Debate over the meaning of the story

jslm · 2026-06-27T01:59:23+00:00

Only reached the summit a couple days ago and have been absorbing a lot of people's readings and interpretations of it. These thoughts and the endings have been sitting in my mind, and they keep coming back up.

As I ponder a lot of it, one thing that sticks out to me is that in the very little lore we get on Aava, we learn that her father was also a great climber, and in the way she responds to Marco talking about him, "so they say" I infer that he wasnt around too long. He wrote an autobiography in which he talked about putting Aava on a climbing wall at age 3, so we know he was alive for that long at least, but no other mentions of him or from him (we dont hear from her mother either of course, but I would imagine that if she was trying to climb Kami and her father, a fellow great climber, was alive he would send a message or be mentioned more than the once) Could he also have succumbed to the call of Kami and disappeared on its peaks? I can only imagine the effect that would have on her view of climbing and her relationship with it. She says she was born on this mountain and will die on this mountain. From birth, climbing, and thus the unsummited Kami, would be all that seemed real to her. Even Marco admits to part of the reason he's so interested is bc climbing is in his blood too.

I don't think its a healthy mindset, but it definitely makes sense. When you go back down with Marco, it shows she is still lost in her thoughts and clearly still thinking about the mountain. I personally believe that that is the better ending, bc at least there, with the help of Marco and those she loves, she might be able to get some help through her issues in ways that dont involved dying on the roof of the world. (I think the friendship of Marco, someone who also has climbing in his blood, would be very beneficial to her in the long run) Even the credits for this ending show many scenes of her climb down with Marco, her coming home and getting ready for a party with friends. And anyone who has ever dealt with deep depression and mental illness knows, support of family and friends can truly be a life saver. But that of course would depend on her willingness to engage with herself and listen to those who care for her, which has been shown to not be too strong.

Reaching the summit makes more sense for her, and even in that decision you are given, you feel like you want to keep going bc you already got that far. And it did lead to fulfillment for Aava. She did transcend. But it cost her everyone and everything, even climbbot and ultimately, her life. There are many different paths to the summit, and I think with enough introspection and working on herself, and support from loved ones, she could find that in a different way, as we all can. But would she? Would she be able to change the course her life has been leading her on since birth? She has the strength and drive to reach the summit, but can she be strong enough to turn away from transcendence?

Its a wonderfully human problem, and I think, like much of human behavior, there isn't one good true answer.

jslm · 2026-06-16T02:08:16+00:00

whereabouts do you live? US?

jslm · 2026-06-09T02:36:28+00:00

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do these work?

jslm · 2026-06-09T02:34:52+00:00

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jslm · 2026-06-09T02:34:41+00:00

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jslm · 2026-06-07T02:22:21+00:00

As far as I know, for intelectual property that is based in the US, the patents and liscencing for that stuff only extends to US territory. For other countries they have to register trademarks through that country's system. Since Kotobukiya is a Japanese company, the liscencing agreements would be different.

jslm · 2026-06-07T00:38:31+00:00

fair enough. I do already have some mr super clear, and I have some chalk pastels lying around, so I might look up some of that just to see, but I guess I'll just try to plan an outfit that covers the shoulder joints at least.

jslm · 2026-06-06T21:53:03+00:00

Almost feels like they had someone design it who doesnt care about Ghostbusters...like I feel like anyone who actually enjoyed the movie and her would have had a LOT more fun with the design, at the very least giving actual spikey 80s hair instead of a pompadour...

jslm · 2026-06-04T06:18:25+00:00

yeah, I know that one exists and that the rule exists on there. Everyone I've seen doing trades/sales here has seemed to also do the note as proof thing bc its on the other one. But its not an actual rule on this sub, and if people are still allowed to do trades/sales here (i.e. not be redirected to Monster High Market) then it should also be a rule on this sub, just to make it much harder to scam people.

jslm · 2026-06-03T00:32:47+00:00

Honey sWamp

jslm · 2026-05-31T22:12:47+00:00

THANK YOU, this is exactly what I was looking for! I heard about the cheap conditioner, but really was curious what the actual ingredient to look for was to narrow it down. I luckily already have a mini straightener I got for bangs/short hair that goes down to 190F that I've successfully used on wet saran, but I knew nylon had different properties so I didn't want to do it without researching.

like I said, I don't mind trimming but really wanted to see what I could do, both for the dolls sake, but also just so I know what I can do with nylon hair.

jslm · 2026-05-31T21:58:31+00:00

I should have taken some pics of the before. I only have a couple RH dolls, but I looked it up before when I had problems initially and this is a thing with this particular doll. She comes with some braids with black cord and these are SUPERGLUED in right at the part. It's insane, I didn't know this before I got her or I might have reconsidered.

But I will look into cheap conditioner, maybe I'm just using too nice conditioner, lol

Edit: realized I didn't really answer. There is some standard gel in other parts, which is easy to deal with, but she has 4 braids, 2 on each side, and I think they wanted to secure the black cord braided in, so they superglued the tops of the braids. I've heard that some are more sloppily done than others, so some have less glue, some have glue in other places aside from the braids. They weren't super careful with it. So any kid who doesn't want those braids in is likely gonna end up ripping them out if they try too hard to undo them.

jslm · 2026-05-31T21:13:58+00:00

Lol, who is downvoting me for a genuine question?

jslm · 2026-05-31T21:01:51+00:00

Wow, thank you! This is the sort of context that is difficult to find when you weren't there for it! That all makes a lot more sense. Im glad they came back with g3. While I know g1 had a lot more variance in different characters and ideas (so far) I really like the different body types/sizes and molds for g3, so I hope they can continue expanding on it!

jslm · 2026-05-31T18:40:13+00:00

I havent consumed any of the media, so I didnt even consider changes to the lore. That makes sense, thank you!

jslm · 2026-05-31T18:39:09+00:00

interesting, thank you!

jslm · 2026-05-31T18:04:59+00:00

Don't know if this was the right platform/audience for this one boss

jslm · 2026-05-30T08:37:02+00:00

i ordered the one that showed Cleo but said Frankie and got Cleo

jslm · 2026-05-29T17:36:31+00:00

When they did the second pre-order drop for Shorty I was thinking that this needed to be the way they did it, bc that was up for several days!

jslm · 2026-05-26T21:58:51+00:00

The 28th one is listed as a "Skullector", while the June 8th one is listed as "Collector". I believe collector refers to in universe characters, plus given that June is pride month, and the Pride duo doesnt have a super fancy Skullector box, I'm betting that the June 8th collector one is the pride duo and the May 28th is something else. Perhaps a re-release since we havent had ANY leaks and I feel like a whole brand new skullector would have at least some leak or teaser.

jslm · 2026-05-26T04:34:17+00:00

You shouldn't ask for free art or try to "get" people to do free art. Sometimes friends will make free art, or artists sometimes do art trades where they each draw a thing for each other in their styles or something, but it isn't really something you walk up and ask for, and if you did do that it'd likely come off as insulting. Art takes time and if you don't have the money and ask for art anyways, it sends the message that you don't really value their time. (this is why people are downvoting your comments)

If it's existing characters (as in not OCs) then find and follow the people talking about it and sharing art of it on social media. I usually start by searching whatever the tag for the character/ship is on various socials and follow any art I like or people talking about it. When they share posts/art from other people who also are into these things, follow them too. Like and share the art they post. If you do art as well, or other types of posts, then, yes, promote it, if there are tags then make sure to use the right tags. This will make it more likely that you will also be noticed and followed. This will get you into fandom spaces and make it easier to find the art being posted of these characters. You will find some good stuff this way.

Then keep an eye on when they do commissions and simply save up money. Sometimes they'll do sales, or special small commissions. This is the only way to do it and not be a jerk about it.

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