chaos will strike again...

Besides that whole mess, the island is pretty chill. Freckles is our local kawaii gamer girl slash cottagecore bisexual. She has lately started to notice Melba, who may be ready to finally date again after the pain and heartbreak of Diana's betrayal. Freckles's bestie on the island is Julian, our local astrology-obsessed fashion-icon LGBTQ king. His friendly rival is Marshal, the poor romantic who has been dumped too many times to count by previous residents like Judy and Ione. However, Marshal is beginning to form a bit of a romance with Wolfgang, our other lone wolf (pun intended) of the island. And then finally we have sweet Beau, the island's oldest resident. He technically did leave Peach for quite some time to live on my sister Zoe's island, Pumpkin (alongside his boyfriend Erik), but he has recently rejoined the Peach crew! (And yes, he did remember me when he moved back!) 

As far as the human residents go, we have Sophie (aka meee!) who is the resident representative. I feel like my in-game me is me but also,,, not me? Like, they don't look like me - they've got little pink hair buns and that is DEFINITELY not how I look. I tend to think of Peachie (as I often lovingly refer to my in-game-me) as sort of like the child version of Sophie, or perhaps how the child version Sophie would imagine the older me being? Idk. They're me, but not me.
The other two humans are Gwen and Posie, which as you will see when you scroll down more, were actually characters who lived on my other islands! I always have backstories for the characters I make for my side islands, and sometimes I end up loving them so much that I am just TOO attached to say goodbye and I recreate them on my home island! If you're curious about them, there's more info below, but to sum them up - Gwen is a gnome who runs Peach's ultra-cozy bed and breakfast, and Posie is actually resident rep Sophie's daughter! 

I feel like I could keep on writing about this amazing island forever and ever, but I'll stop here for now. A day may come where I write even more of Peach's lore and even share some old photos of my island designs, but for now, this'll do. :)