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So a couple days ago, some folks braved my long-dormant social media accounts to make sure Iβd seen this tweet:
And after getting over my initial (rather emotional) response, I wanted to reply properly, and explain just why that hit me so hard.
So back around twenty years ago, the internet cosplay and costuming scene was very different from today. The older generation of sci-fi convention costumers was made up of experienced, dedicated individuals who had been honing their craft for years. Β These were people who took masquerade competitions seriously, and earning your journeyman or master costuming badge was an important thing.Β They had a lot of knowledge, but β hereβs the important bit β a lot of them didnβt share it. Β Itβs not just that they werenβt internet-savvy enough to share it, or didnβt have the time to write up tutorials β no, literally if you asked how they did something or what material they used, they would refuse to tell you. Some of them came from professional backgrounds where this knowledge literally was a trade secret, others just wanted to decrease the chances of their rivals in competitions, but for whatever reason it was like getting a door slammed in your face. Β Now, thatβs a generalization β there were definitely some lovely and kind and helpful old-school costumers β but they tended to advise more one-on-one, and the idea of just putting detailed knowledge out there for random strangers to use wasnβt much of a thing. Β And then what information did get out there was coming from people with the freedom and budget to do things like invest in all the tools and materials to create authentic leather hauberks, or build a vac-form setup to make stormtrooper armor, etc. Β NOT beginner friendly, is what Iβm saying.
Then, around 2000 or so, two particular things happened: anime and manga began to be widely accessible in resulting in a boom in anime conventions and cosplay culture, and a new wave of costume-filled franchises (notably the Star Wars prequels and the Lord of the Rings movies) hit the theatres. Β What those brought into the convention and costuming arena was a new wave of enthusiastic fans who wanted to make costumes, and though a lot of the anime fans were much younger, some of them, and a lot of the movie franchise fans, were in their 20s and 30s, young enough to use the internet to its (then) full potential, old enough to have autonomy and a little money, and above all, overwhelmingly female. Β I think that latter is particularly important because that meant they had a lifetime of dealing with gatekeepers under our belts, and we werenβt inclined to deal with yet another one.Β They looked at the old dragons carefully hoarding their knowledge, keeping out anyone who might be unworthy, or (even worse) competition, and they said NO. Β If secrets were going to be kept, they were going to figure things out for ourselves, and then they were going to share it with everyone. Β Those old-school costumers may have done us a favor in the long run, because not knowing those old secrets meant that we had to find new methods, and we were trying β and succeeding with β materials that βseriousβ costumers would never have considered. Β I was one of those costumers, but there were many more β I was more on the movie side of things, so JediElfQueen and PadawansGuide immediately spring to mind, but there were so many others, on YahooGroups and Livejournal and our own hand-coded webpages, analyzing and testing and experimenting and swapping ideas and sharing, sharing, sharing. Β
Iβm not saying that to make it sound like we were the noble knights of cosplay, riding in heroically with tutorials for all. Β Iβm saying that a group of people, individually and as a collective, made the conscious decision that sharing was a Good Things that would improve the community as a whole. Β That wasnβt necessarily an easy decision to make, either. I know I thought long and hard before I posted that tutorial; the reaction I had gotten when I wore that armor to a con told me that I had hit on something new, something that gave me an edge, and if I didnβt share that info I could probably hang on to that edge for a year, or two, or three. Β And I thought about it, and I was briefly tempted, but again, there were all of these others around me sharing what they knew, and I had seen for myself what I could do when I borrowed and adapted some of their ideas, and I felt the power of what could happen when a group of people came together and gave their creativity to the world.
And it changed the face of costuming. Β People who had been intimidated by the sci-fi competition circuit suddenly found the confidence to try it themselves, and brought in their own ideas and discoveries. Β And then the next wave of younger costumers took those ideas and ran, and built on them, and branched out off of them, and the wave after that had their own innovations, and suddenly here we are, with Youtube videos and Tumblr tutorials and Etsy patterns and step-by-step how-to books, and I am just so, so proud. Β
So yeah, seeing appreciation for a 17-year-old technique I figured out on my dining-room table (and bless it, doesnβt that page just scream βI learned how to code on Geocities!β), and having it embraced as a springboard for newer and better things warms this fandom-oldβs heart. Β This is our legacy, and a legacy the current group of cosplayers is still creating, and itβs a good one. Β
(Oh, and for anyone wondering: yes, Iβm over 40 now, and yes, Iβm still making costumes. And that armor is still in great shape after 17 years in a hot attic!) Β
Hang on a minute. I recognize the name βpenwiperβ. Let me checkβ Ok, yeah, Iβve heard of this person.
OP also invented armsocks.
Y'all might have noticed that your friendly community moderator has been slacking a bit lately. No updates. No organizing. What the heck was
OP I have been thinking about YOUR IMPACT since 2011. Do you know what you did for Homestuck lmao
Another example of a foundational internet text that millions of people donβt know was so influential.
I'm in a little local cafe and the women behind the counter started griping to each other, "Oh Christ, Stephen's back again," "It's him, is it? I thought he'd stopped coming," "It's definitely him, look, it's bloody Stephen on a Thursday morning," "Do you want me to get rid of him or are you going to do it?" and so I was peering outside, trying to spot this nightmare customer, this pestilence of a person, this pox upon the cafe trade, and then one of the women from behind the counter ran outside, clapping two trays together loudly and yelling "GET OUT OF IT, STEPHEN!" and it turns out that Stephen is an absolutely gigantic fuck-off seagull who hangs around outside, menacing people for crumbs
The spell master: God damn it, where on earth is my magic crystal ball????
The suspiciously hungry and round bug:
What is this thing
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happy pride month! I updated this comic, old one under cut.
i just realized i havenβt posted any of my 60k cross stitch on here!!
last picture is at 11.2k stitches!!! itβs a custom pattern i made of one of my favorite scenes in crimson peak
my favorite coco panel ever of all time so far and two brave witches
god I'm such a slut for Chinese eggplant in garlic sauce *decides itβs inaccurate to refer to myself as a slut in light of my minimal sexual activity* if The Enemy discovered my ardor for Chinese eggplant in garlic sauce, they would gain a significant strategic advantage

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"going out to get milk" is a common turn of phrase used to describe a man abandoning his family.
the "milkman" is a common figure in stories depicting a woman's infidelity and adulterous affair.
this implies that the ability to provide milk would both decrease the likelihood of a man abandoning his wife and children, as it would eliminate the need for leaving to get milk AND would secure that man's marriage, as his wife would have no need to seek milk from an extraneous source.
therefore, all men should produce milk, through various means such as:
- being a cow
- being an almond
- being a woman
- being a coconut
- being in the omegaverse
- being an oat
(list is exemplary and not finite)
in this essay, i will redefine the nuclear family and explain the seductive and inflammatory nature of the 1993 "Got Milk?" commercials.
you shut your mouth.
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