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Here's my small signal, Rin-rin-ring a bell, If you can hear, please nod and answer!~I'm so excited to share my cover of Rin Rin Rin with all of you! I first learned this song years ago, long before I even started as a cover idol. It's so nice to finally preform it again! I hope everyone will enjoy my little signal of joy!💛

#love live #love live dance #dance cover #cosplay idol #idol #rin hoshizora

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ONTARIO AND TORONTO COSPLAY COMUNITY PLEASE READ: 

tw grooming, sexual themes/ fetishes, exploitation, predatory behavior towards minors

I have previously posted about Tom Savage (aka everage studios, Taryn savage fox, savagebradito) before but here is the full run down of what’s been happening. I know the local cosplay community on tumblr is very small but I want to get this warning out on as many platforms as I can. the purpose of this post is to warn and inform, not to encourage harassment of any kind. Please do not harass him. 

at this time we do not know who or how many cosplayers had their photos sold, and we may never get a full list of the victims. To be perfectly clear this is not an issue of unclear copyright laws, it is a moral issue of going behind someone's back to profit off of them. This is also not a case of kink shaming, but the issue of pressuring people (including minors) into participating in your fetishes. Please be careful of who you shoot with, and if you see Tom do not interact. 

captions of the slides are under the cut.  

Tom Savage AKA @Everage / everage studios is a cosplay “photographer” in the greater Toronto area. He frequents pretty much all local cons offering free shoots. He is an extremely manipulative person who uses the offer of free photoshoots to prey on members of the cosplay community, especially young fem presenting cosplayers. He will push cosplayers into poses that involve his fetishes, most famously asking cosplayers to remove their shoes. Not only does he pressure people, including minors, into posing for these photos, It has come to light that he has been selling the photos he takes of cosplayers without their consent. This post will contain information on both his unacceptable behavior toward the people he shoots with and those sales. It will include some screenshots of stories and interactions and well as evidence of him selling photos from buyers. For everyone’s protection they will remain anonymous in this post.

The selling of photos was done mainly through his deviant art, where he would post journals encouraging people to request sets. As most of this was done through his dms we have no way of knowing how far this spreads or knowing exactly how many peoples photos were sold behind their backs. We know for a fact he was selling shoots because a number of buyers reached out to the models involved, and more have come forward since an initial warning post went out. Some of his sales were worded as people donating towards things, such as a new camera or the cost of the studio. While it’s understandable that he may want to use the photography to pay for these things the issue remains: He did not have the vast majority of the models permission to use them and images of their bodies as a means of gaining donations. Tom has also claimed that he needed the money to make rent/ pay bills. However the 20 tattoos he got within 2019-2021 paint a very different story. Not only did Tom sell these photos without our permission but he lied when asked about it. Only coming clean when he was directly confronted with what he did. A majority of the sets we have confirmed were sold contained subject matter surrounding fetishes and often the models were in more revealing outfits or lingerie. These models were not consulted or aware their photos would be sold. At this time he has not offered a real apology nor has he reached out to the models whose photos he sold. We have also found evidence on his deviant art that he was taking commissions from people on how to pose the models attending these events, with the express intention of selling said photos. While some models were informed on some of the poses being suggested from the D.A. audience, the vast majority of us were not informed that these photos would be up for sale. We also have reason to believe he sold photos off Deviantart on other websites, most likely including fetish sites.   On top of selling photos without permission Tom has also posted some photos to his page after being told specifically said photos were private. He also posted sets from a number of models without informing them that he would be sharing the photos at all. He has doxxed people by listing the photos with the models real names on his posts. He has listed models by stage names and dead names on a number of photos as well. He does not show enough regard for the models safety to even bother listening when those shooting with him have asked him not to use certain names for them, even when he’s been repeatedly given an alternative name to use. 

Tom is a manipulative, narcissistic person who has pressured, lied to, and groomed a number of people in the local cosplay community. He uses the offer of free photography to lure people in, and many cosplayers with no means of affording better stay around him because of that. He uses excessive compliments followed by statements like “sorry  I’m being weird” to guilt people into telling him his behavior is okay, and thus allowing him to push boundaries further. He is practically famous for asking cosplayers to remove their shoes for photos, and does not take being told no well. Not only will he continue to ask even within the same shoot, but he’ll push for “compromises”, or if someone gives an excuse rather than a flat no he will find a way to remove the reason they can’t indulge him. For example pushing a cosplayer to cut open her tights just to get a photo of her feet when he’d already been told no. When cosplayers do not give in to his requests he acts like a petulant child. 

Tom uses his claim of being asexual as a means of manipulating people into feeling comfortable doing these shoots. Regardless of if he is genuinely Asexual or not his behavior is inappropriate and it is not acceptable for him to push his fetishes onto others. It gives the Ace community a bad name to have a predator using His asexuality as a shield for their behavior.

While he is most famous for his foot fetish shots he also pushes for models shooting with him to pose in ways that show their underarms, take photos wearing handcuffs or other forms of bondage, and to remove aspects of their cosplays to make them more revealing.( ie Asking 2B cosplayers to remove the skirt or asking cosplayers to let him shoot up skirt shots to get photos of their ass.) Also pressures cosplayers to shoot outfits and cosplays that fit his personal interests and aesthetics. Often pushing for people to cosplay female characters in more revealing outfits or outfits that show shoulders or lack in footwear. 

On it’s own these facts are upsetting enough as cosplayers should not have to deal with being pushed like that by anyone, especially not a photographer. The truly awful part of these stories is how young some of the cosplayers involved were. Many of these stories come from teenagers or happened to people who are now adults while they were still minors. There is no reason a 40+ year old man should be asking a minor to remove their shoes for a photo, and there is no excuse for this behavior.

#cosplay #cosplayer #toronto #toronto cosplay #cosplay community #cosplay photography #photographer #cosplay photographer #grooming #exploitation #ontario cosplay #canadian cosplay #canada cosplay #warning

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TORONTO COSPLAYERS PLEASE READ THIS

Image caption: "I'm going to make a real proper break down when I find the energy and words for it. But as someone who has recommended him in the past I was to say this at least asap. (bolded) Do Not Shoot With Tom Savage / @ everage! the short version is he was selling some photos of some of the people he was shooting without their permission, then lied to cover it up. He also posted photos that were supposed to be private between himself and the model. he's currently in damage control mode taking everything down but I think anyone who shot with him has the right to know that their photos might have been sold behind their backs as well" 

#TORONTO COSPLAY #cosplay #canadian cosplay #canadian cosplayers #toronto #cosplay toronto #cosplay canada #gta cosplay #cosplay photography #toronto photography

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my group released our second group dance cover; Start:Dash! we’re still just starting off so it would mean a lot if y’all would check it out!

#love live #love live school idol project #love live school idol festival #love live rin #cosplay #cosplayer #love live cosplay #dance #love live dance #start:dash #social distance

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♡♡ My Hanayo solo cover of Snow Halation, I’m sure about a million of these will drop this month but I’m still proud of mine ♡♡

#love live #hanayo koizumi #love live cosplay #snow halation #idol #cosplay idol #cosplay #dance #dance cover #anime girl #koizumi hanayo #anime dance #love live school idol festival #love live school idol project #school idol

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♡♡ Roxy is adorable and my favorite alpha kid ♡♡

#homestuck #homestuck cosplay #roxy lalonde

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♡♡ I still think project D.va is a good pun  ♡♡

#project diva #hatsune miku #d.va #d.va overwatch #d.va cosplay #miku cosplay #vocaloids #crossover #edit #this is stupid

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♡♡My friend Crystal’s Performance of Sakana Ka Nanda Ka? give her some love! ♡♡

#love live #solo #love live solo #love live sunshine #aqours #aqours solo songs #kanan matsuura #matsuura kanan #kanan matsuura cosplay #kanan cosplay #cosplay #cosplay idol #idol dance #idol group

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♡♡ Unrestrained Douji sister summer fun! ♡♡ 

♡♡ shout out to Lummberry for being my Shuten and partner in crime at Yeticon last year! ♡♡

#yeticon #fgo #fgo oni sisters #fgo ibaraki #fgo shuten #shuten douji #ibaraki douji #cosplay #summer cosplay #ibaraki douji cosplay #shuten douji cosplay #fgo douji sisters #fate #fate grand order #fate grand order cosplay #unrestrained summer fun

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♡♡ooc fashion shoot! Kogal Gyaru style is so cute and cool, I love it so much♡♡ 

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#fashion #fashion shoot #edit #gyaru #kogal #tryna look cute lol

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♡♡ Gotta love crossover cosplay! Blend S Astolfo was so much fun ..until I almost froze to death getting home from the con!! ♡♡

♡♡📷♡♡

#fgo #fgo astolfo #astolfo #astolfo cosplay #blend s #blend s cosplay #crossover #cute boy #cosplay #winter #anime shogatsu #toronto cosplay #fate #fate apocrypha #fate grand order #fgo cosplay #cross over cosplay

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♡♡ “Yohane shokan!” ♡♡

♡♡ I call these sets “Swords Yohane”, and I used the sword cause I strongly believe a chuni like Yoshiko would definitely have some ♡♡

#love live #cosplay #yohane #yoshikotsushima #yoshiko tsushima #tsushima yoshiko #tsushima yoshiko cosplay #yoshiko tsushima cosplay #yohane cosplay #love live yohane #love live yoshiko #love live sunshine #cosplay edit #aqours #edit #chunibyo

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♡♡ Throw back to the genderbent dmmd duo I did with Jaded_bear years ago now. this was so fun, I can’t wait to reshoot it once we can all be outside together again ♡♡

#dmmd #dramatical murder #dmmd cosplay #dmmd aoba #Aoba Seragaki #noiz #dmmd noiz #genderbent #edit #cosplay edit #aoba x noiz #noiz x aoba #is anyone even in this fandom anymore? #i doubt it

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I miss my Praxina cosplay, I really want to do more of her beyond just good Prax

#oop it's me #praxina #cosplay

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♡♡ Hope and Despair ♡♡

♡♡ This was my first costest of these characters and I do have Naegi’s whole outfit now and my makeup for Junko has evolved some too ♡♡

#danganronpa #danganronpa cosplay #danganronpa trigger happy havoc #makoto naegi #junko enoshima #makoto naegi cosplay #junko enoshima cosplay #costest #junko cosplay #cosplay

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♡♡ the 3 stages of fgo gacha hell; having the quarts to summon, hitting the pool with your hopes high, and crushing defeat as you receive the same few 3* and shitty craft essences as always. What servant are you hopelessly pulling for? (mine is Waver) ♡♡ 

#the real servant is me #fgo #fate grand order #fgo hell #gacha hell #gacha games #fgo cosplay #gudako #gudako cosplay #maid cosplay #cosplay #fate series #fate cosplay #fate grand order master #fate grand order cosplay #yes i tag like this is instagram #fgo gudako

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♡♡ “ofu~ Teruhashi-san” ♡♡ ♡♡ Saiki K is one of my all time favorite animes, Teruhashi is just the beginning of all the cosplans I have for this show! I can’t wait for quarantine to end so I can get a group cosplay going with all the friends I’ve dragged into this hell with me ♡♡

#saiki kusuo no psi nan #saiki kusuo no ψ nan #the disasterous life of saiki k #the disaster of psi kusuo saiki #teruhashi kokomi #kokomi teruhashi #saiki k #saiki k cosplay #saiki kusuo no psi nan cosplay #teruhashi #teruhasi cosplay #cosplay