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Life Update

Hey, all. Know I went MIA for the longest after being so confident in an update. There is a reason...breeding kink went too far and I found out I was pregnant shortly after planning to return. Whoops. Well, not whoops. Just a lame joke - wife and I had been trying for a good bit and it just happened during an already chaotic time. It’s been an extremely rough pregnancy since. I’m never sure from day-to-day or even hour-to-hour how I’ll feel or what I’ll be physically able to do. I think it’s doubly painful with all the family issues I had going on prior, which have not changed. But the baby - a little girl - will have family and friends around her who love her. I try to comfort myself with that.

Please don’t feel that I’ve forgotten you all or this account or writing in general. I do hope to come back one day...I’m just not sure when that day will be. I am due in early September, so I know the end of the year will be out the window. 

Every supportive comment...every check-in...it’s meant the world to me when so many things have felt up in the air and just generally terrifying. I wish I was in a place emotionally and mentally to reply to them all. Even if it takes a long while and I start updates when we have Resident Evil 20 out, I have every intention of finishing the main story and wrapping up where everyone is. 

Like I feel like this should be a happy update, but I’ve made it so sad...I am over the moon for our little girl to come. Maybe a bit scared too, given first pregnancy and all. But that’s life, I suppose. When I can, I’ll definitely give you all an update on the newest Resident Evil fan. Let’s just pray she never finds out about this account in her own internet searchings one day...

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Update/First Snippet of "Church" - Chapter 27 of Heavy Metal Lover

Happy December, all! Wanted to pop on real quick since so many of you have been so, so kind in reaching out.

I am doing okay. At this point, I am pretty much estranged from my immediate family, but I'm working to adjust to that reality. Sometimes the family you need in life is the one you make - not the one you're born with. Still hard to let go, though. Life is hectic - now more so than ever before.

I am steadily working on coming back. The next chapter has proven a beast to write as it will A) Be long (likely as long as chapter 20) and B) Set the tone for a lot of elements of the story moving forward. I really have to sit down and write through a lot of finer details, which is something I haven't had the chance to do in the last month or so.

But, with that being said, I did want to share something with you all. I still have a lot of WIP and half-finished pieces that I want to get back to publishing once this chapter is up. For now, though, I'm including the start to chapter 27 - titled "Church." Shoutout to @inevitablecomet for mentioning this song by Fall Out Boy. Definite vibes to the chapter as a whole.

CW: sexual content, cunnilingus

"Ah shit..."

Crocheting certainly took skill. It was a fact you were quickly learning as you undid your latest and lopsided loop with a frown.

Seated on the couch in the break room in nothing but an old robe, you yawned. When you had awoke in Heisenberg's arms earlier that morning, you found yourself loathe to leave. But between Heisenberg's snores directly in your ear and the need to use the bathroom, you had untangled yourself as quietly as you could manage.

Unlike the clutching grip he had held on you that first morning you had slept in his bed and roused him from sleep at his desk, Heisenberg woke with touches all ginger and gentle to your forearm.

"Where...going?"

"Bathroom," you said, tucking a bit of his hair behind his ear. "Go back to sleep."

"Mmn-mn..."

"Yes," you said. "If you don't sleep properly, you won't get any later."

A sleepy glare took over those green eyes.

When he turned over, Heisenberg grumbled.

"Not fair."

"Life often isn't," you said, making your way out of the room.

The memory made you a little sad - made you frown. Made you linger on the doubts that seemed to scream at you every waking moment and whisper in your ears even in slumber.

He can't change.

He'll hurt you again...so much worse than ever before.

He isn't the distraction you think him to be...this is one step further into the cave...away from the light...go too far and you can never return.

Will this make it better - this lifelong wait?

Will it light up the nights that Heisenberg himself filled with fear?

Or will it make that churn in your stomach hurt all the more when Miranda rips both your worlds apart?

Not for the first time that morning, you found yourself staring absently at your crochet work lying limp in your lap.

And so the day was spent. Between crocheting and writing out your thoughts and talking points to Heisenberg, you found yourself glancing back to the door both with dread and longing in your heart.

Heisenberg still loved you. Present day. Despite the hell you had both been through, his feelings remained unchanged. If only said in faux privacy to himself.

If he knew that Donna told me...I'm not saying I'll never tell him, but it's certainly not going to be today. Certainly not before he decides to tell me himself.

If he decided to tell you himself.

It was not lost on you that you had rewritten several questions about his past more times than you cared to count. Easing Heisenberg into a conversation about boundaries likely equated to trying to teach lycans to enjoy a swell teatime brunch. Completely capable but completely chaotic.

Time still stood amorphous in the factory. You read and you napped. You wrote and you crocheted. You snacked and you mourned the television sat broken and buckling in the middle of the break room. When enough time seemed to have passed, you made your way back to the dark bedroom where Heisenberg continued to snore away.

You had barely dipped a knee onto the bed before a panicked gasp greeted you. But then there was a creak of the mattress and a soft hum from Heisenberg as his hand smacked lightly onto the cushiony fabric of your robe.

"Got dressed again?"

"It's only a robe," you said, tucking your feet under the duvet and crawling into his arms.

"Mmn..."

Though his movements were sluggish and tired, Heisenberg still seemed aware of what he was doing. The conflicting feelings bouncing through your head and through your heart were not helped by the fact that those rough and calloused fingers touched your cheek as though you were something to be cherished.

"Wha you...get up to...Luck?"

He sounded so very tired that you merely patted his hand and closed your eyes intent on getting some rest of your own.

But then his fingers were slipping and outlining your bottom lip.

"Wanna hear your voice...put me back to sleep..."

Hnnnnnggggg...

Thanks, Heis. That really helps me in the not-falling-for-you-quickly department. You hoped your calming breath to yourself was not as broken as it felt. He's sleep deprived. He's touch starved. Don't forget that there's still a lot to discuss.

"Not much," you said, giving in to his groggy demand. "Crocheted. Read. Wrote..."

"Work?" The confusion in Heisenberg's voice was adorable as it was low.

"No, not work. Just what we'll talk over later. Helps me to have all my thoughts laid out so I don't forget anything."

Only the start of what sounded to be a chuckle.

"I do that too."

"Yeah?" You smiled, cupping his hand as it fell without malice or pressure against your neck.

"Mm-hmm."

"Match made in a hellhole we are," you joked.

To your delight, Heisenberg understood your tone and laughed with you. Blindly and contentedly, you brought your hand out to rub against his beard. He let you just as he let his hands wander. The pads of your fingers felt along an old scar before disappearing into his hair to pet at his scalp. A rumble almost like a purr left his throat as Heisenberg's hand stilled pointedly at the tie to your robe.

No matter how long you waited, Heisenberg did nothing but puff pleased breaths into the air.

"Do you want to untie that?"

"Yeah...is it..."

"That's okay."

Tugs so gentle as to be futile were made and the knot was loosened. Tentatively and ever so tenderly, Heisenberg moved his hand inside.

It took you placing his hand against your breast for him to touch you.

"You're so handsy," you said, trying to ignore the shiver your body gave when he ran his thumb back and forth over your nipple. "So different from...well...before..."

When Heisenberg grunted, you assumed that would be your only reply until he shifted further toward you. "Had to stay away. Couldn't get close...if I got close...got close...would have wanted to touch you. Only way...only way to tell myself that I couldn't have you."

"I'm sorry that I made you feel that way," you said, voice far more a whisper than intended.

A huff. "Think we're okay on apologies for a while, pumpkin."

It was the most awake he had sounded since...well, since the castle.

Heisenberg's voice - still hushed with the silence the bedroom brought - whispered out again to your surprise.

"I...I know we're supposed to talk and stuff..."

"Sleep first. You still need your sleep."

"But that's what..." Heisenberg sighed. "I...I wanna...fuck."

The soft curse followed Heisenberg pulling his hand away as if unwanted.

So once again you pulled it back.

"Heis," you said loudly. "Do what you want to do. I'll tell you if you go too far. Deal?"

Nothing but silence and darkness met you and with Heisenberg's hand remaining still beneath your own, you feared that you had angered him somehow. But then those fingers were crawling down your torso in the most aching of speeds. You blinked against the darkness and the nothingness as you felt the fringes of his fingers and the starkness of his blunt nails.

Apparently satisfied at your quiet consent, Heisenberg rolled further onto you with a bump of his thick hip against your own. Though he continued slow as ever, Heisenberg cast one side of the robe aside and traced the line of your hip to your thigh.

When he softly but steadily tugged at your leg, you spread your thighs. You were sure he could hear nothing but the erratic beat of your heart as he leaned and his long hair tickled at your legs. Another pause. Another huff of breath from Heisenberg that you felt as a bloom of heat on your cunt.

The scratchiness of his beard and the hard ridge of his nose against your core allowed his intentions to become clear.

"You...you want to eat me out?"

A somewhat tired grunt. "S'okay?"

Licking your lips, you exhaled. "Um...yeah. Yeah...that's okay."

For a long time you lay in wait as more breaths teased your entrance. But then there was the slightest nudge of a tongue and you closed your eyes lest the vibrancy of the darkness consume you.

That Heisenberg was timid in his movements became all too clear with time. The shake of his hand on your hip led your fingers to comb through his hair. Laps both long and darting and deep were punctuated by wetness so sudden and so extreme as to cause a blush to rise to your cheeks. But still you held onto him and gently rocked your hips up when his mouth focused on your clit. Free hand falling carelessly, you allowed an audible gasp to break your stifled whines as Heisenberg's fingers curled against your own.

He was holding your hand as he ate you out.

He was going to be the death of you - one way or another.

#karl heisenberg x reader #karl heisenberg x you #heavy metal lover #life update

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Hey, all. This is not a post that I wanted to make...but my hand has very much been forced over the weekend.

Due completely and utterly - utterly - a narcissist family member, I am emotionally drained. Their decisions have always impacted my life...but their latest stunt has caused me to cut a relationship with an immediate family member...and, in turn, likely highly limit the contact to the rest of my immediate family.

I’m tired. I’m empty. I can barely hold myself together.

Because of this, though new chapters might come to “Heavy Metal Lover,” I will not be able to respond how I so wish that I could or how you all deserve to the messages and comments and...just all the other conversations that I love with you all. Please know that though I had been slowing down, I had every intention of properly responding. I love you all. I appreciate you all. I’m just not okay.

The story makes me happy to write...to enjoy a passion that I so, so loved for so long before that same family member tried to turn it into something small and weak. To write, for me, is assurance to myself that I can reclaim one of the dearest loves of my life. So chapters will be posted. But, at this time, that’s all I can give.

I’m sorry. So sorry. Please know what joy you have all given me and know that I will return when I’m able. For at least the next month and while this remains up...I just have to focus on the new and terrifying future laid before me out of my control. I’m scared. I’m so, so scared. But I do have support and I do know that I have built a relationship with you all that will not allow me to disappear completely. Just for now. Just until a new normal can be settled.

#heavy metal lover #divergence #personal #delete later #abuse #trauma

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Brief Snippet of First Kinktober Chapter

Happy October, y’all! Not sure if I’ll participate in Kinktober properly (mostly because it can take me hours on a good day to get one of these fully written and October is going to be hectic as is), but I will get some chapters out for RE: Village as I can. List provided by @the-purity-pen (and reblogged on my blog prior to this post). Hopefully the full chapter and fic can be posted within a week or so. But enjoy this first snippet from chapter one - anonymous sex with Karl Heisenberg x AFAB she/her reader. Will be exploring other pairings with Kinktober, so very excited to write them all.

Also got a little behind on asks, so I’ll be getting to those after work today <3

"You're just as naughty as I thought...just a little slut, aren't you?" he crooned.

"Yes," you panted. "Your slut, sir! All yours..."

A cackling laugh as his pace, somehow, quickened. 

"Look at you...you have no idea who I am. I know you don't...because if you did...the last place I would be is buried between these...luscious...fucking...thighs," he said, extenuating his point by matching his thrusts to his words. "So it begs the question...are you really all mine? Hmm?"

"I am! All yours! Please, please, please..."

"Fascinating...I think we should put that to the test then...if I own you, I own everything about you...this is my ass to smack..."

A pointed and calloused slap to your behind made your eyes squeeze shut.

"My cunt to fuck and fill as I please."

Shallow thrusts. Damnably deep thrusts.

"And my...fucking...orgasm..." he hissed. "Mine...all mine...you come without my permission? I'll tie you to the bed...go have a drink...nice cigar...leave you whining and waiting with the door wide open for anyone to get their fill...doesn't matter to me. No one else is going to fuck you like I can. Half these fucking idiots can't even look at you without jizzing in their hand-me-down dress slacks."

You had not intended for your whine to be so open and fill the room as it did.

Then again, you had not intended for the night to go this way at all.

Running his hands over your sides and your skin and your swaying breasts, the man leaned further onto your back. The hair of his belly and arms tickled in the most delightful of ways as he rutted into you.

"You need me...need to be mastered and molded...need to be owned. I'm the only one man enough to take you...the only one who can put you in your place...not those little fools of the village...not that sick, twisted bastard of a brother of mine...me. My plaything. Mine. And how I intend to keep you now that I've got you..."

#karl heisenberg x reader #karl heisenberg x you #karl heisenberg #kinktober #anonymous sex #nsfw #x reader

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KINKTOBER 2021

HELLO EVERYONE!!!

I’ve compiled a list of kinktober prompts for you to create with! I’m releasing it a month ahead of time to help with planning/pre-creating for those that would need that!

For each day, there are three options, giving you optimal comfort level of creating! Or you can try something and challenge yourself!

The image with the list as well as a text version is below the cut! I’ve also included a themed header if you’d like to post that along with your creations! I’m so excited to see what you come up with! Any fandom! Any characters! Any creations!

Please tag my account (@the-purity-pen) and #tppkinktober2021 in your creations so I can see!

My only stipulation is to PLEASE be over the age of 18 in order to create for this event. Any minors participating and tagging me, will be blocked.

Keep reading

#kinktober #kinktober masterlist

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I said this already but Fall Out Boy is my favorite band. So I listen to a ton of them while I write. But Foo Fighters is one my old school favs. The song Generator is kinda hilariously appropriate for Heisenberg. Also just a great song.

OH MY GOSH RIGHT OUT THE GATE GENERATOR IS CATCHY AND HEISENBERG'S BRAND!!!

This is insane. Y'all have SUCH great music taste. Friend - thank you so much for sharing this with me! Went immediately to the playlist for writing. It's actually so heartwarming because I'll listen to it even when I'm not writing and think of you all. Let me stop before I start sobbing...

#heavy metal lover #thestayathomedragon #hml music #heisenberg music

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lucky calls karl "good boy" and all of time square goes dark

LMAO The man gets reformed but BSAA breaks down the door because he caused a massive, full coast power outage.

"What was the goal, bioweapon?"

"To bust a nut, Chris. You cockblocking, boulder-punching asshole."

#heavy metal lover #asks #anon

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Dunno why but, earlier today I was thinking of how cute it would be if Lucky/Reader fell asleep on the couch next to Heisenberg and just rested her head on his shoulder. Would he be shy and try not to move, or accidentally fall asleep with his head on top of hers?

Awwwwww!!! This is a classic for a reason! So cute!!!

Hmmmm...I definitely think the boy would freeze at first. He knows how fragile his own sleep is and is worried that hers is the same. But the more obvious it is that she's out cold, the more he would chance glances before finally indulging and laying his head on top of hers.

It was only meant to be for a little bit...just something he could be giddy over in the moment before carrying her back to the bedroom for a proper sleep and more work for him. But the man is sleep deprived and obviously is snoring right along with her moments later.

Lucky wakes up first thanks to Heis's snores. Looks up at him and smiles before cuddling in and closing her eyes.

Heisenberg wakes up when Lucky gets a bit too bold for her britches and holds his hand.

Man is flustered to hell and back as he carries Lucky to the bedroom. She pretends to be asleep. Waits until he places her on the bed to open her eyes and ask him sleepily to join her.

He breaks the world record for speed as he books it out of the room before he cracks and tells her yes.

#heavy metal lover #divergence #kuronekopirate #fluff #will try to properly write this out one day #but precious as hell

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If you can't answer this because of possible spoilers, I understand, but I know that HLM is pre-canon. Will it ever interact with canon or does it diverge from canon completely?

Thanks for the question, Schantz! <3 Yes, we will be interacting with canon down the line. Ethan and Chris will both make appearances.

#heavy metal lover #asks #schantzscribbles #how much canon remains to be seen

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For a possible Divergence chapter, I’d kill to get a moment where Heis is the one who walks in or listens or is made aware that Lucky is masterbating, I just want that man to be a flustered red faced mess. Up to you how you want it to end. Bonus points if she is thinking of him.

I think I can make that happen! Also whenever y'all include bonus points...expect them to be incorporated. I was always an overachiever LMAO Know that we have a running line of consent in the fic, so that will be present, but we can still make it just as effective.

#divergence #heavy metal lover #asks #anon #lucky deserves a good time too

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I just found Heavy Metal Lover on AO3. I live for it. Thank you!!

Ahhh!!! Thank you SO much, my dear <3 Welcome and thank you so, so much for reading.

I've been curious how you all stumbled upon it. If y'all feel comfortable sharing, definitely let me know! I know for me I find fics on tumblr or AO3, so didn't know if there were other avenues.

#asks #valkyre-of-the-light #heavy metal lover #thank you so SO much #it's such a joy to share with you all

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hello, i have some more songs that i relate to heavy metal lover for u!

first things first, i dont think i said this one last time but for your love by maneskin, 100% heis n his feelings for lucky (its also lowkey nsfw in the very first part but tastefully nsfw 👀)

also while its not 100% accurate, run by foo fighters lowkey fits too, esp w heis and his plans for freedom

and finally, since fall out boy is one of my favorite bands, church by fall out boy gives off similar vibes to hml in general, but not necessarily bc of anything specific. maybe heis n lucky's relationship, but mostly just similar vibes.

Thank you SO much, Asher, dear! <3 It always makes my eyes light up to hear of new songs related to the fic!!!

Man...I just need to listen to all of Maneskin's songs. Every. Damn. One. Is a BOP!

Ohhhhh....DEFINITE Heis vibes with Run. I really like that one! I don't think I've seen it on any playlists for him (though I admit I kinda skim those), but wow. It's great!

Fall Out Boy is probably one of my favorite rock bands...which is to say that I haven't really waded into the genre very much. Wife is VERY into rock and tries her best to introduce me...but something about Fall Out Boy just draws me in to them. LOVE this song! Not one I had heard, but definite vibes. The melody is LOVELY. Ah! Just thank you so much for sharing it with me!

#asks #inevitablecomet #hml music #heavy metal lover #y'all are so cute #i'm gonna cry #thank you

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Writing advice #?: Have your characters wash the dishes while they talk.

This is one of my favorite tricks, picked up from E.M. Forester and filtered through my own domestic-homebody lens.  Forester says that you should never ever tell us how a character feels; instead, show us what those emotions are doing to a character’s posture and tone and expression.  This makes “I felt sadness” into “my shoulders hunched and I sighed heavily, staring at the ground as my eyes filled with tears.”  Those emotions-as-motions are called objective correlatives.  Honestly, fic writers have gotten the memo on objective correlatives, but sometimes struggle with how to use them.

Objective correlatives can quickly become a) repetitive or b) melodramatic.  On the repetitive end, long scenes of dialogue can quickly turn into “he sighed” and “she nodded” so many times that he starts to feel like a window fan and she like a bobblehead.  On the melodramatic end, a debate about where to eat dinner can start to feel like an episode of Jerry Springer because “he shrieked” while “she clenched her fists” and they both “ground their teeth.”  If you leave the objective correlatives out entirely, then you have what’s known as “floating” dialogue — we get the words themselves but no idea how they’re being said, and feel completely disconnected from the scene.  If you try to get meaning across by telling us the characters’ thoughts instead, this quickly drifts into purple prose.

Instead, have them wash the dishes while they talk.

To be clear: it doesn’t have to be dishes.  They could be folding laundry or sweeping the floor or cooking a meal or making a bed or changing a lightbulb.  The point is to engage your characters in some meaningless, everyday household task that does not directly relate to the subject of the conversation.

This trick gives you a whole wealth of objective correlatives.  If your character is angry, then the way they scrub a bowl will be very different from how they’ll be scrubbing while happy.  If your character is taking a moment to think, then they might splash suds around for a few seconds.  A character who is not that invested in the conversation will be looking at the sink not paying much attention.  A character moderately invested will be looking at the speaker while continuing to scrub a pot.  If the character is suddenly very invested in the conversation, you can convey this by having them set the pot down entirely and give their full attention to the speaker.

A demonstration:

1

“I’m leaving,” Anastasia said.

“What?”  Drizella continued dropping forks into the dishwasher.

2

“I’m leaving,” Anastasia said.

Drizella paused midway through slotting a fork into the dishwasher.  “What?”

3

“I’m leaving,” Anastasia said.

Drizella laughed, not looking up from where she was arranging forks in the dishwasher.  “What?”

4

“I’m leaving,” Anastasia said.

The forks slipped out of Drizella’s hand and clattered onto the floor of the dishwasher.  “What?”

5

“I’m leaving,” Anastasia said.

“What?”  Drizella shoved several forks into the dishwasher with unnecessary force, not seeming to notice when several bounced back out of the silverware rack.

See how cheaply and easily we can get across Drizella’s five different emotions about Anastasia leaving, all by telling the reader how she’s doing the dishes?  And all the while no heads were nodded, no teeth were clenched.

The reason I recommend having it be one of these boring domestic chores instead of, say, scaling a building or picking a lock, is that chores add a sense of realism and are low-stakes enough not to be distracting.  If you add a concurrent task that’s high-stakes, then potentially your readers are going to be so focused on the question of whether your characters will pick the lock in time that they don’t catch the dialogue.  But no one’s going to be on the edge of their seat wondering whether Drizella’s going to have enough clean forks for tomorrow.

And chores are a cheap-n-easy way to add a lot of realism to your story.  So much of the appeal of contemporary superhero stories comes from Spider-Man having to wash his costume in a Queens laundromat or Green Arrow cheating at darts, because those details are fun and interesting and make a story feel “real.”  Actually ask the question of what dishes or clothing or furniture your character owns and how often that stuff gets washed.  That’s how you avoid reality-breaking continuity errors like stating in Chapter 3 that all of your character’s worldly possessions fit in a single backpack and in Chapter 7 having your character find a pair of pants he forgot he owns.  You don’t have to tell the reader what dishes your character owns (please don’t; it’s already bad enough when Tolkien does it) but you should ideally know for yourself.

Anyway: objective correlatives are your friends.  They get emotion across, but for low-energy scenes can become repetitive and for high-energy scenes can become melodramatic.  The solution is to give your characters something relatively mundane to do while the conversation is going on, and domestic chores are not a bad starting place.

#writing #writing reference

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Omg I did not expect a whole discussion of doll collection but I love it and I'm so thankful you answered me and yes! It's really really sad but I do have hope that maybe some of those doll series will return one day. Monster High was a very big and popular think and so was ever after high though not so popular as mh I feel. Mattel would honestly be idiots of they never rethink or even reconsider bringing the dolls back. Like they had a fricken mermaid woth 2 heads man! Do you know how quick that particular doll was gone from the shelves! And we talking toy stores in eastern europe where people had to really spend their money wisely! Two heads! I wish I could have snatched her when I still had the chance but cest la vie!

The disney collection one's though I've only ever looked up or watched toy reviewers unboxing them. But they are pretty great quality and have a lot of detail. I really liked their villain collection a lot! But shipping here and prices are just not worth it for me.

But now when I have little children at home they always gravitate to the mh dolls and not the other dolls in my collection cause they are like the most cooler ones and they always wish they could get them and it breaks my heart to tell them they are no longer available :(

Oh I could talk about dolls all day. I really did collect in an unhealthy fashion for a hot year or so, but now that I'm in a better mindset, I can properly appreciate their beauty, charm, and calls to childhood. Something just so pleasing about a well designed doll.

I have that exact doll you're talking about with the two heads (Peri and Pearl)! I can't recall how that release was in America...it was so long ago now and I bought so many dolls that it really is a blur.

I'd have to do some digging (since my collection is kind of in two places at the moment), but OP, if you're open to it and feel comfortable, I'd be happy to send you some of the Monster High dolls I have including that one. And if your kids like any that I own, I'll include those too. Like I cannot stress enough how much downsizing I have to do. Send me a private message - I don't mind covering shipping too. It would actually make me happy that they'd go to a loving home.

#personal #non re

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When you mentioned collecting dolls, I wanted to collect as much monster high dolls as I could Bit being a poor eastern european teen I could only get them as b.day or christmas gifts and now sadly they are no more. I'm sure I can find some online but I know process will be big. One day I guess, when I start making more money lol.

Do you collect other dolls btw? Cause I see no interest in today's doll market sadly, very few things that are fun or nicely to me

Oh I feel this. So much so that I started rambling, so have my doll history under the cut and my apologies for getting long winded LOL

Other than Disney dolls, I was introduced to Monster High and Ever After High. I got into the game a bit too late to Monster High...most of the dolls that I liked were older and astronomical in prices. I did end up getting a few over time...but they're definitely not the bulk of my collection.

While Monster High was in its peak, Mattel also released Ever After High dolls. I started collecting right when that series dropped, so I have like...95% of any that were ever made. Which is cool and all but takes up ENORMOUS space. I still love doll collecting, but I think it came to me at a really vulnerable point in life when I used it as a crutch. So once I got the help I needed, we were already starting to see that decline in products.

I don't really understand it...when we first saw the dolls without joint mobility in the arms or legs, I was one of the ones who was like "Okay. Makes sense for little kids. These can be the kid model and we still have some for older or adult collectors." But that...never happened? LOL I don't know what Mattel or other companies were thinking.

I do have one or two dolls by Integrity that are lovely. Few Barbies, because what doll collection is complete without her? But, on the whole, I absolutely have to agree with you. The love and care just aren't there anymore. I've seen a few dolls that are interesting (notably the Rainbow High and Extra series of Barbie), but not enough for me to buy. There was a great DC Superhero Girls series...that quickly got dropped too.

I'm not currently collecting since I'm focusing more on downsizing, but I'd have to say the only one that I still follow with any regularity is Disney. Even then, the quality is still declining. I was excited to hear them announce releases for the Sanderson Sisters from "Hocus Pocus"...and then the dolls looked like something you would find in a $5 bin. You'd have to spend around $400 to get all three. There's also the fact that, for Disney, the physical shops are all being closed. On one hand, I very rarely went to the physical stores. Mostly to see how the new releases sold out and for friends' dolls at others. But it's lost that part of the magic too and the details are just...gone.

I'd like to say that there's hope...Monster High has only released like...three doll sets over the past couple of years to my knowledge (IT, The Shining twins, and Beetlejuice), but those are so limited that they're gone in a flash and resold at INSANE prices...worse so than any SDCC or other limited items because they have the details we want but are so hard to obtain. But with the market like it is and with companies kind of half assing the designs? When I do buy again, I'll likely focus on older dolls instead of new. Because the price just doesn't match the product.

Not even to mention the point you made so beautifully - the doll market has quickly become inaccessible to many people due to price increases and scalping. With online releases becoming the norm, it gives more opportunity for scalpers to dominate the scene and the asking price via eBay, etc. It's a viscous, viscous cycle and one I'm not sure is going to be broken any time soon. Which is so unfair to new collectors because if even the veterans struggle to get them...how discouraging is it to someone just finding out about them?

#personal #doll collecting #rambling #i could go on for days #dolls #non re

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Do you by any chance remember the song Evermore in the live action Beauty and the Beast???

Yeah, that song but Heis is watching Duke take Lucky away from the village.....

Im sorry, not really though, but......

So I go through a couple of fixations and loves - one of them being doll collecting. Not like Donna's dolls - I really hone in on fantasy and Disney limited edition pieces.

Belle is the one princess that I absolutely buy all the dolls for. She's always been my favorite Disney princess.

ABSOLUTELY remember this GORGEOUS song! I know the film...could have been better LOL But this song was a stunning addition.

#asks #anon #beauty and the beast #my og fixation #personal #don't let donna fool you #doll collecting is a competitive sport #though now i'm picturing donna purchasing the dolls too #she would be cutthroat #heavy metal lover

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Y’ALL CANNOT DO THIS TO ME I AM ALREADY OBSESSED WITH THIS MAN AND YOU PUT HIM WITH A FUCKING CAT WOCNIWAKSIWODJAJS

ask and u shall receive! based on my headcanon that karl has a cat called tinkerbell :]

i loved @amergo's little doodlez of karl with a manbun i couldnt stop myself from drawing him in the fit

#karl heisenberg #oooohhhhh #my ovaries are EXPLODING #i fucking LOVE cats man #and the manbun i- #i am literally almost in T E A R S #the one with him leaning back and being all soft with tink #please bury me with that doodle #op you are doing the work of GODS