Controversial Doll Stories?

If you are at least 18 years old and have a controversial doll story, take it to an 18+ forum like Controversialdoll.com.

 

Some of your subjects are covered in the rules about inappropriate content: http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=242528.

 

It might not be okay for highly rated stories to be posted on a site where kids see it, but I think its okay. I like to read controversial stories because it makes the dolls more realistic. I've seen some controversial things on here, but it wasnt as huge as the things on the list. Controversial is good. It keeps everyone human and shows off the different types of characters dolls can have.

 

YOU, the owner are the only one who can decide what you get to do with your dolls' stories. Whether you can post said stories here or other places, well, that's up to the mods. The question of right and wrong and whether certain things are controversial are to a large degree very much personal and based on individual beliefs, so that's not generally something that anyone can make a decision about for anyone but themself. Personally, I think that people can do whatever they damn well please with their toys, up to and including making them things like drug addicts, cult leaders, Nazis, rapists, gangbangers or even the devil himself, if they like. It might not all be acceptable here, but I'm not going to say that someone shouldn't do something just because it makes someone else uncomfortable.

 

Honestly, the old thread didn't stick around long enough for any dissenting opinions for the scenarios you posed.

In regards to controversial doll stories, a lot of the time it comes off as attention seeking not thought provoking.

 

This. I don't see a point for debate. Do what you want with your dolls, but if you're planning to tell people about it prepare to run into rules about what is acceptable per forum.

 

Er...not always, honestly. I cannot count the number of, say, gay male rape/abuse victim characters out there. I can guarantee you that not every single one of them is well thought out and realistic and would venture to say that a good number aren't and that many are created less for reasons of "I want to explore this" and more for the OMG YAY ANGST! factor. Really, though, that's fine with me. Like I said, people are free to do what they want with their characters, and if that's what they want, I see no issue with it at all. Just don't think that every single character has a well thought out, deeply meaningful story. They don't need to, as far as I'm concerned. After all, most of us pretty much write/come up with these characters for ourselves, so as long as we like them, who cares what someone else thinks?

 

Wow, you're having a bit of a hard time starting up here, it seems.

Anyways, I think it should be entirely case-to -case. I've seen dolls that are supposed to be ghosts. If that doll died by suicide, would that be too offensive? Nobody seems to mind a dead character, so why would HOW they died matter?

A friend of mine has a character who is a murderer and a sadist. It's part of the story line, and he's definitely a bad guy, there's no 'glorification'. If I made a doll of him, would that be wrong, even though I'm fully aware it's a bad thing? There's a difference between that and someone saying 'LOL HE LIEK, LUVS BLOOD!!1! DEATH IS LIKE SO TOTALLI HXC LOLO'. Shouldn't my disclaimer be enough to sort me out from someone who is clearly writing it into their story for enjoyment?

 

I think there are instances where this type of dialog does happen, but, in my experience (just mine), I've rarely seen any of the more extreme taboos you've listed tactfully done. Not saying it can't happen, but those topics polarize people.

 

Personally, I think I'd admire a story that was able to involve tragic or sensitive plot elements without pandering or glorifying. But that's just me.

 

Now,see, this is a bit clearer. I think this is a slightly different question to what you originally asked, actually.
I think if people are handling something that could be considered controversial in a well thought out manner it isn't really their fault if somone else gets offended, provided they make it clear what the subject matter is going to consist of. I honestly believe that people shouldn't be forbidden from exploring certain subjects just because there's a possibility of offending someone, and that the person who's telling the story shouldn't be made out to be a horrible person simply because they wanted to explore a subject of that nature.

This is absolutely true. (I may say that yeah, it's fine with me to do that with your dolls if you want, and it is, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't occasionally irritate me to see certain things over and over and over.) I agree that sometimes people don't think about what they're doing with that sort of subject (the point of the OMG ANGST remark), and that is, to me, a big part of where the controversy comes up. I don't think that that kind of thing would actually *be* so controversial if there weren't people going "LOL my doll got raped/turned into a vampire/addicted to drugs isn't he DARK AND EDGY?" instead of actually thinking about "This happened to his/her character. What are the consequences going to be and how will they affect him/her and others?" That's what, it seems to me, causes so much trouble. I personally do not have huge issues with any subect all being explored, but other people do, and I understand that, to a degree.
I don't however think that their discomfort with certain issues should stop anyone from incorporating those things into their stories. Would I prefer that they at least tried to handle some things with a bit of care and tact? Yes. Is everyone going to? Definitely not.

 

To that list, I would add:

Angels
Homosexuality
Angel Homosexuality (Double no-no!)
Paganism
Plagiarism
and
Cutting.

Those are all hot button issues I've heard people discuss.

 

If something offends me, I do my best to avoid it. I know this isn't the way most react, but seriously, why bother with it if you don't agree with it?

I look at it this way - It's perfectly okay for someone to write a character in a story that is just all ways of evil, perfectly okay for someone to write a back story about one of their characters who had all sorts of terrible things happen to them in their past, so it should be perfectly okay for someone to have a doll with the same "personality". Within the limits of DoA, I can understand not sharing the doll's past, but I don't see a problem with hinting at it for stories. And if you're asked directly about it, then tell the asker in a PM.

I don't have a problem with any of the scenarios you've posted above. But, I'm just one person and I don't offend easily.