#misfits and magic cosplay

[dragoninahumancostume]

I want to see art of Tumblr as a physical space. It's a building. The popular blogs are sitting on their thrones. The hall of fame is the reception of it because departamental building. You know when you got to a building and there are sofas on one side the receptionist in front fo the door? Imagine he sofa side is incredibly big but it's actually a library, because everyone here seems to love libraries, and each book is a famous post, but they're all disorganized entirely so they randomly appear on a table of the library and someone grabs it and says "hey look at this!" and then continue to share it; sometimes they don't share it and instead put it back in the shelf but soon it appears on a table again. Each apartment is a person and each room in them is a blog they have, and if you only have one blog? Worry not! Slider curtains or magical walls, so it's technically one room but it's made perfectly to fit you. The apartment has all accommodations needed for the person (wheel chair, painkillers, pads, tampons, you name it and it's there.) and you can have your pronouns and your name written on the door and next to it a list of the things you love the most and want to talk about with people. There are pride flags inside and outside if you want to have them. Your wardrobe is whatever you want to wear for the day; Cozy pajama? Sure! Wizard robe! There you go! Victorian outfit? Lovely! Beetlejuice cosplay? Neat!

The dash is the halls. We wander around the building whenever we leave the room. When you post something, you're just saying out loud your thoughts, and if you get notes, that's just people wandering near your apartment who happen to have heard you. Likes are people literally leaving heart shaped stickers —with the paper still on— under your door with a little note saying "I heard you saying this and I liked it". Reblogs are people hearing you, then going back to their rooms and saying "Hey I heard this and I want all of you to hear it too! Also, I may have something to add to it!". Your neighbors are your mutuals, because they can hear you more easily.

In the main hall there are, like, papers hanging on one VERY big wall. The wall has written at the very top of it "POLLS" in big font. The wall is divided in "FINISHED" and "AVAILABLE". The papers on the available side come with a pen so you can vote, but no one sees you while doing so and no one will know what you said except for you.

The asks are people sending you letters under your door. Your door is uh magical so you can say if people have to sign it or if it's okay to put it anonymous. You then proceed to read the letter out loud for everyone who passes by to hear and you answer.

The drafts is you having a thought but instead of saying it out loud you write it down, and put it on a shelf with the other drafts. Every apartment has a shelf, as high or as low as the person wants it, the color and the shape and everything is to appeal the owner of the apartment.

And uh.. I think that's it for now I can't think for much else except uh

@hellsite-detective has two types of asks. The simples ones like "Hey can you find this?" "I love what you do!" are the usual letters, the other type is the people who prefer to go ask for help themselves. They knock on the door and present the evidence for the case, trusting our dear detective.

There's so many people in here... Tumblr is pretty much a city with how many buildings there are... People can go on to other buildings and wander around too and participate if they want.

The gimmick blogs have different wardrobes in their rooms. There's the main one where they go as themselves, and there's the other where they can put on costumes and change their names.

There's also a more secluded part of the city... That's where the misfits live. Bigots, transphobes, homophobes... People who we don't want to be around, so they hide in their little corner of the city. Most know better than to interact. Those who are curious put on a custom to not be seen when they wander around, and they try not to engage.

I want to continue talking about this but I don't have any more ideas right now so please continue this if you want! :)

#is this something #how do i even tag this #I want people yo see this tbh #I've been feeling terrible lately and this hellsite (affectionate) is my escape #It literally feels like a physical place and it's so nice #When I feel bad I just come here and distract myself #i love this #hellsite #I'm sorry this is mainly just me rambling and it's 3am and I'm tired but I wanted to share #This is probably poorly written I'm sorry #long post #It was actually 2am when I wrote this but I missclicked and I don't want to write it again #i'm hungry #tumblr

[adversity-twins-simp-blog]

the larpers still being the first boot in symbiosis is sad, but at least we got to see them interact a bit more with the twins

speaking of, what do the others at wawanakwa university think of them?

quick larper doodle included for fun ^^

aaa i know!! sadly the elimination order is the same as canon for the race because all the major interactions the twins have are with teams who make it past them in the game, with the twins still getting cut in finland--albeit for a very different reason that will be revealed later on.

they do end up with the misfits, much to noah's annoyance, but they would definitely become fast friends with people like harold, ella, and b because of their interest in fantasy/cosplay and the potential of harold or leonard running a university d&d campaign for anyone interested in the hobby.

while they'd also be harassed by some of the more 'dominant' personalities like duncan and jo from time to time, as well as some hazing from harold's STEM club friend ellody and his cousin mary with their negative view of the concept of 'magic,' they lay pretty low on the radar given their lack of notoriety in either season leonard was in. if anything, duncan's bullying and sugar's obsession with leonard are the main problems they face socially at Wawanakwa U.

#total drama #total drama au #wawanakwa university au #total drama presents: the ridonculous race #tdrr #total drama pahkitew island #tdpi #td leonard #td tammy

[cosplayinamerica]

Punk Sailor Moon Cosplayer: @figglybuff Photo: @felixwongphotography @jriversxphotography custom car @xtrek_lun Convention : Otakon (Washington DC)

Sailor Moon was my first love ~I guess you could say in anime~ + as the first source of my femininity + empowerment at a young age that stemmed from Asian influence. I grew up watching the American version. Then I rewatched the OG Japanese + fell deeper in love. As a kid born in 93, I appreciate it more as an adult.

In middle/high school days, I was a misfit. I heavily experimented with my looks + fashion choices to express myself. I had more phases than the moon (pun intended) but my emo/punk phase never trickled out of my system completely.

How could I pay homage to one of my favorite childhood fandoms? By marrying the rebellious side of my teen angst years with the soft, feminine magical aesthetic of Usagi/Sailor Moon.

I was watching Sailor Moon Eternal + Sailor Moon Crystal on Netflix. I saw a Facebook post from my friend, Amy Tiller asking for a Sailor Moon replacement in their Punk version group at Otakon ASAP. How crazy the timing was since I was in the middle of watching the anime!

The fact that we rushed it in two days to finalize the entire look was impressive. Amy Tiller treated it as a free commission + we exchanged ideas based on the iterations of Sailor Moon’s looks. I loved the idea of wearing a denim vest with a Punisher crossover since the last con I cosplayed as the Punisher. She crafted + adorned the denim vest, the hair accessories, hand-painted the brooch, + put grommets in the blouse to make a shoelace effect.Her sister, Beth Tiller made the tiara out of cardboard, took a red gem from old jewelry then glued it using gold puff paint, jeweled my mask, + made the beaded mask holder. She reduced the floofy pigtails with bubble braids. She also re-arranged the metal chains intertwining my shirt.

I chose a mix of clothes to fit the punk scene to be recognizable enough. I styled the wig + hot glued heart shaped red gems on the pigtails. To stay on brand, I used the Sailor Moon ColourPop makeup palette. I added anime lines under my eyes for extra flair. I “hardened the look” with gothic touches by introducing black leather garters + thigh highs.

I am thankful that this was a collaborative effort. This entire outfit was put together by the power of love and friendship! 🌙 ✨🖤

The Punk Sailor Moon because of how perfect the situation was under time pressure + how my look was completed through the assistance thanks to new friends. I was overwhelmed with compliments + met cosplayers who rocked Sailor Moon characters.

I was in the spotlight of the anime sports car section. A customized Subaru was decked out in Sailor Moon artwork. I was given a dope sticker of a modern day Usagi posing with the car just as I was in real life. The unique photo opportunity was the most memorable to me.

Otakon was my first Anime con + being Sailor Moon was the cherry on top. Despite the stressors of cosplay crunch, I’ll still look back + be over the moon of the experiences I shared.

During my childhood, I looked forward to playing dress up + planning my Halloween costumes in advance. I chose obscure characters + would happily tell everyone the lore behind the character I was recreating!

I discovered cosplay in 2010. In highschool, I felt alone most of the time so I crafted + created in my spare time to share with others online. My way of escaping reality = planning my self-photoshoots at home. I would post my cosplay photo sets on Tumblr to reveal my love for > insert characters here <

My first cosplay + videogame was Lara Croft: Tombraider. I dressed up as her many times in my youth because I played a lot of the games. She was a strong, badass icon whom I admired. As I started to begin my fitness journey, I subtly dressed up as her. Then gym regulars started to refer to me as, “Tombraider”. I didn’t know this at the time, but this is where my cosplaying journey began.

Cosplay was a constant in my life since I was in diapers. I just didn’t know what it was at the time or that it would become my lifelong mission as an adult. It gave me my sense of self, the strength to see myself in these characters + stories, a supportive community,+ an awakening of my creative power.

#punk sailor moon #punk sailor moon cosplay #sailor moon cosplay #cosplay interview

[areyoumyfather101]

Whitney Jammer Cosplay

Do not repost.

#dimension 20 #dimension 20 cosplay #whitney jammer #misfits and magic cosplay #misfits and magic #dimension 20 misfits and magic #you already know what it is #i had to cosplay one of lou wilsons characters once again #28 days of black cosplay #28 days of black cosplay 2022

[themostbritishamerican]

not me crying over the kitchen getting free will

#THEYVE NEVER BEEN ASKED TO THINK OF SOMETHING THAT WASNT ASKED OF THEM #I LOVE THE KITCHEN SO MUCH #HOW DO YOU COSPLAY A KITCHEN #misfits and magic

[cinnominbubble]

MISMAG TAKE TWO ELECTRIC BOOGALOO! I realized I never posted my MisMag books to Tumblr, which is a shame cause they are some of my FAVOURITE earrings I’ve made. Misfits and Magic was such an important story to me, and from we’ve seen of the holiday special, I have no doubts on how much I’ll love what is to come!

Stay tuned for some MisMag themed cosplays (Lemli, I look directly at you, beloved)

(Also I know Aabria’s on Tumblr, so 👉🏼👈🏼 Hi. If you’re seeing this and would be open to my making you a book/pair of earrings, please let me know. I’d love to make these again!)

#thank queue for playing #fishmam is out of water #aabria iyengar #My Art #Misfits and Magic #Fishy’s Art #Fishmam Art #MisMag #dimension 20 #dimension 20 magical misfits #dimension 20 mismag #dimension 20 misfits and magic #quiddie

[podcastwizard]

only issue with brennan’s character for magic & misfits is that it’s way too easy for generic white dudes to cosplay evan kelmp and i’m gonna fall in love with every single one of them

#dimension 20 #d20 #evan kelmp #i'm love brennan's characters #i already saw a tiktok of a white guy with shoulder length brown hair and a white t shirt doing a cosplay and i was like FUCK #it's TOO EASY

[purplesurveys]

616

What was the last thing you painted? Gabie got me two paint-by-numbers kit and I started on the first one last night – it’s an image of a countryside village with a beach. What is bothering you right now? My dog peed on our rug and I don’t have enough paper towels to clean it up, grrrr. Now I’m relying on my usual urine solution and just a shit ton of hair dryer heat to make it go away. If something has taken the magic out of life for you, what is it? My professor, who recently put the fate of my thesis at stake. Are you an artist? Not at all. Are you who you want to be? For the most part, yes. I know I take small steps to be that person.

Who has been harassing you lately? 1) That’s a heavy word, and 2) given that it’s a loaded term, I don’t think there’s been anybody doing it to me lately. If so I’m definitely going to have to confront them. What's your favorite thing to do on a rainy day? Make myself a cup of hot chocolate or coffee, curl up on the couch, and either take these surveys or watch something on Netflix (mostly Friends, but I can watch other stuff too haha). Do you ever dance in the rain? No, I hate getting caught in the rain and becoming wet. Do you like thunderstorms? Love them. How are you feeling today? A little content now that we get to just stay home after a couple days’ worth of Christmas shenanigans. We just got a Switch, and I can finally resume my new hobbies... life is pretty good right now I’d say, thesis issues put aside. What is your favorite book series? The only ones I took seriously and was a fan of were Septimus Heap and Percy Jackson – a little confusing considering I dislike the genre they’re part of these days hahaha. But yeah I did enjoy reading the books.

I was a fan of Septimus Heap WHILE the author was still publishing each book, so unfortunately I forgot the plot of what happened in the most recent book I read, but kept buying the new ones anyway. What ended up happening was that I bought the 5th, 6th, and 7th (final) book without ever catching up or remembering what happened to the last book I read in full, the 4th one. Do you have a mother you can talk to about anything? I think she thinks she’s that kind of mom, but her track record has shown me that she’s more judgmental and/or conservative than not, so that has kept me from going to her to talk about personal stuff.

Do you have a youtube channel? If so, what is it? It’s my real-life name, and I only use that ~channel to subscribe and like videos. Did your mom teach you how to do make-up and hairstyles, or did you figure it out on your own? Gabie and Sofie taught me how to. Do you watch Liv and Maddie? No, I don’t. Which stereotype do you fit the most? I’m one of those people who can fit anywhere, tbh. I’ve been a loner, I’ve been in the misfits group, the nerd group, the sports fans group, the popular group. I dunno where people would put me in. Do you have any dreams that you have set aside? Other than my dream of going to the moon, which will obviously never happen lmao, no. Have you been through trauma? I always kinda do around Christmas. Do you pig out on sweets when you're stressed? No not sweets. I prefer savory, greasy stuff when I’m stressed out. Are you a morning or night person? Night. Do you ever use your hairbrush as a microphone? No. If you had three daughters, what would you name them? Ok first of all, literally my dream family scenario. Next, I don’t have all three names locked in so take these with a grain of salt – Olivia, Mia, Emilia. Would you rather have all girls or all boys? All girls. What is your favorite unisex name? I recently found out I have a cousin named Elliot, and she’s a girl. I always thought it was meant as a boy’s name, but ever since I saw her and found out she’s super talented and pretty and does cosplay, the name as being unisex has 120% won me over. Do you make smoothies? I do not. What's your favorite magazine? I don’t really have one. Do you feel you have a family? Sure. Just not an emotionally close one. Who is your favorite member of your family? My sister. Who do you miss? My girlfriend and my friends. Who's your favorite Disney princess? Rapunzel. What fairytale can you relate to the most? Not a big fairytale girl.

#survey #surveys

[daggersandsparks]

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one    (    NAME    /    ALIAS    )    :     samie two    (    BIRTHDAY    )    :     April/October [there's a story] three    (    ZODIAC    SIGN    )    :    Aries/Libra four    (    HEIGHT    )    :   5′3″ five    (    HOBBIES    )    :   i draw, i write, and play video games [ya’ll know this stuff], but i also cosplay, do pub trivia, go to ren faires [i was a bar wench!], baking [debated opening a bakery], researching the fuck out of stuff, doing extra AF creepy makeup six    (    FAVOURITE    COLOUR(S)    )    :  lavender, teal, silver, black, dark purple. seven    (    FAVOURITE    BOOKS    )    : the entire harry potter series. 1984, the fires of paratime, the integral trees, probably something else i’m not thinking of. eight    (    LAST SONG LISTENED TO    )    :  ”I’m a Wanted Man.” by Royal Deluxe [Mairwen’s playlist.] nine    (    LAST FILM WATCHED    )    :   The Avengers: Infinity Wars ten    (    INSPIRATION FOR MUSE    )    :  I had a dream about a woman going to a “town of misfits”, looking to belong, and finding out that the town was murdering people. I turned it into a short story, then it started to become a novel. Which I then converted into both a D&D character [where her ridic stats come from. i roll great stats] and a dragon age fanfic character. which, converted into RPing. [ @wolf-at-worlds-end convinced me to come join fallout rpc ] eleven    (    MEANING BEHIND YOUR URL    )    :  She uses her daggers to control her electrical magic in any of her magic verses [hence why she has the implants and uses knives in her fallout verse despite that knives are based on STR.] TAGGED BY    :   @remember-navarro TAGGING    :    @ratherxintense. @thx-lost-yxars, @distantpagesandpapercuts, @wolf-at-worlds-end, @loving-lone-wanderer, @atcmbcmb-baby, @remnantrecruit

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[inputanimeoutput]

THOUGHTS ON: Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon

Overall Assessment

Let’s not speak of this again || Awful || Bad || Okay || Entertaining || Good || Really Good || Amazeballs || What is this vision of glory I’ve witnessed?!

The Idea

I watch primarily ongoing shows and shows I’ve wanted to re-watch.  Obviously I pepper in recommendations or shows I’ve always wanted to watch.  However, often I won’t know what to watch and will default to the alphabetical list in the catalogue. I’ll start the next show on the list.  It might be a show I’ve never watched, hadn’t planned on re-watching but want to, or it might even be a show I’d previously dropped and decide to try it out again. The progress is slow and I’m still in the As.  Some shows I’ve ditched, and some I’ve kept. They might not all be winners, but ultimately, I’ve found some entertaining watches.

This time, I watched Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon:

Thoughts

When I think of seinen harem anime, there are two major kinds that come to mind.  The first is the comic slice-of-life romcom that usually takes place in a school club or other similar typical setting.  The second is in some type of alternate or post-apocalyptic universe where everyone has some sort of special ability.  Honestly, I find the first type a bit more enjoyable.  The humor and the romance seems more adequately placed in the first, while in the second type it feels forced.  It’s also way out of place in an action series.  I mean, is there really a need to make boobie jokes while humanity as you know it is collapsing around you in a fiery plague of death and destruction?

35th Test Platoon is an example of the latter, and unfortunately, it doesn’t stray too far from the typical action-harem tropes.  There’s inappropriate fan-service that’s inappropriately timed and is inclusive of the most popular fan-service fare: accidental titty squeezes, blown up skirt angles, revealing cosplay, size competitions, and very phallic weapons.

Of course, I expected all of this, but I will say that, in its favor, 35th Test Platoon actually does have quite a bit of heart.  All our female characters--as typical as they may be--do have their own unique stories and personalities that make them function as a team.  While it’s clear that many are romantically interested in our main hero Takeru, more time is spent upon the platoon as a whole rather than on each individual girls infatuation with Takeru.  

Time and time again, Takeru asks to let him carry their burdens on his shoulder, but also time and time again, he requires and requests the help of the rest of his platoon.   Like any good leader, as the captain of the 35th Test Platoon, Takeru takes the burden on himself but binds together his platoon to work together to overcome whatever obstacle is in the way.  In the end, his leadership allows him to let his team help him with his particular burdens, not only growing closer to each of the girls but also allowing the girls to grow closer together.

While there wasn’t much different about 35th Test Platoon and I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it to the casual anime fan or the anime fan who isn’t a fan of this genre regardless, I do think it’s strength comes from the cast working as a team in a team environment.   Often, harem have all the female characters at odds with one another, fighting over the main male character, and while there is some of that in 35th Test Platoon, largely the point is bringing them altogether to work as a functioning unit.  From the stubborn Ootori, to the lone-wolf Suginami, the joyful Usagi, and the outcasted Mari, this batch of misfits comes together.  Yes, it takes a dude to do it (*yawn* genre *yawn*), but it’s far better than the raging bitchfest of some other shows that may come to mind.

All in all, I gave it a 2.5 star rating on Anime-Planet, but if you’re a fan of the genre, you may find yourself enjoying what makes this slightly different than other action-harem anime.

#Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon #Tai-Madō Gakuen 35 Shiken Shōtai #Takeru Kusanagi #Ouka Ootori #Review

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11 Questions Tag

Yay my favorite tag has made the rounds again! I was tagged by both @heretherebebooks and @howlsmovinglibrary, so I am going to do both :) 

If you don’t know, the game works like this: answer the 11 questions you are asked, and then make up 11 more! Then tag some people, if you wish :) 

I am going to tag @persephonelovesbooks​, @princessofbookaholics​, @books-and-cookies​, and @alwaysbringabookwithyou​. 

1. Have you ever fallen out of love with a book? Why? 

I haven’t ever fallen out of love with a book thus far, but I have liked a book and then been betrayed by how bad the ending was. 

2. What’s the strangest book-related dream you’ve ever had? 

I once had a dream I was pregnant with Tom Felton’s baby, does that count?

3. Have you read a book that you didn’t really appreciate until later on? 

I have read some classics when I was too young for them and I really want to reread them in hopes I will actually appreciate them this time around. 

4. What book would you like to see a musical adaptation of? (Bonus: any ideas for song titles?)

Look I love musicals, but I am so bad at this. Ummmm. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray. That would be amazing to see on stage.

5. Have you ever thrown a book across the room? What was it? 

Oh for sure! I tried to toss Moby Dick, but it was too big so I just slid it away from me instead ha ha. 

6. What book cover do you absolutely hate? How would you redesign it?

I HATE any book covers with pictures of people on them, unless its an autobiography or something. I really disliked the originally Uglies covers, but I hope they have already been redesigned by now! 

7. Have you ever cosplayed a character? Who?

I cosplayed as Catwoman, Agent Carter, and a background Ravenclaw. I love cosplaying! I want to do Wonder Woman or Lila Bard next. 

8. What’s the last book that made you want to scream from the rooftop? 

I read The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller and I was so mad. Everyone said this was the best Batman graphic novel ever and they lied! It was not that good. 

9. What’s your favourite subgenre? 

YA books where a bunch of misfits start their own “gang.” Examples: Six of Crows, The Raven Boys, Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix, etc. 

10. If you could bring an author back to life to write one more book, who would it be? 

Terry Pratchett. I know he wrote a lot but I feel like he still had more to say. 

11. Mug full of tea on your bed - yay or nay? 

Nay! Are you guys super humans? I am so clumsy, that would never end well. 

1. What is your favourite TV show/film?

TV Show: iZombie. Film: 500 Days of Summer

2. Do you prefer science fiction or fantasy? (Neither?)

Both! But I like fantasy just a little bit better. 

3. What is your ‘comfort food’ book, for whenever you’re ill/sad/tired etc?

When I was young it was The Two Princess of Bamarre. Now it is Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson. 

4. If you could have any magical power, what would it be?

I want to teleport so bad! 

5. If you could rewrite any book, how would you change it and why?

I would rewrite Moby Dick and actually edit it properly so its not the worst anymore. 

6. Tea or coffee?

Tea! 

7. If you had the chance to become the ‘chosen one’/hero of an epic story, would you take it? (PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER vs. weight of the world on your shoulders/potential for extreme trauma).

Oh no. No no, my flight or fight instinct is actually set on “freeze.” So if threatened, I simply don’t move. I would be dead in the first scene. 

8. Hogwarts house?

Ravenclaw all the way!

9. Least favourite book trope?

Love triangles. Or the whiny male love interest who wants the female protagonist to make herself smaller to fit what he wants (I’m looking at you, Grisha Trilogy and Shatter Me. You know what you did.)

10. If you could dress up as any character from books or other fiction (not taking actual costume making skills into account), who would you choose to dress up as?

Wonder Woman, for sure. 

11. What is your favourite dessert?

Cupcakes! 

My 11 Questions: 

1. What’s a book that made you laugh? 2. What’s a book that made you cry? 3. What did you want to be when you grew up when you were a kid? 4. If you could have any pet, what would you have? 5. A trope you can’t get enough of? 6. Describe your ideal reading day.  7. Who was your first book crush? 8. Tell me a random fact you have memorized.  9. What is your favorite color? 10. What is a book that’s been on your TBR forever but you swear you really are going to read it? 11. What is the one reading related thing you want the most? (It could be anything: a bookcase, a light, a special chair, a bag, etc). 

#11 tag #ask tag #booklr #bookish asks #book questions

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Night Flight Comics—6222 South State Street Latest Arrivals: Wednesday—July 5th 2017

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Night Flight Comics—6222 South State Street Latest Arrivals: Wednesday—July 5th 2017

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By day, Jennifer Turner works in law enforcement in Vancouver. But on this particular late August weekend, she’s in Cleveland, attending JemCon, an annual gathering for devotees of the colorful Eighties cartoon Jem and the Holograms. Turner’s fandom runs deep. She grew up with a single father who supported her love for all things Jem. One Christmas, she woke up to find he had bought her every single Jem-related doll available at the time; other times, he would set an alarm and wake her up early so she could watch the show before school.

“It was such an escape, and so different from the regular narratives that you had about mom and dad,” Turner says of the cartoon, which follows the adventures of a philanthropic-minded orphan named Jerrica — proprietor of an orphanage for teenage girls, the Starlight House — who has a rock-star secret identity/alter-ego, Jem. “I think I identified a little bit with Jem losing her parents.”

In hindsight, Turner, who sports a detailed, full-color tattoo of Jem on her right calf and ink depicting a rival bandleader named Pizzazz on her left calf, also recognizes how the show informed her feminist worldview. “Here was a heroine that owned her own business, was a humanitarian, ran an orphanage, took care of her sister. [She] had a romance, but it was never the whole point of the story. It was about her, and her career. It whisked me away.”

For many, Jem is a forgotten retro footnote. The cartoon had a relatively short lifespan — 65 episodes aired between 1985 to 1988 — and the accompanying doll line enjoyed only a brief burst of popularity. But for fans such as Turner, Jem was a life-changing phenomenon.

Thirty years after the cartoon initially went off the air, and three years after a poorly received live-action feature-film reboot, the Jem universe — or “multi-universes,” in the words of Samantha Newark, who provided the speaking voice for both Jem and Jerrica on the cartoon — remains a vibrant, creative space. Jem lives on via fan art and detailed websites dedicated to the brand. T-shirts mash upJem characters with art in the styles of Duran Duran, Queen, Mötley Crüe, Poison and the Misfits (who share a name with the Holograms’ rival band on the show). There’s also Truly Outrageous: A Jem Fan Film, a Kickstarter-funded live-action short named after a key line in the chorus of the show’s theme song, and a Spain-made short film, MisfitSized. Newark has even compiled a “Jem Drag Stars” playlist on her YouTube channel, featuring detailed makeup tutorials and drag performances themed around the characters.

That same dedication permeates “How Rock & Roll Infiltrated Saturday Morning Cartoons,” an unofficial JemCon kickoff panel discussion and Q&A. Held at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the event features appearances from three luminaries in the Jemuniverse: Newark; series creator Christy Marx; and cartoonist Keith Tucker, a storyboard artist on many of the show’s music videos.

Newark, a beaming presence with cascades of auburn hair, trills one of her character’s signature lines into the mic: “It’s showtime, Synergy!” All three speakers have an easy rapport as they share behind-the-scene tidbits from the cartoon. At one point, Marx draws gasps of wonder by revealing she once pitched a Jem episode set in the Rock Hall that never moved forward.

As the Q&A wraps up, a young woman standing against the wall raises her hand and shares that her name is Jherica —and that she is, in fact, named after Jem’s non-rock-star persona. Incredibly, Jherica Belle isn’t from Cleveland and hadn’t heard about JemCon but just happened to be in town for a work conference and decided to visit the Rock Hall, where she came upon the panel. Her close friends and family call her Jem, Belle shares later via e-mail. “No more than a handful,” she writes. “Not everyone can call me Jem. That name is special.”

Jem and the Holograms was originally created by Sunbow Productions to promote a line of rock & roll-themed dolls produced by toy giant Hasbro, whose other properties included G.I. Joe and My Little Pony. The original Jem doll line is a New Wave fever dream encompassing neon-hued clothing, shoes, accessories and musical instruments. Some toys even came packaged with actual playable cassettes featuring original songs heard in the cartoon.

The show expanded on the dolls’ backstory. After the death of her parents, an ambitious young woman named Jerrica suddenly finds herself running an orphanage and owning half of her late father’s record company, Starlight Music. Simultaneously, Jerrica discovers that her dad created a smart computer named Synergy, who informs the budding music exec that her magical, star-shaped “Jemstar Earrings” can create holograms that allow her to assume the identity of a rock star. Cue the formation of the band Jem and the Holograms, whose lineup features Jerrica’s younger sister, keyboardist Kimber and two adopted sisters: guitarist Aja and drummer Shana.

The show’s 65 episodes boast plenty of over-the-top drama and narrative cliffhangers. Jerrica’s Starlight Music CEO competition is Eric Raymond, a slimy character who constantly tries to sabotage and undermine her. Jem and the Holograms do battle both onstage and off with the Misfits, a gang of felonious (if musically talented) mean girls managed by Raymond. Jerrica also takes care of the Starlight Girls, the foster children who live at Starlight House, and navigates her relations with boyfriend Rio. In true fantasy-land fashion, Rio also falls in love with Jem, but never discovers that the two women are one and the same.

“It’s a character-driven show,” says Christy Marx. “Basically a soap opera for kids is what it was — [or] ended up being anyway.”

This cartoon drama mirrored the press-inflated real-life drama involving the toy lines. As it goes with many real-life female musicians, Jem was often pitted against another female talent: Mattel’s doll juggernaut Barbie. An October 1986 Los Angeles Times article,“Barbie Takes Up Rock ‘n’ Roll to Match Rival Jem,” detailed the emergence of Barbie and the Rockers, a line of rock-themed dolls that debuted in stores shortly before Jem did.

The competition was at least healthy. According to an August 1987 Los Angeles Times story, Jem had sold more than 3 million dolls to date, and the cartoon was drawing 2.5 million young viewers each week, “making it the third most-watched children’s program in syndication.” Unfortunately, Jem’s pop-cultural moment was short-lived: The animated series was canceled in 1988 due to the doll line’s decreasing popularity.

The ongoing fascination with Jem and the Holograms certainly has something to do with nostalgia. Yet Jem isn’t like most children’s entertainment. The show’s sophisticated story lines often involved heavy real-world issues; for example, a runaway hotline was flooded with calls after the phone number ran at the end of one episode. Plus, even minor characters have elaborate backstories, making the show feel more like an adaptation of a novel rather than a cartoon spun off from a toy line.

According to Newark, it was by design that the characters on Jem felt like three-dimensional people. “Our reads had to be very real,” she explains. “They didn’t want cartoony. They were like, ‘No, we want the kids to look up to you, like you’re their older sisters, or their friends.'”

The quality and care that went into Jem’s narratives extended to its in-episode animated videos, whose original music and lyrics also promoted thought-provoking messages. “You might dismiss [the songs] as cheesy, but they’re not,” says Ari Gold, who provided the singing voice for the character Ba Nee, an eight-year-old Vietnamese orphan who was losing her sight. “The messages are good; they’re complex; they’re messages that we still need to hear today. There’s really almost a Jem song about every situation in life.”

Gold, who uses gender-neutral pronouns, notes that their character’s signature song, “A Father Should Be,” is “about the ideal father that so many of us didn’t have.” As another example, they cite “Alone Again,” a rather serious song touching on depression and feeling self-conscious that was sung by a young character dealing with drug addiction. “I mean, this is a cartoon in the Eighties for children. This is before Oprah was talking about this stuff,” Gold says with a laugh. “It was so ahead of its time in so many ways.”

The lyrics were set to equally high-quality music, courtesy of co–composer-arranger Anne Bryant, who noted in a 2009 interview that the Holograms’ songs were orchestrated with real horns, woodwinds and strings, while the Pizzazz-led Misfits tunes had electronic elements and guitars. “[Anne Bryant] was writing pop music, but with a lot of key changes,” says Britta Phillips, who was the singing voice of Jem and is now better known as a member of the band Luna and duo Dean & Britta.

“It was all very sophisticated, and not simple vocally at all,” Phillips says. “I feel like I really learned how to sing doing that. I had a really powerful and high voice, but not a lot of nuance or flexibility or any of that until I started doing the Jem stuff. That all came from that, from working with Anne.”

The show’s smart, non-pandering approach can be traced to Marx, who is revered by fans. Stefan Spierings recalls being “extremely nervous” before he and his cousin Rob met Marx at the 2007 JemCon. “To us, it was almost like meeting Madonna,” the Netherlands native says. “She’s one of our heroes.” A cosplay fanatic named Raven, who published her first book in 2016 under the pen name Evelyn Whitney, could be seen furiously scribbling notes during one of Marx’s JemCon presentations and also considers the creator a writing role model. “I want my career to look like hers,” she says.

The respect is mutual, however. As JemCon unfolds, it’s clear that Marx, who also wrote 23 episodes, takes her role as the shepherd of Jem’s legacy quite seriously, and answers fan questions about character motivations with care and respect. The attention to detail makes sense: Marx grew up an ardent fan of comic books, and worked in TV production before becoming a writer.

When Marx signed on to the Jem project, certain elements were already locked in place, including the rock-star premise and the Jem/Jerrica secret identity. Yet many other elements were in flux, right down to character names (Jem was originally known as “M”). Marx also recalls being given conflicting directions as she began to flesh out and develop Jem’s world. “They said, ‘OK, it’s a girl’s property, and it’s got to be romance and fashion and glitter and glamour,’ and all of this stuff. ‘But we’re afraid the boys might change the dial, so there’s got to be action!'” She laughs. “It was really interesting how they were trying to juggle all of this.”

Despite such seemingly divergent directives, she says working with Sunbow Productions was “a dream” and adds that Hasbro was, for the most part, “hands off. They had moments, perhaps, when they exerted a bit of control over certain stories, but not much. They really let us have a lot of creative freedom.” That helps to explain why Jem explored deeper themes than other cartoons of the time and featured such a stereotype-breaking female lead. Jem herself is a quintessentially Eighties icon, a fashion plate with a shock of pink hair and cutting-edge outfits who’s also whip smart and a total boss. Despite the tragedies Jerrica/Jem has faced, she seemingly has it all: a fun, glamorous and successful life full of romance, rock and responsibility.

The cartoon’s progressive approach toward ethnic diversity — Holograms member Aja is Asian-American and Shana is black — also resonated with fans such as Christina Santisteban, who sports pink glitter eyeshadow, a blue wig and a yellow lace dress. “There were very few other cartoons that were so diverse in its characters, and so inclusive,” she says. “Where do you get a girl band that had sisters that were of different backgrounds? It was very, very well representative of what the ideal should be, in a sense. Jem was a wonderful microcosm.”

For all of Jem’s over-the-top flash, the show also offered subtler messaging to some fans. “[The show] did have an unconscious appeal to the LGBT community, because [of] the secret identity, and being afraid of people finding out and using it against you,” says Garth Jensen, who’s known in the fan community for his seamless custom mashups of Jem cartoon songs with Eighties hits such as New Order’s “Blue Monday” or Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven Is a Place on Earth.” “And just the idea that it was OK to be different — and it was OK to have that side of yourself that was fabulous, and you could bring that out. Being your true self is your ultimate goal.”

Will Edwardson, who boasts colorful, intricate tattoos of the faces of the Misfits and Holograms on his right arm, had a similar takeaway from the cartoon. As a gay teenager growing up in rural Kentucky, he turned to music for solace. “It was a comfort for me, because I was, of course, an outcast,” he says. “[I] didn’t fit in in my area. Being gay was just not the thing to be. It was pretty lonely and isolated.”

Developing an affinity for Jem and the Holograms‘ music- and glitz-filled premise was a natural next step. “I’ve always loved movies and [been] attracted to showbiz and fame,” he says. “So here’s a show of someone who has a dual identity — you have to be someone here, and you have to be someone else here — along with the music, the colors and the clothes. I just identified so much with that.”

Neither Marx nor Newark were aware of how much of an impact Jem had when it originally aired. But as Newark has started attending more conventions, and met fans, she’s seen the show’s profound, enduring effect on people.

“I have a lot of criers,” she says. “They just burst into tears. Nostalgia’s so powerful, and I realized quite a long time ago that I am custodian of something very precious, and I take it seriously. They’re, of course, like, crying and apologizing, and I’m like, ‘No, I understand.’ They’re suddenly eight years old again, or five years old, or however old they were. And the show’s just meant so much to them.”

Jenny Dumlao — a gregarious, enthusiastic New Yorker who traveled to JemCon with her two daughters, eight-year-old Aurora May and six-year-old Leilani — in particular gets extremely emotional when she talks about the ways Jem has provided her with guidance and comfort throughout her life. Born in the Philippines, she moved around frequently as a child after coming to the U.S., and fell in love with Jem early on. In fact, she and one of her best friends would play “radio” using a boombox, and pretend to be DJs talking over the Jem music cassettes — idle play which sparked a lifelong love of music and even a future foray into real-life radio DJ’ing.

“[The show] stays with you, and you experience it in so many different ways as you’re getting older,” she says, adding that she also sees now how big of an impression the show’s ethnic diversity left on her. “I was a kid that would get very excited if there was a character that was like me. And so Aja was the first favorite character. Because you’re like, ‘Oh, she’s Asian, but not only that, she’s so cool — and she’s so smart.'” A few minutes later, she becomes overcome with emotion as she talks about the power of this representation. “I don’t know, as a parent and just even back then, that’s really important to me in media, seeing yourself.”

When her daughters were old enough, Dumlao naturally introduced them to Jem and the Holograms. This introduction came at a time when she was leaving the girls’ father, as their relationship had turned toxic. “Sometimes bad things would be happening, and our safe space was in my room, in the bedroom away from stuff,” Dumlao recalls. “And we would watch [Jem].

“I didn’t think it was happening at the time, but I know based on how [the girls] would talk about the show that it was helping us in those times,” she adds. “And sometimes it was helping me too — whether at that moment I was getting inspiration, or whether I feel like I was going to a simpler time.”

Dumlao and her girls are in a much better place these days. Unsurprisingly, both Aurora May and Leilani are now mega-knowledgeable Jem fans in their own right. (During Friday night trivia, although they seem to be concentrating on coloring, they very quietly answer some difficult questions correctly.) Dumlao recognizes their Jem fandom might not always persist in the same form, but she sees how they’ve soaked up lessons from the cartoon, including the value of hard work, as well as the idea that girls can be anything and everything they want to be.

“I remember one time the girls said to me, ‘You’re like Jerrica — you work really hard, Mama,'” she recalls. “And I was like, ‘Wow. Thank you for noticing that.'”

JemCon kicks off bright and early on Saturday morning with toy designer Stefanie Eskander, who draws a rapt audience to a fascinating, photo-packed presentation covering her time working on Hasbro’s Jem doll line back in the Eighties. To the delight of everyone in the conference room, at one point she reveals her original concept art for Jem’s pet llama, Rama Llama, a fan-favorite cult item that ended up being available only as a mail-in incentive.

People furiously snap photos of a slide featuring Eskander’s drawing of the pink-hued animal, which she initially named Dolli Llama and gave accessories such as a smart bowler hat and hatbox. For a capper on the reveal, she pulls out a prototype llama figure that’s pale yellow, not shocking pink; it occupied a prominent place on her art table in the vendor room all weekend, a mini-celebrity in its own right.

Over the three-day weekend, more than 140 people from all around the world — two attendees short of the all-time JemCon attendance record — will converge on (and brighten up) this otherwise nondescript suburban Double Tree Hilton. The JemCon agenda is packed with activities, including trivia, a costume masquerade and late-night disco, panel discussions, karaoke, a charity auction, and a vendor room full of Jem ephemera for sale and display.

Loyalists devour this kind of minutiae, and have impressive knowledge of every inch of Jem’s narrative world, judging by Friday night’s competitive trivia round. (Sample: “This San Diego Comic Con-exclusive doll had issues with mold in the packaging.”) The Jem-inspired cosplaying is also truly, truly outrageous (and impressive). A willowy 17-year-old named Erica Hill — an aspiring graphic designer who “became totally obsessed” with the Jem and the Holograms cartoon via TV reruns — sports three separate outfits painstakingly constructed by her mom, Andrea, from a combination of thrift store finds and homemade flourishes. “She’s a MacGyver when it comes to birthing cosplay ideas,” Erica says proudly.

JemCon founder Liz Pemberton, who came to Jem after she started collecting the dolls in the early 2000s, launched the convention in July 2005 as a one-day event at the University of Minnesota. That initial installment drew 50 people and, from there, JemCon has happened every year since then in various cities. “Which astounds me,” Pemberton says with a laugh. Even more impressive, JemCon is still a very grassroots, DIY effort: It doesn’t have huge sponsors, and is a volunteer effort planned by a different person or group of people each year.

“I just wanted to get people together to look at our [doll] shoes and fashions,” says Pemberton, a thoughtful speaker who wears her silver-gray hair pulled back into a ponytail. “That it has grown into this much more comprehensive [thing], and that it has become such a welcoming place for such a diverse lot of people, continues to amaze me and makes me very happy.”

In Cleveland, every JemCon attendee has a different story to tell about how they came to Jem or why the franchise is meaningful to them. There’s Ankur Malhotra and TJ Schuessler, who started dating after they met at JemCon; Ilana Pernica, who has fiery red hair and cat-eye glasses and stresses with great urgency that she is the biggest fan of the Stingers, a fictional band introduced later in the series; and first-time attendee Becky Scott, who first loved Jem after hearing cassettes of the music.

Many fans have traveled great distances to JemCon or have parlayed their fandom into a career. Italy native Davide Quatraro learned English from watching the cartoon and now works in the dubbing industry; in fact, he even translated the Jem and the Hologramsmovie into Italian. “It was a huge thing,” he says, “when you can have your greatest passion turn into a job.”

As a kid, Rachel Pankiw — host and organizer of the Cleveland JemCon — was first drawn to Jem and the Holograms by the bright, eye-catching packaging of a VHS tape. But once she watched the cartoon, she saw her own life reflected in the story lines. “I really related to this whole story of the Starlight Girls, and the whole thing with kids not getting attention or getting left out,” she said, adding that her parents were divorced when she was small, and her dad wasn’t around much.

Independent of one another, and without prompting, multiple people express that JemCon feels like a family, which would be a cliché if it didn’t feel so absolutely true. This inclusivity isn’t just lip service, confirms Will Edwardson’s husband, Steve. “I’ve made a lot of good friends here,” he says. “With him being the collector and the one into Jem — and me being a supporter — they’ve made me feel very welcome.” In fact, the soft-spoken Southerners decided to get married in a surprise ceremony at the 2010 JemCon in New Hampshire, since same-sex marriage was then still outlawed in their home state of Tennessee. “We talked about it, and we said, ‘What other place to get married than at JemCon?'” Steve says.

Pemberton gets choked up while mentioning the Edwardsons’ JemCon marriage, and that Malhotra and Schuessler also connected romantically there. “Their lives have changed,” she says. “You don’t go into a convention going, ‘I’m going to change people’s lives.'” She laughs. “Just the way you don’t write a cartoon going, ‘I’m going to change people’s lives.'”

Certainly those attending JemCon represent a cross-section of the most dedicated Jem and the Holograms fans. Pemberton realizes that, in the greater scheme of pop-culture fandom, the brand’s impact is small. When she attended the official 2010 Barbie convention to promote JemCon — while dressed as the Misfits band member Pizzazz, bright green wig and all — “nobody recognized me,” she says, save for one man she knew from the Jem message board. But an interesting twist, Pemberton recalls that there were dancers dressed as Barbie and the Rockers at the convention who “made some joke about Jem and Jerrica, some little insult kind of joke.” She laughs as she adds, “And I’m like, ‘Mattel certainly knows who Jem is still!'”

That Jem and the Holograms hasn’t been given more of a modern second chance is curious. Nostalgia for Eighties cartoons shows no signs of abating, judging by the popularity of modern iterations of My Little Pony and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and a buzzed-about new Netflix reboot, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Unfortunately, the cartoon’s polarizing reemergence into pop culture has something to do with it: The 2015 Jem and the Holograms movie was lambasted by critics (it has a 20-percent-fresh Rotten Tomatoes rating) and earned an anemic $2.3 million worldwide at the box office.

Perhaps because the show remains a cultural underdog, fans are intensely loyal to the franchise and its principals. Newark has parlayed her time with Jem into a musical career, and records danceable synth pop in the vein of Kylie Minogue or early Lady Gaga, while Britta Phillips too has Jem fans come see her live. “The confidence it gave me later in life, hearing that people were still so into [Jem], has given me confidence as a musician, in my singing,” she says. “It took me a long time to make a solo album, but I made one a couple of years ago, and the Jem fans were so supportive of that even though it sounds nothing like Jem.”

Unsurprisingly, JemCon attendees also have very detailed opinions over why the 2015 Jem movie does (and doesn’t) succeed. “Christy Marx wasn’t given the opportunity to write the movie,” says Katie Brandt, who’s attending JemCon with her younger sister, Colleen O’Leary. “That’s why it didn’t work; that’s why it fell apart.” This isn’t an assertion out of left field: Even producer Jason Blum apparently admitted in June that the movie should have had Marx involved.

Still, Marx did make a cameo in the film, portraying Lindsey Pierce, a Rolling Stone reporter, and received a warm welcome on the set — to the extent that when she asked to change some of her lines, she was given a green light with no hesitation. Marx is also extremely complimentary toward the actresses in the movie, even as she too expresses wishes that she had been involved with the writing.

“I think that the essence of Jem got lost, and we lost a great opportunity to genuinely reboot Jem,” she says. “I’ve had so many ideas over the years — of ways to reboot Jem, to bring it back, to rejuvenate it—and yet could never get any traction to do that. And so I think it’s just a shame that opportunity didn’t get pursued.”

“I think there’s a lot that can be done to update it, but keep it true to its essence,” she adds. “So I don’t know if that’s ever going to happen. I kind of doubt it at this point. “

Still, Jem is staying alive in pop culture. In recent years, Integrity Toys launched a high-end Jem and the Holograms doll collection. There’s a special edition, Jem-themed Manic Panic hair dye that glows under black light, while Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken has featured Jem in multiple episodes, once envisioning the character as a pop star who’s fallen on hard times since her Eighties heyday, another time as a foul-mouthed sexpot. (For an even raunchier take on the show and characters, there’s also a mega-NSFW fan parody on YouTube dubbed “Jiz and the Mammograms.”) The original Jem cartoon is finding a new audience as well, in the form of a comprehensive DVD release and, in recent years, syndicated reruns on the Hub (later Discovery Family) and Netflix.

One of the most groundbreaking extensions of the Jem and the Holograms legacy is the IDW Publishing comic book series produced between 2015 and 2017 written by Kelly Thompson. The comics feature characters with body diversity — a particular strength of artist Sophie Campbell, who drew many of IDW’s Jem issues, Thompson says — and expand the backstories of some Jem regulars; for example, Holograms keyboardist Kimber and Misfits keytarist Stormer are openly gay. Later in the series, the comic also introduced a musician named Blaze who is a transgender woman.

“I was interested primarily in drawing out the spirit of the original, which was incredibly diverse for its time, and making sure we continued that tradition by modernizing it and making it even more diverse,” Thompson says.

At JemCon, the Saturday evening festivities especially embody Jem’s spirit of diversity, and playful music and fashion. The impressive costume contest possesses both an abundance of inside jokes and attention to detail. Cherise “Tootie” Sims, who’s cosplaying as Jem’s boyfriend, Rio — specifically as he is in an episode where he kicks a plant in frustration — draws raucous laughter as she mimes kicking a tiny manicured fake plant with exaggerated anger. A veteran JemCon attendee named Jacques, who’s dressed as Jerrica’s late father, Emmett Benton, sports a lab coat and carries a working, light-up prototype of supercomputer Synergy.

With a giant smile on her face, Raven sweeps around the room wearing a floor-length cloak over a black miniskirt and yellow print leggings; she’s portraying a character dressed like an oracle, as seen in the beloved episode “Midsummer Night’s Madness.” Pittsburgh resident Danna Kurela glides gracefully in a costume handmade on her embroidery machine: a shiny gold dress with a fur-trimmed collar based on the Integrity doll line’s Glitter ‘n Gold Jem. The eventual winners are Dumlao — who draws laughter as she does ballet moves around the floor while dressed as Synergy, complete with purple body paint and a silver jumpsuit — and her girls, cosplaying as Jem and Jerrica.

Once the contest is over, the musical portion of the night kicks into high gear. Jem-themed musical karaoke goes longer than it’s supposed to, simply because everyone is having so much fun belting out the songs from the show, although Dumlao (under her DJ name, Jenny Doom) eventually packs the dance floor by spinning an all-killer mix of tunes: Prince, the B-52s, Madonna, Cardi B, Sugarhill Gang. The time ticks away toward midnight, and JemCon has been going full steam for nearly 15 hours.

Plans are already in motion for the next JemCon, which will take place in September 2019, in Buffalo, New York. An agenda and guest list are still being worked out, but it’s safe to say many in attendance in Cleveland are already looking forward to next year.

“I meet so many little kids now,” Newark says. “Some of them come in full cosplay, like a little tiny Pizzazz or a little Jem. I always wondered if [the cartoon] would translate, because it was set in the Eighties, but they don’t care. They love the whole thing: the color, the music, the sparkle, the glamour. [There are] new little Jem boys and Jem girls running around. It’s so cool.”

“The characters, the stories, the emotional elements of it, the fashion, the music,” Marx adds, “I mean, it all came together in a perfect storm, and became this amazing phenomenon that’s called Jem.”

#jem #jem and the holograms #jem & the holograms #the misfits #the stingers

[areyoumyfather101]

POC cosplayers in the Dimension 20 community. Once Misfits and Magic drops, we need to take over the cosplay tag of it! We won't allow the eggshells to be the only cosplayers in the misfitsandmagic tag. Brethren, we must take over!

#dimension 20 #misfits and magic #dimension 20 misfits and magic #i know pirates of the leviathan was a bit more difficult to cosplay #but now we must seize power #this is a joke... #kinda #misfits and magic cosplay

[cottoncandysoul]

cosplay plot: 

one weekend a month, muse a and muse b attend a fantasy camp where they get to cosplay, roleplay and ultimately be somebody else for a few days. muse a lives in the very state said fantasy camp takes place in and muse b travels in from a place of your choosing. this is the only time they ever interact and their characters - whoever their characters are - are entwined with one another, a rivalry that spans years. behind the scenes, they are the best of friends. since they don’t see each other but this one time a month, they only share with the other what they decide to. muse a, who is a little older, doesn’t know that muse b is only 18 and not 24 like they claim to be. muse b doesn’t know muse a is married (if unhappily) with a child of their own. what happens when muse b shows up on muse a’s doorstep to find their spouse and child in tow? or if muse a learns of the lie muse b told them about their age? are they really just friends or are they something more? an in game rivalry could become a real life rivalry, or could force them to reveal they feel much more for one another that goes far beyond friendship. 

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d&d plot: 

yo, this is really our muses are characters based in a fantasy world. they join a party, a band of misfits coming together for one purpose. maybe our muses hate each other, maybe they’ve got a love/hate thing going on or maybe they’re so in love but both are too fucked and too focused on their mission to do anything about it. either way, lots of fantasy lore, dragons, lycans and the like.  let’s have epic battles with magic and sword fights, with fire giants and naga creatures. and hey, if it turns into more and becomes sexy funtimes between two muses, who are we to argue, hm?

#( wishlist. ) #plots #plot wants #( plots. )