#she cosplays and was apple white at the con

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Frog meet frog world

(Character does not belong to me!!)

Went to megacon like last month? We met @bubblekid_aesthetics (on instagram) and he was lovely. My friend got a bunch of barbie film prints and got a freebie card for it from his sweet Prince collection and I decided to draw him bc frogs!!!!

[rainandandy]

I’ve got comic con in a literal week and have literally only decided to do a lil rain carradine cosplay for it😨

I ordered a local shop to print my her T-shirt but they won’t have it done till Thursday, which is the day before I travel up to comic con 🙈 I have Nike low dunks black and white….. not reeboks bb 4000 ii mid (tho I got them ordered, and they might not here on time either 😞) so we improvising with the Nikes 🤷🏻

I got black cargo pants and I know she wears like baggy grey jeans tucked into her sneakers but I can’t find a pair of jeans that are that flexible so I’m going with the cargo ones because they baggy and they cuffed and I can tuck them into my Nikes…. It should be a look

I ordered her little red sweat band and my dad is helping me look for her bandage arm thing (we should have one in the first aid kit… if we could find it)

Hair wise, my hair is ever so slightly longer, a tad more Ellie from tlou rather than rain but I’ll mess it up a little and go from there. I gotta find a little vintage watch I can use but if not my good old reliable Apple Watch will suffice.

I’m not sure whether to distress my pants a little bit, I’m gonna have to mess with the T-shirt because it’s gonna be brand spanking new and it’s not going to be giving ✨alien✨

But yeah, any cosplay tips or rain costume additions that I haven’t mentioned please let me know…. No one will probably know who I’m going as BUT I WILL and that’s all that matters

[darkspellmaster]

Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers movie: Clues? and other things I noticed in the trailer Part 2

So part two of this, and moving forward.

Fan con has a LOT here that is hard to spot but also interesting to spot.

Monkey at the big shot of Fan Con might be a nod to Heebee and Jeebee (tricksters from Chip and Dale's R&R) or the monkeys that work for King louie in Talespin.

What I also caught: Pirates of the Great Lakes banner, April O'Neil cosplayer up front of stage, Wonder-woman look like cosplay, I think maybe King Bob from Recess also in the front by the stage. A Harley Quin from SS with purple hair. No idea who the T-Rex is. Nod to We're Back?

Also dude in white wig and blue jumpsuit way off on the left side of the screen might be a character too. Not sure who they are though.

Moana cosplay, I am not sure who the lion character is dressed as Palpatine, There's a tall buff animated character in the back with a beard, Not sure who he is. Is the lady in the very front of that shot that is clearly an anime character a nod to Crayon Shin Chan? I feel like she is.

Cat creature: Little John's chest from robin hood, Mowgli's pants, Fat Cat's daughter's head? because it has the markings but it has Felicia's (Great Mouse detective's) hair bow, Ralph's arm, Coat I feel like it could be from anyone, the other arm is driving me crazy because I know it's from a show and a character, just can't place it because the shoulder pad and arm are distinctive. I think the cannon is supposed to be a nod to Megatron's cannon, One leg is definitely a robot the other I'm not sure.

Just for the weird fun of it. License plate on the car in the fan con 57 Chevy. Could be a nod to a series or a joke to my mother the car, or something. I just find it interesting that they had that in there.

I'm pretty sure most noticed Gadget here, and she's wearing a black uniform making me think maybe she's working as some spy team thing now. Zipper was wearing a polo shirt, so maybe he's just chilling now.

Has anyone figured out yet what the name of this group is? I'm guessing they're going to be playing a part in the plot as sort of antagonists and there's some ties to another character, namely Prince Jahli. I feel like the guy on the scooter is going to be a pain in the ass to the team, and maybe Gadget is working for them? Or they're just a short group to show what she's been up to.

Okay so the interesting thing here is that Chip has his ear changed into something more akin to pluto or Goofy. And we see this again earlier in the trailer when they're running past the Chevy. So it's clear part of the Fan Con is going to play a larger role in probably the midsection of the movie, or the end of the first act.

Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Apple Jack and Flutter Shy, can be spotted. Not sure where Rarity is, or who the orange pony is.

Not sure who this mouse is and who it's supposed to be, but it looks more loony tunes than Disney. Or maybe Hanna and Barbara.

Apparent we have Paula Abdul and MC Skat Kat, which is interesting. Though I doubt the character will show up again after this.

Continued in part 3 of this.

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SOULciety Character Profile 3

Undyne

Age: 28

Job: Guard Major - Oversees all the platoons under their various Guard Captains in each district of Ebott.

Personality: Brash and Blunt she is almost exactly like her original counterpart, only she has far more tact when it comes to delicate situations and making friends. A creative soul, she enjoys live performances and acting. She is also very dedicated to her country, but not so much the royal family.

Appearance: Has long wild red hair that flows around a tall blue and red fin which curves from the crown of her head down to the nape of her neck, matching the set of fins that pass as her ears. Completely blind she also wears a cybernetic visor (think close to jodie laforge with cyberpunk 2077 twist) across her eyes to help see and that produces digital eye replicas so others can tell her facial expressions, it also lights up in different colors and pixels dependent on her mood. Dresses in an off shoulder white tank top and blue military pants and combat boots. A band of the Deltarune adorns her left bicep, and she had a set of three gills just above each hip spanning from her front to back. [PIC]

Weapon: Halberd

Random 1: She is against SOUL technology and hates how she must depend on it for every day things such as sight. 

Random 2: Met Sans at one of his music performances and became best friends with him over a shared love of it.

Random 3: Hates anime and cartoons over how unrealistic and exaggerated they are, would prefer to watch Action movies or Macbeth.

Random 4: Can’t stand cold food but is an excellent cook.

Random 5: Still friends with Papyrus, but they spend their time mostly with him trying to ‘convert her to the anime deskside’ and her constantly turning him down in various hilarious ways. Their training sessions are actual combat.

Random 6: She adores MTT, mainly for how his mech body relies on non-soul technology.

Random 7: Her natural eyes are solid white due to loss of magic color, and blindness is a birth defect as a side effect of the SOUL magic powered society.

Alphys 

Age: 26

Job: Scientist

Personality: Outgoing and sociable, only shy when meeting idols and  people she admires both in the work place and at anime conventions and cosplay cons. She is passionate about her work and has a great dislike for people that mock her and her friends hobbies and interests. Slow to anger but when done pops off with a mouth like a sailor. Fascinated with discovering new things and enjoys traveling.

Appearance: The shortest out of the cast she wears a pink Rar Rar Doki Doki head band and a black lab coat, under which is a hot pink set of nurses scrubs. She wears contact lenses that glow in the dark and often has many colorful bracelets lining her wrists and arms. [PIC]

Weapon: Kusarigama with a Justice SOUL housed in the iron weight. Electrified to it turns whatever it strikes to ash or catches it on fire.

Random 1: When shy she doesn’t stutter, her hands stim.

Random 2: Is second best scientist next to Gaster, Sans is her assistant despite him being Gaster’s brother. They rarely hang out outside of the labs as Alphys detests the jokes Sans likes to pop off about manga and anime just to rile her.

Random 3: She and Pap started as rivals over who was number one Rar Rar fan, but eventually ended up falling for each other. (They still argue over it occasionally but it’s flirty now)

Random 4: Was friends with Chara and Asriel.

Random 5: Loves sweets and candy. Her favorite snack is candied apples.

[tokupedia]

Halloween 2019 costume ideas: Power Rangers pt. 2

Jason Bischoff’s Beast Morpher Rangers

Jason Bischoff was the former global marketing guy for Hasbro and is an artist.

He is a genuine fan of tokusatsu (mentioned Kamen Rider on his Twitter and his love of Ex-Aid and several Heisei Rider shows) and it shows. In his final months with Hasbro, he and a buddy of his named Micheal O’ Hare came up with art for concepts of new Rangers not original to the Go-Busters source material.

The first is a Green Ranger based on the Frog Buddyroid from the Go-Busters Summer Film, “what if she had a Ranger companion”?  The next is a gray Polar Bear Ranger and an Orange female scorpion Ranger based on Jason’s viewings of Kyuranger and Sasori Orange. 

A Bat Ranger based on Blaze, a “what if the bad guy reformed and got a new suit” kind of thing. (though given its Batman’s 80th, you could also use it as an excuse to go around saying in a gravely voice “I’m Bat-Ranger!”) 

Lastly, a Magenta Sea Urchin Ranger and Hammerhead Beast Bot for you and a buddy to dress up as. 

X-Men/Power Rangers Amalgam

A while ago at the Edmonton Expo in Alberta, Canada, Jason David Frank discovered a cosplay that had to be seen to be believed. A Canadian fan mixed the White Ranger with Wolverine. Mr. JDF then posted this to instagram

Now, this isn’t the first time that X-Men and Power Rangers have crossed paths as both shared the Fox Kids block on Saturday Mornings in the 1990s and a SDCC gatefold variant cover paid tribute to X-Men #1. Not to mention MMPR’s comic rights were once with Marvel and the whole Marvel/Super Sentai connection. The idea of X-Men Rangers is an interesting one, why not complete it?

Cyclops Red, Jubilee Yellow, Beast Blue, Pink Phoenix (if considering season 2 MMPR), Gambit Black and Rouge Green. As an alternative to Wolvie, Storm can be the White Ranger or added as the 7th Ranger team member of any color you choose. Add a Professor Z (a tube head in a hover wheelchair or a blue bald guy) and you have the complete set! Or go wild and make a Brotherhood of Mutants version of a Ranger Team!

Lord “Zackkon”

Submitted for your approval, one Zachary Taylor, a virtuous teen who was offered a deal with the devil to be something greater, but refused. What if the youth, resentful of the choice of his team’s leadership, accepted the path that Rita Repulsa offered? 

I envision a Black Ranger who fuses his power first with the Dragon Coin, but then with powers of Green and Black Rangers after him. The core idea is to combine the Mastodon motif with a Dragon in a way that aesthetically looks good. 

Remi, the Orange Solar Ranger 

(Ari’s Legacy Wars Bio confirms it!)

Last year, I pitched to the fandom to option dressing up as newest kid on the block, Ari aka the (Purple) Solar Ranger. This year, I’m submitting her life partner and love Remi who became the most recent addition to the Solar Rangers and another of a growing number of representatives of LGBTQ+ heroes. For those looking to cosplay with the person they love or for a fun cosmic night of Halloween, here is a Ranger couple that we hope to see more of in the future.

A Morphing Master

The Morphing Masters are the mysterious all powerful beings who protected the Morphin Grid and dedicated their lives to studying it. The Boom! Studios comics dedicated some time to explaining them a bit more in Beyond the Grid, including a new look. 

Why be a mere three dimensional linear being on All Hallow’s Eve or at a con when you can wear a look that says ���I am a supreme being beyond your trivialities and I look fabulous doing it.” 

Warbunny

Aka my new favorite Power Rangers monster. Warbunny is a ‘roided up anthropomorphic rabbit whom, if his Conan inspired garb hasn’t telegraphed, talks like a certain former Governator and wields a large Warhammer that fires energy blasts. Cosplayers who do Warcraft costumes and other fantasy cosplay might gravitate towards this one since it parodies Arnie and Conan.

The Soul Era MMPR Rangers

In the comics, we learn there was a ill fated team in 1969 which fought Psycho Green. Pitch: What if there were a MMPR Rangers team 5 years later in 1975, the year Gorenger was created? The era of disco and soul, big cars, afro hair kung fu movies and Watergate. The challenge I present is combining the Gorenger suits with the MMPR suits. 

Disco collar capes, platform heel variants of the boots, flashy brighter neon colors with glitter and woodgrain on the weapons because products in the 1970s had woodgrain even if it didn’t make any aesthetic sense to do so. Civilian forms would be based on 1970s fashion, at least one Ranger should have a real or fake Burt Reynolds-sized mustache and/or afro for period accuracy. 

Dark Super Megaforce Yellow

For Ranger fans who wanna let out their inner bad girl, I present another Dark Ranger redesign of a Power Ranger from Battle For the Grid. The Gokaiger suit decked out in black and pants and a gold trim “coat” is just so good, really makes the yellow pop and looks more “piratey” than the standard suit. As you can see you can opt for an all black undershirt and yellow gloves or vice versa.

A new standard Lord Drakkon created for evil Rangers is that unlike their heroic counterparts, all of them have blood red visors instead of the standard black tint. (This also recently extends to Sentai, but we’ll get to that later.)

Houou Ranger (Chun-Li ver.)

While Ryu got to play Power Ranger, the devs of Legacy Wars decided to let none of the other characters participate in the fun. Many fans who love and respect Chun-Li were naturally outraged that she got shafted and began speculating what kind of Blue Ranger she would be. There was artistic debate as to what motif she would have with most gravitating towards a tiger, a peacock or her totem of fighting style, the crane.

I on the other hand think if Ryu lifted a Dairanger’s name for his Ranger form, it only makes sense the developers would do the same for Chun Li and give her a Chinese Phoenix motif.

The common consensus all fans share is that such a form has parts of Miss Li’s costume as part of her Ranger outfit much like with Ryu Ranger with his boxing gloves, bandanna and black belt. Whatever you choose, you are sure to be a knockout!

Supersonic Green

The first Green gone bad chronologically in the comics, Trek was a bitter Xybiran who got sick of being benched while his team went on missions and soon that bitterness turned into hate as he empathically read the feelings of his teammates about him. He murdered his entire team and then pledged allegiance to Dark Specter to become Psycho Green.

The Fiveman team these Supersonic Rangers are based on never had a sixth ranger, since sixth Rangers were not really a thing until Zyuranger. This bring up one conundrum for this Ranger in terms of those wishing to design a full costume...what exactly is Trek’s helmet motif? 

For those who have never seen Fiveman, the theme was about types of school education each Ranger was part of. Red was a science teacher, Blue was a physical education teacher, Black was a language teacher, Pink was a math teacher and Yellow was a music teacher. 

I suppose a history book on the helmet for social studies would be appropriate as would be an apple or money symbols for home economics. It should be noted if one commits to making a helmet, the Fiveman/Supersonic Ranger helmet visors each have lines running through them to signify their numerical designation (Red has 1, Blue has 2 etc.) so Green would have six. 

That’s all I’ve got! 

Happy Halloween Ranger Nation! 

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I did half of these and it got deleted so i have to start over HOLY shitBelow the cut is most of everything you could want to know about me 

Alisons: Sexuality? Nesoic Bisexual!

Amaranth: Pronouns/Gender? Transmasc enby, he/him or it/its pronouns

Amaryllis: Birthday? July 10th!

Anemone: Favorite flower? I love all flowers, and it changes a lot, but for the moment probably hydrangeas?

Angelonia: Favorite t.v. show? Soul Eater, Star Vs, American Horror Story, Steven Universe, and AtLA!

Arum-Lily: What’s the farthest you’d go for a stranger? Hm…Staying behind in a dangerous situation to make sure they got out, or inviting them to spend the night in my home if they didn’t have anywhere safe to be?

Aster: What’s one of your favorite quotes? “The thing about everything is that it all gets easier with practice, so be careful what you practice.”

Aubrieta: Favorite drink? Probably…Really good warm apple cider, with cinnamon.

Baby’s Breath: Would you kiss the last person you kissed again? Yes, absolutely!

Balsam Fir: Have you ever been in love? I am currently in love with two human miracles!

Baneberries: Favorite song? This changes constantly, but right now Man Down by The Eden Project

Basket of Gold: Describe your family. There’s not a lot to say. I don’t get along with most of them, so we don’t see each other much.. It’s a pretty toxic family, and I kinda want to be something better than that.

Beebalm: Do you have a best friend? Who is it?I do!! @discoursedmitri is my best friend!

Begonia: Favorite color? GREEN FOREVER

Bellflower: Favorite animal? Again, all of them, and the main one changes constantly. Right now though? Arapaima. They’re so beautiful and they look ancient and wise

Bergenia: Are you a morning or night person? Depends on when I wake up! Though I do love the almost otherwordly quality of nighttime...

Black-Eyed Susan: If you could be any animal for a day, what would it be?Probably a dog again? It’d be fun to roll and play and RUN and cheer people up!!Either that or a fish, that seems like a peaceful existence.

Bloodroots: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to work for the ASPCA when I was really small

Bluemink: What are your thoughts on children? I love kids, I want to have my own one day! Children should be able to explore the world and learn safely in a welcoming and kind environment, and should be free to enjoy what they love and have fun in peace.

Blazing Stars: What are you afraid of? Is there a reason why? Abandonment, and people I love dying.I’ve had 15 people die, and countless more leave. It does something to you after a while.

Borage: Give a random fact about your childhood. I used to play with bess beetles at my grandma’s house and build little leaf houses for them

Bugleherb: How would you spend your last day on Earth?  Spending time with the people I love and making sure they know how much they mean to me and how wonderful they are, maybe rewatching some old favorite movies and really trying to make the most of it

Buttercup: Relationship Status? Taken and promised to two wonderful boys!

Camelia: If you could visit anywhere, where would you want to go? TO SEE @n0r5k1 !!! 

Candytufts: When do you feel most loved? Anytime when I’m spending time with my boyfriends or close friends and they’re treating me like I’m welcome and wanted. I’m not quite used to it yet but it’s so nice??

Canna: Do you have any tattoos?  Not yet, but I really want a full sleeve of flowers that represent different important things in my life, and a radioactivity symbol

Canterbury Bells: Do you have any piercings?  Nope! I’d like several, but I think I’ll just end up with my ears pierced..

California Poppy: Height?  5′11 or 6 feet depending on who’s measuring

Cardinal Flower: Do you believe in ghosts? I’ve seen too many things now to not believe in them

Carnation: What are you currently wearing?  Fuzzy pajama pants covered in hearts, fluffy white boots, a grey t shirt, and a heart player hoodie

Catnip: Have you ever slept with a nightlight? Yes! I still do. My heater has blue light effects and they’re very calming

Chives: Who was the last person you hugged?  Probably my mom?? Possibly Riot

Chrysanthemum: Who’s the last person you kissed?Riot’s the ONLY person I’ve kissed

Cock’s Comb: Favorite font? ?? I like gothic fonts pretty good

Columbine: Are you tired? I paused answering these to take a nap and just woke up.

Common Boneset: What are you looking forward to? Raising baby mice, and going to stay with Riot for Christmas, and seeing Norski for the first time...

Coneflower: Dream job? Therapist! One day

Crane’s-Bill: Introvert or extrovert? Ambivert!

Crocus: Have you ever been in love? I think we’ve been over this already? 

Crown Imperial: What’s the farthest you would go for someone you care about?Literally anything short of willingly accepting full on abuse. I’d give my life for the people I love.  

Cyclamen: Did you have a favorite stuffed animal as a child? What was it? Cookie! A black and white Ty cat with a red ribbon. I still sleep with her.

Daffodil: What’s your zodiac sign? Cancer! And I am a stereotypical one.

Dahlia: Have you done anything worth remembering? I sure hope I have, but I guess I wouldn’t know. 

Daisy: What do you feel is your greatest accomplishment? Helping people when they’re in bad places, and being a positive force in their lives, and being someone that can be trusted.

Daylily: What would you do if your parents didn’t like your partner(s)?  Try to ask her why and get a good solid answer, maybe talk it out?

Dendrobium: Who is the last person that you said “I love you” to?My friend @gold-rook because I was calling him a gay disaster

False Goat’s Beard: What is something you are good at? I’d like to think I’m pretty good at drawing?

Foxgloves: What’s something you’re bad at? SEWING, i can’t see a needle for SQUAT.

Freesia: What are three good things that have happened in the past month? - I cosplayed at a con yesterday with Riot- Norski started doing spoken word stuff which is mega cool!- My mouse sat calmly on my hand! She’s learning to trust me

Garden Cosmos: How was your day today? VERY sleepy. All I’ve done is sleep and do chores. But! My mouse gave birth we’re pretty sure, so that’s really cool! I hear tiny peeps from their tank...

Gardenia: Are you happy with where you’re at in your life? I’m not quite where I want to be, I’ve got a long way to go, but I’m happier with where I am right now than I ever have been. This year has been a year of growing and changing, and I hope I can keep down this path. 

Gladiolus: What is something you hope to do in the next year or two? Visit with my dear Norski and hug him for the first time!

Glory-of-the-Snow: What are ten things that make you happy/you’re grateful to have in your life? 1 and 2: Riot and Norski3. Simon4. The soul eater chat i’m in5. Soul eater in general6. Stuffed animals7. Fun nights out8. Music that makes you feel something9. Laptops!10. All of my pets!

Heliotropium: What helps you calm down when you feel stressed?  Listening to music and daydreaming, sometimes watching videos on youtube. Jacksepticeye is good for stress. I also tend to compulsively clean when I’m really worked up

Hellebore: How do you show affection? Oh every kind of way. I’ll send you random babbles about how much I love you, I’ll buy presents and cuddle and hug and try to help on bad days. My love language shifts around constantly so I end up just doing all of the above.

Hoary Stock: What are you proudest of? The fact that despite everything that’s ever happened to me I can still sometimes help people.Also the one time I dumped scalding water on a creepy guy who was being gross to me.

Hollyhock: Describe your ideal day. I’d...go to the zoo or the aquarium or a museum, something like that, with my boyfriends, and maybe a couple of friends too! And we’d go to lunch someplace nice and tell jokes and laugh, and maybe go in a few little odd places or stop at a park, something spontaneous y’know? Then go home and have a movie watching party with lots of snuggling and junk foodThat’d be pretty great.

Hyacinth: What do you like to do in your free time?  I don’t have a lot of free time, but on the rare occassions when I don’t have a chore to do and I’m not dead tired I like to watch things with people and draw!

Hydrangea: How long have you known your best friend? How did you meet them?Not that long actually! I followed him on tumblr like… last year? And started sending him anons because he seemed really nice and i was worried about him. Eventually I came off anon and we swapped discords! We’ve gotten really close since then.

Irises: Who can you talk to about (almost) everything?My boyfriends, and Simon. I can trust them to listen and not get angry or hate me.

Laceleaf: How many friends do you have?Acquaintance friends? A bunch! Close friends? Just a tiny handful of folks.

Lantanas: What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received? Someone once told me that I was probably the person they trusted most in the world; it was an honor to have earned that.

Larkspur: What do you think of yourself? Eh..I’m trying to learn to like myself but it’s still a work in progress. At least I think I’m a pretty decent person? I sure hope I am.

Lavender: What’s your favorite thing about yourself? I’d like to think I’m compassionate and easy to talk to…?

Leather Flower: What’s your least favorite thing about yourself?  I panic easily, especially over what I don’t know. The second something seems like a possible loss or threat I can get almost smothering in my stressed out nosiness

Lilac: What’s something you liked to do as a child? I LOVED drawing! I made self insert characters and OCs for like, everything I watched ever

Lily: Who was your best friend when you were a kid? I didn’t have many consistent best friends…I guess a girl from my school named Ambree? She was fun to do stuff with but, not especially nice honestly.

Lily of the Incas: What is something you still feel guilty for? Accidentally misgendering an ex boyfriend of mine once

Lily of the Nile: What is something you feel guilty for that you shouldn’t feel guilty about?  Venting about my feelings or problems. Or like, having feelings and problems in the first place.

Lupine: What does your name mean? Why is that your name? My chosen name is straight up just based off of two of my strongest kintypes, though I also just really like the name Marco! Cotton came from my desire to have a gentle and approachable kind of name that was still unique!

Marigold: Where did you grow up? Tell us about it. Uhhh my childhood house was a place my mom and dad built. Just a little brick one story, but still a pretty nice place. I was friends with the neighbor girl and we’d be weird and play on the trampoline out back. Sometimes mom would take me for walks to see the horses in the pasture a ways down the road.

Morning Glory: What was your bedroom like growing up? BRIGHT YELLOW walls with a mural of flowers on hills painted on it, very silly and childish but still cute. I had a bunk bed and a giant pink dollhouse at the time! 

Mugworts: What was it like for you as a teenager? Did you enjoy your teenage years?  My teenage years were Terrible because high school was terrible and my mental health took a nosedive, but around 18 I graduated and started to gain a little bit of balance back. Overall not a great bunch of years, though.

Norwegian Angelica: Tell us about your mom.She acts a lot like a roommate. I love her a lot, and she does try her best, but she’s still considerably emotionally abusive and I really need to move away from her. 

Onions: Tell about your dad.  He liked to fish and hunt, and he was a pretty good dad even though he could have some really bad anger flareups at times. He died when I was 8, so i don’t really remember much.

Orchid: Tell about your grandparents. The only one I know well is my dad’s mom, and we have..a complicated relationship. She’s not the worst, but she can be manipulative and guilt trippy and had a huge hand in me getting bpd. She likes to cook, and she works at a gas station. 

Pansy: What was your most memorable birthday? What made it be so memorable? I can’t remember things by date easily fasdflkj;ds??This last birthday Riot was here though, so that made it special!

Peony: What was your first job? I haven’t had a true job yet, disability makes it hard.

Petunia: If you’re in a relationship, how did you meet your partner(s)? If you’re not in a relationship, how did you meet your crush/how do you hope to meet your future partner(s), if you want any? I met Riot in a homestuck kin server, funnily enough, and Norski was a very close friend of mine in my steven universe rp days! We reconnected and a spark came with it, and the rest is history!

Pincushion: How do you deal with pain? I usually compartmentalize until I have some quiet time by myself to listen to music and cry and vent art and rant some of it out. I prefer to physically be by myself, it’s easier to externalize it that way, but I will text people and ask for help if I need to talk. I’m still learning how to handle it in a healthy way instead of being self destructive.

Pink: Where is home? Anywhere the people I love are

Plantain Lilies: If you could go back in time, what is one thing you would stop/change? If I had influence over whatever I wanted to change? I’d stop T///rump getting elected lol

Prairie Gentian: Who is someone you look up to? Describe them. My former Spanish teacher was a tiny little woman, but still commanded respect in her own way. She was always kind, encouraged creativity, and tried to make things interesting and exciting. She wasn’t afraid to disagree with her boss if he was immoral, and she kept the wellbeing of her students as a priority. I will never forget her gentle, respectable, fun nature. 

Primrose: Describe your ideal life. I have a job as a successful therapist, helping people heal from their trauma. I come home in the evening to my husbands. We are financially comfortable, our closest friends live next door and visit often. We have a decent number of pets, and are preparing to try for children. We cook dinner together and laugh the whole time, then snuggle close and settle in for a movie. Trauma and pain isn’t anywhere in our minds, our humble home is clean and warm. There’s nothing to be immediately afraid of.

Rhodendron: What is something you used to believe in as a child? I believed in dragons until I was like. 15.

Ricinus: Who’s the most important in your life? My boyfriends and my best friend

Rose: What’s your favorite sound? My boyfriends’ laughter!Honorable mentions are thunderstorms, muffled talking in distant rooms, and snow crunching underfoot  

Rosemallows: What’s your favorite memory? The day me and Riot asked out Norski and we were all dumb stupid gays flustering all over each other. Also! Riding out to Texas to see Riot the first time and him trying to jump on me but just panicking immediately over the height. I actually have a few favorites, now that I think about it..

Sage: What’s your least favorite memory? I have trauma, so, there’s a few of them..Some I won’t mention here.Aside from those, definitely the memory of the, horrible hollow feeling funerals have for me. It’s always so cold and empty feeling, just. Absence.

Snapdragon: At this moment, what do you want?  A big hug, a nap, and chicken nuggets when I wake up

St. John’s Wort: Is it easy or difficult for you to express how you feel about things? If I’m talking to someone I trust, i can be very honest and expressive. Otherwise I generally cover up a lot of my true feelings in favor of being agreeable and easy to deal with

Sunflower: What is something you don’t want to imagine life without? My cellphone and headphones, I don’t function well without access to music

Sweet Pea: How much sleep did you get last night? Like…8 hours? I’m super sleepy right now though.

Tickseed: What’s your main reason to get up every morning? To see my friends and boyfriends, and to try and make the day interesting!

Touch-Me-Not: How do you feel about your current job? I don’t have one, I just take care of the house

Transvaal Daisy: What’s your favorite item of clothing? My Perfect Circle t shirts, my high school hoodie, and and my Soul Eater jacket!

Tropical White Morning Glory: Describe your aesthetic.  Abandoned cities with plants climbing up the walls of the empty buildings, neon signs still flickering and buzzing as the rain pours around them, water filled with glittering and colorful fish as it reflects the stars overhead. 

Tulip: What would be the best present to get you? A stuffed animal will almost NEVER fail!

Vervain: What’s stressing you out most right now? I’m not especially stressed for once, though, I’m always worried about the people I’m close to, and kinda nervous about the possibility of losing someone.

Wisteria: How many books have you read in the past few months? What were they called? I haven’t read a lot of physical books lately, mostly just fanfic.,,.I read Pinestar’s choice at some point not long ago?

Wolf’s Bane: Where do you want to be in life this time next year?…I really don’t know? There’s a lot of possibilities. Mostly I just hope I’m happier, and have recovered further from shit in the past. I hope me and my boys are still getting better, and I still have my friends. That’d be enough.

Yarrow: Do you know what vore is?Tragically, yes

Zinnia: Give a random fact about yourself.I’ve taken like 2 hours to answer all of these because I can’t not be long winded

[brainwad]

Another Dream

I went to a cosplay convention with my grandma. I was dressed as the OUAT Prince Charming (not a choice anywhere near the top of my list, but I looked good), and Grandma was the Fairy Godmother from the Disney animated Cinderella (an important distinction, seeing as most other modern interpretations seem to involve corsetry and cleavage, which is...no. It's no.) Anyway, there was some kind of problem with the woman running admissions (she couldn't do math, like, at all), and @markiplier, who was, apparently, in charge of the con, passer by, swooped in, and gave me and Grandma free passes. Then he and Grandma had a brief discussion about favorite horror movies, and kids kept wanting their picture with us (mostly her). There was a parade. Like, inside the hotel. No announcement, either. Just Markiplier appearing with a baton and leading a parade, made up of attendees, why music played from nowhere. We were encouraged to sing along, so I did, and at one point had a four-word solo, getting an approving nod from Mark, stopping me from dying of embarrassment. After that, we explored the con and checked out things happening. There was a tea shop, doing a fancy high tea. I caught a glimpse of a guy--not his face, just his back--dressed as what could have been a male Snow White, asking the waitress for an apple pastry thing, and being turned down "because it would tempt fate". I had just had the thought of asking for a picture with him when I woke up to pee. Oh, well.

[sugaranspikes]

because I’m getting excited about bronycon (august, baby!!), have a brony au with our favorite boys!

(and please, no hating on mlp or bronies, this is just for fun)(also, warning: super long!!)

the boys all got into mlp at various times.  it was kind of like dominos - once one started watching it out of curiosity by it’s popularity, another one would catch them in the act.  chirps would inevitably ensue, but days later the theme song would be heard, barely at a possible decibel for the human ear, from the same guy’s room.  and on it went, until a lecture from a very loud, drunk shitty about society’s expectations on men and saying “fuck you” to the system forced them to ponder on their shame for watching a show for little girls.  they came to the conclusion - who the fuck cares?  they were allowed to enjoy whatever they wanted as long as it didn’t hurt anybody, and it was a good show.  this allowed them to get more comfortable with the idea and finally watch the show together in the living room on saturday mornings.

eventually when they become big enough fans, they realize bronycon is happening in baltimore, maryland - a mere 6 hours from samwell! (boston, really).  and of course, if they’re going to be going, they need to create cosplays!!

obviously, bitty is the quintessential pinkie pie.  with his zest for life, baking, and parties galore, he embodies her persona.   in his pink short shorts, pink button down over a cutie mark t-shirt, and ridiculously patterned knee socks, he zips around the convention like a butterfly, charming everyone he meets.  he also brings pies to share with the convention-goers that don’t want to pay $10 for a piece of pizza.  he likes to go the social media forums such as Equestria Daily as well as the YouTubers, to learn how to make himself an even bigger online presence.  

jack never really got into MLP like everyone else did, but he definitely appreciates the messages.  he watches episodes as background noise to his studying or hockey-play creating, and thinks about the kids he taught in pee-wee hockey and how much they’d like this show.  he’s not entirely sure the names of all the ponies (the pink one is definitely Pinkie Pie, right? And the rainbow one is Rainbow Fast? or something) but the boys beg him to join them and he acquiesces.  they dub him applejack, the down to earth pony who doesn’t take crap from anyone and is as strong as a bull.  he is a great foil to everyone else’s crazy antics, and he’s happy to take as many photos as possible of all the great costumes and crowds.  (and the boys forgive him when he looks at his fake tail tucked into his jeans and asks “who am I again?” mostly because in a cowboy hat and boots he is knocking everyone dead). oh, and freckles, ya’ll.  

lardo, to no one’s surprise, immediately claims rainbow dash.  they all argue for a bit because EVERYONE wants to be rainbow dash, but with a lift of her eyebrow the decision is finalized.  she goes all the way and dyes her hair all the colors of the rainbow, claiming she had wanted to do it for awhile.  she rocks a letterman jacket with rainbow’s cutie mark as well as sneakers and some cute gym shorts.  she goes to the art panels as well as those that teach artists how to break into cartooning and such.  it’s not her usual type of art, but it’s always good stuff to know.  

ransom becomes the show’s star herself, twilight sparkle.  with his anxiety about school and need to be the best in all things education, he is the best to capture twilight’s adorkable nature.  plus, with his connections to everyone on campus and his innumerable facebook friends, he the best candidate for the princess of friendship.  in his purple sweater vest and fake wings he scours the marketplace for rare merchandise.  he is definitely the collector of the group, collecting mostly adult merchandise that should not be played with, such as the funko figurines. seriously, holster once tried to touch them.  he will not make that mistake again.

holster, for his part, makes a great rarity.  he claims to be the “fashionista” of the group, for his part in constantly trying to throw out ransom’s salmon shorts.  everyone loudly disagrees, many stating he has the fashion sense of a white jock, but he holds his head high, dammit!  it also helps that he plays piano, as rarity plays a key-tar in equestria girls.  the group is horribly split between those who think of eqg as canon and those who don’t.  he wears a white suit vest and pants with a purple shirt underneath, and goes to all the forums with the horse-famous as the key speakers because he idolizes them.

shitty, for his part, makes an extremely loud fluttershy.  while not even in the vicinity of the same personality group, he extols fluttershy’s virtues as one of the characters with the most personality development in the show, and will tell anyone who will listen that he is an advocate for the shy and those who feel like doormats.  in a yellow crop top with her cutie mark and a pink skirt, he draws crowds with his soapbox speeches and wild flowing hair.  he likes to go to forums with the show’s creators and directors to ask questions about feminism, the matriarchy, and bronyhood.  and for the love of god do NOT let him out on the streets, because he will confront any scoffing bystander with the question “does this threaten your fragile masculinity?!”

the frogs don’t actually go to bronycon, but the boys coerce them into dressing up as the cutie mark crusaders for a photoshoot before the con.  dex is the long suffering apple bloom, arguably the leader of the group and the one most down to earth.  chowder gets to be the sweet and excitable sweetie belle, while nursey is the talented but disabled scootaloo.  the pictures start out nice, but quickly devolve into pictures of the three of them squabbling and falling over each other in an attempt to tug at each other’s pigtails. so, it actually turned out perfect.

imagine everyone’s surprise when they are walking through the con and come across tango and whisky as derpy and starlight glimmer, respectively. tango gets excited, asking “when did you get here? are you having fun? when did you make your costumes? do you like my costume? I’m derpy!  well technically i’m muffins but I don’t like that they changed the name because it was completely unnecessary-”

whiskey just looks mortified and mutters a gruff “hello.”  the boys sense his discomfort and comment on his outfit, ripped jeans and a t-shirt with starlight’s logo on it.  it's interesting that he’s dressed as one of the most controversial characters on the show, though no one points that out.

and finally, when a few years have passed and jack and kent have become friendly again, kent insists on joining them for the next convention as sunset shimmer.  “it’s ironic and fitting! plus she’s a fucking badass!”  since he and jack are both famous in the NHL now their pictures are taken constantly, kent is not afraid to flirt with the camera.  it’s a controversial topic in the sports world because of the oddity, but he takes it in stride and it goes a long way for help people come to terms with bronies.

after all, what are they but people who are fans of a show with cute ponies, a great message and engaging characters?

[yukithesnowman314]

Chapter 1

Chapter 2: Visual Novels (Part 2)

I arrived at my hotel.  I went over to my table where my crew’s bottles of liquor and mixer were.  I took two shots of my friend’s E&J (sorry Rath!). After that, I grabbed a glass and specific bottles and mixers: Vodka, Captain Morgan Apple Smash, Midori, Pineapple Juice, and Sprite.  One-by-one, I pour the liquids in the glass. Thanks to the efforts of the Apple Smash and Midori, the drink gave off a lovely green color. Perfect.

Just Monika  I said to myself.

Just Monika is a cocktail I created for a party that I was going to throw at another hotel I had reversed  (which was canceled due to unforeseen events).  Initially, I was going to debut it at the party to celebrate DDLC’s first anniversary, but shit happened and I decided to do it for a friend’s party I was bartending for.  I started sipping on it, letting the alcohol enhance my dark side and get me further in my zone (more on the dark side and “the zone” at the end of the chapter)

I hopped in the cold shower (cold showers help me stay awake when I’m tired) and kept Saiyan Pride on repeat. All my focus was on being the best genderswap Monika I could be (and in the world). I want people to recognize me.  I want racist DDLC cosplayers to be mad at me for being a black man cosplayer a white/Asian character. I wanted to install fear in any other males doing a genderswap DDLC cosplay at the con.  My aim isn’t to compete with other Monika cosplayers: Most are either women or dudes wearing skirts. I want(ed) to stand out (which I will explain in about five paragraphs below) (Also, not gonna lie: There was a Monika cosplayer – who knew she had an ass and wasn’t shy about showing it off in a very short skirt who walked past me as I was returning to my hotel.  I lowkey was thinking of shooting my shot with her in my cosplay if I saw her again.

Thank God for Atlanta. Thank God for thick women.)

  I got out of the shower, put on my Monika cosplay, and hit the con floor.  And of fucking course, my legendary bad luck in cosplay had to hit me hard.  I was the only Monika on the con floor.  Awesome! But there weren’t any other DDLC cosplayers about. This always happen to me: Whenever I decide to put on a cosplay from a fandom, nobody is around.  But when I am in not in cosplay it’s like everyone wants to wear their shit (hell, back in 2016 at Anime St. Louis, there was about 3-5 Umineko: When They Cry cosplayers in a group; a year where I decided to not wear my Goat Butler cosplayer, but I digress).

Shit. Maybe I should do my cosplays in the morning instead of in the late afternoon/night.

Not only that, nobody knew who I was cosplaying as or from. I had this problem at Anime Expo when I first did my Monika cosplay and I was doing it solo.  I figured that the reason why I wasn’t being noticed was that I didn’t have her ribbon. To fix that mistake I went ahead and ordered one on Amazon for AWA…expect it was small as hell and wasn’t the size of Monika’s gigantic bow.  Now that I think about it, I think I might just forego the hair ribbon and get a white headband without a bow and wrap it around the ponytail of my wig (imagine Ryu’s white headband from the Street Fighter Alpha/Zero series). Plus, I refused to wear a skirt for reasons.

The thing about these types of cosplay as a male is that every male fucking wears a skirt. If I was to wear one, I would be no different.  Sure, I have my race as an advantage, but that is something I was born with that I can’t control: easy mode. I rather work smarter and harder to be different. I much rather have a blazer tailored made to fit my body type than to get a generic DDLC school blazer off some cosplay site.

I also am not a fan of competition.  There are more female Monika cosplayers than male.  I can’t compete against them: they’ll win. The average male Monika cosplayer wears a skirt as previously mentioned.  Again, won’t compete against that.  I rather dominate by taking a different route; making you Monika cosplayers study my style once I master that cosplay and get in known on a global scale.

You male Monika cosplayers can wear a skirt and be like every other males. You guys can get your Monika cosplay outfits off ebay and Amazon. I’m going to stand out – like Monika herself.

(My version of Monika is inspired by the Business Casual fashion look, so that’s why I wear jeans instead of a skirt. The example pictured below):

What my Monika cosplay is based off

    My Monika cosplay.  I really need a brown beard dye  and wig freeze spray lmfao

After being disappointed that nobody knew who I was cosplaying as, I headed back to my room out of discouragement (plus, a friend of mines told me he could smell the alcohol on my breath [I had taken more shots with a friend in his room prior] and advise me to get rid of it, rest up, and sober up.  Thank you, John, for being real), a Froppy-Chan (My Hero Academia) cosplayer along with two of her male friends spotted me. “Are you Monika?” she said with a smile. I took off my sunglasses to make eye contact with her, replied with a smile, and said “yes”. We started talking about the game, the themes of it, and our favorite characters – although short because I was drunk as hell.

Man, she was cute. Maybe if I wasn’t drunk I could have more of a deeper conversation with her about the game’s themes. Maybe shoot my shot with her and make her male friends jealous at and hate on me.

Is it horrible for me to be inspired to sober up in order to either take somebody’s else woman or make her male friends mad at me cuz we were vibing a little bit? Yes. But it did awaken something deep inside me: What if I just not use a strong substance like liquor and have fun cosplaying as Monika and talk to women naturally who know the character?  Even if I don’t get “physical activities” at the end, I still had done these things:

1. I made somebody happy that I was cosplaying as their favorite character and that would have brightened their day. 2. I could have made a female friend that was based on mutual, platonic interests and learn what makes women click and get advice on women by women. 3. It’ll be on some self-improvement shit. One Percent Better.

Maintaining my smile, I held my head up high and marched back to my room to recover and freshen up for the night. Even if one stranger knew who I was cosplaying as; that was it for me. Well, not really.  I wanted more people to know me for my cosplay. It was motivation for me to keep doing it. Keep improving.  Find flaws and errors in my cosplay and work on them.  Always seeking to better myself.

This time around, I was going to do and act better.  Don’t you fucking dare drink any liquor tonight, Benjamin.  You don’t need that shit to talk to women or anyone else. Be you even if you’re cosplaying tonight.

Let me tell you guys something: This worked in my favor.  More on that in a later chapter.

Way later in the night, I was walking around in my Monika cosplay, scanning the scene after the late night parties ended and the “secret panel” proved to be a bit boring for me without my friends around  (who had retired to the hotel after a few conflicts and bullshit among us). I am about to leave when I hear a girl with a few male friends say “Hey Monika, come over here!” I walked over to her direction and she was all smiles and giddily about seeing a Monika cosplayer.

We started talking about DDLC and about our favorite characters.  I remember her saying like how she likes Monika because of how it looks like she sticks her ass out when she talks to you (in her sprite) and how she wanted to select Monika but she didn’t have a  route.  I wanted to chop up some game with and spit but I didn’t proceed for a few reasons:

1. She looked underage. Which, now that I think about it at the time of this writing, she probably wasn’t; Given her and her crew were sitting outside the 18+ secret panel room (and the area the blocked off for anyone under 18) and they had beers. I blame myself for being an idiot who didn’t take a power nap to regain my mental focus after being up for 17+ hours with only 5-6 hours of sleep the night prior.

She had about three guys with her. It’s not that I’m scared of any dudes around their female friend(s), but given my mental fatigue, there was no way I could have an advantage for myself to spit game with her and beat out the competition (this is going to sound pretty fucked up but trust me; usually if a woman has a few dudes around her, they’re trying to get in her pants. This isn’t always true, however).

Oh well.  A lesson that I had to learn to apply in the future (but at least I’ve gotten over my fears of talking to women and  I accepted the fact I don’t need liquor to talk to them and be the best version of myself when I’m interacting with them)

Going back to the visual novel panel, I remember Chris saying how the Fate series completely dominated the visual novel anime genre (as it is the most popular VN anime of all time with how strong it’s going). Which is funny, because last year, I was attending a panel ran by Kana Ueda – the voice actress for Rin Tohsaka from the fate series.  She talked about how for her, attending Anime Weekend Atlanta with her fellow voice actors and reuniting with a veteran Japanese voice who was once her mentor was “fate” (for them meeting there).  Hearing Chris words on the VN scene, seeing people who still have a passion for it, and cosplaying as Monika, I couldn’t help but reflect on Ueda’s statement on fate.

Perhaps it was fate for me to go to that visual novel panel, network with him (being unaware that of his work Anime News Network), talking to people about how visual novels made them happy and being upset that the genre is on the decline.  Was it fate that I saw that Hanyuu cosplayer after having two When They Cry related dreams?  I guess.  Did fate lead me to that Floppy-chan and that girl who was happy that I was cosplaying as Monika and made me want to do better with it and inspired me to not throw in the towel? Who knows?

As I am finishing this chapter out, I am reminded of a Facebook post I made about how I remember when the fate series was a bit of an obscure VN series that was popular in Japan, but didn’t get much traction in the Western otaku market beyond your hardcore VN fans.  This wasn’t on some hipster, “I knew about the series before it was popular” shit: It was me being in awe that a game made by people of humble background reached heights that nobody could imagine for the genre or in anime fandom in general.

Some dumbass accused me of being a hipster and stated that “nobody gives a fuck about shitty visual novels”. I laughed. A week later, I was in Los Angeles for Anime Expo.  I was walking around the Downtown area where my eyes met this massive Fate/Grand Order poster hanging over a bank.  I was with my friend (whom I told him about the dumbass saying that bullshit) and we laughed.  I wanted to post a picture I took of the poster and replied to his comment saying If nobody gave a fuck about shitty visual novels why they got this poster out here?  on some petty shit.

To the dumbass who said that here’s something for you:

My unforgiving pettiness aside,  I really do hope the visual novel genre does make a comeback.  I’ll do more cosplays from it.  Hell, even if it doesn’t, I’ll keep doing it  – no matter what.

  Continued in Chapter 3.

NOTES:

In the book Relentless by Tim Grover, Tim speaks on two accepts of the human’s psyche: “The Zone” and “The Dark Side”.  The Zone is the dark, quiet lonely place within your mind.  You shut everything in the world out to be in your own. It’s a  calm, relaxing, and focused place.

The Dark Side is that: The darkness part of your mind where only you know your deepest, true desires – your true self (Persona lol). Rather than let your dark side control and ultimately – destroy you – you control it. You use the darkest parts of your personality to push yourself towards you end goal(s).

JUST MONIKA COCKTAIL:

1oz Light Rum 2oz Midori 1oz Captain Morgan Apple Smash 4oz pineapple juice Top with Sprite

Combine Ingredients sans Sprite in a shaker. Shake vigorously. Pour mixture in a Collins glass.  Top with sprite. You can also rock the ingredinets with sprite and then pour the mixture into a Collins glass.

(The only reason why I used vodka in this story because my dumbass left my light rum in a homeboy’s hotel room the night before)

Business Casual image source: https://www.gentlemansgazette.com/business-casual-men-attire/

I’m Starving (Or How Anime Weekend Atlanta Left Me Wanting More): Chapter 2 Chapter 1 Chapter 2: Visual Novels (Part 2) I arrived at my hotel.  I went over to my table where my crew’s bottles of liquor and mixer were. 

[englishmansdcc]

Okay, I must admit, you can tell I’m a little green when it comes to exclusives, generally: I’ve been getting myself kerfuffled about the difference between Diamond Select Toys and Diamond Comic Distribution, when it comes to their exclusives. Hell, I’ve still probably got it wrong. But, whatever branch of the @CollectDST tree you want to shake some prime fruit from, you’re not going to go wrong with any of their bounty this year.

STAR TREK, THE DARK TOWER, GHOSTBUSTERS, THE IRON GIANT, DC Animated, DC Comics, Marvel Comics… all are represented with some really tasty figures and collectibles for this years San Diego Comic-Con (Thurs 20th – Sun 23rd July 2017; Preview Night, Weds 19th). Some of which we’ve listed in our SDCC 2017 Exclusives Directory already – but now we’ve got the full picture of what Diamond will be bringing to their booth this Summer (#2607).

Check out the press release below for the skinny on this amazing collectibles…

DIAMOND SELECT TOYS REVEALS EXCLUSIVES FOR COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 2017

Comic-Con International in San Diego is fast approaching, and Diamond Select Toys has a ton of new exclusive items they’ll be offering at the show! From Star Trek, Marvel Comics, Justice League, Nightmare Before Christmas, Iron Giant, The Dark Tower, Batman Beyond and more, there is something for every kind of fan at the DST booth! Come by booth #2607 early, because all editions are limited, and they will not last long! 

STARSHIPS

Star Trek USS Enterprise NCC-1701 “Final Flight” Starship

“My God, Bones… What have I done?” James T. Kirk spoke those words as he watched the U.S.S. Enterprise plummet from the sky by his own hand, something even the mighty Khan could not accomplish. This translucent rendering of the Enterprise is meant to replicate its fiery last flight down to the Genesis planet, after self-destructing in orbit. The ship measures approximately 14 inches long, and includes a display stand. It comes in commemorative window packaging. Limited to only 400 pieces. Does not contain electronics.

Only at Booth #2607! $65.00

STATUES AND BUSTS

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DC Premier Collection Poison Ivy Gem Edition Statue

Who stole the emeralds? Poison Ivy! The green goddess of Gotham City is back, and this time she’s wearing her classic costume, and accenting it with real green gemstones! This exclusive variant of the 12-inch statue features an all-new paint scheme, and her earrings are made of actual emeralds, as are the eyes on her jack-o’-lantern! Limited to only 150 pieces, this statue comes packaged in a full-color, hand-numbered box with a certificate of authenticity. Masterfully sculpted by the legendary Clayburn Moore.

Only at Booth #2607! $200.00

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Justice League Animated Flash Resin Bust

Add to your Justice League with this exclusive 6” bust of the team’s scarlet speedster, the Flash! Limited to only 650 pieces, this bust comes in a full-color box with a hand-numbered certificate of authenticity. Sculpted by Varner Studios.

$60.00

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Justice League Animated Flash Resin Bust Speed Force Edition

Add to your Justice League with this exclusive 6” bust of the team’s scarlet speedster, the Flash! This exclusive edition captures Flash at faster-than-light speeds, and is cast in a translucent material to simulate a speed effect. Limited to only 650 pieces, this bust comes in a full-color box with a hand-numbered certificate of authenticity. Sculpted by Varner Studios.

$60.00

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Batman Beyond Animated Resin Bust

The future is now, as the next Batman, Terry McGinnis, travels back in time to be the next exclusive bust in the DC Animated Universe bust line! Limited to only 850 pieces, this 6” bust comes in a full-color box with a hand-numbered certificate of authenticity. Sculpted by Varner Studios.

$60.00

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Batman Beyond Animated Unmasked Resin Bust

The future is now, as the next Batman, Terry McGinnis, travels back in time to be the next exclusive bust in the DC Animated Universe 6” bust line! Limited to only 450 pieces, this limited unmasked variant comes in a full-color box with a hand-numbered certificate of authenticity. Sculpted by Varner Studios.

$60.00

  MARVEL GALLERY PVCs

Marvel Gallery Dark Phoenix PVC Diorama

The Phoenix rises as one of the first members of the Uncanny X-Men, Jean Grey, embraces her full power as the telepathic/telekinetic host of the Phoenix Force! Standing approximately 10 inches tall, this diorama shows a possessed Jean in her red costume, hovering over a fiery Phoenix symbol! This PVC figure features detailed sculpting and paint applications, and comes packaged in a full-color window box. Sculpted by Alejandro Pereira.

$45.00

Marvel Gallery Ironheart Unmasked PVC Diorama

The newest, most talked about hero in the Marvel Universe is now the latest PVC diorama in the Marvel Gallery line! Levitating above a technological base on a swirl of energy, Riri Williams takes off her mask (but keeps her Ironheart armor on) in this approximately 11-inch PVC sculpture. Packaged in a full color window box. Sculpted by Phil Ramirez.

$45.00

Marvel Gallery Deadpool X-Men Costume PVC Diorama

The Marvel Universe’s deadliest assassin is ready for his next team-up with this exclusive PVC Diorama! Wearing his X-Men colors, Deadpool leaps from a portal with his twin katanas flashing, and this 10” diorama comes packaged in a full-color window box with a fifth panel. Limited to 4200 pieces. Sculpted by Jean St. Jean.

$45.00

Marvel Gallery Superior Iron Man PVC Diorama

Our Marvel Gallery Iron Man PVC just got an upgrade! As seen in the Superior Iron Man comic book series, Tony Stark wears his gleaming white armor as he rises into the air on his boot jets. This 11.5” diorama comes packaged in a full-color window box, and is limited to 2500 pieces. Sculpted by Mat Brouillard.

$45.00

VINIMATES VINYL FIGURES

Nightmare Before Christmas Vinimates Battle-Damaged Santa Jack Vinyl Figure

It’s a Christmas catastrophe! This exclusive 4-inch vinyl figure from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas depicts hero Jack Skellington after his disastrous evening as Sandy Claws. With an exclusive battle-damaged paint job and sad facial expression, the figure features an articulated neck for different posing options. Packaged in a full-color window box. Limited to only 1500 pieces. Only at Booth #2607!

$10

Ghostbusters Vinimates Battle-Damaged Stay-Puft Vinyl Figure

The ‘Busters have someone to battle with this exclusive new Vinimates vinyl figure of Mr. Stay-Puft! Bearing exclusive battle damage, the Marshmallow Man stands approximately 4 inches tall, with an articulated neck for more posing options. He comes packaged in a full-color window box. Limited to only 1500 pieces.

$10

Ghostbusters Vinimates Glow-in-the-Dark Slimer Vinyl Figure

Is he friend or foe? Whichever he is, he glows! The Ghostbusters get their little buddy with this exclusive new Vinimates vinyl figure of Slimer! Cast in an exclusive glow-in-the-dark material, Slimer stands approximately 4 inches tall on his stand, and comes package in a full-color window box. Limited to only 1500 pieces.

$10

Forbidden Planet Vinimates Robby the Robot with Blaster Vinyl Figure

From the Forbidden Planet comes one of the most advanced robots of all time: Robby the Robot! This exclusive 4-inch Vinimates vinyl figure holds a blaster pistol, and comes packaged in a full-color window box. Limited to 2000 pieces.

$10

Iron Giant Vinimates Superhero Iron Giant Vinyl Figure

The Iron Giant is cosplaying for SDCC! This exclusive 4-inch Vinimates vinyl figure features the Iron Giant with his famous “S” chest emblem, striking a heroic pose straight out of the classic animated film, and his articulated neck allows you to further customize that pose. Figure comes packaged in a full-color window box. Limited to 1500 pieces.

$10

Dark Tower Movie Vinimates Tracker Vinyl Figure

The highly anticipated film adaptation of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series now has an ultra-secret Vinimates vinyl figure! This 4” figure of one of the Tracker creatures from the film features an articulated neck for different posing options, and comes in a full-color window box. Limited to 1500 pieces.

$10

VARIANT COVER COMICS

Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1 – Minimates Variant Cover

The webslinging, wallcrawling wonder returns to New York City in the all-new PETER PARKER: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN. A companion series to the best-selling Amazing Spider-Man series, Peter Parker is going back-to-basics for big heroics in the Big Apple. Featuring adversaries old and new, be there as Spider-Man returns to his friendly neighborhood for his never ending battle against crime and the dreaded “Parker Luck.” Rated T. Limited to 5,000 copies. Written by Chip Zdarsky, with art by Adam Kubert and cover art by Minimates designer Barry Bradfield! $5

Secret Empire #5 (of 9) – Minimates Variant Cover

They thought they were safe! They thought they could handle anything that was thrown against them! But the united heroes of the Marvel Universe never reckoned on the dread power that Steve Rogers would unleash! THE SECRET EMPIRE WILL AMAZE YOU! Rated T+. Limited to 5,000 copies. Written by Nick Spencer, with art by Leinil Francis Yu and cover art by Minimates designer Barry Bradfield! $5

Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe Again #1 – Minimates Variant Cover

Remember the time Deadpool went a little TOO crazy and killed the entire Marvel Universe? Well, this isn’t that. This is a DIFFERENT time. Writer Cullen Bunn and artist Dalibor Talajic (A.K.A. the creators behind DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE) have reunited for ANOTHER tale of Deadpool taking out all of your faves in the most horrific ways possible! It’s gonna hurt him more than it hurts you…and you’re gonna love it! Parental Advisory. Limited to 5,000 copies. Cover art by Minimates designer Barry Bradfield! $5

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PREVIEWS’ 2017 SDCC Exclusives

Diamond Comic Distributors is offering over 20 extremely limited PREVIEWS exclusives for this year’s Comic-Con International: San Diego (July 19-23). The list includes variants of several popular Marvel titles, including Secret Empire, Star Wars, and All-New Guardians of the Galaxy, a new 2018 The Walking Dead calendar just in time for the new season on AMC, a slew of Diamond Select Toys items, and more! Comic-Con attendees will be able to preview the items at the Diamond PREVIEWS Booth #2401 and purchase from participating retailers on the show floor.

“Diamond is excited to present this year’s extremely limited con exclusives,” said Diamond’s Director of Marketing, Dan Manser. “We’ll showcase these items at the PREVIEWS booth and then guide fans to retailers who’ll have the exclusives available for purchase on the show floor. Fans who look forward to attending Comic-Con International: San Diego for the exclusives won’t be disappointed with this year’s selection.”

For more information and to pick up our one-sheet listing retailers on the show floor where you can purchase our SDCC PREVIEWS Exclusives, make sure to visit the Diamond PREVIEWS Booth #2401.

Comics & Graphic Novels

SDCC 2017 MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #17 (W) Kyle Higgins (A) Hendry Prasetya (CA) Peter Nguyen The next Power Rangers epic starts here! The Power Rangers are finally reunited, but can things ever be the same? (MAR178669) Limited to 3,000 copies.

SDCC 2017 BETTIE PAGE #1 LINSNER VARIANT

(W) David Avallone (A) Colton Worley (CA) Joseph Michael Linsner She’s more modest than Ms. Blaise, but peels more than Ms. Emma. She out-vamps Vampirella, but she’s sweeter than Honey West. She put the mod in model, and the bangs in bang-bang. Now the world can know the truth: her classified adventures back in 1951 Hollywood have been declassified. Dynamite, David Avallone and Colton Worley are proud to present The Secret Diary of Bettie Page, in handy comic book form. (MAR178681) Limited to 2,000 copies.

SDCC 2017 MOONSTRUCK #1 VARIANT

(W) Grace Ellis (A) Shae Beagle, Kate Leth (CA) Shae Beagle

A NEW ONGOING SERIES from Lumberjanes creator GRACE ELLIS and talented newcomer SHAE BEAGLE that tells a story of monsters, romance, and magical hijinks! The first arc also includes an additional short story with artist KATE LETH!

Fantasy creatures are living typical, unremarkable lives alongside humans, and barista Julie strives to be the most unremarkable of all. Normal job, normal almost-girlfriend, normal…werewolf transformations that happen when she gets upset? Yikes! But all bets are off when she and her centaur best friend Chet find themselves in the middle of a magical conspiracy. Will Julie and Chet be able to save their friends? Is Julie's dogged determination to be normal a lost cause? Who’s going to watch the coffee shop while our heroes are out saving the world?? These questions and more will be answered in MOONSTRUCK, coming July 19 from Image Comics. (MAR178671) Limited to 3,000 copies.

SDCC 2017 WALKING DEAD 2018 CALENDAR WITH PX WD #1 VAR

(W) Robert Kirkman  (A) Tony Moore (CA) Charlie Adlard

ROBERT KIRKMAN’s THE WALKING DEAD is one of the most popular comics of all time. Show off your love of THE WALKING DEAD all year long with the new 2018 calendar featuring images from the comic, as drawn by artist CHARLIE ADLARD. (MAR178672) Limited to 5,000 copies.

SDCC 2017 ALL NEW GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #5 B&W VAR

(W) Gerry Duggan (A) Chris Samnee (CA) Chris Samnee

Star-Lord has been sailing the radio waves of the galaxy for years, keeping up with the one piece of Earth he could never quite leave behind. Guest artist Chris Samnee joins writer Gerry Duggan to check into Peter Quill’s sonic conquests!

Rated T+ (MAR178674) Limited to 5,000 copies.

SDCC 2017 DEADPOOL KILLS MARVEL UNIVERSE AGAIN #1 MINIMATES VAR

(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Dalibor Talajic (CA) Barry Bradfield

Remember the time Deadpool went a little TOO crazy and killed the entire Marvel Universe? Well, this isn’t that. This is a DIFFERENT time. Writer Cullen Bunn and artist Dalibor Talajic (A.K.A. the creators behind DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE) have reunited for ANOTHER tale of Deadpool taking out all of your faves in the most horrific ways possible!

It’s gonna hurt him more than it hurts you…and you’re gonna love it! Parental Advisory. (MAR178675) Limited to 5,000 copies.

SDCC 2017 PETER PARKER SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #1 MINIMATES VAR 

(W) Chip Zdarsky (A/CA) Barry Bradfield

SPIDER-MAN RETURNS TO THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD! The webslinging, wallcrawling wonder returns to New York City in the all-new PETER PARKER: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN. A companion series to the best-selling Amazing Spider-Man series, Peter Parker is going back-to- basics for big heroics in the Big Apple. Featuring adversaries old and new, be there as Spider-Man returns to his friendly neighborhood for his never ending battle against crime and the dreaded “Parker Luck”. Rated T (MAR178676) Limited to 5,000 copies.

SDCC 2017 SECRET EMPIRE #5 (OF 9) SE MINIMATES VAR

(W) Nick Spencer (A) Leinil Francis Yu (CA) Barry Bradfield

They thought they were safe! They thought they could handle anything that was thrown against them! But the united heroes of the Marvel Universe never reckoned on the dread power that Steve Rogers would unleash! THE SECRET EMPIRE WILL AMAZE YOU! Rated T+ (MAR178677) Limited to 5,000 copies.

SDCC 2017 STAR WARS #33 B&W VAR

(W) Jason Aaron (A) Salvador Larroca (CA) Mike Mayhew

The Hero of the Rebellion & the Princess of the Revolution! Luke and Leia finally get some time alone. Unfortunately, it’s stranded on a desert island. Rated T (MAR178678) Limited to 5,000 copies.

Merchandise

SDCC 2017 BATMAN BEYOND BATMAN RESIN BUST

The future is now, as the next Batman, Terry McGinnis, travels back in time to be the next exclusive bust in the DC Animated Universe bust line! Limited to only 850 pieces, this 6” bust comes in a full-color box with a hand-numbered certificate of authenticity. Sculpted by Varner Studios. A Diamond Select Toys product! (DEC168438) Limited to 850 pieces.

SDCC 2017 BATMAN BEYOND BATMAN VARIANT RESIN BUST

The future is now, as the next Batman, Terry McGinnis, travels back in time to be the next exclusive bust in the DC Animated Universe 6” bust line! Limited to only 450 pieces, this limited unmasked variant comes in a full-color box with a hand-numbered certificate of authenticity. Sculpted by Varner Studios. A Diamond Select Toys product! (DEC168439). Limited to 450 pieces.

SDCC 2017 JLA ANIMATED SERIES FLASH RESIN BUST

Add to your Justice League with this exclusive 6” bust of the team’s scarlet speedster, the Flash! Limited to only 650 pieces, this bust comes in a full-color box with a hand-numbered certificate of authenticity. Sculpted by Varner Studios. A Diamond Select Toys product! (DEC168436) Limited to 650 pieces.

SDCC 2017 JLA ANIMATED SERIES FLASH VARIANT RESIN BUST

Add to your Justice League with this exclusive 6” bust of the team’s scarlet speedster, the Flash! This exclusive edition captures Flash at faster-than- light speeds, and is cast in a translucent material to simulate a speed effect. Limited to only 650 pieces, this bust comes in a full-color box with a hand-numbered certificate of authenticity. Sculpted by Varner Studios. A Diamond Select Toys product! (DEC168437) Limited to 650 pieces.

SDCC 2017 MARVEL GALLERY DEADPOOL VARIANT PVC FIG

The Marvel Universe’s deadliest assassin is ready for his next team-up with this exclusive PVC Diorama! Wearing his X-Men colors, Deadpool leaps from a portal with his twin katanas flashing, and this 10” diorama comes packaged in a full-color window box with a fifth panel. Limited to 4200 pieces. Sculpted by Jean St. Jean. A Diamond Select Toys product! (DEC168441) Limited to 4,200 pieces.

SDCC 2017 MARVEL GALLERY SUPERIOR IRON MAN PVC FIG

Our Marvel Gallery Iron Man PVC just got an upgrade! As seen in the Superior Iron Man comic book series, Tony Stark wears his gleaming white armor as he rises into the air on his boot jets. This 11.5” diorama comes packaged in a full-color window box with a fifth panel, and is limited to 2500 pieces. Sculpted by Mat Brouillard. A Diamond Select Toys product! (DEC168442) Limited to 2,100 pieces.

SDCC 2017 DARK TOWER MONSTER VINIMATE 

The highly anticipated film adaptation of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series now has an ultra-secret Vinimates vinyl figure! This 4” figure of one of the creatures from the film features an articulated neck for different posing options, and comes in a full-color window box. Limited to 1500 pieces. A Diamond Select Toys product! (DEC168448) Limited to 1,500 pieces.

SDCC 2017 FORBIDDEN PLANET ROBBY WITH BLASTER VINIMATE

From the Forbidden Planet comes one of the most advanced robots of all time: Robby the Robot! This exclusive 4-inch Vinimates vinyl figure holds a blaster pistol, and comes packaged in a full-color window box. Limited to 2000 pieces. A Diamond Select Toys product! (DEC168446) Limited to 2,000 pieces.

SDCC 2017 GHOSTBUSTERS GID SLIMER VINIMATE

Is he friend or foe? Whichever he is, he glows! The Ghostbusters get their little buddy with this exclusive new Vinimates vinyl figure of Slimer! Cast in an exclusive glow-in- the-dark material, Slimer stands approximately 4 inches tall on his stand, and comes package in a full-color window box. Limited to only 1500 pieces. A Diamond Select Toys product! (DEC168445) Limited to 1,500 pieces.

SDCC 2017 IRON GIANT VARIANT VINIMATE

The Iron Giant is cosplaying for SDCC! This exclusive 4-inch Vinimates vinyl figure features the Iron Giant with his famous “S” chest emblem, striking a heroic pose straight out of the classic animated film, and his articulated neck allows you to further customize that pose. Figure comes packaged in a full-color window box. Limited to 1500 pieces. A Diamond Select Toys product! (DEC168447) Limited to 1,500 pieces.

SDCC 2017 DC REBIRTH HARLEY QUINN BOOMBOX PX STATUE

Based on the variant cover of Harley Quinn #1 comes this amazing polystone statue of the Maid of Mischief.  Measuring almost 8 inches tall with boombox, each statue is individually numbered, hand painted, and includes a Certificate of Authenticity. (JAN178423) Limited to 2,500 pieces.

SDCC 2017 POP POWER RANGERS MEGAZORD 6IN VINYL FIG 

From Funko comes the POP! Power Rangers Megazord! Stands 6" tall and come packaged in a window box for easy display. (DEC168629) Limited to 8,000 pieces.

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