Carmilla: Let Her Bite

"...think me not cruel because I obey the irresistible law of my strength and weakness..."
-Carmilla

Before Dracula, there was Carmilla. She was a vampire from the novella written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. She often preys on young women in their sleep. She was the inspiration for the character of this doll.

This Carmilla continues to 'live' in the 21st century by faking her deaths at the hands of the vampire hunters. She glamoured people into believing she has been killed so that she can 'live' a peaceful life. Through the centuries, she has amassed wealth, from stocks to real estate and multi-billion businesses. Her wealth is under a number of alternate identities so she can stay out of the limelight of being the richest person in the world. She maintains her sources of wealth because staying incognito is financially demanding for the likes of her.

Carmilla indirectly runs a number of modelling agencies, cosmetics, jewelries and fashion labels plus a number of hotel chains. Her models get discounted rates on her hotels and dormitories (if they are still studying in her modelling school), all of which are specially designed with secret passages so she can come in and out of any room unnoticed. She takes care of her models because she needs them to survive.

She drinks their blood but not to the point of killing them. That may mean drinking from a number of girls every night. She has evolved into a vampire with restraint so don't be scared now. Let her bite.

(This is not really a start of a story but merely a character profile, a way of enjoying my older dolls.)

Return to Innocence

Age indeterminate, they can look like kids and they can look like young adults, definitely not a one-trick pony. That is just one of the things I like about my CCE Blythe clone. Rebodying them in highly sexual-ized Barbie or Obitsu bodies is not an option for me. The Licca body is just fine with enough curves which one can flaunt or down play. I also didn't seal their face paint so I can change them when I feel like it.

There are times when I get fed up with too much play on sexuality from dolls. (It makes me think, are they the new sex toys? Maybe. I personally use them to act out my sex fantasies. Lol.) My other dolls can serve as a breather. After making dresses for model muse bodies I felt I have to do something childlike.

I decided to create dresses for Potpot and Chichi. I think they love it.

Prom Ready

I wanted to postpone posting this until our prom doll meet but then I thought by next week, I might be more excited talking about other things I plan to do this coming weekend. :)

Darla is ready for the prom. She has a new dress and will just ask Jerjer to be her date. Her dress was inspired by the vintage Barbie Fraternity Dance. I realized that when making dresses for Darla (with Takara Licca-chan body), it would be more practical to use the vintage Skipper body (which is slightly bigger than Licca) so that the dress can also fit Skipper. We want our dolls to share dresses, don't we?

If you're tired of your old doll, try giving her a new look. There's nothing like a new dress to help one enjoy an old doll!

Kiss Goodbye

They, too, like most Michael and Melinda I have seen (err...I have seen more  Michael's without their Melinda's), will be parted.

I don't know which one is better, the 1st pic or the one below, so I'm posting them both. The 1st pic was edited using Paint.NET to give that vintage vibe that I think suits the dolls but I love the bright green from the second pic (unedited except for the watermark).