#3 other cosplays atm

[thecanvascreature]

hayy !!! im curious actually because ive made a split cosplay for my avatar on roblox but i had to find an alternative for her shell because i dont think theres an officially made wearable item for her shell specifically ,, but i also wasnt really sure and didnt wanna go off with what i saw , so i wanted to ask if there is an officially made item for her shell ??! and if there isnt at the moment will there ever be one if its manageable ?? would love to know !!! :3

Hi!!!!

I’ve actually spoken to yeucc about completing the split set (tail, banana skirt thing, shell, etc) and unfortunately gave me some news about how roblox ugc sucks big time

Yeucc still wants to try and get the items up for ugc, it’s just 1) His team and himself are very busy atm working on updates and other things, and 2) again, ugc just SUCKS!!!! bounding boxes or smth yea

Hopefully in the future the split set will be complete and you silly cosplayers will run wild and terrorize players :3💛

the substitutes i use for the tail, shell, banana skirt things are these items:

- Yellow Pastel Skirt (there’s also a 1.0 ver)

- Demon Cat Tail

- Brown Snail Shell

(i also used the traditional yellow tie waist item because i was a dummy and didn’t buy the 1.0 yellow skirt LOL)

Though these are what I use :3 there’s no official way to make a split cosplay so you’re welcome to dress her up with whatever you like :)

sorry for such a long reply!! awesome questions!!💛🍌

[girlwhowaitedtv]

Cosplay help

I'm looking to get back into cosplaying after many years of not doing it. I was just hoping for some help finding sites to get stuff, or finding good tutorials to make stuff etc I'm currently wanting to cosplay as Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet from OFMD And Nandor and Laszlo from WWDITS Theres others too but this atm is what I would like to do, and I need to have at least one ready for August for a convention local to me so any help would be greatly appreciated <3

[forsakenwitchery]

my instagram & new twitter

It appears tumblr is my ‘go to’ place for posting things atm, so I figured I’d drop Jesse. 

Some fun or not facts about it and our Control fun booth:

1. The jacket is actually my Clary Fray jacket which I never got to use for Clary. The booth team needed a Jesse and I was like, wait a minute, I just happen to have the jacket and maybe it’s high time I check out the game! The jacket ended up only lasting for those two convention days (barely) before faux leather literally fell off... Been looking for a new one since July. :( And this is literally the only cosplay I’ve done without a wig in years, it was just... way easier to dye my hair. no complaints here, I love being a redhead, NEVER going back to Rey’s color

2. The booth team actually did some pretty neat quests for visitors like collecting the mold (cotton wool) or talking to plants. There was also some singing in Finnish involved if I remember correctly... I was mainly on the other side of the booth from our Ahti so sadly the plants talking and singing happened mostly without me. 

3. OOOOH also we had the hotline!!! You had to use the switch three times (the lighting in the hotline booth would change each time juuuust like the game) and then the hotline rang. My favorite thing to do was to bring legit everyone I know to the booth and tell them to pull the switch. What the team did was just too cool for me I only had a hand in decorating the table, I’m no electrician, I needed everyone to see that, and only a few quest undergoers got to the hotline bit. :( Almost everyone’s reaction was, ‘Will it shock me?’ because I guess that’s what one would expect, right?.. And then of course they’d have to listen to the Board speaking jibberish on the phone. My favorite reaction was one person yelling, ‘F*cking realtors, don’t call here ever again!’ in reply. 

There are some more fun facts about this Control booth, if anyone’s interested, I’d be more than happy to share more.

[elvenbeard]

WIP Wednesday (actually on Wednesday!)

I was tagged by @therealnightcity @chevvy-yates a while ago and @pinkyjulien indirectly >:D

So I'm gonna do a small dump of all the (too many) things I'm doing at the moment!

Modding: I've started NPVince, finally!! That screenshot is from two weeks ago but I didnt make much progress yet cause being ill and cosplay things got in the way xD But on a basic level he is done and I'm really looking forward to start customizing him (not so much cleaning up the files and custompathing xD but I'll get there!)

Cosplay Stuff: ngl, this vest might be one of the nicest pieces of clothing I've ever done so far uwu I'm really proud but also already know several things I'd like to redo about it when I make a 2.0 version xD I also want to redo some details on this, technically still gotta add sleeves, and also so many badges and the samurai patch and bullets and aaahhhh! But I love it a lot already uwu other than that what's missing of my 2023!Kerry outfits still are the pants, and I've never done pants as complex before, but I'm really looking forward to tackling that :D

Art: Next up are some commissions first, but inbetween I'm working on several smaller illustrations all at once. One I cant post on tumblr in full xD this one is hopefully gonna be the start of a series of my favourite in-game scenes visualised like movie still-frames :3

Writing: I'm also slowly working away on my longfic, chapter 16 is almost done! But I also have brainworms atm about an alternative ending ficlet with max 5-8 chapters for the PL ending 👀 we shall see when and if I get to that xD

I'm not tagging anyone in particular, but if you see this, consider yourself tagged and pls tag me so I can peek at the cool things you're all working on!!

[internetxanarchy]

hi there!

hi!! i’m fern • im 18, please dni w this post if u are <16 ♡

hobbies

cosplay, art, creative writing (ask me about my book/ocs!), programming, crafting, zine making, jfashion, lost media!

big interests

fandom: JRWI, trolls, dunmeshi, neocities, spiderverse, marvel comics music: mainly alt/indie/riot grrrl. the oh hellos, cavetown, men i trust, hozier, bikini kill, matt maltese, chapell roan!

other interests

fandom: MEGPOID GUMI, adventure time, gwenpool, deadpool and wolverine, luigi’s mansion, sonic music: kpop! (blinks, reveluvs, never-land, once, forever, moomoos PLS TALK TO ME) i don’t rlly like boy groups atm ;; feel free to change my mind!

i think thats enough yapping... if you like any of these things please interact, dm me, or send an ask!!! :3

[charmante-mp3]

Charmante Promptober

M.Masterlist

---------- A/n; As a 'writer', whose defiantly wrote smut but never posted it, it's only fair I join a very popular October event. Here's the prompt list and the members I've chosen :). This is all Ateez thanks to a HYPERfixtaion on this band, I physically cannot write for any other group atm. Anyway towards the end you can join a taglist (which I've actually never done) but anyway, October is going to be a bit wild :). ----------- Warnings: SMUT, 18+ A lot of stuff, if you're uncomfortable with anything, please click away.

Charmante Kinktober;

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Day 1; Aftercare (San) - Let's be real, San can get a little rough. Somehow the aftermath is just as unreal.

Day 2; Massage (Hongjoong) - It was just supposed to be a little chill sesh with bff!Hongjoong, but it's just not enough.

Day 3; Public (Wooyoung) - Trying to avoid fwb!Wooyoung isn’t working especially at a club and especially since he doesn’t wanna let you go.

Day 4; Fingering (Yunho) - Yunho makes a small mistake. More like big especially when it comes to his best friend.

Day 5; Lingerie (Yeosang)

Day 6; Cosplay (Seonghwa)

Day 7; Teasing (Jongho)

Day 8; Stockings (Mingi) - A new purchase causes an interesting situation.

Day 9; Dirty Talk (San)

Day 10; Collar/Pegging (Hongjoong)

Day 11; Breeding (Yunho/Mingi)

Day 12; Against a Wall (Yeosang) - Yeosang accidentally confessed

Day 13; Sub/Dom (Wooyoung)

Day 14; Caught/Edging (San)

Day 15; Blindfold (Yeosang) 

Day 16; Pussy Drunk (Mingi)

Day 17; Betrayal (Hongjoong) 

Day 18; Corruption (Mingi) 

Day 19; Size Kink/Demon (Yunho/Wooyoung appearance?)

Day 20; Femdom (Hongjoong) - Hongjoong's ego makes him a small mistake.

Day 21; Public (Seonghwa)

Day 22; Forbidden (Jongho)

Day 23; Vampirism (Mingi)

Day 24; Sex Pollen (Hongjoong)

Day 25; Toys (Wooyoung/San)

Day 26; Marking (Jongho)

Day 27; Sex Swap (Yeosang)

Day 28; Bondage (Seonghwa/Jongho?)

Day 29; Lactation (San)

Day 30; Tentacles (Yunho/Seonghwa?)

Day 31; Gangbang (All)

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Join taglist

---------- Lowkey I'm nervous for this-

[sealz888]

INTRODUCTORY POST!

Hello, I’m Sealz888! Please call me Sealz for short. I’ve been lurking on Tumblr since around late 2017, but decided to start to become a part of the community. It’s a pleasure to meet you! My inbox is currently OPEN! I am:

An adult

Female with She/her pronouns.

Australian

An artist.

My Commissions are: OPEN! 0/5 slots taken! Please check out my commission sheet. My Requests are: OPEN, exclusively fallout 1/2 characters and OCs only! 0/5 slots taken. Please ask me about my OCs!

My favourite colour is blue (dark naval blues) . I have a ragdoll and like my user may suggest, I LOVE SEALS. My cat is very soft and fluffy, maybe’ll post a photo sometime. I have a few different hobbies notably; art, anime, manga, video games, figure collecting, cosplay, virology and immunology. I also enjoy reading (both fanfic, fiction and non-fiction), collecting plushies and listening to music. I am currently studying Japanese too, だから、あなたは日本語分かって、私たちはいっしに日本語をはなしましよう！

Anyways, I most post art which is under the tag: #sealzart while my textposts go under #sealzspeakz and all other stuff goes under the aptly named #sealzstuff tag. I tend to post a variety of content and REBLOG an insane amount of stuff (which I tend to tag under their fandom) so if you’re look for my own original content, I’d recommend going through those. I am also currently looking for fandom mutuals, so by all means, feel free to reach out! I'm not gonna bite!

My current fandoms are (bolded ones are very involved/interested in atm:

Welcome Home

The Muppets (Rowlf specifically)

My Friendly Neighbourhood

Team Fortress 2

Vocaloid

Monster High

Mob Psycho 100

Persona (3-5)

Portal

Fallout (1, 2, 3, NV, 4)

These aren’t all of them, however, so feel free to just ask my others!

I also have other accounts of other sites. I don't post as often as I do here however, here is my:

Art fight (Sealz888)

Instagram (@/Siren_of_the_dead)

AO3 (Sealz888)

Toyhouse (I’m working on it lol)

Ko-Fi

So that should be it, I hope we can get along and I look forward to meeting any of you. Oh but one more thing-

DNI IF PROSHIP, INCEST, NSFW, HOMOPHOBIC, TRANSPHOBIC, MISOGYNIST ETC AND ALL THAT JAZZ.

[pyro-thon]

ehrhiefbronfodnrb

hiiiiii!!

other then that last ask n’stuff here are some other questions! Saw your last posts and you seemed down :( I will try my best to help that!

What got you into the COD fandom and what do you like most about it? I personally like the fan fictions and Fanart

f a v o r i t e c o l o r 🫵👁️👁️

Would you like to rant about some ocs you have? Maybe some projects you’re passionate about?

HOW ARE YOUUUUU? :0

(no worries man, I’m fine, just a bit whiney today bc I miss someone rn. ALSO WHEN I SAW UR REPLY IM GIGGLING RN DONT SHOOT ME 😭)

1: it was actually a comic i saw by @/sleepyconfusedpotato! It was one where Ghost was drinking with his mask on and it led me down this huge rabbit hole of gigantic big hot men/j

ans i mostly like the fanart, but oh my LAWRD some of the fanfic is so delicious

2: Olive drab :3c

3: a little to sleepy to rant atm but dms are always open if u wanna hear more😈

And i AM working on some projects! Currently trying to work on a comic with my ocs ans also trying to see about a job so I can cosplay :3

4: old and wrinkled and dying/j

[casiavium]

You have a skyward sword ita bag?? (I’m so sorry if I misinterpreted “sws” as skyward sword)

Can I ask where you got it from and if they’re still available? I would LOVE to have that one day

Yes!!! It's the goddess ita bag by jupypoopy on Etsy, she's currently preparing for anime expo so her shop isn't open atm. I bought the full price one because it comes with the remlit pin, but she was also selling b grades at a discount (without the pin) when I bought mine!

Literally cannot rec this bag enough it is amazing. Every detail is ADORABLE. It's sturdy, has straps that adjust to be crossbody or a backpack, has so many references to Zelda games in general and not just botw. The whole front unzips so adjusting the pins is super easy and accessible.

The only "cons" I have are 1. The price (which is completely reasonable for the artist designed bag AND pin, and is honestly a steal compared to loungefly bags and stuff, but for $80 it isn't in everyone's budget) 2. The wings are snap on magnets, and though they're supposed to stay on pretty well after snapping them in, I find I worry they'll fall off and I'd lose them. Tbh this bag is my cosplay/con bag and a decoration for my Zelda collection and 3. The lime green insert hides the cute patterned inside!! I'm going to find some clear vinyl to replace it. The window is also a bit small compared to other it's bags, which is why it's my designated Zelda pins only and the keychains go on the outside

This is how big it is (and an excuse to share my cosplay)

A lot of the pins were gifts so not sure where they came from (but I can ask the gift giver) so if you have any questions or want links to those or the keychains lmk!!!

[themori-witch]

Hello dear!! I'm sending you all the love and good vibes and can't wait for you to come back! I took a break myself to focus on other things and it was such a reinvigorating thing. I hope everything gets better for you and that life settles for you <3

Hello, lovely! Long time no see for us both! I'm glad you're back, haunting the witch-sphere. I'm glad you're feeling better, that's so nice to hear - you deserve it. I'm still waiting for treatments and to be seen by people that don't actually care about my health (or so it seems when they lie, ghost you, and then only send you an appointment because they've been told, categorically, by a specialist, that I am severely unwell).

I miss being here, and I miss my friends. I'm just so tired these days. I can barely do my day-to-day, and when I do have energy, I just want to be happy for a while, so I sit down and work on cosplay stuff. It's really what's getting me through atm.

[prizmpaws]

new pinned post

hi! im forrest, and i use he/she/they/it and neos! i dont have a carrd or anything atm, im just here :P im autistic about pokemon, dnd (especially my campaign! PLEASE ask me about it), digital art, writing, sewing, cosplay, fursuits/furry fandom, bugs (especially moths), and probably some other shit i cant think of! stick around and youll find out >:3

check out my ko-fi! my commissions are open

[babythe67]

HELLO

Meet the writer !

LETS START OFF EASY

I’m Chevy or Colton, you can call me Cole, Colby, Chev, or Chevs. Please don’t call me impala or baby I know my name is similar to the car but please it makes me insane 🙏 Colt is fine too, just use it sparingly. 

MY PRONOUNS ARE HE HIM

2. Listen I understand wOAH MALE FANFIC WIRTER- yOu mUst bE aGiRl- please shut up PLEASE PLEASE LAST TIME I CHECKED I GOT BELLS AND THE TREE. MERRY CHRISTMAS.  

IM 19 

3. Guys. Let’s have a talk. 18 and over to interact. Listen. I was 16 once sobbing ab my Sam Winchester x readers and I know I physically cannot stop you, it’s the internet. Fuck can I do, reach through and smack your hand? No. But for my sake at least try to stay incognito or at least try to pretend good. I will be checkin accounts, if you’re under 18 I’ll straight up block you 💀 idgaf ab views or notes or reshares Im in it for just having a visual diary to put my writing. 

IM A MEXICAN MAN

4. guys please. PLEASE. MY ENGLISH IS AS GOID AS IT CAN BE. AND YES I MIGHT FORGET A WORD AND TYPE IT IN SPANISH. IM SORRY. AND SOME POSTS MIGHT BE IN SPANISH MY BAD. also I write from Mexican perspective so again MY B A D 

WHO DO I WRITE FOR

5. LISTEN listen guys. My list is long but this is just for spn atm. You want my other writing check out my other accs THELTGHOST or Calahansdrabbles

Cals has a mix writing. It’s like. Everything.  Ltghost is mainly cod.  Here you Can find; Sam Winchester  Dean Winchester  Castiel Novak  G A R T H  Charlie Bradburry  Crowley Lucifer  Etc etc  Dick Roman if you ask nicely. 

WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU COLT.

6. HI. It’s Colby here. Im a tall nerdy Mexican, probably on the chubby side. I wear glasses and have black shaggy hair. I cosplay ghost and konig and castiel- some other mfs too.  No I DONT wanna show my face bruh then you’ll find my TIKTOK and HARASS ME FOR THE FOUL THINGS I WRITE. Uh. Im pretty cool I’d say. And I love interacting and taking requests. Like yes baby let me write you your slow burn destiel fic you’ve been itching for. 

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

7. MEXICOOO BABY. VIVA MEXICO HUEVONES. uhhh no but fr I’m from Jalisco Mexico but now live in California bordering TJ. 

WHAT FANDOMS??

8. UHHHH This acc is mainly spn cause I want Dean to suck my dick. Uhhhh though I do enjoy a lot of different shit. This includes good omens, cod, overwatch, greys anatomy, adventure time, yadda yadda

Uh that’s kinda all I guess. Stream vampire by Olivia Rodrigo. And Stay with me by Ghost.  

That’s all folks. ♡

[sheepie-self-ships]

Aw man that one post about you being the f/o has been stuck in my head all day… anyways I have drawings queued up for tomorrow but I have so much more I’ve thought about LMAO these are gonna be really self projecting but I need to remember CRINGE IS DEAD BECAUSE I KILLED IT !!!

Ok so Bones is the one selfshipping with his blorbo Ace from his shows, right?

So for the media Ace is from, I think it’s still the Aqua.bats, it’s just Different. The cast is different, smaller, and it’s still got the classic uniform and everything. Basically it’s the su.per sh.ow but without the actual guys, just different characters

I think the guys in this AU are all college roommates bwjsjs

Jimmy selfships along with Bones, he just ships with a different character, @doing-science who’s character Kae is the ‘bats videographer who also turns into a dog at night

Ricky kinda makes fun of Bones and Jimmy for selfshipping, not really knowing what all it’s about, until he goes on to look it up himself. He ends up making a secret selfship blog and ships with an OC of his (it’s really just Quera from the irl AB!SS!) he becomes secret mutuals with Jimmy and Bones but still pokes fun at them in person 💀

Crash doesn’t really get the whole shipping thing, but he likes watching the show casually with Bones and Jimmy

The commander cares not at all for any of what’s going on, he’d rather be at a party on campus or something bwjsjs

This universe’s AB!SS! is a lot more successful than the one we have irl,,, it has more merch for Jimmy and Bones to collect, Jimmy doesn’t get very much merch but he has a few Kae specific things, Bones goes HAM on merch. He’s got all the CDs, the first few seasons of the show on dvd, he’s got tshirts, he’s got hoodies, he’s got the themed socks and he even got a hot topic exclusive edition of the Ace funko pop 🙄 there’s a few pieces of merch that elude him, but he has too much at this point already

He doesn’t exclusively have aqua.bats merch, though that’s most of it. he normally just gets like random band tshirts and stuff for other media, never to the same extent

Jimmy makes his own merch sometimes

Jimmy and bones went plushie shopping together, Jimmy got a big dog plush that looked like Kae’s dog form, and Bones got an official tm Ace plush, a small pink bat, and a little falcon plushie so that he could put it with the pink bat plushie :3

Jimmy and bones go to their local convention and see some Aqua.bats cosplayers cosplaying Ace and Kae and they psych themselves out and lose them before they can ask for pictures in a calm enough manner 💀

Bones listens to all the interviews and podcasts and stuff about his version of the Aqua.bats, and gives Jimmy the run down on what goes on in them

Those are all I can think of atm bwjsjsk anyways

[primumincaelo]

about the mun!

Name: i go by Dust! Age: 26, almost 27 Pronouns: he/they Sexuality: gay-ace Single Or Taken: single and a lil unsure about the mingle Hobbies: doodling, writing, cosplay... i also participate in a rocky horror shadowcast group and that's been really fun! Favourite Colour: probably purple tbh? Fandoms: ― Current: uhhhhhh hahaha mostly just hazbin hotel these days, my audhd ass is hyperfixated babey ― Past: oh boy there's a lot. good omens, south park, adventure time, stranger things, gravity falls, steam powered giraffe, welcome to night vale, camp here & there, homestuck, nbc hannibal, doctor who, sally face..... there's still more but i'll stop there easfrgth Other Blogs: my main is onhigh (canon div angel dust), i also have disventura (hazbin au wednesday addams), clawtender (sinner oc; blog is still kinda wip efsrdgth), incisura (fallen exterminator oc; low activity), and then i'm working on a super secret trio muse blog for my heavenly muses (which includes st peter - currently at pearlkeep until the mini mumu is done!). i also have a multimedia mumu, dustified, but since hazbin has consumed my brain i haven't really used it much. Favourite TV Show: hazbin prolly atm Do You Cosplay?: ABSOLUTELY I DO i've been doing it for like 12 years. i'm in the process of putting together luci and adam, plus i've cosplayed angel before! Favorite Media: i dont entire get this question? uh... i like watching youtube a lot? Favourite Book: i don't really read all that much? i've recently started house of leaves, it's been pretty good so far Favourite Band: i'm here to post Detour North propaganda (i'm actually, genuinely friends with the singer, we were in high school theater together). technically they're not together anymore but their music still goes fucking hard. also huge fan of will wood/wwatt, waterparks, calypso, front bottoms/flat stanleys, flatsound, hozier, ricky montgomery, tally hall/miracle musical, ghost, chonny jash.... again there's a lot here, i'll stop before i make this too long Favourite Movie: bright young things from 2003. i can't remember when i came across it but it's been a comfort movie since i first watched it Do You Have Pets?: we have a black cat named wednesday! she's still a junior, only about 2 years old i think, she's a stupid lil thing there's not a thought in that head Favourite Animal: opossums or raccoons i think :3 Do You Play Any Instruments?: i took piano lessons from grade 6 up until i graduated high school, i took a couple months of violin lessons, and i can kinda pluck at a ukulele, but i'm by no means extremely good at any of them lmao Favourite Hellaverse Character(s): hhhhh lucifer and adam. no hesitation. i thought when i came back i'd be right back to angel dust? nope. lucifer and adam come in and sweep up the title like it's candy from a baby

tagged by: @brokendreamscreation (ty!!) tagging: uhhhhhhhhhh you <3

[yupuffin]

In summer 2016, I got one of the Japanese bookstore's last copies of the KAITO 10th anniversary album Glorious Blue. The whole album is full of BOPS, but I got particularly hooked on Doctor=Funk Beat by nyanyannya. I was super excited to see it slated to be performed at Magical Mirai later that year. I learned the choreography as fast as I could and became, to my knowledge, the first person to publicly upload a dance cover of Doctor=Funk Beat using the Magical Mirai choreography.

Sometime in the next few months, I got hooked on the rest of nyanyannya's discography and decided to subscribe to his Patreon. We got monthly updates and the early release versions of some songs, which was cool! I believe it was in the announcement post for the song Justin⇒Jive⇒Justify in which he included the song lyrics, footnoted with "It'd be cool if I had an English translation!"

So, like the bilingual student I was, I went 🤔🤔🤔, assembled my best attempt at a translation, and stuck it in the comments with "Hey, I wasn't sure if you were serious about wanting an English translation for this, but in case you were and wanted to use one, I gave it a shot!"

I thought this would be a singular instance, but I was wrong! Unexpectedly, this led to us collaborating on quite a bit of translation work for him over the years, including captions for his music videos back when community captions on YouTube were a thing. It was a really cool experience. I remember consulting one of my housemates, an exchange student from Japan, to help me proofread my responses to the messages we exchanged. Once nyanyannya started to get into Vtubing, I learned how to make subtitle files from scratch to match the skit videos he'd send me so he could upload them with the final product. Most of those videos have sadly been unlisted now, but I have fond memories of his avatar's antics, and many of the one-liners still live in my head rent-free despite the defunct source material.

The cozy fandom for his body of musical work "the Namari Hime series" was led by a dedicated user who'd host regular drawing chats -- the kind where everyone doodles on the same canvas while voice chatting. Every few weeks or months I'd get to wake up ridiculously early to discuss new song releases and favorite characters with a bunch fellow fans from the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and nyanyannya even joined in himself on a couple of occasions. He laughed at the cleverness of me posting a photo in cosplay of one of his characters "Cash" gesturing dramatically at an ATM. He rightly proclaimed our little corner of the Internet a "super cool fandom."

For a while, we had an unofficial Discord server for the worldwide English-speaking sector of the fandom as well. It's probably still out there, actually! It was really cool to see how the fandom grew over the years from just a couple of people to at least several dozen, if not more.

Shortly after protests broke out across the United States in 2020, I woke up to a message from nyanyannya saying he'd seen the news about what was happening on my side of the pond and wanted to ask if I was okay. It was really touching.

I followed his work less closely after he officially started Vtubing, just because, as a college student, I didn't have the spare time to watch a large quantity of ~3-hour-long videos. And a couple of years ago, I stopped financially supporting him after he started experimenting with generative AI to make YouTube thumbnail images and singing samples.

But we still follow each other on Twitter--even though he posts mostly about Vtubing now, and I mostly post about Hoyoverse games and not Namari Hime. I still see the selfies he posts on Instagram from time to time. And I'm still mutuals with a lot of the previous fandom members, too, even though a lot of them are less active and we don't speak directly basically at all anymore.

nyanyannya's song Fräulein=Biblioteka is featured in the ongoing MIKU EXPO North America tour. nyanyannya is not a mainstream musician. In fact, he deliberately quit mainstream music production before he wrote Namari Hime because of the toll it was taking on his mental and physical health, and turned instead to Vocaloid as tool to help him express his individuality, instead of whatever would be the most commercially successful.

Well, that's just one example. There's plenty more.

KIRA, the producer who wrote the featured song "Highlight," is younger than I am by several years. He wrote the lyrics to another one of his hit songs, "MONSTER," when he was sixteen, and almost scrapped it because he thought nobody would like it. Now a song he wrote played at COACHELLA and he's over the moon.

Utsu-P, behind "Hyper Reality Show," is experiencing similar feelings, as he never would have dreamed of one of his songs featuring at Coachella back when his parents bought him Hatsune Miku with graduation money.

yukkedoluce is another of my favorite Vocaloid producers. He grew up wanting to be an astronaut, but didn't qualify because his eyesight was too poor -- so now he lives his dream in a different form by writing Miku songs about space.

At one of the side events at MIKU EXPO 2018, my siblings and I happened to sit next to a Vocaloid producer named Lystrialle who specializes in making contemporary folk music featuring MEIKO and KAITO. I looked up her music after the expo; her album "You, in the Endless Starlight" almost literally defined my sexuality (or lack thereof), and my Genshin Impact AU is named after some of her lyrics. She runs a Mastodon instance for Vocaloid fans.

What I'm trying to say is... there are Vocaloid producers who might be more comparable to mainstream producers, and there are musicians who started with Vocaloid work and eventually transitioned to more mainstream work. But there's also an endless list of Vocaloid producers who make little to no money off their work and hence are far from major corporate entities.

Individuality and collaboration is at the heart of Vocaloids like Hatsune Miku. Miku is primarily a tool to give musicians the power to create the music they want, not to make a highly successful commercial product. I've given an entire hour-long panel on this that convention attendees still remember ten years later, but that's a lot to put into a post that's already long enough, so I'll spare you the details for now.

Vocaloid was one of my first fandoms back in 2011. I got into cosplay and dance because of Vocaloid. Now I'm heavily involved in my local cosplay performance scene, both in terms of participating in events and helping organize them.

How does that phrase go? Do not recite the magic to me; I was there when it was written.

Don't spread misinformation that Vocaloid producers don't care about people's feelings because all they care about is making a commercial Product(tm).

Instead, please fuck all the way off.

[thesouppond]

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Tagged by: @sir2dtrash

Last Song: Cinnamon - JOME (Imagining happy warm lives for my OTPs lol)

Currently Watching: Uhhhh I should be watching more stuff but atm its mostly just doing binge of Therm's youtube videos.

Three Ships: Kazu/Val/entina (Shogun Sniper) - Gen:Lock, uhhh for the sake of not throwing 3 GL ships in here lol, we'll go Gale/Astarion (Bloodweave) - BG3, and token straight ship Gajeel/Levy (Gajevy) - Fairy Tail.

Favourite Colour: Green. Particularly fond of soft sage greens and deep misty forest emeralds and mosses.

Currently Consuming: Literally? A strawberry and some Yakult. Figuratively? Reading The Neon Genesis Evangelion Manga.

First Ship: Uhhh either Robin/Starfire (RobStar) - the OG animated Teen titans, Musa/Riven (Rivusa) - the original Winx run, or Jasmine/Lief (Jaslief) - Deltora Quest. All of these obsessions happened when I was around 9-12 and I cannot for the life of me recall which came first akdsjfhl

Relationship Status: 2 years into a relationship idk how I got here man, it just happened.

Last Movie: Escaflowne (2000). Not really my thing tho I think. Someone needs to sit me down for another movie I procrastinate watching them otherwise.

Currently Working On: GEN:LOCK RELOADED BABEYYYY. Slowly inching my way through the last prologue of my fancomic before the main story kicks in and kicks everyone's asses. I apologise in advance. Also working on a Lux (LOL) cosplay for a group I got roped into to make cosplay friends in my area whoops, and like at least 2 other art things. We love starting multiple projects at once and being stressed out by it. Wew.

Tagging: @modkatisbacc, @uptosometrixx, @autisticblueteam, @gen-incorrect, @nitw (Hi I know we're not technically moots but you seem cool hope this isn't imposing) I don't know enough people on here to tag more but feel free to say I tagged you if you wanna become moots too! Always happy for new friends, especially if you're down to listen to me ramble about my ideas :P