A POC/non-white/mixie nerd scrapbook. Because we’re awesome.
Face of Fandom: Static Phenom
19-year-old staticphenomenon is working on a fan film about Teen Titan Virgil Hawkins/Static, inspired by the cartoon series and milkydayy’s reimagining. But the excellent cosplay also stands on its own, I think.
Face of Fandom began as a tag for pictorial proof that fans of colour exist and has evolved into a sporadic series highlighting particularly awesome and devoted fans I’ve come across on Tumblr.
She makes me ship Regina/Emma even though I’m not even quite sure what show they belong to.
Lara Croft
More like Sherondaquishiqua Sholaunda Croft Jefferson…
NO, She is cosplaying Lara Croft and doing a damn fine job.
Every time a black person cosplays or dresses quirky or whatever, it’s mocked with racist sentiment. Remember those lolitas, followers? How about the girls with the rainbow hair styles? Those were not isolated incidents.
Now, douchebag above me, quit being such a racist prick. I know you only said that because she’s black and buddy, you are not some unique snowflake if you think you’re the only one whose ever cracked this little “joke”.
Reblog for bolded.
lol checked their blog. They used a variation of “the black friend” excuse.
But racism don’t exist though? Fuck that asshat! This woman is awesome and 100% on point with her cosplay!
THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS.
EVERYONE LOOK I MADE A BOW TIE.
It was really easy and quick and took about half an hour (the longest part was actually turning it inside out -_-) I made it out of some old linen pants that don’t fit me anymore.
I used this pattern but I think next time I’m going to alter it to make the bow pointed, and smaller (thinner). WHAT A CRAFTY BITCH.
(I’m also a little bit sunburned >_>)
My friend Chaka. She is awesome. She also has a million other cosplays. The Pink Ranger, Sailor Moon, Wonder Woman, and She Hulk are a few of my faves.
Wow. She has some amazing legs.
This is Gabby’s first halloween.
Part of the reason I chose to send Gabby Halloween costumes every year that are superheroes is because her daddy (pictured) is a big comics and superhero geek and I thought it a fun and easy way to help build the important father-daughter bond between them.
Her daddy looks forward to Halloween because Auntie will always send a superhero outfit. Now that there are two girls in the family, I may have to do Batman and Robin this year.
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Fandom is focus. Fandom is obsession. Fandom is insatiable consumption. Fandom is sitting for hours in front of a TV screen a movie screen a computer screen with a comic book a novel on your lap. Fandom is eyestrain and carpal tunnel syndrome and not enough exercise and staying up way, way past your bedtime.
Fandom is people you don’t tell your mother you’re meeting. Fandom is people in the closet, people out and proud, people in costumes, people in T-shirts with slogans only fifty others would understand. Fandom is a loud dinner conversation scaring the waiter and every table nearby.
Fandom is you in Germany and me in the US and him in Australia and her in Japan. Fandom is a sofabed in New York, a roadtrip to Oxnard, a friend behind a face in London. Fandom talks past timezones and accents and backgrounds. Fandom is conversation. Communication. Contact.
Fandom is drama. Fandom is melodrama. Fandom is high school. Fandom is Snacky’s law and Godwin’s law and Murphy’s law. Fandom is smarter than you. Fandom is stupider than you. Fandom is five arguments over and over and over again. Fandom is the first time you’ve ever had them.
Fandom is female. Fandom is male. Fandom lets female play at being male. Fandom bends gender, straight, gay, prude, promiscuous. Fandom is fantasy. Fandom doesn’t care about norms or taboos or boundaries. Fandom cares too much about norms and taboos and boundaries. Fandom is not real life. Fandom is closer than real life. Fandom knows what you’re really like in the bedroom. Fandom is how you would never, could never be in the bedroom.
Fandom is shipping, never shipping, het, slash, gen, none of the above, more than the above. Fandom is love for characters you didn’t create. Fandom is recreating the characters you didn’t create. Fandom is appropriation, subversion, dissention. Fandom is adoration, extrapolation, imitation. Fandom is dissection, criticism, interpretation. Fandom is changing, experimenting, attempting.
Fandom is creating. Fandom is drawing, painting, vidding: nine seasons in four minutes of love. Fandom is words, language, authoring. Fandom is essays, stories, betas, parodies, filks, zines, usenet posts, blog posts, message board posts, emails, chats, petitions, wank, concrit, feedback, recs. Fandom is writing for the first time since you were twelve. Fandom is finally calling yourself a writer.
Fandom is signal and response. Fandom is a stranger moving you to tears, anger, laughter. Fandom is you moving a stranger to speak.
Fandom is distraction. Fandom is endangering your job, your grades, your relationships, your bank account. Fandom gets no work done. Fandom is too much work. Fandom was/is just a phase. Fandom could never be just a phase. Fandom is where you found a friend, a sister, a kindred spirit. Fandom is where you found a talent, a love, a reason.
Fandom is where you found yourself.
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This… is the truest thing I’ve read in a long, long time, and every single one of you can relate. (via animegoil)
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(via popkin16)
Wonder Woman!
This is one of my favorite costumes ever. It’s based on Wonder Woman’s 1940s costume (in her first appearances she wore a skirt). The outfit was custom made for me by Curious Couture and the photography was done by Alisa Lemberg.
I couldn’t find red earrings, so I took “pearl” earrings and painted them with nail polish. I admit to being sad I couldn’t find better red boots for this photo (I eventually found a pair with white stripes up the middle).
This is amazing. You look gorgeous & I have teh jealous.
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recent picture (;
Going to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Beautiful!
