#shelly roberts

[barbielore]

Why did Kelly turn into Chelsea?

This sounds like the setup to a joke where the punchline is a pun I’m not sharp enough to create

But seriously, I’m not 100% sure if it’s confirmed, but the explanation that is widely accepted and seems to be most plausible is that it was to standardize the line internationally.

Prior to the Chelsea switch, Kelly was the official name of the doll character in the US and several international markets but in Europe she was released as Shelly for licensing reasons.

Because another toy company had the rights to the name “Kelly”.

But the time came that Mattel wanted a new standard worldwide so they changed the doll’s name in all markets to Chelsea.

And yes, it is canon that it is the same character who changed her name.

“Now using the name that everyone around the world knows” is strongly supportive of the idea that it was to close the Kelly/Shelly gap.

[starnosedmoles]

PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION.

“The dyke detector : how to tell the real lesbians from ordinary people” by Shelly Roberts, 1992

[hypo-critic-art]

frankenstein art? in a year of our lord 2025? on my blog?? more likely than you think

1. robert walton and his sister margaret

2. captain walton himself

3. louis manoir (a guy that was mentioned in the book once (1) and yet we love him)

4. clerval and walton smooching victor

5. morenza. need i say more

6.-7. victor again

decided to draw some of art requests from a frankensteinery server (exact request wording and server link under the cut 🙏)

@frankendykez @robertwaltons

(keep in mind that the server is 15+!)

[bubblybumblebee1]

Should I count Shelly, what Kelly number 2 was known as outside of the US, as another sibling? Bringing the Roberts kids count up to 10 and making Kelly 2 a twin? Or should I make her one of the cousins that happens to look just like Kelly 2? Don't the Roberts family have a set of cousins, and the female cousin looks similar to Chelsea? From that horse movie

I certainly keep mistaking them for each other lol

Maybe make her a British cousin since I think that's where her name was known as Shelly?

Kinda like how Polly Pocket has that British cousin that looks identical to her?

Hmm

If they are twins, why would she be living in the UK? It could be like the movie Parent Trap, but what reason would there be for her to be there and not with the family, especially since she's only 3? Doesn't Barbie have a relative that lives in the UK?

She could be going to school out there but again, that'd be kinda weird since she's only 3 years old

Or she could just be at home with the other siblings that didn't decide to live with Barbie lol

I like the thought of giving her a British accent though, to match her international status

She could have the accent for literally no reason

She could just like how they talk and be mimicking them

She could have an obsession with British life despite her young age

She could've gotten it from movies

She could've gotten it from Barbie during her many travels or her play pretends that she often does while dressing up (as she said in one of her vlogs)

She could've even gotten it from one of Barbie's many friends since it's not hard to believe that Barbie has international friends and her friends often do come to visit her or even video chat her

So many options!

Alright

Barbie lore time lol

So I've done the math of Barbie's many siblings (cause I'm bored)

And if some of these characters aren't the same person (Tutti, Kelly number 1 and Anastasia, aka Stacie)

And assuming that Kelly number 2 and Chelsea aren't the same person despite what Mattel says since their ages don't match up

Barbie would canonically be the eldest child of 9 kids

Including a possible set of quadruplets (Tutti, Todd, Kelly number 1, and Stacie since they're all supposed to be the same age)

I was looking through the wiki for Barbie and her family, and it starts with Barbie obviously, then Skipper, Tutti, Todd, Kelly number 1, Stacie, Kelly number 2, Chelsea and Krissy

But the younger siblings' ages also don't match up either of how old they're supposed to be vs. debut orders, as well as where they stand in the family tree

Tutti came after Skipper making her 3rd oldest, then her twin brother Todd but

Kelly number 1 came after Tutti and then came Stacie, who has also been called Todd's twin

Are Stacie and Tutti the same person and just look different as they got older? Is Tutti a nickname and Anastasia aka Stacie her real name? And what about Kelly number 1? Who came after Tutti but before Stacie?

Or did something happen to Tutti and Kelly number 1? Did Tutti get sent away to live else where since she looks like trouble? Was she the trouble maker of the family?

Again: What happened to Kelly 1?

Also, where does Todd stand? Is Todd in the middle if they actually are quadruplets and what number order of middle since he's listed as both Tutti and Stacie's twin brother? Or is it Tutti, Kelly 1, Stacie, then Todd?

Then there's Kelly number 2, the apparent 7th oldest, yet her age range is listed as 3 and in preschool while Chelsea is listed as 6 and in elementary school

Is Chelsea actually the 7th born child and Kelly 2 8th?

And if all these other siblings really are different from each other and not the same people going by different names or nicknames, where are they? Why do people only know of some of Barbie's siblings but not the rest

Do all of Barbie's best friends and Ken know about these siblings? Many have known Barbie for years but only ever see and hear about Skipper, Stacie, and Chelsea

Then again, these are also best friends who have never even heard of her siblings and vice-versa

Or is it because these 3 accompany Barbie the most throughout her adventures since apparently these 3 live with her and not their parents

When the heck did Barbie leave home? Why is she allowed to have custody of some of her siblings? Because of her many career moves? Also, isn't Barbie 19 since that's when she apparently stopped aging? Skipper is between 14 and 16 now, and I know Stacie is between the ages of 10 and 13 with about a 4 year age gap between her and Chelsea, who's 6

So modern age time wise: Barbie: 19, Skipper: 14 - 16, Tutti, Kelly 1, Todd and Stacie: 10 - 13, Chelsea: 6, Kelly 2: 3 and Krissy: 1

Meaning Barbie's parents were having kids about every 3 years

Many questions about the Robert's family

Maybe I'll do the extended family since they have some cousins and I wonder where they fit age wise

[ffairytalevillain]

imagine just IMAGINE being Robert Walton’s sister; your brother has gone off to the arctic, possibly leaving you alone, for months: and the letters are like “okay hes not dead” and then suddenly out of NOWEHERE the letters are like

“Dear Sister today I pulled a twink from the ocean and he said hes gunna tell me a story. Keep you updated”

and then you receive the story you’d be so concerned like “wtf is he ill? has the wind gotten to him is he on the verge of death?”

and these letters of “dude this ocean twink is wild” keep coming until it ends with “then his 8ft man came and took him and I think they both died… wild huh” imagine just the sheer confusion- because these letters probably take MONTHS to arrive too-

[a-random-british-top-hat]

Frankenstein art!!

Saturated version

Less saturated one

[lordoftablecloths]

"i never saw a more interesting creature" "even now in wreck so attractive and amiable" "noble creature" "My affection for my guest increases every day" yeah yeah i know what you are

robert walton is so funny because he meets victor, who is basically a bag of frozen bones, and is like "holy shit hes the smartest person ive ever met" and essentially fawns over him in his letters to his sister . bonkers . sir youve known this man for like . a week . why does everyone want a piece of victor's ass

[bubblybumblebee1]

Wait

Ken had a brother????

And when was her name Shelly????

I would be fun if the Barbie movie addressed the whole Kelly/Shelly/Chelsea thing and also discontinued Tommy

Barbie: wait... my sister Chelsea used to be called Kelly? When did that change?

*she turns to Ken*: and you used to have a brother, what happened to him? did he die?

Ken *trying to remember*: Tommy? I don't think so?

[iwanttobeastranger]

[ereyies]

i haven't used this site in a short while but i'm in my literature class right now and my teacher just wrote robert walton's name as 'walter' and now i'm imagining breaking bad x frankenstein au like,,,, 'jesse, we need to reanimate the dead...'

[theglitterdome]

Wonder Woman, Starsky & Hutch, and Most Wanted. In case you were wondering what to watch on April 28, 1976.

[seraphbites]

i am reading mary shelley's frankenstein

it's my first classic actually

i really thought that would be boring, but i'm so envolved with viktor, elizabeth , clerval and viktor's relationship with them

now, viktor's coming home because his little brother william died :( he found out that was the creature that actually killed the kid, but justine, a really dear friend of elizabeth (she's so cute guys i love her sweetness) was accused of doing it..

i am enjoying the book, but i saw some spoilers by accident :/ so i know the end, but didn't affect my experience too much

[plutonium-antea-statum]

Re-reading Frankenstein and like Robert Walton paints such a generously handsome image of our beloved Victor Frankenstein that just shows him in such a wonderful light?

Said light does not shine through when Victor tells us of his life, not even how he seems to have like a plus five to charisma??? Bro? He just convinces all of Walton’s crew to everything??

[candymoth-art]

Real housewives of Victorian England and its the most fuckass drama between classic lit protagonists

[cumbandage]

i always see people talking about henry clerval and victor frankenstein being queer coded.. what about victor and robert walton?

the language robert uses in regards to victor is very romantic, especially considering the novel was written during the romantic era. robert makes his fascination with victor very clear and even states that they could have been good friends under different circumstances

good friends..? 🤨🏳️‍🌈

[moonytoast-x]

so why isnt anyone talking about how fuckjng gay robert walton is for victor frankenstein, huh? im 28 pages into this book and holy shit no straight man would say these things about his "new friend." mary shelley i know what youre doing.