Aeryn foSHIZma-bob. ([info]hiritai) wrote,
@ 2008-04-25 18:15:00
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Doll pondering
I hate limiteds.

(My dolls have always been kind of like a circulation of money. I sell one to buy one. I keep it like that because 1. I have no job and 2. It stops me from both getting too many dolls and spending so much money on dolls. These days, anyway.

So my point comes down to this.

Does anyone have a doll they own for the sake of sentimental reasons? Like, say it was a gift from a partner. You can't bring yourself to sell it because of that? You do nothing for it, spend no time with it, forget about it... and really... don't even like it. And even their story doesn't involve them being in a doll form. At least, not in the one they're in now.

How have you overcome this? Have you? ._.

Y'all should know I don't like Puffin. I keep him because he was a partial gift from Simon. That means a lot to me. But the dolls wastes away, because I'm just so meh. And don't say just pay more attention to him. I don't want to, I don't enjoy the doll. In my story, Puffin isn't even here anymore, and won't be for a good long while. I JUST DON'T KNOW, if you get my idea.

Sentimental. Yes.)

I think I'm selling him. I'm leaning towards it more than I am away from it.

An ho. IS anyone in Melbourne planning to move in june/july/august and is looking for someone? Or does anyone have room? Or something like that. I'm planning to move mid July, but I can't live by myself/afford to.
Yeaaaaaah.

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[info]funnylori
2008-04-25 08:59 am UTC (link)
My fiance bought me my Volks MSD Mika, Phoebe. I hate her with a passion. I just can't bring myself to sell her. I talked to him about it and he was really bummed out... Now she's stuck here. Driving me friggen crazy.

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[info]hiritai
2008-04-25 09:06 am UTC (link)
That's exactly what I'm talking about! Driving me funking mad.

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[info]funnylori
2008-04-25 09:09 am UTC (link)
And all you see is dollar signs... Not a damned thing you can do either. *sigh* He ended up buying Phoebe a friend to help me feel better. Hopefully they can find their own story.

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[info]hydrakitten
2008-04-25 09:34 am UTC (link)
I would like to say sell him, get a new doll and think of it as from Simon. Part of it is his money anyway. Why don't you have a talk with him and see how he feels?

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[info]leira
2008-04-25 12:08 pm UTC (link)
That's an interesting idea. O:

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[info]wondergirl_kate
2008-04-25 09:44 am UTC (link)
If Puffin no longer has to be a doll, and he could go to a better home, then you should sell him. Because you'll then get something you want, and Puffin will have a new home to be loved in and you're all happy.

And I agree with Hydra Kitten. Think of the new doll as partially from Simon, because it is part his money.

Also: If you sell Puffin, can I buy some of his clothes and things? I love most of the things he owns. All of them, really. Unless you'd keep them for the new one... I just love those Dollmore pants... and the pink vest you made, and the shorts you made, and the shirt Mon made... you get my drift. :D

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[info]bloodied_eden
2008-04-25 10:35 am UTC (link)
Well it's not completely sentimental . . . because I've found I just can't have a doll around if they don't have a story. But I wouldn't call my Yen my first choice for the character I have associated with it now. However the Yen was my first doll and also bought for me by my grandparents, so it carries sentimental value and I know that, even if I did change the character or get tired of that particular story arc (as I call my groups of dolls, there are actually three story lines between them), I could not get rid of him for that reason.

So it'd be along the lines of what you're talking about.


But selling one of my dolls at all was a big step for me (and I've only done it within the past year), and I know I felt really relieved because it was a doll like your Puffin that was just taking up space. (Unlike Puffin it also had some negative associations with it.) I think I felt more relieved because of the negative to be honest, but as more time passed it felt almost freeing (odd yes). Because I wasn't dwelling on having a doll I did nothing with just take up space. And since the person who bought that doll was a friend, I know they're getting much more attention and use where they are now. So that's a happy thought as well.

If it bothers you too much, you might consider talking to Simon about it and see how he feels about you selling Puffin to get another doll.

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[info]notesandhours
2008-04-25 11:01 am UTC (link)
I agree with Kate, if you think someone has the ability to love him more than you do at the moment and spend more time with him, then yes - you should sell him.

Think of it this way, someone gives you a gift voucher card for your birthday: Do you hang on to the card forever because thats what the person gave you at the time? Or do you use it to buy yourself something you like/could do something with?

The funding of the gift is still coming from the same location, it's just an extended transference of it. Essentially it becomes a tool to buy something else you *really* want.

Aside from that... *shifty eyes* I'd so buy Puffin off you *drools*

*mumbles to herself* nom nom nom... nom nom nom... nom nom nom...

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[info]kokoryta
2008-04-25 11:10 am UTC (link)
...someone gives you a gift voucher card for your birthday...

Well, no. A voucher is something that's meant to be spent. This would be more like getting a purple sweater and exchanging it for a blue sweater, maybe in a different size.

I'm in the "talk to Simon" camp, see how he feels about you selling the doll. If he really doesn't like the idea, change the character?

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[info]notesandhours
2008-04-25 11:28 am UTC (link)
I'm purely drawing a comparison, it wasn't really meant to be literal in every sense.

At the end of the day it's Aeryn's choice and nothing any of us say will stack up, it's not like she's calling for a vote so you're more than welcome to have whatever opinion you like.

Whatever she decides on, as long as she's happy it's all I care about ^^

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[info]the_impassive
2008-04-25 01:21 pm UTC (link)
I kept my F-29 for waaaaaaay longer than necessary because my mom helped me get him off Yj. (Let me put the bidding deposit on one of her credit cards.) I did finally sell him, but first I called her and got absolution for doing it! She was all, "What? I don't care, it's your doll - but sure, you have my blessing. Sell it." Hahah.

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[info]bluemana
2008-04-25 01:37 pm UTC (link)
I love Puffin, but if he makes you this stressed then its not a good thing ^^;;;

Also I have a room here =3 You're more than welcome to move in with me ^^ The person that was gonna move in here has pulled out more or less.

You and the resin crew can all pile in here if you want =3!!

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[info]hiritai
2008-04-25 01:43 pm UTC (link)
It's not a stress this anymore, rather than it's a confused kind of "this could be going towards something I will like!" kind of thing XD

And seriously, for serious. I will take up up on that if I can afford the rentage. At this point it's not much of a where, just kind of a who and how much XD
My lease runs out on july 16th so it'd be around then. I'll keep you posted and such, but yes. I fear the dollssss in that house. BUILDING AN ARMY, that's what we're doing. with Hayden and Min lols. And LOL. That post, it made me giggle to no end.

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[info]bluemana
2008-04-25 01:49 pm UTC (link)
XDD Yeah I understand!

And I could probably work out a cheaper rate for you or something ^^ I'd just have to get proper internet otherwise we'll both go crazy =O

We'll have the sexiest, best dressed resin army IN THE WORLD mwahahahaha Make the fangirls grovel we will XDD

AND LOL Have you seen the latest comments on it? XD They made me laugh XDDD HaydenxMin otp

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[info]kawaii_mon
2008-04-25 01:56 pm UTC (link)
Man, if both of you are living together I'm gonna be there all the time :D

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[info]hiritai
2008-04-25 02:01 pm UTC (link)
OKAY. JUST DON'T PUT YOUR CHICKEN WINGS NEAR MY DOLLS WHEN YOU'RE OVER.

Yeah, the innernet hOr in me demands internet!win. I'm pretty sure it'd be okay once I got a job and such. Just gotta find something that will pay more than $10 an hour, I think. Ain't being picky, but $300 a week is not enough x.X
Around the end of May I need to work out thing for certain, so simon knows what to do and i can start working out what to do with all my shit. So come June, gimme a YAH or a NAH to moving in? x3

OMG HAYDENXMIN OTP FOREVERERRERERERERE. Lol, man. oooooooh lol XD

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[info]notesandhours
2008-04-25 02:06 pm UTC (link)
I'm happy to be a back up sharer if you need one, or even if you need somewhere you can store stuff or crash for a little while til you get yourself on your feet there is always a spare room here ^^

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[info]hiritai
2008-04-25 02:08 pm UTC (link)
Thankyou, Leoniepie ;0;

You'll all know what's going on when it comes to. Like I could keep my daily exploits from the internet! XD

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[info]notesandhours
2008-04-25 02:09 pm UTC (link)
No problems hun, the offer always stands ^^

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[info]bluemana
2008-04-25 04:54 pm UTC (link)
lol I fail at comment stalking apparently XDDDD

Heh my company is always hiring someone for something x_x I think they'd even create a job for someone if they needed it XDDD $16 an hour BB!! -lame-

XDDD Hayden will SO have to fight Seru off when he's in resin form! HAYDEN vs 'ukedontrapemepleasesir' CHIWOO FTW XDDDDD

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[info]bluemana
2008-04-25 04:55 pm UTC (link)
oh and you can have a YAH anytime you want X333333

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[info]clamwings
2008-04-25 10:51 pm UTC (link)
WHAT'S EVEN BETTER IS THAT ASH IS OVER MY SIDE OF TOWN

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[info]bluemana
2008-04-26 02:47 am UTC (link)
OMG MY HOUSE WILL BE FULL OF DOLL PEOPLE LIKE FOREVER @_@ XD

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[info]aloha_for_bjds
2008-04-25 02:03 pm UTC (link)
Think hard about it.
I sold my lishe and it took a year to get over her. Now I've moved on and embrace the hobby again..so just think about it. How connected you are with this doll and what does the doll's character mean to you?

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[info]hiritai
2008-04-25 02:07 pm UTC (link)
I've sold a lot of dolls before, but just never with this sentimental connection that isn't to the doll itself? Just the idea that my boyrfriend paid for half of him :\

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[info]angiechan070707
2008-04-25 02:33 pm UTC (link)
This is how I was with Angel, only she wasn't a gift. I just felt...unattatched to her. She was just a doll that was there and I did nothing with her...so off she went.

I'd talk to Simon about it, see what he thinks.

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[info]onnawufei
2008-04-25 03:12 pm UTC (link)
Ryan gave me Tycho as a gift, and paid for part of Mir and I've sold them both.

The way I see it is that the reason people give us gifts is to make us happy. If a doll is no longer making us happy then it's no longer fulfilling it's purpose as a gift. I would never dream of giving someone something then getting my panties in a wad if they sold it. I'd rather them sell it to get themselves something that would make them happy than keep it around for sentimental reasons. I think it's kind of selfish to want someone to keep something they no longer enjoy just because you gave it to them.

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[info]shini_no_miko
2008-04-25 03:19 pm UTC (link)
Ugh, yes. With my sei-tenshi. I mean, how terrible is that? I tried to play with her and bond with her and all that, but for the last six months I hardly haven't picked her up.
I don't feel right selling her, but she's just taking up space in my room. =/
I don't know what the solution is, but good luck to us. XD

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[info]sefieslj
2008-04-25 05:38 pm UTC (link)
Sebastien was a group gift from a bunch of people :\ I wound up talking to the person who contributed the most, and asked how she felt about me selling him, and she said "as long as you spend the money on doll stuff, and not other stuff."

Might be a reasonable compromise, though I can't think of what else YOU'D spend the money on XD

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[info]urchinmoppet
2008-04-26 03:34 am UTC (link)
I'd say tell Simon before you do it, but if you don't like him anymore, just sell him. I know I wouldn't want someone to hold on to something they dislike just because I gave it to them. I'd want them to get something they like! Especially when it's something that expensive.

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[info]muffinbitch
2008-04-26 03:36 am UTC (link)
YAY!!!! Aeryns coming back to Melbourne!!!!!!!!!!!! *dances wildly*

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