haruredjen wrote:Hmm. I obviously don't think they're actually alive (that's called schizophrenia), but they're more than just blobs of plastic to me, and I do bond with them, though I tend to become attached to inanimate objects. They really do seem to have their own unique little personalities to me.
^ This is the same with me xD;
I get attached, but I don't sit here and think "Oh no, if I insult <insert doll's name> or drop him, he'll get mad/sad
" (though I swear my DZ Yuu's expression changes, sometimes....). It's attached in the way it has some kind of representative meaning to me - usually a character I identify with, or a style/look that I find particularly awesome. Hito / My DZ SFYuu is a big representation of "I can do anything I put my head to" - when I came from a lot of "You can't do anything"/"Only other people can do or get good things" and living in a cave. It opened doors... lots of doors. It was later backed up and reinforced by my ED Red, that I can do it again. It's hard to describe.
Like Grey said, I either bond or I don't - the bonding comes from how much I can see them doing... if I have a mental block when I try to photograph them or try to stick a character to them.... then I'm not bonding with it
That situation just anthropomorphasizes into "It's not telling me it's name" or "it's not wanting to play".
They also kinda give me a new outlet on creation (cause I have issues on stopping myself from creating new characters and story lines >_> It's like I'm obsessed with creating) and ways to further define favorite existing characters. But probably as much as one would while cosplaying a favorite character from an anime, manga or video game.
As for some others, I think there may be the psychology or internal clockwork of the "surrogate children" void that they may be unintentionally filling - and maybe a method of expression (as like psychologists use on some children/adults who have hard times expressing themselves so they use dolls to express themselves or their emotions and/or situations).
But I don't think they realize that. roflmao.
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and then some are just crazy. =x;;
Akihito [DZ Yuu], Red [ED Red], Sweetpea [DF Popo], Apollo [BBB Apollo], Reli [B&G Sharon], (phoenix) Efriete [B&G Afra], (human) Efriete [Migidoll Miho], Seth [Migidoll Ryu], Horus [Obitsu 50cm].
Do want: DR Xiao chi [as Xieu]; DOD Luke v2 [as Daven]; DIM Rain [as Rain]