Too many? (Dolls in drag, / relationships, etc)

I don't really notice or care if anything is over done. I like pretty photos done tastefully. Beside people lets be honest: If you can think it, it's been done. Sorry, but let's go with there is 6,000 years of human history and that's a lot of people. Go with more, well that's more for people to think of stuff. You might think of one thing different in a whole or another way to redo the same thing, but it's been done.
Me, I just like plain cute! What ever my dolls were, they look cute! Works for me and makes me happy.

 

To me at least, I don't consider a "homosexual relationship" as being able to be a "fad" or a "trend." To me, it's a way of life. It's who I am, and if I want a gay doll, then I guess I'll have a gay doll.

I have "straight" dolls too... but yeah, just like real life, there are gay people in addition to the straightlets.

Drag, Punk, Vampire, whatever..... they are what they are. I'm sure that people are tired of happy dolls, lolita dolls, the above poster's doll signature, or whatever. We all have peeves, we all have things we dislike, but I'm pretty sure that's why this hobby is so vast and expansive. No two dolls look alike (unless you try for it) so appreciate the differences instead of calling them out.

 

Dolls in drag are fine with me as long as they are well done, ya know? As for the gay pairings and such I'm not for it or against it, it's just eyecandy in my opinion . A little off-topic but I remember in my town when I was 16 every 12-14 year old was either bi or emo...mostly bi...just because. Can you say, crazy? Has that ever happened to someone?

 

with your beautiful vampires madammaumau, i think i wouldn't mind turning my boy into becoming one too. a great company indeed!

 

I really don't understand why threads like these are started. And I'm not picking on anybody I'm just truly curious. Who cares what people do with their dolls! They spent the money on it let them do what they want! If I want to color all over my dolls with a marker then it's my choice. I spent the hundreds of dollars and if I'm happy then why dose it matter what everyone else thinks? The only reason I'm even taking time to say this is because I've had people tell me my doll was crap because of what he was. And I was truly hurt and upset that I would have to defend something I love. If you don't like it then don't! But nobody wants your opinion.

None of that was supposed to be aggressive and if I upset anybody I apologies that’s just how I feel. LOVE AND PEACE

 

Seven-Tan: people should treasure their (valuable) belongings though, please don't take a marker to your doll XD

Anyway, there really are a lot of people that like the same things, huh... I try to avoid things that I think are "done to death" as best I can. Personally boy dolls in girl clothes, I don't get it. Though, all you can do is click the back button and move on...~

 

xD I WOULD DIE IF I GOT MARKER ON MY DOLL! I get upsept if they get dirty. XD I was meerly stating that I could and don't think people should worrie themselves about it. But no I love my dollies FAR too much. XD

 

While there are many styles and trends punk and goth all started back in the 70's and people are always being bron and always discovering these styles . Just like hop hop rap style fashions go in a circle . A few years ago the hip hugging bell bottom jeans were in now the skinny tight pants of the 80s are in . Emo is just another word for 80's general style in my book.

But as far as your question about 'haven these things been done to death"?

Who cares? People enjoy their dolls in different ways change their styles to reflect what currently interests them.

There are things that I dont like to look at so I dont . This board has grown by leaps and bounds since when I first signed on and new people are always discovering what is "new' to them but may be old hat to others who have been around longer.

No big deal.

 

That and their are sons of a devil, their parents got killed when they were little trying to save them from rape/kidnap...

Still, it isn't actually something that "bothers" me. People do what they want as long has it is fun. If people dont get dramatic about it ( aka take the drama to your face and make you chew it); then beaten up themes are never quite beaten yet :3

Now, just regarding the looks: nothing ever gets to used. Even if at a certain point it get's "popular" and very used, there will be another time that it wont. Up and down graphic, pardon my english. Technically speaking, if it exists and you go look for it in a certain zone/community/population, it will always "too used" at some time. I dont know if I made my post much clear XD

 

I don't mean to offend anyone with this, but I'm tired of trying to figure out if the doll in the dress is a boy or a girl. So many times I have wanted to say 'Oh wow, what a BEAUTIFUL girl', but I don't, in fear of the owner going all 'ZOMG ITS A BOY!'... It's already happened to me once before... How am I supposed to know? Geez, sorry, if it's a boy, SAY it's a boy or dress it like one.

Some boy dolls look good in dresses, I think. However, I would never dress my boy doll up as a girl, unless it was for fun and humiliation!

 

(a) What does "dress like a boy" actually mean? Please give a specific, objectively clear definition. I'm sure we'd all like to know the definition, so that we can rush to make all of our dolls conform to it.

(b) Why should somebody else have to dress their doll in a way that you are comfortable with, if it's not your doll? Why should the doll's owner take responsibility for your social confusion and resistance to diversity?

Here's a thought! Why not say, "Oh wow, what a beautiful doll!"?

That mindset reminds me of the redneck dude in Falling Down, who's hassling the female cop because he's never sure what to CALL female cops, and he feels it's much too much of a burden to use common sense:

"Why don't they call you guys 'officer-esses'?"
"I beg your pardon?"
"You know, like 'actress'. Something to signify ...you know."
"Oh. I guess they feel a police officer is a police officer. Not a '...you know'."​

 

I didn't mean to offend you if I did.

As the first sentence said, I'm not trying to offend anyone. I can have my own opinion, and you can have yours. I didn't mean to upset you.

I mean, nowhere in my post did I say that I hate all of the cross-dressing dolls and I think they should ALL dress how I would dress mine. I just stated that owners shouldn't get angry if someone makes a mistake about the gender. I was just saying that it's hard to tell when you have a doll, in a feminine dress, wig and makeup. I get confused when it isn't really specified.

 

I'm definitely agreeing about the "If it's a boy, either mention it in advance or don't dress it like a girl."

I've seen people snapped at because someone didn't realize that the doll in a floofy frilly dress was not-gasp!-a girl. Even with the long, curly pink wig. It's to the point that I saw a gallery post where someone showed their rather cut girl doll in a girly little coat, said it was a she... And three people said "What a cute boy you have!" If you're going to go out of your way to dress your boy like a girl, you really have to expect people to not automatically know unless you do a warning in advance. I think a cute little pin would do-like "I'm a Boy!" If the person still didn't get it then, well....

It's not being "socially confused" and "resistant to diversity." It's thinking that something that waddles like a duck, acts like a duck, and quacks like a duck is a duck, and having someone freak the hell out and tell you it's their cat in a duck costume, and how dare you not realize that!

 

Oops! No, no, I think ---- have you met me?? Because (sadly, I suppose?) this sounds just like me, to the T.
I do believe you have the right of it, though, in what sort of discussion you think this ought to be (the "why?" and not the "how many?" type ).

As for a bit more OT, I'm another do-what-you-will-with-your-own-things person, though I guess my own opinion, while honest, makes me a bit of a hyprocrite, since I get tired of some things, too (like large, overly-edited pictures that take forever to load on dial-up )
But when it boils down to it, if it makes you happy without truly damaging your own or someone else's mental stability, it's all good.

 

I'm not upset or offended in the least! My dolls don't even wear dresses. ^^ I personally don't care what gender anybody thinks anybody's doll is. I just wanted to see if you'd actually stand by your words. (Or could.) This is a debate, so I expected there to be some reasoning & critical thought behind each claim.

Sorry if I came off harsh, but your statement was so definite, and so sure of itself, I thought therefore you must have some really good solid reasoning behind it. They're very strong assumptions, so why not explore them?

You've just proved my point... That's resisting the very possibility of diversity. The Duck theory is all about making assumptions & jumping to conclusions, which is where prejudice comes from. Just because something quacks like a duck still doesn't mean you should always assume that's what it is.

And if you're not sure, then why isn't it just easier to ask? "Is that a boy or a girl?" Wouldn't you RATHER save yourself the hassle of guessing wrong & then stammering out an apology?

 

QUACK! I like you :3

Regardless, in my humble opinion, I'm not really into the very travesti dolls...Not that I dislike them, if it is well done then congratz, obviously. It's just a mtter of taste.

But anyway, I'd maybe go and say "What a nice girl!". Hey, whatever one says, we dont always think before we tak/write. But truth be told, if it isnt a girl I'll just say sorry or rephrase and everything is okay. IF you go on making drama about the "OMFG, he is TOTALLY a boy, cant you see it?", then no, please, too many histeric reactions out there already.

 

I keep hearing the stories about people who dress their male dolls as girls and then get upset when people mistake them for girls. To be honest, I've been corrected before when I made that assumption as well, but it has always been a 'lolz, it's a girl' sort of correction. I have not actually seen someone (in real life, or on my diverse friendslist) become hysterically upset (or even slightly upset actually) because their crossdressing boy was mistaken for a girl.

I'm not saying that it doesn't happen at all. But I do think it happens much less frequently than people think.

 

(No indeed, LKJ, I never see anybody getting hysterical over that mistake IRL, either. In fact, they usually laugh first. These people's boy-dolls are wearing dresses; they're USED to having to correct people. XD)

 

I don't know, I'm just really shaken up by the 'YOU STUPID SLUT! How COULD you not realize that this doll is a BOY?!' ..Okay, that's how it felt. I'm sure it wasn't that rash. But as I said before, it really scares me to actually post on Galleries now because I'm never QUITE sure anymore.

I don't care if people put their boy doll in a dress. I care when they flame me for not knowing, because I'm supposed to have some sort of magical gender-sensing power.

 

How about this: All owners have the right to dress their dolls in anything they desire, but if you do cross dress your doll and if someone says, "What a beautiful boy/girl" when the doll is the opposite sex that they stated then instead of getting all huffy and insulting simply explain to them that it's actually a girl/boy. Nobodies feelings get hurt. The owner's might but if you own a cross-dressed doll and put it in the gallery without clearly stating that it is a boy/girl then I'm sorry people will ask, simple as that. What with today's idea of the perfect faceup being blushed cheeks, glossed lips, and made-up eyes how on earth am I going to know it's a boy if it's got a girly face and is in girls clothes? That's common sense I mean no harm by what I just posted above guys I mean c'mon.