impy: tori from jackie's strength video (EAH: RavenQueen)
Let's try this again, only without falling down a well of blather. We're gonna discuss Dragon Games, the new EAH special. Clearly there will be spoilers.

Thar be dragons. )

Wow. That was a lot longer than I intended. Sorry? I apparently had many a thought that just wouldn't be shortened. Sigh.

Btw, if you're waiting to watch the movie, don't watch the music video for their new theme because holy crapmuffins does it spoil EVERYTHING. No, seriously, it does. Someone else made that warning and I went and watched it and it really, really does.
impy: tori from jackie's strength video (EAH: plotting)
I believe way back before my vacation I said I was going to blather on needlessly about EAH dolls, right? Well, it's taken awhile because for a line that reissues itself like mad (even over releasing new dolls) there's still a lot to go through and consider. Also, I'm lazy so that probably didn't help, and my insistence on using pictures did me no favors either. In any case, I've finally possibly finished. ;)


Fav versions of each character. We're not including the smiley molds for Raven (well, hers is a smirk), Apple, or Maddie since I don't think they're officially out yet. (And CS is denying they're even a thing. Woo?) We're also either not going to include anyone who only has one version or we're gonna dump them all in one spot. I'll figure it out. Oh, and lines that haven't hit are also (mostly) excluded for now.

Pics and blather under the cut. )

Your turn.
impy: tori from jackie's strength video (EAH: surprise!)
Well that took no time at all. If one wanders over to tumblr (as that's where all gifs come from. It's like the cabbage patch) and peeks into the Ever After High tag, one will see the following:

"Discussions" (some deserve the air quotes some do not, but since it's less a debate and more flailing on both sides...) about race.


and a thousand OCs. I do not give a flying fig about your OC unless I know you and we're actually friends, not just people who nod at one another on the virtual street. I didn't care about them in MH and I really don't care about them in something that's just begun. Really. I do not care. Please stop. It's like half the tag. It's making me cry.
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My only recourse at the moment is jump from the nearest window and hope the lesser Charming will be by to catch me.

The dolls have been spotted, sort of. Not sure whether it's the same head mold or not. Apple is adorable and pretty much perfect except that she looks a little serious for someone who is capped looking so kooky. (Maddie might be the mad one, but I swear, half my caps of Apple have her looking craaaaaaaazy.)


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See? Not the face of someone super serious. :P

So. Back to Briar. You know what she's giving me major flashbacks to? Rose Petal Place. A more streamlined version, but her outfit is clearly a rose. So... yeah, maybe it's just me but it's probably adding to the love.

Dammit, Mattel. First you're all "come back to the dolly side" with the My Scene line. Then you trick me with your AG whispers ("come back to us!") and Monster High is so awesome that not to fall under its spell would be criminal. And now you throw Rose Petal Place, Lady Lovelylocks, and fairytales into a blender and expect me to have any money left over to feed myself so I can get to work to pay for this stuff?


That said, this weekend I've gotta do some serious packing. And possibly to reward myself, I will cross another thing off my MH list.
impy: tori from jackie's strength video (EAH: ayup)
Let's talk Ever After High. If you're lost (and it's okay!), try http://www.everafterhigh.com/en-us/.

Now watch the videos. I'll wait til you're done. *files nails*

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You back? Fabulous! Let's dish!

You get absolutely no points if you can tell who two of my likely favorites are. Maddie and Raven. ♥ Maddie is a toned down Pinkie Pie, breaking the 4th wall like it doesn't exist and Raven totally reminds me of Duchess Ravenwaves is inadvertently living up to her mother's legacy by throwing a monkey wrench in everyone's plans. Which is totally an evil queen thing to do! Only... Raven doesn't mean for it to be evil.

Which leaves Apple White to be our villain, though it's not like she means to be the villain. A little Apple is going to go a very, very long way.
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A very long way. But she's still better than Daring.

I'd imagine it will not be safe to venture into the EAH tags on tumblr for long because Apple/Raven is already sailing off into the hate 'ship realm. If that's your thing, congrats! It's bound to be a fun ride.


I'll be over here hoping they don't send Maddie too far into the atmosphere. I'm also looking forward to seeing what they get up to with Briar Beauty. (Her jump from the window was fun.) Also thinking Cedar is going to be cute, as is Cerise. (Mattel: Don't drag out the reveal that she's Big Bad's kid too long, k? It's obvious and I hate long, drawn out reveals that are meant to shock but are really "yeah, we know" moments.)

I love the idea that Grimm is lying about the stories going poof and using it to keep the kids in line. (My assumption, anyway.) It's sad that I'm already awaiting that moment when Apple White realizes it's not fair to force Raven to conform to something she doesn't want, but Raven's ready to do it because to do otherwise would mean that Apple and the lesser Daring would cease to exist and she's not that evil because if she were, she'd actually be the evil queen and things just got twisty in the logic center.

It's actually my favorite thing about this, how dark this could've gone and could go in fanfic since I doubt a doll line is going to go there. Skirt the edges, yes, but not fullblown rip your heart out.

Dear God. I already want to write that. D:

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And let's take a moment to cackle at the poor sod who is crying over everyone comparing Maddie to Pinkie Pie instead of her father, the Mad Hatter. I should think the Hatter is obvious, dollface, given this entire franchise is built on the notion that you become your parents whether you like it or not. So saying "OMG, Maddie is totally the Mad Hatter!" is so painfully stupid you just lost the right to live. I get the annoyance because Pinkie isn't the only nutjob out there, but since she owes a great deal to the Hatter... accept that it's all leading back to your precious Hatter. Which you lose points if you're thinking Depp first and foremost. You just do. (Unless you are a person I love masquerading as someone I do not on tumblr in which case we shall talk this out.)

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  Thing is, I have no idea how the dolls will look. No one does, or if they do they aren't talking. Anyway, let's say that they'll be compatible with MH as that would be a pretty smart move and likely given Cupid jumping ship (not that it makes any sense at this point). I will likely need any and all Ravens. And Maddies. And Cedars. Just cuz. I will need Apple White's outfit. I don't see this line taking all my money forever. Which is good.

Because I don't think I can handle Mattel owning that much of my soul.

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