Should you have a favourite doll?

Do you mean is it morally right? I can't think why not, it's not like the dolls have feelings.
Or do you mean it could somehow make someone a less "serious" doll owner because they don't love all their dolls equally?
I am not really sure if I get your meaning..

 

I'm not sure what you're asking.

There's no "should" and "should not" when it comes to owning a doll. It isn't like other dolls can feel neglected if you lavish all your attention on one. They're inanimate objects; they don't care. And neither should anyone else.

I've got a favorite. I don't bother to hide that, and I would get extremely miffed if anyone tried to say I was somehow morally in the wrong for having a favorite doll. I mean...who cares?

 

there is no correct answer for this, some people feel that you shouldnt, some feel that you should. Personally i feel its a thing that does and SHOULD vary. I don't have a singular favorite, but i certainly have favorites. dolls DONT have feelings, but i certainly feel they should move on if i do ignore them to a place they WILL be loved and spoiled

 

Why shouldn't you have a Favorite?

Unlike kids or pets, dolls are inanimate. They really, honestly won't care if one gets played with more than the others. They really won't.

 

Whatever works for you. I have a favorite most days, but my favorite is forever changing. I will love one doll so much for a certain amount of time and then start looking at another and then start really preferring that one. I don't think it matters though. If you feel that you do not have a favorite, there is nothing wrong with that either. Just enjoy them that is all that matters.

 

I think that some people are naturally prone to favoritism. I know I always have a favorite, but I still love all of my dolls and care about them as much - there's just that one that I feel a tad more close to. It's always been this way and I've always had a favorite of anything whether dolls, characters on a MMORPG, etc.

 

Heh... I think you really do need to think of a different way of expressing this! Maybe, "Do you have a favorite? And do you feel bad about it?"??? Although, that seems familiar...

Basically, people should do what they want with their dolls (or not--it's totally up to them!).

And, nothing wrong with having a favorite, or not having one. As Brightfires says, it's not as if you're going to crush your dolls' feelings, if you do or don't favor them.

I don't have a favorite... I have some dolls I like more than others, but I try to treat them all well and fairly equally... Not because I'm worried about their feelings--just because that's what I do... They are all great dolls, no matter how I'm ranking them.

 

Well, if mean in a way dealing a lot of time with one and neglecting the others, then I am guilty of this. I am making every main outfit for my dolls by myself, so I am "playing" with one doll intensively when I do this. The others don't get played with much during that time. But finally I want to have them all together and I think they will be played-with in shifts. Most of them are very big, and I can only play with one at a time. Maybe the little one is an exception, as she is super-spoiled.

 

I definitely have a favorite. I'm not sure how you wanted to word your question, but here's what I thought before I read your post, "Is there a reason to have dolls that clearly aren't one of your favorites, when you have a doll that is far superior in your mind to all of them?" I doubt that's what you meant, but I turned the question around in my head because that's something I think about often. I have a lot of dolls, and I keep thinking, "Do I really need these that I barely look at when x doll is so much more important to me?" With some people, each doll has a specific role in their collection, so they could say that each doll is necessary, particularly if they represent characters. But if someone just bought pretty dolls and it became a battle of the prettiest, what reason is there to keep the not-as-pretty ones? Sometimes I see collections of pretty dolls that all look very similar, and I wonder if each doll has its own specific role in the collection or if the owner just likes lots of pretty dolls in one spot. There's nothing wrong with either reason - I just am not sure which type of collector I am sometimes. I like the effect of massive amounts of pretty in one spot, but whenever I buy a doll, I try to decide if the doll would add anything new to the collection.

I haven't had much sleep lately, so sorry if that was vaguely incoherent.

 

Not really, it is everyone right's to have a favorite or not.
But I think it's quite good for someone to have a favorite doll since that person will be more devoted to that doll and it can help with buying impulse (like prefer to buy clothes than new doll) and making something just for that doll (furniture, house)
But having favorite can make other doll have less treatment like you only bring favorite to con and meetup and only buy clothes for that doll. And that will make you rethink to sell other dolls cause they don't get enough attention from you.
People have choice to have a favorite one or not, after all it's their doll and if they're happy with it, that's it

 

I fell for and chose my dolls for different reasons, it's impossible for me to have a favorite I've got a tall hot tan guy and a cute pink haired moe girl, how can they compete when they are so different? Even my similar looking dolls have different nuances to their appearance and characters. It's true that I do love some of them a little more than others, but it's not the case than one of them comes out on top as most loved.

For me it's not a case of most pretty, but I do wish to have a group of similar looking pretty dolls. Just having one isn't the same as having many. Somehow they are really cute together in multiples And that way, you can pose them together too!

 

Yes, have a favorite doll, tell your secrets, kiss them when no one looks, buy prettier clothes, spoil her/him, have fake fights so you can break up, and make up with gifts......

 

Well... I'm kind of wondering if I can have a favourite and still spend what my friends consider ridiculous amounts of time and money on other dolls. Is that what you meant? The longer I hang around here though and talk to other dolly people, the less guilt I feel about having and playing with other dolls than just one favourite

 

My favourite is whichever doll I'm working on at the moment. That said, if there's one that consistently gets passed over for attention, I tend to have a good long think about selling that doll because I'm not feeling motivated to work on them.

 

I do play faves. I have a large collection, and naturally, I'm not going to say "I love every single one of my 30+ dolls exactly equal". No, I don't. For the first 5 years, Amir and Loki, my first two, were my absolute favorites and I never thought anything could change that. But.....it did. I'm not sure WHAT caused it, exactly, though I think a shift in my roleplay and character focus had a lot to do with it. Now, Justin (IslandDoll Louis in my avatar) is my favorite. It has nothing to do with my most beautiful, or most expensive or even which one is my grail---it's a mix of doll and character, I guess?

I used to feel guilty that I loved Amir and Loki so much more than my others, and I often wondered if my first two were so special, why even buy others? But I want the others because they are important characters in the stories, or I just love the look of the dolls. When Justin moved up to the 'favorite' spot, I felt guilty all over---how could this near impulse-supporting-character doll take the place of my first two that I've loved the most for 5 years? Yet...he did, and his character has developed so much and become so dear to me.

Now....I don't think it's 'wrong', and things just change. I know we sometimes get attached to our OCs and think of their thoughts and feelings almost like that of a real person, but in reality, they really are just pieces of resin and writing on paper, and it's nt really going to hurt them if they aren't our favorites or they don't get as much attention as another. I don't feel guilty loving Justin most. Though on occasion, I do cuddle him and whisper "You're my favorite. Shhhhh....don't tell the others." :P

 

Well, I would say one's grail doll might be there favorite. Me personally, I have a grail doll I love and am so happy I have her, but I love each of my dolls in different ways and for different reasons. I think it's really the collector's perogative.

 

My dolls get different amounts of attention on different days ^^ they may go a while before its there turn agen, but there will be a patch where they're fawned over most, and usually as a group I appreciate them

 

I only have two dolls right now, so...I'm pretty limited as far as "having a favorite." I love my DC Agatha, Calista, she's my baby! I was able to buy her at a time when I really needed something new and beautiful in my life. My boyfriend of four years was away at college, but I had to take a semester off because of stress and anxiety reasons. Calista really rejuvenate my love for dolls and creativity.

But...Phinny is my favorite. :C He always will be, and even though I feel a little bad about picking a "favorite," I just love him too much. He means the world to me, and I just...yeah. He's my favorite My first BJD, first BJD I even saw in person, and we were "on our own" for quite a long time before Calista came along. So yes, I don't think it's wrong to have a favorite.