#jojo log

[rantingdaunteh]

JOJO LOG #3

[night-ecl1ps3]

I have this headcanons that Suzi Q knows how to use some simple hamon since she works for Lisa Lisa and I like to believe that she was trained to use It before she became the maid, afterwards she was full of many tasks and groceries to work with so she couldn’t continue training because she couldn’t balance her work with hamon training.

I do like to make up AUS in my mind where Suzi Q still trains with her hamon and fights with It, you know just for fun, maybe an AU where she also helps Lisa Lisa, Joseph, Caesar, Loggins, Messina, and Smokey defeat the pillar men as well.

Anyways I’m sorry for not posting for a few days, I’ve been really busy and a little burnout from how many things I have to do and I was like: hmm I wanna yap about jojo’s so bad but I did not have the motivation to write about It plus I’m tired. 

But here I am lol, anyways hope y’all having a great time today!

[bugeyedfreaks]

his most perfect form yet

[sleepgarlic]

log

[misspickman]

its funny how much this is literally not true

[thechills]

"Get there with your bells on, okay?"

ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD│Dir. Marcus Dunstan (2024)

[linxuelian]

Anime Fest Plus 2024 Convention Experience Log - With Photos!

Hi, hello! As I've recently (as of this post, yesterday morning) attended Anime Fest+ 2024 at Tropicana Gardens Mall, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, I've decided to write an experience log about my day there! While I will be posting a few different cosplays here, since my blog is currently primarily about MDZS, TGCF and SVSSS at the moment, most of the cosplays I'll be sharing will be from these three titles. To add to the fun, I'll also have commentaries on them!

To preface, the largest anime convention in Malaysia is Comic Fiesta, an annual mecca with 70,000 attendees as of the year 2023. Anime, games and comics are popular in this country, so there are smaller cons dotted throughout the months.

Anyway, the crowd wasn't as large as Comic Fiesta. As the structure of Tropicana Gardens Mall is rather narrow, you'd technically have to file through in two to three lines to be able to walk in and out of the place.

The exhibition hall at the fourth floor hosted all performances as well as cosplay booths. You'd have to ride one of the two escalators up to the hall - plebs without a ticket are doomed to be stranded at the bottom of said escalators, unable to sop up the merriment held exclusively above.

Here are some pics though, just in case you were a pleb that day, or just didn't attend the event:

Main hall programs and booths featured mostly Hololive and sexy pretty girl cosplayers and figurines, given the regular, expected fare when it comes to the anime consuming demographic (yes, I'm calling you out, my anime-watching brothers). I didn't take pictures of the doujinshi market out of respect for the art sellers there, but I did buy a beautiful print and got some lovely free stickers from that ONE vendor who sold BL stuff among the throngs of moe girls/Genshin Impact.

Yes, there was only one stall. But that one vendor made my day! Bless your heart, sister!

Now, I'll move on to the highlight - the cosplays. Nothing fills my heart with more joy than seeing happy people wearing colorful costumes and having a blast just being part of the convention scene. To be honest, it's so common to be wearing cosplay outfits nowadays that folk don't even notice you when you're dressed up - and I say this from experience; nobody noticed at all that I was in costume (or they were far too polite to laugh at how shitty I looked LOL, I didn't even dare take pics of myself). These events usually become scavenger hunts for me, to identify the ones from series I know or my tribe (fellow MXTX fans aha!).

First up is an oldie that's a goldie - Mr. Spock from Star Trek (credit: FaceBook user Yasuhiro Orihusay):

Honestly, I did NOT expect to find any Star Trek cosplays there. My dad's a Trekkie, so this was one of the first pics I sent him at the con itself. Live long and prosper, Mr. Spock!

Next, a furry OC:

I wasn't able to get their social media account as they were waiting in line for an autograph by a cosplayer, so unfortunately I'm unable to credit here.

Furries are currently still a new thing in Malaysia - but I'm glad to see them appearing more frequently at our cons, since they do diversify our pop culture scene quite a bit. Furs Upon Malaysia (FURUM) is held annually in Kuala Lumpur. The tickets are always sold out within an hour, so it's definitely growing and also contributing to tourism (Indonesian and Singaporean furries gather there too).

Also, they're fluffy. I love fluffy things. Much thanks, furry fandom, for being fluffy!

Moving on, here's a group cosplay of Jojo's Bizzare Adventure's Six Pistols (Mista from Golden Wind's Stands, if you're wondering which season it's from):

Vibrant and very spot on! I was unable to get their social media account due to the crowd and disorientation on my part. Do try to look them up, though! They were pretty popular, so I'm sure someone would have shared some info if you're interested.

Anyway, here's a White Mage from Final Fantasy (credit: https://www.instagram.com/yari_hayashi/):

Final Fantasy's one of the older franchises, but it's definitely rising again due to the new FFVII remake. I thought he was Garnet until I saw the blond wig. Bless the mages, healing power plus!!

Next in line is one of my all-time favorites, Sailor Moon (credit: https://www.instagram.com/jiahuab0719_cos/):

I'm a Moonie so seeing a Sailor Moon made me pretty excited! I don't see too many Sailor Moon cosplays even in Comic Fiesta - cosplays at our conventions are pretty seasonal and tend to follow trends, from what I've seen. She definitely caught quite a bit of attention with her wings, too. I saw her getting stopped quite a bit, so I'm glad I got a pic before a line formed!

Aaaand! I've saved the best for last! I'll be showcasing the MXTX stuff now. To start off (with a bang), here are two cosplayers of the number one seasonal love interest of the BL world, Hua Cheng a.k.a. San Lang Didi (Grown Up Version):

Credit: https://www.instagram.com/karry.1213/ (donghua version) and https://www.instagram.com/kopiii_cos/ (manhua version)

Remember how I said cosplays at Malaysian conventions tend to be pretty seasonal? Well, the current flavor of the month for the BL world is definitely TGCF - and the hottest flavor is now San Lang didi. You're going to get stopped for photos pretty often for dressing up as this flashy guy, and for good reason too. Donned in striking red, Hua Cheng is the Ferrari of the danmei world.

I overhead Kopiii_cos' friend saying so many people have been asking for photos! Viva Fafa!

Next, we have the ever beautiful WangXian couple cosplays:

Credit: Wei Wuxian (https://www.instagram.com/purple_384/) and Lan Wangji (https://www.instagram.com/anson1510/)

WangXian's a staple when it comes to the MXTX fandom. There's nary a person who doesn't love these two soulmates, and with these elaborate costumes, they've certainly stolen the show! They were the first couple I saw at the entrance of the exhibition hall, which makes sense since there was an OTP contest going on that afternoon.

Moving along, we have the main character of his story, the Crown Prince of Xian Le, Xie Lian (credit: https://www.instagram.com/arkutagwa/):

I gotta admit that this Lian's the sweetest of the Xies so far. Had a field day calling each other cute (what can I say, we both had cute personalities)! Gotta love that charming dimpled cheek, bless!

Speaking of cute, there's also this whole cute pose thing going on with certain attendees (credit: https://www.instagram.com/chzesin/):

I won't lie - I didn't recognize the character at first. But with the dark-gray-to-white ombre, black and red colors to tell you that's a Wei Wuxian, I'm just going to take a gamble here and deduce that yes, that is indeed a Wei Wuxian and include it. Let me know if you don't think it is.

Last but not least, we have our MXTX OTP group:

Credits: https://www.instagram.com/ayafvrvv/ (Luo Binghe) and https://www.instagram.com/close0402/ (Lan Wangji) - the rest didn't share their social media accounts but they did say you can find them through each other's accounts.

Turns out they're a group who'd entered the OTP contest that afternoon. If you're wondering, no, Binghe isn't paired with air (this is Bing-mei, not Bing-ge). There was a large number of attendees that day as it was Sunday, so their Shizun was still looking for parking. I'd gotten lucky since I'd arrived there just as they'd opened up Basement 3 so ZOOM I parked near the escalators with plenty of space to spare. Until today I chalk it up to being last-minute dressed as Xie Lian, the god of good luck for hobos like myself (or, according to popular belief, Hua Cheng's blessed every Xie Lian cosplayer out there no matter how much we look like we've just stepped out of a jungle). I also had plenty of space to sit for a lovely lunch of salad and green tea!

Granted, there were actually a few other Xie Lians there as well (he's the current flavor as well), but I didn't want to chase after them from afar since the flow of human traffic in this particular mall wasn't too conducive for trying to get pictures, unlike KLCC's garden. Usually, more fans are dressed as the two main characters, Wei Wuxian and Xie Lian - or the shous/bottoms in popular danmei. Surprisingly, I actually saw quite a number of gongs/tops this trip round.

So as a bonus, here's a pic with all our dandy gongs/tops together:

A dashing lot, aren't they?

Anyway, this wraps up my experience log as an MXTX cosplay hunter! Hope you enjoyed it! Bless!

[yamayukao]

Grief will keep you reaching back for what’s not there.

[warm-mangoes-with-chai]

Halle just posted this and put me on to YEBBA

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LIIIKKEEE:

Nobody told me hellooo-

[doodlingwren]

Ok, back to girlblogging eheh (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧

[rantingdaunteh]

JOJO LOG #2

[tariah23]

Still grateful to own a josuyasu doujin from one of my fav kr jojo artists uhhh

[bugeyedfreaks]

mojo jojo canonically has a bone in his brain

he's truly a big ol' dumb BONEHEAD

[theangelicccherry]

In need of goood anime suggestions!! 🫶🏼👀🎥 plzzzz

[cleargreyskies]

7 months, 7 days, and I have finished campaign 2 of Critical Role.

[mechahero]

@pzfr asked-🔥🔥🔥 unpopular(?) opinions (accepting)

Okay so, I'm just going to go with a few things that come to mind here since there's not really a word or theme attached to it lol

First off, I think you can start with whatever part you want if you want to get into JJBA. Seriously. I don't know where making it seems like a big, grandiose story where you NEED to watch every part in order so it makes sense came from (even though I'm willing to believe that when something in a previous part is mentioned, the viewer's going to be like "oh! that happened in another part! okay!" and not expecting an immediate explanation) but, you kind of don't really need to? Outside of a few mentions of things that happened in other parts, each part is more or less their own self contained story that anyone can get into at any time.

This also goes with the first opinion but I also don't give a fuck about part skipping. Watch the show however you want! You'll get the same info everyone else gets, you're just going about it a different way. Also, it's not up to me to dictate how you watch the show since it's your experience and not mine!

Idk if this counts as unpopular now? But this has been going on since G3 came out but I don't get how some G1 Mon.ster High fans will shit on G3 because it's not the original. And this is coming from a G1 MH fan. I've been there since G1. And the thing is, the hate for G3 really isn't deserved? Of course it's not going to be the original! It's doing it's own thing!

Just sit back and enjoy the ride because sitting there pouting about how it lacks the fishnets and alt fashion of the original could mean you end up missing out on a good thing. And to endlessly complain about or crap on it kind of makes these people, and I'm going to steal a term from Trans.formers' fanbase here, sound like Geewunners. They sound like Geewunners. And that's not good lmao