#ok sorry if any of this is confusing btw im a bjt tired bc i just woke up from a nap aftwr crying a lot.

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I am OBSESSED with your dolls, it pushes so many of my specific buttons and I want to know more!!! Why does doll society have rules against body modification, and what are they?

HII im glad!! i love these little guys im glad others r too hehe.. i might edit this post later when im less tired if i find i said something weird but if i was too confusing i would not mind anyone asking for better clarification at all

okay so, it's slightly convoluted because its a Society With History:tm: so some things i'll only mention in passing instead of making this post like, a mile long, but:

doll modification laws are mostly put in place due to old social hierarchy of faeries. dolls aren't exactly dolls as we Know them (as toys lol) and are in fact faeries to a degree. they used to be able to do a lot more magic than now and were much more powerful, but over time that dwindled for Reasons (illegal. magic is illegal) but many more high-society folk consider it Important to portray faerie history (ie. horns, pointy ears, certain tattoos and cloth designs) minus the magic bc they literally just dont know how to do it.

so as a result the laws aren't exactly strict in every aspect and more linked directly to unfairly locking historical portrayal to class + wealth. since magic is illegal they don't want to risk people getting more interested in finding a way to Get Into magic by having faerie history more accessible being the reason why they start looking, but people with social standing are what they are. things get waived every now and then. so now faerie traits are ALSO associated with wealthier people and you KNOW how wealthy people just Love to keep Their Things Theirs and not Yours if they dont deem you Worthy

other reasons would include "easy to be used illegally" and "It Just Would Kill The Vibe On My Opinion",

ex 1. sewing pockets into yourself is illegal because you can easily do that to Commit Crimes, since pockets are easy to conceal under clothes and as long as you dont overfill them, youre putting stuff Inside You under your flesh . nobody will know unless it literally just makes you lumpy.

ex 2. man like stuff like giving urself multiple arms or legs or whatever just. while its cool, it also just feels wrong to me in this specific case bc outside of lore reasons, the focus i wanted for them was originally how tiny hands use small human objects as large ones, pixie hollow style. i was obsessed with the joan stiener look-alike books too. theyre Little Humans made of Cloth and thats the Point, makin them look more fantastical Will shift that focus more towards that and i dont want it to :(

anyways, stuff thats less strict would apply to health purposes like sewing up an injury, cotton replacement, replacing broken buttons, etc. (usually free), or stuff considered more Basic Cosmetics like changing your buttons for colour or material, adding or removing tity, sometimes making yourself Taller or Smaller, etc. that all costs money bc of material worth on non-essential alterations, but i won't go into that Now bc like. doll economy is weird since its not capitalistic and their view of Whats Important is complicated

but for both of those the laws are more defined as your tailor are required to register what was used both health and cosmetic, especially if it Was cosmetic in exchange for currency

#answered #again i wont talk abt doll economy here but help jobs arent required and their view of trade via currency is WEIRD. #they DO it but you arent EXPECTED to do it unless youre a specific kind of person and/or its a specific kind of situation #as people arent required to work either there is DEFINITELY tailors who dont work for money either #bc the social tiers dont consider ''nonworking'' as lazy or something. theyre just as well respected unless youre a judgemental freak #so in theory you could go to a non-currency tailor for modification but higher society folk look down on it + its less easy to regulate #so its not exactly looked on well by authority either if thats a worry for the person in question. but its not Banned or anything #ok sorry if any of this is confusing btw im a bjt tired bc i just woke up from a nap aftwr crying a lot. #pet deathDoes somethjng to you #if anything isnt clarified to well feel free to ask more. im probably gonna draw some stuff on this modification topic later #ALSO last but not least i AM working on a large more indepth document so if i dont cover anything well enough here please tell me #so that way i can cover it better in the doc. if anyones interested?? i plan on making it public at some point #plus it'll have some stuff ppl probably wont even think to ask if thats interesting to any of you ;;;) #MWAH KISS YOU #doll lore #THANK YOU FOR THE ASK I SWEAR I.L DRAW MORE STUFF SOON