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Well here it is! The promised comic about being a plus sized trans girl and how that has effected me and how I’m going to try my best to be visible for all the plus sized baby trans people out there who need representation like I did and do! 💜💜🏳️⚧️💜💜
#transgender#queer artist#transfem#lgbtq#artists of tumblr#lgbtqia artist#furry#furry oc#trans experience#trans positivity#plus sized girls#since I made this comic and posted that selfie I’ve seen so many amazing and confident trans people
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The Gauge Masterpost
April Fools is over - even with the additional day I’ve given her - and I won’t take any more questions. Thank you once again for the massive interest, I’ve gotten so many asks and so many comments and questions about her, it’s been amazing. ♥
I will turn this post into some kind of masterpost, linking each and every entry I’ve made about her here so keeping an overview will be a little easier.
Who is Gauge?
To put it nice and simple, Gauge is a - NON CANON - ship kid of Template and Pale I created! She was meant as a one-time April Fools joke character, but while I created her she has grown to me so much that I simply couldn’t dump her after using her only one single day. However, she will always stay non canon.
Links for Comics and Additional Artworks:
Here you can find every link of asks answered by Gauge
All Responses from 2019:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
All Responses from 2020:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Additional drawings:
Family Selfie! | Just Gauge
Lots of additional info can be found under the cut:
(Info added in 2020)
- I forgot to mention this, but her responses in 2020 can be considered post the events in “Somewhere Else”, while her responses in 2019 are previous of this
- A common mistake I’ve found was that a lot of people using male pronouns for Gauge, which is not correct. It’s she/her!
- While she’s not canon, everything she talks about regarding Template and Pale can be taken as canon; the only thing not canon is herself. She has her own impressions of things happening around her however, since Template still keeps secrets from her, so she doesn’t know the answers to everything. Despite this, she still knows these two better than anyone else
- You should take her appearances this way: Gauge sleeps a lot, plus it’s hard to keep track of time in the voids. She’s awake any now and then, so it really doesn’t feel to her like a whole year has passed. Therefore, she’s a little bit confused when someone tells her that it’s her birthday
- She likes hugs, but she’s not much of a fan of getting booped and doesn’t exactly like to get patted on the head. She will let you, but will act a little reluctant
- Template taught her almost everything she knows. Since she never left Template’s or Pale’s place, which Template refers to as the “Art Zone” and “Null Space” respectively, she doesn’t have much knowledge about a lot of things, but isn’t exactly stupid either. She’s gotten a lot of impressions of the universes by watching AUs with Template, which is really similar to watching TV
(Info added in 2019)
- I’m thinking of her as a 14-16 year old... it’s hard to tell since technically, time and space doesn’t exist in between universes
- If you consider her parents’ souls, you may realize that she doesn’t have the most powerful soul either. This means that while her soul overall is fully intact, it’s still really weak. This is why she doesn’t have powers or can’t use magic. She cannot even open portals to other AUs like pretty much every other out!code character.
- Her weak soul makes her similar (but not the same!) in behavior as Pale. However, she’s able to boost her perception, which is why she constantly is drinking coffee and is on a sugar high. Without it, she would be quite lethargic.
- Template gave her the eye-patch because her left eye is glitched. While Gauge is under the impression that her left eye is not nice to look at in general (and doesn’t mind it because her vision through this eye is also broken), Template’s intention behind this is that he pretty much avoids to look at it constantly for obvious reasons.
- Some people might have mistaken Gauge’s dark hand palms as gloves, but that’s not the case. Pale’s palms are grey, hers are black. It just runs in the family.
- For those still wondering about her mysterious hobby, while others have already guessed it: She loves sewing, crocheting and she can even knit! Yes, she did make the clothes she wears herself, but lied to Template about it because it’s something that would stress him out if he knew. So instead, she just does it whenever Pale is supposed to take care of her. She hides all her sewing materials in Pale’s clothing heaps. Pale, of course, doesn’t mind.
- The measuring tape on her hoodie suddenly seems less confusing if you consider her hobby, doesn’t it?
- Gauge never heard of Error because Template of course doesn’t talk about him and often only know about what she’s told or seen herself in AUs. However, she knows about Ink, because Template won’t shut up about him. To her, Ink is some kind of comic book hero she keeps hearing about but never met herself, so her view of him is just as warped as Template’s
- Gauge is fully aware that something is wrong with Template since she’s bound to experience one of Template’s minor or heavier breakdowns at some point. She merely thinks of it as a disease and that it’s not Template’s fault. She tries to help and prevent things from going wrong as much as she can. She thinks that Template’s determination to keep going in this case is unmatched and admirable.
- Gauge is talking to Pale a lot when she’s with him because he seems to listen and doesn’t judge her for whatever is on her mind. Pale probably knows Gauge better than Template, even if Gauge spends less time with him.
Aaaaand that’s pretty much all I can think of right now. I hope more questions were answered! The only thing I really can’t answer is how she came to be, haha. I’d love to draw her more but I really can’t tell as other projects have a higher priority. But considering I made her two days before April Fools without even a clue about what to do, she’s really come a long way in just three days… I’m proud of her ;w;
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GET TO KNOW ME-
Basically, no one actually tagged me in this, but I thought i’d give it a go anyway seeing as this is a new blog and you guys can get to now me a bit, so I tag anyone who sees this and also wants to have a go...
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1. What is your full name? I’m not putting my last name on here, but my first name is Maja (Miya) 2. What is your nickname? I don’t really have one 3. Birthday? January 1st 4. What is your favourite book series? I don’t really read book series’ 5. Do you believe in aliens or ghosts? Not 100% sure, I don’t believe in the sort of ghosts you see in films, but I think I believe our loved ones stay with us in some way. As for aliens, idk, we can’t be the only life but idk. 6. Who is your favourite author? I find the fault in our stars quite overrated, but i’d say John Green because some of his others are my favourites! 7. What is your favourite radio station? BBC Radio 1 8. What is your favourite flavour of anything? this is such a weird question, how can you have a favourite flavour for everything? but if it’s sweet, definitely strawberry! 9. What word would you use often to describe something great or wonderful? Again, weird question, but i use so many words for this, my most used are probably lovely and amazing 10. What is your current favourite song? this changes alll the time, but right this minute it’s probably sunflower by post malone and swae lee 11. What is your favourite word? is this a thing? 12. What was the last song you listened to? vacation by hippo campus 13. What TV show would you recommend for everybody to watch? big mouth, orphan black, queer eye, dexter 14. What is your favourite movie to watch when you’re feeling down? the breakfast club or mean girls probably 15. Do you play video games? only the sims 16. What is your biggest fear? probably the death of people close to me, and in the future not being able to have children 17. What is your best quality, in your opinion? probably that i’m a friendly person 18. What is your worst quality, in your opinion? i’m v insecure 19. Do you like cats or dogs better? DOGS... always dogs! 20. What is your favourite season? autumn/winter 21. Are you in a relationship? yes 22. What is something you miss from your childhood? having way more friends and barely any responsibilities 23. Who is your best friend? my boyfriend 24. What is your eye colour? blue 25. What is your hair colour? brown 26. Who is someone you love? my boyfriend and family 27. Who is someone you trust? my boyfriend and closest family 28. Who is someone you think about often? okay wow, so much variety in these answers but the same as the previous two answers 29. Are you currently excited about/for something? christmas and my birthday 30. What is your biggest obsession? probably sims 31. What was your favourite TV show as a child? Probably Tracy beaker or that’s so raven 32. Who of the opposite gender can you tell anything to, if anyone? my boyfriend 33. Are you superstitious? only slightly 34. Do you have any unusual phobias? cracking knuckles, moths (but only indoors), realistic looking mannequins and gas masks... so not much 35. Do you prefer to be in front of the camera or behind it? behind, every single time 36. What is your favourite hobby? playing sims, graphic designing, video editing 37. What was the last book you read? The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks 38. What was the last movie you watched? Muppet’s Christmas Carol 39. What musical instruments do you play, if any? I play a bit of guitar and can play the mr bean theme song on piano if that counts 40. What is your favourite animal? dogs 41. What are your top 5 favourite Tumblr blogs that you follow? I definitely have more than 5 42. What superpower do you wish you had? be able to teleport and go invisible 43. When and where do you feel most at peace? probably at home with my boyfriend 44. What makes you smile? sorry if this is becoming a boring answer... but my boyfriend! also my dog :) 45. What sports do you play, if any? I don’t at the moment, but I have done tennis, dance (ballet, tap and modern), swimming, karate, speed skating and netball 46. What is your favourite drink? water... how boring ik 47. When was the last time you wrote a hand-written letter or note to somebody? Last month, I made my boyfriend a scrap book as one of my boyfriend’s presents for our anniversary and wrote some letters as part of it 48. Are you afraid of heights? not if it’s a secure height 49. What is your biggest pet peeve? I have wayyy too many and so many grammatical ones, I absolutely hate when people incorrectly use was and were, so if someone said ‘we was going’, I think it’s quite an essex thing but I hateeee it, I can’t stand bad grammar, but also slow walkers, people who walk through the door without looking behind them to hold the door open for people behind, other drivers not indicating, people that have to be louder than everyone else, people that chew with their mouths open... basically I have a lot and this list could go on and on and on 50. Have you ever been to a concert? I’ve seen all time low, the 1975, imagine dragons, sunset sons, ed sheeran and paramore in concert so far and i’m seeing panic! at the disco in march which i’m MEGA excited about!!! 51. Are you vegan/vegetarian? vegetarian 52. When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? This would change all the time, it went from radio dj, to dancer, to teacher when I was really young, then architect when I was a teenager, and now it’s clinical psychologist which i’m slowly working towards 53. What fictional world would you like to live in? I’ve not got a clue 54. What is something you worry about? EVERYTHING! I get a lot of social anxiety, so basically whenever i’m out of the house i’m worrying about absolutely everything and it’s the worst and gets me super down, so yeah, love that 55. Are you scared of the dark? okay so I don’t like leaving the dark, i’m fine being in the dark but I hate when i’m home alone and have to turn the lights off in the living room, kitchen and hall to go to bed... if that makes sense 56. Do you like to sing? i’m someone that, at home, is constantly singing, and when it’s only my boyfriend around, if one of us says a sentence that can in some way relate to a song, i’ll immediately sing it, but I suck so I won’t ever sing in public 57. Have you ever skipped school? in school I faked being ill a few times to get off of school, but in uni i’ve skipped way too many lectures over the past 3 years 58. What is your favourite place on the planet? I absolutely adore Spain, but also Belgrade (i’m half Serbian) 59. Where would you like to live? If not my current home town, i’d love to one day live somewhere like Norway or Sweden 60. Do you have any pets? yep, i’ve got a french bulldog 61. Are you more of an early bird or a night owl? I wake up pretty early, but I hate to start the day early 62. Do you like sunrises or sunsets better? sunsets. 63. Do you know how to drive? Yep 64. Do you prefer earbuds or headphones? the sound of headphones but I normally use earbuds 65. Have you ever had braces? nope, thank god 66. What is your favourite genre of music? this really ranges from charts, to indie rock, to ‘former emo kid’, to early 2000s r&b, to musical theatre 67. Who is your hero? probably my boyfriend 68. Do you read comic books? no 69. What makes you the most angry? as we’ve already gathered, I have a lot of pet peeves, so a lot! 70. Do you prefer to read on an electronic device or with a real book?a real book! 71. What is your favourite subject in school? I currently study psychology which has been my favourite subject since A levels, but during GCSEs I enjoyed maths 72. Do you have any siblings? 1 younger brother 73. What was the last thing you bought? some christmas presents for my boyfriend’s cousins 74. How tall are you? 5ft4 75. Can you cook? yes 76. What are three things that you love? spending time with people I love, travelling, collecting photos 77. What are three things that you hate? busy places, cheats, confrontation 78. Do you have more female friends or more male friends? I actually barely have any so this is kind of hard to answer 79. What is your sexual orientation? straight 80. Where do you currently live? England 81. Who was the last person you texted? my mum 82. When was the last time you cried? I’m not actually sure, which is funny because I cry all the time and super easily 83. Who is your favourite YouTuber? I have so many: in terms of sims: lilsimsie, urbansims, sophsims, simkim, plumbella, in terms of lifestyle: louise pentland, in terms of fashion and beauty: samantha maria, tati westbrook, busybee carys, patricia bright, antonio garza, and others: shane dawson, sarah baska, kendall rae, jaackmaate, and loads more! basically, if i’m not on tumblr, i’m on youtube, if i’m not on youtube i’m playing sims, and if i’m not on sims i’m on tumblr... 84. Do you like to take selfies? rarely 85. What is your favourite app? any social media 86. What is your relationship with your parent(s) like? fab 87. What is your favourite foreign accent? Australian and Scottish 88. What is a place that you’ve never been to, but you want to visit? I have so many but I won’t bore you with another long list, so just a few: Sweden, South Africa, Iceland and Canada 89. What is your favourite number? 1 90. Can you juggle? no 91. Are you religious? I was baptised but don’t really consider myself religious 92. Do you find outer space or the deep ocean to be more interesting? both as interesting as the other 93. Do you consider yourself to be a daredevil? not really 94. Are you allergic to anything? no 95. Can you curl your tongue? yep, one of my weird ‘party tricks’ is I can actually curl it 180 degrees 96. Can you wiggle your ears? no 97. How often do you admit that you were wrong about something? not as often as I should 98. Do you prefer the forest or the beach? probably the forest 99. What is your favourite piece of advice that anyone has ever given you?my dad probably gives the best life advice but there’s too much to put here 100. Are you a good liar? It depends 101. What is your Hogwarts House? Hufflepuff 102. Do you talk to yourself? All the time 103. Are you an introvert or an extrovert? I N T R O V E R T, i’m so introverted to the point I hate it but seriously struggle to change it 104. Do you keep a journal/diary? no but I have in the past 105. Do you believe in second chances? it depends 106. If you found a wallet full of money on the ground, what would you do? Hand it in 107. Do you believe that people are capable of change? It depends 108. Are you ticklish? VERY 109. Have you ever been on a plane? manyyyy times 110. Do you have any piercings? nope, I have but not anymore 111. What fictional character do you wish was real? no idea 112. Do you have any tattoos? nope 113. What is the best decision that you’ve made in your life so far? I’m really not sure 114. Do you believe in karma? to an extent, but at the same time bad things seem to happen to good people, sooooo 115. Do you wear glasses or contacts? neither 116. Do you want children? yes 117. Who is the smartest person you know? my cousin 118. What is your most embarrassing memory? omg my whole life is filled with embarrassing memories that I seem to always remember at the most inconvenient times or when i’m about to go to sleep that just haunt me out of nowhere...fun 119. Have you ever pulled an all-nighter? yes 120. What colour are most of you clothes? black or white 121. Do you like adventures? yep 122. Have you ever been on TV? no 123. How old are you? 20 - nearly 21 124. What is your favourite quote? not really sure. 125. Do you prefer sweet or savoury foods? sweet
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I saw the Get to Know Me Tag floating around and I wanted to try it out. It’s also been a while since I’ve made my simself! I’m not always mad but I do have a quick temper thus my face up above. Under the cut is the rest of the questions.
I was not tagged but I tag anyone that wants to do it!
RULES: Post a pic of your simself with your traits and answer the questions!
Traits: Bookworm, Hot-headed, Foodie
1. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME? Jenna
2. WHAT IS YOUR NICKNAME? most of my nicknames in life are based off of my last name sooooo....
3. BIRTHDAY? February 5
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK SERIES? I read a lot of books, mostly stand alones. I guess Hunger Games?
5. DO YOU BELIEVE IN ALIENS OR GHOSTS? yes and yes
6. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR? Courtney Summers
7. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE RADIO STATION? Alt Nation on xm radio, or my spotify
8. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FLAVOR OF ANYTHING? blue raspberry!!
9. WHAT WORD WOULD YOU USE OFTEN TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING GREAT OR WONDERFUL? amazing
10. WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT FAVORITE SONG? &Run by Sir Sly
11. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WORD? I don’t think I have a favorite word! maybe zesty
12. WHAT WAS THE LAST SONG YOU LISTENED TO? something off the new 21P album, can’t remember the name
13. WHAT TV SHOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND FOR EVERYBODY TO WATCH? Gilmore Girls, Brooklyn 99, Parks & Rec, Chef’s Table, Parts Unknown w/ Anthony Bourdain (RIP)
14. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE TO WATCH WHEN YOU’RE FEELING DOWN? I like to watch RuPaul’s Drag Race when I’m feeling terrible, I don’t have the attention span for movies.
15. DO YOU PLAY VIDEO GAMES? mostly Sims, but I like Animal Crossing and Pokemon
16. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR? dying alone
17. WHAT IS YOUR BEST QUALITY, IN YOUR OPINION? I’m really passionate about things when I want to be
18. WHAT IS YOUR WORST QUALITY, IN YOUR OPINION? sometimes I can be distant to close family and friends
19. DO YOU LIKE CATS OR DOGS BETTER? I love both but my kitty is the best boy
20. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON? Fall, but summer in Maine is always great
21. ARE YOU IN A RELATIONSHIP? yeah with myself thank u next
22. WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU MISS FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD? No responsibilities NO BILLS
23. WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND? Kat + Jess
24. WHAT IS YOUR EYE COLOR? blue
25. WHAT IS YOUR HAIR COLOR? brown with blonde streaks
26. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU LOVE? My family and my friends and my cat
27. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU TRUST? Kat
28. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN? my friends from school who I haven’t seen in ages
29. ARE YOU CURRENTLY EXCITED ABOUT/FOR SOMETHING? Christmas? trying to plan a trip for next year too so maybe that if it comes through!!
30. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST OBSESSION? Coffeeeeee
31. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW AS A CHILD? Spongebob + Rugrats
32. WHO OF THE OPPOSITE GENDER CAN YOU TELL ANYTHING TO, IF ANYONE? I don’t think I could tell any man ANYTHING right now but there are some I’ll tell a lot to.
33. ARE YOU SUPERSTITIOUS? a little bit!
34. DO YOU HAVE ANY UNUSUAL PHOBIAS? I hate rodents!!!
35. DO YOU PREFER TO BE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA OR BEHIND IT? a little bit of both but it’s usually me behind the camera
36. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HOBBY? reading, writing, cooking, Sims
37. WHAT WAS THE LAST BOOK YOU READ? Where She Went by Gayle Forman
38. WHAT WAS THE LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? some christmas movie on netflix I already forget what it was called
39. WHAT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS DO YOU PLAY, IF ANY? I played the flute for about two weeks in the 5th grade
40. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ANIMAL? Cats & dogs but I also love bears
41. WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 5 FAVORITE TUMBLR BLOGS THAT YOU FOLLOW? uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
42. WHAT SUPERPOWER DO YOU WISH YOU HAD? to stop time
43. WHEN AND WHERE DO YOU FEEL MOST AT PEACE? On the couch or out in the woods with a bowl
44. WHAT MAKES YOU SMILE? nature! good music
45. WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY, IF ANY? lol sports. sometimes I do yoga
46. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DRINK? fountain sprite or Dunks coffee
47. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WROTE A HAND-WRITTEN LETTER OR NOTE TO SOMEBODY? today! I sent my friend a gift in the mail
48. ARE YOU AFRAID OF HEIGHTS? a little bit
49. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PET PEEVE? impolite and closeminded people
50. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A CONCERT? [pasdfiosjfkjlasdk yeah I’ve been to a TON because I’m a concert junkie
51. ARE YOU VEGAN/VEGETARIAN? nah
52. WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? A teacher/a journalist/an actress
53. WHAT FICTIONAL WORLD WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE IN? maybe Hogwarts?
54. WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WORRY ABOUT? losing someone very important to me, being unable to pay my bills
55. ARE YOU SCARED OF THE DARK? only like, PITCH BLACK dark
56. DO YOU LIKE TO SING? I love singing along but I think I’m terrible
57. HAVE YOU EVER SKIPPED SCHOOL? not in HS but lots in college to smoke weed on the beach
58. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE ON THE PLANET? the beach!!! I love love love the water
59. WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE? I like where I am now a lot
60. DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS? a kitty cat named Poe
61. ARE YOU MORE OF AN EARLY BIRD OR A NIGHT OWL? a night owl, I’m up way too late for my own good
62. DO YOU LIKE SUNRISES OR SUNSETS BETTER? Sunsets
63. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DRIVE? yes
64. DO YOU PREFER EARBUDS OR HEADPHONES? headphones
65. HAVE YOU EVER HAD BRACES? yes
66. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE GENRE OF MUSIC? I like pretty much everything but rap/country
67. WHO IS YOUR HERO? my mom
68. DO YOU READ COMIC BOOKS? not really
69. WHAT MAKES YOU THE MOST ANGRY? lol my road rage is real
70. DO YOU PREFER TO READ ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE OR WITH A REAL BOOK? mostly real books but don’t mind electronic devices
71. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL? History & English
72. DO YOU HAVE ANY SIBLINGS? older brother + older sister
73. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT? coffee
74. HOW TALL ARE YOU? 5′3″
75. CAN YOU COOK? yes I love to cook
76. WHAT ARE THREE THINGS THAT YOU LOVE? laughing, listening to others, adventures
77. WHAT ARE THREE THINGS THAT YOU HATE? confrontation when it doesn’t involve me, emotions, stupid heads
78. DO YOU HAVE MORE FEMALE FRIENDS OR MORE MALE FRIENDS? even mix I’d say
79. WHAT IS YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION? straight
80. WHERE DO YOU CURRENTLY LIVE? Maine
81. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TEXTED? my friend
82. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? on Monday lol
83. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE YOUTUBER? like a lot of Youtubers tbh
84. DO YOU LIKE TO TAKE SELFIES? every once in a while
85. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE APP? Instagram
86. WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PARENT(S) LIKE? I love them both and they love me! sometimes my mom and I butt heads but we’re just both really headstrong lol
87. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOREIGN ACCENT? British & New Zealand
88. WHAT IS A PLACE THAT YOU’VE NEVER BEEN TO, BUT YOU WANT TO VISIT? Sweden
89. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER? 5
90. CAN YOU JUGGLE? nope
91. ARE YOU RELIGIOUS? not really
92. DO YOU FIND OUTER SPACE OF THE DEEP OCEAN TO BE MORE INTERESTING? deep ocean!!
93. DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE A DAREDEVIL? sometimes
94. ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO ANYTHING? nope
95. CAN YOU CURL YOUR TONGUE? yes
96. CAN YOU WIGGLE YOUR EARS? nope
97. HOW OFTEN DO YOU ADMIT THAT YOU WERE WRONG ABOUT SOMETHING? ahahahaha every once in a while I guess
98. DO YOU PREFER THE FOREST OR THE BEACH? beach!!
99. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PIECE OF ADVICE THAT ANYONE HAS EVER GIVEN YOU? control what you can // confront what you can’t // always remember how lucky you are to have yourself
100. ARE YOU A GOOD LIAR? yes with small lies
101. WHAT IS YOUR HOGWARTS HOUSE? Ravenclaw
102. DO YOU TALK TO YOURSELF? all the timeeee
103. ARE YOU AN INTROVERT OR AN EXTROVERT? depends on the day
104. DO YOU KEEP A JOURNAL/DIARY? I try to keep one but it never works
105. DO YOU BELIEVE IN SECOND CHANCES? depends on the circumstance
106. IF YOU FOUND A WALLET FULL OF MONEY ON THE GROUND, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Return it to the owner (if I can find the address & it isn’t too far) otherwise bring it to the police station
107. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF CHANGE? Yes, but not always.
108. ARE YOU TICKLISH? verrrry
109. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON A PLANE? yes I love to fly I wish I did it more
110. DO YOU HAVE ANY PIERCINGS? just my ears
111. WHAT FICTIONAL CHARACTER DO YOU WISH WAS REAL? meh
112. DO YOU HAVE ANY TATTOOS? yes “(un)lost” on my wrist
113. WHAT IS THE BEST DECISION THAT YOU’VE MADE IN YOUR LIFE SO FAR? move to Maine by myself
114. DO YOU BELIEVE IN KARMA? yes she’s a bitch
115. DO YOU WEAR GLASSES OR CONTACTS? nope
116. DO YOU WANT CHILDREN? maybe someday! too early in my life to tell
117. WHO IS THE SMARTEST PERSON YOU KNOW? my older brother
118. WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING MEMORY? god why ask
119. HAVE YOU EVER PULLED AN ALL-NIGHTER? yes many times
120. WHAT COLOR ARE MOST OF YOU CLOTHES? Dark blue/gray/black
121. DO YOU LIKE ADVENTURES? YES!!
122. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON TV? yeah! I was on the Today Show when I was 10
123. HOW OLD ARE YOU? 23
124. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE QUOTE? always be your own sunshine
125. DO YOU PREFER SWEET OR SAVORY FOODS? i’ve got a lethal sweet tooth
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Male haunted armour x reader - Part Two (nsfw)
Edit which I’m including in all my works after plagiarism and theft has taken place: I do not give my consent for my works to be used, copied, published, or posted anywhere. They are copyrighted and belong to me.
This began as a request from an anon who wasn’t able to do a ko-fi commission for a 10-sentence drabble, and @diner stepped kindly in and ended up donating enough to my ko-fi that I simply made it a part two instead of counting the requisite number of sentences... Thank you!!
Gender neutral reader and nsfw! Hope you folks like it!! Ruben needs his own story now, asap!
Part One (sfw)
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That first extra night at Aubrey and Ruben’s castle turned seamlessly into a week.
Long after you’d finished the conservation job, you remained there, and, true to his word, Aubrey showed you every secret the old stones had to share. The treasury was, obviously, stunning. It didn’t take a genius to work out why Ruben’s grasping, vampire mother had wanted to get her claws into her new husband’s breathtaking wealth, but Aubrey didn’t show it off; he merely showed you. There were enamelled goblets and glittering gemstones, huge silver chargers and tiny Tudor miniature portraits. He jokingly placed an elegant, diamond tiara on your head, and bowed chivalrously to you, heedless of your protests that you were hardly the sort of person who suited a tiara. He even found you an exquisite miniature portrait of his father done in the style of the court at the time, and you immediately noted the similarities between his facial features and in the portrait you’d seen of Aubrey upstairs. There was one of Ruben, too, as a young boy of about thirteen, and you had to smile somewhat sadly. He looked so happy and innocent, his face soft and laughing. That had been before all the tragedy.
As you traced your finger around the elaborate, gold rim of the miniature, Aubrey brought his hand to your chin and tilted it upright. “Are you alright?” he asked.
“Yeah,” you sighed, tearing your gaze from the happy little face of the dark haired boy. “I just wish there was someone for Ruben, that’s all. He seems so sad all the time.”
“That’s just his face,” Aubrey tried to joke, but it fell flat. “I should get him out of the castle more - he’s hardly likely to have my luck and actually have someone come along to the castle and sweep him off his sabatons, is he?”
You had to smirk at that, and handed him back the portrait so he could return it to the glass-fronted safe cupboard.
The days began to blend into one another after that second night. The weather was still wintry and foul, and Ruben and Aubrey took it upon themselves to teach you chess one evening. You were hopeless, as you’d promised them you would be, so you and Aubrey ended up playing together against Ruben, who was, predictably, scarily good.
You spent more time chatting to them than concentrating on moves, but Aubrey seemed to be able to multi-task. “I always lose to Ruben anyway,” he laughed when you wondered aloud if you could ask him something else, “So it makes no difference if it’s by a whisker or a mile… Ask away…”
You laughed, and the ghost dog, Brice, shifted his head sleepily in your lap. Ruben kept eyeing the way your hand played through his fur, but he didn’t offer to share his thoughts.
“So, what do you two do when you’re not giving up on teaching a rookie chess?” you asked as Aubrey made his move and sat back, leaning on his hands. He was sitting on the drawing room floor on that hearth rug again, while Ruben took a seat on the crimson sofa. The height of Aubrey’s armour meant that he could see the board easily from the ground, and you sat cross-legged beside him, enjoying the glow of the fire up your back and listening to the brothers’ friendly bickering.
“I…” Aubrey brought the leathery underside of his gloves up to rub a point on his helmet right about where his temples would have been. “I kind of… Uh…”
Ruben rolled his eyes. “He’s an online celebrity,” he chuckled. “Also, checkmate.”
Aubrey tipped his head back and laughed softly.
“Wait, you’re what now?” you asked. “Would I have heard of you? And how did I not know this?”
Aubrey let out a nervous little laugh and shot his brother a look, despite having no discernible facial features with which to create such a look. Ruben only laughed and leaned back on the sofa with his arms crossed over his slim chest, a smug and very brotherly look on his face.
“Aubrey?” you prompted, nudging him in the ‘ribs’ of his breastplate.
He clanked softly and then looked down at you. “It’s nothing weird or anything,” he mumbled. “I just have an online comic or two that I draw,” he said shyly. “I’ve got a few followers and subscribers…”
“How many?” Ruben added, and you got the distinct impression that he was deliberately trying to embarrass his older brother, though it was clearly nothing spiteful. He was obviously very proud of him, and it was good to see little laughter lines at the corner of the vampire’s eyes for once.
“A lot,” Aubrey said flatly. “Enough to pay this castle’s heating bills in the winter,” he added.
You were amazed. “I… I’d never thought you…” you faltered, suddenly blushing.
It was Aubrey’s turn to laugh now. “What, you thought that because I’m a rusty old piece of armour, I don’t know what the internet is?”
“Rusty no longer, thank you very much,” you corrected playfully. “But, well… yeah…” you admitted, earning a smile from Ruben. “Sorry…”
“It’s alright,” Aubrey sighed. “I’ve moved with the times and gone from traditional painting to digital. Ruben can’t even operate a television without help, but that’s because he’s a stubborn old vampire stereotype who sleeps in a coffin, but I enjoy it. It stops me going stir-crazy, you know?”
“I’d love to see your work,” you said, deftly avoiding touching on the subject of Ruben’s technological prowess, or utter lack thereof. “What’s the blog called?”
Before he could squirm out of it, Ruben butted in with, “It’s called ‘Chivalry’s Not Dead’.”
A massive grin split your face and you watched as Aubrey fell utterly still, his gaze locked on a spot on the far side of the room. This, you’d come to realise in the short time you’d known him, was his way of blushing and pretending things weren’t happening. “I love it,” you said, reaching for his arm and sliding your fingers around his wrist. It was warm and smooth, and as your touch connected, the whole suit of armour shivered, the rivets clanking softly.
With a sigh, he moved his head and looked back down at you. “I know it’s cringey, but it started out as a name I just used - for obvious reasons,” he added, holding up a gauntleted hand, “- and then somehow I got popular, and it just kind of stuck.”
Ruben stood elegantly and said, “Why don’t you two flick through some of Aubrey’s art? I’m… going to go to the library, I think. Enjoy the rest of your evening.”
“Goodnight, Ruben,” you smiled, and he nodded politely at you as he left the room.
“Hang on a minute,” Aubrey hissed at you, rising in a clattering rush and heading out after his brother.
You caught the sounds of a muted conversation in the hallway outside, and while they were otherwise engaged, you took out your phone and began to search for his blog. It didn’t take you long to find it, and you were astonished at what you found. He had several comics ongoing, and apparently also did commissions for people. The tag line beneath what was obviously a selfie, though no one else would realise that, was ‘An old soul in a new age.’ And if that wasn’t appropriate, then you didn’t know what was.
His art was beautiful. He had obviously been classically trained, since his anatomy was perfect, but the line work and colours were more contemporary. The most popular storyline appeared to be centred around the adventures of a blacksmith’s apprentice and a dragon, though there were a number of others which attracted your attention.
You were so engrossed that you didn’t even hear him come back into the room and sink down on the sofa to watch you. “What do you think?” he eventually asked, making you jump almost out of your skin.
“Aubrey, you’re so talented! This is incredible!”
“Oh gosh,” he laughed, scratching the back of his helmet. “I’m not sure about that, but I’ve had a lot of time to practise, I suppose. I’m glad you like them.”
“Do you have a favourite?” you asked, hopping up onto the sofa beside him.
He chuckled and said, “I don’t have my special touch-sensitive gloves with me down here - they’re up in my studio. You’ll have to find it. It’s a story about a little fairy who meets a goblin in the woods when she gets lost, and the two of them have an adventure together. Search for ‘Gossamer’ and you should find it.”
You spent the next two hours looking through his artwork. He insisted that you at least get comfortable on the sofa beside him, and while you curled up and lay your head in his lap, resting your cheek on a cushion that he moved there to give you something a little softer than the bare metal of his tassets, you scrolled happily through all his works on the blog. He also had a website where followers could pay a subscription and have exclusive access to all sorts of things, but you never even got close to getting round to that - the sheer volume of stuff on his blog had kept you utterly absorbed.
All the while you surfed through his artwork, he stroked your hair and made little comments about the stories or the characters, filling you in on details as and when you asked for them but otherwise keeping pretty quiet.
Eventually though, he said it was getting late, and asked if you wanted to head up to bed. The fire had burned low, Brice was still flaked out in front of it, fast asleep and dreaming contentedly, and you realised you were in that mellow place where sleep or something else could easily claim you.
You reached a palm up to cup the curve of his helmet, and smiled at him. “Yeah, I guess so.” You waggled the phone in your hand and said again, “You’re really talented, Aubrey…”
“Come on,” he scolded playfully. “Don’t make me carry you upstairs.”
“Could you?” you asked, surprised. “I mean… how strong is the armour?”
“Oh, it’s strong,” he laughed. “And definitely strong enough to pick you up and toss you over my shoulder.”
“You wouldn’t!” you yelped, but before you could even voice a proper protest, he had done just that. “Put me down!” you giggled, bent in half over his shoulder.
“Right,” he said, patting your backside affectionately. “Come on.”
He carried you all the way up to your bedroom like that, and about halfway there, you gave up and flopped disconsolately down like a limp rag doll.
When he set you carefully down onto your bed, he stepped back, appearing nervous. “Are you alright?” he asked tentatively. “I… I didn’t overstep any boundaries, did I? I didn’t hurt you?”
You laughed and flopped back onto the bed. “No, Aubrey,” you said. “You didn’t. I’m fine. I just wish…” you cut off with a sigh.
Immediately he sank onto the bed beside you and placed his gauntleted palm down on your thigh. “What?” he asked gently. “What’s wrong?”
You raised your arms and placed them behind your head. “I never thought I’d say this to anyone, Aubrey, let alone someone like you, but… I’m really falling for you. Hard. And I’m starting to want a lot of the things that often go with feelings like these, if you follow me. But… well… I’m not exactly sure you’re… you know… in a position to be able to do any of them with me…”
He seemed surprised at that, and then he chuckled softly. “I… I have my ways,” he said. “Maybe they’re not… conventional, but if you want to explore some of them, I’m game. I like you,” he added shyly, “A lot… I want to make you feel good.”
“Oh,” was all you could get your brain to come up with in response.
“Do you remember when you un-stoppered the bottle which Ruben had stored my essence in all day?”
You nodded, recalling the way the thick mist had swirled around you, sending shivers down your spine, like the sensation of soft, silky fingers caressing your skin wherever it touched.
“Well,” he went on, “You already know that I don’t have to be bound to this armour. I mean, I can touch you when I’m like this if you like, but I can also…” He raised his hand and, as he had done once before, he let a small amount of his glowing, phosphorescent essence seep out. It curled into a little coiling tendril in his palm, and then he reached out for you. He lowered his hand slowly towards you, and the tendril of fog unfurled and began to stroke along your jaw.
You shuddered and let your eyes roll shut, enjoying the unusual feeling.
“Please,” you whispered. “Yes, please, I want this… however you want to do this… Show me.”
He hummed quietly and then stood, parking his armour on a chair in a corner of the room. You watched, fascinated, as pale mist rose from every seam and joint in the armour, coalescing into the form of a human in front of you. It shifted and shimmered, slipping and returning to something more nebulous. “I’m sorry,” a very quiet whisper uttered, coming from the very air around you, from everywhere and nowhere all at once. The scraping, ethereal sound of it sent goosebumps rippling across your skin. “I can’t hold a form for long.”
“I don’t need you to,” you breathed. “I just need you…”
He approached you as a glowing mist, growing denser and more opaque as he drew closer, and then he began to swirl around you from your ankles all the way up your body. It was like nothing you’d ever experienced before: intense in a way you couldn’t define, and yet vague enough to set you tingling all over.
“Aubrey!” you gasped, and you heard him chuckle softly.
“Relax,” he said in a breathy murmur. “Let me make you feel good…”
You lay back then, and he formed a thick cloud above you. Wherever his essence touched you, it felt like summer morning sunlight on bare skin, warm and comforting but not searing. You’d always imagined a ghost would be cold, but he was anything but cold. Then, Aubrey surprised you by slipping between your clothes and your skin so that you wore him like a second skin. It was incredible - as though you’d sunk, fully clothed, into a hot bath. You gasped as his essence travelled like tender fingers down your body, towards an ever more intimate spot, and surrounded you where you were most sensitive. Your spine arched as he pressed and nudged against you, teasing you.
“Oh God, Aubrey!” you moaned as he pressed himself against you, moving somehow in the confined space in repeated, shuddering waves until you felt heat coiling inside you, that delicious racking up of tension. “Let me take my clothes off,” you begged as your temperature soared from the closeness of his essence and the heat of your own body. “Please…?”
He withdrew from where he was pressed up tightly against your whole body then, but not without teasing you one last time on his way past and making you gasp and shiver.
You undressed slowly, and the cloud hovering beside you on the bed seemed barely able to wait until you had ditched the last of your clothes on the floor before pouncing on you. He tried to make himself as tangible as possible, and every now and again you were able to grasp part of him in your fingers. Whenever you did, he would moan deliciously in your ear, and shudder.
A wetness on your thigh drew your gaze down your body, and you saw a pale liquid dripping onto your skin from the mist around you. “Aubrey?” you murmured curiously.
“Oh,” he smiled - you could hear the gesture in his voice, even if nothing but swirling pale fog filled your senses. “I… I can’t help it… It’s… ectoplasm… it happens when I get like this… get worked up…” He seemed to be finding it difficult to voice his thoughts, getting lost in the sensation of being wrapped around and pressed against your naked body. He slipped a tendril of his essence down between your legs, pushing them apart so that he could tease as much of you as possible. He rocked gently against you, and you felt more of the slick ectoplasm on your sensitive skin. “Can I?” he asked. “Please?”
You nodded, breathless with pleasure as he began to ease himself inside you. The rest of the formless mist still surrounded your lower body and lapped at your chest and stomach like waves on the shore. It was intense in a way you could never have imagined, and as he filled you slowly, gently, wonderfully, he toyed with you, driving you to ever more sensitive heights until you began to pant and gasp, back arching.
“Aubrey, I’m… I’m close!” you whimpered.
“Come… for me…” he whispered, the sound emanating from everywhere, vibrating in the air close to your ears. “I… I can’t… hold back… much longer…”
The lights began to flicker and the temperature dropped noticeably in the room, pebbling your nipples even more. A thin tendril of his essence lunged out for one and pinched it hard, sending you spiralling suddenly over the edge into a spasming rush of ecstasy at just the same moment that his ghostly form rippled and pulsed. All the lights went dark for a moment, and your breath misted in front of you, joining with his nebulous essence.
A few pounding heartbeats later, and the temperature rose once more, and the lights grew brighter.
Aubrey’s form slumped down on top of you for a moment, billowing and broiling and then falling silent. With a wheeze, he withdrew, sliding off the bed and floating over to where his armour sat empty and lifeless. As you looked down at your stomach, there was a large, clear hand print outlined in viscous ectoplasm, and the sight of it sent a fresh wash of emotion through you.
Your vision was still vague from the intensity of your release, but you watched as he snuck in through a chink in the left sabaton, and the armour gradually shuddered back to life, starting in that left foot and working its way up to his helmet. He rose and tottered a little unsteadily towards the bed, and came round to lie down beside you. The floral etchings on his chest glimmered and seemed to ripple and sway in the soft light of the room.
He rested his hand on your stomach, carefully avoiding the mess of ectoplasm he’d left behind up and down your body, and whispered, “Are you alight?”
You nodded wordlessly, knowing you had that utterly blissed-out expression on your face, and not caring one bit. You could still feel where he’d filled you, and it was wonderful. Eventually you opened your eyes again and gazed at him. “Aubrey, that was… amazing. I don’t think I’ve ever come like that…”
He let out a little laugh and lay back on the pillows. “It was intense for me too,” he said. “Next time, if you like, you can make a mess of this armour with me…”
“After I put all that effort into cleaning you off and conserving you?” you snorted.
He laughed, a rich, warm laugh, and started to draw the covers up over you. You stopped him, saying you wanted to clean off first, and that expensive metal armour was definitely not allowed in a steamy, humid bathroom. He’d have to wait out here.
Aubrey obediently nodded and watched you walk over to the en-suite bathroom with a sigh. When you emerged a little while later, he was still there, and it no longer seemed strange to see a moving suit of armour. You just saw him.
When you said so, he tugged you playfully into the bed and covered you with the thick, warm duvet. He snuggled down beside you, his metal body warm and comforting, despite its solid hardness. He wrapped himself around you and nuzzled your cheek with his helmet.
Perhaps an hour later, you stirred from sleep, a little too warm, and heard him murmuring to you, thinking you were still asleep. “I love you,” he said, his distinctive voice barely audible. “I know it’s barely been a week, but I love you.”
You shifted slightly, pushing yourself back against him and he only hugged you tighter.
“Don’t leave,” he added suddenly in a hoarse, choked whisper. “Please, stay here with me.”
“I’m not going anywhere, Aubrey,” you said sleepily. “I promise.”
“Oh,” he chirped, surprised. “I didn’t know you were awake!”
“Barely… But I mean it.”
“Go back to sleep,” he said, stroking your hair. “And thank you.”
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RDC3 Personal Highlights (spoilers: feels!)
So it’s been a few days since RDC3 and I still have not finished processing all the emotions. But I wanted to post my personal con highlights while they’re still fresh in my memory. Brace yourselves--it’s going to be a long one!
Firstly, let me get a few basics out of the way. It was beyond wonderful to see my wonderful fannibal family again. Truly, you guys make my life better every day in every imaginable way. In fact, my only real regret is that I was running around like a mad woman on a mission all weekend, and didn’t spend as much time with friends old and new as I wanted to. I didn’t even give out many of my posters! I hope you all forgive me <3
I got a chance to meet a couple of my favourite artists, @camilleflyingrotten and @theseavoices - I think I kept my cool and didn’t fangirl too hard. I also briefly ran into @bansheegrahamtao who sadly did not throw wine at me again, I was very disappointed :P
I would also like to thank everyone for all the amazing and thoughtful gifts and swag I came away with--including a beautiful handmade scarf from one of my dear friends. I will cherish it all, and plan to plaster the art all over the walls when @the-winnowing-wind and I officially move in together this month.
Onto the guests, who were all fantastic. Ellen seemed lovely, though I missed her solo q&a on Sat because I was stewarding. Demore was an absolute delight and so, so funny and sweet! Scott and Aaron were on their ‘best behaviour’ after their shenanigans at the first con... So naturally this translated into 50 Shades of Hannibal, featuring such scenes as Scott wearing Hannibal’s actual collar from ‘Digestivo’, Scott in high heels pretending to be Hannibal while Aaron as Will cried and smacked him with a riding crop, Aaron on his belly kissing Scott’s feet, and an actual adorable kiss. Love these guys so much. Myself and the co-writer of CopCop also had a chance to explain the upcoming comic to them, and they seemed excited at the prospect so watch this space!
(We’ll talk about Bryan in a little bit. I have a lot to say about Bryan.)
Hugh Dancy was just such a friendly, genuine person, and he seemed to have such a great time the whole weekend. He was so up for everything, dressing up with Bryan for the costume contest, doing all the crazy poses in photos... Speaking of which:
I said ‘I’m going to freak out’ because my mind went blank and I couldn’t think of a funny pose. Bryan said ‘should we freak out too?’ and then Hugh... Oh Hugh. There are no words for how much I love this picture.
I sadly missed the fannibal musical because I was taking part in the costume contest, but let me say that I’m so proud of everyone involved, and really grateful that I got to contribute in small small way with a few illustrations in the booklet. I’ve heard the performance was beyond amazing!
As for the costume contest, everyone looked amazing. In what is becoming a weird con tradition, the Chesapeake Stripper made a return, despite her utter terror at doing that in front of Hugh and Bryan. Luckily, she was joined by a friend--the fearless and fabulous @violetdebauched as the Stripper!Will to my Stripper!Hannibal. The pictures I’ve seen of the guests’ faces are amazing, and I’ve heard Hugh’s jaw dropped when Stripper!Will came out. And even though I ever so slightly... fell over in my stripper heels... right in front of my idols... Well, we looked fierce :P
I’d also like to share a pic of my Hannibal vinyl which I’ve had signed this con and last, and which now bears the sentiment ‘Great Stripping’ from Mr Aaron Abrams. This is the kind of positive affirmation I need in my life ha ha!
Now. Let’s talk about Bryan. Sit down, we’ll be here a while.
I’ll start by saying I had a few moments with Bryan that I can’t talk about publicly, either because they were deeply, deeply personal, or because they relate to something which may happen in the future but I don’t want to jinx it.
Bryan was just a bundle of energy and enthusiasm and love the entire weekend. From yelling ‘I want to crowd-surf!’ and going running around the hall slapping high fives, to signing autographs on Sunday for 8 freaking hours straight without taking a break (except to do the closing ceremony, and going straight back to it), he was just incredible. He was just so excited to see everyone and could not be stopped from jumping out of whatever he was supposed to be doing to take selfies or snap a pic of someone’s costume or tattoo (he took a pic of my arm ha ha!).
Speaking of his marathon autograph session, I stewarded it the whole time (3.30pm-11.30pm, phew!) and I don’t think he stopped smiling once that entire time. He was insistent on spending time with each and every person and it was a real delight to witness. Towards the end of the session, when there were only a few dozen people left, I remembered I had some of these posters in my bag and handed them out to the people queuing to spark some conversation with them, since we were all tired by then. I went back to guarding the door, when a fannibal ran up to me and said Bryan wanted one of the posters--he’d seen someone holding it, but I don’t think he knew where it had come from. I didn’t have any left on my person, so the lovely fannibal gave hers back and the staff let me slip it onto Bryan’s table (lovely fannibal, if you’re reading this, let me know who you are and I’ll send you a replacement and something pretty to say thank you!). Sadly, this almost ended in tears because one person at the end of the queue did something shockingly spiteful and unkind which resulted in Bryan losing the poster... I won’t go into details because it’s not worth the drama. But thanks to the kindness of the staff, and possibly because I have good karma, we got him a spare and he told me he wants to frame it. I don’t know if he will, but it was so sweet of him to say I just cried! That was the second time he made me cry that day! As for the first time...
As many of you know, I was compiling a fan book for Bryan featuring art, letters, poems, and pictures from fannibals all over the world. I got around 200 submissions, so thank you all so much for making that happen! Bryan already knew about the book because he somehow found my post on Twitter, and had said he was super excited. Boy was he excited.
I spent weeks working on the book, culiminating in two sleepless nights before the con feverishly finalizing the proofs, and sent it off to the printer Thursday morning. Kudos to my printers for hearing a frantic fannibal on the phone begging them to rush the order and doing such a great job of it! It arrived at the hotel shortly I did on Friday, and I began taking it around for people to sign and write messages on the inside covers. After all, I had titled it the Fannibal Yearbook, so that seemed appropriate. Thank you all for the enthusiastic and heartfelt response!
On Saturday morning, I had a photo with Bryan and decided to get one of us holding the book, because I was really attached to it by now and wanted something to remember it by. Bryan’s face lit up when he saw it and he said he’d been looking forward to it, but I told him he couldn’t have it yet and shouldn’t look at it! He said he loved it already and squeezed me after we’d taken the picture:
On Sunday, with the book now chock-full of messages for him, I decided the best time to present it to him would be during his q&a panel with Hugh, so everyone could enjoy his reaction (it wasn’t my book, so many people made it possible and they all deserved to share that moment). I got in line, and when I got to the mic and told him we’d like to present him the book, his reaction was amazing. He grinned and said something like ‘I’ve been looking forward to this all weekend! It’s the last day of the con and I thought, where’s my book, I want my book!’ Then he hopped down off the stage to take it, and gave me a huge hug.
(photo by @solamentenic on Twitter, whose tumblr name momentarily escapes me!)
(Photo by Naomi Roper Photogaphy)
I believe what happened next was Bryan thanking everyone for all their lovely art and letters, etc... But I was suddenly very emotional and didn’t want him to see me cry (again, that resolve lasted all of about 10 hours) so I went back to my seat and had a wee sob. Thanks to the person who gave me a tissue!
I hope he loves the book, and maybe he will tweet some pictures at some point! Then earlier today, someone sent me a link to these pictures on the Starfury Instragram account:
These pictures were already EVERYTHING. And then I noticed which page they were looking at in the first picture. It’s this one:
The one in the bottom right corner that Hugh seems to be looking/pointing at? That’s a piece of my own art that I included: The Brides of Hannibal pastiche poster, aka my favourite thing I’ve ever drawn. I don’t know if they’re looking at the same page in the second picture, but that reaction is so beautiful and pure that, whatever caused it, it’s giving me life! Just think guys--we made Bryan throw his head back laughing, we did it! High five!
I’m going to wrap it up there because this has taken 3 hours to write already, even though I’m definitely forgetting about 100 amazing things that happened. Thank you all for the hugs, the gifts, the laughs, and just basically for being the most lovely and caring group of people I’ve ever had the privilege of associating with. I love you all, and I can’t wait until we dine together again!
Yours totally functional and more or less sane,
Sam xx
(p.s. I think I’m right in saying Bryan confirmed Will and Hannibal are switches?? This makes me suuuuuper happy)
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As soon as I arrived for Day Two of the Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), I made a mad dash to the autograph section while dodging hundreds of attendees. National MeTV horror host, Svengoolie, was signing at Table #25 and, per his producer/assistant Jim Roche, I was to meet the crew just prior to his 11 am appearance. Seconds after reaching the spot, I got swept by the host and his television crew who’d been right behind me. For the last five years, I’ve been one of the luckiest Svengoolie fans around. Despite his growing popularity and adding a bevy of celebrity admirers to his fan base each year, he and his talented team have always been very gracious to us Daves and allowing close access to many of his key appearances. I get to play Jimmy Olsen to his Superman while offering some assistance whenever needed. C2E2 is one of those “all hands on deck” type of events where this often comes into play. Svengoolie always commands a huge line of fans but, at this convention, it would continuously grow the entire weekend if given the chance. While his Director, Chris Faulkner, and assistant director, Kevin Reisberg, are out gathering footage for the show, Jim has the arduous task of maintaining the crowd without being distracted. So it’s the perfect trade-off, I offer an extra set of hands and, in turn, get front row coverage of the host. It probably also helps that I’m built like a bar bouncer and can offer an air of “protection” should things get rowdy though, thankfully, that’s never happened at any of the Svengoolie appearances I’ve ever attended (and, for the record, this one was #76).
Hanging backstage with Sven & Company
We all settled in at a table before Sven and Jim were back up on their feet to say hello to one of those celebrity fans I mentioned. It was actor, Wil Wheaton (whom I remember best as the lead in Stand by Me), who was all smiles getting a chance to finally meet the commercial horror host.
Chatting with Wil Wheaton
This led to a rather amusing moment as they were so deep in conversation none of them noticed an older man in a cart passing right by them. It was good old Stan Lee, himself, making another one of his famous cameos only this time in the Svengoolie-verse! Kevin and I just sat there watching with our mouths open and I later kicked myself for not getting a shot of it. A fine Jimmy Olsen I turned out to be!
As 11 am drew near, Jim went outside to fire up the crowd while Svengoolie awaited his cue.
Jim Roche working the crowd
Svengoolie waits for the right moment to make his entrance…
The crowd cheered when Svengoolie entered the scene. He quickly took his seat while I staged myself in my usual C2E2 spot; in front of his signing booth and out of Jim’s way (or at least as much as I could). While surveying the long line, I immediately noticed a familiar face, none other than the great Nicholas Mastramico!
Terror Dave with the Terror-ific Nicholas Mastramico!
Nicholas with Jim Roche
In fact, one of the highlights of this weekend was getting to finally meet Nicholas and his beautiful wife Kimberly. Aside from being one of the most genuinely nice guys you could ever meet, Nicholas is a brilliant & multi-talented Svengoolie fan who’s written “The Grey Ghost: The Shadow that Walks” (which the other Dave reviewed HERE), works for NASA, and has even designed his own LEGO sets. I wanted to whisper in his son’s ear, “Do you have any idea how cool your old man, is!?”
Having driven all the way up from Alabama, Nicholas brought along a few things for Sven to sign including another one of his LEGO masterpieces – a perfect bust of Kerwyn! I could tell Sven loved it and it made its national TV debut during this past show.
The look of a happy Svengoolie!
He also had Sven sign the Scary Monsters Magazine #87 Svengoolie Tribute issue as well as the recent Svengoolie celebrity team up with Dick Tracy! Sven had been approached by strip writer, Mike Curtis, asking if he’d mind being a character in a story arc involving a crime committed at a cosplay convention. His role in the story would be hosting a costume contest; a perfect fit as I’ve seen him do that lots of times during those aforementioned 76 appearances. Naturally, the host readily agreed.
“Being a lifelong Dick Tracy fan, I was more than happy to allow it, ” said Sven. “Joining the ranks of my fellow horror host Dr. Gangrene and my WWE Hall of Fame pal Jerry “the King” Lawler. We’ve gotten a great reaction to my appearance and it was a real honor for me.”
Nicholas printed out the strips and had Svengoolie sign one of the pages. In that regard, he was one step ahead of me as I’m still in the process of trying to figure out how best to frame the whole story/series for my own Sven-shrine.
Svengoolie signing his Dick Tracy appearance!
Shortly after Sven started greeting his admirers, wrestler C.M. Punk arrived at the booth next door. I was just about to snap a photo of Svengoolie with one of his fans when Punk interrupted to say “hello.” Already mad at myself for missing Stan Lee’s flyby I quickly took shot after shot of the encounter. There was just one problem…it wasn’t my camera! I didn’t realize until right afterward that I was still holding the fan-whom-Sven-was-meeting-with’s phone. Fortunately, the true owner, Bryan Smith, was kind enough to send me copies after he got home. Thanks Bryan!
Photos courtesy of Bryan Smith
Later on, I was able to get my own photos of Svengoolie with the wrestling superstar, who even took a selfie with him!
The line to see Sven never seemed to shrink and fans kept showing up even after it was cut. If Jim got distracted for more than a second he’d look up and see six more people had jumped in. Svengoolie’s popularity at this event shows no signs of waning even after all these years. Some were familiar faces like fellow Sven fan, Pete Blatchford, whom I hadn’t seen since Svengoolie’s appearance at the Museum of Broadcast Communications.
Others were in costume which made sense since, as mentioned, C2E2 is the Mecca of cosplay!
When the scheduled signing was over we returned backstage (in other words, behind the curtain) and he signed a few items for me as well as a stone rhino to be auctioned at Lincoln Park Zoo AAZK’s “Bowling for Rhinos” event this August. In addition to his signature, the rhino was given a special Svengoolie makeover!
The crew was gearing up to go out into the hall and gather footage of the host for an upcoming “Svengoolie on the Road” segment. Since the two people I drove in with were texting me nonstop about how tired they were I had no choice but to leave before that happened. I thanked them and rejoined my fellow mortals.
I plowed through as best I could while getting shots of as many costumes that passed me by. Some were really amazing…as you’ll see for yourself in my next, and final, 2017 C2E2 post!
Coming Up…the Cosplay of 2017’s C2E2!
~Dave Fuentes
Hanging with Svengoolie & Crew at C2E2! As soon as I arrived for Day Two of the Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo (C2E2)
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