eleanor henstridge, the royals .
🐝 * ― 𝑩𝑨𝑹𝑩𝑰𝑬 𝑰𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑵𝑼𝑻𝑪𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑲𝑬𝑹 𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺.
❛ you almost had it, [name]. here, let me show you. ❜ ❛ you’ve just gotta find the courage to try. ❜ ❛ you can’t tell me what to do! ❜ ❛ don’t worry, i’ll wait until your party is over before i perform any mischief. ❜ ❛ some people never change. but we can always hope. ❜ ❛ you must have felt like a princess. ❜ ❛ i wish i could have been there. ❜ ❛ maybe next time you can come with me. ❜ ❛ not so fearless now, hmm? ❜ ❛ you’re not going to get away from me this time. ❜ ❛ it’s dangerous, yes. but not impossible. ❜ ❛ me? with you? in there? i don’t think so. ❜ ❛ this is crazy. but, yes. ❜ ❛ here, let me give you a hand. ❜ ❛ well, i’m sorry, but you should have been more careful. ❜ ❛ i wish i could remember but i’m so hungry. ❜ ❛ that would be a shame, then i couldn’t tell you the juicy bit of gossip i overheard. ❜ ❛ i didn’t know things had gotten this bad. ❜ ❛ well, what have we here? ❜ ❛ well, if you have nothing to hide you won’t mind answering a few questions. ❜ ❛ i’ve never heard such a ridiculous story! ❜ ❛ i do believe i’m starting to rub off on you. ❜ ❛ you want me to babysit a rock? ❜ ❛ why haven’t you told anyone? ❜ ❛ perhaps you should remember who’s in charge of this expedition. ❜ ❛ are you sure you’re alright to travel? ❜ ❛ that is what you want, isn’t it? ❜ ❛ i should have never come, what was i thinking? ❜ ❛ what am i saying? i can’t leave! i’m their only hope! ❜ ❛ are you sure about this? ❜ ❛ ah, you’re just in time for your party. ❜ ❛ there’s more to being king than having a crown. ❜ ❛ i don’t need their loyalty. i don’t even need them! ❜ ❛ i am afraid i underestimated you. ❜ ❛ you and i know you’re much more than that. ❜ ❛ none of this would have been possible without you, [name]. ❜ ❛ i absolutely despise happy endings! ❜ ❛ it’s about time you got up. ❜ ❛ it’s not a story ― it really happened. ❜ ❛ i’m verry happy to … meet you. ❜
" because, usually, when the last scene has been filmed or the curtain's closing, the story dies. sure, maybe there will be another remake. or a vhs tape to watch. but the story is over. and i don't want this to be over. i'm scared, astra i really am. what if this is the end of us? "
there were about a million reasons why barbieland was far superior to the real world; and yet, this barbie too wondered about the world beyond those pink plastic walls. she wasn’t smiling anymore, instead, she took all the information allan was giving her in, nodding her head ever so slightly. " i get it, " she’s quick to affirm and support her friend, though her own mind has been subjugated to peculiar thoughts lately. she wasn’t even phased anymore about the language used by other dolls, it became a habit for such words to be uttered with nonchalance. " but you’re not alone, allan. i think we’re all broken or sick or … " there’s a pause, in which she tries to find the appropriate term ; it was easy to feel the feeling, but not so much to explain it, it seems. " we are simply becoming something else. i don’t think we were meant to stay the same. nothing is. just because we take the same route everyday doesn’t mean it’s supposed to be the same. i’ve noticed recently more dolls seem to have problems with their schedules and everything. but that’s okay. " it wasn’t, because she doesn’t know why that happens, only that she accepts it. but there’s a small flicker for knowledge, a hunger that no pancake could fix. " i think we should take a trip into the real world and see where the journey will take us. we can conduct, as scientist barbie said, an experiment. and, if the conclusions are good for us, maybe the others can join. "
b4rbieroberts asked: 🙶 do you really want to leave barbieland? 🙷 / sidenote but i think allanland should be a thing. i'm just saying....
" YES. " did he say that a bit too quickly ? there's a lot there.
a sigh. he sits down next to barbie , looking out at the painted pink sky. " i mean , i feel like i'd be lost .. but when ken came back , he seemed like a completely new person. i wanna feel like i belong. you've always been nice to me though , barbie. i just .. i'm just so gosh darn confused ! " he threw the d word in there. surely if the other barbie's would hear such a phrase uttered , they'd be disgusted. but he wants to be real with barbie. REALLY REALLY REAL. like , not plastic.
" i think about dying a lot. "
today was a special day. i woke up with these exact lyrics in my mind : oh the misery, everybody wants to be ... my kennemy. so i did just that. this barbie now has a ken.