#Honest John cosplay

[oneknightlight]

Sometimes I think about the things I do when I’m unmasking that are unironically funny or flirty but I don’t understand at the moment they’re happening that they are so I’m just like. Why people giggle at the me

Was thinking about at the last convention how I was walking to the end of the (big ass) line down the side of the building and I was like. Gay fast walking like a model on a runway and eating walnuts. Some guy tried to stop me for a picture and I turned, stopped deadass, looked this man in the eyes, and said “catch me in the building! I’m eating nuts and concerned I won’t make it to the end of the line.” In spamton cosplay. In spamton g spamton cosplay. Turned and walked away, waved like a Disney Princess at the girls giggling at me, and then broke into a run-walk, while still eating walnuts. I asked myself the entire time I was on my line journey ‘were they making fun of me. Do I look bad. Am I stupid’ no that was just fucking funny and I just now realized 2 months later

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

02/10/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; Long Post is Long. Cast & Crew Sightings; David Jenkins; Matt Maher; Clowning; Rhys Darby; Rosie; Samba; Max Trolling Reminder; Coyote Vs Acme Cont'd / Articles; Watch Party Reminders for Feb 11; SafeSpaceShip; Art Director's Guild Nominee; We Need to Be a Lighthouse! Game; AdoptOurCrew Choose Your Own Adventure; Love Notes; Daily Darby / Today's Taika;

= Cast & Crew Sightings =

Well as you can imagine, the David Jenkins IG is the big news of today. The clowning forecast has gone up significantly. Dad posted one of the late-blooming SaveOFMD banners in NY and attached Elton John - Candle In The Wind to the post. This song has some very specific significance to our fandom.

Apparently back when we lost Lucius in Season 1, Chaos Dad posted this song to Nathan Foad. Src @cptn_brightsky's Twitter Post

Now ADD to that... David Jenkins ALSO added this picture of Matthew Maher standing in front of a saveOFMD flyer found out on the street.

NOW OF COURSE, we are all clowning, but I think as usual Chaos Dad is trying to give us info without giving us info since the fandom pays so much attention to every little detail.

@saltpepperbeard has a theory that I'm down to clown with until I turn blue in the face. Src.

So yeah, as always take the clowning how you will, but I'll be honest, this looks like great news to me. It really does. CLOWN ON MY FRIENDS.

= Other Cast & Crew Sightings =

Rhys Darby's going to be at The Bourbon Room Hollywood next Friday, 2/16 at 8 PM PT.

== Rosie ==

Since doing cute stuff just doesn't stop in the Darby houshold, tonight I wanted to make a special shout out to Rosie Carnahan Darby, Rhys' Wife who has been active the last couple days. First and foremost, she knit a little blanket and hat for Samba's baby!

Second apparently she's restocked the Awesomeness Comedy website with more Buttons McGinty books and Comedy Special DVD's in case you're interested.

Oh and by the way, Samba loves the blanket:

= Vico Ortiz =

Tonight Vico was out performing with Them Fatale Drag Kings at their last night at their home bar Redline! Just some shots from their IG stories, feel free to check out more.

== Max Trolling ==

Gentle reminder luvs, if you're going to IG, or Twitter to troll Max posts, let's try to remember not to post OFMD/Negative comments on any posts that are celebrating underrepresented groups. We want to support those groups. Please note however, if you'd done it previously and didn't know, don't beat yourself up! We all make mistakes, just please try to keep it in mind going forward! (If you can delete your previous posts, great, if not, again not the end of the world).

== Coyote Vs Acme Cont'd / Articles ==

Why Deleting and Destroying Finished Movies Like Coyote vs Acme Should Be a Crime

This article is from yesterday but this blurb was pretty damn specific so I wanted to make sure if you missed it you got to see some of the reasons why Max did cancel OFMD.

"Some of the company’s tactics post-merger were garden-variety ruthless, like eliminating 87 series from its streaming platform Max, so that they won’t have to pay union-mandated residuals to the talent that created already-existing programs or pony up funds to produce more seasons of existing ones (such as “Our Flag Means Death,” one of the company’s most popular and critically acclaimed comedies—canceled after just two seasons)."

= Watch Party / Event Reminders =

Feb 11: Q+ and AdoptOurCrew Season 2 Live-Rewatch Party

Times: 2PM GMT, 9 AM EST, 6 AM PST

Watch Party Hashtags:

#OurFlagMeansBBC 

#OurFlagMeansRewatch

#SaveOFMD 

#AdoptOurCrew

= Feb 11: Relax I'm From the Future Watch Party! =

Sunday February 11th, 1 PM PT. 4 PM ET, 9PM GMT

Watch Party Hashtags:

#PiratesFromTheFuture

#SaveOFMD

#AdoptOurCrew

== In Person Events: San Diego CA ==

February 11, 2024 at 4 PM at Maritime Museum of San Diego

Costumes & Cosplay Encouraged! Location: Maritime Museum of San Diego 1492 North Harbor Drive San Diego, CA 92101

Hashtags:

#SafeSpaceShip

#SaveOFMD

#AdoptOurCrew

= Art Director's Guild Award Nominee! =

Sorry, I forgot to add this one yesterday!

Ra Vincent - Nominee for Half-Hour Single - Camera Series. Src: @AdoptOurCrew and ADG

Check out the Design Presentation: OFMD_s2_art.pdf

== We Need To Be A LightHouse! ==

Have YOU heard of this awesome new Monkey Island Inspired Point and Click Adventure Game by @blueberreads and @eldawee? They've been working on it for months and it's FINALLLLLLLY HEEEERE!

These folks are so incredibly talented! Please go check it out here! https://dawee.itch.io/lighthouse If you're using a MAC OS you'll most likely need to download an executable at the bottom of the main page. Just FYI! If it prompts you with the "you downloaded this from the internet" error just click OK. I already started playing with it and I'm in love.

I pushed Ed and he asked if I wanna do something weird xD Okay no more spoilers, GO CHECK IT OUT!

== AdoptOurCrew Choose Your Own Adventure Game!==

In honor of the s2 watch party with Q! tomorrow, @adoptourcrew did a really adorable choose your own adventure game on twitter today! They did polls and let the majority pick which direction they wanted the story to go!

Since it was a lot of pictures I made a separate post so you can see the whole story: @adoptourcrew Choose Your Own Adventure here on tumblr. Please check it out!

== Love Notes ==

Alrighty lovelies. It's been another busy day. Lots of clowning, lots of hope, lots of emotional roller coasters. I hope you had a good time and generally it was more positive than negative. I have a lot I want to say, but my brain is still pretty foggy. So I'll make this short.

Sometimes when things go well, our brain gets excited and then they overcompensate when we calm down. It starts to think a lot more negatively because it had so much extra dopamine for a time. When that happens, little things can be really devastating. I just want you to remember that we all make mistakes and YOU, you beautiful imperfect being are not your mistakes. They hurt, and we learn from them, but they don't define us. Try not to listen to your brain if it's telling you otherwise. You are so very wonderful.

Anyway, I hope that makes sense.

Here's a picture I found today I thought really applied to all you wonderful people. Thank you to all the folks who reached out to me and checked in and sent me love when you knew I was struggling (there are too many to list and I don't know if you want to be tagged so please just know how much I appreciate you). I love you all so much, and I'm so lucky to how found people who make me feel like it's ok to be me.

== Daily Darby / Today's Taika ==

Tonight is once again animal themed. I wish I'd made that Taika gif last night for the lovebirds theme, but here we are.

[gaybae1021]

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everybody! I'll be honest, its been a crazy month. I thought I would have plenty of time to get my Halloween redraw done this year, but I had to really crunch at the end to get it done. The shading isn't really up to my usual standards, so probably when I have more time I'll go back and do a proper shading pass.

I had a lot of fun doing different group combinations than the previous years, mostly breaking up the couples and letting them do friend or parent child costumes instead. And I finally got to do what I wanted to do last year, add in Zoey, Levin, and Malachi! They're arguably more important characters than Cadenza, hence why she got the axe this year (I still love her but she's not exactly plot central and I also had no ideas for her costume). So without further ado, here's my 2023 redraw!

Individuals and costume explanations under the cut:

KC: Emily (Stardew Valley) Based off Lizard Leigh's cosplay on YouTube.

Dante and Naoko: John Marston (RDR) and Link (BOTW). Sort of representing each generation's style of open-world gaming.

Lucinda: Megara (Hercules)

Levin and Malachi: Nightwing and Damien Wayne (Son of Batman)

Aphra, Garroth, and Laurance: Yellow guy, red guy, and duck (DHMIS show)

Zoey: Dani (Midsommar). I like the idea that she just saw the outfits and thought they were pretty, full on doesn't realize its a horror movie.

Zane: Jonathan Sims (The Magnus Archives)

Travis and Katelyn: Anne Boleyn and Catherine Parr (SIX)

Nicole and Dmitri: Cassandra and Casey Jones (Rottmnt)

[thisworldisablackhole]

nothing,nowhere. Hell or Highwater

🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

FFO: COUNTRY, EMO, ALEX G, DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL / LISTEN

Country is back in. It has been for a while. Everyone wants to be a cowboy these days. The undercurrents of americana that pervade popular music have never gone away, but many artists over the past few years have been pushing their over the top characterizations of cowboys and countryscapes back into the mainstream by fusing the genre with electronic based pop and rap. Lil Nas X, Oliver Tree, hell, even Beyoncé has seen the potential in this fusion. In a way, it almost feels a little bit late for singer-songwriter and emo-rap-metalcore extraordinaire Joe Mulherin to be hopping on the trend, but I'm not sure if anyone has so unabashedly mixed alt-country and emo pop like this before.

Hell or Highwater is the newest entry in the series of Joe Mulherin doing whatever the fuck he wants since leaving Fueled by Ramen and regaining ownership of his career. He already dropped a full length record of emo rap bangers earlier this year, and now, almost as if to flex his new found creative freedom, he's switching things up with nine sad, manure scented acoustic tracks. "John Wayne (I Wanna Be A Cowboy)" kicks things off with a reminder that Mulherin is, in fact, a millennial, and his perspective as a 30 something year old struggling with motivation and trapped in cycles of late night doom-scrolling definitely shines through in the lyrics. Somber strums of the guitar accompany him as he sings "I wanna be a cowboy, but I sleep too late. I stayed up all night watching Walmart fights on my phone". At face value, it's a bit cheesy, but the message of desperately wanting more for yourself yet having too much executive dysfunction to take those steps is honest and easily relatable for the modern age. Don't worry though, not every song is so on the nose with it's tiktok generation pandering. Fourth track and one of the biggest album highlights, "In The Country", hits us with the beautiful cry of the harmonica and a much less obvious approach to discussing depression and the yearning to escape to a quieter, simpler life.

I'd be remiss not to mention that there is still a small hip hop influence on this album. "Hydrangeas", "Cliché Lovers", and "Honey" all feature some 808s and trap hi hats, but Mulherin's sad cowboy persona still remains at the core of these songs, and these elements blend so seamlessly into the rest of the album that they hardly feel out of place, especially if you are already familiar with the previous work of nothing,nowhere. These songs bring a sort of mixtape feel to the album, and while they aren't the star of the show for me, they act as nice segues between the more countryfied moments. Things really get kicked up a notch near the end of the record with bombastic choruses in a slacker visage like early Dashboard Confessional meets Rocket-era Alex G. Closing track "New England" ends things off on a particularly high note, starting with the lone riffing of an electric banjo before drums, acoustic guitars and blues slides all drop into place. Mulherin throws a slight twang on his voice as he recites some of his most muddy truck lovin' lyrics to date, "Well, I know that backroads and dirty clothes just ain't for everyone. So, you take the city lights and skyline, give me a setting sun". It's probably the most cowboy cosplay moment on the whole album, but in the midst of the trees and cornfields still lies an explosive, tearjerking chorus of lost love that could make me weep. Mulherin has always had a knack for hooks and catchy choruses, and this song further exemplifies the fact that he could easily make a career in writing chart topping hits if he wanted to.

I'll admit, I wasn't expecting to fall in love with this album. My personal relationship with country music has gone from ironically blasting "Fix A Drink" by Chris Jansen for shits and giggles, to eagerly watching Lucinda Williams live with clasped hands and open ears, but when the emo kid next door suddenly shows up on your front lawn with a cowboy hat, acoustic guitar in hand, and face painted like a clown, I think anyone would be a little skeptical. But whether it's rap, metalcore, or alt country, Mulherin never fails to write a memorable, heart clutching song. Hell or Highwater is just further proof that his song writing talent transcends borders, and—outside of the constraints of major labels—he truly can do whatever the fuck he wants.

[bandofchimeras]

will i get jumped for this? no bc only 5 mutuals read this blog. but. how to say it. i am absolutely dog-tired of leftism. American leftism. but all leftism really. at least, the culture of it. and this may display my ignorance, but playing Disco Elysium has really opened up this bag of worms so lets eat em (?) I'm tired of organizing and helping and all the necessary posturing and do-gooder shit and the slogans and marching and chanting. i'm tired of all the books on my shelf and all the pages in my instagram being dour, fervent, politricking, theorizing, agitprop. a good Mao essay or some liberation theory can indeed transform the mind and refresh the soul but dear GOD the culture is as stifling as church. repetetive and soulless as the color-branded two party system. I want to choke whatever this tendency is, out of the collective body. i want to watch this soul-sucking self-righteousness twitch on the ground like a worm. where is a sensous life, an embodied life, a loving life, in this mess? i understand the need of seriousness in revolution but that is an EFFECT not a PRE-REQUISITE of the conditions of armed resistance!!!! what is becoming clear, is the cosplaying, larping, performative aesthetics and ethos of this movement reveal we are NOT serious, despite pretending to be. the conformity, inner policing, quibbling is ALL PART OF COINTELPRO STYLE INFILTRATION AND TACTICS.

at this point I don't consider myself a "leftist." or feel much like attaching a fucking identity marker to my principles. when they come for the communists, i will be a communist. when the anarchists are in the streets, i am an anarchist. but I can't won't don't and refuse to adopt these images as lifestyles and kitsch. I hate the entire aroma of the edifice. fuck it. destroy conformity. I am an artist. you are an artist. all of us, are human beings with families and stories and needs and desires. if that isn't showing up in the movement, fuck the movement. its my heart to yours, our hearts as one, skin, bone, flesh, cedar trees dancing in the night whispering secrets, or fucking kill it. non-profit infographics may breadcrumb out good information but chronic posting syndrome is suffocating my soul and the low-key judgy energy in the 'scene' around all these moralized expectations for how you show up, can fucking eat my ass. i didn't survive catholicism to bow my head and submit to fucking oatmeal-flavored nonprofit behavior modification industrial complex. i am a nasty, beautiful, complex queer edifice, organism, and fucked up person like ALL OF US ARE. so please god let's not waste more time on this posturing.

do the action. practice the principle. keep quiet about it. is gonna be my guidestar going forward. i'd rather join an honest to god gang cuz at least you aren't being guilted about enjoying shit by a bunch of stressed out middle aged organizers WHERE IS JOHN WATERS JOHN WATERS SAVE US

[possession1981fan]

WHAT IS GRUESOME GRRL?

Gruesome grrl is a queering and evolution of Riotgrrrl. Gruesome grrl is for the femmes that aren't usually accepted in femme spaces. This is for the femmes that due to their transness, their brashness, and their inability to compromise, exist on the edges of what 'woman' means. Some reject womanhood outright for an alternative nonbinary trans masculinity. Some see femininity as the absolute trap that it is. These are women who reject conventional femininity for something more butch, more futch and above all else transfeminine. I don't want this to be a binary punk movement. I want this to be something for the nasty nonbinary punks that have had femininity define their identity in some powerful and violent ways. This is for nasty gruesome grrls who have had their femininity denied. For the mascs and femmes who deny feminitiy outright for their own sanity. This isn't a movement just for cis women and they/thems, and womxn. this is a movement for transfems, transmasc, nonbinary freaks, trans androgynous art hoes, messy drag queens, sexy hermaphrodites, hard kink trans sex workers, the absolute nastiest femmes and mascs and enbies with shitty attitudes. This is something for the types of weirdos that are never platformed in cis lesbian spaces let alone trans lesbian spaces. Granted I'm just some angry trans sissy dyke with a chip on her shoulder known for starting shit, and pissing and whining with the best of them. But I want to make something, a movement with actual teeth. 

Alright everyone let's be honest:

RIOTGRRRL ISN’T FUCKING WORKING

Katheleen hanna is a fucking liberal now. She’s not jumping up and down and calling out her rapist live in the middle of the college quad and calling it a song anymore. She's shown her capacity and it isn't really to progress feminism in any way that's radical anymore. Le tigre made a fucking hilary clinton song dude!? LIKE FUCK HILARY CLINTON!

 Silvia Rivera's dead. pose is a great show but I wouldn't say finding a bunch of fishy black dolls to cosplay as the house labeija is a big countercultural shift. Play dress up with the clothes more radical women left in their closets before they were laid to rest. Make all the liberal art you want but that wont stop our genocide.

It's just more of the same when your a black transfem or a gruesome grrl in any regard you see two stories played out constantly:

You either live the beautiful conventional femme. She gets her liberal ideas displayed thanks to a system that wants to affirm all her middle of the road ideas. a patriarchy of creepazoid chasers loves controlling and acquiring there own fishy doll they can use to lash out at other femmes and all the girlies to fall in line.

Or you die the radical transfem. Your name in lights after fighting and screaming and fucking and sucking your way to get the movement to finally accept you, your enemies in the millions. other women who masculinize you and make you the aggressor. patriarchal men who want to acquire you and like it better when they can pay you to be at the height of their menagerie. And of course theres the cops who want you homeless and crazy or begging for freedom till they snuff you out like a light.

SO EITHER YOU LIVE TO BE HUNTER GODDAMN SCHAFER OR YOU DIE MARSHA P FUCKING JOHNSON.

I made my choice. Im dying marsha p but my run is gonna be historic and im gonna make sure every tranny remembers the Gruesome grrls. We’ll have the genderfucks dancing and fighting and moving and writing and drawing and singing and marching till there aint a single cop, or fucked up john or crazed lesbian terfy theyfab on the street. Either learn that the craziest trannies, the ones your afraid of, the one you make rumors about, the ones that are broke and barely surviving; are the ones you need to look out for or get the fuck off my block. The freakiest trannies have always led movements in the right direction and that's always been the case historically. so why in the throws of mass genocide, truscum infighting, theyfab memery, and terf videogame franchises is it impossible for me to find a single tranny that looks looks like me? Another femme or even a transmasc or enby that looks this black this fat this loud this punk this existentially mistreated and maligned? In the streets on twitter on tiktok on facebook on tumblr not a single tranny with the same look or attitude. I refuse to believe that im this isolated. With that being said whether you identify as a girl, a boy, a cat, an eldridge lovecraftian hellbeast, or all those things at the same time (i know i do) you are now officially a Gruesome grrl! A transfem led movement for transwomen, transmascs, cis women, she/theys of any kind really anyone who's been femme  in the past, present or future. I just want to hear your stories of femininity and how it affected you, defined you or even hurt you and how you're using those lessons to fight against a shitty conformist  patriarchal heteronormative society. 

ITS GRRL NOT GRRRL THIS IS FOR THE BITCHES AND TRANNIES THAT DON'T GET THAT THIRD R! WHETHER YOUR BEING TOLD YOU DONT DESERVE THAT THIRD R OR YOU PLAINLY DON'T WANT IT THE GRUESOME GRRL TRANNIES WILL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR YOU! 

how do i join gruesome grrl?

hit me the fuck up its @gruesome_grrl on all platforms

[shinygoldengun]

Tiktok Headcannons for the gang! Because i use that platform way too much

Hosea's tiktok is one of those old people's tiktoks who always duet people and gives honest, good advice. He's always responding to people, and likes comments about being people's dad or grandparent :) he also does lives (livestreams) of him doing crosswords every Sunday. Like a mix of elijahstroman7 and annrussell03.

Dutch's tiktok is one third failed intentional thirst traps, one third dueting women he likes with his unblinking face as the video, and one third political and philosophical rants.

Lenny's account is full of well-made videos about technology, news/politics, and literature/"booktok". His editing is top-notch and he has a large following! Lenny's followers love his sense of fashion, calling him a fashion Icon - some even draw fanart of him! He is verified, much to the annoyance of Sean. He has a side account just for his cat.

Mary-Beth's account is fandom anthropology (think, academia on fandom and fanfic but presented in layman's terms), fanfic culture, and cosplay.

Tilly has an aesthetic account. It's like a hidden gem; it's not popular or verified, but everyone who comes across it loves it. She posts various aesthetics, and takes requests! Her most popular tiktok is about yellow aesthetic. She also rarely posts tiktoks with her face in it, but they do well and the comments are nice :)

Karen is a fashion and make-up account. People love her creative looks and her outfit choices. She likes to do lives (livestreams) where she drinks, chats with the audience, and does her make-up.

Javier's tiktok is just him posting songs and song covers - his is the most popular out of the whole gang! Javier is verified, and has a merch store and a Spotify.

Sean has a combined shitpost/weirdtok/commentary account. He dances sometimes, too. His account is very eclectic, but has a small but dedicated following. Has been on tiktok the longest, but has the least followers and is not verified. Has a secret spam account that is much more popular about vlogging with his friends and the gang!

Abigail has a mom account, and posts crock-pot recipes. She's doing her best. Occasionally she posts a "lol my partner is incompetent 🤣" "funny" video and those get really popular.

John's account is all about animals he met on the street and weird situations he finds himself witnessing (e.g. a car riding on train tracks). He posts a lot about Cain, then Rufus. Dog person.

Arthur's account is very country? He talks about his horse a lot, and dances to country tunes. He has a series where he annoys members of the gang. Nothing he posts is something he hated doing; Arthur loves creating content!

Charles unintentionally makes thirst traps with his content of survival/bushcraft, cooking, and indigenous issues and culture. He's got a lot of thirsty followers, but a lot of genuine ones too. His cooking videos are very ASMR, and sometimes they spawn video chains of musicians jamming out to it.

Sadie is deep into political tiktok. She's avid about gun rights and is a feminist. She also shows herself working out a lot, and a large number of her followers are wlw.

Kieran's tiktok is about all the pets he has, whom he loves to bits. He's been asked for a face reveal, but he's too shy. There is a conspiracy that he's secretly The Rock.

Pearson has a tiktok cooking account, but its only about Barbecuing. He once tried to make a dish with vegetables, but users mass reported it for disturbing content and it got taken down.

Grimshaw has an account, but doesn't post. She just downloads everything she likes to watch later (she doesn't). One of her favorite accounts is a lady who talks about etiquette while cleaning silver.

Swanson has a tiktok, but its only about religion. He is nice and welcoming and great and courteous to everyone who asks! He loves talking about Exodus, Psalms, Job, Ezekiel, Acts, John, Philippians, Hebrews, and 1 Peter.

Strauss is big into business and is pro-capitalism, and flogs cryptocurrency and NFTs through tiktok. He also posts about the successful secrets of billionaires and the stock market. Blocks all those who disagree with his takes, and 9 times out of 10 doesn't allow comments on his videos. He got most of his followers during the GME craze. Is hurting quite a bit now that the NFT market has collapsed and crypto is on the downturn.

Molly doesn't have a tiktok - she thinks it's a terrible platform and beneath her. Prefers Instagram reels.

Bill doesn't understand tiktok well, so he doesn't post. But he is an avid commenter, often getting pinned or featured in "weird tiktok comments" compilations.

Micah keeps getting banned from tiktok. He doesn't understand how, but he does. Maybe it's all the gun videos he posts, or getting reported for his constant hate speech? Who knows!

[helix-enterprises117]

Top 5 Favorite Depictions of Master Chief

It seems odd that I made this a list since there aren't very many takes John that exist; at least not in the same way various takes on Batman exist. But here we go.

1.) Paramount's Master Chief portrayed by Pablo Schreiber. - People tend to forget that Master Chief's characterization is very minimal, so one can more or less expand on the character in any way they'd like and it wouldn't necessarily be out of character so long as they adhere to his core traits: He's a cool badass who shoots aleins and doesn't afraid of anything. While I do appreciate that season 2 made John a more reserved, almost big brotherly, if kinda strict, guy who just wants to help humanity and everyone is just getting in his way (moreso like the games); season 1 John was more interesting to me because he was more emotive, expressive and open as a person (not THAT open, he still had his own secrets). For me, the departure from the source-material is exactly WHY I love the show and this take on my favorite video-game character. In fact, Show!John (particularly 'season 1 John') is my main influence on my own take on the character in my AU. Besides, let's be a bit honest with ourselves here, Game!John would make a terrible TV protagonist. (I also really like the 'Chosen One' stuff with the Forerunner relics, it gives John a greater sense of importance in the grander story and it makes his connections to the Halo stronger; it's yet another element I took for my version of Chief).

2.) Nylund's Chief. - Halo: The Fall Of Reach and Halo: First Strike are among the first books published during the franchise's infancy. Eric Nylund's take on the character is basically just Game!John, but fleshed out enough for me to want to care about him in a context that's not in a video-game. He's a driven and ambitious übermensch (in the "transcends basic human limitations" variety) who is at his happiest when given an order and will do anything to win, but cares deeply for his fellow Spartans and the men and women under his command; I also like the added detail of him being a former schoolyard-bully who matured and learned to be LESS of a douchebag. Nylund's take on John allows me to look at Game!John and think: "Yeah, I can understand why he's like this!"

3.) Halo 4/5 Chief. - This is the most vulnerable we've ever seen John in any context and it was 343's first real attempt that cracking open Chief's shell to see the man underneath. Emotional-vulnerability aside, I really like how proactive Chief is in these two games; he's more involved in the plot and actually makes strategic plans throughout the course of both games (well, if not 5, at least 4). It puts emphasis on John's leadership skills and makes him more active in the stories he's in; not to knock against Bungie, but their Chief struck me more as a follower than a leader, and while Bungie!Chief gave his own advice from time-to-time, he didn't feel as involved as he should've been even if it was Bungie's intention to make him a slient-protagonist.

4.) Legends Chief. - I like that this is one of the few times, up until Halo 5, where we see John interacting with his fellow Spartans. With Spartan-1337 and Daisy-023 as characters, we get to see two sides of John: His deadpan straight-man aspect and his softer side. If you've seen Halo Legends, you'll probably know where I'm getting at. In "The Package," we also see John's strong coordination with Blue-Team and the others, and I really like that.

5.) Forward Unto Dawn Chief. - Sort of the least interesting version of Master Chief on this list. I only really put him on here because he's a surprisingly really good attempt at translating Game!John into a live-action setting, but there's a reason why we see this Chief for a short period of time: This would get boring after a while.

@ionlymadethissoicouldleaveanask, @makowrites, @mrtobenamedlater, @authortobenamedlater, @biomecharnotaurus, @killer-orca-cosplay.

[taralen]

GLASSES 👓

Tomorrow, I have my first eye examination since 2019. The last time I went, I got prescribed the lowest possible grade for glasses, and so far, it hasn't changed much.

My eyes are very good up close, but distance can give me issues depending on if I'm tired or my medications decide to hit me harder than usual.

Anyway, I've been looking at frames ahead of time. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, RIGHT FELLAS?!

Before Spamton: Friend: "You need to wear glasses to help with eye strain." Me: "NO." After Spamton: Friend: "You need to wear glasses to help with eye strain." Me: ༶ඬ༝ඬ༶ "F-Fine."

Jokes aside, I can't seem to find frames with this look that aren't just a "joke," cosplay accessory, or novelty without prescription options. Why is it so hard to find TRUE AND HONEST round frames? Here are the closest I can find that don't have the "fake" circular (aka not a true circle) or those stupid "horns."

Opinion: PRICEY WTF. But kind of neat how small they are? Looks super vintage.

Opinion: I like the thin frame, but it doesn't have any preview option.

Opinion: A little flashier than I would want but kind of neat, too. Don't be fooled by the price: it skyrockets once you add prescription options. xD

Opinion: Lightweight and stylish. Pricey, however.

Opinion: Simple and classy with nearly invisible lenses, but maybe TOO simple? I checked the photos, and they are subtle, but are they fitting for a madman like me?! HMM

What are your opinions? Any other suggestions? Lemme know!

[nolanhollogay]

'your secret is safe with me' — for your choice!

hehe

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Despite his usual company, Mikey wasn't really a party guy. He much preferred to hang in someone's basement or living room and smoke instead of going to a rager with every other teen in Kildare.

But he was at a rager regardless, because he was trying to get back into his friend's good graces.

That didn't mean he was having fun, however.

It was too loud, and everyone was too much, too drunk to care about the people around them. Nova and Kie had some poor schmuck between them as they argued about something mundane and definitely not worth arguing over. The guy looked ready to off himself, which as someone who had been present for a few Nova vs Kie arguments, Mikey knew it probably wasn't an overreaction. John B was nursing a beer, smiling to himself, lost in thought. Mikey's heart still skipped at the sight of him and he forced his gaze away. Pope was talking to some guy with a buzzcut, gesturing wildly with his hands, completely unaware of the fact that the guy was ready to eat him whole.

And JJ was nowhere to be seen, which was never a good sign.

Sighing and getting to his feet, Mikey knew he would have to be the one to find him. If he didn't, who knows what could happen?

He stood there for a moment, trying to think of the most likely places for a wild JJ Maybank to be.

His first thought – at the keg – was a bust, as he glanced over and didn't see anyone except Mindy Parker who he'd made out with once at the end of freshman year and really didn't want a repeat of.

Sighing again, he knew what he had to do.

"Yo, JB!" He called, walking over to him. John B looked up, mid swig, and greeted him with a raised eyebrow. "You seen JJ?"

John B set down his beer, eyebrows furrowed and lips pursed as he thought. "No, not since we came in. But he's JJ, he's probably, like, hooking up with some girl somewhere. He'll show up."

Mikey wrinkled his nose. He wished he could have that same faith in JJ that he had. It wasn't that he didn't trust JJ, he just.. He was a loose cannon and anything could happen when he was unaccounted for. Honestly, even when he was accounted for.

"'M gonna go try and find him," he said, tapping John B on the shoulder. As he turned, John B grabbed his wrist, holding him in place. It was a gentle hold, nothing like the hands he'd had wrapped around him as of late.

He turned back to face him, and John B let go, sending him an easy smile. "You good, Mike?"

Mikey tried to match his easy affection. "Yeah. 'M good."

"Good." John B smiled again. "Let me know if you find him, and if you need to hide a body or something."

Mikey laughed, sending him a nod.

He turned again, walking away for real this time. If John B was right and JJ was hooking up with someone, they would probably have snuck off to be alone. There was a smattering of trees around them, cosplaying as the woods, which is probably where he would go if he was hooking up with someone.

With a burst of determination, he marched into the trees.

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He found three separate couples in various stages of hooking up before he heard JJ's familiar voice.

"Has anyone told you that you're beautiful?"

And, wow, that wasn't something Mikey thought he'd ever hear from JJ? JJ who called girls "chicks" and bragged about banging them – Though Mikey had never actually seen any proof of this, if he was being honest – wasn't the kind of guy who called girls beautiful.

"You're so.. greasy."

And that's probably because he wasn't talking to a girl.

He saw the back of JJ's head, squinting into the incoming darkness, and sure enough, there he was. Church Boy, wrapped in JJ's arms. He was giggling as JJ kissed him, obviously lovestruck. It was cute. Or he was cute, Mikey didn't really feel the same affection for JJ.

JJ's mouth traveled down his jaw to his neck and Edgar's entire body loosened, his eyes fluttering closed.

Mikey felt a splash of panic, like water to the face. He wasn't about to be the weirdo who watched his friends make out. That was crossing a huge line.

He stepped back, turning to leave, crushing a stick under his heel. Fuck.

Edgar's eyes flew open, and JJ jumped away from him.

"Uh, hey guys?"

Without so much as another word, JJ booked it out of the trees, leaving Mikey and Edgar in silence.

"Oh, no," Edgar said, frowning.

Mikey's body locked up as he floundered for something to say. "I.. I am so sorry. I didn't mean to, like, ruin your moment. I was just looking for JJ and, uh, I found him! And– Oh my God, I'm sorry, dude."

Edgar ran a hand through his hair (which, regrettably, made Mikey's panicked brain go HotHotHot) and picked up JJ's phone from the ground. "We should head back."

Mikey didn't argue, following him back to the party, praying the ground would eat him the entire time.

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He somehow managed to make the party even worse for himself, which was sort of impressive.

Now he had to deal with people and their drunkenness and John B existing in his vicinity and feeling like shit because Edgar and JJ were staying fifty feet away from each other.

He was having a rough night.

Edgar walked over to him, holding an unopened can of soda and JJ's stuff. "Can you, uh, give these to him? He's probably gonna be skittish for the rest of the night."

Mikey bit the inside of his cheek, but nodded, accepting JJ's things. "Yeah." Dropping the phone into his pocket with his own, he said, "I'm sorry, by the way. Like genuinely. I know.. I know that it's hard to get those moments alone and I didn't mean to take one from you."

Edgar shrugged. "Es aqua pasada," He waved him off, "Water under the bridge."

It didn't feel like it, but Mikey wasn't about to argue with him. "Well, you know, your secret is safe with me."

Edgar smiled, bumping their shoulders together. "Thanks."

Mikey nodded, nudging him back. "No problem, man."

"Mikey!" John B shouted, walking up to them with JJ under his arm. "Look who I found!"

[an-atlas-or-other]

So I’ve seen a bunch of people annotating movies and stuff so I thought it’d be fun to do myself. Here we go, Battle of the Supersons (2022). I’m… worried.

Why does Krypton look like a green hellscape?

And why are we going through Superman’s origin story? I thought this was a supersons film

Oh that’s why

Does that mean Starro was the reason Krypton was destroyed in this universe?

Ooo comic book art

Martha and Johnathan Kent are dead?

Speaking of, they really can’t pick who lives and dies between them. I’ve seen versions where they’re both dead, where they both live, and in that old as balls Superman film I’m pretty sure they only killed John. The only combination I haven’t yet seen is one where only Martha dies

Jesus Christ Jon’s hair is so messy, it puts mine to shame

Oh here comes the theme of the movie

Why are they always out for video games, leave them alone

Not just of the year, Lois has won the Pulitzer??? Why didn’t they mention that instead

Okay so Jon clearly doesn’t have his powers yet

They’re on the farm? I thought they lived in the city?

COSPLAY LMAO

Yess hide the evidence boy

CLARK WHAT THE FUCK

His voice is so wrong and he looks so weird, everyone else has normal proportions and there he is using cartoon logic to have a Dorito shaped chest and a tiny ass head and legs

Father-son bonding, adorable

Oh nice shoes

Yeah he even looks weird as Superman also why is the ISS falling out of orbit

Nevermind it’s the Watchtower

Yeah let’s just ignore that that’s nothing like a debris entry hole (on that note, something jarringly similar happened with the Soyuz capsule on the real ISS a while ago and now like three astronauts are stranded there for another six months waiting for the replacement to get there, which is a weird coincidence)

Why does every version of Arrow look so different like seriously

I like his design though, he looks cool

Do they really announce who’s batting at baseball games? That’s so lame, no wonder he’s getting bullied

SWING MY GUY JUST SWING THE DAMN BAT

Clark’s packing some mad man-tit game

Dude where are you running to it’s your dad’s property for miles out

The boots pft

Jon’s so cute omg

Yes just let random people see your son flying with you in public Im sure that’s fine /sar

I would be going insane rn I would not be as elated as he is

Sideburns

Superboy’s taken? Does that mean Kon exists in this universe? Why isn’t Jon asking about him?

GOTHAM STINKS LMAO

Batman looks cool also Penguin has a ponytail and it doesn’t look as bad as I thought it would

The Cave looks awesome wow

Damian why are you so immature?

Rah’zz? RAH’ZZ??? THE OL’ RAH’ZZ’L DAHZ’LL?? NO it’s pronounced RAY’SH like from the Hebrew word resh do you really think the (most likely white, let’s be honest here) creators of the Al Ghuls knew about Arabic anything? They probably just went with Hebrew and said “eh, it’s close enough.”

Damian you’re so cruel

NURSING MY BAT-WOUNDS

Oh Cassie she’s so cute

The eye twitch

BAT COW

Small-town hick

So he did let him milk her (also its a bat-bucket with bat-milk- WAIT NO-)

Well at least South America exists in this universe

Batman and Superman look like mini figurines omg I want one

Nerrrrrrds with good grrrraaaaaaades

Ooo great burn Kent he really felt that one (I’m lying)

That’s mildly horrific

Well its better then that one fight scene in Batman v Robin which isn’t saying much but at least it’s average

Ooo long knife

He ded

Melvin don’t deserve shit

I love how scandalized Jon looks

Damian should have punched him

Starro’d Lois is kind of creepy

Should have done that earlier Einstein

Why does he know about STAR Labs? Actually his mom is Lois Lane nevermind

How’d he turn it if he can’t fly

Krypto?????

Well he can float now

Yeah, why did you come here?

Good boy

How’d their noses change so much between two generations

Why does Damian only talk in whispers it’s kind of weird

Jimmy is so cute 100/10

MONOLOGUES LMFAO

Oh he’s got his complete costume now

WHY WOULD YOU SEND THEM OFF WITHOUT TELLING THEM THAT SOME GRANDPAPS YOU ARE

That spaceship is so adorable why is everything so cute omg

Hacked? It’s your computer, you just looked it up (I bet he just said that to look cool)

Oh yeah Luthor’s the president for some reason I got it in my head that it was her father

Also his voice is so wrong again

“Nah you ticked me off you can die instead”

Awe Dami that’s sweet

She said bitch on live television

OH SURE SAY YOUR SON’S FULL NAME ON A NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT I BET THATS NOT GONNA COME BACK TO BITE YOU IN THE ASS

Poor Wally, ran straight into a wall

MMH looks awesome

I love how you can see the small differences in their fighting straight away

Awe Dami watching his friend’s back

Tall bat ears

That’s not how Kryptonite works but whatever at this point

I’m debating whether or not the writers even knew much about the comics to begin with at this point if they got something to basic wrong

That was an interesting editing choice

Also what happened to Alfred they didn’t even show if he got Hive Minded or what

Why does Damian’s hair stick up like that can he even put on the hood or is it just for decoration?

There’s a subtle but rather jarring change in how Mama Starro is animated and I’m pretty sure I’m the only one irked about it but still

Thats not how things fall out of orbit

Also the perspective makes the station look about the size of Argentina and how did no one notice this during production

Yas stab the president with the flag

There’s symbolism in there somewhere but I’m not bothered enough to dissect it

I would have written this “resigning to death” scene differently but it’s a kids movie so I’ll let it pass

I love how Batman’s face doesn’t change at all when he spoke to his own child (who almost fucking died)

Awesome but also nooo don’t bat it randomly into space throw it into the sun or something

How do all the adult men look so weird and then Bruce looks so… normal

OMG HIS HAIR IS COMBED BACK AND HES IN A SUIT THATS FUCKING HILARIOUS

Oh and now that Damian’s actually in full lighting you can see he’s been whitewashed (again)

At least it’s not as bad as Ian

That’s not how physics works but whatever

HAHAHA poor Jon

At least Damian’s got the perfect sort-of indestructible friend for him to bully

Overall, good movie. I enjoyed it thoroughly even if the story seemed a little off at times. Sometimes I wondered if the writers even knew much about the DC universe to begin with save for surface level knowledge. 7/10

[savythenillerwaffer]

JUST KIDDING I DID IT ANYWAY-

Gamzee: Honesty couldn't explain this if I tried, but I will. I was initially pulled in by his craziness and design. I just want him to be happy and be an actual character instead of a plot device. F you, Hussie 🖕.

John: Just such a wholesome and jestful boi! He is a very friendly, supportive, understanding, and honest person, even when being actively harassed. His mischief is always harmless, and has nothing but good intentions and hopes for everybody. Overall, he is just a ray of sunshine that I(And arguably everyone else) need in my life in every way... EVERY WAY-

Dave: Makes me laugh so much, love his creativity with every inane sentence. Love that he tries to hide behind a cool kid mask. Buddy, I can see right through that shit to the sensitive, caring, troubled bro you are inside. And those shades are impeccable.

Karkat: Just a screamy lil guy, look at him go. Wait, that's the wrong guy-

Honestly, you know those people that you just look at and smile fondly while shaking your head, just because of how passionately themselves they are, no mather how ridiculous? In truth, I envy him in that way. People like that just fill me with giddiness and amazement. Knights are known for their ability to put up a front, but it doesn't fool me one bit. Anger = Passion, Passion = Caring, Caring = Love(In this instance at least). Karkat strives for what most of us also want; for out lives to be stable, and our friends to be happy and stable too. What's not to love about that?

Kanaya: LESBIAN BADASS ALIEN GIRL GO BRRRRRRRR(Literally... because of her chainsaw... hehe). She is basically the poster child for Virgo, how could I not? Her ancestor's design is just 👌💖. 10/10 nightlight. In all seriousness, Kanaya is just so loveable. She protects her friends, but knows when someone has gone too far and will be perfectly honest with them... or go Texas Chainsaw Massacre mode and fuck their shit up HARD. Very rational, but in some ways it only adds to her caringness and emotional depth. Mother friends are the best 😊.

Aranea: Haven't learned enough about her personality yet, but I like the nice Vriska. She is mostly just considered a likely favorite for now. But I can already tell that she will be very pleasant(Which is kind of a rarity). I already relate to her alot. We both ramble about ourselves and things we are passionate about, I definitely want to dress like her(Cosplay idea, maybe?), and we are both friends with an occasionally abrasive girl whome we are very close with.

Calliope: What can I say, I relate. She deserved better, Hussie >:(. She is just so sweet... like candy... *Hint hint*. For real, she cares so much about a happy ending for everyone, she deserved way better than to be killed off. Plus, being adorably british doesn't help.

Lil Hal: SHAAAAADES. Started as an ironic joke in my brain that his robot design was cute... then it became very not ironic. Also, voice acting is cool. I am a sucker for robots/AI characters, I just think they are so fascinating... *Looks at the entire Portal series while holding a knife to Valve's throat because I NEED MORE-*

Conclusion: Just make me laugh and/or be cutely nerdy, and you will win my heart.

[earhartsease]

all so true (we immediately thought of John Seymour when we started reading this) - we had a german friend in the 80s who travelled around a load of communes (as they were then known) in the UK and Ireland looking for somewhere to be a part of, and came away very disillusioned for the very reasons cited above - and it's not just about "conflict resolution" - she said that people (and especially the men) were very emotionally unaware/undeveloped, and everyone was playing out old family dynamics with each other that they needed to resolve in themselves instead

we joked, but seriously, that any commune that has half a chance of working needs at least two therapists living there - that part of any intentional community requires people whose time is dedicated to helping the others understand themselves better, alongside all the community skills more commonly considered "practical"

conflict resolution feels vital but also demands that individuals are working to resolve their own inner conflicts lest they take them out on each other instead - and as someone who spent 8 years living in buddhist men's communities (whilst we were still cosplaying a cis man), let us tell you it's just as if not more important in contexts where people think spiritual/religious idealism is an effective substitute for honest self/other communication and understanding *shudder* save us from the emotional naïveté of the spiritual idealists

[satanzayoru25341]

Superhero Mashup - Voltes Guardians (Guardians of the Galaxy x Voltes V)

Finally drew the Guardians for the first time! But this, it has something to do with anything other than my style.

Anyway, due to the theatrical release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, the TV premiere release of Voltes V: Legacy (TV Series), and the 6th anniversary of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 in May 2023, I drew the Guardians cosplaying as the Voltes V Team.

Star-Lord (Peter Quill) as Steve Armstrong (Kenichi Goh) [Red Volt Pilot] Rocket Raccoon as Mark Gordon (Ippei Mine) [Blue Volt Pilot] Drax the Destroyer as Big Bert Armstrong (Daijiro Goh) [Green Volt Pilot] Baby Groot as Little John Armstrong (Hiyoshi Goh) [Lime Volt Pilot] Gamora as Jamie Robinson (Megumi Oka) [Yellow Volt Pilot]

Since Bucky is Sailor Moon and Yondu is Mary Poppins, I guess the Guardians are the Voltes V Team. So, they're Voltes V, y'all!

I was hoping for someone who would make custom funko pops, fanart, stickers, doodles, felts, crochets, amigurumis, and other stuff out of the Voltes Guardians

For those who want to make a post about the Guardians as the Voltes V Team, feel free to put the hashtags #VoltesGuardians #LetsVoltIn

And fun fact: The dark green suit for Drax is sensitive-nipple-proof

And to be honest, I feel like I'm proficient at using the suffix "-proof"

Programs Used: MediBang Paint (for the rough sketch) IbisPaintX (for the lineart and coloring)

[cosplayinamerica]

Honest John from Disney's Pinocchio : Juju Creative Cosplay

 I watched Pinocchio for the first time in 15 years back in 2018. I had forgotten how funny some characters were. Honest John and Gideon caught my eye. They were very entertaining and I'm sad Disney didn't do more with them! As a result-- not only did it inspire me to make my Honest John cosplay, but I was inspired to create my own script about the backstory of these two characters. 

I write scripts I hope to one day present to Disney with my manager and agent and this one is called "Foulfellow and company". I have also created a lot of fun original characters and I intend to cosplay one from the story in the future!

I get so many great responses at cons! Sometimes people stand in shock when they see me because its not a character people typically cosplay. It is also a character that appeals to all generations old and young.

I have 2 notable interactions that were very fun:

1. A man in his mid 50s started singing "Hi diddle dee dee" behind me.... I don’t think he expected me to burst out into song, but when i did we went skipping down the hall singing the song and people recorded us and applauded. It was a lot of fun!

2. A small boy came up to me and asked to take a photo. After the photo, I gave him an ace of spades card and told him it was his "ticket to pleasure island". He handed it back to me saying "I'm a good boy who goes to school, but you can send my little brother to pleasure island if you want!"

I couldn’t contain my laughter. The child was about 8 and it was so funny I high five him and gave him a big hug. His parents were so happy. Overall. I believe I get the best interactions with this character because he is very rare. Whenever I cosplay him, i go all out with my impressions and mannerisms. So much so, my boyfriend tells me that I intimidate people! But it's all in good fun

(Photo by @oceania1618)

I had never worked with fur before this point so learning how to sew with fur was a bit of a challenge. The costume itself was pretty simple in my opinion (I have been sewing for years). I made the entire thing from scratch. My favorite prop is probably the top hat he has which I made from foam. Sometimes I put Jimmy Cricket on top of the hat like in the scene where Honest John sings "hi diddle dee dee". The cloak I made for him is fun to wear and there is a little space in between where the tail fits perfectly. To make the tail, I had to use wiring and foam to give it the shape I wanted but overall I was satisfied with how the cosplay turned out!

The quote I associate most with cosplay is "If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself" You have so much room to be creative with cosplays. A lot of people don't know how to sew and prefer their own cosplays which is completely awesome and valid, but I like to have the freedom for creativity in cosplay which is why I make my own. I like being able to design costumes from scratch and then show off the outcome! I've learned a lot of patience in cosplay. If you want something to look the way you want, it's not a good idea to rush it! Take your time and make it yours!

Cosplay is for everyone! It doesn’t matter who you are, what your race is, your your gender, your ethnic background etc... if you love a character and you're scared to cosplay them because you don’t "look" like them.... DO IT ANYWAY. The one rule I have is do not alter your skin if you are white/white passing and you wish to cosplay a character of a different race. Do your research and be respectful. I have cosplayed out of my race for characters without the need to alter my skin, and I do this simply because I love the characters! Never be afraid to express your love for a character regardless of who they are. And of course, make it yours and own it! As long as you are respectful, do your research and do not appropriate any culture, your options are limitless

[yummymarshmallowcosplay]

Honest John Cosplay WIP | Pinocchio

This is my first full hand made costume, and I’m glad of the result !

- Camy