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If you've been reading my journal a while, you may have noticed that I have, uh, a rich inner life. That's a flattering way to phrase it. And I have a number of movie-related dolls on The Shelf across the room from my desk. And they have dramas all their own.

 

(You can read straight through the saga from beginning to end here.)

 

How to explain Secret Life The players From Lord of the Rings From Van Helsing From Pirates of the Caribbean From The Golden Compass From Twilight Minor characters Potential players Size reference Early mentions Full entries Storylines Icons See also

 

 

How to explain Secret Life

 

... to someone who thinks you and/or I are crazy:

 

1) "It's this girl who usually writes about movies and books and stuff but she also likes dolls, who are generally movie-related, and she wrote about the dolls a couple of times in passing as if they were real, and then one day she started writing about them picking out other dolls because she thought it was funny, and then it developed into a multi-fandom soap opera that she writes for fun, and some of the dolls are in love with each other and some of the others want to kill each other and one of them has a My Little Pony ranch. He's a sparklepire!"

 

2) "It's this girl and she's out of her mind, basically."

 

 

 

The players

 

(*) denotes a character portrayed by a doll or toy that is not a licensed tie-in product or character likeness. You'll find out why I felt the need to specify this... later.

 

From Lord of the Rings

 

• Galadriel
• Eowyn
• Purple Arwen
• White Arwen
• Fugagorn, the Fug of Men
• Helm's Deep Aragorn
• Faramir One
• Faramir Two
• Legolas

 

 

From Van Helsing

 

• Anna Dollerious

 

 

From Pirates of the Caribbean

 

• Elizabeth Swann

 

 

From The Golden Compass

 

• Lyra Silvertongue (and Pan)
• Serafina Pekkala (and Kaisa*)
• Iorek*

 

 

From Twilight

 

• The Littlest Edward
• Tonner Edward
• The Littlest Bella
• Tonner Bella

 

 

 

Minor characters

 

• Ellowyne One
•  Ellowyne Two
• My Little Ponies 
• Clarice*

 

 

Potential players

 

The dolls have discussed a number of potential additions to the family, including but not limited to Bellatrix LeStrange, Sweeney Todd, a Super Deluxe Premium Format Aragorn, various Elizabeth Swanns and/or Her Boy, The Joker, Alice Dollen, and John Connor.

 

 

Size reference

 

Pictures taken to help readers figure out relative sizes, current as of The Reveal (click to enlarge):

 

 

 

 

 

Early mentions

 

• It's a Family Thing
• Aragorn's Safety Scissors
• His Sword Is Totally Crooked
• All entries tagged "the secret life of dolls"

 

 

Full entries

 

1. The Secret Life of Dolls (entry)
2. More from the Secret Life of Dolls
3. Guys and Dolls
4. The Prototype
5. Night Terrors
6. The Rival
7. The Interview
8. Anticipation
9. The Newcomer
10. Well, A Few Creatures Were Stirring
11. His Doll Materials
12. Good Things, Small Packages
13. Double Trouble
14. Dollspam 1
15. Dollspam 2
16. A Momentous Occasion
17. Scenes from a Shelf / Dollspam 3
18. An Unexpected Development
19. Zombie Sold Separately
20. Game On
21. The Continuing Saga
22. Skyfoil, Scarves and Sparklepires
23. The Starry Mantle
24. Mirror, Mirror in the Bowl
25. The Day Has Come
26. He Who Fights Monsters
27. Second Day, Third Degree
28. The Care and Keeping of Your Sparklepire
29. The Last Straw
30. Matinee Idols
31. A Shelf Divided
32. The Scene of the Crime
33. The Sparkle Protection Program
34. Mea Culpa
35. The Early Bird
36. All Quiet on the Shelfian Front
37. Serafina's Lover
38. The Chosen One
39. You've Got Mail
40. Christmas in April
41. Girl Talk I
42. Girl Talk II
43. Girl Talk III
44. Arts Appreciation
45. Forth Eorlingas
46. The Reveal
47. Meeting the Family
48. Remembrance of Sparkles Past
49. Home on the Range
50. Portrait of a Sparklepire I
51. Portrait of a Sparklepire II
52. A Diversion!
53. The Lion and the Lamb
54. The Quiet Before the Storm
55. First Impressions
56. Boys Wanna Fight
57. When You're Bored, You're Boring
58. Falling Slowly
59. Strawberry Shortestcake
60. Oh, Dramatize
61. The Sparkenpire
62. The Prodigals Return
63. Stream of Self-Consciousness
64. The Littlest Stand-In
65. One Is the Littlest Number
66. The Confession
67. Show and Tell

 

 

 

Storylines

 

Multiple storylines may be running at once, but if you want to read all the entries pertaining or leading up to The Starry Mantle or the arrival of The Littlest Edward, this is what you're looking for.

 

• The Starry Mantle (storyline)
• The Littlest Edward (storyline)
• Eowyn and Faramir
• My Little Edward (storyline)
• Serafina's Lover (storyline)
• The Saga of The Package

 

 

Icons

 

• See More from the Secret Life of Dolls
• See Guys and Dolls
• See The Prototype
• See Night Terrors

 

 

 

 

See also

 

• Best Of
• Dolls
• Doll Props
• Interests