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Life and the Hobby

Dec 2, 2014

    1. Wow. I've been away for a long time.

      I wanted to ask everyone here if they've ever just had their life change so much that the way they approached the Hobby was totally transformed.

      I know, that's...kind of a weird question. I'm not really thinking about the types of life changes that are big and come more or less all at once: marriage, college, moving, new babies. I mean, have you ever just changed so completely as a person that you couldn't approach BJDdom in the same way? I don't mean that you left the hobby, or switched out all your dolls. What I mean is, has anyone else had their worldview change in ways that made them see the hobby differently.

      My own transformation came about because of a very profound change in my life - I found religion. I'm obviously not going to talk too much about the specifics, but I came to worship the Indian goddess Sarasvati, and am now a Buddhist and animist. The latter viewpoint has had an enormous impact on how I view my dolls, for obvious reasons. I can no longer pretend that my dolls' personalities are all in my head.

      So has anyone else ever had something like this happen to them? How many of you have experienced life changes that fundamentally altered the way you treat your dolls and the hobby? For example, has anyone gone to Japan and found that all of their aesthetic preferences have changed, and suddenly you feel compelled to give every single doll you own a makeover? Or have you made friends in the hobby whose own tastes have influenced yours, or whose approach to collecting/views on the dolls themselves have convinced you of things you previously disbelieved?

      Please, I'd love to hear.:aheartbea
       
      #1 Redfaery, Dec 2, 2014
    2. Wow when I read the Topic I didn't expect that kind of change. Good for you for making a positive change in your life. My change is not that big. I started with the small 1/6th scale Obitsu's because I didn't have much money and once I got more money and sold a few of my little ones I was able to buy the bigger resin and vinyl dolls. I was starting to work on making dolls based off TV characters and have a few of my own ideas to. Now I have gotten more into Star Trek and have the time and money to expand learnt a bunch of things from other friends and such I have made a few Alien dolls. I have made many friends and gotten into a few communities with the dolls my mom loves my collection and I have gotten her a few. It has all been a positive change for me. DOA helped a bunch finding people who do the same as me and to help others.
      I hope this answers your question. My life has changed with the dolls and so far nothing else major has happen to affect my relationship with my dolls.
       
      #2 Redfrost, Dec 2, 2014
    3. I can't really say I've had a significant change on the way I view bjds and the community at large.

      When I started this hobby, I was really enthusiastic about it, until a family member heavily criticized the hobby I was barely engaging.
      I felt betrayed, and while I still bought a few dolls, I kept them hidden from the rest of my family,
      I never really enjoyed them as much since they represented a source of guilty pleasure.
      I enjoyed the dolls when I was taking pictures or giving them faceups, but I never really fully enjoyed the hobby.


      Currently I have a boyfriend who is very supportive of my hobby, and he has given me plenty of gifts to encourage my geeky behavior/obsession. My boyfriend's mother will often pose the dolls in great and creative ways whenever I'm not looking. And, it has made my soul lighter knowing that someone else finds them fun enough to play with them.

      Whenever my boyfriend's mom secretly poses the dolls in different subtle ways, it makes me imagine and think what it would be like if they could move, Toy Story style, whenever I wasn't around. My boyfriend's mother has even bought them cute little doll stands which has made me happy and grateful that someone appreciates their aesthetics. As for my boyfriend, I'm glad he can accept me and my geeky hobbies. :XD:
       
      #3 Lady Alexiel, Dec 2, 2014
    4. My life changed BECAUSE of my doll, 2-3 years ago. Parker, to be specific. Does that count?

      Parker is a teenager, and into pop music. I roleplay him, he was a minor character, just the son of my first doll, and he is obsessed with Justin Bieber and One Direction, which drives his parents crazy. I started doing research, you know, just enough to know a few songs and facts on them so I could play him properly. Then....somehow.....I found myself buying their albums, thinking "the music is pretty catchy"...and the next thing I knew, I found myself taking off work to go to a 1D concert, screaming my lungs out, and sporting a JB tattoo. >.> I may be as much of a Directioner and Belieber as Parker ever was....and my whole doll collection has transformed because of it. My dolls used to mostly be adults, with a variety of careers, mostly punk or metal musicians, detectives, artists, married with kids.....now, my entire collection revolves around Parker, his boyband, his pop idol friend and their families and staff.

      I've fallen into fandoms because of my doll, and I can't get out! haha
       
      #4 CloakedSchemer, Dec 8, 2014
    5. My life has stayed the same, but I'm getting more interested in myself instead of others. Which is a good thing.
      I've been in a multitude of abusive relationships with people, and toxic friendships, and it was all because I never do anything for myself. I never sit down and just, have fun. But dolls have always been that way for me. I started with MH, and I'd sit around and just change the clothes and hair and make characters, and it was so much fun to me that I didn't actually worry so much when I was playing with them.
      But then I saw BJD's. My first bjd ever was a BBB Yong, and I fell in love with her. I tried to sew things, I tried to make her hair and I tried to make her everything. It was a slow introduction, but because of these little characters I'm able to take time and set aside and actually do things for FUN, not money.
       
      #5 lullabee, Dec 8, 2014