I don't know where to begin. Maybe I just have to much school and work lately that even the tiniest things can tick me off.
Back when it was just me, Levi, and my close BJD friends, I had so much fun. We got together and talked a lot simply because we shared the same interest. We got our dolls, customized them, took pictures of them simply because we enjoyed doing so. I kept a lot of pictures for myself, I shared some with my friends, but that was it, fun and simple.
To sum it up, I'm very disappointed in the whole BJD community. A lot of people who once inspired me became.... people who I THOUGHT I knew, turns out I don't.
Guys, tell me the reasons why you choose to get involved with the BJD community? Maybe I'm missing out on something, maybe there's something good that I overlooked.
I'm so tired of this, maybe I'm just too stressed recently, but I'm so disappointed.
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I never really got into the community though. I never had any real guidance in this. Not really active on DoA, and JUST found doll stuff on tumblr.. I've been to a few meets and the people there seemed nice enough, but.. Sometimes I get a weird vibe from certain doll owners. There's one girl that lives near the same town as me and I'm not sure what to think of her. Like, she's nice, but I don't really feel like she wants to be friends with me. She only ever texts if a meet's coming up or if she's gotten the urge to do a shoot. xD;
And then there's my friend from high school. After I got into dolls, she did too, and even got the same sculpt as my girl, but the Halloween version.~ But she never really seems to want to hang out either. I was really sad when she sold that doll, but I'm also really glad, too. Because she sold it to my other friend.~ When I go to visit her, I'll bring back pictures for my high school friend to see, if she wants to see them.
I really, really wish I could make some friends in this. It's really lonely and as a result I've gone almost a year with my dolls just.. being in their boxes. And I feel just awful about that. I took my boy out recently.. He really needs a new face up and body.
Which is what led me to your page. o3o Totally gonna wait around for you to open back up.~ Your faceups are absolutely stunning!
I keep hearing all this awful stuff about the BJD community, but I never really see any of it since.. I guess because I'm kind of secluded. xD; And terribly shy most of the time. But you know, I think all fandoms are like that. There's ALWAYS mean people, no matter where you are or what you're doing. But I think that if you just roll your shoulders and not read into it, you'll find nice ones too. Well, if you look. xD And don't stay all secluded like me.~
I think a lot of it is because they're insecure. They want to feel better about themselves and want to brag and brag about their dolls so that they can feel like their better. But everyone has different tastes. Some people love ResinDoll and some people love Angell-Studio, while others will love some other company. Personally, I've come to not like Dollmore dolls one bit... But I wouldn't push my hate onto someone that likes them. I'd sure warn them about the weak wrist joints on the Adam dolls though! ><
Um. xD; I'm sorry to ramble.~ But there's always a chance that some random stranger might be able to make someone feel better.. So I thought I might give it a try.
Even though now I'm kinda late and you might not even still be down about that. xD
I just try not to pay attention to Negative Nancys and drama queens. They're not worth the time or the energy, and all they do is thrive on attention and bring people down. I'm in this hobby for my own happiness, and I'm glad I've met so many awesome positive doll owners here.
I got into the hobby because I've loved dolls for a long time, and the customization of bjds really appealed to me. It also got me into photography, which I wasn't expecting, and I've come to really enjoy it. Just looking at my dolls makes me happy. And that's why I'm here, where I can look at and enjoy photos of other peoples beautiful dolls <3
But i can say a met some really nice new friends in this hobby, like you!^^which i really appreciate and i'm very happy about this.
well actually your Levi was the reason why i wanted a MD Ryu ^^'.And your always a very big inspiration for me.
i read about these confession blogs on tumblr.( one of the reason why i don't want to make a tumblr account anymore.) and what i heard makes me sick and sad . i think it's one of the worst things if you talk about someone behind the back, because if you do that you should have the courage to say that to the person self and not the other way.i also think it's very childish.
you know what they say pride goes before fall.
i got into the hobby ,because i loved these dolls, they make my life much more interesting they keep me busy ,doing something reasonable in my free time. they come alive to my characters and stories i have about them. With the BJD hobby i started also some new thing like doing face-up and doing photography which i really enjoy.
as for tumblr... uhmmm... I read those "confessions" as they dub them, I doubt they even know what that word means. They post a lot of bitchy attitude there. Talking from "wtf did she do with her doll" to "this company is stupid" I ended up ignoring confession blogs so I won't read those posts -_- I mean, if you don't like it then ignore it. The world doesn't need more drama.
I got into the hobby because of the dolls. I stumbled upon our local bjd website on LJ and saw them. I knew about BJDs way before that... through watching the movie "Doll Master" I was young back then so it scared the shit out of me. But when I saw our community's BJD website, I was really surprised that you can customize them a lot and all those beautiful and handsome dolls *nostalgicfeeling*. I'm also somewhat interested in photography too but have no friends who are willing to model for me so... From then I did my research. I easily get tired of some hobbies
but I don't think I'd get tired of BJDs that easilyso having a nice community that helps and supports BJD owners is big big plus to me. But I know for sure that we have a friendly local community. I love the people in our local community even though I haven't met them yet XDThank you, I hope they think so too.
I think you're really nice, and your local community would enjoy your company! If you do decide to meet up with them someday, remember to tell me about it!
posting again 'cause I ended up replying to my own comment lol...Oh, haha xD
Thank you, I hope they think so too. I've already made a friend in the local community who apparently lives in the same neighborhood as I am. She's really very friendly. We keep in touch through livejournal. We're planning on having a mini meet with my sister and her friend once I complete Blaise. Yay! I'll tell you about a big meet-up, I think they'll have one soon on summer. I was suppose to attend the Valentines meet (liplock's Hunter and Aiden attended the meet. I was really excited to get to see them) but I got sick >.< I'm happy that you'lre interested in hearing about it
But I got into this hobby because dolls make me happy...simple as that. I don't let what other people say or think about it bother me because I'm not trying to please them. I do what I love and enjoy. If it bothers others then Oh well. The important thing is...if your dolls bring you joy and make you happy regardless of the community. It comes down to those little resin people sharing your space. If they make you smile when you look at them and make all your worries and cares disappear when you're playing with them...then that's the reason for being in this hobby...and don't let anything take that away from you.
You don't get into this hobby for the community or people in it...you get in it solely because of the dolls.
Hope you're feeling better about everything though!