#a wig and ears lol

[phoenix-before-the-flame]

First half of the BHM special comms are done! From the top we have:

Bulma Briefs (DBZ)

Rarity (MLP:FIM)

Bambi (disney's Bambi)

Quintessa Prince (original character)

Wanna know more about the special? Check out the main post for more info and hopefully snag a slot for yourself before the special ends!

[seekingthestars]

she's beauty she's grace she's Miss Eevee Cosplay 3.0

[millidew]

sometimes I forget dabi mha isn’t actually missing patches of hair on his head in a what-could-be-loosely-defined-as-an-edgy-diy-undercut-but-is-really-more-because-of-his-burnt-skin sort of way

[beevean]

I keep not understanding what exactly are Lenector shippers seeing in their "dynamic". At least they agree that it had poor development, but then what is the appeal?

If you like the abusive, toxic, manipulative, imbalanced, BDSM, "good boy" part of S3, there's none of it in S4. Hector and Lenore talk like good friends, without a hint of their previous sexual tension, unless her puerile dick jokes are what passes as tension now.

If you like them as foils, if you see Lenore as the only person who has ever been kind to Hector, if you think it's romantic that the two want to protect each other in S4, then you have to ignore or justify Lenore's previous physical, mental, emotional and sexual abuse of Hector.

And if the appeal is the "development" (which one of these commenters called "enemies/lovers", literally where, Hector was never Lenore's enemy, he was her victim)... then it sucks majorly. There is no development. There's a switch! Like someone changed the radio station! It's jarring! And there is no good way to fill in the gaps without downplaying the horrible things Lenore did to Hector, or without justifying them because "she only meant well 🥺 it was the best solution 🥺", which makes me want to tear my face off my skull.

In fact... Lenore really didn't develop at all. I talked before about Hector in S4, who regressed to the point where he'd want Dracula back just to feel better about his mistakes and never addresses his apathy towards humanity or his tendency to cling to people who give him scraps of appreciation, but a similar thing happened to Lenore. Remember these wonderful lines:

"Oh, shush, you were having fun."

"I'm sorry for everything you went through."

Lenore doesn't care. She doesn't care that she has hurt Hector, that she has used his feelings to lie to his face and force him into an arrangement he hadn't consented to. She doesn't apologize for her own actions. She doesn't even try to explain herself, only retorting Hector's understandable irritation at the ring against him - "well you got hard, what are you complaining about?". Because that's what relationships are in this show: nothing but "cute" banter meant to camouflage abuse.

Oh, she wants to "protect him"? Big deal. She still doesn't seem him like a person who can be hurt by her actions. She still fits the description of vampiric love Carmilla gave in S2. He's still her pet in her eyes, even if she does nothing with it. Nothing has changed. She has just lost sexual interest in him, because now it's no longer fun to put a leash on him and talk to him like a dog. She got what she wanted, so now there's no point in flirting and being nice to him :)

Lenore is nothing more than a power-hungry coward when you read between the lines, less interested in power over the world (which she dislikes) and more in power over singular people. She's happy to beat Hector to an inch of his life when he's weak and in a cell, to prove that she's not to be underestimated, but when she is in a cage, she won't attempt a damn thing to flee it or protect herself from Isaac. She stops molesting flirting with Hector once he gains more confidence, because flirting for her is a mere weapon to psychologically bend someone to her will. After she "solved Hector's problem", she does nothing but whine because she doesn't know what to do, because she feels useless - her spending time with Hector seems nice on the surface, but it might also be seen as her going to be a brat to the only one willing to tolerate her. And, of course, the dialogue frames her choice to kill herself not as her being horrified at her own nature and what it has lead her to do, because villains in this show get to be painted as tragic without doing the work to earn it (*coughcoughdraculaandisaac*), but as her wanting to flee her cage - her position of powerlessness. Not even spending a few more decades with Hector, the man she supposedly has grown to care about and who only wants her in his life, is worth not being in total control.

And the clincher? This doesn't sound bad for a villain! Selfish and pathetic at the same time, under a veneer of "kindness" or "good intentions": that's interesting! And if this had been intended, good job for not spelling it out like I'm stupid, allowing me to put the pieces together? Problem is, the story and its fans insist that actually Lenore is a great person and she really liked Hector no really they should have stayed together and married each other because aren't they so uwu and 🥺 and why couldn't the story give the abusive rapist a second chance 🥺

And I can't see it. I can't. The deeper I look into this story, the more rot I unearth. And it's definitely not because I don't like unhealthy ships; in fact it's precisely because of it that I think this example is terrible. I haven't even touched other issues such as how I don't care for the power imbalance because I'm prevented from caring for the lump of flesh in the shape of Hector in S3 lol.

And to be honest, the more I see fans complaining about the lack of screentime, the more I suspect that the appeal of Lenector is the same as Trephacard's: you get to make shit up in your head and ignore what the screen shows you. Which sure you can do that, but then the actual story doesn't deserve praise, does it?

[zylphiacrowley]

Long involved WoL BJD project update:

Order custom 3D printed head

Order body

Order Eyes

Buy safety goggles and new mask filters because

Uh oh! eyes don't fit in head so I need to sand out the eyewells to make them fit.

Buy RIT (or similar) dye because my boy is not that pale

Dye body parts

Possibly paint or pastel dye head (3D printed resin doesn't like being boiled apparently)

Faceup time! (The actually fun part! Buy more MSC if my current stock is expired)

buy synthetic fiber for wig making

Make wig with lace front and sides, possibly entirely ventilated (???) (thank god I already know how to do this and have most of the tools) - this will take a long time v.v

Make tail (??? How do? I have an idea but we'll see if it works???) and install with magnets.

Make or commission his main glams (learn just enough about leatherworking or figure something out using craft foam for parts)

Current goal is to have him finished by mid April of 2025.

[invinciblerodent]

Omg your davrin doll is so cute!! He looks so polite ❤️❤️ i love the way you did the hair also, you are incredible at this tbh also i see the vallaslin on there its so cool!

Aaah, thank you, that's so sweet!! 😊😊

❤️Linking my post of him because why now, it's self-promo time❤️

I'm so happy that the vallaslin picks up (it needed to be pared down HARD because of sizing issues), but I'm actually so pleased with the hair!

If you don't mind me rambling a bit about crocheting, hair is usually the toughest part for me to figure out (particularly in cases like this, when the hair length and texture doesn't really match the style people usually tend to make dolls in), but I think I came up with a pretty fun solution this time. (It's a round piece with curls added only to the stitches that were to become the front of his hairline, and then I added zig-zag rows of surface slip stitches onto the "crown" of his head in a triangle shape, so I could then add the individual curls in varying lengths into those stitches. After that, extending the sides down and decreasing to match his hairline around the back of his neck was honestly so satisfying.

That's kind of what I like the most about amigurumi- figuring out how to translate recognizable designs into such a versatile, but limited medium, lol. ❤️

[gummycube]

Wronged by her past banking jobs, Felicia Hardy uses her newfound powers of invisibility, mimicry, and flexibility after becoming accidentally infected with cat DNA to commit the most stealthy robberies in nueva york

random return back to my version of spiderman 2099 to bring you my version of the black cat that I've wanted to fully design forever (and her friend/partner in crime!)

[stinkrascal]

OH also me and bf are going to ren fest this weekend! and we bought our tickets in advance so we'll DEFINITELY be able to go and we won't get turned away at the door like last time ha. and we're still doing our low effort bg3 cosplays so im very excited about that :3

[alchemiclee]

do clear/transparent bobby pins or maybe similar type of hair clips exist?? I googled it and only got white ones. I need some for cosplay wigs because regular metal ones stand out way too much

[cr0wc0rpse]

Getting a new doll is so fun because as soon as my hands are on them I am doing a full physical exam. How do your joints work? What are you made of? How is this limb attached? What details are in the moulding? What’s broken? I am having so much fun

[transferprotocol]

yey my fluttershy cosplay is done for the third time lol

[skygremlin]

Would you look at that this is probably the most I've posted in a few (almost) consecutive days here since ever

But Boy am I so excited with how this came out

LOOKIT IT!!

Ew don't look too close tho

The dark plant is magnetic!!! I can take it off and put it on my head!!!! Isn't that so cool?!

It's just a little thing and so easily done but I love it sm

[arcwrath]

Honestly, rather love being a bartender, I feel like a tavern worker in my lil dive bar ^.^ my regulars are great and I'm very thankful

[thancrxdwatxrs]

//me figuring out my oc's lore: it would make sense for him to cut his hair at this point, he's going through changes-

me as a cosplayer: i'm picking this hair bc this would be so much easier to style-

[glimpsesofeuterpe]

finally got kitty earrings that look nearly same as happy cornelius'

[starry-sophrosyne]

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@sopping-wet-cat-wizard GOD. YOU- omg im crying rn /pos ; I'm sorry but I REFUSE to make Leo the owner of a maid cafe on the side 😭 /lh ; As for Eldette (@toadettely but also Swizard too for that matter), interested to know how they both got out of the business before Sophist, or if it was at the same time. Either way, the plot of TTOS is that Sophist is the only one to leave the business for a long time up until it's shutdown (referencing this post) via Nick's family. Also bc Vern wasn't necessarily the one to help the workers out of the industry, he was just one of the first in his community to reach out to the workers once they were freed, similar to how he did with Sophist (altho it was unknowingly). Vern's not a head of "that" community at all lmao, just a sweetheart well known for cheering ppl up with his coffees XD

also, on that topic, i fear as if i have confused everyone about the misconception/job of starry in the story XD

( infodumping lore/job abt my girl under the cut )

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They doesn't work at a bar within Leo's place, nor do they work solely for Leo either; she is a one person business run from her rented out apartment, commissioned to make a large amount of custom drinks for events. The clients either send her vibes/aesthetics for their event and/or sometimes flavors; this or already invented cocktails with edits to flavors and looks for their commission -> she will then take whatever she's given and experiment with them to create suitable aesthetic and flavored custom drinks for the client's event

They're really big in the nightlife industry as an luxury business, so if you wanted a regular batch of, say, shirley temples. for an event, you wouldn't commission them over a regular and cheaper bartender, as the possible quality increase in the drinks is not worth the marginally higher price increase. She also doesn't attend live events, she comes early to set up drinks and leaves once it starts. Her rules for commissions include:

Glasses must be provided by the client, always.

Depending on the size of the event, the order must be placed respectively further in advance, not only to allow for more time to experiment but also because vv

All the liquor and/or other ingredients must be provided for larger events too, in which she will send the client a list of what she needs to be ordered prior to the event (this is the other reason for the increased amount of time required in advance for orders)

The general basis is basically this: small events like business parties/dinners require nothing but glasses provided, larger events may result in her bringing her own fresh ingredients but liquor must be provided, largest parties = total service must be provided

Additional help must also be provided by the client if the order is extremely extensive due to the freshness of the drinks, something she has a particular standard for

tbh I kinda... wanted to make a self insert for ttos lol, I even had the picrew done and everything lmao. Just... I wish I had more time to write more than three lines and not hate said lines lol /lh. Maybe in a few days I'll post something about them (self-insert), a little drabble or something w/the picrew, hopefully lol :_) /silly /lh.

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AUGHHHHH PEN PLSSSS POST ABT IT I WANT TO KNWO ABT THEM SO BADLY AUSHDFUAHADSJFSJN /nf also the writing hatred is so real bc literally me after writing like 7+ paragraphs abt my doomed cheriecrash derivation of WOTC timeskip and bc i literally wasted all my time that i shouldve been spent studying writing it instead- anyways i look forward to seeing it ( ´﹀` ) and a drabble would be fun to write lol, i might post one of my self insert too but idk i have lot more going on and im ok with just the conceptualization rn