HCs: Stereotypical Barbie, Beach Ken, & Allan reacting to their S/O dressing up as them for Halloween
Note: Made this a little bit "meta" (and by that I mean the characters are aware that their outfits exist as marketable costumes in the Real World).
Among the many things she learned (and is still learning) about the Real World, it's that the "glorification of rampant consumerism" went beyond her toyline and made a LOT of sense during Halloween.
She never expected to see her western, jumpsuit, and gingham outfits stuffed into bags when you both visit a Spirit Halloween store (although it was neat seeing an entire section dedicated to Barbie).
And she was especially surprised to learn that "Barbie and Ken" were gonna be one of the most popular couples' costumes this year (it's a little awkward for her since she's not with Ken anymore, but she won't complain much).
Speaking of costumes, she never understood why so many of them had to be bloody and scary--or cute, bloody, and scary all rolled into one.
She'll quickly gloss over them and hurry back to the cute costumes, often tugging you along with her before you can protest.
Compared to Barbieland, Halloween is...definitely celebrated differently here.
She still doesn't get why humans would wanna buy fake severed limbs for decorations, nor why they created such scary lifelike robots.
But she does a total 180 when a girl dressed up in her western outfit passes her by on Halloween night, saying "Hi Barbie" with such a big smile on her face.
Suddenly, she likes this holiday a little bit better, especially after seeing other ladies posting their own Barbie-inspired Halloween costumes on social media.
It's the scariest season, and yet there's so much joy going around as she realizes women are still coming together and lifting each other up!
Her happiness only grows when she arrives at your doorstep with candy, and you surprise her by dressing up as a Barbie yourself!
When she realizes you chose one of her outfits specifically, she can't stop gushing over you.
It's touching, especially since she wasn't really a "remarkable" Barbie doll; you literally could have picked any other doll's outfit to inspire your costume...
And yet out of all of them, you wanted to be her.
It genuinely made her feel special and so so loved.
Like Barbie, he had very different expectations of Halloween.
He learned men were usually the ones who "protected" their partners from the scary stuff. So he tries his best.
Yet he's always the one curling up in your lap and/or hiding his face whenever a mild jumpscare happens in a movie.
But he loves loves loves dressing up for the holiday and decorating (although at times he forgets and will accidentally scare himself if he bumps into the decor--ie hanging bats).
He insists on being a cowboy this year (toy horse stick included) and reaaaally hopes you'll match with him.
Instead, you have a better idea and surprise him by your costume:
Or more specifically one of his outfits (beach, dance party, rollerblade, western, kenough hoodie, etc.) that you either picked up online or handcrafted yourself over the course of several months/weeks.
Regardless, he's gonna cry when he realizes that you chose to dress up as him, of all people.
For the longest time, Ken looked towards other people for inspiration, especially when he first learned about the patriarchy.
But to learn that he's YOUR inspiration???
He feels like the luckiest man/doll alive.
Hell, you wore his outfit better than him somehow.
When you both are walking up and down the street, he's delighted seeing other people dressed in his western or rollerblade outfits (never mind them being so cheaply-made and mass produced), glad that the Real World's starting to appreciate Ken again.
He was sorta adamant towards Halloween, at first.
If anything, he worries for your sanity (and perhaps humanity's sanity as a whole) after you showed him some classic horror movies.
Poor guy is just baffled as to why anybody would like seeing that kind of stuff...and how it doesn't keep them wide awake at night.
But once you tell Allan about all the other customs and traditions, he partakes in them--although anything involving blood is a no-go for him.
On Halloween night, you both agree to just kick back and hand out candy to trick-or-treaters.
His "costume" is the outfit he usually had on in Barbieland, but he's worried that it pales in comparison to whatever you're planning to wear.
All you said over text was that it's a "big surprise", so he's anxious to see it.
He's well aware of Barbie and Ken having their own costumes, and he tries not to sulk about there being no Allan costumes in this world.
Yet when he opens the door, he nearly drops the candy bowl upon seeing you wearing a similarly striped shirt, shorts, and sandals.
You decided to dress up as him!! As an Allan doll!!
Now he finally realizes why you've spent hours couped up in your room.
There's a good chance he's gonna get all weepy over this (and frantically claim that it's allergies when a few concerned trick-or-treaters come up to the door a minute later).
But now he takes back whatever he said about nobody in the Real World caring about Allan.
