Adi🕯️

As someone who struggles with Moral OCD myself - I think in canon it’s pretty fair to suggest Laura Lee could have religious OCD specifically in relation to the pool scene and the scene where she believes it’s her fault the plane crashed.

Sweet Laura Lee is the biggest lover of the doll’s books! She never had dolls growing up. In the pilot Laura Lee’s room is very minimalistic, which leads me to believe her family was big on prioritising religion over material possessions. While Laura Lee carries this with her - she does learn, in the wilderness, what it’s like to truly have nothing - miserable. She starts off just helping Jackie tidy up and sew clothes for her Kirsten doll. Then Laura Lee meets Addy Walker. She’s one of Lottie’s childhood dolls, who sit in a neat line across her dresser. Laura Lee had certainly seen the dolls before - even brought them down for a slightly older feeling Lottie to dress up and play with. But for the most part they haven’t been of much interest to her. That is until one day Laura Lee is regressed and bored. She’s read almost every kid-friendly book in the house and Tai says can’t take them to the library until she’s finished her uni assignment. Lottie mentions she has all her doll books in her room somewhere and brings them out for Laura Lee. She picks out Addy’s books - and reads all seven of the ones released at the time in one afternoon. She’s in love with Addy and Lottie is more than happy to officially allow Laura Lee to adopt her doll. Lottie also gave her Addy’s nightgown.

Laura Lee then falls in love with sewing outfits for her own doll. So many dresses and fun costumes are made for Addy! A few years later she gets just like you 21 and Kit’s birthday outfit!

I know nothing about yj, so I don't even know if Van would have dolls aha. I really like your posts about them though!

(sorry if this is phrased weirdly, I'm not the best at words ^^ )

I don’t imagine Van ever had an Ag doll growing up - her mum wasn’t going to spend that much money on a toy when she could spend it on absolutely anything else (alcohol). So Van grows very indifferent to the dolls of the other regressors. She’s never given them much thought and they are super girly so she wouldn’t want to play with them anyway. That is until they end up in an American girl doll store in late 2001. It’s on a trip to Chicago, to see a specialist about some of her face scarring. Tai came and Shauna and Jackie for some extra support and company. Jackie is regressed and they end up at one of the only in person American girl stores at the time. Jackie is ecstatic and Van is begrudgingly following her around - waiting to go to the much cooler DVD store across the street. That’s when she meets Lindsey, the doll of the year. Lindsey looks cool and Not too girlie like the dolls at home. She also has a scooter and a computer which to Van is so insanely cool that she doesn’t even care Lindsey has a dog. So cool that Van can’t tear her eyes away. Tai notices - and after some gentle coaxing, Van admits she does sorta really badly want her. Eventually Van also gets the Skateboard Outfit and the go team USA soccer outfit. Laura Lee always helps her see doll clothes that feel more “Van” than the other dolls have!