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QOTW: What does “bonding” mean to you?
Written on June 24, 2013 at 12:00 pm by MichelleFiled under: Question of the Week
I see the word “bonding” used a lot when it comes to Blythe. People say that they haven’t bonded with a new doll that has arrived, or they’re unable to bond with a stock doll but they can bond with a customized Blythe. To me, bonding means that people become attached to a doll, or have grown to like (or love) a particular Blythe. I can understand why some people don’t bond with stock dolls – they have big shiny foreheads, they can look a little vacant at times. I like doing minor changes to my dolls – eye chip changes, gaze lifting. But some dolls are perfect (to me) as completely stock (Margaret Meets Ladybug, I mean you!). But I “bond” easily with stock dolls, compared to other people. I think there’s a pretty even split in the community – where probably about half of people enjoy customs whereas the other half love their stock dolls. Whatever bonding means to me, I think it’s always a great thing to love the dolls that you have. They’re not inexpensive dolls, it’s important to love what you spend your money on.
What does “bonding” mean to you?
I’m another stock doll fan. I love their shiny foreheads! I don’t really care for customs all that much and, I know I’m in the minority here, I also don’t really like matte faces. Most of my dolls will get an eyechip change if anything at all.
Bonding is a term I personally dislike, although no disrespect intended to those that use it. To me bonding is when you enter into a mutually emotional relationship not just one-sided love of an inanimate object. That being said I have purchased two dolls that I could just feel no love for once they arrived and I actually felt bad for them. Was it lack of bonding? I don’t know but I did feel a lot worse than if I had purchased any other object that I didn’t end up liking in person.
So far I love both stock and certain customs I have seen… I am extremely new to the hobby, and only have 1 stock doll so far.
Bonding is one of the most interesting things about Blythedom to me. I’m very liable to bond, so the one time I haven’t really bonded with a girl, I found it distressing! To me bonding just means there is an attachment.
I bond more easily with stock dolls than some, it seems, as most of my girls are shiny and have only had eyechips changed, if anything. Sometimes I intend to customize them but I get attached to the way they are.