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artemislosthunter · 5 months

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How many cosplays do you own and how long have you been cosplaying because I feel like I see you talking about a bunch of different characters all the time like bro how do you have so many

SDHSKJDHK I can imagine that ngl-

okay so I started cosplaying for the first time in 2016 (technically in 2015 when I went as the evil version of Willow Rosenberg from the TV show 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' for Halloween but I do not have any pictures of that anymore so we'll pretend it doesn't exist) put it on halt in 2020 and 2021, for very obvious reasons, picked it briefly up again in 2022 (only twice tho, once for a con and once for a photoshooting with my friends mom who is a hobby photographer) and have been fully getting back into it since 2023! so 7 years; 5 if you subtract the 2 years that it was put on halt

Now, for the cosplays I need to quickly highlight that I do both "complicated" (accurate) cosplays (I buy them for now as I have no sewing machine yet), as well as closet cosplays; the latter is where you throw together stuff from your own wardrobe and basically just slap on the wig and call it a day (it works really well, is very comfortable and a whole lot cheaper bcs well,,, you just need the wig!)

Now for the cosplays that I currently own and actively wear: Dr Mobius (HI3; closet cosplay), Dr Su (HI3; closet cosplay), Second Key Su (mix between closet cosplay and,,, smth else bcs I handsew this weird grey cloak thing he has?), Mobius in her behated maid dress, Golden Courtyard anime Fu Hua (HI3; closet cosplay), Kafka (HSR), Jingliu (HSR), I have almost completed Einstein (HI3; technically also mostly a closet cosplay) and I do already have the wig for (HI3) Seele and I'll order her outfit next year

so 8 in total! (not counting Seele yet, tho I should look for stuff in my closet in the meantime-)

I also still have my old cosplays but I'll probably never wear them again (Lantern Rite Ningguang (GI) and Castiel (SPN), Lucy (Elfenlied))

if you wonder how: aside from closet cosplays, I do save up money and pay for it myself (I do not spend a lot of money in my day to day life) or wish for it on my birthday or for christmas (Su's wig was christmas, Kafka and Mobius dress were bday presents) (also I got 200 euros from the state for being a student during covid times in germany, that's how I got Jingliu for example) and buying during sales helps a lot

#radioactive-juice #also holy fuck that made me re-realize how many cosplays I have-#asks with lexy #I also have a few that still need to be improved (Margo Hanson my beloved from TM)

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assaries · 2 years

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WHY did they have to revive the 2021 bday event right after the 2020 revival and right before this year's bday event

They really brought back my all time fave Luci card while I'm saving up for the 2022 event 😭 the new card better be AMAZING or I'm deleting

#obey me #om #omswd

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sophielovesbooks · 3 years

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Mid Year Book Freakout Tag!

I’m a bit late to this party… but I wrote this a few days ago when I wasn’t feeling 100% after getting my second Covid vaccine and took the entire day off. So I finally had the time to write this :)

Let me pull up my Goodreads real quick and have a look at the 33 books I have so far this year.

1. The Best Book of the Year So Far

Hmm, let’s see. I feel like it’s fair to give two answers to this one, because on the one hand, there is the book that qualifies as “the best” from a literary perspective (at least in my opinion) and that would be CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS by Sally Rooney. Definitely had its own style and felt… infused with a deeper meaning, at least to me. It was also very compelling. Personally, I couldn’t stop reading it. And I feel like it had a lot to say about modern-day relationships (romantic, platonic… all kinds really).

Then, there is the book that I personally enjoyed this most, and that was probably THE GIRLS ARE ALL SO NICE HERE by Laurie Elisabeth Flynn. It kind of felt like your standard thriller, but also not. While it was super suspenseful and fun to read, I also genuinely cared about the characters and loved the portrayal of toxic teen girls’ friendships and generally teenage cruelty in the context of wanting to be cool/to fit in. It made me reflect on a lot of things, so to me, it’s definitely more than a thriller that you forget right after reading it. And it also definitely qualifies as dark academia, and discovering a new DA book I love is always great! <3

2. Best Sequel of the Year So Far

Wow, I am NOT big on sequels. I have only read one this year, which is just further proof that I’m not very into book series and much prefer standalones. The only sequel I have read this year was also a very good one, though: MISTER IMPOSSIBLE by Maggie Stiefvater. Much anticipated by me and thankfully, I had a great time with it. :)

3. A New Release You Haven’t Read Yet But Want To

I’m going to go with MALIBU RISING by Taylor Jenkins Read! I was gifted this book by my boyfriend’s grandma for my birthday on June 29 (so sweet!) and I think I will read it next. I am very excited for this one!

4. Most Anticipated Release for Autumn/Winter

Two books I am VERY excited for are A LESSON IN VENGEANCE by Victoria Lee and IN MY DREAMS I HOLD A KNIFE by Ashley Winstead. I’m not even really sure why. I don’t know that much about either of them yet. But they just call to me, just like The Girls Are All So Nice Here did. And that one didn’t disappoint, so hopefully these two won’t either.

5. Your Biggest Disappointment of the Year So Far

Maybe THE GUEST LIST by Lucy Foley? I mean, it wasn’t awful. But I remember that I wasn’t impressed and had been expecting more somehow. Objectively the worst book I read this year would have to be THE SHARP EDGE OF A SNOWFLAKE by Sif Sigmarsdóttir, lol. But that one doesn’t count as the biggest disappointment, because I didn’t go in expecting that much. It was just an ebook that I bought for a low price at one point.

6. Your Biggest Surprise of the Year So Far

Definitely THE GIRLS I’VE BEEN by Tess Sharpe. I did not expect a YA thriller to be as intense and emotional and fun and just plain well-written as it was! Biggest positive surprise of the year so far, I think. :) I felt similarly surprised by A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER by Holly Jackson. Another YA thriller (or mystery, I guess?) that was so much better than I had expected!

7. New Favourite Author

I’m going to have to say THE MOTHER by Tess Stimson. I was expecting it to be a semi-fun thriller without much depth to it, just easy entertainment, I suppose. I was extremely surprised by the emotional depth I encountered. The death at the heart of this story is that of an infant, but I was expecting the book to sort of gloss over how tragic that actually is. Instead, it leaned into the grief so much, I found myself absolutely shook? The book almost moved me to tears several times. The mystery was so intense, I kept guessing and guessing. At one point quite early on, I had the solution, but the author masterfully misdirected me from that again, so that the twist at the end came as the biggest shock! Yeah, I loved this so much more than I had ever expected! Well done, Tess Stimson!

8. Your Newest Favourite Character

I haven’t absolutely fallen in love with any new characters this year, but three that stand out to me (in the order I encountered them this year) are:

1) Pippa Fitz-Amobi from A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER by Holly Jackson

2) Katrina Hawkins from THE STARLESS SEA by Erin Morgenstern

3) Nora O’Malley from THE GIRLS I’VE BEEN by Tess Sharpe

9. Your Newest Fictional Crush

Umm… absolutely nothing comes to mind lmfao. Fictional crushes have become so rare for me!

10. A Book that Has Made You Cry

THE MOTHER almost made me cry, I think. Not sure if there were actual tears. CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS and NORMAL PEOPLE both (almost) moved me to tears several times. But I didn’t have any break-downs over books this year. At least not yet.

EDIT: Omg, omg, omg, I forgot A LITTLE LIFE! How the f did I forget about A LITTLE LIFE?! I broke down over this book several times. It was awful. Never before has a book made me suffer so much. I mean that. I didn’t just cry, the book also made me feel physically ill several times. Very well written, yes, but not one I can recommend in good conscience. This is not one of those instances of “You’ll cry, but you’ll love crying”, at least not for me. This is something I perhaps should have not put myself through. Because the experience overall was painful, first and foremost. Stay safe, kids. This one is… a lot.

11. A Book That Has Made You Happy

This is so sad to say, but none of the books I read this year gave me that warm, glowy feeling of pure comfort and happiness you get from books sometimes? Some passages of THE STARLESS SEA came the closest, I would say.

12. The Most Beautiful Book of the Year So Far

Again, I need to mention THE STARLESS SEA with the beautiful prose and imagery! <3 Also A LITTLE LIFE maybe? Beautifully written at times. Absolutely heart- and gut-wrenching at others.

13. Some Books You Need to Read Before 2021 Ends

Hahaha… so many. But I’ll pick out a few that I will likely finish until the year is over: MALIBU RISING, AN OCEAN OF MINUTES by Thea Lim (birthday present by a close friend! <3), THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS by Micah Nemerever (birthday present my dad gave me! <3) and THEY NEVER LEARN by Layne Fargo (bday present my godmother gave me! <3). You see, I am much more committed to reading books that were given to me rather than books I bought myself. So these have good chances of being finished in 2021. :)

14. Tag Two of Your Favourite Community Members

@books-and-cookies Have you answered these questions yet? And @augustinianseptember? Would REALLY love to read both of your answers! <3<3

#mid year freak out #mid year book freak out tag #reading #books #booklr #conversations with friends #the girls are all so nice here #mister impossible #malibu rising #the mother #a good girl's guide to murder #the starless sea #the girls i've been #a little life #and many others...

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anna-hawk · 2 years

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2021 FIC YEAR IN REVIEW

Tagged by @lucy-sky and @darlingshane 🧡🧡

number of completed works: 21

Total word count: 93160

Fandoms written in: Detroit Become Human - Daredevil - The Punisher - The Walking Dead - Small Engine Repair - Stranger Things

did you write more, less, or about what you’d expected? Definitely less than I wanted to.

what’s your own favorite story of the year? Cyberfingers because I was able to really get into the ship and get a better feel for it. It was very self indulgent to write.

did you take any writing risks this year? Yes. I started posting a WIP when I was always scared to do so. Unfortunately, it did end where I was afraid it would...

I also wrote for 2 new ships that are very different from each other and from what I've written until now. I think I was more successful there 😅

Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the new year? Writing more for DBH and exploring several AUs as well as trying my hand at poly.

Most popular story of the year? Why are you smelling me, Hargrove? I was honestly so pleasantly surprised by the incredibly warm welcome of my first fic for ST. The fandom was really sweet. I saw that one gorgeous fanart and got this idea and people seemed to enjoy it. What more to ask for?

Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion: 3.AM. Idk... it was the first, longer Frank fic I've written in a while and despite it being very angsty I also loved going back to that Reader verse. But it didn't land as well as I'd hoped? 🤷🏼‍♀️

Most fun story to write: Oh definitely Happy Birthday, Sweetheart. I can't remember the last time I wrote so fast to get a fic out while having so much fun. I had a specific date to get it done since it was a bday gift, but no one but me knew and I just poured everything I love and knew Amaya would love into it. So there wasn't any pressure at all despite it being for someone in particular.

Biggest disappointment: That I wasn't able to continue The Teacher and the Deputy like I'd hoped.

Biggest surprise: The notes and kudos I got for Invisible to the naked eye because it's short and crack-y but it's nearly my best loved DBH fic 😅

Tagging : @jessarioferebor @coffeeboy900 @justhereforfancontent @chelseasdagger @kteague and really anyone who writes here or on AO3.

#writing #well this was fun

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