What can I say - the Vester part of the story

"Who am I? Who am I?
I am Jean Valjean!"

from Les Miserables by Boublil & Schönberg

This is a guest post by Vester and it took me a lot of time and effort to convince him :)

What can I say? I didn't want to do a post. And seeing what the others wrote was something I wanted even less. (Not to mention others reading my thoughts) But the dollmistress (note by Meritre: He means me) insisted I have to tell my side. She's doin' the typing for me. Right. Where do I start it? A villain doll never has it easy. Even less if said doll has no idea that he or she is a villain. But the other dolls are unfriendly. Always. Enough to confuse you. Especially if you look like a prince. And think you are the hero of the movie. A fine mess is the result. The others laugh at you. Or ignore you.
A journey means hope for a doll. And I landed in a house full of friendly princesses. (note by Meritre: Now it is full, it wasn't that full back than!) Princesses who don't judge. A rare thing or so I'm told. But I didn't know that when I landed. Was the first to be taken out of the shipping box. I was glad to be taken out. Hoped to be deboxed. Those ties are devilishly unconfortable. And then I got a glimpse of the first doll that already lived in that house. The House that was to be my new home. A redhead. The redhead sister from the same movie I came from. She had freckles. Just like me. She looked excited. And had a friendly face. But usually that doesn't mean anything. I've seen dozens of dolls that looked just like her. They had different outfits and sometimes different hairstyles, too.

So this doll there was acting scared and displeased. But she looked like she didn't mean it. She doesn't really think I'm bad. She just pretends to do so. Because that is in the movie. But she seemed to be rather curious and playful. At least that was my impression. She sat down on the box.

"I'll faint if you take him out of that box" she announced.
"That's a bag of moonshine and you know it." the dollmistress said laughing. "You just came to check out this newcomer. And to sit on the box. That's very kind of you."
"You flood the house with villains so we have to check out what you get." Dolly said with dignity. "Besides, you are scaring the minis."
"You two would make a cute couple."

This remark didn't make her angry. That was a good sign. She reddened and smiled slightly.
"I'm really going to faint." she insisted. Not very convincingly. "And who knows what will happen if you let him out."

Nothing happened. I was deboxed nevertheless and  she didn't faint. And she was still there, complaining.

Her voice was the only thing that implyed to me that she was still around. Well, not exactly. But my efforts to get a better look at her were in vain. She wasn't standing still for a second. The dollmistress was pushing  both of us around, too. Impossible to see anything. And on the top of that, an idea came to the dollmistress.
"You know what, you could do that dancing pose from the movie!"

"P-p-p-posing? With him? But... but..." Dolly protested.
"You'll see, it'll be fun!" was all she got as an answer. "Now, where do  have that screenshot? Oh yes, this one."

And so we were carried in front of the computer and told to do a dancing pose. Great idea to dance with a girl I've just met. The kind of idea our dollmistress often has. What do I do with this girl? Best would be to get over with it quickly. But she can't dance. She told me so. By this time she was red as a tomato. A ripe tomato. Now I have to teach her. And you know what? It was fun. She even smiled. She is quite cute when she smiles. I hope to get to know her better. Maybe we could do a dance club or something together. She is talented. That's where we are now. Don't start getting those ideas. Although I have to say I do like her a lot. Those hints makes her nervous. And don't look so innocent. I know you're going to read this. As soon as my back is turned. And I don't like that. Just so you know.

Told you, dollmistress, they'll do it... Nice hair, ladies.


Note by Meritre: Vester is not the type to share his thoughts. But in my opinion it's important to ask and see the thoughts of both sides. I hope I can convince him to do another one later on.

Just let it go - a Kiki-Dolly story

"Turn, turn your fear into tears"

from Marie Antoinette by Lévay and Kunze, song: Lullaby

 Dolly: this is a story we thought we would split and each of us tells her own part and thoughts.

Dollys part:
I thought I was over and done with the Vester-problem (as I call it) but my sister pointed out to me that I was more nervous and uneasy than ever. And the bad thing was, she was right. I could see that she was worried and that was the last thing I wanted. But what am I to do? My thoughts were fixed on what will happen if... right Dolly, first find out what troubles you, I told myself, remembering my sisters advice. What do I do about it without making a cake of myself? (I borrowed that one from a book, since I liked it a lot, but as I found out it is an old expression, I'll add an explanation - making a cake of oneself means making a fool of oneself)

It really seems stupid but I turn so nervous and then I can't think clearly. Is there something that can be done about that? So once again I thought, asking my sister won't hurt, even if I won't like what she is telling me to do. So I told her I need her advice and she suggested that we meet at our usual chatting corner (as the dollshelf has so many extra ears, including Vesters) later that day. She then disappeared but was back in time for our little talk. Our so called chatting corner is actually a very big pillow that can be moved around. We push it to a nice and quiet corner of the room and then sit on it and talk over everything in the world.

Kikis part:
It would be best if she could forget it and just... let it go. But that's one of the hardest things for her to do, she tends to brood over such things way too much. I hoped that the last conversation of the two would solve it and for a while it seemed like it did. But Vester had to smile only once and she turned all crazy again. I planned to say only a few words to her about it, so she won't think I'm meddling. She had gone back to her old tactics, avoiding him as much as possible to be precise, and I thought that's the worst thing she could do.

Dropping just a little hint will help. So when we met at our usual spot and she told me her troubles once more and asked my advice I did just that.
"Why don't you simply treat him as a friend?"
"I... can't... I'm always so nervous... " Dolly stammered. "You know anything against it?"
"Avoiding him only puts you back where you were. The girls think one thing. He at the sam time is totally confused by your behaviour. One day friendly the next day running away. You can't make me believe you still think him a villain."
"Nnnno but... he makes me nervous... what would he think... if I suddenly..." she said with an unhappy face.

"He would help you, I'm certain."
She burst into tears.
"Oh, Vicky, I'm so stupid, what am I going to do?"
Poor Dolly, she was completely miserable, scared and all... so I sang her the lullaby* I found in Meritres musiccollection.

(You can listen to the german version her, though the one I sang is the hungarian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA3YOVogCC8)

Könny, könny,

ne szégyelld, ha jön.

Majd elszáll a bánat,

a fény nyugalmat áraszt,

felemel, megölel.

Könny, könny,

úgy csillog, mint fönt

száz csillag az égen.

A fény áttör az éjen,

felemel, megölel.

Könny, könny,

ha rémült szív

hallod egy csillag ha hív

a mindenségnek útja vár

a szíved is hazatalál.

"There, there sis. It's going to be okay, no Beast this time."

She shuddered.
"I hope so."
(I have to explain a little: the first doll that arrived after us and was deboxed was a Beast doll from Beauty and the Beast.

Dolly helped deboxing him so he was convinced she was his Belle.

He became quickly obsessed with her and even asked her to marry him.

Dolly was sorry for him but she didn't want to marry him so turned him down. This made him angry but not that angry that he would give up marrying Dolly. Unfortunate story. In the end I was forced to ask Meritre to remove Beast. Dolly couldn't help but felt guilty about it. That's the Beast story in a nutshell. I think this unfortunate experience is responsible for her nervousness around Vester.)

"Making new friends is always a great experience. Besides actively showing that the two of you are just friends is more convincing then just talking about it. But your nervousness indicates otherwise. I'm sure it would be gone after you two spent a little more time together." I counted the advantages for her. She swallowed.

"I guess you are right... as always."
"I'll tag along the first time you do something together." I decided, trying to give her some courage. "We could go for a walk in the garden together on Friday."
"So you are afraid that he could turn out to be a villain." Dolly said, without paying any attention to what I proposed.
I shook my head and smiled.

"Do you think I would let anyone close to my sister without discovering first what kind of person he or she is?"
She smiled. I smiled back and walked off.
But it was true I observed him ever since he arrived and I noticed almost immediately that he had a soft spot for Dolly. Dear Dolly, sometimes she is really blind. :)  

Now, there was only one thing left to do and that is talking to that prince charming sometime when Dolly is not around. So he knows it all and won't be even more confused or think Dolly a horribly fickle girl who doesn't care for others. Besides, I have Another Plan, too. We are some crazy dolls aren't we? :)



*Meritre will introduce it properly sometime in the future with translation and all. The quote at the beginning is from the english version - but there was never an english production of this Marie Antoinette musical as far as I know. The quote comes from the english subs shown in the theatre.

Disney Store 2017 Classic Belle doll review

"Jenseits der Nacht/ Jenseits der Angst, /Holt kein Schatten uns mehr ein."

Literally: Beyond the night, beyond fear, no shadow can reach us

From the musical Rebecca by Sylvester Levay and Michael Kunze

 It's the counterpart song to the one I quoted in the Pocahontas doll review. Belle gets her happy ending and Pocahontas gets a bittersweet ending so thes get matching quotes. Also they are good friends in my dollworld.

Belle is one of my Chrismas dolls as well I wanted to add her to my collection for years. There was a Belle doll here who came together with Hannah Rapunzel, Diana Jasmine and Susanne Ariel. (And some of the boys as well but they are not interested in blogging, they asked me not to include them on the meeting site. I may have to make an exception for Hans. Now enough, back to Belle.) But... things happened. I do not have that Belle anymore. So I put a Belle doll in my basket when I bought my Christmas stuff. But I have an old photo of the older Belle so I put the two pictures of the two Belles together to compare them.

It looks like one photo (it was mistaken to be one picture) but it is two photos combined into one picture. The one on the left is the 2015 version - no glowes, no Chip, no real ribbon on the dress but one made of glitter - the one on the right is 2017 version , the one I own and I'm about to share my thoughts about. The hair is packed differently, too, the one on the left has two big curled locks, the one on the right has two wavy sections.
As she was a long awaited doll I already had a name for her. She is called Daphne after the authoress of the book Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier. The film adaptation by Alfred Hitchcock  is quite well-known and I choose a quote from the musical version of the Rebecca story.
So let's get to the doll itself.

She has a box in the same simple style as all the 2017 classic dolls have. A Disney sign in the upper left corner, the characters name and the movies title at the bottom.
The fancy one is the movietitle and the plain one is the characters name - it is good to know in cases the name is also the title. (Mulan Pocahontas, I'm looking at you two)

One side shows Lumiére, the other Belle with Mrs. Potts and Chip with books, probably in the library.

I would't have chosen ballgown and reading combination but that's my problem. :) Hasbro uses the same combination, they have a very cute ballgown Belle artwork for their Little Kingdom Belle, which shows her with her nose in a book.

The back shows Belle in her ballgown, again with Mrs. Potts and Chip but this time it looks like they are in the garden of the Beasts home since they have the castle as background. But now it's time to free this mademoiselle who is said to be peculiar.

There is the usual amount of ties, some for the hair, hands, waist, feet and more. The ones in her head were not tight and quite easy to cut.

During deboxing I accidentally pulled one of her gloves partly off. What scared me was that there was something hard in the thumb part of it. I thought Belles thumb broke off. So I pulled it completely off. Her hand was all fine, what I felt was the seam - because it is so small  and the two seams are so close to each other. Putting it back was not that bad but I don't think I'll repeat it often. It can be helpful while dressing them into a long, tight-sleeved top.

Belle fresh out of the box

She has two sections of hair but I arranged her hair for this picture so it looks like she has only one. The shoulder part of the dress is a bit darker than the bodice, the glowes are the same color. The skirt is a bit more yellow and less golden and is covered in glitter and so are Belles legs. The ribbon on the dress is maybe a bit lighter than the bodice.

It goes all around the dress but at the back there are only two sections, and that is because there is the velcro, where the dress closes. There is also an ugly hole where the skirt and the bodice meet, that's where her waisttie was. It'll take some time till it is flat. I wanted to make that a bit faster and pulled her skirt so it lays nice so she can sit down and sit on that part so it straightens out. (Pocahontas did not have this problem, thanks to the fabric they used for her outfit) Then I found out that the sections of the skirt are actually gathered with the help of elastics. So it goes right back where it was as soon as I wasn't pulling the dress. I did not know that but thpught it's a clever idea to make the dress.
This year the ballgowns are shorter than usually, they are all showing their feet and Belle is no exception.

Belle had a good amount of tissue paper under her skirt.

This paperboa now serves as a stylish accessoire for holiday Elsa.

Belles shoes are visible and they kind of point upwards which I think is quite odd. She has flat feet and wears yeallow flats. An odd choice for Belle in my opinion but apperently Disney gave this year flat feet to all the girls I got. Flat feet-klick knee combination just doesn't work. She has of course articulation at the neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, the articulation the usual classic princess dolls from the Disney Store have. My Belle has a bit of a problem with her hip and she sits like her neighbour, Dolly, the Frozen Fever Anna doll, who has hard plastic legs and uhm doesn't sit really elegant. She has a bad influence on Belle. :)
Belles dress is very pretty and I think it is quite movie accurate, only the skirt could be a little longer. In the movie it touched the floor, here is a reminder:

No shoes visible, even if she sits down.
She has her hair styled in a half updo, similar to the movie.

The middle section of her hair is used for the actual bun, using some hairsections from her hairline on both on the left and the right side. That's why she comes with her hair in two big sections.

The upper part of her hair and the updo is quite soft but the ends of the two big locks I mentioned are hard because on the amount of hairproduct used on them.
Like during the last few years, she comes with her widows peak. She has a lovely face, subtle makup, green eyes (I would call it green but it is mostly called hazel) and a slight blush on her cheek.

She looks a lot like her mini counterpart that I got a year earlier. Mini Belle looks high up, though, so she doesn't look the same in the picture.
If you are curious of the Belle dolls from the earlier years, here is a link to a review of the 2016 Belle doll by Beastsbelle with comparing her to all the Belle dolls starting from 2010. She looks pretty similar to this years Belle.
http://nevergrowupdollguide.blogspot.hu/2016/07/2016-disney-store-belle-doll.html
The big Belle comparsion and Belle lineup can be found at the end of the post.
Chip came with Belle thes year as well. As far as I can judge, he is exactly the same as last year.

I think I got a fairly nicely painted one. He is up next to Mushu, just behind the girls.
Belle is also up on the shelf, next to her new friends.
Merida and Aurora are the ones left, plus a 2015 Jasmine. Who shall be next? I've one Little Kingdom girl left as well, waiting to be reviewed. ;)

Dr Bubo - the series 'The next one, please' and the opening song

This one is not actually about the magic of music.
I share this one because it's so funny :) I hope it cheers you up a little as well. It is the opening song of an old hungarian cartoon called 'The next one, please'. When I say it's old, I mean it, the first two seasons aired first during the ninety-seventies the third one a few years later. Each of the three seasons has 13 episodes.
I really enjoyed it as a child but there are lots of hints, problems adressed in this series that is more for grown-ups like alcoholism or enviromental pollution. I'd say it's for anybody who cares to watch it. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwdH6bcYwd4

Here is an episode with english subs to give you an idea what this series is like :) I did not make the subtitles, I just found it on youtube, it was a school project, as the credits in the description of the video state.

Enjoy! :)
There are some names and wordplays that are really hard to translate. Some examples:
Csőrmester: the name of the falcon sergeant is a combination of the words beak (csőr) and sergeant (őrmester)
In hungarian the same word is used for both pole and corner - that's how that joke works :)

Here is the hungarian text for the song for those who are interested, this one my translation, the one in the subs is a bit different and not made by me:

Legsalt of the snake
A set of (false) teeth for the birds
The patient speaks
and the doctor writes it down
Those who come after us will talk about... about whom? About Dr Bubo!

The sheatfish is coughing
the squirrel is rheumatic
nobody can help them but the psychologist
Those who come after us will talk about... about whom? About Dr Bubo!

That old fool, the reptile lied, (with reptile he refers to the boa professor :) )
He is as much a rector
as I am a doctor
Those who come after us will talk about... about whom? About Dr Bubo!
Those who come after us will talk about Dr Bubo!

Limited Edition Elsa review - 2015 march release

"I'm limited... just look at me... I'm limited"

from the musical Wicked by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, song: For Good

Sorry I couldn't resist. :) It's a line also sung by Idina Menzel, Elsas voice acterss as you probably already know. And Elsa is a Limited Edition doll. So there.

When I saw the first picture of the doll I was to own I almost cried with happines. It seemed so unbelievable! When she arrived and I just saw the top of her head, it was too much. Beautiful golden haired princess! Thank you, my Friend for making this possible. 

She came in a big brown shipper box. 

Well, she crossed the ocean after all and visited places like Zürich and Miami (according to her tracking history at least.)

Here is the first glimpse I got of her.

Of course I had to get her out of her shipping box at once.

She's the most beautiful dol I've ever seen! Of coure I've seen thousands of photos of this Elsa doll - but it's really different to see her in real and be able to touch her.

Her box has so many details and is really beautiful!

I'm well aware of the fact that she is already more than three years old so a review of her is not that interesting but she is so special to me that I wanted to do it anyway. I tried to pick a bit more interesting angles while taking photos of her and I'll show just a few of her most memorable details. She is not yet deboxed.
Let's start with her beautiful bun!
She's got lots of tinsel in her hair. I know many collectors disliked it. I think it makes Elsas hair look more golden and her hair is very light in the movie.

However I do not share this dislike of tinsel. I love it. Her hair is so beautiful and the hairstyle is really accurate, too.
Another critique against the doll was her shiny skin.

I think it pretty. But I would think a doll without shiny skin just as pretty.
Her outfit is really detailed. Even her gloves are adorned.

And her belt is simply amazing. As far as I know it is a separate piece, too.
I remember there were many complains that this outfit appeared only for a minute in the movie. Well, it returned in Olafs Frozen Adventure which made me really happy. :)
Her skirt, just like her jacket has amazing details, too.

I love that while it is not a copy of the decorations on her jacket, it has the same colors to make a matching set of clothes.
Both pieces are lined.

Her shoe is decorated, too. It couldn't be more movie accurate, I think.

She has her certificate of course.

She is number 2408. According to my idea, that's her birthday, the 24th August.
Her name is Elinor Faith Elsa. I already explained that Faith is there to remind me that there is so much more kindness and generosity in this world than I thought. Elinor comes from Jane Austens Sense and Sensibility, she is named after the eldest sister. It's not likely I get another limited edition doll but if I ever get one it'll not be anytime soon. Maybe in a few years if I'm lucky. If I get one, it'll be Anna to go with her, and she'll be named Marianne after Marianne Dashwood, Elinor Dashwoods younger sister. I think it's a nice idea to name my sisterdolls after sisters. Unfortunately I had this idea after I had already named all my Anna and Elsa dolls.

 

Oh yes, before I forget, she is looking for friends and sisters and brothers and penpals, because she'll probably stay the only LE doll I own.:) So she won't be lonely. The other dolls are nice but the size difference can be an issue. One of the minis, Chris, I think, was cheeky enough to say that under Elinors skirt would be a good hiding place - noone would think of it when playing hide-and-seek.

Come to think of it, her face is a lot like classic Elsas. Both are so beautiful!

The sister story - part 2

"Bringt der Himmel heut' nur Tränen oder helles Sonnenlicht 

(...)
Der Regenbogen zeigt einen Weg, der uns in fremde Welten führt
Und du gehst Hand in Hand mit mir
Denn nur Sonnenschein und Regen bau'n die Brücke zu Dir"

 

Literally: Brings the sky only tears today or bright sunshine?(...)/The rainbow shows a way that leads to foreign worlds/and you go hand in hand with me/for only sunshine and rain build the bridge to you

Our new dresses

I thought that this someone crying in the box next to me would feel better if I talked to her. She gave no reply. Well I have to make her think of something else than her sorrow. I didn’t succeed till we arrived. I was taken out of my box, too and it turned out that we, Anna and Elsa, were the only classic dolls in the house. Our new owner, Meritre, seemed friendly and as soon as she saw Anna, she decided that she needed a new dress and bestowed some extra names on us. Dorothea Anna and Victoria Elsa. She gave us nicknames, too. Dolly and Kiki. It seemed odd to me back than but now I’m fine with it. I didn’t care for it back then as my most important goal to find the other doll and see if she could be my sister. She didn’t want to talk. ‘Probably a shock.’ Meritre said. ‘Just leave her alone for a little while and everything will be fine.’ I looked a bit doubtful at her and then at Anna. I trusted Meritre from the start while Dolly stared at both of us distrustfully. But I finally got a few words out of her and even a smile. A few weeks later she was wearing a green dress. I tried on a similar pink dress but I soon put back on my ice dress. It looked better than the light pink and light green dresses. (Alas, I’m too pale for those dresses) But I thought it would be really nice if I gave my dress to Dolly. She cried. I hoped to dry her tears like sunshine does but whatever I did to cheer her up ended as a disaster. A fine sunshine I was. (Dolly: It’s kind of funny that an ice queen thinks of herself as sunshine) As a last resort I asked Meritre what to do. ‘She just cries. And I can’t manage to be sunshine.’ She already knew about my idea of being sunshine. ‘Come and listen to this one.’ she replied. And the song was – the one that was quoted at the post start of the post. Primary colors. She marked some lines that would be important for me at the moment.

"Bringt der Himmel heut' nur Tränen oder helles Sonnenlicht

(...)

Der Regenbogen zeigt einen Weg, der uns in fremde Welten führt

Und du gehst Hand in Hand mit mir

Denn nur Sonnenschein und Regen bau'n die Brücke zu Dir"

‘It works wonderfully for your situation. Only sunshine and rain together will build a rainbow, a road, a way so you can understand each other. Rain and sunshine together make a rainbow. It’s very natural that there are tears as well. I think a little time will help her find that rainbowroad, too.‘ It sounded like a poem but I just had to giggle, I had no idea why. But Meritre was right, after the rain, sunshine came and the rainbowroad appeared. Well, in a way.

Our new owner seemed to be overjoyed to have us. But I simply felt numb and couldn’t help crying. Like a watering pot. It must have been really annoying. I didn’t think about that at all. I said mean things to her. I mean to the other doll that travelled with me. That blue little witch kept talking to me, too, and that made me feel even worse. Why can’t she just leave me alone? After a while she finally did so. She went and talked to our human. She did that quite often. A new thought entered my head. Maybe I could try that, too? Maybe she has some answers for me and can help me stop feeling so miserable. Oh, my sister what happened to you? I went and asked Meritre. She didn’t know but promised to look into the matter. ‘I can contact her, it’s no trouble at all’ she said. And with ‘her’ she meant the artist who sent us to her. She talked for quite a while but I didn’t really understand what she was saying. I was so exhausted. So when Meritre was gone, I picked a nice and comfortable spot and fall asleep. I awoke much refreshed, feeling full of energy. I noticed at once that the computer was on. Was Meritre already back? Have I slept that much? I looked around but no sign of our human. Instead it was the snowqueen dancing about on the keyboard. What on earth was she doing? ‘Looking for your sister.’ she replied after a few moments of silence. I saw it cost her a lot of effort to control herself. ‘And did you find her?’ She noticed for sure how eager I was to get news of her. ‘Maybe. I’m not sure if this is her but have a look.’ There was a breathtakingly beautiful Elsa on the screen, an elegant lady and not a big sister. But I was really touched. This other doll did everything in her power to cheer me up. And all she wished for was a friend. I was ashamed of my behavior. What have I done? I have to make up for it, I have to speak to her! Then I realized that I didn’t even know her name. She on the opposite side knew already mine. I had to say something nevertheless. ‘Elsa, I… I’m so sorry!’ She smiled and said ‘Rainbow. My name is Victoria. And it’s all right.’ By the time Meritre was back we were best buddies. She investigated as she promised and even told us that the answer to the question Kiki posted was yes. ‘Lilly says hi to you all and asks you not to worry about her and hopes you are all right.’ I asked Meritre to return her good wishes and write everything that needed to be written. That everything was fine. And to say goodbye.

It happened like this: I accidentally heard Dolly speaking to Meritre. Her sister from the box was missing. That wasn’t really encouraging. She already has a sister and doesn’t need me. ’Could you please find her?‘ I heard her ask. Meritre said it was no trouble at all. She explained about the artist, who sent us to her. She even mentioned her name. But she had to go and promised to be back in the evening and take care of it. Dolly was looking much happier. Suddenly I had an idea. What if I would look for her sister Lilly? It would sure make her happy and we could be friends. It was a bit boring to be alone. So I boldly climbed on the desk and turned on the computer. Meritre had already showed me how to use it several times. First I looked up the artist’s name. It didn’t take long to find her gallery full of breathtakingly beautiful photos. For a minute I forgot that I was looking for something and just stared at those amazing looking dolls. One of the newest ones was an Elsa with beautiful makeup and with real eyelashes. She was stunning. And most important, she was wearing the greenish blue dress from Frozen Fever. I knew Dolly-Anna came from the Frozen Fever set so this could be her sister, Lilly. She stayed there as Meritre did not need two Elsas and she preferred the blue dress on Elsa. Originally she wanted a winter Anna but that one was sold out so she got the Frozen Fever girl. She was grateful she was able to get both girls in dollform. She already told me the whole story.

I looked at the picture. Maybe I could post a comment? It was a hard struggle but I could convince myself that this was the best thing to do and started to type. It was harder than it looked. Especially with my long cape. But I discovered that stepping on the keys works just as well as pressing them with my hands. One more fight with myself before posting and I sent it. All I had to do was to wait for an answer and that could take a while. ‘What are you doing here?’ I suddenly heard behind my back. It was Dolly of course. Well, the computer is easily noticeable especially when it’s up and running. No wonder it woke up Dolly.

I needed a few seconds to catch myself before replying. ‘Looking for your sister.’ She was of course eager to know if I found her. I could only share my supposition that the lady in the picture could be Lilly. Observing her face was enough to know what she was thinking. She looked unbelievingly at the photo. Then she turned red and opened her mouth but no sound came out. ‘Elsa I… I’m so sorry!’ she finally stammered. She looked as if she was ashamed of herself. Must be her not knowing my name. And Meritre was right. In the end, the rainbowroad was there. ‘Rainbow. My name is Victoria. And it’s all right.’ I uttered without thinking. What was I saying? But she smiled. We actually talked about stuff for the first time. Time went by so fast that we didn’t even notice at once that Meritre was back. I left her and Dolly alone to take care of some last loose ends. After that she actually came and asked me to be her sister. When I expressed my worries about Lilly her reply was ‘The past is in the past.’ ‘That’s Elsas line isn’t it?’ We laughed. We’ll have great adventures together. Maybe I can convince Meritre to add some male dolls to her collections so Dolly can have a beau. She laughed at the idea but turned slightly pink. ‘I’ll ask her to get one for you instead!’ she said.

Sisters are treasures.

 

Victoria was really discreet and withdrew to the shelf. Now it was time to make everything right. When I found her is asked her to be my new sister. ‘And Lilly?’ she asked. ‘The past is in the past.’ I answered. It was true now and I owed her that much. And it’s wonderful to have a sister. I was anxious if she would accept. After all I was quite troublesome so far, not the most sought after kind of companion to say the least. But she was fine with it. And she is a great sister. I even told her that my legs were green. ‘Green is a pretty color.’ was her reaction. 

Sisters are treasures.

Dolly:We thought it would be nice to post a picture of my first sister Lilly. Here she is:https://verirrtesirrlicht.deviantart.com/art/repainted-ooak-frozen-fever-elsa-doll-554284674
This picture is NOT made by me, it belongs to Verirrtes Irrlicht! She is a talented artist and you can look at her work here:

https://verirrtesirrlicht.deviantart.com/gallery/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/verirrtes_irrlicht/

By the time we finished, Margeret composed herself and dried her cheeks.
"You know what? We can adopt you as a sister as well. Then there will be three sisters."
"And look, her is a stylish paper boa!"

Fooling around with that papersnake proved to be a good idea. Margaret laughed with us. Lizzy, too.
Lizzy was very grateful that we would look after her sister. She worried a lot what would become of her all alone.
"No need to worry, there is lots of girls to choose a sister from." I joked. "Or you can choose a brother as well."

Ps by Kiki: Don't think sis is a watering pot, a troublesome, spoiled brat and all. She's actually mischevious and fun to have around, although it's not that side of her you got to see so far. But trust me, I know her well.