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On October third he asked me what day it was, I said, ‘How dare you talk to me, you coward.’ . . . Don’t forget 3.Oct.11 Happy Mean Fullmetal Alchemist Day! 📸 by @markwillshirephotography

Absolutely delighted to place first at the Glasgow round of the Crown Championship of Cosplay today at MCM! As each place was announced I became more sure that, as I expected, I hadn’t placed; everyone had done such incredible work! So when they said my name I shouted out ‘what the fuck’ because really, what the fuck. I was incredibly gratified to hear the lovely judges recognise the research, work and historical and technical details which are so easy to overlook or miss. Given just how, to me, political and personal this costume is both thematically and in my thinking when making it (and the state of the country), it is very meaningful to have a trophy for Olivier emblazoned with Scotland. ‘Such a parcel of rogues in a nation.’ This means I’ll be going on to compete with Olivier in the UK finals at Birmingham in November! I can’t wait to see the other finalist’s amazing costumes

You could always see me. . . . It is #BiVisibilityDay, and just last week I was told to my face at work that bisexuality isn’t really a thing. I am a biromantic demisexual comfortable in who and what I am, and am valid and visible every day of the year regardless of anyone else’s ignorance but if I wasn’t so self-aware and ready to fight for myself that could have thrown me into a downspin. All of my love to all bi individuals out there, be you in a relationship with a man, woman, enby or a being of darkness or happily single. If you are out, closeted, questioning, or happy in your identification. You are all valid and good 💙💜💗♠️ . . . 📸 by Beth Rudkin at #manchesterpride

We can’t turn our backs on this fight now . . . 📸 by @markwillshirephotography

It took me a lot of time to understand what I saw. . . . Some more Lust WIP details, this time making a Spanish Farthingale! I’m a little out of the swing w insta so sorry for being erratic with everything here... The Spanish farthingale is a perfect fit for Lust - in part bc this window of c16th century fashion where the silhouette was very clean and neat (cones were In), and also because bc it feels like an appropriate nod to that slight kick her skirt has at the calf. When people think of this particular silhouette it probably first calls to mind popular depictions of Anne Boleyn, unfairly categorised as an unfaithful seducer for so long. Lust is so often taken at face value as the embodiment of lust of flesh and desire, when really she is the embodiment of the homunculi’s bloodlust. It feels like a suitably uneasy and paradoxical parallel. This is still a bit of an incomplete shape because I need to change some things before I can sit down and just play with the hoops to nail that perfect silhouette. The base skirt I made in the middle of the night in a fit of anxiety, which led to a panic of maths and some frantic alterations before realising that actually, no, I was right the first time. However, the alterations had to be finished the make sure the skirt was balanced. So the size of my farthingale is a little bit odd, being neither historical nor quite correctly scaled for my modern self. Don’t jump between cm and inches in the dead of night, kids. . . . The main fabric is a Cotten satin dyed, the channel’s are velvet ribbon. The hoops are 14mm steel rather than anything rounded because I want to use up as much as I can from my stash. This project will probably take a little pause bc I’ve got Zelda on the brain and also bc both of my wrists are totally fucked so I need to be careful and take my time. EDIT: I just realised I posted a couple of the slides in the wrong order! Nevermind, you get the idea!

If he died smiling then we can’t allow ourselves to die. . . . 📸 by @redsnakephotos at @hyperjapanofficial . . . The bags you get when dealing with Edward Elric and overthrowing a fascist military state and claiming the family inheritance. Fun fact! My eye bags are so bad that even four layers of green make-up won’t hide them.

Where did I come from and where will I go? . . . Swipe through for process details! I thought I would try to be better about sharing my process with this costume, so we’ll see how we go! . . . Pootling away on my Lust underpinnings whilst the design details percolate in my head. I was planning to do a historicalish white linen chemise but then I found this perfect burgundy muslin that was a beautiful quality and perfect colour. Muslin, of course, didn’t exist in Europe in the c16th (about 100 years off) but this isn’t exactly going to be a historically accurate costume. I want to build a tonal base partly because I just really enjoy creating holistically in-character costumes from the skin up even when it won’t be seen, and also as a nod to the black tones in the various fma illustrations and anime’s (she tends to have a green tone in fma 03, violet tone in Arakawa’s illustrations, and swings between various purples in FMAB.) My hero brocade has a burgundy weave so that set things for me to work from, and I think will give a (hopefully) creepyish organic edge to a (hopefully) dramatic costume where it spills out.

Circumstances have changed. . . . 📸 by @markwillshirephotography

I fought with a stranger and I met myself I opened my mouth and I heard myself . . . Drink water, be gay, punch a (Space) fascist Rey - @becka.from.nowhere Hux - @goddamnmorti . . . First time donning the green since last June, and I was definitely not ready for it. First troop in over a year and, for the foreseeable future, my last. Yesterday was my first Pride in Manchester, and the first time that the UK legions were invited to partake, which makes it a pretty special and perfect moment to draw a line under. Much love to everyone from the Mandos, the 99th Garrison, and the RL who supported us. 🖤 Fuck you to the decrepit bigots that did not. I spent the whole day with the Dixie Chicks screaming in my head which feels perfect. One day soon I’ll be actually ready to put Hera back on, and I am very excited for that. 💙💜💗♠️ (Soz, I only have v low quality pics right now)

From this point on I’ll be running the show. . . . 📸 by @markwillshirephotography

By the time all of this is over, I might well be a hero. . . . 📸 by @meggophoto at #lfcc This shot was taken through the tiny window in the lift we we were shooting in and I love how grainy apocalyptic it feels. Perfect Briggs menace

Part of the prize at the @hyperjapanofficial #costest was to be featured by @kawaiijapan.cospo on their billboard in Shibuya, Tokyo! WHAT. Utterly astounded to have my Olivier featured in Tokyo alongside @demorafairy and Sigma of @tertiuscosplay who both placed in the contest. I am so proud of this costume, and I am so delighted by @markwillshirephotography’s perfect work capturing her. We’re on a billboard! Thank you so much, @hyperjapanofficial and @kawaiijapan.cospo for such an amazing opportunity. It will be running until the 28th, so if anyone is in Tokyo, please please check it out! . . . 📸 by @markwillshirephotography

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