#Alex Manes Cosplay

[thesinglesjukebox]

CAMILA CABELLO FT. PLAYBOY CARTI - "I LUV IT"

Per our controversy score, it's more iluvit ihateit iluvit ihateit iluvit ihateit iluvit...

[6.47]

Katherine St. Asaph: wtf (complimentary) [7]

Hannah Jocelyn: “I Luv It" is a perfect example of once avant-garde sounds being absorbed into the mainstream -- which is why people hate it -- but the way all involved fail makes it much better than it otherwise would be. Everyone involved doesn’t know how to work outside the lines of pure pop, and it shows. We have a IV-I-V-ii chord progression, normally too melancholic for upbeat electronica outside of “Off-World”, and we have a classic AABB chorus, only the AAs are iluvitiluvitiluvitiluvit and the BBs are Gucci Mane samples. Cabello is much more fun in this mode than crooning nicotine-Halloween-morphine “Never Be The Same” mode, and if she still comes across as try-hard, that adds to the song’s bizarre alchemy. Carti’s dispassionate mumbling nearly kills it, but listen to the beautiful synth arpeggio he’s up against. “I Luv It” is too structured to be incoherent, too clean to be overwhelming, and all those contradictions make the song legitimately captivating, far from the trainwreck intended. [8]

Isabel Cole: I almost admire this track’s staunch refusal to be an actual song; between its near-total disinterest in conventions like “melody” and “structure” and the fact that its hooks sound like they were recorded by a pull-string doll running out of batteries, you could almost call it avant-garde. Unfortunately, none of its repetitive noodling sounds interesting or good, hence “almost.” Carti’s verse (counterintuitively?) comes closest to achieving one of those things (song, interesting, good), although I’m not sure which one, and despite the fact that he is so inscrutable it’s like listening to a rap verse by the Swedish Chef. [3]

Alfred Soto: I like it, but it took getting used to Cabello's voice squeaking ILUVITILUVITILUVIT against a synth arpeggio. Because Cabello's always sounded like a synth anyway, the track's an exercise in harmony. [6]

Mark Sinker: Obviously I should stop trusting the mondegreen as insight generator -- but “I was on the train with the MEKONS!” Enter Greil Marcus to solve the case, in deerstalker like the Inspector in the Pink Panther cartoons, his enormous magnifying glass from our direction enlarging only his own eye (affectionate). Down these so-pretty streets a man must go who is not himself pop, who is neither tarnished nor afraid! He is the hero; he is Playboi Carti, mumblier perhaps than anyone in muttering history… [squeaks: ah!] [10]

Alex Clifton: Am I supposed to understand any of the words in this song? [3]

Taylor Alatorre: "Doctorin' the Tardis" with less self-awareness yet somehow even greater contempt for its target audience, which in this case is Millennial-Zoomer cuspers who assign mystical significance to Project X and Spring Breakers because they first saw those films before being old enough to drive. I'm opposed to it in principle -- but principle hasn't stopped me from listening to it 83 times in the past month. Mainly that's because of how the brute-force Gucci Mane sample tries to hack my brain into thinking it's actually hearing "Lemonade" for those 12 to 24 seconds. No chopping or screwing, no tenuous lyrical tie-ins, just unadulterated 2010 high school cafeteria bliss. It's such a childishly brazen tactic, like a couple of teenagers trying to sneak their vodka-filled water bottles into an all-ages show, that I can't help but nod respectfully toward it. Given all this, Playboi Carti might not seem to be the correct punchline to this joke, and if Camila had been able to wrangle a Riff Raff or Trinidad James onto here, the unified kitsch factor alone would've earned the song's full acquittal. But it's in the parts where he isn't aiming for gibberish-fueled virality that Carti justifies his presence here. "Oh you on a roll now?" feels like a playful negging of all the cheap XCX cosplay we've just had to sit through, and "she says I'm way too young" is such a teasing last-second aside, turning the very act of Guwop-sampling into a vague metaphor for shooting one's shot cross-generationally... or something. What exactly is one supposed to do with that, other than try to unlock some other secret meaning on the 84th listen? [6]

Wayne Weizhen Zhang: You luv it, but she got it.  [6]

Leah Isobel: The Charli XCX Twinks are hyperprotective of their right to feel alternative and unique, so Camila ripping off the cadence and delivery of "I Got It" (not to mention the Hereditary-biting promotional video) would of course send that particular portion of the internet into overdrive. But it's the prerogative of the actual, charting popstar to execute stylistic hairpins, particularly if she's navigated the label system well enough to actually release something as chart-poisonous as "I Luv It," extra-particularly if she's already played around in this sandbox, and extra-super-particularly if the song represents the first time she's found a convincing vehicle for her unbelievably annoying energy. Honestly, I couldn't tell you why I like this so much -- maybe it's the memory of liking the similarly fried-out Lazerproof, or the maturity to recognize that to be cringe is to be human -- but I do. Sorry! If the song slaps, I can't make it not slap!  [9]

Nortey Dowuona: "You two have been saying one bar is lame and the other one is awesome ALL NIGHT, and it's the same BAR?!!!" -- Troy from Community and me after four listens. [2]

Andrew Karpan: Every micro-generation gets the “I Love It” that it deserves. I love it. [10]

Ian Mathers: Look, it's not my fault that the degree of difficulty you've set yourself is "will this make the listener not want to just go listen to the classic Icona Pop/Charli XCX song 'I Love It' instead?" Credit to the post chorus and Carti's digitally slurred moan of a verse for making it a bit of a fight, but... [7]

Michael Hong: The most captivating word here is that sighed "tomorrow" right before the first chorus. Everything seems to go quiet as she breathes into it, the catharsis of having what you want in your reach, the high of forever in your sight. Cabello never sounds like she'll get there -- "I Luv It" is just one big, provocative, braindead pursuit for your attention, for you to see her as a captivating pop star -- but as her tongue darts across her lips and echoes the titular phrase over and over, there's the thrill she's been looking for. [7]

Kayla Beardslee: This is not a song, this is engagement bait. I cannot be bought this easily! Stream La Buena Vida! [3]

Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: It's odd that everyone is treating this as some kind of oddity; this is a Camila Cabello song, for God's sake! It's the same format as her big hit and the middling replicant (who cares about "Senorita"), just adapted for the current moment rather than the long 2010s; glitchy pop sounds are not some shocking play when it's been two presidential terms since "Vroom Vroom." Even the "Lemonade" sample feels correctly positioned – it's millennial dad rap, the exact kind of respectable pophead interpolation-fodder that Cabello, Carti, and producer Jasper Harris all probably loved as teenagers. "I Luv It" is a perfect showcase for Cabello's admittedly limited skillset; she sounds appropriately wan on the verses and cheerleader-ish on the chorus, comfortable with just being another element in Harris & El Guincho's anachronistic Pop 2 revival. Yet "I Luv It" reaches the mountaintop only upon Carti's arrival – the track pauses for a second before he starts his verse as if it's hard reloading; he then proceeds to duet with a synth solo, do his best Dirty Sprite 2-era Future impression, and go so incomprehensible that I'm not even sure if anyone else on the track knows what he's saying. Glorious. [9]

Dave Moore: I'm confident that everything that everyone who has scored this song a [4] or below says about it is accurate. But a clusterfuck contains multitudes.  [8]

Will Adams: Above all else, it's WEIRD. Strip away the stan chatter and "I Luv It" becomes an appealingly bizarre pivot in which Cabello is enraptured by a frenetic hook, woozy synths and a potentially asymmetric meter. When Playboi Carti's smeared verse arrives, you start to feel delirious. [6]

Julian Axelrod: An unrecognizable Camila Cabello, sounding like she's trying to will herself back to 2012 and secure the Spring Breakers audition she rightfully deserves. An uninterpretable Playboi Carti, facing his biggest moment in the spotlight with a burp and a shrug. An unexplainable "Lemonade" sample, as if producer El Guincho just heard The State vs Radric Davis that morning and decided he was put on this earth to get Gucci Mane a publishing check. None of it gels, none of it makes sense in the same song, none of it even makes sense in the same breath. I can only assume Camila and Co. created this incredible, idiotic Diet Coke and Mentos monstrosity to give guys like me something to be annoying about all summer. [8]

Joshua Minsoo Kim: Was kind of thrilling when it dropped but enough time has passed where this doesn't really hold up. I can only be so amused by Camila sort of just being there (she's not doing anything particularly well, nor is she flailing in any notably outrageous manner). Carti arrives with a decent verse, and then it's over. Music to be momentarily amused by and not much else. [5]

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#camila cabello #playboy carti #music #pop #pop music #music writing #music reviews #music criticism #the singles jukebox #Youtube

[sarcasmismy0nlydefense]

“Because every time you look at me, I’m 17 again; I forget that the last 10 years even happened. And then you look away and I remember all over again and it almost kills me. Every time.”

I wanted to try Alex because this character deserves everything in this world 💜

#RoswellNM #RoswellNewMexico #AlexManes #Alex Manes #AlexManesCosplay #Alex Manes Cosplay #Alex Manes Cosplayer #AlexManesCosplayer #MakeupTest #Make Up Test #Cosplay #Cosplayer #Malex #MalexQuotes #AlexRoswell #TylerBlackburn #Tyler Blackburn #AlexManesDefenseSquad #CosplayMakeUpTest

[mangadank]

bleach

#bleach #pink manga #manga coloring #manga rp #bnha manga #romance manga #alex manes #manhattan #manhwa #mangaart #anime wallpaper #anime cosplay #anime boy #anime #anime art #hollow ichigo #ichigo x rukia #ichigo kurosaki

[rmcweird]

“Because every time you look at me, I’m 17 again; I  forget that the last 10 years even happened. And then you look away and I  remember all over again and it almost kills me. Every time.”

#AlexManes #Alex Manes #TylerBlackburn #Tyler Blackburn #RoswellNM #RoswellCosplayer #Roswell nm #Cosplayer #Cosplay #CosplayMakeUpTest #Cosplay Make Up Test #ma #malexquotes

[herpronuonsarefemslash]

Satisfaction Brought it Back - TEASER

The one where Lena ghosted Kara rather than going villain, Kara went into reporting on human rights abuses in warzones and Lena started a project to take medical information for aliens and their anatomy to help human hospitals.

And then volunteer Subject 99 walks in for a full exam and Lena wonders if she can pretend she's doing anything other than "playing doctor" while learning about Kara's unique body. But her traitor heart just wants to play house. SEE THE REST HERE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/56078508 ===== Alana helps the gray-scaled Jorviunan gentleperson down from the exam table. Five genders on a three-pole gradient, the species file says. Subject 98 uses he/him according to the survey. But it's not right. She's gotten enough peripheral glances of herself in a ballroom's mirror, gritting her teeth and using the identity of least resistance when one of Lillian's friends slid a hand around her back. Lena's been in both the human medicine and xenobiology games long enough to know when a word tastes bad in someone's mouth. Or fangs. Or pincers. Or feelers. Or bioelectrically charged water-filtering membranes. Subject 73 was a Vyllnat who rolled in the other day who looked like she belonged on a Wikipedia article about the Dykes on Bikes movement with the zinger being that her partner was checking in for the session in the next bay during the same time slot. Mating for them involves snuggling close and sharing body heat until their physiologies sync up enough to allow genetic material to simply seep through softened skin. What Lena thought was a rather plain leather riding jacket was, in fact, skin that just looked like supple black leather. Membranous flaps that adults use to seal each other's bodies in an airtight embrace during one of these sessions. A mutually embarrassing moment involving Lena stumbling and nearly wiping out with a tray of sharps and some accidentally-spit acid revealed the tight jeans were really fifteen feet of muscular tail as thick as Lena's waist trailing behind 73 in a holographic concealment field. Lena even weaseled her into letting her take 3D scans of all five sets of interlocking fangs and slicing teeth and a venom sample.

Late that night, Lena might have put a few minutes of Clash of the Titans on loop while she got herself off. Sue her. The idea of reproduction by snuggling is even gayer than a race of medusa-ish beings who come in three flavors of what could only really be called female in a human framework.

"Next subject?" Lena asks, looking up at Alana who is tapping some commands to the repurposed attack drone of Lex's they use to burn any biohazards off the equipment.

"iPad," Alana replies, her eyes sparkling a bit too much as she directs three streams of particle-dissolving energy. Lena sometimes gets a distinct whiff of Kate McKinnon's character in Ghostbusters, except that not only is Alana weird and unapologetic and intense, she's also a first-generation immigrant. She tears through American pop culture like Kara tears through potstickers, so Lena's never 100% sure if Alana's showing up in an outfit that looks like business-safe cosplay on purpose or not. Some city in Nigeria is missing their resident mad genius, to National City's benefit. ===== "Uh, hi."

Rude, is all Lena can think at first. She had heard through the 'DEO to Alex to Kelly to the group texts of doctors who deal with aliens' pipeline that Supergirl had gone from on-patrol to emergency use only around the time that blogs gushed about one of CatCo's human passing journalists coming out as alien and then leaving the company. She was trying very hard not to stalk Kara's Instagram at the time so she didn't follow up. Something something independent reporter in the field somewhere somewhere bringing attention to the plight of someone someone.

Lena only avoided full-on alcoholism over the last year by screening out all reminders of Kara's existence, which let her pretend. Which didn't make it hurt any less when Jess came into her office a few months ago and said that Kara Danvers had come by to ask if Lena had gotten a new cell phone. Kara's first thought wasn't Lena being a cruel, overdramatic mess of gay thirst and Luthor trauma. She trusted Lena's good nature, so her first thought was clerical error.

Kara seems to have taken being ghosted in stride because she spent the last six months getting somehow even hotter than she already was, which probably violates some United Nations Convention on placing dangerous pressure on the human body or something.

Her hair is the same length, but it's tied in a hasty ponytail that's tied off with a scrunchy made of honest-to-god paracord the same crimson as her cape. She's let the curl come back in--how did she straighten it, anyway?--so it doesn't look like Supergirl's sheets of gold more suited for a damsel in diaphanous silk than the halo of an avenging angel. What it evokes is a stallion's mane, glossy in the harsh light and waving as the beast moves.

The dresses that never suited her are gone, and the button ups are back but now they're a thick flannel or something worn half-unbuttoned over a burgundy tee shirt that clings tight and reveals the corners of the suit's breastplate underneath. She could trace the glyph through it, which means if Lena could only get her out of the damn suit, it would revea--FOCUS, she reminds herself--and rather than CatCo-required chinos Kara is in black denim that hangs loose at rest but molds to her muscles when she walks over to put her coat across the 'patient clothing' rack. Each flex and tense tells Lena way too much about how powerful her thighs are and also not nearly enough about what it would feel to have the--FOCUS, Lena--and Jesus take the wheel Kara's even wearing combat boots covered in a fresh coat of pale dust that could just as easily be from a hiking trail north of town or a warzone in Somalia.

"It's funny. On the plane, back from Kasnia? I almost told you."

When she couldn't stop fidgeting with her glasses. Her hair was a mess when she escaped from the Eve clones. She had her glasses off and her hair down and she was going to show me... Lena realizes.

She makes a sound she doesn't even recognize and suddenly she's in Kara's arms, her knees sting from hitting the floor before Kara knelt with her. She's slapping ineffectively against the protective firmness around her and watching her own tears fall like it's happening to someone else.

Kara shushes her and rocks her back and forth and doesn't ask before kissing her forehead. Lena doubts she thought about it consciously. Maybe when she is released, she can complain about lack of consent or maybe she'll demand another kiss to make it all better.

=====

"Lena, I really can't do this. Not like this, not with you."

Reality slams down around Lena like the doors in a haunted house closing.

"Of course. I can schedule you with Alana or per-"

Kara molds her hands to Lena's hipbones and pulls her into her arms. She takes her with force, cupping Lena's head and holding her fast. She nips at Lena's lip and uses the moan as a chance to lick into Lena's mouth. Hot and wet and impatient, her tongue seasoned with ginger and orange and grease, cut with the waiting room mints. She kisses like she eats, greedily and curiously and bottomless. Kara hums and holds and presses and licks and nips and sucks. She brings one hand up to Lena's neck and curls around her pulse, rubbing her thumb along Lena's windpipe. She doesn't seem to notice or care that Lena can't do this forever because Kara wants to do this forever and fuck human failings like a need for oxygen. Lena has to bite her tongue to get her to retreat. It would've drawn blood on a human but Kara just moans and pulls back.

"Christ, Kara."

Kara licks her lips lazily. The chilly blue that reminds Lena of ice caps and winter skies is darkened and her pupils are swollen and fucking hell Lena can even see little white crackles in the depths of them, rising towards the surface like caged lightning.

#supercorp #soft butch #kara danvers #lena luthor #alien fun bits #supergirl

[insidious-intent]

Hey! Hope you're having a good day! 🤗 I would like to hear your thoughts on the RNM finale!

Alright! I have my morning breakfast food and beverage here, so let’s do this! Everything is under a cut because this got long. 

- This entire finale was somehow excruciatingly boring? Did anyone else feel that. There was 0 action, -1 adventure, and we didn’t even get Max cosplaying Thor level of entertainment this time.

- The first minute and a half resolves EVERY SINGLE PLOT THREAD FROM LAST WEEK. No bomb goes off, Liz saves the day, Jesse Manes is officially canceled. 

- And then immediately we jump to “a week later” and everyone is fine, no one is worried about physical injuries or how they all almost died. Liz is supposedly taking care of Maria but that can’t be seen because 2 women cannot be shown together for more than 3 seconds at a time. No one else has visited Maria? Her own mother isn’t glued to a chair in her room? Sheriff Valenti isn’t investigating any of this? ANYWAYS. But Michael is there after a week to talk about how he felt. So at least the romance is still alive. 

- So what is a guy to do after having a deeply emotional 1-on-1 with your “could have been dead” girlfriend? Why visit his ex, of course! Malex destroy the toolshed, which bless, at least we can stop talking about that one torture source. But ya know that shed had to also further the plot, skeletons and key and all. 

- Also shoutout to @frenziedblaze for noting how malex had their first time over a shallow grave. I will never unsee that. 

- Max somehow manages to have the same emotional vibes with his girlfriend and his sister. Except he only makes out with one of them. 

- Max manages to be real cute with Jenna (idk how I started supporting this brotp) and gets her to do “undercover” work for him to see what the real handsome ex-fiance wants with Liz. 

- Turns out Diego might be ready to steal Liz’s research instead of convincing her to work with him. So instead of, idk, confronting the guy, or telling Jenna to stall him, or IDK, ASKING ALEX FOR HELP, Max says “blow it all up.” The real upbeat soundtrack to Max physically destroying everything Liz worked on, was a choice. 

- Please note that ep 12 had 3 bombs, which were in play in the first minute of ep 13. And yet, the only space without a bomb (Liz’s lab) is the one that blows up. 

- Meanwhile, in Guerinland, New Mexico - Michael Guerin confesses his love to a woman he has apparently been dating for a year. Said woman ALSO reciprocates his feelings. However, Maria would like to use her powers, which now canonically will no longer make her sick, but Michael cannot sit back and watch Maria fade away (for unknown reasons). So here must the beloveds depart. Ok. 

- On the other side of the set, Michael and Alex are reading a diary written by Secretly Good Guy Tripp Manes, and for some reason Isobel Evans. Please note that Isobel Evans has used about 6 opportunities to comment on the eternal love and joy between Michael and Maria, yet for some reason she’s back on Team Malex, with 0 conversation about wtf happened. Ok. 

- Tripp Manes, much like his future descendant Alex, fell for shiny aliens with great cheekbones and full lips. Can’t blame them. Tripp talks about their connection being “cosmic” and a high pitched scream resonates from malex fandom as Michael and Alex look at each other for a single second. This is all fine. Also Jason Behr in a suit and hat is a sight to behold.

- And we find out nothing about what Nora was building in that shed, but something about the “stowaway” on their ship. Cool. 

- The best and most emotional beat of the episode was the Cameron sisters reuniting. I was sobbing during their conversation. I love them both a lot. Also here’s to Charlie being Isobel’s next love interest. 

- Aliens can’t seem to stop setting Liz’s lab on fire. This time she responds with walking away from Max, who does nothing to stop her or follow up with an apology. Cool. She ends up watching the ocean, and I gotta say I still stan Liz Ortecho. 

- Rosa Ortecho owns my whole heart. And I’m very proud of her telling her mom to screw off, and for deciding to go back to rehab. 

- SPEAKING OF HELENA ORTECHO. The woman who was supposedly scheming since episode 1, and managed to kidnap not 1 but 3 people with no problem whatsoever, was suddenly completely irrelevant again. She was mad that Jesse’s murder coverup will turn him into a hero (and I have some things to say about that considering Rosa’s murder coverup did the opposite). So instead of idk, going back to scheming with Mimi Deluca, Helena is just going to drink her troubles away. Super cool. 

- All of this leading to a beautiful yet tragically brief Kylex moment where Alex confirms that Kyle is his bff, and that Flint is ok and can be redeemed (hear hear). 

- AND THEN WE GET ALEX SINGING. lkajsdflkasdfkjahsdflkjasdlfkjasdf. I was slayed. Tyler’s voice, the face, MICHAEL AND ISOBEL COMING IN TO WATCH. IT WAS EVERYTHING I WANTED FOR MALEX. 

- So of course Michael was like, this sucks, our romance is a tragedy, I don’t even like the song, goodbye. I can’t believe this dude broke up with Alex every single episode of this season, including breaking up with Alex TO HIS DAD, while he was ‘napped.

- BUT ON THE OTHER HAND. GREGORY “LIBERTY” MANES, the bestest brother on the planet, who liberated Alex from his abuser (get it?) sat and watched Alex perform and then clapped when Alex finally made the move and bagged his tiny, blue haired nerd. It was beautiful. I may have cried. 

- FORLEX. 

- BUT WE STILL AREN’T DONE. So the full season long chanting of The Power of Three finally comes to fruition. And even though Isobel is like maybe we should do more research, her 2 bros are like it’s cool! and open the door lock thing. We find out Nora was building a prison(?) for the “stowaway” and the pod squad accidentally release him, only to realize he’s...Max Evans with a better groomed beard. I just. I-

And now we have a potential year and a half wait to see how the 82 other plot threads will be resolved (@booksmartstreetstupid has an amazing list) 

So let us all collectively turn to fanfics to help our sanity, and pray that we all return next year. 

#responses #anonymous #inigo chats #roswell new mexico #rnm spoilers #this got long lol #Anonymous

[ao3feedrnm]

by Gyptian

“I don't know, man,” said Michael, frowning at the full-length mirror. “Don't I just look like a guy with fake boobs and a wig?” A waterfall of synthetic platinum blonde tickled him where it ended, halfway down his mostly-bare back.

Words: 1606, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Roswell New Mexico (TV 2019)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Michael Guerin, Alex Manes, The Roswell Gang

Relationships: Michael Guerin/Alex Manes

Additional Tags: Everything is Beautiful and Nothing Hurts, Fluff, Crossdressing, Cosplay, Pride, Malex Ships Stucky, Canon Queer Character

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #Roswell New Mexico

[sphealfighter]

Meet the Adopticans (Edited)

Hello you all. The Mod here. I thought about a complete new start of this blog. So I wanted to introduce all of my characters to you so you know them all a bit better before asking questions. I also wanted to say that I, for the next time, only will draw on post it notes and will upload photos of them here on Tumblr. I will still answer the questions in my inbox but they have still to wait a little bit longer. Sorry for the waiting time. I also will not do a frequent upload rate like I said a few posts ago. I noticed if I have a fix date to upload something, I will go in a hiatus instead. I don´t want this to happen so I upload my drawings when I done them in my pase.

Now no more talking. Lets meet the citizens of Adoptica.

First to start the list is the chaos trio. Rain Dancer, Rainy Storm and Spheal Fighter.

Rain Dancer: This little fellow is the one who made this Blog possible in the first place. Even though he is a pegasus, he never flies higher than a few feet. He has a talent for getting in trouble. He is keeping his friends busy getting him out of dangerous situations he got himself into. From little things like a flower pot falling on his head to being chased by timberwolves through town. His friends even started to develope a color based alarm system only for him. There is rarly a week where he does not have a dump problem on his hooves.

He also is a little childhead. Always seeing the world with bright child eyes and never seemingly never thinking about consequences. Always being happy and trying to make everyone happy.

Rainy Storm: He is no one else than Rain Dancer only from the future. He somehow traveled 2 years in the past and now lives with his present self and all the other ones trying to help with the daily chaos and the little adventures they all get into because of his present self. But even though he is Rain Dancer he changed a lot in the coming two years. He got a barely noticed asshole attitude and learned to stand for himself. He isnt the quiet shy pegasus everyone knows from the present Rain Dancer. He is always acting strange like he does have a secret he don´t want anyone to know.

To prevent confusions with him and his present self he overdrew his cuitiemark with the symbol of a sword and wants to be called Rainy Storm.

He also is unable to touch his present self because it would tear a hole in time and space. (Timetravels are crazy)

Spheal Fighter: He is another Rain Dancer but out of another dimension. He was forced to travel through seemingly countless dimensions by a horrible curse before he landed in Adoptica. His real name isn´t Spheal Fighter but he never told someone about his real name after he changed his name to Spheal Fighter. His curse is forcing him to travel through different dimensions every time he dies. Normally he would only get a few days before meeting his inevitable fate. But this time he got a much longer stay. He is already two months in this world and he isn´t complaining about it. But he still hopes to get back home one day. He also have no cutiemark and does not think he will get one because he does not belong in this world.

Bloody Chocolate: He is the best Friend of Rain Dancer and a real movie geek. There is almost no movie he has not seen by now. He has a DvD store in town and is the first on pony to ask about any suggestions for such stuff. His special talent is, of course, movie based. If a spell is in a movie. He can recreate it. He hates it when someone ruffles through his mane but he gave up on trying to stop Rain from doing it.

Noms: He is a pony changeling hybrid. Half pony and half changeling. His mother was a pony and his father was a changeling drone which left them before he was born because he had to return to the hive. He does not know much about his fathers kind. Only the things his mother told him about them. He is capable of transforming in other ponys. Only into ponys though. He also feeds on emotions. But not on love like a normal changeling. He feeds on tensions. He can´t controle the tension eating. He automatical does it. If the tension is of an angry nature, he most likely throws up. He also can eat normal food but he don´t do it really often because of his easy to amberrase friend Rain Dancer. He also is a little prankster and uses his changeling magic often to prank his friends. Besides his tranforming spell he only knows the levitation spell.

Vila Greenheart: She is the majormare of Adoptica and born to be a real leader. A mare which does not fear to fight for her visions and her citizens. She is skilled in the art of sword fighting and is willed to defend her city with raw power if needed. She also counts to the friends of Rain Dancer and gives her best to clean after him when he again desolated the town on one of his chases with a creature of the everfree. She cares a lot about Rain. He isn´t ready to live on his own in her point of view. She hopes that he will not kill himself by accident in the future with his bad luck.

Rolling Dice: He is the born Pan and paper player and the number one to asked if he could do the game master in a sesion. He is famous in all of Adoptica for his long and awesome Ogers and Ogliettes rounds. A roleplay session is only complete with him around. It is like you are really in the game when he starts to tell the story of the adventures.

Swampy Tree: He is the owner of the T(r)ea  House. It is the local hot spot to meet your friends and to drink a nice cup of tea. Only a few citizens, including Rain and all his friends, are knowing about his secret storage he has beneath his shop. His eyes are completly stained in a light blue color and his hair is literaly moss which is growing on his head. His eyes, hair and tail are all side effects of previous experiments with potential ingredients for his magic teas. Which he is storing in his secret storage. He is searching in the everfree for magic ingredients from time to time to expand his secret magic sortiment. He also is kinda the father figure of the most ponys in town. Espacially to Rain, Bloody, Noms and one other guy. He always has good advice and his own ways of finding out what is wrong or even to punish bad behavior.

Linked Claw: This fellow is a wolf pony unicorn. No one knows where he comes from. One day he just appeared in Adoptica and soon found himself caught up in some dangerous situations with Rain Dancer. He than befriended him and helped him from time to time with his bad luck streaks. His special talent is lifelink magic. This is one reason to not get him pissed. Why he is half wolf is still a secret to everyone. The only thing he ever told someone about his past is that he was a normal unicorn once.

Gacha Ball: She is a always happy pony. Always there for everyone when they feel down and the best in keeping secrets besides Swampy. She loves a good hug and has a real hoove for those Gacha machines in town. She always gets what she ants out of them. She is the one to which everyone goes to when they feel bad or just need some down time.

Tapestry String: He is a tailor and is mostlikely making cosplays and custumes but he does normal clothing too. He always says „The crazier the better.“. He also ids a good friend of Rolling Dice. Because of his friend he met Rain Dancer and his crew in the first place. Even though he barely has contact with someone else of the crew besides Rolling Dice he got invited to take part in this Blog thing. He thought „Why not give it a try. Can be get funny to get to know the others better. What could possible go wrong?“

Shimmy Semibreve: She is just a little filly which got already her cutiemark. Proud carrying the title of Rain Dancers „little Sister of honor“. This little filly caught a big place in the chaotic pegasus heart. Always being like the little sister he never had and always telling him what to do to stay save. Even if they are not real siblings, the roles are reversed in their relationship. She is always watching over her „Big Brother“. No matter how much older he may be. Over the course of time they got a real tight bond. But the quirky friendship they share is the most funny thing in her life so far. She always gets everyone to explore the world new every day. She keeps the fresh and pure wind of childhood whirling through everyponys heart.

Blank Page: This always dressed fellow is a bit old school and special. While he always tries to be kind and charming, he gets a bit naiv every now and then. His passion is poesie. Sadly he isn´t that successfull with it. But this isn´t bringing him down. He spends so many time at his desk, writing new poems, that he catches himself sometimes rhyming in a normal conversation. This Character was designed by a good friend of mine. He/She is called Alex.

Zesk´o: He is a Zebra from out of Equestria. Driven into new lands by his need to explore and be an adventurer. Always open for new stuff no matter what it is. He does not care if it might be dangerous or disgusting. The more experiences he gather the better. The only real bad habit of him is his need to sleep really long. It seems that between  his long naps and breakfast is almost no time for something else and yet he is always energetic to do new stuff when he is awake. Rain Dancer and his friends are one reason why he settled down in Adoptica. There is always something happening. Something fun and new. No day is like the other.

#adoptica #Rain Dancer #Bloody Chocolate #Vila Greenheart #Noms #Rainy Storm #Spheal Fighter #Rolling Dice #Swampy Tree #Linked Claw #Gacha Ball #Zesk´o #Tapestry String #Shimmy Semibreve #Blank Page #OC #MLP #My Little Pony #Character introduction #Drawing #Hybrid #Chageling #Zebra #Wolfpony #Unicorn #Pegasus #Earthpony #Ask #Askblog #Askmeanything

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‘The Chicken And The Egghead:’ The Bachelorette Ep. 2 Recap

I am sick. Sick with the Jordan flu.

I can’t stop saying “Tick tock, let’s make it rock.”

There is no cure.

It was nice knowing you all.

Goodbye.

The thing about watching this episode more than once is that I ended up caring way too much about minor details in the show, like how Jason has the perfect reaction every time something ridiculous happens; how Leo’s hair may be the nicest mane I’ve ever laid my eyes on, and that includes men and women; how Jordan needs to publish his book of sayings because I would buy it and it would sit on my coffee table until the end of time; and how Becca sits on couches.

If you notice any of these small details in next week’s (today’s) episode, then my work here is done. Now let me actually recap what happened.

What That Mouth Do?: Group Date No. 1

First and foremost, I must direct your attention to Nick, looking like a snack.

Someone commented on one of my blog posts that Nick is cosplaying Draco Malfoy and I can’t stop thinking about it.

The men were brought on this group date to get spoiled. Or so they thought. Similar to how I spend hours at a time at the gym sculpting my body only to ruin any semblance of progress with a sleeve of Girl Scout cookies, the men get professionally fitted in suits only to get covered in mud, cake and lord knows what else.

Hosting this challenge was last season’s Bachelorette Rachel and her fiance Bryan. We got them because Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher were busy that day, I guess.

The men had to go through an obstacle course that was a metaphor for the steps of a relationship: ball and chain, get over your exes, eat dat cake with no hands cause “what that mouth do?” according to Rachel.

In the end, Lincoln won because he cheated. For his winnings, he got to kiss Becca and take fake wedding photos with her. Later, he was gifted a framed photograph of a fake wedding photo, which he proceeds to “flaunt” in front of the other guys, specifically Connor. Connor, a guy who really thinks about how his actions have consequences, took Lincoln’s photo and threw it off the balcony and into the pool.

As a result of that, he pissed Becca off and made Lincoln cry. I will, however, admit that Lincoln’s tears were just a tad over the top. But he just seems like an “over the top” kind of guy, so I’m not surprised.

Jean Blanc got the rose because he was like one of two guys on the group date who didn’t piss her off.

Turn Down For What: 1-on-1 With Blake

In my armchair expert opinion, Blake had the best connection with Becca on night one. While it was surprising to me he did not get the First Impression Rose, I was not surprised to see that he got the first 1-on-1 date, a date that Becca continues to describe in interviews as her favorite date of all time.

Blake and Becca arrive to a warehouse to find Chris Harrison holding a sledgehammer, and making it look sexy in a way that only he could.

Blake and Becca (ugh, that just has a great ring to it) are told to dress up in work jumpsuits and Timbalands and are also gifted sledgehammers of their own. They walk into the warehouse to find it ridden with memories of Becca’s relationship with Arie. They have one mission: destroy it all.

But wait, there’s more. Lil’ Jon is there.

This was very not on brand for Lil’ Jon but I’m not against it, either.

He performs “Turn Down For What” while Becca and Blake destroy everything in sight. A better theme song would have been “Break Stuff” by Limp Bizkit, but that’s just me being picky. (That’s an iconic music video, btw.)

I feel like it would be awkward to be in a room filled with memories of your ex. It would also seem awkward to help a girl you’re dating to destroy memories of her ex. Both parties, however, seemed to have a great time so I guess that’s all that mattered anyway.

Blake and Becca focus on more serious conversations during the dinner portion of the date. Like how Blake once “saw text messages pop up” in his ex-girlfriend’s phone that talked about her dumping him. I think he meant to say, “I looked through her phone,” but we get it, Blake. Who hasn’t done that, though? People who are in healthy and stable relationships, probably. 

But Bsquared (my couple nickname for them) appeared to be having a blast and would not shut up about how “comfortable” they feel around each other.

They then made out up against a wall and you can just tell they were enjoying it a lot. Viewers were just happy they don’t have to watch Bryan and Rachel kiss anymore.

This is dark, but you get the point. 

Dodgeball Group Date

This was your typical recycled group date on The Bachelorette. They did try and mix it up by putting the men on trampolines, but you know what they didn’t mix up? The varying athletic abilities on each team. The green team completely dominated the pink team. The only person on the pink team to show any sort of dignity and fight was Leo With The Good Hair. Not only does he have an amazing mane, he’s got heart, too.

We learned two things during the cocktail portion of the group date: 

Wills may be a dark horse. He got the group date rose and he seemed genuinely surprised that he has a good connection with Becca. It was cute.

Colton told Becca he hooked up with Tia in January. He probably saw Tia on his TV screen and reached out to her, which is similar to how he got Ali Raisman to date him. Becca, who was originally fooled by his boyish charm and good looks, is upset that she realized a guy she likes is a fuckboy. She said she needed some time to think about this information, which is code for she wants to keep him around but doesn’t want to seem like a pushover.

Rose Ceremony

If I had one word to describe what happened during this rose ceremony, it would be this:

Jordan was apparently not getting enough attention to his liking at the rose ceremony, so he did what any man who thrives off attention would do: he took off his clothes. 

Jordan strutted around in his briefs and dress shoes— With no socks on I might add. What a hypocrite— with his dress shirt casually draped over his shoulder.

While scantily clad, he interrupted David’s conversation with Becca, which apparently offended David, the guy who dressed up like a chicken on night one.

And here is the start to a rivalry I would like to call “The Chicken And The Egghead.”

By the way, I’m team Jordan.

Three people were sent home: Rickey, Alex and someone else. Edit: It was Trent. Deuces.

Meanwhile, Jordan was draped in an incredibly warm blanket during the rose ceremony. He got a rose.

I’m going to end this blog post with some Jordanisms:

“He thinks I’m trying to get attention? I wore my underwear, bro. That’s not me trying to get attention.”

“I don’t want you to misinterpret me as some guy that’s like 007 all the time, cause I’m not.”

“I’m multi-dimensional. I’m not just some guy with hair.”

“David, we can take an IQ test, and I’m certain I would pass it a little higher than you think a male model would.”

“When [David] shakes my hand, it doesn’t feel like a man’s handshake. It feels like, ‘Hi, I’m David.’”

“Put it right between the cleavage.” (when Becca asks where she should put his rose)

“Tick tock. Let’s make it rock.”

What will Jordan say next episode? I can hardly wait. 

#Jordanisms #the bachelorette #becca kufrin #tick tock let's make it rock #abc #dodgeball #lil jon #chris harrison

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Nina (Chimera) - Fullmetal Alchemist

First, let me preface that I have only created three mascot costumes to date as I write this (out of well over 20 cosplays).  I only create them when the character I am trying to portray is more suited to something other than a simple human in fancy clothes.  Sometimes, a beast requires something just a bit more to cosplay.  Also, mascots are expensive and time consuming.  Far cheaper if you make one yourself, but they still run several hundred dollars minimum.  They are more than a workout to wear and often do require some level of fitness and mindfulness while wearing to not get injured or suffer heat stroke.  They are a huge undertaking and challenge, but the rewards when you succeed make it worth the effort.  I am not part of the furry fandom, though I do respect those who are.  It's not a fandom I choose to follow and cannot answer questions regarding it, though it is where many mascot building resources reside (and most in that fandom aren't creepy, which is no different than almost every other fandom, so be nice).  I'm just a cosplayer who sometimes likes to take on a challenge.

With that said, I am a huge fan of Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.  Years ago, when first watching FMA, before the manga completed, one of the most striking and heart-wrenching scenes is that of when Edward and Al are talking to Shou Tucker, the "Sewing-Life Alchemist" who is known for having created the only ever talking chimera.  In the absence of Shou's daughter, Nina and dog, Alexander, Edward puts deduces their fate.  Nina's own father did the unthinkable, simply to see if he could because the science was there; ethics be damned.  Forbidden work that cannot be undone.  My friend who makes mascots challenged me at some point to try making one, so she had someone to walk around with.  So, I ran with the challenge and decided not to just do a partial mascot, but to attempt a quad suit on the first go.  I decided on Nina as my subject matter.

It was a huge challenge and departure from my usual cosplays.  Sculpting out of faux fur and foam, creating hinges, and working with electronics.  All of these were new skills for me at the time that had to be researched, learned, and some trial and error.  The eyes are LED and there is a small, CPU fan in the nose for circulation and air flow, each running off a 9V battery.  The jaw moves when I talk, though not as responsively as I would like.  The frame of the head is plastic canvas and foam.  There is a hinge at the ankle of the PVC pipe stilt legs.  The mane and tail are horse hair.  The tail is actually a horse tail on a belt I use at Renaissance festivals and happened to be the sorrel color I needed.  I just poke it out through a hold in the proper location.  The paw pads and nose are latex and are from Dreamvision Studios.  The teeth are made of sculpey and the tongue is craft foam.  Visibility is through chiffon fabric at the tear ducts in the head.  The costume isn't heavy, but it is a test of stamina to wear.  You feel like you are in a sauna within a couple of minutes of zipping it up (almost instantly if the weather is quite warm).  You MUST drink water CONSTANTLY, so the moving jaw helps with staying hydrated as well as for realism.  I have a friend walk around with me at all times as a handler.  This helps to make sure I don't overheat, provide an extra set of eyes, and also for safety.  You can't always hear everyone clearly around you in the crowd and visibility is low in this kind of cosplay.  Some spectators forget there is an actual person inside and may either run into you (this has happened at least once with the person running straight on into my head, almost shoving the bottom of the head into my throat).  Luckily, considering the character, no one tries to 'sit' on her.  People are disturbed and creeped out by the cosplay, as they should be.  I did get a small child in a stroller who was super happy and excited to see me and insisted on hugging my nose though.  Ah, the innocent children....

The reception has been amazing when I've worn this cosplay.  The cries of "Ninaaaaaaaaa!" "Nooooooooooooo!" "Whyyyyyyyyyyyy?!?!" are delicious and, while no one else can see it, I am usually giggling madly inside when I hear them.  It means I did my job.  One year, my friend who decided to visit Anime Boston from Michigan, walked around with me as Shou Tucker.  Finding a little girl Nina cosplayer was priceless as well as finding a Hohenheim cosplayer (I can't find the photo at the moment).  I've had the opportunity to show pictures of Nina to Vic Mignogna which was pretty exciting.  Sadly, I could not bring Nina to NYCC to show in person.  It's simply too crowded at that con and I would not want to risk injury in such cramped quarters if someone rammed into my head wrong in a cosplay with such limited visibility.  

The legs now creak and one leans to one side.  Unless I have a good reason to fix them and bring her back out and ‘fatten her up’ a bit, she is most likely retired.

Alex Louis Armstrong is Contradan Cosplay

Kurama is my friend drag0feathers who challenged me to make a mascot.

Shou Tucker is my friend Dennis.

#my cosplay #cosplay #nina fma #chimera fma #chimera #fma #fma brotherhood #fullmetal alchemist #fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #contradan cosplay #my friends #apparently a version of the photo with armstrong has been memed #I am evil (not really) with my cosplay choices #all the feels