#american girl doll

[luridcomixofthenuit]

FTM gay vs straight experience uwu

also pictured: the happiest christmas of my entire life

my parents got my sister and I Samantha AND Nellie AND the horsey AND the Samantha American Girl Doll movie. My tiny brain was so overwhelmed with dopamine I went fucking berserk

[magical-dying-human]

this!

this is why I actually love Caroline

she doesn't get enough love despite how her books are actually so good and she's honestly a wonderful character overall

just spent the afternoon reading through caroline’s books. i’m obsessed. cannot get over her doing all that insane shit in her frilly little dresses. 💕

as a child, i *loved* wearing fancy (hand-me-down) dresses while getting absolutely covered in mud on the playground, so it makes me feel very seen to read about her having an insane little adventure and then get to the illustrations, which are giving fashionable girly-girl. it’s strange but also wonderful to me.

also, her mom is a total badass.

additionally, i really love the lack of disdain caroline has for more traditional feminine activities, despite wanted to break from that mold (with her wanting to be a ship captain). i feel like a lot of modern historical fiction revolves around characters who not only want to go against the grain of what their society deems “ladylike”, but actively disparage others for not doing so, and dismiss those “ladylike” activities as useless. that’s not generally an issue that i’ve seen a ton of from ag, but it sneaks in every now and then.

like. caroline hates baking day, but she doesn’t think it’s dumb, it just doesn’t come easy to her, and it’s frustrating! she understands the importance of helping her family with the garden, even when she’d rather be at the shipyard, because she knows they all need that food. she also genuinely enjoys sewing and embroidery; i can definitely see an older caroline, captain of her own vessel, continuing to embroider in her free time. whenever others disparage her for not being ladylike, she does the mental equivalent just giving them a weird look and then moving on. she really just thinks to herself like “damn. they are being rude as hell and need to mind their business. whatever.”

i think her books also do a pretty good job of being a power fantasy for kids (in that she gets to do cool, important things) without making the adults around caroline seem totally incompetent. whenever she’s trusted to do an important or dangerous thing, they honestly do not have any other good options, and she is genuinely critical in helping them get through whatever is going on, without it seeming contrived. i also liked that part of her stories because it felt pretty in line with what i know of the roles children played in their families at the time.

also, i love her character traits on full display in her last book. (spoilers) upon catching a thief stealing food from her aunt and uncle’s farm, her first instinct is to chase after him at full speed with a pitchfork. and upon catching him and listening to him explain how hungry he is, her first instinct is to get food for him and his family. daring and compassion. it sums her up pretty well, i think.

anyway. conclusion: i lub her.

[americangirldollwho]

[tinymintywolf]

i recently watched babbity kate's 6 hour video on kirsten and boy did it unlock some memories!! so i felt the need to revisit this beloved character from my childhood in her iconic saint lucia gown 🌟

[that70s-smile]

inspired by this post

[samantha-and-nellie]

everyone please appreciate my favorite exchange from the comments of the samantha movie

[thestuffinginside]

Customized a Speaking Rain doll this week ♡ she is Kaya's adopted sister (cousin) from the books, and she is visually impaired

I re-beaded one of Kaya's meet dresses to better match Speaking Rain's (few) illustrations and overall personality, and I gave her Séliš-style braided loops since she splits her time between the two tribes. I've ordered her a new wig so that she looks a bit more different from Kaya, and I'll post her again after the swap!

[nicki-flemings-curls]

[elizabeshi]

Kit Kittredge from the American Girl Historical Series 🥹 Instagram

[goddessofwisdom18]

Julie and Ivy from American Girl <3

[shakespearefreak]

Back in August I was hoping to find a way to do the braided hairstyle Addy was shown wearing in her catalog Stilting Outfit photo, and someone in one of my Facebook doll groups saved the day by linking the official Pleasant Company instructions! It took me FOUR tries, and each try took about 3 hours apiece, but I finally got it — not perfectly, but good enough to leave it alone 😅

If anyone’s wondering about my process, I mainly followed the instructions, though I also ended up bobby pinning the left of the two larger braids to her head (because the only way I could figure out how to make those two an even thickness was by using some hair from the left side for her right braid, but then the left braid was hanging oddly).

Also, you can see how bad my Addy’s wig is in these photos… there’s so many flyaways! I'm debating replacing it eventually.

[haveamagicalday]

Duel of the American Girl Dolls: Truly Me: Pets (Round 1)

This is a poll in the Duel of the American Girl Dolls. Other polls can be found here

[americangirldollwho]

[thecursedprince]

Disney Princess X American Girl Dolls

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[oddball-n-the-dolls]

My perfect baby, Hortense, with her teddy bear

[samantha-and-nellie]