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666writingcafe · 9 months

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Shopping Spree Goes Awry

Author's Note: In the original version, MC, Levi, Asmo, Beel, and Mammon are the ones that go out shopping for materials for the costumes for the school festival play. I am swapping out Beel for Simeon. The main reason is that I want to further explore the relationship between MC and Simeon, and I'm using the next few posts to do just that.

Also, wouldn't it be fun to know what the angel was thinking?

Simeon

Leviathan has invited MC and me to go downtown with him to pick out materials to make the play's costumes. Ever since he accepted that I'm the original author of The Tale of the Seven Lords, he has wanted my opinion on every little aspect of his designs.

I should find it endearing that Levi looks up to me that much, but instead I just end up wishing that he trusted his own instincts. I've seen pictures of his cosplay, and he does an excellent job recreating the character's energy.

Of course, our party of three quickly has turned into five. Asmodeus insisted that he tag along, and Mammon just showed up out of nowhere. Levi considers them intrusions, but I for one am glad that they joined us. Their presence will prevent anyone from commenting on how silent I am.

"Hey, check out that lingerie shop!" Asmo exclaims. The mannequins are dressed rather tastefully. The one in the center catches my attention. Both the fit and color would suit---

No. You cannot think about them that way.

"We're buyin' stuff to make costumes, not fill your wardrobe with a buncha junk!" Mammon replies. "Besides, why do you need skimpy underwear like that?

"As an actor, I need proper inspiration."

"Why am I not surprised?" MC asks. "What sort of 'inspiration' are you hoping to draw from wearing lingerie under your costume?"

"The type that make people fawn all over me." MC rolls their eyes.

"You're hopeless."

"Levi, didn't you say that you needed lace for the costumes?" I ask, wanting to give Asmo a legitimate reason to go inside. Levi absentmindedly nods his head, and I send Asmo on his way, instructing him to drop off any relevant material in his brother's room.

A few minutes later, we pass something in a shop window that makes Levi gasp.

"What is it?" MC questions.

"It's the super rare Ruri-chan themed Cup Cuties capsule toy machine!" Levi nearly shrieks. "It's full of little Ruri-chan figurines that you attach to the edge of a cup, and they're super adorable!" Before anyone can stop him, he rushes into the store, presumably to buy the toy machine.

"My brothers are a pain in the ass sometimes," Mammon mutters. "I mean, I understand why Asmo would get sidetracked, but Levi? All he's been doing for the past several days is brag how he gets to make costumes for the great Christopher Peugeot, so you would think he'd take this shopping trip more serious, but no, he has to prioritize his stupid anime over something actually important."

"Are you meaning to sound like Lucifer?" I playfully respond, which causes Mammon to glare at me.

"The temptation was too great for him to resist," MC adds. "You out of anyone ought to relate." It's interesting that they mention resisting temptation, because right now the desire to take them and---

You need to behave yourself.

"Yeah, yeah," Mammon remarks, not really paying attention to MC. "Has Levi sent either one of you possible designs for these costumes?"

"I have sketches," I answer. "They're saved on my phone." Mammon looks over my shoulder as I pull up my photo gallery and swipe through the screenshots I took of Levi's sketches.

"I actually know of a few fabric shops that might have what you guys are looking for," Mammon states once he's seen everything. "They're not in a super glitzy part of downtown, but the people that run them are quite knowledgeable in costume design. Just show 'em the pics, and they'll do the rest."

"What's the catch?" Once again, another dirty look from Mammon.

"Just because I'm a demon doesn't mean I always have bad intentions." Mammon looks over at MC. "I've seen how much stress you've been under, and I wanna help ya make sure this play goes smoothly, that's all."

"I appreciate it," MC replies. "Simeon, are you okay with Mammon taking the lead for a bit?"

"By all means. He's the one who knows where these shops are."

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The three of us are on our way to the House of Lamentation to drop off the multiple bags of fabric in Levi's room when we get stopped by someone clutching onto Mammon's leg.

"Papa!" the little one yells, looking up at Mammon.

"Huh?!" Mammon cries out in shock.

"Papa Mammon! Oh, I missed you sooo much!"

"Isn't that one of the number twos?" MC whispers, leaning over to me.

"You mean the little demons?" MC nods their head. "Looks like it."

"Oh, Papa, I don't believe you!" Number Two continues. "Wandering off and getting yourself lost like that! You're supposed to be an adult! I can't leave your side for one second, can I?"

"Why are you grabbin' onto my rear end?!" I allow myself the pleasure of pulling out my phone and filming the situation unfolding in front of me. Upon seeing what I'm doing, MC shakes their head, clearly not approving of my actions.

At the moment, I don't care. This is just too funny.

"MC!" Mammon shouts. "Pull this thing offa me!"

"Okay, Papa."

"Don't you start!'' Suddenly, Number Two gasps, and before anyone knows it, they've leapt into MC's arms.

"What's the big idea shovin' me away like that?! I almost fell over!"

"Oh Papa, you're so silly. One minute it's 'get off me', and the next it's 'don't push me away'. Really, what am I going to do with you, Papa?"

"Alright, Number Two," MC tells the little demon, patting its head. "I think you've given Mammon enough of a hard time."

"Number Two?" I quietly quit filming and stick my phone back in my pocket. "You're that tiny demon that hangs around inside the Demon Lord's castle, aren't ya?! What're you doing wanderin' around here?" Number Two clasps its hands together.

"Oh, I'm so glad you asked! So, here's what happened: Lord Diavolo and Mr. Lucifer left the castle on an investigation, you see. So I went with them, but then we got separated, and now I can't find them!" The mere thought appears to put tears in its eyes, although I can't tell if they're genuine or not.

"Well then, why not just call 'em on your D.D.D.?"

"He might not have it on him," I tell Mammon. "He may not even have one at all." Number Two turns its head to look at me.

"For your information, I do have a D.D.D., and I do have it on me, but the battery seems to be dead!"

"So, you have no way of contacting them," MC concludes. Number Two shakes his head. "Do you remember where they were headed?"

"The traveling carnival!" There's a traveling carnival? I don't remember seeing anything advertising it, unless I'm so oblivious that I missed it. That is possible.

"Why are Diavolo and Lucifer investigating the traveling carnival?"

"Well you see, they heard this rumor that the carnival is actually a front for an illegal casino!" Mammon looks like he's seen a ghost. "So they decided to go there to find out if it's true."

"We'll help you find them."

"Really? I'd be so grateful!" Mammon definitely knows something about this illegal casino. He's a bit too shifty-eyed to be innocent. His rambling seals his fate.

"You know, I totally forgot I've got this thing I've gotta do that's really important, and I still have to drop these bags off to Levi, so I'm not gonna be able to help you find this illegal casino--not that I know anything about any illegal casino, of course, but anyway, you three can just head to the carnival without me, and we'll catch up later."

"And just like that, he's gone," MC observes.

"I don't mean to be accusatory, but I think he knows about the illegal casino."

"You don't say?" MC looks amused, as though I'm the last one to reach this conclusion.

"Don't you have a pact with Mammon?" Number Two asks MC.

"Yes."

"Then why didn't you use it to make him stay?"

"I want him to think that he's escaped punishment for a bit. It'll devastate him that much more when he realizes we knew from the start." I know that demons have a tendency to rub off on humans, but that doesn't entirely explain the glint in MC's eye.

"In any case, we have to make sure the little one gets reunited with Lucifer and Diavolo," I state, changing the subject. "Which means that we need to head to the carnival."

#obey me shall we date #obey me mc #obey me simeon #obey me little d #obey me mammon #obey me asmo #obey me asmodeus #obey me levi #obey me leviathan

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orifumioshi · 6 months

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ASDFGJDLIABAIDUIRUWBKWISHDKVDAUZHDEHF HSDJFAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHNALSJEBSOSJSBFNDDJKWFJDOFHAK!!!!!!!!!!????!!!)($2+$9@+$(_2(#!!!!!!!!

*ehem* Sorry. I'm ok. Anyway... Digimon Survive uwu and as an extra: I, myself, was supposed to be born on Feb 29 but I went ahead of time and ruined my mom's telenovela finale by being born on Friday 23rd (ง ื▿ ื)ว

Ok so, I just came back home from watching and I'm still shaking.

02beginning SPOILERS AHEAD!

Because I went to the very first screening at 12 pm, we were only 6 in the room and one guy went cosplaying as Dukemon (was too shy to ask for a proper pic because he was with his girlfriend).

*ehem* well, onto the movie... THANK GOD HERE IN MEXICO FOR THE LATAM SPANISH DUB WE NEVER GOT THE EVOLUTION SONGS DUBBED BECAUSE LISTENING TARGET AND BEAT HIT IN THE CINEMA WAS SUCH A DELIGHT AND A BLESSING I COULDN'T STOP SHAKING and yes, I cried a bit.

The experience of being welcomed with Bolero with an overwhelming audio is something I'll never forget but onto the plot.

Because I thought I would have to wait years to watch it, I actually looked for spoilers but nothing very explicit tbh, I also saw people saying there was body horror but honestly, Ghost Game had it "worse" xD so I wasn't that bothered by what Ukkomon did; he never did it with malice anyway, of course it was kind of... wrong? Awful? But he did it because he genuinely wanted for Rui to be happy; no one told them they had to talk in order to have a healthy relationship.

I don't think I ever felt so close with Daisuke before despite being a Dai oshi; I felt so angry with how Rui's mom treated him, being a 4 years old baby... this was the second time I cried in the movie (the first being listening target and don't believing that I was there watching xD) and I swear I wanted to cross the screen and scream at her a couple of things. Rui was genuinely a good boy (still is), going to talk to his sick dad about their day, I thought that was very sweet.

At the end, the "time travel" didn't really felt like that to me but rather a very immersive memories.

The evolutions sequence were beyond amazing so, nothing to say really xD just thankful that XV-mon and Stingmon were actually "drawn" rather than staying as CG and even so, the CGs were very neat.

I was quite worried about the dub but it seems the dialogues were done properly, at least taking in consideration what I remembered from the PVs. Thankfully we got Hikari, Iori and Ken having their same VA from Adventure along with the Digis; Daisuke and Takeru had their same VA from Lastevo and Miyako got a whole new voice but they did decent, they actually got quite well how the 02 gang is.

And Daisuke, oh my boi being the man I trust to ruin it with the police xD "why didn't you stopped me?!", I love you uwu and how he was the only one to tell Rui right to his face what he had to do.

The battle sequence was nice as well, I was worried for a moment to be honest and loved that scene where Miyako "ships" Daisuke and Ken-chan uwu

I knew we had to go in a big fight but I genuinely felt bad that the only solution was to defeat Ukkomon. I actually stayed until the post credits scene and I was happy to see Rui smile ;w;

So, in my humble opinion, it's a very good movie to add to the Digi Lore, it's very enjoyable and was what I needed for 02.

I saw people say that the movie doesn't solve the losing partners issue presented in Lastevo but I think that's not the case: Ukkomon gave the chosen children the Digivice via Homeostasis; considering that this "superior being" is indeed Homeostasis, this giving the partnership a tangible item to tie Digimons with Humans but, is that all?

I personally think that Takeru being anxious over losing their partners was justified after all, Yamato lose Gabumon so I understand why he would hesitate to kill Ukkomon; at the end, the Digivice was just that, a tangible bond but, they don't really need it, do they? Just like how in Adventure, Taichi and co. didn't needed the crests to evolve because their hearts were the actual crests.

The Digivice ties Digimon and Humans, yes but even without it, the bond is there so how does this solves the partners loss? As long as they have a bond, they will come back I mean, Ukkomon is coming back and Rui's Digivice is no more plus even after losing their D3s, Daisuke and co. still had their partners, right? This just shows that Digimon Survive was right in not giving their protagonist digivices: KIZUNA. We don't need the bond to be tangible, right?

Also, I almost screamed when Wallace was on screen with Terriermon and Lopmon ;w; it was nice to see Chichos too xD How did your dubs named her anyway? Here in Mexico it was changed to "Guadalupe"; Chichos sounds like "chichis" and that's a way to say "boobs".

Anyway, because I want more cards, I'll go to watch it again on Sunday because it's the only day I have free ;w; hope they don't run out of them, I want all my kids OTL

#02beginning spoilers #02beginning #digimon adventure 02 the beginning spoilers #just a txt #txt from the megane madao #png orders #spoilers

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the-apples-were-monitored · 3 years

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i was very internet savvy at a very young age (i guess you'd call it my only savant skill) but as much as i hate to admit it, some of my internet savvy came from having a stepdad who was a webhoster on the side so he was always very concerned that i would fuck up our one (1) family computer so he drilled internet safety into me. some of it i could disregard to a degree (any web safety thing aimed at kids that assumes that every person on the internet is a murderer is going to make the kids disregard everything you say, you need to teach kids how to differentiate the good from the bad and how to verify things and how to maintain your privacy), but a lot of it was actually really useful. the thing is that i was so web savvy that after taking my typing test in 5th grade, i tested so well on it that they waived my need for the computer class at all. which is good, because i know it would've been redundant for me, a person who learned to tell on sight which limewire downloads would give me viruses in early elementary school, but my worry is that a lot of kids are growing up right now with no parents who think to teach them web safety and schools that won't instill the proper methods. because it's not just "everyone is secretly a 40 year old man on the internet" because as a person with a long-term girlfriend who i met online 11 years ago, i can tell you that's not true. so i'm gonna try to outline basic web safety. feel free to add:

first of all, don't list absolutely everything about you in your bio on ANY website. i've always used a pseudonym, but if you don't want to do that use a nickname or your first name only. you don't need to list your age or any identifying information. this includes: birthdays, upcoming events, and current photographs. i know you're rolling your eyes, but if you insist on facebook or instagram, keep your accounts private. i'll make exceptions for cosplay because that's a removal of identifying features. you should know that any photograph you post online is used by facial recognition software and saved to a database (this includes facial recognition on your phone). and the reason i say not to list upcoming events on websites is because the more information you post about yourself to strangers, the more likely weird stalkers are to track you. they can find you off of the smallest details, and the more you give them the easier you make it

i'd discourage the use of google chrome. it was a great browser back when i was a teenager, but it tracks every movement you make and is partnering with real shady people who are using your data in shifty ways (this is also why i discourage facebook, as a person who left the site almost 10 years ago, but i digress). a lot of us are shifting back to firefox now because it's much more secure for our privacy.

invest in an adblocker. seriously, adblockers are free in a lot of cases. get one. become ungovernable. you probably also want a vpn while you're at it. if privacy reasons aren't good enough, you should know that they stop you from having to watch annoying ads AND unblock content on youtube/netflix that's restricted in your country

when an app requires permissions to use your location or show notifications, opt out. just don't do it. don't. be. trackable.

there are ways to get around paywalls and websites that refuse to let you use with an adblock. i can send you tutorials if you wanna know. you shouldn't have to pay for knowledge on the internet

if you're posting youtube videos, don't enable it to show your filming location under the video. it baffles me that this is a feature now. i keep seeing videos that say the location under them

don't tell strangers on the internet everything about yourself all at once. build trust with people you like on shared communities then after you're sure, you can start verifying people through zoom or whatever. never meet someone until you've verified them over webcam. always meet in a public place that's a good distance from where you actually live so they don't have a good stalking jumping off place if it doesn't go well. and don't send pics to anyone you haven't verified

i mean this for any reason, not just for nudes. no sending pics to anyone you haven't verified. you don't know what they're doing with them or where they might distribute them. if anyone tries to pressure you into pics, they're shady af

get a good antivirus if you're going to be downloading or torrenting. always download or torrent from reputable sources. if it looks shifty, don't do it. you do NOT want a virus on your computer. and i know "reputable sources" is a weird phrase for illegal torrenting but like...people who've been in the game for a while generally know the best websites that won't completely eat your computer

youtube to mp3 converters exist and can also rip full video files from youtube

back up all your files to external discs. don't trust things like google or a03 or even your computer to store your files indefinitely. one little glitch and they're all gone forever

if anyone you don't recognize sends you a link to ANYTHING don't click on it. we call that phishing and it's also a way of spreading viruses. you click and suddenly your computer is fucked and your passwords are stolen and in extreme cases your bank can be hacked. they switch up their tactics frequently, so just don't click on anything that looks weird

that's all i can think of, but there's definitely more

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dyscrasia-eucrasia · 4 years

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Part 27

"If Elaine asks, we went to the festival," Demie said as they headed back to the car, pulling his shirt back over his head. Angel was a little disappointed at that, as he had been enjoying the view. He was being honest when he said that he wasn't going to jerk it to the photo he'd taken, but he could still appreciate a good hairy chest, and Demie's fit the bill.

"Got it," Angel replied.

"Seriously, I don't want to hear her say that she told me so."

"I got it, really. I won't tattle on you."

"Thanks."

They walked a little further without saying anything, but then Angel asked: "She really worries about you, huh?"

Demie frowned. "Yeah, but… I wish she didn't. I mean, I know she's just looking out for me, but… I have you with me, it's not like anything was gonna happen."

Angel's stomach turned over. He hadn't realized Demie placed so much trust in him. He wasn't sure he deserved it - he wasn't that responsible. But hearing that Demie thought that much of him made him want to live up to that expectation. He cared about Demie, after all. He wouldn't have stuck around this long after being friendzoned if he didn't.

The only problem was, he wasn't sure if he only cared about Demie as a friend. Demie was sweet, and handsome, and had a godly voice, and Angel kept wanting to bottle moments up so that he could go back to them whenever he wanted. He wished he'd recorded Demie's singing - no car karaoke had felt as intimate as that drive.

He was glad that Demie had let him keep the photograph. Well, photographs. He wasn't sure which one he liked more, the candid shot of Demie eating or the posed shot on the bridge. They showed two versions of him - the vulnerable, awkward side, and the seemingly ancient, wild side. It was like Demie offstage versus Demie onstage.

He'd already made up his mind that he wouldn't share either photograph with the internet. He hadn't planned to share any of this day with the internet, even if they had gone to the festival. Even if Demie were okay with being a public figure, Angel wanted to keep him to himself.

As he was thinking this, Demie came to a halt. Angel paused too, opening his mouth to ask what was wrong, when he heard it. There were footsteps drawing near from behind them, and the sound of voices talking.

"You okay?" Angel asked. The veins in Demie's neck were bulging, and his legs were tense. He looked ready to spring into action.

"I'm… I'm okay," Demie said, but he didn't sound like it at all.

"If they ask, we're just here to take cosplay photos, right?" Angel said, waving the Polaroid camera in the air. It had been Demie's idea, but it didn't hurt to remind him of it.

"Right," Demie said with a little nod.

"Here, let's just keep walking, and if they catch up to us, they catch up to us. We'll deal with it then, okay?" Angel said, putting an arm around Demie's shoulders. As he touched him, Angel realized just how tense Demie was.

"Okay," Demie said, letting Angel give him a little push.

Demie walked awkwardly, with stiff legs, at times taking very fast steps and getting ahead of Angel, then pausing and turning partway to wait for Angel to catch up to him. Despite this, the voices eventually caught up to them.

"Whoa, holy shit," a guy's voice came from behind them. Angel turned to see two white guys with camping backpacks round a corner. They both looked young, maybe college students. They had scruffy faces, like they hadn't shaved in a couple of days.

"Dude, nice costume," the one who had spoken said. Angel glanced at Demie, who had stopped and was also turned to look at the two guys. His eyebrows were bunched up together and his mouth had become a thin line.

"Are you guys, like, shooting a movie…?" The one guy asked.

"Ah, no," Angel said, trying to keep his voice upbeat and casual. He felt nervous, so he could only imagine how Demie was feeling. Better for him to take the lead, then. Demie clearly thought that Angel could take care of him in public, so it was time to put that to the test.

"No, we're just doing some cosplay pictures," Angel continued, holding up the Polaroid.

"That's cool," one of the guys said. They were now just a few feet from Angel, and stopped. "Is it for like… Lord of the Rings, or something?"

"No, Narnia," Angel said.

"Oh yeah, I remember those movies," the other guy said. "There was that dude who worked for the witch, and like… hypnotized the little girl."

"Mr. Tumnus," Demie said, just loud enough to be heard.

"That's cool," the first one said.

"Yeah, we just finished up, we're headed back to our car," Angel said, jerking his thumb over his shoulder.

"Us too," the second guy said. "We were camping. Mind if we walk with you guys?"

Angel glanced over his shoulder. Demie still looked tense, but he nodded his head very quickly.

"Yeah, sure," Angel said. The two guys started walking, and Angel hurried to catch up to Demie. Soon, the four of them were walking in a group, with Demie at the front and Angel and the two campers behind him. Angel could see Demie clenching his fists until his knuckles went white.

"I'm Kyle, this is my brother Dylan," the second guy said, holding out a hand. Angel grasped it, then moved on to the other one.

"I'm Angel," he said. "That's Demie."

Demie lifted a hand and gave a short sort of wave without turning around.

"You guys make it out to the creek?" Dylan asked.

"No," Angel replied. "We weren't sure how far it was, and we don't have any water."

"Good call," Kyle said. "Plus the trail would be pretty hard to handle in those shoes." He nodded at Demie's feet.

"That's a kick-ass costume, by the way," Dylan said. "Where'd you get it?"

"I made it," Demie said. His tone was clipped and terse, but the campers didn't seem phased by it.

"That's so dope," Dylan said. "How do you walk in those shoes?"

"Practice," Demie replied.

"He's in a band," Angel added. "It's part of his act. So he does it a lot."

"No way," Dylan said. "What band?"

Demie glanced over his shoulder, giving Angel an angry look.

"They're called Bacchus," Angel continued. He wanted to keep Demie to himself, but he knew that was probably selfish. Demie clearly loved performing, even if it was just in the car. It felt wrong to keep that all to himself.

"Never heard of them," Dylan said.

"They're pretty underground," Angel replied.

"That's cool," Kyle said. "What kinda music do you play?"

Demie looked back at Angel again. Angel raised his eyebrows and gave him a little smile.

"...Heavy metal," Demie said after a moment.

"I could see that," Dylan said. "You got the whole Satanist thing going on."

"Um… more like fantasy metal," Demie said, pausing just slightly so that the three of them could catch up to him.

"You got stuff up on Spotify?" Kyle asked.

"No."

"Ah, too bad. I'm always looking for stuff to play during D&D."

"You play Dungeons and Dragons?" Demie asked.

"Yeah, we do it online," Dylan said. "It's easier that way, means we don't have to schedule around travel."

"You guys travel a lot?" Angel asked.

"Yeah, we have this Youtube channel where we go to abandoned places," Dylan said. "We came out here because there's an old school house deeper into the trail. We've been to a lot of places across the US, but we're planning our first international trip to Italy and Greece."

"What… what's the name of your channel?" Demie asked. Angel shot him a surprised look. He didn't even think Demie watched Youtube, considering he didn't do anything else with technology.

"We're called Space Invaderz," Kyle answered. "We're still pretty small, but, y'know, we're growing."

"Do you have an Instagram?" Angel asked.

"Yeah," Kyle said, "it's Space_Invaderz, with an underscore between the words and a 'z' at the end instead of an 's'."

"I'll give you a follow," Angel said. "When we're back somewhere that has service, that is."

"Cool dude, thanks. Appreciate it."

Angel could see the cars through the trees now. "Cool meeting you guys," he said, once again holding his hand out to shake the brothers'.

"Yeah, you too," Dylan said. "Hey, actually, before we leave, could we get a picture of you?" He said, turning to Demie.

Demie froze. He looked at Angel, his eyes wide.

"Up to you," Angel said with a shrug. Obviously he had a few pictures of Demie now, but he wasn't going to put them up anywhere. He wasn't sure about these guys, but at the same time, he didn't want to speak for Demie, considering Demie had started to open up a little.

"It's okay if you say no," Dylan said. "We don't put anyone in our videos or on our 'Gram who don't want to be."

"I, um…" Demie looked at Dylan, then back at Angel. "Okay."

Angel blinked in surprise. He had been sure Demie was going to say no.

"Cool," Dylan said. He set his backpack down and pulled out a camera case. He unzipped it and pulled out a DSLR.

"Do you… want me to pose, or something?" Demie asked.

"Nah, just act natural. I like candid shots."

"Um… okay." Demie stood stiffly as Dylan took a few steps back and took a snapshot.

"Cool," Dylan checked the digital screen on the camera and approached Demie again. "You mind if I get a close-up of your horns? They're so realistic."

"Uh… yeah, okay," Demie said. Dylan stood to Demie's side and took a couple photos of the horns that curled down around his ears.

"Can you… wait a couple days before putting those online?" Demie asked as Dylan shouldered his backpack again.

"Oh yeah, I figured you'd want to post your pics first. If you send us a DM on Instagram we can tag you in our posts."

"Yeah. Yeah, sure."

The brothers said their goodbyes and climbed back into their truck as Demie and Angel got back into his car.

"You doing okay?" Angel asked as he started up the car. "You could've said no to those guys, I don't think they would've been offended or anything."

"I'm fine. It's fine." Demie said.

"Alright. Just checking. I can probably DM them and ask them not to post those if you want me to."

"No, it'll be fine. They didn't seem like that guy who made the video near my house."

"Yeah, they seemed pretty chill."

They were both quiet for a few moments as Angel turned the car around and pulled onto the dirt road that would eventually lead back to the highway.

"Angel?"

"Yeah?"

"Could you show me how to do Instagram?"

#writing #writers on tumblr #original fiction #gay fiction #lgbt fiction #mlm fiction #wright's writing #w:demie and angel

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this-lioness · 5 years

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So like... it’s been a really weird fucking couple of days.

I thought about password protecting this, ‘cause not everybody needs to know everybody else’s shit, but I’ll try to summarize in a way that doesn’t incriminate anyone. Not that I think anybody cares. This is gonna be super fucking long, so hold onto your butts.

Husband and I belong to a smallish but close circle of friends. We all largely met one another through one another, if that makes sense. Like, Person A and Person B meet Persons C and D, then A and B meet E, who has a lot in common with D, and they become friends, and then C’s roommate F starts tagging along to stuff, and now we’re all bowling together or some shit like that. So when someone in the group meets someone new, and gets along with them, it’s a pretty sure thing that sooner or later they’re just going to be part of the group eventually.

This has worked out really well for us. But... there have been some exceptions.

Case in point, Husband and I met and became friends with a local dude who we thought would integrate well with the group, invited him to our local NYE party, and it seemed like he was starting to blend with everyone. But then the dude started flaking out, and the fact that at 30-something years old he was still floating from retail job to retail job, didn’t really bathe or keep himself groomed very well, was telling weird, vague lies about completely unnecessary stuff, and we were kinda like... yeah... maybe we don’t want him super involved after all.

But like, you don’t know until you try, right?

A few years ago Husband and I were tabling a local geeky convention of some kind, and we ran into this chick -- we’ll call her Selina -- who was cosplaying there with her best friend -- we’ll call him Logan. Logan and Selina, with me so far? They seemed nice enough, typically geeky folks that we had a good deal in common with. We became Facebook friends with them both.

Something to note about Selina: She was married. She was also an avid cosplayer and pretty talented makeup artist. She posted lots of pics of herself in costume on her IG.

Something to note about Logan: In spite of the fact that Selina was married, it was painfully, excruciatingly obvious that Logan was in love Selina. Like head-over-heels, constantly making “vaguebook” posts pining away for someone nameless who he yearned for deeply, etc. Like... nobody ever acknowledged that it was Selina that he was in love with, because she was married and she clearly had no feelings for him, but e v e r y b o d y knew. You couldn’t NOT know.

Not too long after we met them and connected with them on social media, one of our good, dear friends (let’s call him Jay) messaged me privately and said, “Hey, what do you know about Selina?”

Long story short, Selina was really into roleplaying. Jay mentioned he wanted to give it a shot, and wanted to check to make sure she wasn’t, like, crazypants. We still didn’t really know Selina all that well, but we told Jay that she seemed cool, and there was no reason to think she was crazypants.

Jay was like, “Cool,” and so Jay and Selina began roleplaying together.

Now, I myself am an avid roleplayer. I actually offered to roleplay with Selina, but Selina kind of... blew me off? It turned out I’m a much more long-form narrative roleplayer than she is, and -- if we’re being honest -- probably a better writer than her overall, and I think she wasn’t into that.

Since I’m being so honest, I think she also turned her nose up at the fact that I had a vagina.

Something we came to learn about Selina, the longer we knew her: She loooooooved attention from dudes. She was a not-particularly-fit-or-attractive chick who used cosplay as a means of surrounding herself with praise and male attention. Which, good for you, you do you, but that’s kind of a thing I don’t care to associate with.

So as time went on, Marc and I kind of... not distanced ourselves from her, but sort of side-stepped away from her into the “Nah, we’re cool” camp, if you know what I mean. Marc wasn’t one of her drooling admirers, so Selina kind of didn’t give a fuck about him.

In 2016, Marc and I announced that we wanted to do a group cosplay for Baltimore ComiCon. We wanted to do steampunk Marvel characters. I was going to be Scarlet Witch, Marc was going to be Colossus. Our friend Jay was going to be Cyclops, and his wife Julie (our other very good friend) was going to be Psylocke. Selina and Logan decided they wanted to join in as well, and we met them there in Baltimore, but we weren’t really there with them. We walked around with them in costume for part of the con, then we all went our separate ways.

Shortly before the convention, Jay’s wife Julie brought to our attention the fact that she and Jay were having some problems, and that Selina was at the center of them. Jay’s roleplaying with Selina, and the amount of time they spent talking one-on-one with one another, had become problematic.

I’m going to leave it at that, because I’m sure you can kinda suss out what was happening. Suffice it to say that although it took Jay awhile to realize how his actions were hurting Julie, eventually he realized that he needed to distance himself from Selina for the good of his marriage. Jay and Julie worked this all out between themselves and all was well again. There was a bit of awkwardness at the convention, but then we all went our separate ways again and things seemed like they were normalized.

However, the whole thing made us side-eye Selina even harder.

A short while later, Selina divorced her husband.

Now I’m going to introduce you to Karl.

Karl was long-time best friends with Jay, and was good friends with all of us, being part of “the group”. Karl was in a committed monogamous relationship with Karol, and had been for some time. We were all really glad about this, because we liked Karol a ton, and frankly Karl was kind of an awkward man-child with a lot of issues, and we all felt that Karol was good for him, and helping him mature.

Throughout all of this Karl had also become friendly with Selina.

One day Karl announces to all of us that he has broken up with Karol for reasons that made no sense to any of us. We were all very confused and upset, but tried to be supportive of both of them.

Yeah, well, it turned out that Karl had been fucking around with Selina behind Karol’s back. He broke up with Karol, blaming it all on her, because he wanted to fuck Selina full time, and didn’t want to look like the bad guy.

When “the group” found out we all turned on Karl and were like, “NOPE,” and basically everybody stopped talking to him. Selina eventually broke up with him, claiming that she had no idea he was in a committed relationship during this time (which is bullshit, because she could clearly see on social media that HE WAS, but whatever), but of course in cutting Karl out we all cut Selina out as well.

Some time passed. For reasons none of us really understood, in spite of everything he’d done Karol was still in love with Karl, and they continued to live together: initially just as roommates, but apparently rekindling some kind of relationship with one another as well.

Earlier this year, very suddenly and unexpectedly, Jay died.

This came as an absolutely gutting blow to the entire group. In the wake of his death, we all sort of let Karl back into the fold. He seemed incredibly repentful, and he knew it was going to be a long road to regain our trust and respect, but he was contrite.

It has been a very hard year for everyone involved, for reasons that I may get into another time.

At the time that Jay died, Selina -- on her cosplaying Instagram account -- posted a budoir-style T&A pic of herself in costume, and at the bottom added, “RIP Jay”.

I’m going to say this again, as judiciously as I can: If this is your thing, good for you, you do you, but in my opinion that was beyond fucking tasteless, and fuck her.

Well. Earlier this week, Selina killed herself.

This sent a small shockwave back through the immediate group, although it settled again quickly. Karl is the only one left who had any even remotely positive feelings about Selina, and I’m not 100% sure how he’s taking it. He seems OK, and until he says otherwise we kinda’ have to just accept that. If he’s mourning her, he’s fortunately got sense enough not to do it where Jay’s widow Julie can see it, so... thank goodness for that, at least.

You may remember Selina’s BFF and unrequited love, Logan. Let’s get back to him.

Well, Logan has spent the past week melting the fuck down. I don’t even follow the dude anymore, myself, but out of morbid curiosity I’ve checked his FB page.

Holy shit.

This is not just... mourning. He has gone way off the deep end, calling he and Selina soulmates, as if -- in spite of the fact that she never reciprocated his feelings (publicly, anyway) -- she was as madly, head-over-heels in love with him as he was with her. He’s also doing this in full view of Selina’s recent ex-husband, with whom Selina was still friendly, and with whom he is supposedly friends. God bless her ex-husband for watching this unfold and not driving over and stabbing this guy to death.

Logan even went so far as to talk about the cast of characters from a roleplay he and Selina had been doing together, which included a number of “in character” children born of their two characters, and saying they were AS REAL TO THEM as real live biological children are to actual flesh-and-blood parents.

To note: HE ALREADY HAS ACTUAL REAL-LIFE BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN.

Can you fucking imagine being one of his actual kids and watching him mourn these fictional children who did not actually exist, who your Dad concocted with some chick he was obsessed with, and basically saying that these FAKE KIDS mean as much to him as you do?

Like, he actually concluded the post saying (to Selina), “Please watch over our babies until Papa can come home.” Watching this unfold has been COOCOO-NUTS BANANAS. I have never wanted to say, “DUDE,” so much to someone before.

I don’t know why I’m writing all this, except to say I really wanted to get it all off my chest. Part of me subscribes to the whole “don’t speak ill of the dead” thing, and like... look. I feel for Selina’s friends and family. I feel for her, because clearly she was troubled, and I’m sorry that she felt this was the only way out of a dark place. But also, killing yourself doesn’t retroactively erase the shitty things you did when you were alive. And she did a bunch of shitty things. And yeah, I know I’m probably a shittier person for saying that, but whatever.

Anyway. Like I said. It’s been a wild fucking year. :|

#oc #personal #tw: suicide

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xelinielx · 5 years

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Block this creep

This guy sent me these messages, and the picture was (surprise) a dick pic.

Trust me, you don’t want to see it. My friend gave me a great reaction pic that we thought would be fun to send and shut him up.

Then “hunginthecity” stopped writing to me until today.

And I got pissed. I thought I’d blocked him. Cishet men sure have a fragile ego don’t they? How did he think sending me a dick pic would be a good idea? I’m just baffled honestly.

(I’m just posting the vital parts of the conversation but I think you can figure out what I wrote.)

Like hello I’m a minor and everything about my blog screams “lesbian”. I like that he thought the picture was of me and my friends though that was fun. If it had been, he would have seen a bunch of cosplayers ready to pummel him into the ground.

Tumblr fuckin sucks. I can’t post pictures of my cosplays without getting messages like these.

So yeah just stay away from this user

#i am pissed off #eli writes

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bloodym3lody · 5 years

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Homestuck

Please know that I’m probably not going to proof read this and it’s going to be very jumbled and probably make no sense. I’m just putting everything out there. I’m sorry.

So my relationship with Homestuck is a weird one. I got caught up on it right when Terezi was introduced and stopped reading a little while after the alpha trolls were introduced.

I was instantly in love with Homestuck and quickly joined the fandom. Homestuck was the first fandom I ever joined. I started on deviantArt and then made Skype accounts as Terezi and Gamzee. I would add other accounts and RP with them. That’s how I met 2 of my best friends at the time. One of them I eventually started dating and they are still my longest relationship. But more on that later. They convinced me to make a tumblr. It was very embarrassing. My url was applebees and my title was Welcome to Applebee’s. It was a Sollux and Dave blog for a while where I made way too many personal posts, like this one, and reblogged way too much Homestuck and aesthetic posts. I guess not much has changed besides the personal posts and the fandoms I follow. Anyways, I’m getting off track.

Homestuck helped me get out of my shell so much. Before it I would never imagine going to cons or cosplay. I could dream but I was never comfortable enough so do so. Terezi was my first ever cosplay and she will always hold a special place in my heart. Anime Expo was my first convention and it was amazing. That year was absolutely perfect. The fandom was still good and really close. There weren’t that many of us still. I still have my video of Bowman singing How Do I Live for the fans. I cried so fucking much. I love that song still. More on the fandom later. Homestuck helped me so much so I can never completely get rid of it. I still want a Homestuck tattoo just because it had such a huge impact on my life. It kind of made me who I am today. Comfortable enough to cosplay and go to cons and just walk up to people at cons and talk to them. Take pictures at cons hell just asking to take a picture of someone at cons. It got me into photography more. It made me want a better camera to get better cosplay pics. I now don’t do that as much but I still love it. Cosplay photography is one of my favorite things and I would love to have a career in it.

Homestuck changed my life in such a short period of time it’s crazy. Like I still get a craving for Faygo and the occasional slime pie. I still want to reread it even if it brings back bad memories. I still love the characters with everything I have. I still fight for it and the good parts of the fandom. I still own all of my cosplay pieces for every character I cosplayed. I still make dumb references. 4/13 is still very special to me. I still have all of the fan art I’ve bought over the years. I still have my fan troll and love her. I still own the first 2 books. Hell the first one is signed. Even though it’s an awful trash fire I love it. Even if Hussie does problematic things I still love it. There’s just so much this comic has done for me that I can’t forget about it and throw it out of my life.

Now for the negatives. That relationship I mentioned earlier was one. We dated for 9 months and knew each other for about a year before we started dating. I can’t look at Karkat or Tavros without thinking about them. There are things I can’t do without thinking about them. They were god I don’t know. Emotionally abusive I guess is the term. But they also helped me realize things about my sexuality. I realized I was bi when I started dating them. They taught me what asexuality was. They taught me what demisexuality was. They taught me so much about what it was like to be genderqueer and trans. They taught me a lot about sexuality and what to look out for in a relationship. They made it hard for me to talk to people online even though I’ve been doing it since I was 11. They gave me trust issues. They made me scared to ask questions. They gave me a lot of issues that I don’t want to get into. I still think about them.

The fandom is a hard point for me. I got into it when it was still a baby. Barely a baby but still a baby. It grew so much right after I joined the fandom. A lot changed. The people that started joining gave it a bad name. They did bad things. They started fights. They ruined property. They harassed people. The second Anime Expo I went to there was this Gamzee that would go around and randomly honk a horn in peoples faces. Just anyone they saw. Another instance happened at ALA the year after. A group of troll cosplayers decided to go into the pool with full grey paint on. It was coming off in the water and messing up the system and they just didn’t care. They stayed in the pool and just let it happen. Everyone was mad at them and told them to get out but they didn’t. Like who knows which brand they used but it wasn’t a good one and they obviously didn’t seal it or anything. At least use water proof stuff if you’re going in the pool or ask if it’s ok with the staff. They weren’t even doing it for pics just getting drunk and having fun. Like I understand if your an Eridan or Feferi wanting cosplay pics in the pool but they at least do it properly. Like the pool was shut down for the rest of con. It was bad. There’s more stories but this is getting waaaay too long.

People started avoiding Homestucks and calling them names. They would shun Homestucks at cons and want them gone. It’s very understandable. I was ashamed to be in the fandom. I didn’t want to be associated with it anymore. I stopped cosplaying the characters I loved. I stopped going to meetups. I stopped following the fandom. I just stopped all together.

I just have a lot of love for Homestuck even though it caused a lot of bad things in my life. There are so many other things that I’m not putting on this post, it’s just getting way too long and causing way too many memories to resurface.

It made me never want to be in a fandom again and I’m still not actively in a fandom. I mean sure I reblog things but I don’t make theory posts anymore or things like that. I don’t actively talk to people in fandoms anymore either. Like I love having online friends. Hell, I don’t even like calling them online friends but for the sake of this post I am. The last true online friend I had was 5 years ago and I really miss it. I have people on here that I would love to talk to and I’m sure one day I will but I just need to get over the anxiety of online talking again.

When Homestuck ended I couldn’t believe it. Everyone was talking about it again. I rushed to watch the end flash even if I had no idea what was happening. I cried. I laughed. I had relief. I had closure. I was ok. I was not ok. Just so many emotions happened that day. Now there’s an epilogue and I’m not sure if I can read it.

Oh my god all of the jokes and reference and weird Homestuck things. I still can’t believe buckets were a thing. Also all of the relationship stuff. I still have it all memorized.

It gave me confidence, joy, friends, community, love, freedom, and many more good emotions and things.

It gave me fear, pain, confusion, heartache, disgust, resentment, and many more bad emotions and things.

Homestuck has truly changed me life forever, good and bad. I love this comic and will until I die.

Happy 4/13. Happy 10 year anniversary to the comic that changed and impacted so many lives.

#my post #just some rambling #homestuck #4/13 #im sorry #once a homestuck always a homestuck #theres just so much this comic has done for me #this day is just very special #ive already cried a lot today #im not ok #this post is ridiculously long and it still doesn’t have everything #god i hope at least some of this makes sense #also this is on mobile so excuse any mistakes #im sure theres a lot

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waifutella · 6 years

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on cosplay planning and research

So, for those of us who opt to hate ourselves make our own cosplays, starting a project can be hugely overwhelming. A lot of characters are amazingly and intricately designed and in being so are difficult to duplicate and can be very stress making, but, as with any large task, the best way to go about it is to break it down into multiple build/buying goals. For illustrating my point during this post, I’ll be walking you through my process and occasionally using bits and examples from the research I did while building my Infinity War version of Steve Rogers.

And yeah, I know. This is a long post. It’s going to be a decent chunk of work before you even start building your cosplay. BUT, the better you prep, the smoother the rest of the process will go. Plus I find that having a record of all this is surprisingly useful in future cosplays- they might have similar elements or pieces to them, so if you can just reference the work you’ve saved from before you won’t need to do it all over again. So put on a playlist, make yourself a nice cup of tea, get comfy and let’s start this process together~

Step 1- Reference Photos and Window Shopping

The first thing you need to decide (after you’ve chosen your character) is if you’re going to try to replicate the costume as closely as possible, or if you’re going to make it your own. You’ve got to keep in mind that the closer you want your costume to be to the original, the more difficult (and most likely expensive) it is going to be fore you. Having a screen accurate cosplay is hugely satisfying, don’t get me wrong- but if you’re the type of person who likes to cosplay a bunch of different characters, it might not be the best choice for you financially or in terms of time commitment.

So once you have in your head how you want to go about it, you’re going to want to collect as many reference images as you can. If you’re doing an original design/mashup/taking liberties, sketch it out! You don’t have to be a skilled artist, but draw out a few versions of what you’re going for. If you’re genderbending, find fan art and other cosplayers who have done the same and take inspiration from them. If you can watch the show/play the game/own the original source material, go through it and save as many stills/photos from the character at every angle you can possibly find. This’ll take a few watches through but when I was researching for my Infinity War Steve Rogers cosplay, that meant I got to sit and look at Chris Evans all day (week) soooooooo it was worth it. Some companies release in depth art books or reference images (like Blizzard’s “cosplay kits”), so if you can access those, take advantage of them. If, like when I started this project, your source material hasn’t actually been released yet, be creative. Cap has similar suit designs throughout his trilogy, and his IW suit is a damaged version of one of his prior uniforms, so I pulled reference images from Civil War. I looked at all the promo posters and trailers, I even pulled from toys and other promotional products. You’ll notice (especially when it comes to toys) that the design might change slightly between that and the real deal, but you can never have too much information. At the very least, you want a full body shot, from a minimum of four angles- front, back, and from the sides. Print out the pics for when you’re actually making the cosplay, and save them all in one doc/folder so you can come back to them if you need to.

Step 2- Window Shopping

EVEN IF YOU STILL WANT TO MAKE YOUR COSPLAY after looking over the design in great detail, don’t skip this step. Trust me.

Now, companies that manufacture these cosplays have to have slight variations on their final products from the original design, but for the most part they’ll be decently accurate. If you look at the way they’ve constructed theirs, you might get some ideas on how to go about building yours.

This next bit kind of morphs into step three so bear with me

Your next stop is Etsy. There are tons of talented seamstresses, foam smiths and prop makers on there, and I absolutely believe in supporting them. You might fall in love with someone’s work and decide to commission your cosplay from them instead, and that’s great! Support artists within the community and all that. But if you still would like to make your own, be sure to look up the individual props and pieces instead of searching for the cosplay as a whole. If you’re lucky, you’ll find someone who sells blueprints or tutorials to their work, and you can support them by purchasing those and it’ll be hugely h*cking useful when you’re making it!

Step 3- Tutorials

AWW YE, hit up google, youtube, and the rpf. (in that order usually works best for me, but to each their own.) you’d be surprised how often searching <character’s name> + cosplay + tutorial can help you out, the cosplay community is amazing and a great source of information. If your character hasn’t been turned into a tutorial yet, or you can’t find a tutorial for every aspect, don’t worry! There’s always SOMETHING out there for you. If your character has similar aspects to another character, search for a tutorial on that character instead. Or if you can’t think of a character that’s remotely close, try to think of something from real life that might prove to be similar in design (while researching my Twilight Princess Zelda cosplay, I ended up on a lot of wedding dress forums.). If you really loved a piece on etsy but that shop hasn’t listed patterns or tutorials, write in to them and ask if they’d be willing to sell you their pattern/draft notes. If they do have them for sale, buy it! Being able to skip out pattern drafting when you can is a huge blessing. You can also ask other cosplayers, but

MAKE SURE you’ve actually researched and tried to find it on your own before asking them how to do it. Nothing was more annoying to me than when I had a flood of questions asking how I made my MJ/spiderman shirt, when in depth tutorials and walkthroughs are easily the first 124788 results if you google that question. I would absolutely love to help if you need it, but at the same time I’m not your search engine. (I feel I need to apologise to my BestFriendMikky™ right now, because when it comes to these things I absolutely use her as my own personal encyclopedia. Especially with sewing stuff. I’m sure it’s h*cking annoying to her do’t be like me, kids)

They might not have it? The first year I cosplayed, i didn’t keep any of my notes/patterns/wip pics (which i highly regret now), or they might not go about making these things in a conventional way, so their pattern might not exist in their head so much as it does in their brain. So sometimes when people ask me how I did something, I can only talk them through it rather than give them actual pictures/patterns/examples.

MAKE SURE you’ve actually researched and tried to find it on your own before asking them how to do it. Nothing was more annoying to me than when I had a flood of questions asking how I made my MJ/spiderman shirt, when in depth tutorials and walkthroughs are easily the first 124788 results if you google that question. I would absolutely love to help if you need it, but at the same time I’m not your search engine. (although, I feel I need to apologise to my BestFriendMikky™ right now, because when it comes to these things I absolutely use her as my own person encyclopedia. Especially with sewing stuff.)

Once you’ve found about 200 sources, bookmark them all. Start reading them. Save them, even. Print some of the ones you’re partial to out. Decide if you want to follow one of them verbatim, or mix and match steps and methods to make your own plan. Even if you have a pretty good idea of how you want it to go, you might want to save your other findings just in case something doesn’t go according to plot during the building process.

Step 4- Break up your plan

I like to do this on graph paper. I have a notebook that I’m partial to using during these projects, and a system of binders that the writings transfer over to once the project is finished. If you aren’t partial to a particular method/prefer technology, the cosplanner app might be a good way for you to go. It has spaces for you to do everything I’m about to describe, but in a convenient, cloud using app, and is a lot more mobile than your phone. Tbh I tend to use both, but my physical copy is always much more in depth than whatever I list out on the app.

The first thing I do is list out every piece of the cosplay, from head to toe. This doesn’t mean “shirt + pants + prop”, it usually goes a little something like

(we’re using my IW steve research, again, for reasons)

Wig/hair

Shields (x2)

Shield Harness

Shirt

main shirt/base

Shoulder/overlay piece

Gloves

Belt

main/base (buy)

buckle (make)

utility pouches (make)

Pants

Boot Covers/Shinguards

Boots (buy)

So if I already know I’m going to buy a certain piece I make a note of it, if I already know that one piece is going to be broken up into multiple components, I separate them out... you get the idea.

Next, you break these down individually. If you’re going to buy some of the pieces (I pretty much always buy things like boots/shoes/wigs,) on the cosplanner app you can move them into the “to buy” section, and everything will be separated out in terms of what you need to buy and make. (This is kind of cool on the app, because it has a place to save how much you spent on the purchased pieces and how much time you put into the making of each specific piece)

For each piece, you kind of start this whole process over again. Choose a piece, and google where you can buy it. If you did a good job with your tutorial research, I’m sure you have some you found that are for specific pieces of your build (ayyyy all that step 3 work paid off!) Start searching for sewing patterns and figure out what type and how much of the fabric you’ll need. Write it all down in it’s own little subsection/within the app so that when you’re shopping you can easily reference the list.

Now when it comes to timing this out- just a quick observation- I find that I do better quality work when I don’t have a due date, but those projects tend to sit unfinished for longer than I’m willing to admit. And the projects that I assign due dates for definately get done faster/on time, but usually aren’t my best work. Just something to think about.

If you’re on a time budget, now’s the time to figure that out and set goals. Look at the due date and estimate how much time you’ll need for each aspect of the costume, how much free time you’ll have to work on it, and plan accordingly. I’d recommend leaving extra cushion of time, especially if you’re using tools or techniques you’re not familiar with, so that if it goes slower than you expect or if you need to remake a piece you’ll have the ability to do so. And be sure to figure out what you’d like to do first! If you’re waiting on funds for the bulk of your project, start the cheaper pieces first. If you get overwhelmed by the larger pieces, start the smaller ones first. I mean, the order is really up to you, but I personally like to take a log of the materials I already have and start whatever I can finish whatever smaller pieces I can with what I have on hand >.< I also like to leave my wig purchasing/cutting/styling for the very last thing, it doesn’t usually take more than a couple of hours for me and it’s a nice low-stress thing to have to do if your project has been pushed into con crunch.

Of course, I started practicing this method as a way to combat con crunch, but it always seems to end up right around there, doesn’t it?

#cosplay #cosplayer #cosplay research #cosplans #infinity war #infinity war cosplay #capsicle #steve rogers #rant #tutorial #wip #tips and tricks

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planarshifting · 7 years

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Please consider reading up on why and how the Gerudo are racist depictions as well as the awful sexualising of them. Your cosplays are fantastic, but it never hurts to be knowledgeable about yoir favorite things. It improves the experience and doesn't mean you have to hate it. Just means you know more and can spread awareness for it. queenriju has a lot of excellent posts explaining how the Gerudo/Gerudo Link issues.

First of all, thank you for coming to me with this. This is also the second time I’ve typed this out, my phone died on %20, however that happens. So, basically, it’ll be a bit shorter and not as concise.

You’re right! Being informed is important. I looked at the suggested blog, and I couldn’t find anything about the topics you mentioned in recent posts, but I’ll keep looking. I didn’t know that Gerudo have been considered racist depictions, I honestly don’t play the game very often and only chose to cosplay Gerudo Link because I liked the design of the outfit. If you have direct sources or examples of how their portrayal is offensive please show me, I’d like to see.

As far as over-sexualization goes, it’s fucking everywhere. No matter who you’re cosplaying, or drawing, honestly. I’ve witnessed people at cons harassing others for ass pics, when their costumes weren’t even that revealing. It makes me angry, but I’m not gonna let people like that rule me. With this specific character, it just so happens that people with certain fetish have latched onto it. I’m not sure if we should blame the character concept for that? I might be wrong, but the character itself isn’t inherently sexual?

I’ve been followed by probably 100 porn blogs in the past week over that post and trust me, I’m bothered. But, hey, I don’t post for them. I took those pictures because I thought it would be fun, I was with a bunch of friends and we were just having a laugh. I ended up posting them because I was running out of content, but I’m not ashamed. I liked how I looked in them, I felt good about myself. I can’t control what other people use them for. It makes me feel a little gross, but I’m not gonna let them stop me from showing skin altogether/dressing how I want.

I hate that people are accusing me of doing this with the sole purpose of turnin people on? I cosplay because it’s artistic and the designs are beautiful. Don’t be nasty and tell me my own intentions based off a single post. I’m sorry if I’ve unintentionally contributed to something harmful. That wasn’t the goal at all.

Again, thank you, and if anyone has links or questions for me, I’ll answer.

I know I’m missing something here but I don’t feel like typing anymore Tumblr mobile is shit thank you goodnight

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Step-By-Step G.I. Joe Snake Eyes DIY Cosplay Instructions

SocMedSean - Social.Media.Sean Step-By-Step G.I. Joe Snake Eyes DIY Cosplay Instructions

I know, it’s a little bit of a divergence from my regular social media-focused content, but I’m in the middle of writing an article about the impact of social media on the world of cosplay and comic-cons, so I thought I would share one of my favorite cosplay creations. I’ll be sharing the link to the article about cosplay and social media in the next few days.

As some of you might know, I have been involved in cosplay for a while now and have built costumes for myself, friends and family.

I started cosplaying as a way to engage in crafting projects with my kids. We’re kind of a geeky family. My daughter is a big Harley Quinn, Ellie (from The Last Of Us), and Bucky/Winter Soldier fan and my son is a Nightwing, Green Arrow, and Star Wars fan.

As a result, I found that building costumes for each of us for Kansas City’s Planet Comicon was a good way keep us all involved in a project throughout the year.

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My daughter as Bucky Barnes – AKA the Winter Soldier

Planet Comicon is in the Spring of each year, so we would start thinking about our costumes in June/July (post-Comicon) and we would build with the idea that Halloween would be our dry run.

The kids would wear their cosplay costumes while they trick-or-treated and we would take notes of what worked and didn’t work so we could make adjustments.

While the kids’ costumes have always been the priority, they always wanted me to participate, as well, so I created costumes for characters such as Deathstroke (to go with Green Arrow) and Joel (from The Last of Us) to compliment their costumes.

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This year, though, neither of my kids wanted to cosplay so I decided to start on a project that I have long wanted to do…but have been a bit intimidated by. This character is one of my all time favorites from my childhood, so I was a bit nervous to do it. Most of it was in fear that it wouldn’t turn out as good as I wanted it to.

The character of Snake Eyes from G.I. Joe is one of the baddest characters of all time. His ninja skills, combined with his mastery of modern weapons made him a force to be reckoned with. His self-imposed silence and ongoing feud with his brother, Storm Shadow, made him even more mysterious and daunting.

So…with that in mind, I decided that this was THE year for Snake Eyes.

Honestly, I’m really, really happy with the outcome.

Did everything turn out as good as I wanted? No.

Were the results of my work completely satisfying and made me really happy? Yes.

Did people keep stopping me at Planet Comicon for photos? Yes.

Is there still room for improvement? Yes…and that’s what I love about all good cosplay costumes. They are never finished and can always be improved.

To share the love, I thought I might start the process of documenting my cosplay costumes in order to help someone else out there who wants some guidance.

This tutorial has detailed instructions for anyone wanting get started with a Snake Eyes comicon cosplay or Halloween costume. I outline all of the items that I purchased, as well as the steps to create the items that I built from foam.

Please – If you create a Snake Eyes cosplay based on these instructions, send me a link and I’ll update the post with your photo or photos. Let’s document some of the baddest Snake Eyes costumes out there.

Snake Eyes Cosplays That I Drew Inspiration From

To start, I want to recognize all those that came before me and helped me visualize the version of Snake Eyes that I wanted to portray. If you don’t know, there are many options for Snake Eyes, ranging from the comic book full spandex suit to the heavily-armored, helmeted movie version.

After Google searches, these are the ones that helped me decide on my approach, which is the comic book version of the character. Some of the Google searches that returned the best results were:

Snake Eyes cosplay GI Joe

Snake Eyes from GI Joe costume

Building a Snake Eyes cosplay costume

Examples of great Snake Eyes cosplay

Snake Eyes visor cosplay (more on this below)

As you can see in the photo below, I have 5 comic books hanging on my wall at work and the comic book above is one of them.

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In addition to this badass comic book rendering, I used these cosplays for inspiration:

Neumatic on DeviantArt

Trooper 13 on AminoApps

Snake Eyes 1 & 2 on Pinterest

This unknown Snake Eyes on Pinterest

The great Snake Eyes images on Meijin Cosplay

The common characteristics for these cosplays were basically:

Comic book character version with no helmet

Visor instead of goggles

Sword as the primary weapon

Pants

Tactical vest or armor

Important Note: This year, Planet Comicon announced that they were not going to allow freely-carried, realistic looking firearms replicas as props. The decision was made after working with local law enforcement agencies on the response to potential active shooter situations. Because the Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) would have a difficult time distinguishing a prop rifle or pistol from a real one and, thus, identifying an actual shooter, they opted to not allow them. For this reason, I wanted my primary weapon to be the sword.

The Basics – Boots, Pants, And Shirt

Affiliate Disclosure – Before going any further, be aware the links below to the actual items that I used are affiliate links. When you click these links, I may earn a portion of the sale. It helps me keep the site going and creating and sharing great cosplays. The decision as to whether to buy the same items is completely up to you.

Let’s start from bottom up.

Finding A Comfortable Pair Of Black Combat or Work Boots

The boots I use are Black Brahma Work Boots that look a bit like combat boots. The biggest reason I use these boots is comfort. I have tried several different boots with my Deathstroke cosplay and by the end of the con, my feet were killing me.

So, after doing some research, I landed on these boots and I love them. They are comfortable for walking the con floor and they go really well with both my Deathstroke and Snake Eyes cosplays.

You don’t need to go expensive. If you find a really nice set of boots that you like but they don’t have comfortable insoles, just rip them out and buy a set of gel insoles from Wal-Mart. The key is comfort.

These are the boots that I use for both my Snake Eyes and Deathstroke cosplays

The cost of these boots is pretty reasonable. You can find the boots on Amazon or at local shoe stores ranging from $45 – $60. The boots I have are discontinued, so the ones on Amazon and your local store might be a little different.

Trust me though, invest in your boots (or at least the insoles). Your piggies will thank you after a long day at the con.

The Shirt Needs To Be Comfortable And Breathe

Cons get hot.

There are a lot of people packed into small space and if your costume is great, you’re going to get up-close-and-personal with people for photos. Make sure you don’t stink from overheating and sweating like crazy.

For that reason, I highly recommend you look into a lycra, breathable athletic shirt. For me, I went with the Starter Men’s Long Sleeve Tech T-Shirt in Black.

This Starter athletic shirt kept me cool throughout the con, allowing for up-close-and personal pics with Snake Eyes fans.

I am 6’1″ and 170lbs and usually wear a large shirt, but I wanted the shirt to be tight, rather than baggy, since Snake Eyes wears a skin-tight suit. So, I went a size down and chose medium. It was just right and never came untucked, so I was happy. It also allowed air to flow, so it kept me cool…despite being tight.

The Pants Should Be Tactical AND Have Pockets

Let’s address the pockets element first.

Being at a con without pockets sucks. Sure, it might be canonical that your character doesn’t have pockets, but you need to carry a wallet, keys, con map, bottle of water, etc…For that reason, buy pants with extra pockets. They go with the tactical look and are functional.

The pants I chose are the RothCo BDU pants in black. Again, I use these for both Snake Eyes and Deathstroke (see a pattern forming here?).

These pants were cost-effective and have help up really well over the years. The extra pockets are great for con gear.

These pants are comfortable, light, and have extra side pockets. They also have an adjustable waistband that allows you to “let them out” a little bit if you eat too much at the con.

One note on these pants. I ordered this pair back in 2014 and they have served well. The stitches and buttons have held tight and the buckles that adjust the waist still work flawlessly. The dark black color, though, has started to fade after all the washes. I will probably be buying a new pair this year so I can get that dark black color back.

Five years for a $35 pair of pants is pretty damn good, though.

The Tactical Vest, Utility Belt, Hood, And Gloves

Now that you’re pretty much dressed, the next group of items are the ones that go over your shirt and pants.

Get A Tactical Vest That Is Versatile And Comfortable

The utility vest that I use is one of my favorite items in my cosplay closet. It is very adjustable, has tons of pockets and clips, and allows for the use of pistols and swords (more on those later).

The vest I use is the UTG Law Enforcement Tactical SWAT Vest. As you can see in the photo below, it allows me to accessorize with faux shotgun shells, grenades, rounds of ammunition, and even has a pocket big enough to carry a water bottle. In fact, in the pocket to the left of the pistol, there is currently a 16oz water bottle. Can you tell?

This tactical vest is one of my favorite, most versatile pieces of equipment.

Get A Comfortable Hood That Doesn’t Obstruct Your Vision

I went through two hoods before I landed on the right one. Remember, Snake Eyes has a visor but his mouth is visible. For this reason, you need a hood that covers your head, but allows your eyes to be open. I landed on a lycra hood with one big eye opening, rather than two, individual eye openings.

The first hood I tried had the two individual eye openings (think ski mask with no mouth hole) and it obstructed my ability to look right and left. Cons are busy and Snake Eyes already has a visor in front of his eyes, so do yourself a favor and go with the bigger, single opening.

The one I eventually went with is the ULTRA THIN Lycra BALACLAVA(Black). It was comfortable, didn’t obstruct my vision or breathing and was really, really cheap. The neck was not loose and baggy, so it worked well with the visor and fit around my chin.

NOTE: I have a beard and when I first put on the hood, my whiskers all poked through the lycra. It was hilarious, like little grey and black pine needles sticking through. Be aware that if you have a beard, you might need to shave it down so they don’t stick down.

These are the gloves and hood that I use for my G.I. Joe Snake Eyes cosplay costume.

Get Gloves That Not Only Look Cool, But Work.

Okay, let’s talk gloves.

The ones in the photo above are really cool looking and they go well with the rest of the costume. To be honest, these are my motorcycle gloves and they are broken in and feel really comfortable.

However, I wouldn’t really recommend them for your Snake Eyes cosplay. The reason is because they have no tactile ability in the fingers…which is a fancy way of saying they don’t allow you to operate the touch screen on your phone. This means that every time you want to text a friend or take a photo with your phone, you have to take your gloves off.

For this reason, I will be looking for a new set of gloves to go with both my Snake Eyes and Deathstroke cosplays that will allow me to use my phone. The key is to have a tactile finger pad that activates the touch screen.

If you find a good pair, let me know in a comment and I’ll check them out.

A Comfortable Utility Belt With Pockets And A Leg-Holster Rig That Allows You To Secure The Pistol

Along with the tactical vest, this combo is one of my favorite parts of the costume because it’s comfortable and brings out the bad-ass look of Snake Eyes.

The utility belt is fully adjustable and has several small pockets to hold any small items like your car keys. That can free up your pants pockets for the map of the conference, panel schedules, etc…

The utility belt is sold separately from the holster and is the CONDOR Tactical Belt (Black, Up to 44-Inch Waist).

This utility belt and leg holster are sold separately but work flawlessly together.

The leg holster is fully adjustable to a lot of various leg lengths and allows the pistol to be secured according to the con prop policies. It attaches right to the utility belt in a snap.

The rig that I use is the UTG Elite Tactical Leg Holster,Black (Right Handed). They do offer a left-handed rig for those lefties out there. I’m actually left-handed but shoot right-handed, so I chose the right-handed rig.

Again…I use both the belt and the leg holster in my Deathstroke cosplay, so the investment is worth it.

The Weapons – Pistols, Ammunition, Grenades, Sword, and Scabbard

As I mentioned earlier, cons have really started adjusting their rules about realistic looking weapons. Previously, realistic looking pistols and rifles. Any realistic looking weapon has to be zip-tied securely to the costume in order to be allowed in. Freely-carried realistic rifles/carbines and even swords that could be used as a blunt weapon had to be secured.

The Pistols

As you can see in this image, my pistols were realistic-looking. Even though they are rubber dummy training pistols in an active-shooter situation a police officer might not be able to tell the difference.

Per the con rules, this rubber training pistol is zip-tied into the holster for security reasons.

So, to comply with the rules, I simply zip-tied them in. The prop check security personnel appreciated that I had done this proactively as it reduced the time they had to spend going through my gear.

The pistols that I use are the BladesUSA Rubber Training Gun Black With Orange Tip. They are realistic when unholstered, but it doesn’t really matter to me since they are always secured.

The Sword And Scabbard Should Be Able To Be Adjusted At The Con

The sword is something you really need to understand if you want to be comfortable at the con. For both Deathstroke and Snake Eyes, I used a single sword to keep things simple. Yes…I understand that there are times when both characters use two swords.

However, try navigating a crowded con with two swords sticking out to your sides. You’ll spend a lot of time apologizing to people for bumping into them with a blunt, yet pokey object. {AWKWARD}

So, for convenience, I went with a single sword in a scabbard that is easily adjusted. The adjustment part is important because you might want to sit down at some point. Maybe it’s lunch, or a con panel, or just to rest. With a sword that extends lower than your tailbone, you can’t comfortably sit down.

For this reason, I suggest you get a scabbard that goes OVER your tactical vest (rather than inside of the back of the vest) AND can be locked in place. The scabbard I chose is the Katana Bokken Shinai Foam Sword Mini Nylon Carrying Case.

It’s universal, it’s adjustable, it has clips to latch, unlatch…and it’s inexpensive. Even better, it worked perfectly with the tactical vest to lock it into place.

This is the sword and scabbard combo that I chose. It worked well and allowed me to take it off so I could sit at the con. My cat really wanted to be part of the photo.

The sword is the BladesUSA 1802PP Martial Art Polypropylene Training Equipment 39.25-Inch Overall. It was just the right length and worked perfectly with the scabbard.

One other note, rather than permanently attaching it to the tactical vest, I attached the sword to the scabbard. The prop inspectors at the con said that was okay since the sword couldn’t be removed from the scabbard.

I just passed the zip tie through the Tsuba (the hand guard right above your thumb when holding it) and through the carry strap and it locked it into place.

The Grenades

Snake Eyes is known for carrying grenades, so I wanted to incorporate them into the costume. Again, I had some from Deathstroke, so I zip tied them to the tactical vest and they worked well. Yes…even grenades have to be secured.

The grenades I ordered are the Lot of 4 Kids Toy B/o Grenades. They are plastic and make an annoying tick, tick, tick, boom sound when the lever is pressed, so that had to go. I simply removed the batteries and all was good.

NOTE: Many Cons do not allow props that flash lights or make noise. The prop check officer asked me whether the grenades made noise and I confirmed with him that I had removed the batteries. Be sure to do this prior to going to the con, so you get through prop check quickly.

Be sure to understand the rules regarding weapons at your con. In this case, the grenades could not make any sound and had to be attached to an article of clothing.

The Bullets

The bullets are a minor part of the cosplay costume, but sometimes it’s the details that make the difference. The tactical vest has a spot on the right shoulder for ammunition, so I figured why not fill it up.

The cartridges that I chose are the UHC Revolver 131, 132, 133 BB Shell Set. They are plastic, lightweight, and fit perfectly in the tactical vest holders.

These plastic bullets fit perfectly in the ammunition holder on the tactical vest.

Are they 9mm or .45ACP, which would fit the pistols if they were real? No.

Do I (or anyone else) care? No.

The Clan Insignia

One other important detail for Snake Eyes is his clan insignia. Snake Eyes is a member of the Arashikage clan, along with his brother and nemesis Storm Shadow. The clan has a distinct insignia that is present on each of the version of Snake Eyes.

Sometimes it’s on his shoulder and sometimes it’s on his sword. It just needed to be present.

I added the insignia to the front of the tactical vest where it was prominent. Honestly, I did this with black and red duct tape. I will be redoing this for the next rendition, making it a little nicer looking…maybe a custom patch. For now, this worked great.

This version of the Arashikage clan for Snake Eyes was made with duct tape. I’ll be getting a custom patch for the next round.

The Visor

Okay…if you’re like me, this is the part you really geek out about. All of the previous gear could be bought, but I wanted to make the visor myself. Again, did it turn out perfectly? NO.

Did it work well? Pretty much (more below).

Did people want photos? Yes.

Is there room for improvement. A LOT.

This was the first round and this is the biggest area that I’m going to spend my time improving for the next round. In fact, I loved the concept of the visor so much that I’m going to create a fiberglass version of it so I can re-use it without worrying about the craft foam breaking.

Which it did. Right as I got to the con. GRRRRRR!

So, if you are wondering what the zip ties are in the top of the visor, they are because the screws pulled out of the foam and the visor detached from the headband. Luckily, the fine folks at prop check gave me two zip ties to fix it.

Here we go…steps for creating a Snake Eyes Cosplay visor.

Step 1 – Gather Your Materials

These are the things that I needed to create the visor:

Craft foam

Paper to draw the template

A flexible measuring tape

Sharpie marker

Pen/pencil

Good set of scissors or shears

A sharp utility knife

Mod Podge

Small craft paint brushes

Grey spray paint or primer

Step 2 – Measure Your Head And Create A Template

The first step is to use the flexible measuring tape to measure your head. The goal is to get an idea as to how big you want the visor to be. It’ll help to have another person because you need three hands.

With two fingers resting on your nose, measure the distance from ear-to-ear. The two fingers are going to give you an idea of how far the insider of the visor will be from your face. Don’t worry…nothing is set in concrete yet. This will just give you measurements for your template.

Next, draw out the template and cut it out. After looking at photos online, this is what my template ended up looking like.

This is what my visor template looked like to start.

Tip: When you are cutting out your template, mark which pieces you are going keep and which you are going to remove. The first time I created the template, I cut out the center piece of the visor because I wasn’t paying attention. Ooops!

Step 3 – Use The Template To Cut The Foam

Using the paper template, trace it out on a piece of thick craft foam. The foam I like is from Harbor Freight and it is marketed as Anti-Fatigue Mat Set.

I use this craft foam from Harbor Freight because it is nice and dense and inexpensive. It is marketed as “Anti-Fatigue Mat Set”

This stuff is really easy to cut. For the outer edges, use your scissors, but for the inside pieces, use a good, sharp utility knife. If you place the foam on a thick piece of cardboard, it makes it easy for you to cut all the way through the foam.

Once you have the visor cut out, you should have some thing that looks like this.

NOTE: These photos were taken during my mockup, so the cuts aren’t as clean as the final output. If you aren’t working through a mockup, be sure to make your cuts as clean as possible.

The top is the paper template, the bottom is the visor cut from craft foam

Cut The Center For The Angle

Now that you have the size of the visor set up and the foam cutout, you need to cut it in half. Yes…cut it in half. The reason is because Snake Eyes’ visor is pointed at the front. So, you need to cut it in half and then slightly cut the angles of the edges to they fit together at an angle.

Once you have it cut in half, you should be able to stand it up like this.

Cutting the visor down the middle allows you create the front angle

Next you need to do some cutting to make the pieces come back together. Just go slowly and cut small angles and you’ll do fine. Again, this is why I planned on doing it twice, a rough mockup and then the final. The final angles were easy once I had done it on the rough mockup.

Glue The Front Of The Visor Back Together And Set The Bends

Now that you have the angles cut, just use a hot glue gun to glue the front angles back together. REMEMBER that a little hot glue goes a long way. Don’t glob up the front of your visor with excess hot glue. Later, when you put Mod Podge on the visor, it will help strength the spot that you glued together.

Once the front of the visor is glued back together, the round pieces that go next to your ears are going to be sticking way out. You need to carefully bend them to where they should be and then secure them so they stay there.

TIP: BE PATIENT and let you hot glue fully cool. If you try to bend the visor too soon, you’ll cause the hot glue to release, undoing all your hard work.

To set the bends, I used a small bucket that was just about the same diameter of my head at the ears. I just taped the round parts of the visor to the sides of the bucket. Sounds weird, but it worked. Use a kickball, a watermelon…whatever has the same diameter as your head.

Apologies that I didn’t take a photo of this step. It seemed kinda silly when I was doing it, but it worked great and “set the bends” of the visor.

TIP: If you have issues bending your craft foam, just heat it with a heat gun or a hair dryer on high. Heating up the foam will make it flex easier. Just DON’T overheat it.

Paint On The Mod Podge To Hold It In Place

With the front of the visor glued together and the bends set, it’s time to paint on the Mod Podge so the bends stay there all by themselves and the front visor angle is strengthened

If you are a crafter or hobby cosplayer, you probably already have Mod Podge. This stuff is basically like white glue, but it hardens and keeps craft foam in place. It can be sanded and painted. I cover all my craft foam creations in it.

Tip: It’s called “Mod Podge” not “Modge Podge” or “Hodge Podge”. You can get this stuff at Wal-Mart or any big box craft store.

Mod Podge is great for making sure your craft foam stays where you want it.

As you can see in the background of the photo above, I set the angle of the front of the visor and then started painting it with three layers of Mod Podge, spaced 30 minutes apart. After the third layer, the visor stayed where I wanted it and I un-taped the back circles from the bucket and gave them three layers of Mod Podge, as well.

Paint It To Color

Once the Mod Podge has fully cured and the visor stays where you want it, it’s time to start painting. Since my craft foam was grey and I wanted to visor to be grey, I just hit it with a coating of grey primer to knock down the shine of the Mod Podge. One coat did exactly what I wanted.

This grey paint+primer took the shine off the visor after applying the Mod Podge.

Add Household Screen To Hide Your Eyes

Once you have let the visor dry, you should have a pretty cool looking visor that fits the shape of your head. Take some photos in the mirror…you’ll look bad ass!

One thing I noticed when I was looking in the mirror is that you could see my eyes. Since I wanted my Snake Eyes cosplay to be mysterious, I decided to pickup some window tint and glue it behind the visor.

Bad idea.

The window tint was waaay to dark and would have made it tough to navigate the con.

Instead, I just used a piece of household screen that I had used on another project. I cut it to size and used hot glue to secure it to the back of the visor. I know, the hot glue looks kind of crappy in the photo below, but no one else ever saw it but me.

The cool thing is this totally worked. I could see just fine, but people couldn’t see my eyes.

Attach It To The Headband

Now that you have a cool, mysterious visor the next step is to secure it to a headband. I picked up this Magnifier with headstrap and lights from Harbor Freight. It was on sale for $2.99 so I figured it was worth a try.

It worked….well…kinda.

After cutting it down and securing it to the headband with screws, all seemed to be good. That was until I got to the con. I made a couple of adjustments and the screws pulled through the foam. GRRRRR.

So, I had to use a couple of zip ties at the con to hold everything in place, which worked fine.

Did anyone point out the zip ties? Nope.

Did people still want photos? Yep.

Did it work good enough? Yep.

Will I be figuring out another option? Definitely.

The Outcome

Nice job getting this far. If you have read through all this (or at least scrolled through it), here’s what you were probably hunting for.

Perfect? No.

Am I proud enough of it to spend 3 hours putting together these instructions? You betcha.

And I hope they help inspire some potentially bad-ass Snake Eyes cosplays.

My Next Steps

These are the things I’m going to work on for the next evolution:

Incorporate knee and elbow pads and maybe some armor made from craft foam

Re-build the visor using a fiberglass mold process to create a REALLY amazing visor. This visor was also a little big, so I’m going to size it down just a little bit.

Create a derivative that uses goggles and a mask like this one

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"Rock and Roll told me later that he saw Snake-Eyes carry me out of the wreckage with his head still in flames." #gijoe #snakeeyes #ninja #yojoe #arah #gijoethemovie #usa #marvelcomics #militarytoys #army #toy #toycommunity #toyartistry #toyphotography #actionfigure #hasbro #hasbrogijoe #plasticaddict #winter #snow #riseofcobra #snakeeyestoy #mask #maskedman #goggles #arctictrooper #toyartistry

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Final Thoughts

This was a fun one to put together and I will definitely be evolving it. Better visor, a few tweaks and tunes, and Snake Eyes will be back at the cons!

If you found this helpful, let me know with a comment. If you created a Snake Eyes cosplay or Halloween costume based on these instructions, shoot me a note with a link to a photo, I’d love to see it and add it to the post.

I will also be working on instructions for Deathstroke, Joel and Ellie from the Last of Us, and maybe even some Harley Quinn (including a full bazooka) instructions.

Just for a tease, here’s a little sneak preview of the bazooka work in progress.

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Who says you can’t build a #bazooka in your #garage over the weekend? My latest #geek #craft in preparation for the upcoming #planetcomicon in #KansasCity #dc #HarleyQuinn #Batman #missmepuddin #geekcraft #geekcrafts #instageek

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