#bizarre dolls

[funeralroseparade]

It's been pointed out before that Richard Barrymore, the imposter "Earl of Warwick", looks like Sebastian. Now that he's been killed by Rodney, what will happen with the body that looks like Sebastian's? I thought of Polaris but the timeline doesn't match up...

[the-uncanny-dag]

Yana Toboso created a species of undead that's zombies, Frankenstein's monsters & vampires at the same time, which is just one of the reasons her manga is peak

[snakiesblog]

I have a feeling that Snake will come back without his snakes, sounding almost robotic like he's emotionally numb, or both; Do I think that will actually happen?

Well, I think Yana would make him like Doll, presented as normal as possible even though we know he's dead. I wonder if there's something unique about his blood, like it's similar to snake blood or rejected because they have enough members with his blood type.

[abybweisse]

Ch207, Spoiler pages with fan translation

These two pages have been fan translated (badly, lol), but the gist might be about right.

Finny thinks again to destroy Doll, but he's distracted by Theo reminding him about the approaching staff. Finny doesn't attack Doll or try to grab Snake. He turns to run with the students. I still don't know if he's going to attack the approaching staff or beg for help first.

I also don't know what the snakes are contemplating. Perhaps they decide to get rid of Doll. Perhaps they decide to attack the approaching staff. Maybe, if Snake is really dead, they leave the scene behind and slither away. 🤷🏻‍♀️

But here's the biggest problem with Finny and the others leaving Snake (or his body) with Doll. She could ask Undertaker to turn him into a bizarre doll. Even if he's not willing to support their cause, it might not matter. He could be turned into a basic bizarre doll and presented to our earl (and Finny) later, just to make them feel more guilt for his death. It would be in our earl's best interests for Finny to not leave Snake behind, regardless of whether Doll gets destroyed...

...baby. 👀 😆

Edit: I personally hope the snakes paralyze Doll and escape with the kids. Then Finny and the others think to set the horses free and burn down the barn, which would completely destroy Doll (and Snake) along with the body parts and the killed staff. Can't make bizarre dolls of bodies burned too much....

[abybweisse]

First, thank you so much for answering my earlier question. ^^ It came from the idea that aside from R!Ciel and O!Ciel sides of the conflict, there is also third of people close to O!C but on the fence for one reason or another.

In your answer you also mentioned something that started bothering me: does BD!Doll fully knows who she is working for? I mean she might know Blavat or even Undertaker, but is she aware that Lord Sirius is R!Ciel? If so, I think she would, well, not take this too well, given her feelings towards the Phantomhives.

I realize you asked this question before I added a few newer posts on the subject. I think those posts answer your ask as well as they can, with what little information we have so far.

I'm sure we will have to discuss this topic again later. Maybe when Finny and/or Snake confronts her with the fact she's working with/for her sworn enemy's twin, we will learn more from her reaction... and get a better idea of just how much (or what) she was told.

It's very possible she and real Ciel have never actually met face to face....

[abybweisse]

2023 pumpkin contest, p2

Part one is here.

So, she was done...

...or so I thought. FYI, at this point, she was my height -- just over 5' tall -- including her stem at the top.

When I got her into the car on the 25th -- which is when I originally took her to work, thinking she was due that day -- she basically fell apart at the legs. She couldn't withstand being placed horizontally and into the back of the car. Her clay feet broke off, and her head got tilted forward.

With help from a security guard at work, I got her out of the car, back onto my four wheel dolly and wheeled her inside and into the 1st (ground) floor break room. Someone from a section of sample check-in helped hold her in place while I tried to fix her wire supports, which had bent getting her into the car, and reattach her feet. I kept working on her as much as I could then wheeled her to the elevator and into the break room of my floor. We got an extension until the end of Friday, so I kept working on her whenever I could.

I thought I'd made her extra supports strong enough, but by Thursday, she was falling over, held up only by the handle of the dolly/cart. Friday morning I had to make the decision to:

Cut her off at the hips,

Tape the rough edges,

Throw away her legs and feet,

Repaint the base,

Set her down over the original bolts in the base to cover them,

Hot glue her to the base,

Remove her head, add supports, and reattach it,

And arrange her dress to look nice again.

Then I put her back on the dolly/cart and took her back down the elevator to where we needed to display our entries.

Only one other person entered the contest -- Becky T.

Voting took place the following Monday, the 30th.

I did win the vote, but the announcement email said the contest was very close, which I wasn't expecting. I knew some people would vote for the cute, simple "Boo!" display, but I didn't think it would be nearly half the voters. Many people were out that day, and a lot of people there just choose not to vote on our contests, so I will just take the win and be content... enough.

Since we hadn't had a pumpkin contest since 2019, I was hoping for a lot of entries. With only two entries this year, we might not get a pumpkin contest next year. 😢

I hope we do, though, because I've already got an idea for it.... 🦋 🍄

[abybweisse]

2023 pumpkin contest, p1

I mentioned it here and showed pics of most of the starter materials. I started construction Oct 22nd and worked on it as much as I could every day, through half of Oct 27th. The original due date was the 25th, but I wasn't done, and there had been no other entries yet, so they extended it until end of the day on the 27th (Friday).

I began at the base with construction of the first support (bolts through the base) and feet (air-dry clay). I put in a central wire core, but it's only attached to a few parts of the outer structure, which is wire mesh (sold for floral arrangements), duct tape, and then plaster cloth. At some point, I started using zip ties to lash the edges of wire mesh together, from layer to layer.

I was moving along very quickly the first couple days, but the support in the legs was lacking, and she was starting to get heavy as I worked on her torso, which is much sturdier construction, compared to her legs (which mostly lack the zip ties).

Still, I kept going, just using various objects (like mannequin busts used for wig displays) to prop her up. Then I added wire supports that I duct taped and plastered to her and glued into pockets I'd drilled into the base.

I gave her some smaller pumpkin knockers (adding duct tape and plaster cloth at their bases, to make them look more natural, just not shown here), then got her painted, clothed, wigged, etc.

More in part two, coming up....

[abybweisse]

2023 Pumpkin contest at work

Getting ready to put together a pumpkin for the contest -- they finally brought back the contests -- at work. And since I'm gonna be Undertaker for the costume contest... I'm planning to construct a Bizarre Doll with a pumpkin for its head....

Basically, I want to be able to pose with it, a bit like:

But, the building concept for the body is based on this old entry I did several years ago: