#kurofai cosplay

[malabava]

Played around some with tiktok and this definitely is the best way to express a whole lot. ^^

Fai by @lostdreamz82

photos by Eidetic (ig/fb) and Hwang Win (ig/fb)

[lostdreamz82]

"Pay us no mind...." is what id imGine Fai saying as he moves in for a kiss from Kurogane.

📸: @christinescosplay

Kurogane:@malabava

Fai:@lostdreamz82

[mrkakuya]

Every once in a while my brain decides it's time to hyperfixiate on Tsubasa, and I'll just have to do something about it.

[afrogsmetamorphosis]

“I feel like I’d actually be able to call this place ‘home’.”

Fai d Flourite [Nihon] (TRC) 2016

Kuro-sama - Neji Photographer - pu

[yuegami]

•ιѕ ιт a ѕιn тo мerely eхιѕт...?•

I loved this little bloody project of Fai and decided (also because I've been ignoring this acc for a long time now) to share it on tumblr too. Hope u enjoy it and maybe I can remind someone of their TRC related pain 😂💕

Fai is my favourite character, so I'm happy I could finally have such a dramatic shoot as him 🙈💕

📷 @Yukixnohara (instagram)

Edit by me

Crosspost from my Instagram (@yueoffluorite)

Some related quotes bc I'm dramatic:

•Don't make me wear that broken crown.• (Mumford&sons-Broken crown)

•I loved and I loved and I lost you...• (Fleurie|Tommee Profitt- Hurts like Hell)

•No light no light in your bright blue eyes• (Florence&theMachine-No light, No light)

And ofc the Synchronicity lyrics xD

(Check out my insta for tarot card related ramblings if ur interested in my Fai as The Hanged Man theories 👌🏻)

[menamadvin]

#OTP #katsucon2018 #tsubasareservoirchronicle #kurofai #cosplay @lostdreamz82 @i.am.theboss

[bom-beii]

Ch. 80: What he wishes to protect… What he must protect. A shot from Katsu I forgot to post on Tumblr! I found this lovely Fai at the Clamp shoot and asked to take some photos. Look at that smile! I’m so happy I finally got photos in this cosplay a year after debuting it haha. Kuro will forever have the biggest place I’m my heart.

Just for reference, the head piece is made of worbla and gesso and was my first experiment with thermoplastics ever so I am INCREDIBLY proud of it. The top of the costume, while made from cheap vinyl, has steel bones under each of the hand stitched laces, which go through metal eyelets at the top of each panel. My sword is from Amazon and altered with friendly plastic and Worbla, the arm pieces are also foam. My foam belts ft. Easter eggs lmao I’m obv a hardcore cosplayer?

[sirius53black]

That one time that I dressed as Kurogane and got called Kurger-burger by Vic. ^_^

[sinkingorswimming]

Cosplayer AU cot’d

Yuuri attends Otakon every year after that, in handmade costumes that he never enters. Not even for hall contest judging. He notes times and dates for group photoshoots for the popular series and blends into them, not ever trying to stick out.

He learns more and more, taking sewing courses as electives in high school to get better and improve. They let him bring his cosplays for his projects, his teacher always so intrigued by the reference photos.

In an art class, he meets a boy named Phichit. Phichit is like, insane, at sculpting, casting, and even welding. He’s also super into anime and manga, and he begins attending Otakon with Yuuri when they get old enough to drive themselves. They spend their weekends together crafting---Phichit makes the props, Yuuri sews the outfits. 

It’s a great partnership, and they start getting noticed by the community.

When they turn 17, they enter the hall contest for the first time as Kurogane and Fai D. Flowright from TRC. It’s an image CLAMP made for Chapter 204---they’re in outfits based on historical samurai gear. Phichit cafted the bow, sword, and armor, while Yuuri sewed and styled the wigs. 

“Stop panicking,” Phichit says with a poke as they wait their turn.

“I’m fine,” Yuuri fires back.

They’re close enought to see the judges---and...oh god. One of them is Chris Giacometti, who is mostly a photographer now. One is Mila Babicheva, who was on their WCS team the year before with Sara Crispino. They won the Brother prize, which they said was pleasing. 

The third is Yuuri’s idol, his raison d’etre for this hobby, why he can sew and style fake hair like it’s his job.

He cut his hair last year to the chagrin of the community, saying he wanted to branch out away from the light haired pretty boys with long locks after he did the Yoshitaka Amano version of Vampire Hunter D. Here he sits dressed as Nagisa Kaworu in his full plugsuit. 

Yuuri isn’t fond of Shinji, but he’s never wished to cosplay him more.

Phichit digs his knuckles into Yuuri’s back, forcing him to the table.

Chris raises an eyebrow---he’s in a comfortable outfit, undoubtedly changing for the masquerade, and he has glasses on. Mila is Fujiko Mine. “So,” begins, “KuroFai. Can we see your references?”

Phichit hands her a binder. It’s not just references---it’s progress shots of all the construction with them visibly in frame so there’s no doubt about the construction. The judges make various impressed murmurs. 

“May I see your seams?” Victor asks with a smile. He has red contacts in, and it’s not bad, but Yuuri’s seen him pictures out of cosplay with his natural eye color. It’s a lot prettier.

Yuuri holds out the long sleeve, turning it inside out. Victor runs his fingers over it with a serious look in his eyes. He turns back to Yuuri and he stares a little too long before smiling. “Your work is lovely...almost completely perfect. Are you at FIDM or FIT? Oh wait---you must go to SCAD of course!”

“Uh,” Yuuri begins. “I’m a high school senior. I just take a lot of home ec.”

Victor’s eyes widen. “High school?” 

Mila and Chris both look at them with greater interest. 

Phichit takes over with a bright grin and the V sign. “Yup! We graduate right before next year’s con! We spent all year on these, though, because we figured better to do it well than to rush! Plus sourcing the fabrics was a pain, ask Yuuri!”

“Um, well,” Yuuri coughs. “Mood sells online. So it’s not...not terrible? And we went to Rockville to G Street...they had good choices, too.”

“G Street is where I go,” Victor says with a grin. “Love them. On a first name basis with the entire staff. Take classes sometimes...curious I’ve never come across you!” He bites his bottom lip while looking at Yuuri, then he recalls Phichit is his partner. “Either of you.”

Chris snorts and gives Victor the sideye over Mila. Mila shakes her head, then turns back to her job. “May I?” she asks. Phichit hands her the bow. “Hm, surprisingly unburdensome,” she begins as she touches it. “No visible lines or seams, flawless paint...you spent hours sanding this, didn’t you?”

“I marathoned Champloo,” Phichit admits with a shrug. “Twice.”

Chris laughs, heartily and happily. “Yeah, you know, when I made my Kefka, I went through a few seasons of Yu Yu Hakusho.”

Phichit laughs. “Then you get me!”

Mila laughs too, but Victor’s eyes haven’t strayed from Yuuri. Yuuri notices, and gives him a quizzical look that may be slightly bitchy since he flies blind in costume. “Do you have a social media account or webpage?” Victor asks. 

“Uh---no,” Yuuri manages. “This is the first one I’m proud of, honestly.”

“You should, I’d like to see more of your work,” Victor says as he checks the entry form. He scans it and sees their names with their characters. “Katsuki Yuuri,” he reads.

Phichit is giving him a look but Yuuri flushes and nods. “Um, yes. That’s me. We’ll set up a site...soon. Um...”

A volunteer taps Victor and points at the ten or so entrants behind them. “Oh! Yes!” Victor grins. “Well, thank you both.”

“Thank you,” Mila and Chris chime in unison.

“Thank YOU,” Phichit replies as he bodily steers Yuuri away. He gives Yuuri a judgmental raised eyebrow that Yuuri pretends he doesn’t see.

They went to the Starbucks on the third floor of the convention center and wait in the hellish line for cold drinks. They’ve barely paid and had their first sips when an excitable boy with a DSLR screams and runs to them. The boy has blonde and red dyed hair and he insists on doing a photoshoot right that second on the garden and fountain area of the BCC. 

It takes like...elventy hours and others take their pictures too in various fighting stances. (A few ask for...pandering shots, but since Phichit and Yuuri can read search results for Kuro and Fai, they anticipated this. Somewhat awkward since just buds, but not a shock.)

When the light fades, they head to the Pratt Street Pavilion and eat a nice (they’re kids) dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. Yuuri almost drowns in cucumber lemonade and Phichit insists on them sharing their cheesecakes. 

They manage to get back in time for the Masquerade and they get decent seats. A lot of the skits are okay, some are outright just awful, but there’s no clear perfection like when Victor competed. Yuuri reminds himself of his goal---Best in Show at Otakon, just like Victor. 

He’s not there yet, but he will be.

Halftime happens, and the music video winners are shown. Then it’s time for the Hall Contest winners. Yuuri’s palms and forehead drip sweat. Phichit holds his hand, no less nervous than Yuuri but better at pretending otherwise.

Kids then novices, which is their category, and nothing. Journeymen, Master. Best of Friday, Best of Saturday. Nothing. Yuuri and Phichit exchange sad looks, but they don’t complain. They’re smart---next time, they’ll do better.

Victor takes the mic. “Best of the Weekend was something special, especially for first time entrants! Everything was flawless from the sewing to the prop making...entry number #53, Kurogane and Fai from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles!”

Yuuri freezes like a statue as Phichit jumps up with a loud shout. He tries to drag Yuuri to the stage, but Yuuri can’t budge. “Dude,” Phichit says. with disbelief all over his face.

“Oh!” Yuuri realizes. He stumbles, and they walk up the stage stairs. Flashbulbs blind both of them as they’re given room to pose for photographs. Occasionaly they change position, and it ultimately lasts a solid ten minutes. Phichit accepts the trophy and prizes with a bright grin, shaking the hand of each judge. 

Yuuri almost forgets himself, and follows suit. “Good job,” Mila says with a grin, now dressed as Hyakurin from Blade of the Immortal.

“Well done!” adds Chris with a big pat on his shoulder. Chris is Saya from Blood+. It’s a good look.

Victor is Sebastian from Black Butler, and Yuuri swallows. Victor’s eyes light up, and instead of a handshake, he pulls Yuuri into a hug. “I want to see what you do next,” he whispers. 

Yuuri’s cheeks turn red, and he clears his throat. “Okay.”

Victor’s smile fills the room, and it’s all Yuuri sees, even on the drive home as Phichit talks a mile a minute about how next time they’ll go even bigger.

[malabava]

Scrolling through the pictures of my last trip to the US to see my mage, I decided to upload a little compiliation of photos from Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, taken by our friend Krissy .

It was a good date, with lots of laughter and sunshine! And I can’t wait to take her on more of those.

Fai by beautiful @lostdreamz82 Kurogane by me Photos by @menamadvin

[lostdreamz82]

"You are the one I hold dearest" Kurogane: @malabava Fai: @lostdreamz82 📷: @wasuu

[zelinxia]

Eyyyy, I’m Xia. 26 and nonbinary/demiguy. My pronouns are ze/hir and he/him/his (please do not just refer me as they/them, that is not my pronoun and it personally makes me uncomfortable)

I'm pretty known as that one Kurogane's biggest fan and am co-ruler of the fan club. Other titles I've gotten for fun include "lord of KuroFai" and "Captain of the First Troop of Suwa’s Ninja Forces" (now that's a long story)

My tale of how I discovered tsubasa is pretty interesting. I once followed an artist on deviantart who drew gorgeous Sailor Moon fanart and who shipped Usagi and Seiya. For a Halloween fanart, they were Sakura and Syaoran. Their outfits were unfamiliar to me, so I just wrote it off as "some costumes in CCS I never saw before" because I only grew up watching the botchily edited CCS dub. THEN a few month or so later, I was checking out the manga section of my library and saw the spine for Tsubasa. When I pulled it out, I recognized those outfits right away. This is like straight up CLAMP/fantasy trope thing - be drawn to the books you are destined to pull out! So yeah I kept borrowing most volumes until I had to read the rest online. This was in 2010 so it had finished, but Del Rey was almost done tranlating and publishing.

Like a lot of fans, I liked the characters and their relationships the most. All of them have so much depth to them, and it's worth rereading to pick up new things. Kurogane is obviously my favorite character, and at first I thought he was obnoxious and possibly not going to change much. Listen, tsubasa was my first manga I read so I had no idea how storytelling worked, let alone how CLAMP deals with those who are not the protagonists (here Sakura and Syaoran). Color me surprised he had excellent development and I found I could relate to him!

I say I like to write, but right now I'm trying to get back into the groove. At the moment, if you follow me or browse my blog, you KNOW my current fandom is Yuri!!! on Ice. I especially love talking about Viktor, or as Ryssa mockingly calls him, Russian man. TALK TO ME ABOUT HIM I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO. I also follow Akatsuki no Yona and Ace Attorney. But yeah, I'm a YoI fan right now, yet I'll always be a tsubasa and CLAMP fan.

FUN FACT My family's pet name for me in Vietnamese tranlsates to "Older PUppy". I'm literally Big Puppy 8)

[afrogsmetamorphosis]

Fai D. Flourite [Sakura Aitai Yo] (TWC) 2016

Shaolan-kun - pu Kuro-run - Neji Photographer - vw

[mythicalheartbeat]

i'll be nice and give you three. A.) the compliment, Your cosplays are really cute. B.)the reason i follow you, is mainly because of how fun it is to see you disprove the hinata haters. (the kuro-fai stuff isn't bad either.) and C.) what would i do if i met you. well at first i would have gone for a hug, but because i found out that you dislike touching unless you initiated it i'd settle for a high five.

A) thank you so much! I do love to cosplay even though I haven't done as much lately as I'd like, but I'm hoping to fix that B) Glad you like me shooting the haters down 😎 they give me a laugh at how easy it is sometimes (and glad you like the Kurofai! One of my favorite ships of all time)C) even a high five is iffy sometimes. It's nothing against you personally, but I can barely tolerate my own family touching me sometimes, so someone I don't really know is something I actively avoid

[bom-beii]

I just want to talk about how incredibly happy I have been to be able to cosplay Kurogane, and how it shows in every photo I take. I’ve loved Tsubasa and have wanted to cosplay from it since middle school almost ten years ago, so it’s an incredible dream to have gotten to a place with my Kuro cosplay where where I am comfortable and just get to have so much fun! It’s 1000% impossible for me to keep a strait or angry face in any shot, and as much as I want to do my stoic dad justice, I can’t. Unfortunately, my local Fai and I couldn’t match KuroFai outfits to Katsu, but I was able to find this lovable bae and take a couple of cute photos!

[malabava]

"Just show me all your faces, just give me all your heart."

Kurogane by @Malabava

Fai by @lostdreamz82

Photos by @wasuu.