#popcult day

[kindlyanni]

BIG NEWS!

I've been invited to Popcult Day! I'll be having a program there, talking about webcomics, and I'll have a table too, where I'll be selling some goodies! See you on 18th of May in Suvilahti, Helsinki!

[kausijuoppo]

Suvilahti here I come

[silenceshii]

PopCulture ❤️

[winxhelina]

My PopCult Day video :)

[sarxzu]

" Who is this irresistible creature who has an insatiable love for the dead? " Tiffany Valentine cosplay by me

[jyuuchan]

popcult ! yippee !! heres my recap!!!

saturday was really fun! busy, but fun. woke up around 7am after getting virtually no sleep, and drove the ... hefty hour down to massachusetts. my manager made sandwiches [this is important] and we had redbull to keep us going so all was still well!

it was really fun getting to cosplay a lesser known character for my am cosplay. even though i had posted that I was there on instagram, nobody seemed to bother me! it was great!

i wish that there were more ARP cosplayers in the states, but afaik it's not super popular in japan either? maybe one day ill find merch that isnt a kajillion dollars.

the panel i held with kitsune metal was a hit! we were full! i was so shocked that so many people wanted to see me talk about being an idol!

i plan on posting a q&a on all of my platforms sometime soon. i think it went really well, and im so happy that everything went as well as it did.

i hope everyone had a good time!

getting to sing and dance with our sekai was so fun! it was very rushed, and ill probably never do something like this in THIS LITTLE TIME ever again, but it was fun. the adrenaline did its job lol

i sang 「the snow white princess is...」 and despite forgetting some lyrics and absolutely messing up others [sorry japanese speakers in the chat] i did ... ok. ill post a vocal cover of it soon, just to redeem myself TT

i also did a cover of 「newly edgy idols」 and had a BLAST!!! I LOVE NEWLY EDGY IDOLS !!!!!!!!! i love u mitchie m . thank u mitchie m .

... now for the idol showcase. what i came to the con for.

now, i auditioned for this before i did idoljam. i didnt even KNOW about idoljam when i auditioned. if i knew i was doing something before this, i wouldve picked a different song.

its not that i hate the vampire, i love it! its one of my favourite deco*27 tracks! its just that its not a showcase worthy song. its simple choreography. im a bit mad i fumbled during my ending fairy. it pisses me off a lot actually lol

but i did it. and now i have to post my vod .. next weekend i think? anyways.

people seemed to like it, and looking back at it, i was pretty sharp on all of my movements. my manager drilled me on my sloppiness, so im glad that all worked out well. maybe one day ill do the full version. i wish susupara let me do the full vers. they were a bit strict with me.

im just happy i didnt let my fans down. there are one or two oshi//ten6 that have made it to everything ive done so far, and it makes me really happy to know that im somebodys favourite. i said in my interview that my main goal as an idol is to prove to childhood me that no dream is too stupid to live out. i spent my entire life being told that my passion was weird and that i should just stick to chorus and theatre. im glad i didnt let it stop me ... because now there are people who oshi me! there are people with jyuu merch ! there are people who have seen me dance and sing and have shaken my hand !! i have a costume !! i have over a hundred followers on ig ! im happy. im so happy. i feel like exploding and imploding at the same time. i hope im still an idol when im old and wrinkly, too.

i hope little kid me is proud.

[one day, all of your blood sweat and tears will turn to glitter.] ♡ make it! by I☆Ris

[janikainen]

Ei mainoksia, kiitos! 💌 (No advertisements, thank you!) Happy shiba joined my calico cat in guarding your front door 😊 This can be found from my online store or in-person from upcoming events (Popcult Day is up next!) ♡ linktree

[mostlysignssomeportents]

This day in history

#20yrsago George Soros blogs https://web.archive.org/web/20041009162245/http://georgesoros.com/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Home

#15yrsago Zombies Calling: snappy popcult zombie comic in the Scott Pilgrim mold https://memex.craphound.com/2009/10/02/zombies-calling-snappy-popcult-zombie-comic-in-the-scott-pilgrim-mold/

#10yrsago Keurig sued for anti-competitive K-cup tactics https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/keurig-coffee-sued-for-600m-by-ontario-based-club-coffee-1.2783633

#10yrsago Directors’ commentary for “In Real Life” https://web.archive.org/web/20160331041746/http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2014/directors-commentary-cory-doctorow-jen-wang-talk-in-real-life/

#10yrsago David Cameron raps the Tories’ nasty party manifesto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YBumQHPAeU

#10yrsago Hong Kong and America: two systems, one corruption https://web.archive.org/web/20141006033919/http://www.lessig.org/2014/10/we-should-be-protesting-too/

#10yrsago World Intellectual Property Organization in shambolic chaos https://www.keionline.org/22621

#10yrsago Why the UK middle class should be rioting in the streets https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11109845/Why-arent-the-British-middle-classes-staging-a-revolution.html

#10yrsago Human beings are the gut flora of immortal, transhuman corporations https://memex.craphound.com/2014/10/02/human-beings-are-the-gut-flora-of-immortal-transhuman-corporations/

#10yrsago Daughter of Hong Kong leader thanks “taxpayers” for diamonds on Facebook https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/Hong-Kong-leaders-daughter-creates-controversy-with-Facebook-post/articleshow/44115995.cms

#10yrsago Nobody wants to host the 2022 Olympics https://sports.yahoo.com/why-no-one-wants-to-host-the-2022-olympics-225450509.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory

#5yrsago IRS admits it audits poor people because auditing rich people is too expensive https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-sorry-but-its-just-easier-and-cheaper-to-audit-the-poor#168476

#5yrsago Elizabeth Warren proposes an “excessive lobbying tax” that would fund independent Congressional experts and public participation in policy https://medium.com/@teamwarren/excessive-lobbying-tax-fca7cc86a7e5

#5yrsago Apple bans an app because Hong Kong protesters might use it to avoid the murderous, out of control police https://memex.craphound.com/2019/10/02/apple-bans-an-app-because-hong-kong-protesters-might-use-it-to-avoid-the-murderous-out-of-control-police/

#5yrsago The complicated, nuanced story of how racialized French people fought to save their local McDonald’s https://www.npr.org/2019/09/05/758048712/libert-galit-and-french-fries

Tor Books as just published two new, free LITTLE BROTHER stories: VIGILANT, about creepy surveillance in distance education; and SPILL, about oil pipelines and indigenous landback.

[pretty-idol-hell]

OKAY! SO! It's just past 11am EDT in the US (10am JST) on 8/28, I'm back from PopCult Anime con, I will be home for the rest of the day and

I WANT TO DO PROMISES WITH MY FRIENDS DAMMIT HAHAHA.

So if I can invite you to a promise, please comment below and/or DM me! Or if you invite me, please let me know so I can try to find it!

ALSO! If you want to be friends or have friended me but not messaged me somewhere (or I missed your message) please let me know! I have a few friend requests sitting there that I have not accepted because my friends list is already half full and I WILL NOT ACCEPT RANDOS! No exceptions unless your character is already super well known to me. My code again is depn7w3xct! Thank you!

[lunawings]

Yesterday was quite the emotional rollercoaster for me.

I'd been doing my best to stay positive about not making it into the idol showcase at PopCult, but, while I was waiting outside and already feeling slightly down I overheard someone say that they were surprised they got in considering they only learned their dance in two days or something like that. (It turned out in the end this person is AMAZING and that was well earned), but... I auditioned after practicing on and off for almost a year and I got waitlisted. But, also it's not like I don't understand why I was waitlisted either. Even though I started practicing early, I've had a lot of obstacles along the way. Specifically, it's been difficult to find places to practice due to the uhhh challenges presented by my place of residence. Also, not to mention, my body has been against me almost every step of the way. (To make a long story short, after much time trying to avoid and pretend, I've recently started embarking on a medical journey that's looking like it may end in me getting diagnosed in a... second autoimmune disorder......)

I tried to fight through these negative feelings and enjoy the show, but I just couldn't. Until. UNTIL.

Until people I knew began to take the stage.

Whenever I get to see people I know perform at idol showcases (and the number is slowly increasing every time) I... *ahem*... LOSE

MY

FUCKING

MIND AHHHHHH!!!!

Don't get me wrong, I loved going to big shows with professional idols in Japan. But this is like, a completely different kind of happiness. After some reflection, I realized that it's because it's not a parasocial happiness. I actually know these people and sometimes I even saw them practice and I know how hard they worked and what it means to them and I can go up afterwards and tell them how much I liked their show and they can be happy to see me too and thank me for coming and and and...

Yeah it's just, it... Being involved in the community brings me so much joy. I love love LOVE being able to cheer for my actual friends.

But. While I was still feeling down before the show, I took a picture of the stage. A picture I would use to upload to Idol Land PriPara so I could superimpose my idolsona, Luna, onto the stage. If I can't be up there, at least she can, I thought. Looking at that photo is bittersweet. Luna the idol has done so much for me. She's able to do all the things I want to, but I cannot. Even if my body breaks down, she'll keep on performing. For me. There is some crazy serendipity in the fact that this was the weekend Idol Land PriPara finally became playable.

I look at the picture. And I like it. But I also remember behind that photo is a somewhat sad and pathetic girl who grinded Idol Land PriPara for hours the night before instead of sleeping to unlock the character parts to complete her OCs look because she knew it was the only way she could get on that stage.

I might, if my body lets me, apply to an upcoming event. But either way, I am planning to take a long hiatus from my idol activities to reevaluate what kind of an idol I want to be and how I can perform. I hope to return to the real-life idol performing scene sometime next year with a new goal and a new energy.

[perjantaipaja]

Vinkiksi: nyt on avoinna tai aukeamassa useampikin taidekuja- ja pienlehtimyyjähaku! Tässä muutamia esimerkkejä.

Tampere kuplii: haku avoinna juuri nyt 21.1. asti

Popcult Day: haku aukeaa 22.1.

Kotae Expo: haku aukeaa 1.2.

Comic Con Finland: haku avoinna juuri nyt niin pitkään kuin Artist Alley -lippuja riittää

Lisätietoja tapahtumien kotisivuilta:

https://2024.tamperekuplii.fi

https://popcult.fi/day-2024

https://kotae.fi

https://www.heroescomicconfinland.com

Perjantaipajalla ei ole yhteispöytää näissä tapahtumissa. Osa tapahtumista on pääsymaksullisia.

Kuvat: tapahtumien Instagram-tilit

[kindlyanni]

Meitsin löytää 18.5. Helsingin Suvilahdesta Popcult Day 2024 -tapahtumasta!

Myyntisalin puolelle on vapaa pääsy mutta ehottomasti kantsii ostaa piletti myös mielenkiintoisen ohjelman takia, enkä nyt puhu vain omasta kutsuvierasohjelmastani.

Siellä on esim. lihavuuskeskustelua genrefiktiossa, puhetta mieskuvasta Barbie-leffassa, ohjelmaa stunttinaisista ja fanituksen vaikutuksesta arvoihin, etc. etc. 👀

Minun ohjelma on heti kärkkäriin klo 11.30 Tiivistämöllä, jaan siellä vinkkejä ja viisauksia nettisarjakuvailusta. Kysymyksiäkin saa esittää! 🙂 Ohjelman jälkeen kipitän avaamaan myyntipöytäni loppupäiväksi.

Nähään Popcultissa!

[kausijuoppo]

Kaapelitehdas here I come

[operationhammond]

It's day 2 of PopCult Anime Con, and we are so happy to be here! If you need first aid or just want to come say hello, Operation Hammond will be on-site all day.

[kuoringankalmo]

visited popcult day and it was awesome but imho the best part about the day was finding aftg prints!!!!!!

Holy shit guys!!! I never thought I would get any because everything comes from the USA and the shipping is so expensive it would never justify buying anything, but few random pics from finnish random ass popcult day???? Holy shit!!!!

[flukeoffateart]

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!

Everyone at PopCult Anime Con is excited to see you on August 24-25 in the Westin Waltham-Boston Hotel, in Waltham, MA