I never said that the Rozen Maidens act like possessions. I only stated that their masters, and readers/viewers may partially perceive them as posessions.

I agree that size alone does not eliminate an object’s ability to intimidate. Spiders are very small, but very frightening. I only implied that the Rozen Maidens specifically don’t control their masters with fear and intimidation. Instead, their masters willingly serve the Rozen Maiden sisters.

I did not say that “Gothic Lolita” fashion conveys “libidinous desire.” I said that “Lolita” (not “Gothic Lolita”) has sexual connotations, but the way it’s implemented in Rozen Maiden is not sexually oriented.

First off, dolls or not, the Rozen Maidens don’t act like they are merely possessions to be owned by their masters. They behave as normal people, as though they are their master’s child, sibling, close friend, girlfriend, or guardian angel (depending on the master), and one could argue that Shinku acts more like SHE owns Jun rather than the other way around. A guy would never say that he OWNS his girlfriend, wife, or daughter unless he’s a complete chauvinist. As far as characters in the series are concerned, the dolls act more like human beings than dolls, so it’s easy to forget that they ARE dolls and not people of small stature.

Secondly, size alone does not take away intimidation. In the first episode/phase of the story, a small doll throws cards (or knives in the manga) at Jun, and he fears for his life before entering his contract with Shinku.

Thirdly, “gothic lolita” fashion does not convey “libidinous desire” for underage girls. In Japan, it denotes a subset of “lolita fashion” that is primarily all black with white accents (thus, only Suigintou would qualify for this classification). “Lolita fashion” itself is also Japanese in origin and influenced not by the Nabokov novel “Lolita” (where the taboo lolita/underage girl phenomenon originated from) but from Victorian era clothing and Rococo period costume.