#part of my holo mini print series

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All of my favorite witches <3

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Spice Up Your Life

Apparently sleep deprivation sends my mind in bizarre directions.  This is what happens in my head at 4am.

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“Uh, uh.  No way.  I don’t care how much time you spent sourcing the outfits Gordon, I’m not wearing it”

 “Spoilsport.”  Gordon pouted at his eldest brother.  “C’mon Alan, help me out here.  Penny’s fancy dress parties are legendary and if this doesn’t fit the brief of iconic pop I don’t know what does.  It’ll be fun.”

For once though, Alan was of the same opinion as his eldest brothers.  He slouched back against the sofa and folded his arms.  “No way, it’ll be humiliating.”

 “What will be humiliating?”  

 No one had seen Kayo enter the room.  They had all been far too engrossed in picking over the costumes.  Costumes that barely seemed to contain enough material to cover two brothers, let alone four. Scott made a hasty attempt to shove the bag of outfits under the table out of sight.  The assembled brothers, both physical and holographic, shifted guiltily under her gaze.

 “Um, nothing.”  Virgil responded.

 “Virgil Tracy, you never could lie.”

 She prowled closer to the table then lunged for the bag. Scott tried to stop her but only succeeded in spilling leopard print and polyester over the floor.  She picked up a short, pink mini-dress.

 “Well this doesn’t look practical for field work and pink really isn’t my colour” she examined the garment critically, turning it this way and that under the lights.

 “It’s not for you” Gordon grabbed the dress and chucked it at his youngest brother.  “It’s for Alan.  Baby brother. Baby Spice.  It’s for Penny’s party.”

 Kayo snorted as the bizarre selection of clothes suddenly made sense.  “You lot are going to Penny’s party as the Spice Girls!  This I have to see.  So who is who?”

 “See guys, Kayo thinks it’s a good idea.”  Gordon collected up the scattered costumes and started handing them out.  “Scott is Posh, obviously.”  A short black cocktail dress sailed across the room.  “Virgil is Scary” a leopard print play-suit was destined for the second oldest.  “And I’m Sporty.”  The tracksuit he claimed positively crackled with static.

 “Hey,” growled Virgil.  “What makes me Scary?”

 Gordon just rolled his eyes.  “Bro, have you seen yourself before your first coffee?  And anyway, you can’t compete against an Olympian for the title of Sporty.”

 “You seem to be a costume short.  I’m pretty sure the Spice Girls had five members originally.”

 “I already sent Ginger Johnny’s dress up in the last supply run.”

 “Don’t call me Johnny, and I hardly think this qualifies as a dress” the so far silent space brother chipped in, waving a small bundle of red, white and blue.  “You do realise I own t-shirts that are longer than this, right?  I’d rather risk offending Lady Penelope by not going at all than take part in Gordon’s hare-brained plan.”

 An evil glint appeared in Kayo’s eye.

 “You know, I rather think I need to see you all dressed up. Just to get the full effect. Maybe take some pictures for the family album.”

 There were four vehement refusals.  

 Her voice took on a low and dangerous edge.

 “Put them on or I will personally make sure your next physical training session leaves you crying.”

 Eyes widened at the treat.  None of them doubted she would carry through on her promise.  Only John retained an air of calm, 22,000 miles of distance tended to give one a feeling of security.  Kayo turned to the hologram.

 “You too, space boy.  Wear the flag dress or I will make sure you get no bagels for a month. And if you even think about setting off the emergency alarm to try and get out of it, I’ll be two months of cornflakes for you.”

 The brothers knew they were beaten.  

 Shirts were shrugged off and dresses pulled on.  Gordon started to doubt the wisdom of his plan as the shiny tracksuit gave him three static shocks just while getting changed. Scott and Alan tugged awkwardly hemlines that barely covered their modesty while John was very carefully keeping his bottom half out of holo-shot.  Even Virgil, who had got off comparatively lightly, looked like he could have cheerfully murdered his aquanaut sibling.

 Five faces glowered as Kayo took a series of snaps.

 “Please can we change back now?” Alan pleaded.  

 “Sure you can.  I think I’ve got enough evidence of my Spice Boys” she said, waving the camera around.  “Next physical training session is still going to be tough though; those legs look like they could do with some attention.  It’s not often I get to see quite so much of them.”

 If the others had looked annoyed with Gordon before, they were positively fuming now.  Kayo sailed out of the room leaving the brothers to exact their revenge.

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I will be at MerfishCon & SIDM x SDN Artmart selling my merch! Both are free online conventions and transactions will be handled via my Etsy.

Besides being a participating artist in MerfishCon, I'm also part of the organising team behind making the convention a reality & also help moderate our official Discord server and Twitch channel. We’re really active on Discord where you can chat with other artists, creators & organisers! Here are the con details:

MerfishCon 2020

11 - 13 December 2020 (Friday to Sunday)

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11 - 31 December 2020

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Supporting me would directly fund for my bills (eg. food, transport, software fees) & education fees! Art is my main source of income and I technically lost my job after my last gig in January since I do event-based work. Since then I’ve been trying to make ends meet where Etsy sales and comms are my primary sources of income now.

I will be returning to school for further art studies in July 2021 and need to pay off fees of 13K SGD (9.7K USD) latest by the start of 2021, which I am far from being able to afford atm. I already got accepted into the school after passing the interview, however my spot will not be confirmed until the fees are paid.

I hope that by participating in these online conventions, not only would it be an insightful experience but I’d be able to fund for my education fees! <3

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Grand Prix RPDR RuView: Reality Stars!: The Rusical (S06E05)

Break out your selfie stick and get ready to break the internet! For Grand Prix RPDR RuView, we’ll be giving you the overview of each episode, top moments of each episode, the shadiest moment of each episode, our favorite queen of the each episode, our least favorite queen of each episode, best looks on the runway, and our predictions for next week.

The queens re-enter the workroom to see Charlie Hides’s lipstick goodbye...which is quickly erased by Trinity. I miss when the queens would actually read aloud the departing words of their newly eliminated sister. But that seems to have gone the way of the dinosaur. Trinity does not seem to be the least bit sentimental and wants to focus on what’s ahead. The queens seem so bummed that Charlie did not put up a fight. Trinity is also quick to clarify that she had wished she had been put into the bottom two for her performance and not for her questionable leadership. (personally, I thought she was in the bottom two for both those reasons but I digress…)

While everyone does seem genuinely happy about Sasha and Shea’s win, Alexis wants to become the cream to everyone else’s milk this season and rise to the top; Nina seems like she’d pull a Nomi Malone on any of her fellow contestants if given the opportunity.

 The next day RuPaul drops in on the queens, sans her usual cryptic video mail. However, it does seem like our prayers (as well as those letter writing campaigns and hunger strikes) have paid off, we actually get a mini-challenge! Judt in time to be considered an Easter miracle! And on top of the that the Pit Crew is here! This season they are sponsorless, but have two new members, Yadir and Jared!

The queens had to shoot fun selfie photos with the Pit Crew in their summer ensembles. The photos were really fun to watch and made me realize how much I missed the mini challenges. Alexis is chosen as the winner, and will spearhead the maxi challenge in Kardashian: the Musical! Since Alexis won she got to choose not only her role, but everyone else’s.

The show seems to have gotten so disjunctive this season (and actually since All Stars 2). Drag Race used to follow a very linear pattern, there was the She Mail/RuMail, the mini challege, the preperation/rehearsal on the main challenge, performing the main challenge, the runway, and finally the lip sync. There just needs to be more a more cohesion for the rest of the series, because it’s getting ridiculous.

Alexis chooses the role self-proclaimed momager™ Kris Jenner; the other casting goes as follows, Eureka as North West, Cynthia as Kim, Farrah as Kylie, Valentina as Kendall, Aja as Kourtney, Sasha as Lindsay Lohan, Trinity as Paris Hilton, Peppermint as Britney Spears, Shea as Blac Chyna, and Nina as Khloe. Nina, originally wanting the role of Blac Chyna is already complaining about not receiving and the rehearsals have yet to start! 

Eureka, has had her ups and downs these past episodes. ESPECIALLY since she has to use crutches. She is being a real Pollyanna about the situation, which is refreshing. As the queens are listening to their music and trying to get their lyrics down, Nina keeps going on and on about how unfair it felt not getting the role she wanted. Nina is as salty as the Pacific ocean. If this were Dreamgirls, she’d be playing Effie White.

Peppermint said what everyone else was thinking, there are THREE Black actors to the ONE Black role, so two people are gonna end up being shafted! I’m actually surprised they did not have Brandy as a character in the musical, since Kim working for her led to her meeting, dating and making the sex tape with Ray J.

The choreography session, led by Todrick Hall was well...clunky. Apparently, it was an intensive two-day ordeal...and some people took it to more than others. Eureka is making glam happen, she is applying rhinestones on ballet slippers to make it that more glam!

Aja has experienced a true Hannukah miracle with thinking she got a slimmer nose. Eureka also ate some humble pie and asks for Sasha and Valentina’s forgiveness. They both open up about their eating disorders, and even Shea talks about her bulimia battle.  RuPaul’s Best Group Therapy Race indeed!

For the musical, I thought they all gave a strong performance but I’m sad they did not perform Kim Kardashian Meets the Easter Bunny: an American Play (and yes that is a real play, available on Amazon).

Ru comes down the runway in a shimmery silver number (is this becoming her signature color?); I’m happy to see hair and makeup and back to normal. So Meghan Trainor is wearing a unicorn onesie. Did she not have a stylist or at least ONE gay friend to talk to her about this? It just looks like she got up out of bed and ran to the studio to film the episode.

For the musical, I thought they all gave a strong performance but I’m sad they did not perform Khloe Kardashian Meets the Easter Bunny: an American Play (and yes that is a real play, available on Amazon).

Ru comes down the runway in a shimmery silver number (is this becoming her signature color?); I’m happy to see hair and makeup and back to normal. So Meghan Trainor is wearing a unicorn onesie. Did she not have a stylist or at least ONE gay friend to talk to her about this? It just looks like she got up out of bed and ran to the studio to film the episode.

Runway Over-Ru:

Category is Faux Fur Fabulous! First up is Peppermint, wearing a whole lot of pink (are her signature colors Blush and Bashful?). The skirt was very reminiscent of her ‘Naughty Nightie’ look, although the skirt fit her much better. Her faux fur piece reminded me of cotton balls. All in all, I was not a fan. 

Did Kimora leave behind her Princess Banana Lady costume? Because that's what Trinity was serving on the runway (minus the first world sob story about not wearing padding.) the added nose ring and accessories were kind of a cross between Coco Montrese’s ‘Ru-animal’ look and Season one and ‘All-Stars’ alum Shannel. Sasha Velour was serving Russian dressing realness in a Kozachok inspired look. 

The faux fur pants and hat were spot on. Well, after a chilly night of clubbing…” was Alexis’ Look for this runway, although the “reveal” was disappointing. Had she gone with a crystal encrusted mini dress or hell even a nude illusion like a Central Park flasher would’ve been more satisfying than that dress from Forever 21.

Cynthia’s Faux fur look was a lot. It was a two in one, it was mesh, it was faux fur, it had long sleeves, she had on gloves, she had on thigh high boots. Too much. Next up is Nina Bo’nina Brown Mountbatten-Windsor in a great look reminiscent of Mary J. Blige. This look (almost) compensated for Nina’s attitude this episode. 

Aja’s look could best be described as holographic Hoth stripper.Not my favorite. I did like the lavender hair and earmuffs, but wasn’t living for the rest of the ensemble. Looking like a telenovela villain in a snakeskin patterned gown, faux fur stole and wild kingdom jewels was Valentina. I liked the look, but wish it was more faux fur.

Two words: muppet jacket. That’s what I’d use to describe Farrah’s Faux fur piece. That in combination with the holo printed booty shorts, highlighter green color (Hello, Michelle Visage!),  weird windchime foil necklace and Red s-wave wig-it was a confusing look.  I prefer Farrah’s retro showgirl vibe from last episode, it definitely suits her better.

Shea’s neon vinyl faux fur monster look was IT. It reminded me of Naomi Small’s neon runway look-which I also love. Were the Misfits’s missing a member? Speaking of 1980s kids Glam Rock, Eureka looked like she was straight out of ‘Jem’ and I wasn’t mad about it. From the neon, faux fur, hair, leotard and face paint- it quite literally looked like something Pizzaz would wear (minus the crutches).

Farrah and Cynthia are placed at the bottom two, and effectively were polar opposites with their performances; Cynthia performance was high energy but it was clear she did not know the words. Farrah’s performance was lackluster and somewhat boring. But I was clutching my set of Easter Sunday pearls when Eureka was sent home! 

In hindsight, it made perfect sense, but RuPaul (and her lawyers) would be remiss (and held responsible) if they did not give Eureka time to heal. Untucked was just really weird when Alexis got on her pedestal about feeling that she did not feel the other contestants tried to help her with her runway look? Ugh.

Jonny’s Favorite Moments:

Mamma Mia!: Alexis Michelle as Kris Jenner nothing short of epic! She was present on stage, even when she wasn’t the main feature, was amazing.

Peppermint Twist: There is nothing better than Peppermint’s commentary on what is going on. My favorite parts of any episode.

Jonny’s Favorite Shadiest Moments:

Tony! Toni! Toné!: Will we be seeing Kardashian: the Musical make it to the great white way….don’t hold your breathe.

The Last Unicorn: Unofficial Commandment for RPDR Judges that I think Meghan Trainor did not realize, DRESS TO IMPRESS!

It’s the Great Menorah, Charlie Brown: I was glad we were able to witness a Hanukkah miracle! Aja’s nose becoming smaller! L'Chaim!

Jonny’s Favorite Queen:

Eureka, she will definitely will be missed this season. There were times she was downright grating, and others where she was very sympathetic and endearing. This episode, where we saw her hobbling around on crutches and wheelchairs with an ACL tear and not being the least bit salty or bitter? Take notes everybody, this is the attitude to have!

Jonny’s Least Favorite Queen:

Nina’s sourpuss demeanor this ENTIRE episode was really disconcerting. Come on, she was cast as Khloé Kardashian and was acting like she had to play Brody Jenner! And since Khloé is such a fan of the show (and a former judge to boot) I just wish Nina would have put more effort to outshine her cast members. I can see why people have called her a Debbie Downer

Predictions:

It’s FINALLY Snatch Game; this maxi challenge separates the boys from the men (or something like that). Let the odds be ever in your favor darlings.

Anais’ Favorite Moments:

Crystal Crazy: Valentina’s love of crystals and how stoning “feeds her soul” in ‘Untucked’ was adorable.

Unbreakable: Although she wrecked her knee in the Cheerleading challenge, Eureka didn’t let it bring her or her attitude down. (Side note: FYI Ru-no cheerleading challenges ever again.)

Anais’ Favorite Shadiest Moments:

Basic Instinct: How exactly was it the other Queens’ faults that Alexis wore a basic dress on the runway? It’s a competition! They’re going to be cordial but they’re not going to dress you.

Unicorn Tears: Was Meghan Trainor’s stylist on vacation? Really, a unicorn onesie?

Anais’ Favorite Queen:

Eureka and Valentina. Eureka’s positive attitude about her injury and not letting it hinder her in the competition was great-and to be honest I wish she had spent more time being like that, than coming off as desperate for camera time. (Bring positive Eureka for Season 10!) Valentina giving Farrah a bit of tough love was just what the Doctor ordered.

Anais’ Least Favorite Queen:

Farrah Moan and Nina Bo’nina Brown Day-Lewis. Farrah’s whining and cry baby demeanor is getting a bit irritating. She needs to toughen up when receiving constructive criticism-the 5 G’s girl. (Good God Girl Get a Grip). Nina’s attitude was ultra-salty and she spent a majority of her time complaining about not being Blac China, as opposed to taking the role she was given and making the most of it. I understand Nina’s faced a lot of opposition in the ATL drag scene, but she really should be showing her haters that she’s H-E-R-E bitch and showing them that they can’t bring her down.  It shouldn’t be a surprise to her that other contestants are questioning her desire to be in the competition.

Predictions:

Snatch Game! FINALLY. It’s really the time where we’ve hit mid season and it becomes survival of the fittest. Being safe isn’t enough anymore.

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Best Comfort Show

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Chaotic Couple Roll Call

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Personally, I'm a Shadybug whore