#romy-con

[romy-con]

ROMY-Con Poster Contest Runner Ups

The ROMY-Con crew would like to acknowledge our two runners up for the poster contest, Joey Burdziuk and Leila Epp! This was SUCH a hard choice.

Joey can be found here: https://instagram.com/b.creative.with.joey

Leila can be found here: https://instagram.com/rogueemberlight

[cajunhawk]

(Sorry this is a day late. I realized when I got to work that I had forgotten to set it to release at midnight EST. Enjoy!)

Today I'm joined by Amber, Joey, and Mel and we discuss the beautiful issue that is Uncanny X-Men #5.

We discuss everyone's updated outfits, Ember the arson horse, Rogue's speech therapy, and MORE!

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[mustasekittens]

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close up + alt ver for a print!

[edwardsissyhandsthtdanceslikeabb]

kendall and the logstar's coping mechanisms:

Ken fails and spirals Rome loses a sense of direction and shrinks Shiv is wrong and retaliates and Con tries even as reciprocation is from a backhand

[diobrando]

I know I spend a lot of money at ax but I spend less every year because the new cool & popular shows are stupid

[cajunhawk]

Can't wait!

Finally, a convention for Romy Nation!

Who's going to "attend"? I'll be there!

We are excited to announce the opening of entries for the FIRST-EVER ROMY-Con online fan convention! ROMY-Con will be an all-digital event held in conjunction with Rogue/Gambit Week, June 15-21, 2025.

ROMY-Con will feature a Rogue and Gambit focused Artist Alley with weblinks to artists selling wares relating to our favorite power-couple. There will be a special limited-time convention discord “convention floor” for special content as well as meeting and networking with fellow ROMY fans from all over the world!

For those of you wanting to flex your cosplay skills, a Rogue and Gambit cosplay competition will be held, open to competitors worldwide, and featuring special prizes for Best Rogue, Best Gambit, and Best Couple Cosplays!

Celebrity Judges AJ LoCascio, Lenore Zann and “Remember It” director Emmett Yonemura will also be selecting additional cosplay awards in several special categories!

For more information, visit www.romy-con.com! Hope to “see” you there!

[bowtiepasta]

HEAVEN IS A BEDROOM “sleeping naked tonight, open door at your own risk!” are the sort of notes you find taped to your door when gojo satoru is your roommate. of course, there are many pros and cons. but either way — ‘roommates’ doesn’t really cut it for what you two are. ❤︎

WORD COUNT: 1,245

INDULGING: sfw and suggestive at worst, modern/college au, petnames ‘princess’ + ‘sweetheart’, touchy, banter, domesticity over plot, he’s got a fat crush on you, f!reader, some language

ROMY’S NOTE: art in header is by mongsanghwa on twitter, divider by strangergraphics. this one’s been marinating in the drafts for way too long omfg. written for marley hehe ! love you

the only reason you live with gojo satoru is a clerical error. some system glitch paired you two as roommates even though mixed gender dorms weren’t an option (in 2009 japan? absolutely not).

you argued, demanded a reassignment, but the university was already overbooked. all remaining single dorms were full and, no, there were no other available options unless you wanted to couch surf for the rest of the semester. the housing office’s compensation? a rent discount. a big one.

a financial miracle, honestly. living near campus for dirt cheap was a deal you couldn’t refuse, even if it meant putting up with him: a loud, arrogant, 6’3 headache.

which is how you ended up here — standing between the beds in your mismatched socks, coffee mug in hand, digging in his ‘pile’ to see if you can find this week’s language arts assignment.

he leaves his cups in the sink unwashed, clothes strewn over every empty surface, cologne bottles all over the (shared) bathroom counter, and sunglasses in every drawer despite owning only one pair of eyes.

sure, there are benefits. he pays for takeout more often than not, usually without asking for reimbursement. he’s weirdly quiet when he knows you’re studying. he’s clearly very popular, yet weirdly never brings anyone home. and even though he’s a shameless flirt, never crosses any real boundaries with you.

still. he’s annoying. which is why you don’t feel particularly bad when you steal his clothes.

“princess, do you know where my hoodie is? I- oh.”

you look up mid-yawn to find gojo standing in your doorway, hair damp from the shower, towel hanging loosely around his neck. shirt on, thankfully.

he’s blinking at you, lips quirking into a grin that you don’t trust in the slightest.

“well, well, well..” he drawls, crossing his arms. “we’ve got a thief in the house. should I call housing?”

“it was on the couch,” you defend, mirroring him. his hoodies are big, practically swallowing you whole, sleeves covering your hands completely.

“huh. that’s funny,” he says, tapping at his chin theatrically. “because last tuesday, when I simply touched your blanket, you threatened to kill me.”

“that’s different.”

“sure.”

a beat, then a knowing hum from him.

“looks better on you anyway,” he says, not without a certain smugness. “you smell like me.”

you toss a pillow in his direction, rolling your eyes. he dodges it with ease, laughing.

eventually, he stops leaning against the doorframe and stretches, shirt riding up just slightly as he yawns too — a not so subtle trail of white hair peeking out.

“..wait,” he tilts his head, “is that my stuff?”

your mouth opens, then closes. you’re caught.

“I-” you clear your throat, trying to recover. “I was looking for the homework.”

“in my laundry?” he walks over.

“yes,” you say, scoffing as you back away. “because someone likes to throw things around.”

gojo hums, stepping into your space like he’s seriously considering the accusation. then he grins at eye level with you. “could’ve just asked, y’know.”

“yeah, because that always goes well. ‘hey gojo, have you seen my-’”

“nope!” he interrupts, mimicking you. “I am but a humble, devastatingly handsome man. how could I-”

“oh my god, do you ever shut up?”

he laughs, grabbing your wrists when you swat at him. before you can retaliate, he plucks the very notebook you were searching for out of the pile, casually flipping through the pages like it was never lost to begin with.

“wow,” he muses, dragging out each syllable. “can’t believe you doubted me.”

you deadpan. “you’re the one who put it in there.”

“ah-ah,” he wags a finger, stepping backward towards the door. “don’t forget I have what you want.”

“gojo,” you warn.

he hums innocently.

“..give it back.”

“admit I’m handsome.”

you groan, throwing your head back as you plop onto your bed. “I would literally rather die.”

“okay, princess,” he says, clicking his tongue as he tucks your notebook into his elbow, lays down next to you. “guess you don’t need it that bad, then.”

you lunge for him, but he’s faster. not by much, yet enough to be annoying. he holds it over his head.

“gojo,” you warn again, narrowing your eyes.

“hmm? what, sweetheart?”

“give it.”

he pretends to think. “I don’t know, this new arrangement is growing on me. maybe I should hold onto it. for.. safekeeping.”

you glare. “safekeeping? oh, you mean like how you ‘safekept’ my charger for a week? or my textb-”

“that’s unfair.” he pouts, “those were borrowed with a hundred percent full intent to return.”

you huff. “they were in your bag. at school. for a week.”

gojo waves a hand dismissively. “semantics.”

you take advantage of his distraction and jump. it’s a desperate move — probably one you should’ve thought through, but you can’t turn back now.

what you don’t anticipate is how instead of letting you take the notebook like a normal person would, gojo decides to catch you. one arm easily wraps around your waist, and suddenly, you’re way too aware of how close his face is to yours.

“oh?” he says, smug as ever. “if you wanted to be in my arms that bad, you really could’ve asked. I think we need to work on our communication methods.”

there are no words in the japanese, english, nor any language in the world to be exact, to describe how pissed you are at him right now. “let go.”

“but we’re having a moment,” he says, hand to his chest. “the tension is unreal.”

“g-”

“what do they call this in books?” he pulls you closer. “an almost kiss?”

you scowl. “it’s called me pistol-whipping your ass with this straightener if you don’t let go now.”

gojo laughs, but he does let you go — gently, even. but then, the notebook gets tucked back under his arm. “what was that about my ass?”

you glare, holding out a hand., growing impatient. “satoru.”

he whistles, considering. “I think I’d be more inclined to give it back if you ditched class with me.”

you reach for your phone to check the time, but it slides right off the nightstand, sending a small pile of papers tumbling. he picks it up for you, fingers brushing yours when he does.

you take a deep breath, trying to remain composed, but you know you’re about to cave. “..to where?”

his eyes light up like a kid at christmas. who, to be fair, would probably have a higher mental age than he currently does. he slides the notebook out from behind his back, still not handing it over. “just here.”

you sigh, unimpressed. “just here?”

gojo smirks, arms casually folded over his chest. “yep. just here. way better than whatever you're about to do.”

you raise an eyebrow, “you mean go to class.”

he shrugs like it's no big deal. “potato potato.”

you make a face as you look over at him. before you can answer, he careens over, a quick, soft kiss landing on your cheek. you freeze, brain taking a second to catch up.

“stay here with handsome, yeah?” he says, his voice dipping as he waits for a green light.

you blink, staring at him, face heating up. “god, you’re ridiculous — you know that?” you mutter, heart racing in spite of your efforts.

he nuzzles into your shoulder, not giving you a chance to protest, “come on, princess. don’t make me beg.”

romy 🐰 is typing… college aus are probably among my favorite settings? scenarios? tropes? of all time. they always hit. and I eat them up every. single. time. lmk if you want to see it with anyone else (obv not dorms again. probably sports?). rugby boyfriend kuna is calling to me. brb making a draft

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[a-roguish-gambit]

Continuation of my Weeb x men evolution Rogue Thoughts, Romy edition

In order to "vet" him, Kurt makes him sit through Rogue's favorite anime

Remy, being a bit older and not likely having cable, never had anime tv blocks growing up and instead watched most anime through pirated copies the guild would trade around, and as a result is more familiar with the adult side of anime than the young demographic aimed stuff (outside of really little kid stuff like the tezuka studio stuff) is genuinely concerned at first how Xavier is letting his students get ahold of weird, creepy OVAs and envelope pushing series like Excel Saga; and violent animations like Berserk, Akira, and fist of the north star and why Kurt of all people is into watching them

agrees to watch and make sure this kid didn't get ahold of something he wasn't supposed to. He may be a criminal but he has standards. He hopes it's just stuff like Astro boy, Kimba, and Ghibli...

Relaxes when he realizes she is watching shonens and shojo anime for 10 year olds mostly, with a few edgier things thrown in

Unrelaxed when he sees the Nina tucker scene, comes to the conclusion that all anime is a little fucked

Kurt meanwhile, watching Remy's body language thinking "wow, he's this on edge from Fullmetal alchemist, how is he gonna be able to handle hellsing or death note???" And is completely unaware that remy even knew what anime was before this

Both manage to pass each others test unaware the other was testing them

Gambit becomes the defacto ride to anime cons, stores, and of course getting pirated vhs tapes/dvds of new anime before official releases or airings, because simuldubs were not a thing until the mid 2010s

Rogue ends up watching the "conquerors of shamballa" movie before it can be officially dubbed for foreign audiences thanks to him. The sub is bad but she adores him for it.

He is now the one they go to for torrenting anything. He knows all the best spots.

Helps them avoid the shitty side of 2000s con culture by keeping an eye out for suspicious stereotypical bad actors at cons.

Rogue and gambit do a few couples cosplays.

One time they do one where rogue is edward, gambit is winry, and kurt is alphonse with the full suit of armor. Easily one of their favorites

When Ouran comes around gambit absolutely insists on doing a tamaki and haruhi cosplay with her

Gambit finds out about yugioh cards and totally starts using some of them for special occasions

Cute image: rogue reading a manga and laying over gambit so he cant get up. He's playing ds but his battery is dying and he cant reach the charger cable without disturbing her. Boy is trapped.

[romy-con]

CONGRATULATIONS to this year's poster contest winner, @ lady_koalart with this stunning entry.

There were so many amazing submissions this year, it's a shame we couldn't pick them all.

Thank you for your participation! Full announcement available on the website at:

https://www.romy-con.com/2025-poster-contest-winner.html

[someotherdog]

when mattie woke up, it took her a moment to remember her surroundings. the most alarming thing was the weight next to her, pushing her torso down. she stilled, internally freaking out until she looked down her nose to see romy snoozing away. then, she stilled because she couldn’t bear to wake her up. mattie could rarely ever fall back to sleep easily, so she just enjoyed the feeling of romy’s silky hair tickling her chin. after some time, as mattie was deep in thought, romy finally began to stir. she sat up once romy did, shrugging. “it’s okay. i didn’t want to wake you, i thought you needed your rest.”

@someotherdog sent weary : for one muse to wake up after falling asleep on the other.

lashes flutter, brows furrowed as sun creeps in through the window over head. sighs, just barely tilting her chin up so that she's glancing at the other, head just barely rising from its comfortable spot. " oh, " murmurs, visibly embarrassed to find that they're already awake — all too conscious of the fact that she'd fallen asleep to the rise and fall of their chest, the soft patterns of breath rattling against their ribs. " s - sorry. i must have been really tired. " quickly forces herself to sit up, ignoring the sore burn of her muscles as she does so.

[cajunhawk]

Today we talk about Uncanny X-Men issues 7 & 8.

Marquez cover art and interior artist switch back and forth throughout a book? Marquez is simply amazing, Rogue's hair gets flat, Gambit has been hit with the ugly stick, Li'l Bow Wow, and how to properly pronounce "Krakoa".

Joining me: ⁠Amber⁠, ⁠Mel⁠, ⁠Joey⁠

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[armandoandrea2]

Romy Schneider sul set di Le Train con Jean-Louis Trintignant, 1973

[fma03anniversary]

Happy 20th anniversary FMA. Let's put some forgotten feathers back in your cap.

Melissa was the #1 anime theme song to wrap 2003, and peaked at #2 on the Oricon Singles Chart - Japan's music industry standard for charting CD singles. Melissa became the #34th top selling single for 2003 and was only on sale for two months of the year (Melissa went on sale Sept 26th and Oricon is tracked Dec 1 - Nov 30). Melissa ranked #66 in top Japanese singles for 2004 too. The song would be on the Oricon charts for 38 weeks! Melissa won Animage Magazine's 2004 Anime Grand Prix for Best Anime Song.

Ready Steady Go! was the 18th best selling single of 2004 and peaked at #1 on the Oricon Singles Chart, and would do so charting less than half the time of Melissa, 16 weeks.

FMA sweeps Animage Magazine's 26th Annual Anime Grand Prix held in June 2004 - winning best series, best male character (Ed), best female character (Riza), best voice performance (Romi Park), best song (Melissa @ #1, Kesenai Tsumi @ #2), and best episode (7).

FMA is on the cover of all 3 major Japanese animation magazines for July 2004 - Newtype, Animage, and Animedia.

July 31, 2004 L'arc~en~Ciel make their North American debut at Otakon. Prior to their concert held at the 1st Mariner Place (now CFG Bank Arena) in Baltimore, to a crowd of 12,000 the first episode of the upcoming FMA English dub is premiered.

Rewrite peaks at #4 on the Oricon charts and becomes the 63rd best selling single of 2004. Rewrite won Best Anime Theme Song at the American Anime Awards at New York City Comicon in 2007.

FMA gets the rare honour of going to reruns in Japan.

FMA debuts on Adult Swim and is on the cover of all 3 major North American anime magazines for November 2004 - Newtype USA, Anime Insider, and Animerica.

FMA pulls in a ton of new viewers to Adult Swim for December 2004.

TV Asahi ranks FMA the most popular animated TV series in Japan in fall 2005, a year after it finished airing.

FMA is the best selling anime series on DVD for 2005 in North America. Individual DVD volume sales are so strong they rank alongside anime movies.

Anime News Network crowns FMA the best series of 2005.

Link is the #4 anime song for 2005 and peaks at #2 on the Oricon chart.

Conqueror of Shamballa is the #7 anime movie and #47 movie overall in Japan for 2005.

Anime Expo 2006 celebrates FMA. AX teams up with FUNimation to premiere Conqueror of Shamballa at the convention, hosted by guests of honour: Seiji Mizushima (Series Director), Mike McFarland (EN Director), Masahiko Minami (President of Studio Bones), Romi Park (who unfortunately had to cancel last minute), and Vic Mignogna.

Conqueror of Shamballa set to screen in 40 North American theatres. In !!2006!!

In the first ever event to honour voice acting, direction, production, etc of English anime in North America, the American Anime Awards were held at New York City Comic Con in 2007, handing out awards for the Best Of 2006. Online fan voting selected the finalists and FMA led the nominations with 5. The series would lose Best Feature (CoS) to FFVII Advent Children, but win Best Long Series, Best DVD Packaging, Best Cast, and Best Theme Song (Rewrite). Source (1), (2), (3)

Over five years after its Japanese debut and four years after it's North American start, as Brotherhood begins airing in Japan FMA still ranks #7 for best selling anime series on DVD in North America for spring 2009!

[mrvicmic]

HII! ILL BE AT THE VIRTUAL ARTIST ALLEY IN THE ROMY-CON AS A VENDOR, this is my VERY FIRST convention as a vendor at the artist alley!! And im SO excited of being part of THEE first #romycon ,i want to thank @punkerduckie / @gambitspotting to give me the chance of being part of this beautiful project, not just as a vendor but as a fan of this beautiful characters🫶

Please go and check it out!! Theres still time to register for the convention!!!!

#romycon #roguegambit #roguexmen #gambitxmen @aj_locascio @lenorezann @roboticmarble @comixgail @punkerduckiememes @gambitspotting @romy-con

[wiccamage]

MWAHAHA!! This took me DAYS, but considering it's only my second 'real' art job that I did myself, I'm ridiculously proud of it. Thanks to @smdlm for giving me a few pointers and tips! Created for my story, "Getting Warmer," found on AO3, or Fanfiction.net

https://archiveofourown.org/works/50885350/chapters/128551627

I'd love to submit this for @romy-con, but I'm still figuring that out.

[iimsc]

"quella volta il regista fu visconti. ci diceva che ci assomigliavamo, che avevamo fra le sopracciglia la stessa “v” che si increspava per la collera, per la paura di vivere, per il terrore. lui la chiamava la “v di rembrandt”, perché diceva che nel suo autoritratto questo artista si era raffigurato con la stessa “v”. adesso ti guardo dormire e la “v di rembrandt” è scomparsa. adesso non hai più paura. - ti sei sentita assalita, trafitta, violentata nella tua sfera personale. e tu, tu l’hai sempre saputo che il destino ti prendeva con una mano quello che ti dava con l’altra. - bambolina, continuo a guardarti, a guardarti ancora. con i miei sguardi voglio inghiottirti e dirti ancora che non sei mai stata così bella e così tranquilla. riposa in pace. io ci sono. da te ho imparato un po’ di tedesco. le parole: ich liebe dich. ti amo, ti amo, bambolina mia."

questa è una parte della lettera di addio di alain delon a romy schneider. nel 2017, quando ho iniziato a soffrire di depressione, ho copiato proprio questa parte su un foglietto, l'ho piegato e messo nel mio vecchio portafogli. è sicuramente ancora lì dentro, tra scontrini di posti e date importanti. queste parole le ho portate con me per un lungo periodo. mi hanno sempre tranquillizzata che le sofferenze finiscono, che prima o poi la pace arriva, che prima o poi le "v di rembrandt" scompaiono. è passato del tempo, forse queste parole non mi servono più, forse la pace la cerco in altre cose, in cose calde, in cose presenti. però hanno avuto l'intimo potere di calmarmi quando ne ho avuto bisogno e questo è quanto basta perché restino importanti per me. altrettanto intimamente, per questo nucleo di energia che anche se non ha viaggiato in mia direzione comunque mi ha incontrata e in qualche modo segnata, ricordo e ricorderò sempre alain delon, oltre il suo ruolo di attore