#comic con was fun this year :)

[tio-trile]

Some AWESOME TLT cosplay I saw at SDCC -- Ft. me as Nona

(I didn't get any of these cosplayers' handles so if you recognize any of them lmk and I'll be glad to update with credit!)

[nat-20s]

Me for several years: worst part of being single is I can't do couples cosplay

Me in my twenties realizing that I can just have tall friends to couples cosplay with me: >:)

[satans-knitwear]

Emma Frost AKA The White Queen!

(Halloween party alone in my room!🎃🎉 Dog wont even join me bc she knows i have her old spider costume out, ready.)

Treat me ~ Tip me

[smellpelt]

My Noel cosplay for my first con I went to yesterday!! I was a little sad I saw no other fighting game cosplays but two people stopped me for a photo which was cool:)

I did see a whole lot of other cool cosplays tho, my favourites I saw being Sun Wukong, Misa Amane and a Zack & Aerith

Also clumsy in character as Noel I dropped a fully sauce covered chip on my dress rip. I managed to clean it pretty well tho

[matt-theater]

Oh! other than smoochin, hows life been for ya in general? ANd how's the art/writing been?

~ fan-mans

Calming down a bit but still could be better lol. Won’t get super into the negatives and thankfully, the positive outweighs the bad. Most recently went to Comic-Con this past weekend and it was so fun! I mentioned this on Discord but I got to meet Ron Perlman and had him sign one of my Hellboy comics! Here’s a picture I took with him!

Then got to see my partner two days later n we all know the rest of that :>

And creatively things have been going great as well! Still struggling a bit with motivation on the art front but I've been having so much fun with the paint pens that it’s not super hard to get up and do it lol. I’m taking a mini break from drawing however just cause I got fucked nerves in my hands and it hurts when I overwork it sometimes.

Writing has been fun too! Right now I have three non-request stuff that will most likely be coming out soonish (either late this month or early next month kinda soon). Obviously, all PO related what else lol. While requests will be published mid-late April IF everything doesn’t go to chaos in my personal life lol. Here’s a lil sneak peek of the draft of your request!

Also just been digging more into the boxing/wrestling history and other related media which is nearly always sparking some kind of inspiration for me so I’m never not drawing or writing shit down lol

[tangents-within-tangents]

Not overly keen on showing my face here, but no one recognized my cosplay at FanX last week and I know yall will appreciate it

Made the sticker me self. I painted a vampire bite too but it wore off before I had a chance to take pictures. Also the tired, drained look isn't makeup lol, just me, but it fits

[kideternity]

A side effect of getting into digimon is that it’s like. Really made me appreciate Mechas more and robot designs? Combined as well with reading comics like Atomic Robo and then last week watching bang brave bang Bravern. For years my interactions with mecha media was like, Trying to force myself to enjoy transformers, and unfortunately I just don’t think it’s a media franchise for me and it really stifled my ability to enjoy mecha as a genre because of trying to pigeonhole into that. I suppose this is a very roundabout way to say that if anyone has any mecha recommendations hit an ant up about this. And that I've also started getting into gunpla/mecha model kit building- I've made two so far (: and I have another kit I'd like to make soon. If you wanna see pics send me an ask and ill dm them

[groundbreakingdot872]

update on how my family’s managing after DotD

“tell them we’re devastated” HAHA

no joke christmas was ruined- felt the evil energy of the bbc merlin writers ten years ago, running through my veins, as I clicked on part 2 on prime video ;)

they soldiered through the first part like champs, only small comments on Arthur’s round table speech they wondered how Elyan’s seat had been replaced and immediately clocked Eira as a traitor bc ‘that’s something the show always does 🙄’

sisters were crying when Merlin was stuck in the crystal cave, and I was crying when he walked up the landslide of rocks after Balinor and disappeared into a halo of white light..

then the second episode started and I was

s h a k i n g

(still hearing the words ‘just really sad’ and ‘I can’t believe it’ and ‘she tricked us 😦’ in the living room as I type this up, and it’s been way more than 24 hours later…)

Gwen was so badass! 🥰 and Merlin was out there winning! And I remembered why this was so terrible the first time, the show works hard to give us this false sense of security.

I clicked on the episode knowing that within 5 minutes Arthur would be stabbed and I’d be able to retire from my long career as a loving older sister.

It was literally a ‘gasps hears around the world’ kinda moment, they all sat up and then, my second youngest sister the Mordred stan (she dressed up as him for our s2 finale costume contest) burst into tears! and I actually felt really bad.

But then the magic reveal!

It was deadly quiet when Merlin revealed his magic and there were a few long sighs when Arthur turned away to say ‘leave me’. I was pretty much inconsolable and this is my third rewatch personally. They did! make the connection between Merlin’s ‘fire dragon’ from ‘Moment of Truth’ and the one from this ep however :)

Then we had the long haul of waiting for the beginning of the real end really, and I was relieved to hear them giggle when Arthur and Merlin reminiscenced about their first market place fight, and Merlin’s ‘charm’.

then… The Real End

Of course my little brother (if you remember him from his story ‘Morgana’s Weak Quickening) had to gloat about how Merlin had ended her, just as he’d predicted, and everyone was shushing and glaring at him because it wasn’t the time lmao

I was already crying for real by the time Merlin had Arthur in his arms and they were exchanging their last words, and I was surprised to find later that they did! hear Arthur say ‘just hold me… please’ because I hadn’t heard it on my first watch.

There were no gasps or shouts when Arthur died, just silence…

No one jumped when the truck came on scene as a jumpscare (I was kind of mad at myself for getting startled even though I knew!), and then Merlin crossed our tv screen for the last time and I let the end credits play in full.

They shushed me after I attempted to speak in the two minutes after the credits ended, and it was so quiet for the next ten minutes I thought I broke them…

Their reactions:

Sister 1: ‘Wh-hat..?’

Sister 2: ‘HE DIDN’T DESERVE TO DIE’ (Mordred😵‍💫)

Sister 3: ‘But Gaius didn’t die?? I didn’t put ‘Arthur dies’ on my theory list…’

Brother: ‘I TOLD YOU SO. But… now I’m a little sad :(‘

Afterwards, I promised I’d let them all loose to look up any ‘spoilers’ for the show they wanted. (We have an unofficial rule that whenever we’re watching anything for the time, we can’t look up anything related for fear of spoilers. And I’m a very strict drill sergeant about this 🫡)

But they weren’t very interested…

Our Christmas morning was noticeably sadder. And I wondered again how families in 2012 had coped when their kids had struggled through the unfairness of the finale and still had to open presents the next morning… a mystery really…

They spent the whole. day. watching edits and playing sad music in the living room (to which my parents were very confused) and coming up to me to either rant or fight about the finale haha

Now my sister (the piano playing one) is learning how to play ‘Solas’ by Jamie Duffy on the piano bc she says it reminds her of Diamond of the day and she’s been very determined! All break, she’s been getting up to play ‘Solas’ and ‘Bond of Sacrifice’ and ‘The Love Theme’ and I’m proud of her, for getting this far and only a little concerned

- I think the kids are gonna be alright? lmao

They’ve made plans for fanart and fanfics and alternative endings and I think I’ve fully recruited them into the immoral fandom (if not happily) although I’m sure they’ll recover soon enough to join us in bittersweet reminiscence next year :)

oh! forgot to add one last thing

after rewatching ‘A Dragon’s Call’ last night my brother had one thing to say. “Arthur says ‘there’s something about you Merlin’ …but that something was that he would die in Merlin’s arms…” LMAO I almost died on the spot but I’m glad to see they’ve inherited the fandom’s morbid (or Mordred ;) sense of humor

[crowcussion]

as promised (in the replies of my post that probably only one person saw) here’s the vid of me doing karaoke

i kept changing positions cuz my knees were shaking soooo bad like holy shit if you look closely u might be able to see me quaking even after my nervousness toned down was still shaking insanely bad

rant aside, i can apparently sing and korn is the best rock band along with rob zombie, alice cooper, black sabbath, mindless self indulgence, and 9 inch nails (if you listen to any of those bands please be my friend please please PLEASE)

[sliceofhorror]

debating whether or not to do a comic again for october or just daily drawings 🤔

[thatrandombystander]

I think I've been redpilled into attending conventions exclusively in cosplay.

I'm just going to be chasing the high from this previous weekend's cosplay meet-ups for the rest of my convention going life huh.

[l-sincline]

Another comic con passed… here’s to nycc 2022

[repurposedmeatlocker]

Unpopular opinion. I don’t enjoy going to big conventions. Specifically talking about nerd/geek/fan/weeb conventions here. There is way too much stuff going on at once, way too many things being sold. I get absolutely overwhelmed. Also the overt commercialism of everything at those big cons with industry booths and everything just feels so capitalistic. It feels like when going to these things it is always about buying stuff and consuming which just kind of depresses me.

[faglaios]

I’m 5 seasons in and I’ve really been enjoying bojack so far (THE SHOW‼️‼️‼️‼️ NOT THE FUCKING HORSE)

[brokenmusicboxwolfe]

And…..the sole came off one of my boots!

Since I only ever have two pair of boots at a time, one for every day and one for good, that means I have to get new boots!

Until I do, my everyday boots and the being seen by humans boots will be the same pair. Considering how grungy my every day boots get (woods, pig lot, etc) that’s gonna be super embarrassing.

Boots are expensive, and I don’t have the money for them.

Worse, I was trying to save money for the Aug. 12 comic con. I wasn’t sure I could manage to save $100 (it’s 50 miles away, so gas figures into this) but now I suddenly have to spend somewhere between $60 and $70 for new boots….and just a week after I had to buy new ankle braces!!!!

I think I’m gonna go cry now…..