The other side of the coin

And now with the recent delivery of the non-equine representation of the Night Princess, we turn to a question that may occur to any with a contemplative inclination: what, if anything, is implied by the purchase of what some would consider a doll? Let us consider beyond any numismatic value, so to speak. Dolls, in the general understanding, are not typically sold with the intention of providing the owner with increased monetary value at a future time. Dolls are instead proposed for immediate use as placeholders for imaginative schemes; to be imbued with the purpose—and to inhabit the ideal world—of the owner.

If no scheme is drawn up, and the maturation of monetary value is not of interest, how is this object to be categorized? It is at least a figurine, and so at some level, a work of art. It is the extraction of a character—an ideal personality developed to encourage sympathy, and dare I say, forgiveness—further extrapolated to be made closer to the agents interacting with it, and further outfitted with visual elements that draw forth the nature of the character. Sympathy is beautiful, but as an emotion it is felt internally; colors are a secret of light, in a manner of speaking, and on occasion need diffraction to reveal them. The characteristic that defines an object as a work of art is equally elusive.

And what could be more secret than what is portrayed in Her Highness's expression?