#so i went for looser hairstyles

[tremolo-legato-suckas]

day 6 for @shinakazami1's rhacktober: childhood friends?! :D

jack is using his popular kid charm to get those business cards in circulation.

[marsmarauders]

As I work on my Marauders Era screenplay, I often visualize my face claims (let me know if you’d like to see them!) and spend a lot of time imagining their outfits and hairstyles. Since I have some (very little) experience in costume design for theatre, I thought it would be fun to share my ideas.

(I’m aware they spend most of their time in uniform, but I’m envisioning outfits for trips to Hogsmeade, vacations, and their other downtime).

I’m aiming to stay true to the era, but obviously, not everyone wore peak 70s trends every single day. I want to include some everyday casual wear like sweatpants, sweatshirts, t-shirts, jeans, and other things, so I’m also trying to include those as well!

Oh and shout-out to @idkjustlemmedrownlikerab and @taleofapart-timepoet for the feedback and assistance!

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Some unnecessary disclaimers!

1: I’m pretty sure I fact-checked that everything mentioned was around in the seventies. If something is wrong, feel free to let me know!

2: These are my headcanons, and if you disagree with them, that is fine! I would love to hear your thoughts, but please be kind about it!

3: All characters are beautiful, no matter how they are depicted.

With that out of the way- let’s get started, shall we?

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JAMES POTTER

Regarding casual wear, I think James opted for t-shirts, specifically graphic, bootcut jeans (or denim shorts, yes, you heard me), and a denim jacket. That denim jacket was his muggle item. Whenever Remus or Lily brought him to muggle cities, he always wore his denim jacket. If it was hotter, he'd wear a button-up shirt open over his t-shirt. He wore red Converse (with socks), red Crocs (with socks), and on a rare occasion, leather platform shoes. He’d also wear his Quidditch jersey everywhere. (He is number 18. What's 18 backwards? Oh-) His color palette mainly consisted of reds, blues, whites, and yellows.

His dark hair was always a mess. It was wavey and swoopy, and it’s what had half the girls (and Regulus) falling for him. He had bronze round glasses, and he was quite literally blind without them (he was nearsighted). He also loved bracelets. Marlene and Pandora made them together all the time, and he’d always ask for another one to add to his collection. He had his ears pierced at some point after Marlene and Sirius got a hold of a muggle piercer, but he let them close up not long after. When he got older, he grew a mustache and he was proud of it. I don’t think he had facial hair anywhere else on his face, as both he and Lily preferred how he looked without it.

SIRIUS BLACK

We know Sirius rocked the leather jacket whenever he could. Lily got him the jacket for Christmas, which is why it meant so much to him. It was authentically muggle. He also loved band t-shirts and had a huge collection of them. His favorite was a Queen shirt Lily got for him when she saw them live. (Lily loves buying clothes for people, okay?) He usually wore pretty classy muggle clothing under his jacket, like solid black slacks and a white button-up. (It wasn’t until after he got disowned that he started truly experimenting with his fashion. He started wearing more t-shirts, jeans, and just overall looser-fitting clothing). His first pair of Doc Martens from Fleamont and Euphemia in 76. He nearly cried. (And by nearly, I mean he did). His color palette mainly consisted of blacks, greys, whites, and reds.

He had long, curly black hair that his mom would force him to cut every time he went home. He never got to grow it out until he started living with James properly. It was usually down to his collarbone. He loved having his hair styled. He pierced his ears with Marlene and pierced his septum for his 21st birthday. (It closed up when he was in Azkaban). He paints his nails sometimes. He loved necklaces, bracelets, and rings. He preferred silver over gold. I don’t think he got too much into makeup, but he’d let Dorcas or Pandora do his eyeshadow occasionally. He had stubble (and a lighter mustache!), but never let it get too long. Oh, and he obviously had a ton of tattoos.

REMUS LUPIN

I’ve already written a whole essay about Remus and his relationship with all of his sweaters, so you can read that here if you’d like! As for hotter days, he’d usually wear a t-shirt (usually a band tee), with a lighter long-sleeved shirt underneath or a cardigan. On a very rare occasion, he’d wear the t-shirt without the long-sleeved top underneath, but only if it was boiling outside. He was very insecure about his scars. For bottoms, he wore corduroy pants or jeans and for shoes, it was either derby shoes or old-school vans. Sirius always described him as looking cozy. His color palette mainly consisted of browns, tans, whites, greens, and reds.

His hair was wavy. People always debate whether his hair was brunette or blonde, and I think it was more on the brunette side. It wasn’t very long, never reaching the bottom of his neck. He’d wear a necklace occasionally, but he wasn’t a big jewelry person. He was clean-shaven for most of his life, as he never really liked how he looked with facial hair.

PETER PETTIGREW

Peter sticks to sweaters, sweater vests, and t-shirts. (He gets cold very easily, which is why he tends to wear longer sleeves or heavier clothing). He has a lot of houndstooth in his closet. He usually wears jeans or jean shorts (depending on the weather). He loves wacky, goofy, socks. His favorite pair of socks have frogs on them. He wears loafers or sneakers, but he also has a pair of rat slippers that James got him as a gag gift. I think he probably rocked a flat cap every once in a while. Oh, and Peter loved overalls! He had at least five different pairs of them. His color palette mainly consisted of tans, blues, greens, and browns.

You know the Beatles members’ haircuts? Yeah, that’s the haircut Peter had when he was younger. He was a dirty blonde, 110%. I don't think Peter wore much jewelry, except for maybe a tag necklace now and then. When he started growing facial hair, he shaved it all the time, as he did not like how he looked with it at first. But, as he got older, he started growing it out a little bit and had light stubble.

LILY EVANS

Lily loved bell bottoms and flared jeans, but she would also wear skirts occasionally. She mainly wore button-up shirts, with sweaters or cardigans, or just a regular T-shirt. She also really liked those tie tops, you know the ones I’m talking about. She loved patterns and prints on her clothes, like floral, stripes, etc. I think Lily had a more conservative/modest style, and by that I mean she didn’t show her stomach or above her knees. If she did wear a shorter skirt or a dress, she’d wear tights underneath it. She loved Mary Jane shoes, but she also had a pair of Converse in basically every color. And obviously, she wore the hat. Her color palette mainly consisted of browns, oranges, greens, reds, and blues.

From the first year to around the fifth year, she had shoulder-length hair, and then after Severus and her fell out, she had one of those cliche quarter-life crisis moments where she decided she needed to grow her hair out and cut bangs. She liked to wear her hair in braids or a bun, but her favorite look was leaving it down and wearing a headband. She had a ton of flower earrings, some were made by Pandora, and she loved rings. She didn’t wear much makeup, other than mascara and like chapstick.

MARY MACDONALD

Mary loved anything flowy, poofy, and pretty. She loved tie-cardigans, cute tops with poofy sleeves, long flowy skirts and dresses, and anything knitted! (By Marlene of course). She wore Mary Janes almost exclusively (with frilly socks!) but would wear her Converse if she needed to walk a lot. She’s basically what any four-year-old girl who wanted to be a princess would dream of. If it was chilly out, she’d wear jeans and a fuzzy jacket. She loved flowers, bows, strawberries, Hello Kitty, anything that’s adorable! (I fact-checked! Hello Kitty was invented in 74!) Her color palette mainly consisted of pinks, whites, blues, greens, and some black accents here and there.

She loved to style her hair. Since it was afro-textured and long, it took a little longer for her to intricately style it, so she usually changed it every few weeks. She loved putting bows and clips in her hair! She painted her nails every week. She loved pearl necklaces and earrings. She was decently light on her makeup (mascara, blush, and lip gloss) but would go full out for events like Halloween or Quidditch matches. She had a multi-step skincare routine and had a special pink strawberry headband she used to keep her hair up. (I’m not sure if the housebound headband was a thing in the 70s, I couldn’t find any information on it, but if it wasn’t, then she made it herself!)

MARLENE MCKINNON

A lot of people will call Sirius punk, but I think that title belonged to Marlene. She wore graphic tees and tanks, ripped jeans and distressed shorts, and usually rocked Converse or Doc Martens. (She had one of Dorcas’s green Converse and vice versa). She loved fishnets. She had a ton of belts. She had a few leather jackets that she painted on the back of. (She has one with a lion on the back!) She also knitted a lot and would have fun mixing the knitted pieces with her more alternative style. Her color palette mainly consisted of blacks, whites, reds, and blues.

She had a mullet, (It might’ve been more of a wolf-cut). Her hair was super frizzy, probably from the fact that she bleached it all the time. (Yes, Marlene was a natural brunette!) In fifth year, she let her roots grow, in 6th year she had money pieces that she changed the color of all the time, and in 7th year, she dyed the bottom black. (During the war, she let it grow out properly and stopped bleaching her hair). She did her nails weekly with Mary. She pierced her ears, nose, and lip with Sirius and James. (She quickly realized that she did not enjoy the feeling of a lip ring. #sensoryissues).

DORCAS MEADOWES

Dorcas usually wore a turtle neck or a sweater, but she’d wear a halter top if it were hot. I like to think she usually stuck to skirts, and if it got cold, she’d wear tights with them. Dorcas rarely wore pants. (If it were freezing outside, she’d wear jeans). She loved combat boots and Converse. She wore vests over her turtlenecks. She had maybe fifty different pairs of sunglasses. Her color palette mainly consisted of greens, browns, blacks, and the occasional purple.

Dorcas had locs, 100%. Her favorite hairstyle was to put some of her hair in space buns, and then leave some of it down. She loved earrings. She had peace symbol earrings, cat earrings, and big circle earrings (no not hoops, I’m talking about those obnoxiously huge circle earrings). She had two ear piercings! She loved makeup. She’d wear really pretty eyeshadow, long-winged eyeliner, dark lipstick, and she always looked super cool. She had about 100 different rings that she would alternate between (her jewelry box was very organized and if you dared to mess with it, you would pay for it).

REGULUS BLACK

I don’t think his dressy style manifested solely because of the way he was raised, but I think Regulus just felt better when he looked nicer. He wore button-up shirts, dress pants, sweater vests (long or short-sleeved), and black oxford shoes. His more “casual” wear was the same thing but with sneakers. The most laid-back he was with his fashion was the occasional sweatshirt when it got cold, and if he felt really out there, he’d wear his quidditch jersey. (Sometimes, he’d even wear his uniform without the tie). His color palette mainly consisted of whites, greys, blacks, and sometimes green.

He had short, wavy hair. He never grew it out, partially because of his parents, and partially because he hated how it felt on his neck. He always kept it well-combed. He never wore makeup in public (Pandora would sometimes do it for him), pierced his ears, anything that could be deemed “feminine” by his family. (I do not think makeup or piercings are solely feminine things). He had a few rings (his first was from Sirius), and that was the only jewelry he ever wore. (In fact, the first necklace he ever wore was the fake Horcrux locket).

BARTY CROUCH JR

Barty lived the double life let me tell you. He could be the most classy, formal guy at a meeting but simultaneously be the most party-rocking individual at school ever. I like to call it the raccoon aesthetic. Cute and trashy. He wore button-ups but also tanks and hoodies. He wore holey pants but also holy pants. (Hah). He usually wore boots, no matter the outfit, but he had a pair of magenta Converse on standby if he ever needed them. His color palette mainly consisted of blacks, blues, reds, some whites, and some magentas. (Can you guess his favorite color?

His hair was wild and frizzy. He was a brunette, teetering on the edge of brown and black. He had piercings that he did himself with a needle and an ice cube. Pandora taught him how to do eyeliner, and he’d wear it whenever he was feeling particularly fancy. He was always clean-shaven and despised facial hair. He wore chains, bracelets, and rings, and none of them ever went together. He was, to put it simply, a hot mess.

EVAN ROSIER

Evan is a bit of a wildcard because I see him portrayed in so many different ways that I adore, so it took me a while to figure out how exactly I perceive him. I think I can narrow it down to one word for you guys. Comfort. He prioritizes comfort over anything. Hoodies, t-shirts, denim, sweats, vans, he just loves being comfortable. He always has a spare sweatshirt that he’ll throw on over his button-ups. (He and Pandora are always cold, so I like to joke that they run cold-blooded). He also loved beanies. He doesn’t care about being put together. His color palette mainly consists of blues, greys, whites, greens, and some tans.

His hair was ashy blonde, much like his sister’s. It was frizzy, wavy, thick, and extremely hard to maintain, and he just didn’t have the time for that. He 100% needed glasses (he was farsighted), but he hated wearing them, so he didn’t unless he was alone in his dorm and doing homework. (Being blind as a bat can kill you. Literally.). He painted his nails black and wore like two rings and one necklace max. He did have facial hair, but it was barely visible because he was blonde. He and Pandora had matching bracelets, and they wore them every single day until Evan ripped his apart when he and Pandora fell out after Regulus’s death.

PANDORA ROSIER

Pandore quite literally wore whatever the heck she wanted to. Overalls, flowy skirts, distressed shorts, patterned trousers, anything. For shirts, she’d wear anything from poofy sleeves to graphic tees. She always had a jacket or cardigan on hand, because she was always cold. She loved to wear socks, tights, leg warmers, anything to keep her cozy. She usually wore Mary Janes or sneakers, but when Uggs were invented in 78, those were her go-to's. Her color palette mainly consisted of every color that our retinas have ever seen.

Every single day, she had a different hairstyle. And she loved to accessorize with headbands, clips, hats, bandanas, flowers, she probably wore twigs in her hair at one point, just anything this girl could make work, she wore. She made all of her jewelry by hand, and most of her other accessories were altered by her in one way or another. She didn’t paint her nails, in fact, they were an utter mess. She loved makeup and would wear pretty pastel eyeshadow and thick eyeliner. I’m almost certain people would’ve mistaken her as a fairy.

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That’s it! If you would like to see more character studies like this (about their music taste, room decor (I would love love love to do one on their room decor), etc), leave me some suggestions! Or, if you want a part two for some other characters like Severus, Alice, Frank, Emmeline, Sybill, etc, feel free to tell me! I would love to hear your thoughts!

[sugar-omi]

bruh it feels so weird to be writing smth that isnt a request... ily guys sm though tysm for sending your requests all the time, rn im taking this time to finish everything in my drafts + inbox n then i'll open my requests again 👍 anyway this was gonna turn into smut but i decided a part 2 will be best, so here are some crumbs for now <333

tags : Suggestive, all readers, drabbles (there is no cohesive order in the way things happen imma be honest), flirting, you know you have a crush on each other, touchy cove, (mention of) drinking, reader likes long hair, the length of cove's hair is up for interpretation (imagine his hair is like any of the step 4 hairstyles)

[inspired by this post: you n cove teasing/flirting with each other]

synopsis : you and cove are in college and since you're so busy, cove hasn't gotten his hair cut and it's getting longer than he's ever had it, of course you need to tell him how attractive he is with it long.

[part 2] [part 3 / TBA (this will b smut👍👍)]

it comes up when you're sitting on the floor of terry's dorm.

cove is looking at a long strand of hair he's pulled into view, scrutinizing the length. "I'm probably gonna go in for a trim... or do have my dad do it, it'll be cheaper that way." he laughs

you come in from behind, balancing drinks in your hand and passing it out to your circle.

"no way!" you start, "top three worst things a man can do is cut his long hair." you laugh, joking but serious on your opinion

"what makes you say that?" Miranda giggles, leaning into Terry.

you take a swig of your water. it's room temperature n does nothing to ease your throat.

"long hair is sexy."

cove feels his heart skip, suddenly feeling very hot and it's not from the smirnoff-ice you and lee bought during her visit last weekend.

"what's the other two?" Terry asks

"be a dick and insult your mother." you smile, taking the dice to the board game you're playing and rolling.

your piece moves up three squares, player orange owes you money.

Terry curses. "fuck! you're robbing me, man!"

you cackle, taking Terry's fake dollar bills.

coves still stuck on what you just said, and you keep grinning even when realize how red he is.

you can't help but tease him a bit more than usual today. maybe it's because of how he's wearing his hair and his glasses are hanging low on his beautiful nose, and it makes his face look so goddamn irresistible.

maybe the alcohol has you a little more brave today, just enough to make your heart not jump out of your chest at 100mph and for your lips to be a bit looser than usual.

"you look sexy like that cove.." you purr, tangling your hand his hair.

you push his bangs up to show his forehead, some shorter hairs falling out and the rest dropping back against his face when you reach around to tug on his work-in-progress ponytail.

you lean in to whisper in his ear, not caring that your friends are just a game board across from you, Miranda hiding her face n Terry making silent gagging and booing faces.

enjoying how red his ears are and how frantic he looks, you cup your hand as if to share a secret. "you make me wanna fuck you when you look like this.."

you lean back, leaving cove to process what you just said.

honestly, the two of you have been in this song-and-dance for years ever since you were 17, it started becoming unbearable, but not unbearable enough to do something.

for now anyway

it was from subtle glances to tangling your pinkies, than it went to undressing each other with your eyes from the other side of the couch. and then when you got into college it was mouthing dirty or suggestive lyrics to tease the other, and it was cove's hands on your back, hips, and leg as he pushed past you or held you down with his large palm on your thigh as he told Terry to take the backseat since you're his copilot today.

and his fucking smile when he said it, the little wink he gave...

and now it's been one hair away from dirty talking each other in the library.

you and cove are looking for the books for your shared class and he points out how the student working the front desk is giving you gaga eyes.

you laugh, a bit nervous at the thought.

cove stalks behind you, hands in his pockets and with the RBF on his face he looks lazy and mean.

"every time we go out, someone is checking you out... why are you so pretty y/n?" cove pouts, grumbling.

you roll your eyes. he's a bit tired from getting little sleep so he could study for the test he had this morning, and that cove is always a bit more... husky.

he licks his lips.

"serious. you're too beautiful to take anywhere.." cove comes up behind you, rest his chin on your shoulder and intertwining his fingers in your hoodie pocket.

you stutter, getting flustered. "c-cove! get off you big oaf!"

cove just hums, hugging you.

you tremble a bit, waiting for him to get off you.

it feels so good and makes you so excited to have him like this, to have his thick voice scratch your ears and now his body heat against you.

he removes his forehead from your neck, his hands taking a firm grip of your hips before he moves away. then in a low voice, scratchy with fatigue. "don't flirt back with anyone else, okay?"

he takes the books from your arms, bringing them up to the counter with a thump, biting back his smile as he watches the dude ring them up with a bit of a scowl on his face.

you flounder for a bit, feeling dizzy like cove just sucked all your life force out of you. it always makes your world shift a little when cove reciprocates your advances or flirts with you unprompted..

you snap out of your thoughts, deciding that the library was not a good place to have a wet daydream, and you rejoin cove as he accepts the books.

this man has ruined you..

[dreaaspeaks]

Heyy!

I was wondering, could I request a Tokio Hotel members x cottage core reader (separately, of course)? If you don’t wanna do it, that’s fine!

Many blessings!

~🐸

ofc i will! this will be fun i had a cottage core phase for a bit

TOKIO HOTEL X COTTAGE CORE NON-BINARY! READER

(mostly bill’s part will be written without any explicit pronouns but the other three will be more fem leaning since they’re straight 🤗)

Tom Kaulitz

he honestly never thought he’d be into those kind of girls

the long flowing dresses and skirts with sweet heart necklines just wasn’t his usual type

but somehow amidst the party girls in skintight dresses and short skirts it was you who caught his eye

the long floral dress and soft fabrics was like another world to him, the sheer chiffon and pretty cream coloured lace that was on your dresses and long skirts made you look angelic

you would wear his baggy shirts in replacement of your flowy tops to tease him

honestly with his baggy jeans he was already halfway there to cottage core

the difference in how you two would dress was adorable to him and loved how the soft fabrics just made you even better and warmer to hug

would try to push you to try to wear tighter clothes like low rise jeans or shorter skirts

eventually realises that he just loves the way to dress and all the soft fabrics and stuffed animals that comes with you

when you asked him to help take care of your plants he totally forgot and just bought you a bigger one

is the type to pull you close to his chest and start dancing and wants you to feel like a princess

Bill Kaulitz

ya’ll would swap jewelry so one necklace, bracelet or ring will always be a little out of place

when you’re his date for red carpets both of you are hailed as fashion icons

in the 2000s especially you tried to put some colour in his wardrobe aside form black, white or red

he loves gifting you stuffed animals but also passes you the stuffed bears he gets from fans if he knows you’ll love them

really appreciates how individual your styles are

swapped aesthetics for a day and laughed the whole time because the fabrics and cutting is so much looser than what he’s used to

thought beauty was pain but after seeing you he knew that couldn’t be further from the truth

hopeless romantic to the max

when you showed up all regal and angelic looking in lace and chiffon he swore angels started singing

you always try to ask him to stop using a whole can of hairspray in his hair because you wanna play with it and make cute hairstyles without it feeling chunky

will talk about you endlessly during interviews and refers to you as ‘my angel’ while tom and georg tease him

despite him looking scary let’s face it, you’re the one that will baby him and hold him

Georg Listing

when he first wanted to go flirt with you at an after party, the rest of the band were just like “no way, absolutely no chance”

guess what? he did have a chance

when he had his long hair, just to make fun of him and tease him a bit you would put bows or clips in his hair when he’s sleeping

loves hugging you and holding you while you are wearing flowy dresses or skirts and thinks you look like a fairy

both of you went as royalty or forest fairies for halloween a few times

unlike tom he actually took care of your plants did a pretty good job

the type to give voices to your stuffed animals

will help you fix your outfit or hair throughout the day

likes the outdoors so if you wanna live out your cottage core dreams and go fruit picking, he will take pictures for you and hold your baskets

best believe he will try to make a picnic

if you trip on your skirts and dresses or get your sweaters and jackets caught on door knobs he will laugh at you

help? no idea, laugh however? laughing louder than anyone

cozy nights in tucked under knitted blankets wearing soft sweaters are the pillar of your relationship

Gustav Schafer

thinks you are the sweetest but will never tell you that

calls you sweet names and smiles at the things you do

will judge you for wear long sleeves and sweaters in the summer time

the prime example of adam sandler aesthetic bf with over dressed partner

will buy you jewelry that reminds him of you

the type to help you lift a long skirt up when going up the stairs

he has jokingly bowed at you royalty style when he sees you in a pretty dress

helps you put flowers in your hair and learns to tie fancy hairstyles just for you

bakes with you if that’s what you like and spends that extra time to make the cakes and cookies look cute

will put more effort into dressing nicely if you beg a bit and if it’s for a special occasion

i feel like of you guys have been dating long enough of get married he will just pick you up and dance around

he would love doing that when seeing you in something flowy

[mikodrawnnarratives]

my redesign(s) for Kira! This webtoon has been on my mind so much lately and i couldn't not do anything for it

So much more in depth stuff is below for anyone who also read Antistalker and disliked anything about it

So, I don't actually mind many of the designs in canon, the biggest complaint I have being. Everyone looks the same. Like, EVERYONE has the same hairstyle and skintone. Which is white. Of course its white.

The uniforms don't help much with the samey look a lot of the characters have. I have my own redesign for Yulai in the works since he looks almost exactly like August but with blue hair, but I decided what if the uniforms in my version weren't actually uniforms. Like, the school had a couple colors that if you wore them u were fine.

You have the option to wear fancier stuff w suits an what not but thats only to show ur class. After all, in a school that puts humans, werewolves, and vampires in the same space, not everyone is gonna have the same economic status to allow purchasing a uniform, or multiple. Though that being said I do like the canon uniforms, they were very unique and you could TELL the same creativity just wasn't there when the main three went to Black Moon.

My version would have a looser dress code to really highlight the priviledge the school filled with elite Vampires has. I think their name was White Moon? Or smthn. But they could have been really exaggerated in how identical and eerie they are in comparison to the warmth at Red Moon.

Anyway were was I.. PANTS for kira. Get RID of the skirt RID OF IT I SAY and add some patches cuz that hints at her new financial situation. Can't afford new pants so when she gets tears she patches them up.

(i didn't bother changing her shoes cuz there really isn't anything wrong with them. I like a lot of the outfits in s1 even if i think the writing could be better. Though, i think it would be interesting if she had Good Shoes for school and changed into worse ones at home, so that she always has her best for when she's keeping order. In mine, she's being paid for her efforts to keep the school sane. That way, she has at least one income to explain living on her own as a sophomore.)

I also looked at a bunch of pics of wolf cuts bc I liked the idea of giving her more hints in her design that she isn't HUMAN.

She had a knife at the very beginning but then a bird took it and its no were to be seen for the rest of the series??? idk abt that chief. Let her keep her weapons! She's the president of the displinary committee for fucks sake!

I kept her hair pins bc of course i kept her pins. She's much more covered now since I wanted more references to the fact she's part vampire, and that includes having more parts of her hair white. I tried to keep it equal amounts white and black so that she has equal parts of her mom and dad.

I changed up her bangs mainly because everyone has them and I thought they were a cute style. The way I have her hair rn makes it really easy to subtly shift them into doggo ears

I drew my design as close as possible to canon's style and made a ver. with canon's colors. I switched were the eyepatch is cuz thats an uper important detail i have in my rewrite. In mine, ever since Kira discovered her powers allowing her to control werewolves, or however I change the mechanics of that power, she has that werewolf puberty awakening and one of her eyes reflects this.

She gets the orange eye and KEEPS IT. But from then on she hides it with an eye contact, even if she doesn't know why. It's just something she knows she should do and the reason came from her memories she's lost

If you pay attention, one eye is less saturated than the other when both eyes are red, in mine. I think it would have been just so much more clever to have had it be a secret she's kept up until the injury over her eye heals + her getting her memories back

She's removed the eye contact cuz with her eye covered up, theres no point in it. And by the time she doesn't need the eye patch anymore, she remembers enough to be like "well fuck this I'm not hiding anymore."

I ALSO redesigned her past self! Before she meets august. She purposefully dies her hair to avoid daily suspicion that she's a "half breed"

If she had her hair mostly white, it would be pretty obvious she's her mother's daughter, so its kept more black like her father's to avoid suspicion. But that doesn't mean she isn't still singled out.

When she meets August and befriends him, eventually she cuts her hair with his help, trying to get a layered hair cut without having to go to a salon, and it ends up very uneven.

The reason I wanted her past self to look different than her current is because in MINE there is/would be an emphasis on how much Kira has changed since August was last with her. He idolizes the idea of his childhood best friend that he saved but made the ULTIMATE SACRIFICE for by removing himself from her life, so she would be safe!! He was still manipulated by his father into that specific choice in mine, but the idea this was the best course of action still remains

August thinks that when Kira remembers again, she's gonna revert to how she was before the incident, before it all. But she's not really that girl anymore. She's picked up skills in fighting, become Punisher Volkov, she had to sell her family's house at 14 so she could get an affordable place farther away, she has to deal with her abusive grandfather's bullshit just so that she can keep his monthly checks she receives. She has had so much on her plate. And she's also made so many new friends, deep friendships, built a community, a strong support system, and gotten stronger.

And who she was before didn't have all that. I feel like canon could have easily gone this route in canon! Kira said she wanted to clarify the past so she could move forward! She wanted closure and she deserves it! But August's behavior never went corrected. He's back in her life again and she's back to her old crush. Season 2 tries to address Kira's life now, how different it is compared to her rich life before, but it tells us the solution is for her to MOVE IN WITH AUGUST oh HE'LL SAVE HER and EVERYTHING WILL BE BACK TO HOW IT WAS

No. Give August the lesson that things have changed. He can take that and either move forward with how Kira is now, or forget any romantic interest with her. She's not who he thinks she is.

anyway thank you for reading my info dump <3 I'm insane about kira and how much potential was lost in s2

just. vokivormok really flushed so much down the toilet. probably had too many plot points to figure out how to resolve BUT I HAD FAITH IN EMM they should have taken more time b4 season 2...

[six-costume-refs]

Gabriela Francesca Carrillo's Changing Parr Wigs

Alright. I have been meaning to make a post about this for a year now and have probably 20 asks about it, but I swear every time I sat down to work on it she got some major restyling. So...now that Aragon Tour has closed, it's finally time to make it.

The earliest photos of Gabriela's wig are from the tech week in New Haven (top left), the promo photoshoot that took place at the end of New Haven tech (top right and bottom left), and Chicago opening (bottom right). All of those show the same basic shape: her hair being pulled over to the left side of her head and left loose. However, there are a number of differences in the specific styles: - During the top left tech photo, she had the top section on the left pulled into a loose waterfall braid, French braids on the right that got pulled over into the left waterfall near the back of her head, and the rest left loose (although it does seem like there’s another braid hanging down on the left as well). The curls were styled with smaller strands and more volume/texture to them. - By the photoshoot, she had a similar style but with larger curl clumps. We can also see that she has 3-4 French braids on her right. - By opening, the biggest change is the curl texture. The wig was straightened out and then curled into larger looser curl sections that were kept more intact, going for more of a side-swept blowout than naturally wavy look. It still kept the French braids on the right and the waterfall braid on left.

The day after opening it had already changed to a faux side ponytail style. That base style then went through numerous iterations in the first week or so; it feels like there were changes just about every day that week. I've added the best photos I have from that period above. The hair starts out in more of a faux ponytail, basically just loose but pulled pretty tightly so it looks closer to a ponytail than anything. Eventually they pulled it into two proper ponytails. The number and placement of braids changed quite a bit as well.

For the next few months, she continued to have a variety of style changes:

Placement, ponytail vs loose, number of ponytails, number/placement/stile of braids….all changed maaany times. I’m not going to do a full write-up of all that just because there were simply too many! But this gives a selection of most of the major changes. (Note: these were all still restyling of her initial wig)

With the start of the San Francisco run in Feb 2023, Gabriela got a new wig:

This wig is styled as a right side part with Dutch braids on each side going back into a low ponytail. Initially the ponytail was more on the left side but by the end it was more in the center. Simpler than most of her prior styles, but very flattering. She wore this wig through the end of her run.

Alright, that’s everything I have on Gabi’s wigs for the moment! As I said above there were simply far too many changes for me to make a comprehensive post with every single change, but I tried to pick some good photos encompassing the majority of them. If anyone has further questions on any specific styles, feel free to send me an ask and I’ll see what I can write up! But this is the most comprehensive I’m going to do for her hairstyles more broadly, and I hope it answers any unanswered questions from the last year and a half.

Photos are all from @/officialgabrielacarrillo on Instagram and Tiktok.

[dailydragon08]

Random cute Luke x Reader headcanons that live in my head rent-free pt 6 (curly haired reader edition, cuz honestly people can be so rude sometimes and I just need a little validation rn)

- I know I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again (cuz Padme had some glorious curls), Luke has a thing for natural curls like his father before him.

- The first time you wear your natural curls down, he’s all 😍

- Like legit he cannot stop admiring them and after he learns that you’ve dealt with so much stupid shit from people about them, he will remind you how much he loves them all the time.

- Has done his RESEARCH. When he overheard you telling someone you can’t treat curly hair like straight hair, he went out of his way to learn everything he could about the curly routine. Or he’ll watch your routine and is just so fascinated by it and learns every step to the point that he becomes a pro as well.

- Knows better than to just start touching or run his fingers through you hair. But if you do let him touch, he’s so gentle and careful with your curls and only plays with them in a way that won’t create a giant frizzy mess (he’s also done his research on how best to do this).

- He loves your curls in all their forms: big, bouncy, fresh day 1 curls and even day 5 looser waves that are falling out.

- Gets excited when he sees someone else wearing their natural curls and will be like “oh my partner has curly hair too! :)”

- He’s very protective of your hair because he knows how irritating and rude people can be. When he first learned about some of the comments people made, he was so offended and frustrated on your behalf, and won’t stand for anyone making “bird’s nest/electrical socket” comments, and is especially annoyed when some stranger tries to just turn you into a petting zoo (if this happens, he’ll usually intercept them before they can touch).

- He’s your ultimate hype man, especially when it comes to trying new products or hairstyles. He especially loves messy curly buns that have a few curls escaping (especially when one of them sort of cascades down your neck, he thinks that’s so pretty) and if you want, he’ll even help you research the best products.

- If you two have kids and they have curly hair, he’s so excited that they got your texture and curl pattern and it makes him all 😭 he’s so good at helping them care for it and let them know their hair is beautiful exactly the way it is.

- If you wear it in a pineapple at night or use a bonnet, you were a little self conscious about it the first time you spent the night together. But he assured you he thought you looked adorable. The next morning, he loved watching you take it all out and watching your curls just rain down and now insists on being present every time you do that.

- Loooooves a good high curly haired ponytail.

- If you brush it out before you shower, he’ll offer to help and is so gentle.

- Sometimes when you get out of the shower, you’ll let him help you scrunch it before you dry cuz he thinks it’s fun.

- Learned how to finger roll even better than you and has been known to mumble “weeee” as he lets the curl go and it falls into place.

- If you go a fancy party or have a wedding, he’ll support you if you’d rather straighten your hair or put it up (he thinks you’re beautiful either way), but is genuinely so excited if you leave it curly and will tell you over and over how beautiful you look.

- If you’re sick, injured, or even just tired, he’ll offer to do the whole routine for you and seems to genuinely enjoy it. He’s so sweet and gentle too and will leave little kisses on your forehead or temple as he goes along.

- Is known to come up behind you, hug you, and mutter “Maker, I love your hair” in your ear at random.

~~~

Edit to add I found out Natalie actually DOES have naturally curly hair and it’s making me so happy (still not sure if her movie curls were natural or if it was part extensions/straightened and then curled with an iron, but still!!! Her curls look like mine and that makes me extra, extra happy 😭):

[inconsequentiallittleghoul]

okay so this new pic of DH as claudia came out and it’s kinda pissing me off a little bit.

like DH is a beautiful woman that ive very much been obsessed with since she popped up out the ground in ep1, but her hair in this pic (and a few other scenes in the show) has kinda rubbed me the wrong way ://. obviously no disrespect to DH since all my negative opinions are directed at the people behind the scenes. bc this didn’t happen in s1 when BB and her looser curl pattern played claudia and that fact alone makes me feel justified in my anger.

bc why does one of the main characters of this show have a hair piece that barely even blends into her natural hair?? the production team spends so much time and effort on the set designs and costume designs and stunts and prop designs and all that shit (rightfully so, amazing work) but can’t even provide one of the main characters with a decent fucking hair piece???? it must’ve been awkward enough rushing through the recast and filming process but the fact that they couldn’t even get her a hairstylist equipped to style her tighter coil pattern to fit the claudia look they were going for is fucking ridiculous.

and im not saying they couldn’t have still used wigs or whatever but the fact that they couldn’t even give the only black girl in the entire season (and a major part of the show) a wig that at the very least blended into her natural hair just feels so antiblack to me. and when i see the racial makeup of majority of the behind the scenes crew, it definitely adds up. and the fact that BB made comments about hair being important for claudia in s1, only for them to not give DH the same care and attention just confirms everything ive been feeling about this.

this show makes me feel so many emotions and it just sucks that antiblackness/texturism can just slide behind the scenes bc despite being a show about black vamps, the production crew is mostly white. then rewatching the after episode thingies with everyone talking about how much detail they put into this and how much research went into that only for claudias hair to be a detail they couldn’t concern themselves with now that she’s not played by a biracial woman with loose curls is :/. ughh I don’t think I’ll ever get over it and i will forever mourn the many hairstyles we could’ve seen paris claudia in had they cared enough to hire a black hairstylist. bc ive seen DHs insta and that woman stays looking gorgeous with her hair styled to perfection so im positive the styling crew of this show could’ve done so much more with claudias hair. sighhhhhhhhh

[fumblebee]

Has anybody else noticed how Crowley's hair evolution in season 1 also reflects how he was changed by the world over time?

Like we all know he's plenty into modern fashion. With his signature sleek, minimalist style, and of course fashion is changing all the time and therefore so does he BUT it's the little details from scene to scene that really showcase the passage of time and character development.

In specifically his choice of hairstyle.

I only noticed this because I'm doing a portrait project of Crowley(/crawly at the time) and I wanted to find a reference for him with long hair and while rifling through a plethora of screen captures on Google, I realized why I liked the way his hair looked better in the Noah's arc scene, rather than when he first had long hair in the Eden scene, the style people usually reference.

The curls are looser.

Closer to waves, even.

At least closer to waves than the cork screw curls he previously sported.

I liked them cause they looked more natural, less ridged.

I believe from some angles you can even see a braid.

And so I started looking in other pictures and if you put it all together and look at it from far away, the pattern in his hair style progression is that his hair gets progressively straighter over time.

The tight styled curls visibly relax over time as he discovers his own free will over his appearance and settles into a human lifestyle.

He becomes more relaxed. Less tight, perfectly styled curls, more loose waves. More himself.

More and more a part of the world he's in, distancing himself from that time.

"going native" as hastur and ligur put it ever so eloquently.

And it's little things like this that make me so happy.

I don't know if this was on purpose or supposed to represent that or not but etheir way I find it infinitely fascinating all the little design choices that went into the show and how they affect the final product.

Little things you'd only notice if you were mentally ill about it, like me.

B]

[thebawdybaldurian]

Kinktober Day 11: Leather/Latex

I intended to make this longer, but the day got away from me, so there will be another extension on Patreon eventually. More modern AU fun for Tav, Halsin, and Astarion.

Content and Warnings: anal and vaginal fingering, mentions of orgasm denial/chastity, teasing.

Pairing: Femme Tav x Astarion x Halsin

When Addy learned she’d been nominated for WANKer of the Year, by the sex education charity she supported, she knew she had to wear something special. She worked with her personal stylist to get something perfect commissioned. She kept it secret from Astarion and Halsin, who would both be accompanying her and they would make their first official appearance as a triad. It would be a fitting event to do so, as WANK worked to spread awareness of healthy, non-traditional relationships as well as sexual health, consent, and bodily autonomy.

The day of the awards banquet, Addy’s stylist and personal assistant came over to help her get ready. The dress arrived in a black garment and both men were denied a peek at it as the three women retreated into the bedroom and locked the door. They had arrived late afternoon and still hadn’t re-emerged in the early evening, when there was only an hour left before their limousine arrived. “What do you think they are doing in there?” Astarion smirked, wondering what was taking so long. Even her dressings for music awards shows hadn’t taken this long. “Gossiping or something sexier?”

“She looks radiant just rolling out of bed,” Halsin replied, shifting uncomfortably in his new, all black suit. He never dressed up, but would do anything for Addy, so he and Astarion had gone to get fitted together. “But I imagine a fancy hairstyle, make up, any alterations that this new dress needed…that’s a few hours time.”

“But this isn’t some huge media event,” Astarion walked over to him, fussing a bit with his suit. “They really should have cut these shoulders a little looser,” he straightened the collar, Halsin ready to burst out of the arms.

“Minsc had me doing more arm work the last tenday,” Halsin shrugged, hoping to stretch the fabric a little. “Maybe I grew a bit more.”

“Perhaps that’s why my pants are so tight?” Astarion replied, giving him a long kiss.

“Has he been focusing on your legs?” Halsin growled, gripping Astarion’s firmer backside.

“No,” Astarion replied. “You just look that good in a suit.”

They kissed until the bedroom door finally opened, Arabella and Carmen emerging with giggles. “Is she finally ready?” Astarion called down the hall, pulling away from Halsin.

“She is,” Carmen, the stylist replied, holding the empty garment bag over her arm.

“She looks amazing!” Arabella gushed, carrying another bag of assorted implements. “She wants you to wear these,” she handed them both neck ties made of bright pink latex.

Addy emerged from the bedroom as Halsin and Astarion took them from Arabella, prowling down the hall towards them as both men’s jaws dropped. She was wearing a skin tight dress made of the same color latex, though there were several wide stripes of translucent material that showed off her bare skin underneath. One ran across her breasts, her pink areolae visible and squeezed tightly against the material. The other wrapped around her hips, showing off the fact that she wasn’t wearing panties underneath. The collar was high and tied at the neck with a pussy bow and there was a heart-shaped cut out over her cleavage. The dress fell right above her knees, creaking sensually as she took small steps in her high heels. There was a ruffled peplum around the waist, that went longer in the back to form another heart shape. The puffed sleeves fell just above her elbows and were gathered with more bows. Styled with her hair and makeup, she looked like a living fuck doll. “I told you their faces would look like that,” Carmen smirked, spraying a bit more latex shine on the peplum.

“So what do you think?” Addy grinned, barely able to move but pleased with their reactions.

“I don’t think I can say in polite company,” Astarion grinned, loosening his tie so he could change it to the latex one.

“We’ll head out then,” Carmen grinned, handing Astarion the bottle of shine spray. “In case she needs touch ups…and try not to rip it when taking it off. It was expensive.”

Astarion had a habit of aggressively undressing Addy after big events and Carmen was the one who had to do repair work before sending the dresses off to charity auctions. “Do you need anything else from me?” Arabella asked, looking at the schedule on her phone. “The limo should be here in 47 minutes.”

“No, I think we’re set for the night,” Addy grinned as Astarion grabbed her ass, the latex groaning against his fingers.

“You’re in big fucking trouble,” Astarion hissed as soon as the two women had left, burying his nose in her perfumed décolletage. “I wanna fuck you right now.”

“You could, if you wanted,” she giggled, looking over at Halsin. “Why don’t you lift up the peplum?”

“I don’t know what that is,” Halsin growled, running his hand down the smooth material. “And how I feel about this…unnatural material…”

“Oh quit being a bore for two seconds,” Astarion clicked his tongue, spinning her around. “This is a peplum,” he lifted it up, revealing another small heart-shaped cut out across her backside. “And that is…awfully tempting,” Astarion purred, sliding his fingers into the cut out and hooking them against her asshole.

“I told Carmen it was so I could use the toilet sitting down without having to roll the skirt all the way up, but…it has other uses too…”

“Mmmhmmm,” Astarion smiled, feeling how slick she already was. “So this is what took you so long? Squeezing you into this?” He cooed, gently fingering her asshole.

“They had to lube me up first,” Addy let out a quiet moan, pulling Halsin in front of her. “You really don’t like it?” She pouted, looking up at him with innocent seduction.

“I never said that,” he growled, reaching under her skirt to finger her from the front. “But I might make you wear it again…and again…so it’s…somewhat sustainable…”

“Oh is that right?” She grinned.

“Mmmmhmmm,” he leaned down to kiss her, gripping her hip with his other hand and letting her and the latex moan against his fingers.

“We might break our little doll tonight,” Astarion hissed, nibbling her ear as she whimpered and creaked against their fingers. “I don’t think you’ve ever looked sexier so covered up.”

“Just be gentle with the material,” she rolled her hips in a tight circle against their fingers. “It tears easily and I want to get some good pictures of us together before you two ruin it.”

“I suppose we can wait a little longer to fuck you,” he nipped her ear harder, smiling at Halsin as she shivered and held tightly to his shoulders. “Then we’ll pass you between us like the good little fuck doll.”

“Promise?” She whimpered, the latex flexing as she spread her legs wider so they could finger her deeper.

“I might fuck you right on stage…in front of everyone,” Astarion whispered, feeling her clenching around his fingers.

“Just…uhmmmm…get everyone’s consent to watch…uhhhhh first,” she cried out, leaning against Halsin as she came. “I don’t want to get thrown out of the charity.”

“Now that’s how you become WANKer of the Year,” Halsin grinned, caressing her cheek with his clean hand and sucking the fingers of his other. “Always ask consent.”

“Can you imagine the headlines?” Astarion laughed. “TAV double fucked raw at charity banquet in front of consenting guests…as she debuts new beau who took grateful sloppy seconds.”

“Who says I won’t take her first?” Halsin challenged, pulling Astarion against her back with his loose tie. “As much as I enjoy playing in your cum…”

“Oh, so it is a race then?” Astarion grinned, leaning over Addy’s shoulder to kiss him.

“Oh no, don’t you two start some competition to see who comes in me first,” she grinned, stepping to the side so she could kiss both of them. “This dress won’t survive the night if that is the case.”

“Tearing it should come with some sort of penalty,” Halsin smirked, squeezing an asscheek each as he held them close against him. “Locked up without orgasms for a tenday?”

“A tenday?!” Astarion exclaimed. “And what about our doll? What if she tears it herself? She’s got a magical little button that makes her come non-stop!”

“Don’t you dare say a chastity belt!” Addy grinned. “Even though I’m sure I could work around one.”

“I’ll bet, you little minx,” Astarion nipped her nose. “One of us would just have to watch you…day and night…even on the toilet.”

“And I’d get to try to seduce you into giving in…for an entire tenday?” She grinned deviously. “I don’t see a downside.”

“You can’t make anything easy, can you, my love?” Halsin grinned. “You’d just have to watch us satisfy each other together…with your hands tied.”

“And legs apart!” Astarion noted. “She can squeeze one out of her if she’s really turned on.”

“Wow! This sounds like an entire setup to stop me from coming!” Addy laughed.

“What did expect after springing this surprise on us?” Astarion purred, thumbing across her areola. “I already have plans for more outfits like this.”

“Well…it feels pretty nice on me too…restrictive…but everything is more sensitive,” she hissed as he made her nipple press hard against the latex.

“Fun for all of us, then,” Halsin smiled, joining Astarion in teasing her body again.

They played with her until the limo arrived, leaving her a slick mess between her thighs. They carefully helped her into the limo, her dress so tight she had to be guided in backwards. Halsin brought her right onto his lap, growling lowly at the moan of her dress as she sat down. “Oh…do you want me to bounce on it during the car ride?” She purred, making the dress creak even more as she teased her ass against his cock.

“Very tempting,” Halsin nipped her ear in his teeth, putting his hand up her skirt again. “But one wrong bump and I could split the whole dress up the back.”

“Oh come on…no risk…no reward.”

Astarion had made himself cozy on the seat across from them and pulled out his phone, pointing it at Addy as Halsin started fingering her again. “What are you doing?” Addy moaned, writhing in Halsin’s lap.

“Just a little something for the private video vault,” Astarion replied, pressing record on his camera app. “Look at me, baby.”

She stuck out her tongue, her expression instantly changing when Halsin hooked his fingers against her g-spot. “Mmmmm…you two…are…so…uhhhnnn…mean to me,” she whimpered, her legs shaking as Halsin continued to stimulate her.

“We’re just giving you the chance to surrender early…we can skip the ceremony and take you back upstairs and fuck you senseless.”

“Ughhhh,” she growled, letting him continue to tease her. “I want that fucking award!”

[solar-halos]

this mood board monday might be a lil boring, but i loved doing all those style mood boards for annie, so i made one for katniss! my notes will be under the cut :D

first and foremost, i hope the katniss girlies approve. annie’s style mood boards were way more intuitive for me, so this one went through a whole lot of drafts, but im ok with how this turned out. here was my thought process:

• even though this is set in a modern au context, i don’t think she’d be fairy core, but i included the pic at the bottom bc i think the pink frilliness and the woodsy backdrop is a perfect combo of prim and katniss

• so the first thing that came to mind when i thought about katniss’ style was practicality. i initially had a lot of outfits with jeans, but tbh, i think katniss would like wearing looser and more linen-y materials if she’s not out in the woods since they’re comfty and practical. maybe it’s just me self projecting (i HATE jeans, even the loose mom jean style) but i just don’t think the material would be something she’d fuck w on a day to day basis since it’s so sturdy. best to save that for the woods

• i dont think she’d like crop tops (whenever i try to dress cunty for outdoorsy activities the only thing that EATS are the MOSQUITOS at my SKIN) but i also don’t think she’d intentionally wear things that are baggy since i think all the layers would get in her way. but since she’s canonically short i think she has to roll the cuffs of her pants up at least twice

• actually now that i’m looking at this there aren’t very many pics w pants in them which is kinda ironic bc that’s the aspect of her style that i put the most thought into. i think she’d love cargos and joggers, but i think she’d go for a more fitted style instead of overly baggy trousers that spill over her ankles. all bets are off when she’s chilling at home though, then all her clothing is swallowing her whole

• speaking of clothing swallowing her whole, the top left pic gives me peeta vibes and i think katniss’ wardrobe consists of so many of his stolen jackets and sweatshirts.

• her hair! it was v hard to find the hairstyles only bc katniss is slicking everything DOWN. absolutely no flyaways will be present on her watch. other than a simple braid down her back (like in canon) i also think she’d be the ceo of a slicked back bun

• also, even though she does like practical stuff like trousers, it’s also canon that she likes engaging in fashionista activities, so i included some glam options. i feel like the bottom right pic would be after a katniss and cinna (idk who he’d be to her in a modern au) have a glam session and then the option with the dress was something i included since it’s fancy without being something totally out there for katniss. like, i imagine she has couple nice dresses for special occasions but nothing extremely crazy, so this was like a nice in-between

• i think she’d love messenger bags too!!

• finally, the stylistic choices. oh my god! i think her color palette would be mostly neutral with some pops of green and brown, and it was so hard to find outfits that fit the look i was going for with her, but lowkey i think i pulled it off. bonus points for the woodsy backdrops

[pinewoodpipit]

so long, we become the flowers - Chapter 2 Outfit References

Chapter 2 of "we become the flowers", a.k.a. my cowboy au is out and I have some more meta to post about it! Just a short one this time, about their outfits for the town dance.

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Fade

She didn’t take much off, only an inch or two of the dead ends and enough to clean up the choppy mess Hazal had made of it by herself. By the end of it, though, she looked fresher, and the barber even helped her pomade her hair back behind her ear and tie it up in a loose updo. It looked nice, considerably nice, and Hazal’s heart fluttered at the thought of Tala seeing it.

...

He'd put her in a ruffled blouse and a dark waistcoat. Her blouse, cream and loosely fitting, tucked into high-waisted trousers, with black shoes shining from beneath the hems, and over it all, she wore a wide-collar frockcoat, tight and with a swallowtail sweeping around at the back. The coat was near-black, but with tones of red which were brought out by the light.

It was a little old-fashioned, to be truthful; swallowtails had gone out of fashion some short years ago, but it was what Hazal could afford, and it was significantly nicer than anything she owned currently.

For Fade, I wanted something fancy and kind of gothic looking, but also something formal enough for this kind of dance (I'm reluctant to call it a "ball" as it's got a much less formal fancy-dress vibe and is closer to a country dance just by nature of how small Vennecoate is).

She'd probably struggle to afford the newest decent clothes and Chamber knew she'd be able to pull a look like this off, so he tried it and sure enough, Fade liked it.

As this fic is supposed to be a sort of blend between Austen and western style, I thought it would be fitting to pull some inspiration from Pride and Prejudice into this fic. There are so many iconic dances in P&P, too, it would have been a waste not to include any inspiration from them at all! Darcy does love a long coat...

Her hair isn't meant to be anything special. I pictured a loose ponytail with some loose strands by her fringe. She didn't have the time or spare cash for a full style but the barber helped her style it in a simple updo as a favour, for Neon's sake.

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Neon

She’d donned a handsome evening dress, with loose, low straps. It was a fairly form-fitting dress, billowing only a little in the skirt, and with a second layer of looser fabric forming a translucent shade around her top hem. Her bust and upper arms were shielded; the sleeves were too low to cover her shoulders.

Her hair, usually loose, was pulled back into an intricate updo. It was a rather stark contrast to Hazal’s simple low ponytail; it was curled in on itself in an ornate pattern and decorated with little lace flowers in the same bright yellow colour as her dress.

The outfit’s colour suited her well. It brought out her eyes and the gleeful flush to her cheeks. Her stormy hair was near-illuminated by the flowers dotted over the updo. She looked stunning.

And Neon! I couldn't find a particularly accurate view of what colour her dress would be, but I essentially figure it would be the same colour of yellow as what is in her hair.

I figure in this fic she probably wouldn't have hair quite so vibrant as she does in canon (they're regular humans in this AU, after all, not Radiants) so I describe her hair as "stormy", kind of like a deep cool-toned grey. I think having yellow accessories entwined in her hair along with a yellow dress would really look nice.

This kind of dress allows for a lot of freedom of movement, too, so she'd have a fine time hurtling around the dance floor during faster songs!

For the hairstyle, I again went with some inspiration from Pride and Prejudice with Lizzie's coiled updo. I'm sure Neon has a different hair type than her so it wouldn't be exactly the same, but something with a lot of care put into it, making sure it was a nice design and weaving flowers throughout was just the exact right vibe.

[firstaidspray]

Things about the Paz Lives AU that I'm going to eventually post about and you'll all think I'm unhinged. A brief rundown of it.

- The "hallucination" reasoning about the explosion being an enemy RPG and Paz having both bombs removed is true. This means, obviously, Paz lived, although she was in the helicopter crash with everyone else.

- She was also in a coma like Venom Snake. Before XOF arrived, Big Boss as Ishmael anticipated they'd kill Paz too, so he unhooked her medical equipment, covered her with a blanket, and splattered something on it to look like blood so they'd assume she was already dead. Ocelot was able to retrieve her after helping Big Boss and getting Venom Snake, and XOF had cleared out of the hospital. Regardless, she was moved to Diamond Dogs while still comatose, and kept in her room on the medical platform and taken care of there (primarily by my OC, Marlin).

- While comatose, she experienced what was essentially a whole new "life" which, was actually the events of Metal Gear Survive- this is because I made my character in that game into Paz with a shaved head (as she had when she went into the coma) and thought the idea was interesting. Her coma dream life had her exist as an MSF soldier, went through the weird shit of Survive, bla bla bla. It was all a dream though.

- When she wakes up, she has the obvious memory loss that makes her think she is the persona she'd created in Peace Walker- a situation which is canon, except she's actually alive here unlike the game which makes it a hallucination. Her hair has grown back to its usual length over this time, but has looser curls- I use this explanation as to why her hairstyle differs in this aspect from her tighter curls and more "styled" hair in Peace Walker, but I do think that her hair is naturally curly.

- As Paz wakes up and goes through all the medical and psychological treatments to help restore her memory over time, she is continually visited by Snake, Ocelot, and Miller. But it ends up that Ocelot is the one who visits most, since Snake is often busy and Kaz finds it difficult to see Paz in this state especially after the confusion in PW/GZ. This makes Ocelot and Paz become close friends. She is also drawn to him because of his red scarf, which reminds her of the red hood and ribbon signaling "evil" that she wore in PW, showing that some of her memories shine through.

- Unlike in the game where Paz self harms on her scar after being told Skull Face is dead, Paz does this BEFORE, due to hearing a conversation between Marlin and Miller about Skull Face in general. When Ocelot finds her like this, as he did in canon (which furthers my Ocelot and Paz besties agenda), he shows it to Snake. This is where Paz finally regains her memories, and has a small psychological episode in which she has to be tranquilized.

- She recovers from it and begins therapy, speaking not only with doctors in the Medical Platform, but Snake, Kaz, and Ocelot. She remembers the former two, and she remembers Camp Omega. With these memories, she decides that she will stay allied with Diamond Dogs, and not only that, but she wants to be a soldier for them to help avenge MSF and Chico.

- Snake and Miller disagree at first- Snake because he doesn't think she's suitable for combat and Miller because he still doesn't entirely trust her- but Ocelot asks them to give her a chance if he can train her one on one, as after their bonding during recovery, she trusts him and sees him as a sort of guardian or protector. They agree to this, even if Kaz is hesitant.

- Paz trains under Ocelot with firearms, and occasionally with Snake for CQC. Marlin also remains a part of her life, keeping tabs on her health and remaining friends with her. Despite his history as a caretaker of Paz, Ocelot is kind of annoyed by Marlin and doesn't like his intervening in the training sessions. He finds him to be a distraction to Paz. (This particular storyline is gonna be covered in my short comic series called Target Practice)

- Eventually, Paz is allowed to become a soldier for DD. Given an exclusive uniform, knife (from Snake, found on a wandering MSF soldier alongside a photo), scarf (an extra of Ocelot's that he accidentally left in her room, given to her to remind her of her close friend and trainer and to continue her "splash of red" theme from PW), tranquilizer pistol, and assault rifle. Also armed with grenades.

- Once they plan to go kill Skull Face, Paz stows away like Eli does, because Ocelot says she shouldn't go due to having such a personal stake in it, and she isn't combat ready, but she wants to anyways. Paz helps Snake fight Sahelanthropus from afar with an RPG stolen from XOF. Using an RPG mirrors the RPG that took out their helicopter.

- My idea for Psycho Mantis taking on a motif for Paz's revenge would probably be a tear in his clothing similar to the shape of Paz's abdominal scar. Her vengeful mind only briefly controls him, before she is startled and disturbed by his appearance before her and focuses once more on her objective.

- When they arrive to see Skull Face crushed under debris and Kaz and Snake get their revenge by shooting off his limbs, Paz also wants revenge, and gets it by cutting open the same place he'd put her bomb in and placing a grenade inside. The grenade has its safety pin pulled, but will only detonate, however, if he moves, since the safety lever has been kept in place by being squeezed against his body cavity right after being kept in place by Paz's hand. Once everyone walks away, instead of Huey killing Skull Face, Skull Face shifts, releasing the lever and detonating the grenade, exploding him into pieces. The three Camp Omega survivor victims- Kaz, Snake, and Paz- have gotten their "eye for an eye" revenge. On the ride back, they sit close together.

- Paz keeps the pin from that grenade on a chain as a necklace to remind her of her victory over the man who tortured her. Later, after the incident in Shining Lights Even in Death, Paz also has a necklace with a diamond pendant made of the ashes of fallen Diamond Dogs comrades.

- From there on, I'm still working on it, as I'm stuck in the Diamond Dogs/MGSV world and hate to think of life after DD for anyone. I want her to rekindle her friendship with Miller, to spend more time with Snake and repair their relationship (even if the memories on his end are skewed, combining some of the Medic's and some of Big Boss's), meet Quiet properly, and develop a closer friendship to Marlin. She continues to train alongside Ocelot and considers him her mentor and close friend. I like to think after the events of the game, should I think of them at all, Paz continued to work alongside him and eventually also meet Eva. I think often about their potential friendship.

Anyways that's all I'd like to share for now!! Hit me up if you have questions or suggestions or anything!! Please do not send hate or unwanted criticism, it makes me anxious. I understand if you disagree with any of my headcanons in this AU but please don't be rude about it.

Say peace!! 🦋💖

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Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania - My thoughts

So its been about a week since I saw Ant-Man and Wasp: Quantumania, so I have had some time to figure out my thoughts on the film. I went in with tempered expectations, after the poor reviews. My first thoughts were that I didn't quite understand all the criticism. Having thought about it some more, I do think there are issues with the film, but I also don't quite agree with how low the film is rated. I still think the film is enjoyable. It is admittedly a little forgettable, which should not be the case for a film that is kicking of Phase 5 and introducing Kang. As an audience member who really loved the first Ant-Man and quite liked AM&TW, it is admittedly a little difficult to change your perception of what these films are like, because Quantumania is completely different to the first two films. Quantumania really is like fantasy film, while the previous two were much more grounded and smaller movies, with much lower stakes. This film obviously had huge stakes, with Kang having world ending implications. I think the real issue with the film for me is that all the various character beats and plots and subplots seem a little half baked. I don't think the ideas are bad but they just aren't as fully formed as they should be.

I enjoyed the first and the third acts of the film, but the middle act drags, with a lot of exposition and explanation about the world and the various new characters. The first act is fun and I love that the Lang/Pym family actually feels like a family, with Cassie considering Hank and Janet as grandparents. I also do like the hook of the relationship of Cassie and Scott being the emotional anchor of the film, because we already know Scott is very devoted as a father and there is obviously a change in dynamic that Scott is dealing with. Once we get into the Quantum realm, things start to get a bit messy because we have Scott and Cassie split up from Hank, Hope, and Janet. Nothing really particularly interesting happens until Kang is properly introduced. The last act, with the big sci-fi battle, is fun, if a bit chaotic. I also loved that Ants actually played a big part of the finale. I do feel that, despite a fine performance from Jonathan Majors, Kang didn't quite live up to expectations as a villain, although he's quite easily the best villain of the Ant-man movies. I feel he isn't given all that much interesting to do. We just are told that he is a world conqueror and Major's performance goes a long way in selling us on that, but I can't say that he is asked to do too much apart from exude quite menace for the most part.

As I mentioned, the character beats aren't particularly fully realized. Part of it has to do with there being 5 main characters. Whereas Ant-Man and AM&TW was really about Scott, Hope, and Hank, the film has to deal with Scott, Hope, Hank, Cassie, Janet, and not to mention Kang and others like MODOK, while also introducing new concepts and characters of the Quantumverse within 2 hours. As a result, Hope, despite being a title character, has no story arc of her own. Evangeline Lily is solid and her hairstyle is a lot less distracting in the movie than I thought it would be, but she isn't really asked to do much. Hank at least gets to use his connection to the Ants in the climax but he also has no arc of his own, though it does feel like Michael Douglas is a lot looser and having fun this time around, unburdened by the anxieties and guilt he had in the previous films. For all intents and purposes, Janet is the co-lead with Scott as her character's actions drives a lot of the story. Its pretty cool to see Pfeiffer being front and center. She's great in the role. Paul Rudd cannot help but being incredibly likable. He brings his trademark humor and heart to the role, though, his arc of being a mentor to Cassie and helping others is not developed properly. Kathryn Newton is welcome addition as grown up Cassie. She thankfully avoids the annoying teenage rebel syndrome. As I mentioned, Majors is excellent. I think he delivered more than what was asked of the character in this movie and I really look forward to how they handle Kang going forward. I also have to say MODOK is not a character that visually translates well in live action.

Peyton Reed isn't necessarily the director who has the most distinctive directorial touch, but I can't say this film is poorly made. I think its issue stem with the writing. I do feel this film is considerably more enjoyable than say, Thor: Love and Thunder, which I really did not like. It isn't the home run that the MCU needed unfortunately, but I think its better than people are saying, which is also how I felt about DS2. Overall, the film is a 7/10 for me. I think I need to see it again to know how I feel about this film relative to the other two Ant-man movies, though I definitely feel the first one is the best.

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except quite a bit in that comment is also ahistorical, but in a different way

the narrative of "1920s clothing and beauty standards liberated women from Evil Bad Corsets and Victorian Clothing!!!"- popular as it was even in the literal era -is massively oversimplified

first of all: the 1920s silhouette and even hairstyles were NOT a sharp departure from everything that had come before. fashion was already trending in that direction before the decade started

1917, Delineator magazine

May 1918, same magazine

November 1919, same magazine

lower waistlines. looser fits. bob-shaped updos or outright bobs. "short" skirts- important to note that most skirts of the 1920s never actually got shorter than calf-length, no matter how commentators hand-wrung over them at the time. you see some LOW-knee-length hems at the end of the decade...right before they went back to high ankle for the 1930s. proto-20s styles dominated in the latter part of the era that women were supposedly "reacting against" during the 20s

as for body liberation, while much is made of corsetry and the casting-off thereof...guys, they were still wearing corsets. corsets that were arguably void of any practical function but shapewear (unlike Victorian examples, which provided bust and back support)

1920

Delineator ad, May 1925

Modart corset ad, also 1925

“Most young girls and practically all women need some sort of figure control . . . . Not all women need corsets. Women with young slender figures find that the corselet, which is a combination brassiere and hip-confiner, is sufficient.” -Evelyn Dodge, 1925, writing for- again -the Delineator. it was a popular magazine, as you can tell

hardly Perfect Liberation And Freedom to be wearing, basically, a Kim K waist cincher as everyday attire. to be honest, as someone who has worn 19th-century-style corsets, I can't imagine sweating your brains out in an elastic sausage casing would be cause to "breathe a sigh of relief"

especially because some women also bound their breasts, something we now know can cause actual injury if done incorrectly or for too long:

1925 ad for a "corsette" promising to "flatten the lines of the body"

and in terms of freedom of movement. listen, there are things you can't do comfortably in a Victorian corset, but there are definitely things you can't do comfortably in an elastic girdle and possibly also a chest-binder). and for the record, I can polka so enthusiastically that I get airborne in full 1860s eveningwear. corset included

this isn't to say that women at the time didn't feel some sense of liberation with 1920s fashion when contrasted with the styles of, say, 10 years earlier (or clothing they themselves had no lived experience of wearing but had to guess at the comfort of, if they were young enough to have been mere children at the turn of the 20th century- and like, of COURSE it looks uncomfortable; it's utterly foreign to your experience as an adult). nor that earlier eras were bastions of comfort and body positivity, because like. come on. obviously it was Complicated back then, too. and the original post is still not correct either

but we have GOT to stop this narrative that the "liberation" of women's bodies in the 1920s was absolute, objective fact. it diminishes the accomplishments and agency of women who came before and it just...doesn't reflect the reality of the situation

The fact that thinness came in vogue (as seen in popular culture, magazines, fashion models, etc.) in the 1920s when women got the right to vote is telling. We got real, tangible power and then were told to be thin to achieve beauty, and sickly thin too. The kind of thin with no muscles, no power. It is not surprising to me that our beauty standards keep women physically weaker, physically starving, and mentally exhausted. The beauty standard is nothing more than a tool to keep women weak, docile, poor, and too tired to act.

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@unmachine​ said: Sorry for crashing at your place again. Sorry for filling your ashtray up twice as fast. Sorry for drinking your booze and giggling like an idiot on the floor next to you. Sorry for making every excuse for you to stick around, to make more time, to be deserving. Apologies apologies. Shame, guilt, desperation- it all starts to drain away. Just needed a little help from the aforementioned booze. Not even that much. His back would hurt tomorrow but that's fine. He's not about to hog Kazutora's bed too. He's got a hard enough head and a deep enough sleeper to make it through.

Not much changes when Eve drinks. It takes way more to get him even remotely buzzed. But he seems looser and speaks more freely (as if that's really much different from his sober state.) He rolls onto his side then his stomach, adjusting himself so he could see Kazutora face right side up. "This is crazy but I used to have long hair when I was younger. There are old pictures of me where I look dumb as hell!" he snickered. A hand outreaches, twirling a lock of his friend's hair on his finger. He glances down at it contemplatively. "Cause I was copying my brother. Long hair doesn't suit me though and I'm glad I chopped it all off... Brother... i'm pretty sure he hates me. I never figured out why or when it started, not that it matters. There's probably something wrong with me but I can't bring myself to not love him." An exhale through the nose and he drops his head back to the ground, releasing the other's long locks and rolling back over on his back to stare at the ceiling.

"I think it's because I'm better at loving things than I am at hating them. I gotta play at my strengths you know? It's hard being treated like shit sometimes but whatever... You treat me nice though...

so, thanks."

   It’s more for Eve that Kazutora has the drinks on hand. He’d been avoidant of drinking before Takemichi had shown up, whispering about Bonten and Mikey. Afraid. Afraid because it isn’t that the drinks make demons, it’s that it lets them out. And his have already claimed two lives as it was. Where others could say I’ll kill you as typical gang bluffs or just friends teasing each other, Kazutora can’t. But then he’d chosen to chase the dark shadow of Bonten, to surge back into darkness, and it’s easy. Easy to drink at a bar while pulling information from people, to break a face. It was even expected like many things. But drinking here is different than the bar. It’s more relaxed. Something that makes him think of summer nights that were still too hot with cold beers and an abandoned arcade filled with smoke. It’s nice. And it seems to help Eve a little bit.

   “  Yeah? "  Kazutora tries to picture it, but it seems at odds with the Eve that he knows. “ I used to have a really cringe hairstyle when I was real young. Same time I got my tattoo.  “  Anything to piss off his father, to be cooler, to be stronger. “ I think one or two pictures exist. Around fifteen is when I started the stripes. Never went back.  “  Outside of another ten years in a cell. He watches Eve reach out to toy with one of the loose strands, but he doesn’t stop him. Only observes as he seems to be lost in thought, in memories. He understands that well.

   He wonders what it must be like for Eve. To love in spite of that? Truth is that even now Kazutora can’t imagine that. Can’t imagine choosing to love when something seems to hate you. He’s always turned to hatred. To destroying anything that hurts him. Even... He watches as Eve sinks back down and rolls over, yet Kazutora doesn’t move. Doesn’t pull away as well, but lingers, close and watchful. 

   “  Nah. Believe me, I’m way more fucked up than you are. So hell even if there is something wrong, you’re doing better than me.  “  He offers in his own strange way of comfort. A solidarity perhaps in the face of being fuck ups. “  I can’t relate to that. But that seems better. I’ve always hated easier. Hated anything that hurt me. I wanted to destroy what hurt me, wanted things to suffer like I had. I hated this fucking world.  “  He admits, turning his head to glance out the window for a moment.  “  I did destroy some of it.  “ That was Kazutora. Destroying the few good things that came into his life along with the bad.

   He turns back to Eve at the thanks, thanks that he doesn’t feel he deserves. But it is offered to him. He still doesn’t know how to handle it. He’s not used to being thanked. “  You don’t deserve to be treated like that.  “  He answers quietly, Kazutora did. But not Eve. And then an old thought surfaces.  “  If someone does treat you like that, I can beat the shit out of them if you want. Make sure that they don’t. “  He murmurs, because even now he knows the language of violence. “  But uh. You’re welcome. “ He adds, before adding “ ...Thanks for keeping me company.  “  Especially now when there was no one else.