#zoe washburne cosplay

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On Saturday I was Zoe Washburne and I got a photo with Gina torres herself! She's so nice guys! And extra pretty in person. It's great. I now have 2 Firedly cast member photos. Gotta get them all! Here's me with all the other firefly folk!

[kroryblossom]

I met a pretty dope Zoe today at Comic Con! If you know her, tag her. Yes, I am the man they call Jayne, Hero of Canton.

[littlereyofsunlight]

fandom ask: 8, 9 & 11 !!

8. Dream crossover?

I read a fic once that was MCU/Brooklyn 99 and it was pretty much perfect. It would be amazing if Sam turned out to be Holt’s nephew! In my heart, it’s true. I’m thisclose to writing a spec script where the B99 gang is wreaking their typical havoc in the background for a Winter Solider & Falcon ep that digs into Bucky’s prewar life in Brooklyn ... 

9. Character death you still haven’t moved on yet?

Natasha Romanoff’s. Oooooh I’m so bitter. Also Hoban Washburn, who deserved to settle down and raise a passel of kids with Zoe as planned. 

11. Ever cosplayed a character/dream cosplay?

I have not! I do have a plan, should I ever have a small child in my possession at Halloween, to do the Leia & Han on Endor costumes and let the kiddo be an Ewok. Probably, if I have a kid, I’ll be too exhausted to make it happen but a nerd girl can dream, right? 

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Amazing Firefly cosplayers at WhedonCon 2016! Photo by Lori Bender

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Dress like Zoe Alleyne Washburne from Firefly - Costume & Cosplay Guide

[bisexuallittlefreaks]

Y'know it's funny

The coat I use for Dean cosplay I actually bought for 9th doctor

The coat I use for Cas cosplay I actually bought for Zoe Washburne

[peanutbutterclydesdale]

Aphrodite and Eros

Aphrodite: what you find attractive in a person At first glance/physical - I have some types. Definitely if you’re visibly within the geeky/nerd realm I’ll be more likely to say hi. I dig pretty eyes. I lean towards liking soft butch type blondes and girls with long dark or red hair, but these are rough ideas and are always secondary once I start getting to know someone. Getting to know you - I like curiosity, humor, and creativity, pretty much in that order. Bonus points for a love of shared fandoms, animals/natural sciences, fantasy, or spooky stuffEros: describe your crush Define crush. My current one, my celebrity/fictional character crush, attainable ones...? I have a crush on my friend now, but I am resolutely sure it’s not something I can pursue. She’s got dark hair and dark eyes and she’s sweet kind and loves art. She crafts and cosplays and encourages that same creativity in others. She’s a metal head, reptile enthusiast, and dog adorer. She listens when I spout off semi-random factoids and doesn’t seem to get tired of it. She’s as insterested in ‘odd’ or ‘creepy’ things as I am and isn’t weirded out by discussions of it. She’s impatient in a cute way and doesn’t like strategy games, but appreciates the knack for it. Fictional Character/Celebrity Crushes: Utena Tenjou, Xena, Haruka Tenoh, Wonder Woman, Michiru Kaioh, Officer Nicole Haught, Bryce Dallas Howard, Switch (Matrix), Ayo (Black Panther), Vasquez (Aliens), Thor, Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Washburn, Serefina Pekkala. 

[inkfishie]

So I was just browsing for a cosplay pattern online and can I just say I LOVE that it’s so easy to actually get real patterns for the exact costume these days. I spent soooo many hours as a teenager/young adult creating my own patterns for shit because cosplay patterns weren’t a thing. And what few patterns sort of looked right, never came in the right size. 

So yeah, I  just think that’s fucking awesome. Especially if you’re sitting here thinking HMM I WANNA COSPLAY ZOE FUCKING WASHBURNE AND BE BADASS AND YOU CLICK OPEN THE SIMPLICITY PAGE AND BAM: 

Man. This makes my little nerd heart squee so hard. Now if only they had a pattern for Kaylee’s cupcake dress...

[elanorellepalimore]

A thing

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Rules: answer these questions and tag 20 amazing followers you would like to get to know better

Name: Ellie

Nickname: El, Bob, Beelzebub, a plethora of others

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw

Height: 5’3″ (and three quarters)

Orientation: Bisexual, pansexual, currently functionally aromantic

Ethnicity: White

Favorite Fruit: Cherries

Favorite Season: Late summer to early autumn

Favorite Book Series: His Dark Materials… or Discworld… or the Harry Potter series… or the Guardians Of Time trilogy… or the Shades Of London…. or

Favorite Fictional Characters: Daniel Jackson. Buffy Summers. Caroline Forbes. Lydia Martin. Claudia Donovan. Jo Lupo. Ravi Chakrabarti. Felicity Smoak. Sara Lance. Cisco Ramon. Peggy Carter. Megara (Disney). Belle (Disney). Evelyn Carnahan-O’Connell. Kari Kamiya. Rosa Diaz. Joan Watson. Kalinda Sharma. CJ Cregg. Veronica Mars. Rose Tyler. Zoe Washburne. Dylan Weir. Winifred Burkle. Piper Halliwell. Kenzi Malikov. Isabelle Lightwood. Eve Baird. Et… cetera

Favorite Flower: Most blue or purple ones tbh… also bindweed

Favorite Scents: Coconut… petrichor… fir trees… coffee…

Favorite Color: Blue, green, silver, grey, purple and black.

Favorite Animal: Lions… cats.. birds of prey… snakes…. rats… corvids

Favorite Artist/Band: Queen.

Coffee, Tea, or Hot Chocolate: All of the above

Average Sleep Hours: 3-5… all that’s needed.

Number of Blankets You Sleep with: One

Dream Trip: A city-to-city tour of Italy

Last Thing Googled: Tsunami (from Tenchi Muyo) for a cosplay

Blog Created: Some… time… ago?

How Many Blogs I Follow: Uh

Number of Followers: Um

What Do I Usually Post About: A chaotic clash of social justice and politics, media and books, and aesthetic pretties

Do You Get Asks Regularly: Not so much

What’s Your Aesthetic: Blue/purple/pink, mermaids, water, Ravenclaw, books, fury, and hope

I tag: e v e r y o n e

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I was tagged by @anoasisinawasteland (who helped me immensely with planning my P&P Nygmobblepot au which I promise I'm working on)

Name: Q (Yes I have more name than that but it's the part I like the best and it's the only part I'm gonna share)

Nickname: somebody once called me a 'liberal fascist' behind my back for having a Bernie sticker... does that count?

Gender: ??? I compartmentalized my personality & each compartment kinda identifies differently so... it depends on who ur talking to, if that makes any sense. All pronouns are acceptable. Most people say female.

Star Sign: Libra

Sexual Orientation: Ace/Bi or Ace/Lesbian if that compulsive het stuff is true of me idk

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw w/ a strong secondary Slytherin

Favorite Colors: teal/turquoise, blues, greens, the blue end of the violet spectrum, plum/wine, slate

Favorite Animals: Otters & Corvids bc they're smart as heck & really fun. Rabbits bc I have one & she's great.

Average hours of sleep: probably 7. 8-9 is preferable but 5-6 happens too much. Can do 4 or 12 with the right circumstances

Cat or dog person: Cat. Dogs are okay is small doses.

Favorite Fictional Characters: oh boy... Riddler/Ed Nygma, Emmerson Cod, Fingolfin, Combeferre, Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson, Bucky Barnes, James Wesley, Chirrut Imwe, Phryne Fisher, Beorn, Treebeard, Montgomery Scott, Temeraire, F'nor, Florean Fortescue, Queenie Goldstein, Zoe Washburn, Mary Watson, Peggy Carter, and whole bunch more

Number Of Blankets I Sleep With: ha. 1-2 in summer, 3-5 in winter, both + sheets

Favorite Band/Singer: FAUN, Blind Guardian, Barrule, Metal Force, Iron Savior

Dream Trip: Historical tour of Northern Europe + Iceland (i.e. following Viking history)

Dream Job: Viking Archaeologist OR Forensic Toxicologist OR Author... depending on what I enjoy more in college. Particle Physicist scores 4th

When Was This Blog Created: Beginning of my freshman year (well actually no, this is my second blog from the end of my freshman year, so yeah...), about 4 years ago

Current Number Of Followers: 218 as of this afternoon

When Did Your Blog Reach Its Peak: I'm a multifandom blog I don't think those get one peak. Basically it goes up every time I join a new fandom, esp. if I liveblog a show

What Made You Decide To Make A Tumblr: I got my first personal device from my school (bc i'm surrounded by rich people) & spent hours on youtube watching cosplay tutorials & my favorite cosplayer talked about tumblr a lot so I checked hers out. It was very neat & organized & I thought it would be cool to do one and kind of... tripped and fell off the cliff into the madness that is this website.

I won't be tagging anyone, sorry. Feel free to do it if you like, though!

[oldcolorful-cosplay]

Choker and red dress: Forever 21; The choker had to be modified to cut off the silver tips from the string; then the knot was retied into a Chinese knot (https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/culture/knot.htm), which is what the knot appears to be in the original costume (consistent with the use of Chinese cultural elements in Firefly as vestiges of “Earth-that-was”);

The dress was a shiny plastic-coated fabric that was close to the color of Zoe’s favorite red vest. I still intend to cut it and add buckles to look more authentic.

This costume was too hot to wear for the intended comic-con, but I do plan to finish it for a fall/winter con.

[fluffymallo-blog]

For my Birthday, All I wanted was to get together with my friends and work on completing our cosplay projects for wizard world Philadelphia 2017. They did not disapoint.

[doctortdesigns]

Simplicity’s Fall line has been announced.  If you are a vintage pattern lover or a cosplayer, this release is fantastic.  So many great additions!  If, however, you are a bit more interested in modern designs and trends, then the options feel a bit reduced from the normal fall line.  There are still some nice coat options though, which will be great for fall.  Since this is such a genre heavy release, I’ll break it down by category.

Modern styles:

8451 – Mimi G. Style.  The curved darts are a nice fitting detail on this sheath dress, and the coat has some great classic details.

8466 – Mimi G. Style.  Not as in love with the skirt in this pattern, but the top has an interesting flare, and continues this year’s sleeve trend into the fall season.

8453 – Top with asymmetric hem and shoulder details.  There are some interesting options here, so this seems like a great pick for those who do well in a looser silhouette.

8454 – The ruffles return in this pattern.  Their size is much reduced from the dramatically large styles this past summer.

8455 – Another tunic that has lots of interesting sleeve variations.

8457 – Amazing Fit pants.  Nice classic style, with a wide range of size options.

8459 – I really like this mock-wrap skirt.  The addition of hardware makes it a bit more interesting than a lot of other wrap skirt patterns.

8465 – I wasn’t loving the proportions of the top when I first saw this pattern, but it does actually look like a pretty cozy style to use for layering.

8474 – Pattern Hacking skirt.  Simplicity’s Pattern Hacking line comes with basic pieces but teaches you how to modify the patterns.  Not something I’m interested in, but an interesting concept for sure.

8473 – Pattern Hacking cape.

8467 – Threads coat.  Looks like it would have fairly simple lines to sew.

8468 – I really like a lot of the style lines, but I’m not won over by the boxy silhouette.

8469 – Ah, the sleeve trend makes it into the coat selection!

8470 – Probably my favorite coat of the three – I love all the pocket details and hood option!

8471 – Ashley Nell Tipton.  I am so excited that Simplicity is producing a line in the larger size ranges!  This is a classic dress that would look great on a lot of body types.

8472 – Ashley Nell Tipton.  Love this jacket!  I want to make it for my mom, who has problems finding nice jackets that fit properly.  Love all the details, and the soft collar drape.

8475 – Typical man’s shirt/jacket.  The hood is a cool option, but otherwise it seems very similar to a lot of other men’s patterns.

Vintage Releases:

5227 – 1960s Vintage accessories. I always appreciate when a vintage accessory release comes out – it really helps pull a vintage look together.

8452 – 1950s Vintage top.  This shirt actually feels very modern.  Love the way it looks paired with a classic pencil skirt.

8456 – 1950s Vintage petticoat.  Again, it’s great when the vintage accessories are available, as proper undergarments are critical to achieving a real period look.

8458 – 1950s Vintage skirt.  Love the option with the buttons on the front – super cute!

8460 – 1950s Vintage dress and jacket.  It looks so classy and elegant.

8461 – 1940s Vintage.  The great thing about this pattern is it comes in an expanded plus size range!  The jacket also has some really lovely seaming detail.

8462 – 1940s Vintage.  Love this look.  Together it looks very 1940s, but I’s love to pair that top with jeans, or the jacket with a contrasting sheath dress to make the pieces more versatile.

8463 – 1940s Vintage.  Very classic 1940s style with the peplum design.

8464 – 1950s Vintage.  The boxy jacket isn’t my favorite 50s look, but it is very iconic of the era.

Cosplay:

8476 – Super Mario Princess Peach costume.  Super cute!

8477 – The kids version.

8478 – Super Mario adult costumes.  I sort of wish the girl was rocking the mustache.  Just because it would be hilarious.

8479 – Princess Elena children’s costume.  This is the point at which I admit I’m old and haven’t seen the source material, but I do know she is a really popular princess with the younger crowd.

8480 – Generic star lady costume.  Love how it was styled for Jyn Erso (Star Wars) and as Zoe Washburne (Firefly).  Definitely a lot of options and versatility here.

8481 – The superhero/vintage mashup is quite a popular trend among the con-going crowd; I expect this will be a popular pattern.

8482 – Can’t go wrong with a sexy full length coat.

8483 – This is a great kids pattern – lots of versatility with some pretty basic pattern pieces.

8486 – Love this Vintage Snow White costume!  Super cite.

8487 – Kids Snow White costume.

8489 – Adult Snow White costume.  Gotta love the classics.

8490 – Kids Cinderella.

8491 – Adult Cinderella.

Toys and Crafts:

8484 – America Girl doll clothes.  The little jacket is really cute!

8485 – Pillow cubes?  Are these a thing?

And that’s it!  On the whole I have found a lot of things I like, but not a ton of stuff that needs to join the stash.  The cosplay patterns are great, and the vintage looks are really nice this time around but I’m less excited by the more modern releases.  The most exciting patterns are the coats, with strong looks coming from Mimi G., Ashley Nell Tipton, and the regular Simplicity line.  What do you all think?  Is Simplicity’s continuation of the ruffle trend more predictive of fall fashions than Vogue’s streamlined approach?  Are the ever-boxier 80s inspired silhouettes going to gain traction?  Is there anything here that makes you want to sew for fall?  Feel free to discuss in the comments!

Simplicity Patterns Fall 2017 #sewing #Simplicity #patterns Simplicity's Fall line has been announced.  If you are a vintage pattern lover or a cosplayer, this release is 

[asemgirlpower]

Does a girl gamer even exist? Can girls even be geeks? Short answer: Hell Yeah

Comic book stores. Chemistry labs. Deep in the guts of computer programming code. Safe to assume that these are the domains of geeky, nerdy boys – the type who failed gym class but comes back their 20th reunion swimming in the cash from their tech startup.

The word geek comes from the Dutch word gek, meaning ‘mad or silly’ and the Germanic origin geck meaning ‘fool.’ Today’s dictionary defines geek as “ a peculiar person, especially one who is perceived to be overly intellectual, unfashionable, or socially awkward.”

What does it even mean to be a real geek? If you had asked the eighteen-year-old me, NEVER would I have admitted I was a geek. To me, back then, a geek was a social outcast with no hope of getting laid, and dying alone without any friends. Well shit, I can tell you right now, I was very wrong. To me, being a geek means being perpetually passionate about science fiction, high fantasy action, comic books, technology, science, etc. I get the same rush towards scientists and astronauts that some do towards movie stars and rock stars. Today, I am proud to consider myself a geek. I spend countless hours reading textbooks, researching my own scientific projects, and loving any science fiction I can get my hands on.

Sadly, society is still along track with eighteen-year-old me. The geek culture is still perceived as the holy ground for white men. The exclusion of women of a key factor to what gives some geeks their credibility. These men have been hiding behind screens, talking shit through headsets, and never could a woman ever do something like that. No no, in the geek culture, women are only to be seen as “damsels in distress” there to be saved by our knight in shining armor. Chris Kulwe, a lifetime gamer and part time NFL player, says there is a herd of people who feel that their identity as “gamers” is being taken away, and they are

“desperately protecting the last shreds of ‘core gaming’ in their unironically horrible Liveblog journals filled with patently obvious white privilege and poorly disguised misogyny”

The men in this culture have threatened women’s lives, have exposed their entire lives on the internet, and for what? Because they think that allowing these girls in their “all boys club” will take away from the exclusivity? I think it’s because their selfish, and their lack of basic human nature to treat all people with respect and kindness you expect in return. They will do whatever it takes to maintain the sliver of hegemonic masculinity they still have left within their culture.

Women and girls are taught since birth that we will be judged no matter what; about everything we do, say, wear, or see. Those lessons may not have been taught in so many words, but they still exists all the same. This behavior tends to be even worse among women in stereotypically male-dominated cultures, like geeks. We build up our cred by constantly putting others down, proclaim we aren’t “like the other girls” (as though that’s an accomplishment) and argue what makes us “real” gamers and geeks instead of the dreaded “fake geek girl.” Unfortunately, there’s no amount of measurable credibility, no ratio of clothing to skin we must maintain to unlock the Geek Girl Achievement.

So to those who say the death of the “gamer” is among us, I say “LET US IN!!!”

The (mostly) straight, white, male people police geek culture using concepts like “geek cred” (having an impossibly detailed knowledge of a fandom’s minutia), claims that girls are thin-skinned princesses who can’t handle the culture, and implications that female nerds are either only tagging along with their boyfriends or trying to sleep their way to success. What’s ironic about all this is that while television, film, video games, the comic books industry continues to mostly cater to presumed male audiences—across media, female creators and storylines with women at their center are the exception to the rule—women make up at least half of people who spend money on geeky media and events. “What made me want to get into comics was how stupid the women were and how much I wanted to fix it,” said Barbara Randall Kesel, a writer and editor who has worked with DC and Marvel Comics.

Kesel is an example of the exception. She saw something wrong with the culture, and she wanted to do something about it. Similar to Oni Hartstein, a webcomic creator, a fan conventional founder and operator, and a haunted house aficionado. Her five-year-old Intervention: The Premier Showcase of Online Creativity is a convention’s convention and an incubator for DIY, indie, and technology artists. She also founded (Re)Generation Who: The Doctor Who Convention for Every Generation. She says being a geek means you are not necessarily in what people call the mainstream 

“You’re more on the outside, but then you find other people like yourself. You find people who understand your wavelength, understand your love for books, your love for haunted houses and immersive theater, your love for stuff that requires a little more thought”

What a role model! Someone who isn’t afraid to be herself, someone who has broken through various glass ceilings. As an exception to the “all boys club” of the geek world, I think we all deserve more people to look up to. Now, I’m not talking about the scantly clothed heroines that fill the pages of the comic books created by men, for me. I want real people, real nerds to look up to. Leah Jane agrees, when saying:

Wouldn’t a more compelling, interesting, and challenging comparison for celebrating an alternative to mainstream role models for girls have been real-life women who are involved in geek culture? How about Lauren Faust, creator of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic? Or Lindsay Ellis, the Nostalgia Chick? Rebecca Watson, from Skepchick? Jane Goodall, the world-famous Primatologist? Dr. Alice Roberts, from Digging for Britain? Lisa Randall, the Harvard Physicist? Kate Beaton, the brilliant comic artist? Or Mayim Bialik, the actress turned neuroscientist turned actress?

So I don’t think we should be admirable of the comic book action heroines, with the physically impossible contortions of the female body. I think the girls aspiring to be accepted into the geek culture should repress the stereotypes that men force on us, whether it through the imaginary Aeryn Sun from Farscape, Zoe Alleyne Washburne from Firefly, or Susan Ivanova from Babylon 5, Jadzia Dax from Star Trek: Deep Space 9, or Samantha Carter from Stargate, all women are sexualized for pop culture.

Find the real women nerds, let your passion grow. We need to accept each other for who we are, regardless of how we came upon our fandoms or how revealing our cosplays are. None of us have any right to judge the legitimacy of anyone else’s level of geek. Be positive and focus on your goals no matter what. Do what you love as much as is physically possible, that’s what is going to be the engine that powers you throughout whatever may come.

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Dress like Zoe Alleyne Washburne from Firefly - Costume & Cosplay Guide

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