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What comes first - the backstory or the doll?

Aug 11, 2013

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    1. For me it's dolls first, with the one I have now she still doesn't have a consistent character or story thanks to me never agreeing on one thing :sweat I don't know, after getting a new doll I just find making the character a part of the fun, plus in person a doll can give you all sorts of new ideas for their personality even if you had some in mind.
       
      #121 November, Apr 23, 2014
    2. For me it's doll first. Usually the story comes when I have the doll in front of me. Sometime it goes well with the other dolls, the story will expend.
      But there is also time that story comes and I go get a doll to visualize it.
       
      #122 tiyama, Apr 23, 2014
    3. I usually have a backstory for my doll before I buy it, but it is often influenced and inspired by the sculpt itself. I have also experienced that day dreaming scenarios have led to the idea of a completely new character. One day, for example, I was picturing my Bluefairy boy playing with mini lego and then the idea of him playing together with an older brother emerged. The older brother turned out to be a Bluefairy TF Robin and his personality also as I pictured it in that little imagined scenario.
       
      #123 petal, Apr 23, 2014
    4. For me it's the doll first, and then the story. I will create a story as I play with my dolls. I might have a general idea of what it would be, but the finer details will come with playing with them :)
       
      #124 Zarae, Apr 23, 2014
    5. The first four of my dolls have gotten their backstories the moment I laid my eyes on them, but my newest doll has had her backstory for far longer than her mold has even existed. :)
       
      #125 Bluescent, Apr 23, 2014
    6. When I'm actively looking to buy a specific sculpt, it's usually because I've decided it fits an existing OC. But sometimes the doll's style will evolve in a way that no longer fits that character quite as well, or I'll get tired of the character itself. In a few rare cases it's resulted in me losing interest in the doll itself, but I find that I'm usually pretty happy with the new character the doll has "developed."
       
      #126 NikoMari, Apr 23, 2014
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