….still not sure why.

Clawd, and Clawdeen’s body, and also Surprise Purchase Younger Sibling Pawla are all here. (I had Amazon credit, someone had her cheap with free shipping, Pawla is adorable, you do the math.) Clawdeen is not actually ON her new body yet, but it is stripped and headless and ready to go, just as soon as I summon the…um…gumption? Energy? Something. Clawd…Clawd needs clothes and/or a new body badly, because naked just emphasizes how odd and sort of feminine the legs are on the guys, and how utterly wrong that is for Clawd. I have ideas for him, but they require both money and ambition, and I am flat out of one, and don’t have great history with the other.

But! I did have a little money for a few hours (yay, survey rewards!), and I bought a Clawdia. Shopping for Clawdia was interesting, in a way that was both annoying and boring. I knew I wanted Frights, Camera, Action Clawdia, because I don’t like the pewter-and-gold eyeshadow and nude lip on the Pack of Trouble Clawdia, and I just do not feel like repainting her. Hair didn’t matter, because that shit is coming right the hell out, ohmygod. I kept going towards the nude ones, because I really do hate her clothes, and then I had to keep correcting that, because I can always resell them or rip them apart to help me make new clothes later. The important thing was really that she had her arms and hands, and of course, the state of her face. Sometimes a skew can be worked around or lived with, and sometimes it will just drive you up the goddamn wall. So any listing with the head angled too much was just written off. You might be lazy and that was just the last position the head was in before you took pictures. Or you might be a shady bastard trying to hide an epic eyewonk. I don’t know, but I know MH enough not to trust you. But then I discovered another (weird) problem — the feel of her smile can totally vary between dolls. Like…what? They’re the same mold with the same faceup, why does this one feel flat and kind of psycho and this one reads friendlier and cuter? How…? Ugh. Just UGH.

So I wound up getting a fully dressed Clawdia with slightly flyaway hair. She’s missing her accessories, and most of her jewelry…but seems to still have her earrings? Okay. Weird, but the black, mismatched earrings is one of the things I actually like about Clawdia, so score. I want to get her a laptop eventually, because even if it had been included in the listing, that headstone-shaped tablet seems impractical both for writing her scripts, and doing her course work. I also have my eye on both new hair colors and some fabric quarters for her, but that will have to wait until my next round of rewards comes in.

It may also be pushed back in favor of clothes/shoes/bodies for her siblings. And I kind of want a Reboot Howleen to become another, not-Howleen sibling. But that would require a reroot and fiddling with the ears; its like they made her younger and smaller but kept her ears the same size? WTH? Anyway, that pushes her down the list.

I’d also like to get Barker, but he is so far only in the 3-pack with a lesser-articulated Deena and Weredith, neither of whom I want, and judging by the lack of loose Barkers on eBay, I would guess that most people buying the set are doing so for him. Maybe they’ll release a solo package of him down the road, if MH manages to putter along long enough. Or one of the other brothers? From my vague memories of watching the reboot movie, Deena appeared to have 4 or 5 younger brothers who were completely identical apart from hair color (not sure if they count as quints, or just a typical litter, because…werewolves). There’s also a promo/site image of Monster Family folks that includes Deena, her mom, and two little brothers who appear to be Barker and his fraternal twin. So its not out of the realm of possibility, is what I’m saying.

Mind you, I also wouldn’t hold my breath for it, either.

Anyway. This will probably be the last Wolf sibling purchased for a while, but probably not the last thing I purchase for them. I actually have ideas, and I kind of want to encourage that. Its way better than crying or wandering the house with sighs and sadface, and unlike all my hard work in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, its something physical I can show people. Not that I am exactly drowning in people who give a shit, but its nice to have the option. And if nothing else, I can always count on Glory to say “cool!” and encourage me. That feels extra nice when you’re doing crappy. 🙂

I never know how to wrap up. I’m the embodiment of that Eddie Izzard joke about ending with a nice “…oh” feeling. Might as well embrace it, right? Right. Think I might have a Coke.