#recast friendly

[pomomos]

The comparison between bjd collectors and designer purse collectors has always made alotta sense to me, especially in regards to fakes. But what I NEVER understood was the way anti artists use that comparison and rework it into their anti artist arguments.

We as bjd collectors will compare the two and say that collecting bjds, just like collecting designer bags, is a hobby that requires saving up funds, hunting for bargains, buying from the source, researching reputable resellers and dealers, modifying, refurbishing, and building up communities and relationships with other people involved in our luxury hobby

But anti artists will compare the two and almost only focus on the looks! They'll state that they would never want to own a minifee Chloe when they can have a finimee Zoey just like they would never want to own a Prada when they can have a Nada! And it's like, fine, if you don't want to buy the doll you want then werk mama. But at least try to be more sane about it like the Nada owner is!!

I've see girlies go on paragraph after paragraph rants about how happy they are with their "minifee" and how it's (allegedly) just as good as a Fairyland minifee and how they're doing better than us because their "minfee" didn't cost an arm and a leg. And it's honestly concerning in a sick way. Like watching someone struggle (and fail) to not throw up

You think the Nada purse owners are doing that!? NO!!!!! The Nada owners are being just as shady, sneaky, snake like, and silly as the anti artists girlies, but at least the fake purse owners haven't convinced themselves that they ACTUALLY own the designer bags they NEVER paid for. You talk to anyone in the rbjd and ask them to name what type of dolls they own and those clowns actually have the AUDACITY to name off companies and sculpts!

Makes me shake in my heels every time I see it!

Like no mama. You know that you didn't buy a minifee Chloe because minifee Chloe is ONLY produced by Fairyland and Chloe was ONLY sculpted by one of their employees getting their FL paycheck. Why don't you call it New Sexy Minifee SD Chloe Dollfie Fairyland 1/4 Cute Girl Bjd just like how you bought it huh?? Oh right! Cuz to you long term lala land residents an rbjd and a bjd is 200% the exact same thing in every regard except price

Honestly. Anti artists either really need to take a page outta the bootleg purse girl playbook OR they need an 80cc dose of reality

[starheartsdreams]

Finally finished him! He’s an original head from Oueneifs (called Hiu, though he’s not currently available) and a recast Iplehouse KID body. I got him second hand from a Facebooker in one of my communities! His name is Henry and I love him so much. I decided rather than go the spooky route because he’s a monster, I went the fairy kei/decora monster boy route! I love him so much T_T Faceup, wig, headphones, and horns by me (wig colored with pastels), I made all his jewelry and shorts, and his shirt, shoes, socks, and top are from Denver Doll. Hat and hoodie from Etsy. His hair baubles are real hair clips. :D ♥ Bonus pic of one of my cats investigating Anti-recast DNI

[gumdropbjd]

More Ari stuff

I haven't really felt like posting here all that much, but thought I'd show off a few more things I made for Ari in the past month or so.

I made some striped tights from a Barbie leggings pattern by SewWhatYvette; I just added feet. No teen 2004-style mall goth can go without striped tights, after all!

And I made this cute layered skull t-shirt! I had to make my own pattern because they're so skinny. I left the edges unfinished because I wanted sort of a DIY look, and I think it worked out pretty well.

[starfulldollhaven]

Nicholai got some new clothes the other day. I've been taking him everywhere with me. He's so freaking cute. It's honestly amazing what some good clothes can do for bonding.

The last one was taken at Universal Studio. i would have gotten more shots that day, but we got rained out. It was still pretty fun, tho. It's nice we live so close to the theme parks. Otherwise, we would never get a chance to go. I think we get by one 150$ each time for gas and food. We get free parking with our season passes. I 100% suggest that if you live close, a season pass is the way to go. It's a bit more money than a day pass, but it pays for itself in like 2-3 trips.

[dollsdollsdollz]

Bubbles 🥰

[n3onstars]

So my spouse @vintageandroid got me this guy for Valentine’s. He came in plain black and I painted all of his scales and did some graphic work on him as well. He still needs some eyes, but I love him so much.

Recast Aileendoll Ashes.

recast friendly. anti-recast DNI

[real-bjd-recast-community]

At the end of the day it doesn’t matter if it’s Volks, Minifee, Soom, Resinsoul, an artist BJD, some obscure-ass company or a recast. It doesn’t matter if the faceup is flawless art or the shittiest n00b crayon trash ever. Clothes, eyes, wig, etc, doesn’t fucking matter. Professional photography or badly lit shit. Does your doll make you happy? Do you look at it and smile and enjoy it and have your mind filled with happy doll thoughts? Then you have the best doll ever. Yes, you.

(((2nd "unberied" confession of the day))) 🙏

[carefuldolling]

does anyone know of any recast-friendly faceup artists? :) any style will do, i'm just gauging what i'd like as of right now

[mariocki]

Pathfinders in Space (ABC, 1960)

"Now, the remainder of us have fifteen hours of oxygen left. That leaves fifteen hours in which to complete our research here."

"Well, what's the good of all that if you can't come back with it?"

"The moon never destroys her treasures, Henderson. We shall leave a record and it'll be preserved in the vacuum of the caves. And the future expeditions you mentioned, they will find it."

[chosenson]

GOOD SOUP i hope ur all well, im going to chill for now then return <3

[of-his-dragoon-ways]

I am literally a broke ass person who owns several legit dolls thanks to layaway. There is NO justification to own a recast BJD period, and Fairyland nearly closed during the pandemic :/  These companies aren’t huge corporations like Sony or Nintendo. Why do you think it takes so many months for a doll to be made, they put hours of work into these dolls and you slap them in the face with a recast. As much as I would like a FL BJD right now, I’m saving up for one. Put yourself in the shoes of these makers, how would you like it if someone made recasts of dolls you worked so hard on.

~ Volo

[starheartsdreams]

Sax before and after! She’s a recast Volks Pearl head on a Dollstown 18yr body. Dyed (and then painted) by me as the dye took strangely due to sanding. She’s a demon OC of mine. Still waiting on ears and a tail and a ponytail, but she looks so coooooool. Wig is Leekeworld from DDE, eyes are from ChronicArtDolls, the rest is all by me, including the horns. The dress is made from artfully tied and draped bandanas. More to come! (Yes, she will wear that first outfit again later ♥) anti-recast DNI

[gumdropbjd]

Denim skirt

I'm really proud of this skirt I made for Max!

Features include:

A functional snap-fly

Functional jeans pockets

Hand-embroidered detail

Decorative top-stitching

Side vents so she can sit down in her usual positions

It's my first time doing jeans-style pockets and I'm really proud of them! They're pretty roomy, too. Everything is hand-sewn, and I made my own pattern for this as well.

The cat is Jinxie and I think he likes it, too.

[starfulldollhaven]

[dollsdollsdollz]

SERVER REOPENED

(We're tryna branch out so if you have name suggestions lemme know)

A server based off of @adoptarecast ‘s original idea. Free for any to join and unless you choose otherwise your identity is private (so if you’re just there to get rid of your recast and dip that’s completely fine)

[theonevoice]

Maggie's spelling mistake

Ok, I've just had a wild thought about this moment, that led many people to theorise that Maggie could be a demon in disguise, given that 1) everything is intentional in this show, so the accent on the "ugrency" detail cannot be meaningless, and 2) demons are repeatedly characterised, of all things, as being bad at spelling.

To be honest, I cannot bring myself to believe the "Maggie is a demon" theory, but I agree that the emphasis on her spelling mistake is weird and it very much looks like a hint.

And now I think I finally have a hypothesis that I like (not because it's plausible but because I find it funny) about what it could be hinting at.

Let me list a couple of premises first:

- we know that when Aziraphale and Crowley "do a miracle together" it ends up "working a little too well"

- we have evidence of animals brought back from death (the dove) and of people brought back from Hell (Mr Brown)

- we have the Nina Sosanya and Maggie Service recasting choice, that I was obviously very happy with but never really understood

So, when in s1 Aziraphale and Crowley meet Mary Hodges, former Sister Mary Loquacious, we see Crowley initiating the hypnosis miracle and Aziraphale "stepping in" and ending it.

He is not just reversing it, he is working within the perimeter of the "miraculous window" opened by Crowley and weaving in an instruction before closing it:

So here's the wild part: what if, upon meeting Crowley after eleven years, Mary Hodges, now successful business owner, was taken back to that fatal night of the Antichrist and her dream of "whatever you like best" got mixed with shreds of memories? What if the satanic order who clearly didn't appreciate her turned into an abusive partner who "never really liked her"? What if the assignment to go fetch some bisquits from the refectory turned into the idea of having a nice little coffeeshop full of sweets and cakes? What if the contact with "His Royal Excellency the American ambassador" caused said coffeeshop to be right in front of a certain bookshop that happens to be an Embassy to Heaven? What if Sister Theresa Garrulous, the only person who that night had showed Mary some validation (although only for a happy miscommunication incident), turned into a neighbour shopkeeper with a strong bond to her mother superior great-grandmother, who keeps coming back to her coffeeshop, over and over, to grab the superfluous child a cup of coffee and have a little friendly chat?

The unknown and unforeseen power of a miracle performed by both Aziraphale and Crowley, although not intentionally and only as a result of a partial overlap of miraculous actions, could have make Mary's dream actually and literally come true. So we are not seeing a funny casting choice, but two actual characters from s1 transformed by the accidental interference of an overflowing miracle and Mary's confused memory-dream cocktail.

But if Maggie was indeed Sister Theresa...

...that would mean that the miracle did not just magically get Mary/Nina a coffeeshop in Soho, it also brought back Theresa/Maggie from Hell. So her "ugrency" spelling mistake could be there not as a sign that she is a demon herself, but as the trace of a sort of demonic contamination, a bad-grammar-contagion either from her time as a satanic nun or from her eleven years in Hell after Hastur killed her.

And if this was the case, wouldn't it be convenient that the only person who can corroborate her family history is none other than Mr Fell, the one unknowingly involved in her comeback, possibly not even knowing himself that there never was any great-grandmother selling records in the corner of his bookshop in the Twenties?

So this:

this could literally be Mary's dream come true, where miss Hodges' entrepreneurial side was fused with scraps of Sister Mary's memories from the night of the Antichrist.

Of course, this could be just Neil Gaiman jokingly referring to Maggies Service's previous role as a satanic nun with demonic acquaintances, but where's the fun in choosing that interpretation when we can run wild with outrageous theories like this?

Also, I like to imagine Mr Brown inexplicably starting to make spelling mistakes all over his impeccable tax returns after his trip to Hell...