#and playbill.com is super helpful

[legendary-defender-of-fandoms]

For reference, this is the tie I’m working on.

I’ve got a frog for Fizarolli (aka Froggy), a snake for Sir Pentious (I wanted an egg, but the snake was more fitting), a castle for Sir Lancelot, a dog in a hot dog costume for Puggsly (I thought I wanted a plain dog, but the silly costume feels right), a heart with a clock face I painted last night for Boq, a skull for Emile (I kind of want to shave the bottom half of the skull off so it looks more like a Phantom of the Opera mask, but I think it’ll just muck the whole thing up), and a spider saying “Boo” for Beetlejuice. I ordered a “Stick it To The Man” pin for the knot, and I want to get a tree for the Knight Who Says Ni & either a wizard’s hat or a shooting star for Tim the Enchanter. Maybe find some sort of camera charm for 35MM, and a bunny for his role in Big Fish. Oh, and maybe a shark for that play he did last year! Slowly working my way through The Blacklist, but I’m hoping I can cheat & find some clips of Herbie on YouTube that’ll give me a sense of what sort of charm would best represent him. The name “Herbie Hambright” evokes “goodest boy, pure as fresh fallen snow, considers ‘darn’ a swear word,” but given the tone of the show it’s entirely possible Herbie’s got a higher body count than Reddington while still being too polite to ask for no pickles.

For context, I’m working on my very own Dewey Finn cosplay for future cons. Specifically the musical Dewey Finn, not the movie Dewey Finn (no shade against the movie). But instead of bedazzling my cosplay’s tie with generic stars & gems like the tie in the show, I’m gonna deck it out with tiny charms for a handful of Alex Brightman’s other roles. I’ve got a heart charm I’m painting a tiny clock face onto for Boq from Wicked, and I need to get some Halloween-y charms for Beetlejuice & Emile from Goosebumps - Phantom of the Auditorium. But I can’t decide which of these angels to use for Adam from Hazbin Hotel. He spends most of the show in a white robe, but he wears a purple robe in the Season 1 finale.