#maddyverse: cooper

[madame-mozart]

some characters based off some barbie (and other) dolls i had as a kid

Recently, I went through some of my old drawings and writing pieces that I made back in the day. If you remember one of my old Mary Sue OCs, Becky Willow (example posts here: [x] [x] [x] [x]), apparently, she had quite a large family (and like one friend that I could remember off the top of my head)! I started to revisit them a bit and made them these little profile card things, which I’ve originally posted to my Pinterest! (Part 1 here | Part 2 here)

Here’s Becky herself! I’ve already talked about her a bit in my previous posts with her, but in short, she’s a sixteen year old tryhard who is super popular both in and outside of school, and everyone loves absolutely everything she does. Yeah, MARY SUE.

Becky’s mom. Married three times and lives separately from her current husband with her kids. I didn’t have any male dolls back in the day, so Dee Dee was kind of touted as this “proud” and “independent” woman who was extremely wealthy and didn’t need no man to raise a bunch of kids. I don’t know why, but she for some reason also comes off as a gold digger. 😂 Fun fact, I could never decide whether to name her just “Donna” or “Daria”, so I have now just smushed them together and slapped on the cute little “Dee Dee” nickname.

Becky’s oldest sister, who is nineteen years old. I always had this subplot involving her having twin babies, and I distinctly they were named after this “Kelly Cooper” character from iCarly since that was a show I liked back in the day. I barely remember anything about Melody herself, so for her “revamp”, I’ve just decided to put her in college and she occasionally visits her family. Oh, and she always has her mom and sisters take care of her babies. Great mom, right?

Becky’s second oldest sister at seventeen years old (younger than Melody). Dear god, I remember this character so clearly because of her STUPID SNOWFLAKE-SOUNDING NAME. She was the “glamour girl” of the family who was popular in school and everyone either respected her or feared her. She’s basically just a stuck up queen bee.

Becky’s younger sister at fifteen years old. Ironically, the doll she was based on was named “Skipper”, which I actually gave to a DIFFERENT character. I think “Stacey”/”Stacy” is the name of another one of Barbie’s sisters too, if I’m not mistaken. I don’t think I ever did much with Stacey back in the day, but I lowkey like her physical design, so I’ve actually revamped her into a decent character who is probably the most sane one in her family. She just wants to get through life and school and just so happens to have weirdo sisters that she both has to constantly control and loves in an odd way. She doesn’t want to be judged for having a similar personality to her sisters, but she doesn’t want to be seen as some kind of “not like the other girls” showoff, either. I’d hang out with her, wouldn’t you?

Another of Becky’s younger sisters who is fourteen years old and also the youngest child of Dee Dee and her first husband. I think the doll she was based on was actually a Barbie knockoff, but as a young’un, all I cared about was her huge wardrobe pack! Her revamp basically reflects this as she likes to suck up to and copy her older sisters just to get popular (well, besides Stacey, for the most part) and even has the largest wardrobe out of all the members of her family.

Becky’s younger half sister who is eight years old and also the oldest child of Dee Dee and her second husband! She does happen to share the same name as her doll counterpart. Nothing much else to know about her other than her tagging along with her older sisters and having self-esteem issues, comparing herself to her younger sisters.

Skipper and Merliah are also Becky’s younger half siblings who are identical twin sisters and the youngest of her immediate family (yeah, I gave the “Skipper” name to a McDonald’s toy, sue me). I don’t remember much about them either, so for their revamps, I just opted for the trope of twins being polar opposites: Skipper is tomboyish while Merliah is girly, though both are equally spoiled brats.

I don’t know why these two were apparently part of the family, but they were, so I’ve just decided to make them honorary adopted sisters of Becky. Veronica was kind of touted as this “bully” who thought she was tough stuff while Vivian was the sheepish pushover who sort of just went with it for whatever reason. They still have this dynamic in their revamps, but they also get along well with Chelsea, Skipper, and Merliah depending on their personalities.

These two were also part of the family, but considering they don’t have unnatural hair colors, I’ve settled for making them being Becky’s cousins who have been taken in by Dee Dee because their parents are just for whatever reason not in their lives. I don’t remember doing much with them, but you know what, their dolls are kinda cute compared to Barbies, so they’ll be decent characters. They recognize that Stacey’s the voice of reason in this family so they mostly stick to her, but for the most part, they’re just trying to make it through life as well.

Last but not least, Becky’s friend (who is also fifteen years old, same as Stacey) who literally deserved BETTER. Funny story behind the doll she was based on, she was my only African American doll whom I literally forced to play the role of a MALE at one point and actually LOST it when I took it outside to play Barbies with my friends and I’m pretty sure I literally chucked her into a bush or something. I could never find her since. Poor thing, she was abused so much. So you know what, I’ve decided to kind of write that into her character as a former best friend of Becky’s (and her sisters) when they were in elementary school, only for her to move away and reunite with them when they happen to go to the same high school. Unfortunately for Trina, Becky and her sisters have gone down the dark path of superficial queen bee popularity and are too air-headed to remember her... that is, save for Stacey. The two have rekindled their friendship and have even grown a little closer as a result... 💕 The Stacina ship has sailed, y’all. I don’t make the rules.

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Most of the assets in each picture (background/other little images) were found on Google Images and put together using Pixlr. The girls themselves were created with Highrise’s Dream Avatar Maker.