Quote from: keylimepony on May 31, 2013, 09:59:14 AM

Quote from: SunnieBunny on May 31, 2013, 12:37:57 AM

Whats with the Brothers Charming? One is dating Apple white and the other i don't know but didn't their father or fathers marry Snow White and Cinderella kinda deal. So not making sence in Ever After High hope it gets explained. Lol

I've been confused about this too. It really needs to be better explained because it makes no sense right now. If a lot of the daughters are the product of fairy tale moms and prince charming dads that means the princes at school can't also be sons of prince charming because then they're all related.

THIS! Gosh.. I'm so glad I am not the only one.. xD

When I heard about all this 'do exactly as your parents did' and thinking about how all their Moms married a charming I was getting this thought of Apple&Daring being siblings as well.

But.. uhm, maybe Daring is the brother of Ashlyn and the future price of Briar is the brother of Apple and so on so on. That way it, while still a very limited gene-pool, wouldn't be much worse than what most european royal families have been doing for centuries 'til they were allowed to marry 'normal' people. xD;

I think one of my favorite explanations of the Prince Charming conundrum comes from Into the Woods, where there are two princely brothers who, after rescuing their princesses, realize that they're booored without the chase, so they dump their first "true loves" and find themselves two other ones instead. Ah, quirky musicals, you amuse me.

But no, in most fairy tales the Princes are not actually named. The name Prince Charming comes from them being described as charming princes. It's one of the many reasons that Sleeping Beauty is my favorite disney movie; Prince Phillip is a detailed, developed character with a name and personality. Plus Maleficent is the beest villain ever, and I love her plan of revenge. Not no happy ending, just... waiting a century or so.

...I read the title and immediately the song from Love Never Dies popped into my head.

Quote from: lemonice on May 24, 2013, 04:49:02 AM

Quote from: keylimepony on May 22, 2013, 11:00:58 AM

I mean, people got upset about the first wave Clawdeen shaving mention (which made no sense).

why? stupid!

In fact, it's not stupid at all.

People got upset over the shaving mention because Clawdeen was all like "ohhh gotta shave, shave, shave my body to look okay", which is a.) sexist because men aren't forced to shave off all their body hair to get accepted by society, yet women are "gross" or "unclean" for having hair anywhere except for their head and eyebrows.
And b.) it is just incredibly dumb to promote a doll that is all about "be yourself, be unique" and then having her ramble about that in order to look fabulous she shaves her entire body.

Now, when I first read about Clawdeen's shaving issues I just giggled because "hey, she is a werewolf!" and I just assumed the other wolf siblings would do the same (yes, also Clawd).
But I can also see how such a sentiment is problematic when it's about a doll that is sold to 6-year-old girls to promote self respect and being true to yourself.
A lot of people were like "yeah, living up to society's sexist beauty standards isn't really about being rebellious and being yourself" and I agree.

This isn't realy about "why does a werewolf shave?" but about "why the flip does Mattel tell my girls to be unique and live up to society's f-ed up norms at the same time?". It's just as a valid complain as are the non-articulated killer heel feet.
So before you just call anything that criticizes MH "stupid", learn about the context first

I actually know the controversy's context, but disagree with it. I mean, yeah it's living up to society's standards? But I have a friend who will not wear a swimsuit or skirts (despite loving them) if she hasn't shaved in a past two days, because she's been so trained that leghair is the devil and disgusting. I've read articles on child's spa treatments, because apparently if you wax a little girl's legs 3-4 times, you can kill all hair growth on them, even when they reached puberty/adulthood, and just "think of how much you'll be saving her when she grows up!"

The people who have issue with Clawdeen mentioning shaving her legs, should look at themselves and the message that we're already all being pushed into (at least in the US): leg and body hair are gross, and should not be. I mean heck, look at True blood; so many topless men, none of them with chest hair because eww hair is gross.

..Done derailing the topic now, but I have to drop in my two cents on this topic.

On topic- I want to see a lizard girl, with maybe a larger jawline and detachable tail.

Black and White Frankie showed up in February, so she still could be. The special price just won't be until September, at least for most stores.

Rochelle's hat stays on without the ties- it's molded to fit her ear snugly, which keeps it on her head. I always hate and removed the plastic ties, and mine hasn't lost hers yet.

Ones that fit Nefera! She needs clothing so badly...

Aand bought this one too. Really, I'll just keep tossing money at you if you keep making patterns. In part because your prices are fair and you keep doing things I am interested in. Now to make a Hufflepuff uniform for my ghost CAM.