#pash cosplay

[bloodbonesandmarrow]

Fanime day one

Nona and Pash- @bawdyknocker

[featherbreak]

“Don’t,” Nona found herself saying. “Don’t. Don’t call me that or anything like that… don’t make me remember."

Nona does not want to be a Barbie world in a Barbie girl :(

I'll be running around as Nona (morning/afternoon) & Canaan House Cam (evening) at NYCC on Friday! & New Rho Cam at our TLT meetup on Saturday - hope to see folks there!!

[possumsinpeoplesuits]

Some more pics of my Pash cosplay that I brought back this weekend! I was experimenting between whether I wanted to go all big titty Pash or bindered the fuck up Pash, but I ended up going with the full torso binder, and a much tighter black tank top undershirt.

[chuusyfucker]

when you're thinking about that slut from the Third House that you just hate sooo much. like you hate her perfect hair, her big boobs, and she just wont get out of your mind

[fablesage]

In the process of planning a new cosplay and I just realized that if I take away the blue body paint and cowboy hat and replace the eldritch cannon with machetes, a Dani cosplay (Rolling with Difficulty) can easily become a Pash cosplay (Locked Tomb).

[iheartdeadboys]

New white boy of the month for your consideration

[fifthhousescion]

my hair is currently a very faded blue but I bet i could do a pretty convincing pash cosplay rn

[jadeazora]

Caterpie line revealed from Fusion Arts!

From PASH! magazine, a new poster featuring Goh and his Inteleon, Tsurugi, and Asahi!

Animedia gives us some Pokemon cosplay with Ash as Lucario, Goh as Inteleon, and Chloe as Eevee.

A storyboard scene for tomorrow's episode! Getting ready to Snipe Shot Shiny Volcarona?

[nerohellsing]

Boku no Hero Academia 僕のヒーローアカデミア PASH THE BRUSH cosplay challenge BNHA

[marshmallowgoop]

What Kumoricon’s Promare Panel Told Me About Kill la Kill

[This post was originally written as a Twitter thread. The Promare cosplay image above was posted on Studio Trigger’s Twitter account.]

Now that NaNo is over, I can finally work on my Kumoricon Promare panel write-up without feeling guilty, but tbh, it might just be another project that never happens. There's also an excellent, beautifully detailed report you can already read right here!

I got my degree in creative writing, not journalism, so my intentions for my own report was (is?) to be on the more personal side. There is a lot I want to analyze and discuss about what was said at the panel, and since I've also had the opportunity to attend three other Promare-y panels in the past couple of years, I've wanted to combine info and sum up what I know.  

Like I said, it might never happen. But there is one thing I do really wanna get out there. And that's what the Kumoricon Promare panel told me about Kill la Kill.

Near the start of the panel, it was mentioned that an early concept for Promare involved a human befriending a fire creature. Through their friendship, the two would be able to fuse together into one entity. The panelists explicitly made a comparison to Kill la Kill here: just as Kill la Kill is focused on the friendship between a human and sentient clothes, Promare was imagined as a story focused on the friendship between a human and sentient flames.

However (and minor Promare spoilers to follow)....

As the panel progressed, it was revealed that this original concept was transformed into the Promare we know now. It was said that collaborations between director Hiroyuki Imaishi and writer Kazuki Nakashima work best when focused on human connections, not connections between humans and creatures. 

The duo's earlier work in Gurren Lagann and Kill la Kill were mentioned. Gurren Lagann was described as a "boy meets boy" story (presumably with Simon meeting Kamina), and Kill la Kill was described as a "girl meets girl" story (presumably with Ryuko meeting Satsuki).

Which threw me for a loop! Wasn't it stated only minutes before that Kill la Kill is indeed focused on the connection between a human and a creature? Isn't it all about the friendship between a human and her sentient clothes?

I've written a lot in the past that as much as I love Kill la Kill, its intentions have felt confused and unfocused. This Promare panel validated those feelings. There is a clear tension here. Is Kill la Kill's focal relationship the one shared between Ryuko and Senketsu? Or is it the one shared between Ryuko and Satsuki?

In my earlier writing on Promare, I argued that the film essentially combines the Senketsu and Satsuki character into one. 

And Kumoricon's Promare panel? Well, let's just say that I think the info supplied very much supports my theory. 

Promare's concept went from a human befriending a fire creature to a human befriending a human who had merged with a fire creature. In this way, Galo and Lio's dynamic still has a lot of the same elements as a "human meets creature"-type story. Lio's fire powers mean that many view him as not human. Plus, despite noting that the "boy meets flame" concept was scrapped, a spread in PASH! magazine seems to say otherwise:

Further, like the "human meets creature" story in Kill la Kill, Galo and Lio also "synchronize" and fight as one—an act even Galo describes as the combining of "oil and water." Following the rules of their world, it's a partnership that shouldn't happen. But it does.

And just as Ryuko and Senketsu use their partnership to save the planet, so too do Galo and Lio. In fact, Lio de Galon was even confirmed in a live-drawing session to purposely resemble Kamui.

But Lio has something Senketsu doesn't: a human appearance. While Promare feels very much to me like a "human meets creature" story, it's kind of not because the Burnish are just regular humans who suddenly got fire superpowers. It's not like being born a magical talking shirt.

And on that note, I can see why Promare was changed. There are similarities between Senketsu and Lio, but unlike Lio, Senketsu is easily the most ignored main character in Kill la Kill. I even received nasty messages for comparing the two and their relationships with the hero, which is maybe sadly funny in retrospect, considering that the creative team behind both works have noted this connection explicitly. 

But in any case, the drafted fire creature had the appearance of a cute, mascot-type character, maybe not too unlike Senketsu. 

And that's... not usually the type of character who's half of the focal relationship of a work. It's hard to take seriously. Believe me, I understand this well. 

So, Promare changed. It's ultimately about the bond between Galo and Lio, a human and a human, just as Kill la Kill could be argued—and in fact was argued at the panel!—to be ultimately about the bond between Ryuko and Satsuki, both humans themselves.

And unlike with Ryuko and Senketsu, I think comparisons of the Galo-Lio relationship and the Ryuko-Satsuki relationship have been widely recognized. You know, it's that whole rivals-to-friends/lovers deal. The character archetypes are similar, too: Galo is very much the impulsive Red Oni to Lio's (mostly) calmer Blue Oni, just as Ryuko is the rash Red Oni to Satsuki's calculating Blue Oni.

This post's a little all over the place, but as much as I adore Senketsu and Satsuki and would never wish for either of their characters to be sacrificed in a reboot or alternate telling of Kill la Kill, I think Promare did the right thing by essentially combining those roles.

And I mean, kinda literally, too! The human Lio fused with the sentient fire creature, and it's the fused-human and human relationship that became the core of the work. 

The resulting film thus lacks the tension that Kill la Kill has. Our attention is not split between a "human meets creature" story and a "human meets human" story. As far as I know, there aren't the same conflicting statements from the staff, either, with director Imaishi arguing that the focus is the drama between the human leads and writer Nakashima noting, "You could say that Kill la Kill tells the story of a lonely young woman meeting and losing an irreplaceable partner" in the Kamui Bansho. 

With Promare, I think everyone agrees. It's all about Galo and Lio. There is no debate. Promare is focused in a way that Kill la Kill ain't. 

And I get why Promare changed in development the way it did to give it that clarity. But I also think (obviously!) that Trigger made a fantastic "human meets creature" narrative with Kill la Kill.

In fact, it's my complete and total infatuation with that narrative that got me to the Promare panel at all. I never went to cons before I fell in love with Kill la Kill, and my love for Kill la Kill literally stems from this one frame of Ryuko hugging Senketsu, which I think I made a pretty amusing Tweet about:

Tweet transcription: For real though this one frame made me fall so in love with Kill la Kill that I have since written over half a million words about it, spent like $2,000 on merchandise, and edited like 2,000 GIFs.

Yes, I am really THAT emotional about a girl hugging her sailor uniform.

So, needless to say, I support Nakashima's desire for "human meets creature" stories. I can't speak for anyone else, but it is the "human meets creature" aspect of Kill la Kill that affected me more than anything else about it. I think it's something Trigger should be proud of.

And I would love to see more of those types of stories from the studio—especially if the creature in question doesn't resemble a human! People don't have to look alike for their love to be strong and real, and stories focusing on that... well. They're the reason for this essay.

[lunawings]

The Animal Cafe Filled With Wild Beasts (A King of Prism short story)

Translator’s notes: This story was originally printed in PASH May 2017! It’s another story I never read when it was originally printed but discovered later in my Ready Sparking Fanbook. (So I’m unaware if it has an illustration but I don’t think it does. If I am wrong, please share!) Not much to say about this one, I basically picked it by deciding to skim through the fanbook and translate whatever made me laugh ahah. Oh and this is what they actually fed Taiga. (Perhaps best not to click that link until you’ve read the story.)

Synopsis: My poor idiot son Taiga............... 

As Taiga passed by the dining hall after returning from school, he spotted Minato, Kakeru, Yu, and Leo having a pleasant chat in front of the TV.

Minato: Ah, Kougami. Welcome back. 

Leo: Welcome back! We were all just talking about going to an animal cafe like the one we saw on TV. Would you like to come with us, Taiga-kun?

Taiga: Animal cafe?

Kakeru: They are all the rage with girls nowadays. 

Minato: So we were thinking it may be useful in powering up our prism shows. 

Leo: Taiga-kun, which one would you want to do, cat or dog?

Taiga: ...........Whichever.

Leo: I’d like to do rabbit or cat ♡

Kakeru: And I’d be super down for the fox. What about you, lil’ bro?

Yu: Lion! Gotta be the king of the jungle! 

Taiga: (Foxes... lions!? They have those sorts of animals in a cafe? Tokyo is something else...! Wait, hold on, just how big is this cafe anyway? WAIT NEVER MIND THAT, should we really just go messing around with lions!? Is no one else concerned with this!?)

Taiga’s head was spinning with all sorts of questions. Before they were answered, Kakeru spoke again.

Kakeru: It’s on for the coming Sunday. We’ll be expecting our delinquent to meet us in the lobby at 10 am too!

Taiga: I’ll pass.

Kakeru: Don’t be like that! What about teamwork and bonding! If you don’t come, don’t be complaining to us when we level up our prism jumps without you. 

Taiga: Ugh... Well....

Kakeru: See you there!

* * * * 

Kakeru and the others quickly headed inside the animal cafe in Akihabara when they arrived on that Sunday afternoon. It was only one section of a building with multiple shops. 

Taiga: (It’s just a normal building. Do they really have a permit to keep a lion in here...?)

Taiga was feeling restless and couldn’t seem to settle down. 

Shopkeeper: Welcome! Which animal would you like to enjoy today?

Kakeru: Let’s see. I’ll take the fox, Yu will take the lion, Leo-kyun will take the rabbit... Minatocchi, how about a bear?

Taiga: (B... BEAR....!?)

 It wasn’t unusual to see bears in Taiga’s hometown in Aomori, and sometimes he even got care packages with bear meat. But Taiga knew that encountering bears was still very dangerous, as his parents always warned him meticulously whenever he ventured into the mountains. 

Taiga: Minato-senpai, you’re amazing! You have my eternal respect! 

Minato: Huh?

Kakeru: How about our delinquent Taiga stays true to his name and goes with tiger? I heard you get a special lunch depending on which animal you choose. 

Taiga: (Dammit... I just don’t have the courage to face a tiger or a bear....) ....I’ll take cat.....

Kakeru: Ohhhhh? So you’re actually going the cute route this time? Taiga-kyun, way to go! 

Shopkeeper: Okay! We have your outfits and accessories all prepared in the back rooms so go and get changed. 

Taiga followed the shopkeeper’s instructions and walked into the changing room. A few minutes passed. 

Taiga: KAZUO! Get your butt out here!

Taiga emerged, red in the face. 

Taiga: What’s up with these clothes! 

Kakeru: It’s a cat cosplay, of course. 

Taiga: No, I mean... isn’t this a cafe where you can play with animals?

Kakeru: Taiga-kyun, what are you talking about? It’s a cafe where you can cosplay as animals.

Leo: Taiga-kun, those ears and tail look really good on you ♡

Minato: Mine is a bit less like cosplay, and more like pajamas I’d say. Ahah.  Suzuno, that mane is really cool.

Yu: Of course, because I’m the one wearing it. 

Kakeru: And Leo-kyun looks so cutie patootie in that fwuffy bunny onesie! 

Taiga: ...Wha.... How can all of you just stand around complementing each other? Well, I can’t stand to be in these embarrassing clothes. I’m out. 

Leo: No, please don’t say that....

Yu: Aww, Taiga just made Leo cry.... 

Minato: Kougami. 

Minato restrained Taiga in a full nelson. Although Minato had a smile on his face, Taiga could sense the terrifying aura behind it and grudgingly accepted that now was not the time to put up a fight. 

Minato: Look, they are going to take a souvenir photo of us over there. 

Kakeru: Okay everyone, strike a pose! Hey, Taiga-kyun, you’re so stiff.

Taiga: Back off. 

Leo: Taiga-kun, a cat should pose like this! Meow-meow! Ball up your hands like paws and lift them over your head! Meow! ♡

Taiga: Yeah right. 

Leo: *sniff*

Yu: Aww, Taiga just made Leo cry....

Minato: Kougami.

Taiga: OKAY OKAY I GOT IT! I should go like this, right? Meow-meow! Look! Look at me meow!

Kakeru: Let’s try a different pose for the next one. Taigacchi, how about you roll over on your back? Yeah, lift up your head and show your belly!

Taiga: GAH! KAZUO CUT IT OUT!

Kakeru: Nyahaha. 

20 minutes later, Taiga laid dejectedly on the floor paralyzed by shame.

Minato: Kougami, we’re having lunch over there. It’s going to be so exciting to see what they will serve us! 

Taiga, who had lost the will even to stand, was pulled along by Kakeru into the next room. 

Kakeru: It looks like Minatocchi, lil’bro, and I are being served red meat! A rare steak! It looks delicious. 

Leo: And I’m got a salad and rice packed with tons of veggies! 

Taiga: ..........

Kakeru: Taiga-kyun, what’s wrong? 

Taiga: What the heck is this stuff! 

Minato: Cat food it seems. It looks good. 

Leo: Ohhh. At my house we would feed our cats the stuff that comes in a can, but some people feed them fish flakes and rice like that too.

Taiga: What has that got to do with anything! Why do I have fish flakes and rice while you guys have meat?

Leo: Because you’re a kitty cat...?

Minato: I heard they used a type of bonito that cost 8,000 yen a pop to make this! 

Kakeru: You know, I don’t think I’ve eaten anything like that before. I’m a little jealous. 

Taiga: Okay. Let’s trade. 

Kakeru: Nope. 

Taiga: WHAT!

Taiga fixed his gaze and then lunged himself at Kakeru.

Kakeru: Taiga-kyun, not the face! If anything happens to my beautiful face, girls from all over the world will be crying! 

Minato: Eheh. Kougami and Kazuo really get along well, don’t they?

Leo: I’ll send the pictures we took to Shin-kun and Yuki-sama. ♡ It’s a shame they had to miss out because of their jobs. 

Kakeru: *huff, huff* Taiga-kyun, you really don’t know how to show any mercy. Just for that I’ll be sending those pictures to Kazuki-san ♪ Here we go... and send! 

Taiga: You did NOT just do that! *hiss*

Yu: Oh, the claws are out now. 

Minato: It looks like the cat may have won the cat and fox fight. Eheh. 

[bloodbonesandmarrow]

I made a cape for Harrow ^-^ I’ll be going to fanime for the first time with @bawdyknocker as Gideon at the end of this month and I’m so excited

[ake-rubio]

Pash del demonio Foto reto diario # 17 #neko #cat #gato #demon #cosplay #catsplay

[possumsinpeoplesuits]

So, last year before I knew I had my little adrenal insufficiency condition, I had an absolutely brutal heat stroke at a ren fair, then had to peel myself off the bench I fainted on after some cold water to keep looking for my car...

Today I spent an entire day at Comicpalooza in Houston, during 95 degree weather (outside, at least) and not only did I wear my Our Lady of the Passion cosplay again, this time with a gutted jacket, but also a full torso binder, but I didn't even get close to fainting?

Like, seriously, I was pre-gaming pretty hard with some electrolyte mix, and kept an INSULATED (very important detail) bottle of some double strength Pedialyte Sport, but I didn't have to dip into my emergency pickle salt, or use any of the three instant cold packs I had shoved into the various pockets.

I still haven't bumped into anyone who for sure recognizes the costume (I have prizes for when they do!), but hot damn the difference between not knowing what's going on with my body, to having a diagnosis and 5 months of learning to management is like night and day.

Anyways, now there's nothing stopping me from cosplaying Pash until I fucking age into dust. ^-^

[possumsinpeoplesuits]

The problem with having bought an entire outfit of tactical gear for my Pash cosplay is that Amazon now thinks I'm a fucking bootlicker. I didn't buy armored pants, a military coat, a tactical belt and four separate machetes to be some fascist's foot soldier.

I bought them because I'm GAY. Those machetes are for SEX REASONS!

[possumsinpeoplesuits]

Oh god please forgive my floor and my gross-ass feet.

So! In continuing my work on the ULTIMATE PASH COSPLAY, I decided to get a set of actual machetes for when I'm going to Ren Faires and the like. Well, that and another reason, but I'll get to that.

The first thing I needed was length. The prop machetes are a total of 27 inches long, so I needed the proper steel pair to match. There were a few options, but I'm a fuckin' weirdo, and wanted something that could double as home defense, so I went with a fucking two handed Latin machete from Cold Steel. Because I gotta be extra (and also because they were only like... ten bucks more expensive than a shittier machete?)

The measurement SAYS 21 inches, though. But I estimated the handle to be roughly six inches, and lo and behold, it all fits!

Unfortunately, like the back page of a math test, there was another problem.

See, each of the sheaths weren't symmetrical, and could only really function right on the same side of my hip. So, with the knowledge that a replacement sheath would be a whopping 14 dollars if I fucked up, I decided to remove the strap (they were meant to be holstered on the back, but Two-Thigh-Machetes don't play that way.), hack off the upper portion of each sheath, and cut little slits to fit the straps through.

I held them up to my thighs to double check the right locations, then once the slits were cut, (I used a little pocket knife with a guthook. Cut one little hole, then hook in, and boom. Nice, straight slits. Love me a good slit.) I lifted the new little belt loop up with the knife, and used a lighter to melt the edges so they wouldn't fray as easily.

I also needed to compensate for the extra weight, so rather than having two straps directly on my thigh (which led to me having to constantly readjust them, even without any weight on them), or threading them through the belt itself (which prevents me from moving my hips and sitting down), I used one of my bike straps to thread through the belt, meaning I now had a firmer support, and the free movement to sit and stand. The sheath also keeps the lower strap more evenly placed, which was unintended, but a welcomed change.

All in all, I feel pretty confident the machetes will be much more prominent in the costume, and also that I have now spent entirely too much money dressing like my favorite blorbo.

You can see the rest of the cosplay here.