#vecona

[waywardvictorianconfessions]

Why do you people still think she crafted everything she used? The costumes were made by Vecona. She left in 2008, but I'm pretty sure EA never stopped using the costumes… And Vecona is still making things where as EA stopped. It makes me think that EA was just a fake and the only thing she actually made was the book. I really doubt she wrote half the lyrics she did, or the music for that matter.

[youcantfiremebecauseiquit]

[ursas-arts]

Miscellaneous doodles dump

[shefightslikeagirl]

This made me laugh out loud! Tell your friend not to feel bad; everyone lies on the internet.

Here are some photos!

Vecona wearing the same style of heart frame necklace:

Similar designs on sale at tour merch tables, circa 2008:

Hi, do you remember that contest on Shefightslikeagirl blog where you could win some EA related trinkets/jewellery made by Vecona, you won the auction right? Could you post some pics of that jewellery? I'm really curious how it looks like !

Hi anon, i can't because I don't have that jewellery, it is a colleague of mine that owns these pieces. This friend wanted to take part in that giveaway and asked me if she could use my tumblr account for this purpose cause she didn't want to use her own personal account. I sent a comment, passed on her email address when she won the giveaway.

Iirc you had to describe your best EA show memory? or something, This friend has never been to EA show and made it all up. I don't blame her much cause she was at a low point att and hoped these things would cheer her up but I know she felt bad about making it up later. She said she'd like to give these pieces to some other fan but they're not worth any money or setting up ebay listing etc.

I haven't been in touch with this friend for years after i went to study abroad, though I think she's active on tumblr. That being said it's not worth photographing much, she said it's all that was pictured on the blog nothing more nothing less. The bows looked cheap and tacky on hair and the weird "rat in petals" thing is completely of no use (her words lol), the only wearable thing was the "Heart in a frame" pendant and it is most valuable nostalgia wise, as you could actually see Bloody Crumpets wearing it onstage.

You can see the giveaway photo on @shefightslikeagirl in Vecona tag, sorry i don't have the pic on my device to post right now

[puntointerrogativo]

A Sunday slow enough that I finally managed to start sewing the leopard pants! Poor pants, I was so tired when I cut them that they’re kinda uneven and I forgot everything about doing french seams so I fucked up multiple times 😅 But the viscose is sturdy & is holding up well despite the mistreatment so I’m hopeful they’ll turn out wearable 🤞

[nipuni]

Hello Natalia! really loving all the artwork AND the fashion posts! appreciate you sourcing where most of the clothes come from, but I was wondering if you knew of stores or had suggestions but for mens clothing? I would love to get more into it but don't know where to start looking! Thanks!

Hello! AHHH Thank you so much!! this makes me happy 🥺❤️

I do!! My husband also enjoys vintage clothes so I can give you some stores he likes If you are looking for a sort of Edwardian inspired style too. Darcy clothing!! He owns a couple of three piece suits from them as well as collars and accessories and they are excellent, I recommend! There is also Cathcart Heritage, Blackbird, Vecona Vintage oh and American Duchess also offers men's shoes, He also does a lot of thrifting, especially for blazers, coats, jackets and ties! for gloves, hats and shoes he gets them at regular local leather stores.

Also here are some cool looking guys to check out for inspo! the_vintagearian, luca.vintage, vintagebursche, fein_heraus, the_vintagelover, I hope these help! 🥰

[opheliagallery]

Photographer: Angst-im-Wald Costumer / Designer: Vecona

[coldest-blood]

making a post here instead of actually yelling incoherently on another confessions post. let's pretend that counts as growth. anyway. if ONE more person goes on some idiotic, ill-informed rant about ea """stealing"" her aesthetic or what the fuck ever from someone else, I'm going to start biting people. I'm GOING to start biting people and I DO have rabies. as though A) imitation is not CENTRAL to any person's art ever. as though any human being has ever created anything in a vacuum with absolutely no outside inspiration or help whatsoever ever. as though there even is such a thing as an original idea. and B) like she doesn't literally acknowledge the cyclical and repetitive nature of human creation IN HER OWN WORK? like that's literally a HUGE FUCKING part of Opheliac as a concept album?????? and while we're at it C) as though Vecona's contributions were ever a secret?????? she was literally one of the crumpets. iirc, there were links to her website on Emilie's website the entire time they were working together. it's fucking weird to bring that up if the implication is that ea was like jacking her style or unfairly taking credit for something. they were literally just two creative people working together, but ok.

it might be fair to say that ea has historically put too much emphasis on doing absolutely everything herself and being completely independent, when clearly the best periods of her career have come from her working collaboratively with other people in one form or another. but that's, in my opinion, a very very different critique from "she's literally never had a single original thought ever". I'm still upset about the stupid fucking AI thing too, but that doesn't just wipe out a decades long body of genuine creative work. for years now people who think they are soooo clever have been "calling her out for plagiarism" when all they are actually doing is noticing her influences specifically and trends in media generally. just because there were other people around the same time making similar things as her is actually just indicative of a particular cultural moment and not that anyone was stealing anything from anyone. literally get your head out of your ass

[waywardvictorianconfessions]

A few mini confessions by me, put them all in one.

1. I much enjoy EA wearing Vecona clothes rather than Vecona herself

2. A small conspiracy thing: it felt to me that recent EA’s random merch (sneakers, hoodies) was made by sponsors, EA had nothing to do with it besides receiving royalties

3. I really hope to hear EA inspired music by PR’s. So many talented fans out there. If we didn’t get Opheliac 2.0 why don’t we make our own?

[youcantfiremebecauseiquit]

[theoreticalreanimation]

@vecona found your bae

[444names]

werewolf forenames + home appliances + constellations

Adall Adif Adma Adolan Adolf Adolfens Aiconax Aictaulf Ainus Aionax Airos Amaccoff Amanus Amarker Amen Amengan Amer Ameroux Amine Amona Anher Anno Antled Aquada Aquadolf Aquilepo Aquum Arci Ardalum Argoll Ariahin Ariepres Arik Arios Arirfryun Arodolf Arolfris Aronisi Artaurus Ater Aulf Auricoodo Auridi Aurker Bachgrux Bachin Bachinor Bardraler Bardrall Beculeus Bled Blelacca Bleonis Bleus Boiler Boilher Boilio Botelook Boter Botersaga Boöteatio Brater Breddynx Bressurux Caentis Cakasus Caker Calai Calle Calphess Candall Candolf Cane Cangle Cans Canus Cashus Cashwate Caster Cebox Ceia Ceiaha Cepfryer Cepu Cescenter Cescooker Chaik Chakeran Cham Cher Chindi Chingle Chot Chtona Chtor Cledi Clelan Cleo Cleuleill Clevilher Cloker Colf Cond Cone Conix Conolpens Conor Cook Cooker Copavell Copecopis Crolf Cronis Cros Crudi Crus Cruser Culfgas Deegan Deess Delamp Deler Difirdolf Difirous Difiryer Disha Dolf Dolfa Dolfo Dolptor Dolum Doramwolf Dowfaolf Dradi Draff Dryer Equulf Equum Esdraous Eyfrilks Fancall Fangunn Fanornrio Fansam Fanus Faolf Fardralup Fell Felupo Fiephun Fier Fiessus Fook Fooker Franaios Friger Frill Frine Frios Frius Fryer Fryeran Fryun Futumba Geidoloul Geif Geilian Gemajor Gricolf Gririg Grux Guntell Haion Haker Heani Herci Hobo Hobother Hoen Hoengansa Honaioh Honoran Hotwolan Hrolph Hromer Hron Hronis Hros Hydradolf Hydrater Hydrolf Hydryer Indi Indrus Inuser Irfryer Ivaccor Kerolf Keyfralan Lacutum Lance Landolf Leaticuum Leia Leiana Leif Leilis Lele Lessin Levilinor Libranus Lion Logius Look Lowela Lowelok Lowulf Lump Lupegan Luper Lupotpla Luppu Lyaless Lyalph Lyalupus Lyralup Lyrandrai Machana Macor Maene Maenia Maens Mahaan Mainescor Mairog Major Majornus Makemer Maker Makocer Malan Mang Manix Mans Marcooker Marin Marium Marka Melph Mens Mine Mingfan Minor Minus Moher Monopeian Moule Moulf Moupo Mouppic Moupu Moux Muler Muleusey Mulf Nala Nornrice Ocepo Ocer Ocessus Octies Odolfor Odolini Odster Odwolf Oilis Oilks Oill Olph Olphindis Opium Opius Ornus Ovener Panda Panessum Parik Pater Pecue Peirolf Pemer Phaaiyuk Pheamer Pictis Pishees Piuchan Pium Piump Pius Piuser Preadolf Preki Pres Presve Puscue Pyxishino Radalis Radmaen Radolfgan Raffle Raner Ranian Ranus Raoloker Raoupus Raous Raoux Rapreki Rate Reff Rens Repfris Repo Ress Resvens Retum Reus Rezsolf Ridis Rion Rona Rovel Rowater Rudolcan Rudolf Rudor Saga Sagium Samaelan Samana Sangmaker Scaelaaik Sceidolf Scessump Scue Seffeegan Semaches Serbox Serdalio Serpegans Setroma Seus Sewolf Seyfryer Shdryer Sheespres Siner Solfan Somaker Stell Surker Sursanall Talar Tall Talum Tanuntler Tasher Tchana Tchoen Teater Tela Terdryer Teron Tiope Toass Tornricer Tran Tranus Trolf Trolfga Trolfo Tromaha Tumin Turepus Turiump Tursam Udif Uleo Ules Ulfres Ulmaroup Ulper Ulricer Ulteater Ulter Ulum Uluper Ulvackbo Ulvell Urentel Uridiger Urkemaker Urudolf Urus Urux Vackboill Vaco Vardra Vecona Velous Vena Vene Vilher Vilkashon Vill Visingand Vulf Vulphump Vulupus Waff Waik Waionoce Wais Waiyukas Washa Washeate Washer Wasso Waster Wasus Watelum Water Wave Wavela Wavolfene Wicerpius Wolf Wolfgan Wolfryer Woliaha Woll Wolph Wooker Ylooker

[puntointerrogativo]

Trying to decide on a color for my first attempt at sewing a jacket 🫣

Saffron would probably be the most versatile but cayenne and lie de vin are also v. tempting. I’d like to “clone” my Vecona linen jacket (with a smaller collar and no pockets because they scare me 😅) and they do offer that model in cotton corduroy so it should work…hopefully.

As a back-up plan I also have a couple of Gertie patterns that would do…maybe the Brooklyn jacket because it’s simple enough not to chicken out of it 😝

[shefightslikeagirl]

The Bloody Crumpets: An Inconsistent History in The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls

An Asylum History post by@shefightslikeagirl

The Beginnings

In 2008, the Plague tour began, and with it began the first Asylum Book readings. This was the first look into The Asylum... book for the general public, outside of the single teaser track included on the 4 o'Clock EP, and gave the fandom its first significant insight into the Asylum world.

At the time, the Bloody Crumpets that toured with Emilie were Vecona, Aprella, Lucina, Veronica, Joo Hee (on cello), and Ulorin Vex (briefly).

Lady Joo Hee, Center of Happiness, and Sachiko

Lady Joo Hee was Emilie's friend and musical companion from 2004 to 2008. In August of 2004, Emilie posted a wanted ad for a female cellist in The Asylum Forum Journal Entries, which read as follows:

Wanted: Female cellist to join the lineup of an all-female chamber-pop group fronted by violinist/singer of national renown. You must have your own gear (electric cello or cello with pickup and amp, effects, etc.), be in or around Chicago, and an appreciation for eclectic tastes that go beyond straight classical music (or straight rock for that matter). The band's goal is to perform locally and tour nationally in support of albums already recorded. If you have any background in early music (Baroque, Renaissance, even Celtic), we'll love you even more. Your talents as a seriously trained instrumentalist will be greatly appreciated (!!!) but we'd love it if you have a tendency to rock as well. An affection for corsets, glitter, and stage makeup is nice but optional.

And, in May of 2008 at the Wave Gotik Treffen Book Readings, Joo Hee was revealed as a character in the earliest version of The Asylum... (at approximately 3:10).

[Video re-uploaded / archived from this YouTube video by Frank S.]

This particular reading featured the end of the book, which means that at some point, Joo Hee was written in throughout an entire draft of the Asylum. Images of Joo Hee were also featured in an article by Alternative Magazine, who did a spread on The Asylum... book in 2008. (Her name also appears in this version of the text, but due to the low resolution it's hard to make out.)

[Emilie Autumn & Lady Joo Hee (left), Emilie Autumn & "Sachiko" (right)]

Shortly after these readings, Lady Joo Hee disappeared from the Bloody Crumpets. The reasons were not made public; however, it's been speculated that there was some falling out between the two, and she was struck from the book entirely before publication, and replaced with the fictional Sachiko, with her face edited out of the book.

Captain Vecona, Teakeeper of the Asylum, and Jolie Rogue

Captain Vecona was a Bloody Crumpet and partner of Emilie Autumn's from 2006 to 2008, and the first pirate character to join the Bloody Crumpets.

In The Asylum... book, the Captain, or Jolie Rogue, has never shared a name with a specific Bloody Crumpet. However, the Captain was initially modeled off of Vecona, drawing heavy influence from her onstage appearance and persona (compare the above image to the ones below.)

After a business dispute in 2008/2009, Vecona left the Bloody Crumpets. The Asylum... still published with the Captain having her stage likeness, but in the third edition of the book (the audiobook), Jolie's hair color was changed to blonde and thus her image was distanced from Vecona's.

See comparisons below from the text.

"I saw a white shift and striped stockings, black-and-white, black-and-white, black-and-white... I saw a mass of dark hair on top of which was a perched a bizarre tri-corner hat that looked as though it had been fashioned from torn scraps of paper."

"...and the tangled mass of black hair was unmistakable."

- The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, first ed. 2009. Print. Pg. 58, 61.

"I saw a white shift... I saw striped stockings, black-and-white, black-and-white, black-and-white... I saw a mass of silvery hair on top of which was perched a bizarre tri-corner hat that looked as though it had been fashioned from torn scraps of paper."

"...and the tangled mass of pale hair was unmistakable."

- The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, third ed. 2015. Audiobook. Tracks 26, 28.

After Vecona's departure, Maggie Lally, better known as Captain Maggots, took on the pirate persona for the tours. However, she never adopted the name Jolie Rogue, and had no characters based off of her in the book.

Emilie had this to say regarding the change, as revealed in a Goodreads Q&A in 2018:

The Naughty Veronica and Charlotte

The Naughty Veronica, or Veronica Varlow, was a Bloody Crumpet and friend of Emilie from 2008 to 2020. The character onstage and in the book were one and the same--Veronica, in the book, was a representation of the character that Veronica Varlow played on stage, and that was made very clear by Emilie and Varlow throughout their time together.

In the first iterations of The Asylum..., Veronica was a friend and confidant to Emily-with-a-y. However, in the audiobook version (3rd edition), the plot changed drastically to make Veronica more central to the story. The character Christelle (below), who was murdered by Dr. Stockhill in the first two editions of the book, was absorbed into Veronica. She became the character murdered by Stockill (instead of surviving, as she did in the previous versions), in an attempt to add a tragic punch to the end of a new love story between herself and Emily-with-a-y.

Veronica has also been given two songs in the musical: "Don't Kiss Me," which was originally specifically written for Varlow for the Asylum Experience 2015 (which never got off the ground), and "From the Gutter to the Stars."

However, it's been speculated that Varlow and Emilie had a falling out in recent years. At some point after the Spring of 2019, Emilie and Varlow unfollowed each other on social media and stopped cross-promoting each other (Varlow published a book and overcame skin cancer during that time). And then on March 14, 2022, Emilie posted a new lyric video for "From the Gutter to the Stars" and "Don't Kiss Me" on YouTube with the following caption:

*Note* For anyone already familiar with the story, you'll wonder at the name change of the character of Veronica to Charlotte. I made this call as, for the musical version of the story, the name "Charlotte" was deemed more Victorian-era appropriate (it was suggested to me that "Veronica" was a bit out of place and I agreed). I thought it would be confusing to have the same character referred to by multiple names, so, Charlotte it is, and she's fabulous.🖤

Neither party has made any direct statements about their standing, but after their very public friendship, career, and collaborations over the last decade, it's quite surprising to the fandom to see them separated.

The Lady Aprella and Christelle

This one requires a lot of assumptions, because the connection isn't clear and Aprella has never been mentioned by name in any iteration of The Asylum..., but there are comparisons to be made between Aprella and Christelle.

"A girl called Christelle promptly arrived to fill the empty cage. Originally from France, Christelle amuses the viewers tremendously by singing obscene songs in her native language whilst spinning around in circles."

- The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, second ed. 2011. Print. Page 143.

In an interview with her now-closed fansite, Aprella stated the following about her stage character:

"...the basic root of [my character] is that she was a ballet dancer who had dreams of becoming prima but those were shattered when her magical red ribbon was removed from her neck while she slept. The ribbon had served her ability to do perfect ballet and after the ribbon was removed, her ability to dance perfectly fell apart..."

While ballet itself originates from the Italian Renaissance, it's known mostly for its French and Russian history. And with Christelle's French origins and her "broken" dancing, which was a critical element of Aprella's onstage persona, I think it's fair to say that there is a parallel between them, however slight.

Overall, Christelle is a minor character. In the first two editions of the book, her largest part is that Emily-with-a-y witnesses her murder at the hands of Dr. Stockill, but this is changed to another character in later editions.

Aprella and Emilie parted ways in 2010. Both unfollowed each other on social media and Aprella auctioned off some of her costume pieces, leaving the Bloody Crumpets permanently. She makes little reference to her days in the Asylum now.

Honorable Mention: fLee, Queen of Tarts, and Flea

In the days of the Asylum Forums, there was once a site admin named fLee. She was a real-world friend of Emilie's when she lived in Chicago, whose screen name was featured in the book as a small side character that was later removed in the 3rd edition.

It has been speculated that after the forum's closure in Summer of 2014, the two grew apart and are no longer close friends. Emilie had this to say about the removal of Flea, Christelle, and Joanna:

Conclusion

The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls has gone through many, many revisions, from small corrections to large-scale plot changes. There are multiple copyright years: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, and 2020 onwards (musical). But in its original draft, it was most likely sent to be printed when everyone was still on good terms with each other, and the fallouts between Emilie, Trisol Records, and some of the Bloody Crumpets had yet to take place. Each character change in the book seems to follow after Emilie has broken ties with the persons those characters may or may not be based on, and some have come during heavy editing of the book--the second to third edition--and may simply be a result of those revisions.

It's all speculation. But I hope you all found this post interesting, and feel free to comment anything I missed out on or forgot in the reblogs and comments below.

Thanks!

[theshad0wsmadamme]

[fyeahwaywardvictorians]

Alternatives to Emilie Autumn, Part 7/?: Fashion

Valentin Perrin:

A French designer with androgynous, baroque-inspired fashions.

Ophelia Overdose:

A model working in an eclectic variety of styles, with frills and corsets being a common theme.

Vecona:

The designer and former Bloody Crumpet behind some of Emilie’s most iconic looks. Lately her style has changed drastically, but but images of her older work can still be found floating around on the internet, and gothic items still crop up on her Etsy from time to time.

Allison Harvard (”Creepy-Chan”):

Former meme and current model best known for her distinctive features and quirky personality.

Elegy Clothing:

A black-owned gothic lolita brand. At the moment, their shop appears to be mostly out of stock, but the look books  and collections in particular are still worth checking out.

Samantha Rei:

 A Minnesota-based designer popular in the Gothic Lolita and Steampunk styles.

Iridessence:

Plus-sized model and burlesque dancer with a stunning vintage style inspired by a wide variety of time periods. She also has a tumblr.

Heavy Red:

Elegant gothic clothing at reasonable prices. They have a fairly extensive collection of Alice In Wonderland-Inspired pieces and some nice-looking corsets.

Gloomth:

Lolita-ish fashion with lots of medical-themed designs. Some of their work has regular been featured here in the past.