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Shelling a Friend's Character

Sep 3, 2013

    1. I have a little girl MSD girl Paige, the adult version of whom is in an RPG with the characters of two friends, one of whom is my characters best friend (Tiberius) and the other is her lover (Scorpion). Tiberius' owner doesn't have dolls but wants to and is already planning to shell child Tiberius as a BF Sarang at some point in the future and we've talked about how fun it would be to get an SD boy to be teenage Scorpion (as he's eight years older that Tiberius and Paige) but his creator seems disinclined to do so. I really want to ask her if I could shell him but I'm not sure if that would be seen as appropriate to do so.

      So has anybody shelled a friend's character before?
      Or if not do you think it would be acceptable to do so or is it just creepy?
       
      #1 Sephy_Kiriyama, Sep 3, 2013
    2. I've done it before, in fact I have 2 dolls based off someone else's character. My biggest reason was because they are lovers with characters that I already had in doll form, in which case, I think is totally cool. The first time I did it, I asked my friend for permission, and not only was he totally cool with it, but he was flattered and asks about the doll often now. The second time, I just went ahead and did it, and eventually told my friend about it, he too was flattered. Just go for it, I say, but ultimately do it for you, because there's nothing worse than you doing it, your friend is less than positive toward the gesture and you just wasted a whole bunch of time and money on a doll you're not totally invested in.
       
      #2 Cyclothymia, Sep 3, 2013
    3. Since your friend seems disinclined to create a doll persona for her Scorpion character, I do think it would be polite to ask her first before you do. The character is still her character, and although you can have any doll that you want, call them any name you want and give them whatever backstory you wish, if you're RPGing with your friend and actively using her ideas and creations for a Scorpion doll it's only polite to ask and that way your friendship might not be at risk!

      People have fallen out over all sorts of things, so it's definitely worth making sure your friend would feel okay with you making a doll of her character. I personally would be flattered if a friend wanted to make a doll based on one of my characters, but I would be pleased if they asked me first - I'm not likely to say no, but if I created the character it's really up to me what happens to the character.

      I agree that if you're going to do it, it has to be what you want, because even if your friend is flattered by the idea she's not shown signs of wanting to do it herself, so you must really want to have the doll to put the time and effort in to putting him together.
       
      #3 Jescissa, Sep 4, 2013
    4. Personally, I would not want anyone to make their doll into my character, and I'd be quite upset with a friend if they went ahead and did it without asking me. Even if I was asked, I'd probably say no, if I'm honest. But that's just my personal feeling about my own character. As Jescissa said, you can create any doll you want, but I do think it's polite to ask her first, and to respect her wishes if she says she would prefer you not to.

      Your friend might be perfectly happy for you to go ahead and create her character, even though she doesn't want to create him herself. There's certainly no harm in asking her, and getting her opinion on it. Then you can make your decision based on that.
       
      #4 aurasunset, Sep 4, 2013
    5. Definitely ask first.

      Generally, I would not be happy with someone shelling MY character. It's almost happened before, and it was rather upsetting, as the person also decided to tweak the character to meet their interests, not keep my OC as she should have been, but still claim it was the same character. Not cool.

      However, if it was one of my best friends, and I no longer held interest in the character, I actually HAVE offered to let a friend take over my character and shell them (or buy the doll from me if I no longer wanted it). It really depends on the situation. But I wouldn't be ok with somebody shelling a character I hold near and dear to my heart.
       
      #5 CloakedSchemer, Sep 4, 2013