The Potato Smashers are totally gonna get everything done for ECCC.

[Malaria]

Jaqua: Ineffective rage is like my defining characteristic.

Yeah, earthbender is much closer than the rest of them. Although I could be an Azula-style firebender.
I am magmabender.

Naru: Don't worry, at least your answer involves actually doing something. Mine is just seething.

YES DUH. I love Homestuck. <33

Felix: I think I'm with Jaqua. You're Teo. But like, seriousface Teo.

[Cassiopeia]

I got air.

[jaqua]

Yes. Serious-faced Teo.

IS EVERYONE AIR?!

[Naruchan]

Fo shizzle.

[Felix]

I think it's rigged.
Air is the only answer available.

I would be like Teo if he were all mysterious and ninjalike!

[Malaria]

Someone was really sad that Aang was the last airbender, so they tried to indoctrinate a bunch of new ones.

If he were close-mouthed and significantly less happy-go-lucky, I think he'd automatically have to go mysterious and ninjalike. WHERE DID THAT BOY IN THE GLIDING WHEELCHAIR COME FROM? Unknowable. Like you.

[goatchild]

So... Felix is the bastard love child of Teo and the Blue Spirit?

AHAHA I GOT CONRAD ON THAT QUIZ. And then I took it again and got Zombie. I am not surprised by either of these results.
I got Earth on the other one, so it's officially not rigged. And I actually think I agree with it. o.o

If I ever read Homestuck, it will probably break my brain, but feel free to drag me into your cosplay group anyway if need be. : P

(@Jaqua: I'M KIND OF REALLY SCARED FOR THIS NEXT ASSCREED MESSAGE. I THINK I MIGHT DIE UNDER THE WEIGHT OF ALL THAT UNF.)

[Felix]

fff hahaha
maybe!

[Malaria]

... Yes. This is the most appropriate.

So I've grown out of constantly cringing under the weight of my own neuroses and you've grown into it? XD

Yeah, I'll just give you a character and tell you to paint yourself grey. ... Or not. Depending on what character you get.

[jaqua]

Well I know it's not the only available answer since I took it again and got Fire. SO I KNOW THEY'RE AVAILABLE. EVERYONE IS JUST AIR.
okay nevermind Yagi got earth, I should post faster

So... Felix is the bastard love child of Teo and the Blue Spirit?

I lol'd. A lot. SO TRUE

(YOU SHOULD BE SCARED IT'S SO FIC-HEAVY. It's not all porn, there's some stuff that's just hysterical or angst or a good read in general. It's mostly porn though.)

[sandrobotticelli]

Jaqua: Yeah, at first I'd probably be like, "Hello thar 8D" but then if he did the scar thing I'd be really, really angry.


I would say that I'd beat him, but I'm so weak my wrists would most likely break if I tried to punch him. Then he'd just laugh and snap me in half like a twig.  I'd probably just be a sad little individual making this face every day when I was around him: D'8
Every time he'd try to do anything I'd just be like, "Why God, why?!"

Oooh, I like the android idea! It'd make sense.

[Malaria]

(YOU SHOULD BE SCARED IT'S SO FIC-HEAVY. It's not all porn, there's some stuff that's just hysterical or angst or a good read in general. It's mostly porn though.)

this
=
the good parts of fandom

[jaqua]

So, so, so true.

[goatchild]

That is honestly why I'm so obsessed with the AssCreed fandom right now. Because it doesn't make me cringe every 5 seconds.

@Malaria: It's not the neurotic part of Conrad's personality that I identify with, so no. It's the other stuff that's there. In theory. Under all those neuroses. XD

I'd probably just be a sad little individual making this face every day when I was around him: D'8
Every time he'd try to do anything I'd just be like, "Why God, why?!"

So... you'd respond like Abel? Except without sucking exponentially at everything like Abel does?
Seriously, Abel's face is D'8 in every panel of the first 10 pages. And Cain's is C<

[jaqua]

The AssCreed fandom actually prides itself on being totally chill. Annoying people are part of a very small minority that everyone else wants nothing to do with. Which is also why I love it so much! 8DD Plus so many badass characters and so much subtle female empowerment!

[sandrobotticelli]

goatchild: It's true. I'd actually suck a little less and wouldn't respond with "Oh, I've always wanted to have sex with a man." XD

[goatchild]

Sandro: You mean you wouldn't be a stereotypical blushing uke who didn't know they actually wanted it until after they were raped, but the raping was okay cuz now they know they actually want it?? SHOCKING. Oh yaoi, why must you be so infuriating?

And now have some hilarious Deathly Hallows Part 2 trivia that I just found on the Harry Potter wiki:
According to the site SnitchSeeker.com, Josh Herdman (Gregory Goyle) announced that Crabbe will not appear in the Deathly Hallows film adaptation, and it will be his character (Goyle) who dies instead. This is because on 7 April 2009 Crabbe's actor (Jamie Waylett) and another man were arrested for cannabis possession and later tried and sentenced.

I am sad that the entire Fail Trio won't be in the fire scene, but I'm also highly amused that they're adding Zabini to the fire scene instead. Rescuing Draco and Mr. I Am So Much Better Than Everyone Even Voldemort Blaise from the fire doesn't have quite the same sad/fail sentiment as rescuing Draco and Goyle. Or maybe that's just me. XD

[sandrobotticelli]

goatchild: Yeah, pretty much. I hate that rape is a common theme in Yaoi. Like there is no consentual homosexual sex in Japan, are you kidding me? Every once in a while I find a really cute one that's realistic but my god some of the ones (and especially the ones that are popular) just make me really uncomfortable because it's rape...and yet people are like "Oh, this is so hot." No, no it isn't.
Anyway, I won't go on a rant about it. I'll just stop there xD;

[goatchild]

I've made it one of my many missions in life to find as much consensual, non-girly (aka no chicks with dicks) yaoi as I possibly can. So far I think I'm doing pretty good. : D

But yeah, if we start discussing this, it will just be all of us going ARRRRGGHHH WHY JAPAN WHY for a good few pages. XDD Pretty sure all of us here agree that this trend is full of so much mental anguish of the very not-sexy variety. At least I hope we all agree on that. D:

[Malaria]

That's part of why we suddenly have so many genderbends listed, actually. Our hilarious anti-shipping shipping pics can be fun and not dragged down by OMG YAAOOOOOIIIIII
also because apparently I like to do things that will bring cosplay community stigma onto me?

and also because neither Yagi nor I will ever be buff enough for Ace and Smoker. : (

[sandrobotticelli]

goatchild: Aww, yeah see, that's what I like! It's hard for me to find it though. But oh lord the stuff I do usually find *shivers**cough*RussiaxPrussia*cough*

My friend actually wrote a whole paper on the rape usage in Junjou Romantica and it was bloody brilliant.

Malaria: So many people were all "YAOI LIEK NAO!" with my Russia I wanted to cry! Noooo D':
crazy yaoi fans + crazy hetalia fans= hell
I hate it when people do that and it totally makes sense you would do that with the genderbending usage. Seriously.

[Malaria]

RussiaxPrussia is not allowed in this house. Which is why I'm really excited for your guys' one Russia and Prussia pic.

I would totally read that paper. : D

Oh you poor dear. DDD: People don't really bother me with Austria, but that's maybe because I'm already standing next to Yagi which apparently is enough?
Hetalia fandom, you were so cool to start. Why so not cool now? ;A;
Part of it was also gleeful WE'RE STOMPING ON YOUR SHIP AHAHAHAHA. I am unabashedly petty like that.

[goatchild]

Malaria: Cheesy muscle suits = so sexy what are you talking about. 8DD

@Sandro: Russia/Prussia is definitely the first thing that came to mind ugghh. I've started going down the mangaupdates.com list of yaoi manga by highest rating, which is surprisingly where I found quite a few of my favorite consensual, non-girly yaoi. Cuz the highest rated ones aren't necessarily the vastly popular ones, and the popular ones aren't necessarily the highest rated ones. : D

I would love to read that paper as well!

[sandrobotticelli]

Malaria: I'm glad to hear it XD. Haha, and our non couple/rapistxrape-victim shot? Me too.


Yeah, I wasn't really with anyone and I had a lot of weird Prussias coming up to me asking to get some couple shots with me and I felt like a jerk but for the most part I was just like, "Uh...I'm in a hurry." XD;;
I knoooow. Unfortunately that's what happens with a lot of series when they get really, really popular. Not all, but some ;n;
I think it kills me the most when the fandom practically rapes history though. :[
I ACTUALLY LOVE THAT. I'm sad because the person's photos got deleted from her comp but I got a few shots of me punching China in the face XDDD. Oh lawd.

goatchild: Aww, well that's good to hear! I will have to check that out then! : D <3

I'll have to ask and see if she still has the paper.
You know, I didn't mind Egoist too much (probably because they were a bit more realistic and there was no rape involved; they were also around the same age.) It was mainly Romantica and Terrorist that bugged me. Especially Romantica. I hate Usagi.

[goatchild]

You know, I didn't mind Egoist too much (probably because they were a bit more realistic and there was no rape involved; they were also around the same age.) It was mainly Romantica and Terrorist that bugged me. Especially Romantica. I hate Usagi.

You took the words right out of my mouth. All of them. Yes. <33
I friggin love Hiro. I still wanna cosplay him. >>

Speaking of which, I actually watched the first episode of Junjou again last week with the excuse of practicing my Japanese listening skills. I could understand a looot more of the Japanese than last year so it was worth it in that sense, but actually watching it was so much pain oh my god. I am totally skipping to just the Egoist episodes next time. Like I ususally do. @~@

[Malaria]

Oh jeeze that does not sound super fun. I WOULD DEFEND YOU FROM ALL COMERS, REBECCA. I'm secretly really scary.
Like when fangirls will bend history to suit their characterizations of the nation-tans? :I
I think any RoChu shoot should revolve around their perpetual high school relationship. get together, break up, make up, break up~

For some reason I kind of like Romantica too. It's a bit like Starfighter, because I spend the whole time going WHY BRAIN WHYYYY and THIS IS STUPID WHY IS EVERYONE SO STUPID but then I'm like "I like these side characters" and I somehow feel justified in continuing to read. It's a vicious cycle.

[sandrobotticelli]

goatchild: HIRO IS SOOO CUTE ;n; I like him, even though he does have anger management problems. I also really like Nowaki. I've actually wanted to cosplay Nowaki for a while.

It's horrible! Misaki is such a sweetie and I feel bad that he's stuck with this sick rapist who would probably kill him or lock him up forever if he ever tried to leave him.
I only ever watch the Ego episodes now. I usually skip all the others xD

Malaria: Aww, well thank you! Hopefully I won't have that many issues this upcoming year (or at least I hope not. Ha.)
Yes! D':

Mmm hmm, I have shows/comics that make me feel the same way.

[Malaria]

It's horrible! Misaki is such a sweetie and I feel bad that he's stuck with this sick rapist who would probably kill him or lock him up forever if he ever tried to leave him.

I've sort of been in cheerful denial about how creepy Usagi is. But that's pretty much it right there.
Thanks, Japan.

No problem~.
I think it's less of an issue with the non-modern cosplays, since the worst you get is people wanting Pirate EnglandxSad Colonist Spain. And you're doing neither of those things!
Man I'm still kinda sad we never did any of the younger designs. But at the same time I'm really glad we did Avatar instead.

[Felix]

.....I don't read yaoi. D:
or any romancey/sex-ey comics, regardless of the couple's genders. 8|;;

[sandrobotticelli]

Malaria: I can't get it out of my head so it depresses me whenever I see them together.

I agree, and that's true. But then again people like to make England the biggest uke ever for some ungodly reason that I'll never understand so you never know. Wah wah...
the Avatar ones turned out awesome <3.

Felix: Oh really? That's probably a good thing considering how horrible some of it is XD

[goatchild]

I am glad we did Avatar instead too. @~@

@Felix: You aren't really missing out. XD Unless there was a really good series where the yaoi wasn't a central plot point and was just kind of there in the background. But I can only think of one like that, and it's not one I think you'd be terribly interested in watching anyway (unless you secretly really like Gundam series?)

[Malaria]

Felix: Yeah, I have no idea why I like it, since when it's done with flesh and blood human beings I'm like oh god so gross.
I think you might be the aromantic-est ace.

Sandro: Now every time I see it I'm just going to be like RUN, MISAKI! RUN BEFORE HE LOCKS YOU IN THE CONDO FOREVEEEER

oh god I know. It's like "wait, we are talking about the biggest terrestrial empire in human history, right?" He'd have to be a toppy bastard. There is just no other way.

Well thank you. <3 They have been massively frustrating for all of us, but that's okay 'cause being those characters is really fun.

[sandrobotticelli]

Malaria: You're welcome XD

I knooow, not to mention since I had to do so much research on my family history I ended up finding out more than I wanted to know about how much of a douchebag that nation is. ahaha. I just don't know how that whole thing in the fandom started. I heard some people say that it was because he was short, which is the worst reasoning EVER. It's true, that should be canon.

It looks like it! But y'all look so awesome 8D <3
 

[Malaria]

mrghrmghmrgh

Any nation that imposes droit de seigneur on another is automatically in deep, rapey jerkwad territory.
The short=uke thing is totally a yaoi imposition.
Although what little of what I know of the pre-Roman era of Britain was that while England did take a lot of licks from Scotland and Ireland and Wales, they were all constantly at war all the time anyway 'cause that's what tiny kingdoms did. :/ Maybe we should just sit and pretend that England's big brother Scotland was actually a mistranslation. They were really writing Denmark in the Japanese. >>

Thank you <33

[Felix]

I've never seen any of the Gundams so I don't know!
I don't mind romance as long as it's not the main plot... it just doesn't do anything for me. Ukes piss me off though, as do some pairings. <_<;;

[Malaria]

Felix.
Watch Gundam Wing.
and then maybe cosplay Heero.

But seriously Gundam Wing is one of the best Gundam series out there. It's not as camp shounen as its predecessors, and it's not the miserable shoujo dreck that every other series after it descended into.

[sandrobotticelli]

Malaria: This is so true.
And yeah, it is, and that makes me sad :'/
Yeah. The only true "britons" are the Welsh and Cornish people that came before the English. Then you got the Anglo Saxons coming in from the mainland around the 3rd and 4th century that wiped out all the original inhabitants in what is now called "England" and pushed the others off to the side (thus you get the territories of Cornwall and Wales.) Around this time they were fighting each other, and the Anglo Saxons in particular were invaded by the Danes. So much fun fighting one another. But this just proves that even from their beginnings the English were a bunch of jerks that weren't afraid to take over and be an a-hole. Yeah, if we want to get seriously technical England wouldn't be related to Scotland, Wales and Ireland at all. Their roots are celtic whereas the English were Germanic (and later Norman/north French after the Norman conquest.) I don't like that in Hetalia the author states that Scotland, Wales, and Ireland bullied England. They all bullied each other and I'm sure that if there was any bully, it would easily be England, especially from the 13th century onward when Edward I of England tried to wipe out the Scottish and the Welsh. 

I'm sorry for the rant/history lesson XD;

[Felix]

we should
winter break
we can marathon it
EPIC FUNTIMES

[Malaria]

Rebecca: No man don't apologize! History dump=glee
I know about the Anglo Saxons and the Normans, but somehow the bit about Cornwall totally flew over my head. Thanks.

Felix: I was actually planning to mostly be in Eugene over winter break so I could job hunt. ._. But I'll be in town for at least a few days, and we will marathon it then!

[goatchild]

FOR THE SAKE OF GUNDAM WING MARATHONING, I WILL BE ANYWHERE FOR HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES. I also have most if not all of the eps on CD/DVD/whatever (thanks to Valeria actually). We could marathon it before/after our Awesome Hetalia Shoot of Awesome. Which we still need to actually schedule.

[Malaria]

Have you tested to make sure those CDs actually work? XD
I don't think I gave you the whole series, btw. But if we have internet while we marathon, there's always online streaming. http://www.animedreaming.tv/anime/gundam-wing/

I think we were gonna schedule around Sandro's work schedule for the most part. And probably everyone else's work schedule too, since some of us are actually employed now.

[sandrobotticelli]

I'm never free on Saturdays usually. But there's a very good possibility that I won't have to work on Mondays or maybe even Sundays. I'll update you guys as soon as I figure out what my work schedule is like :x

also: I can't believe I've never seen Gundam Wing! I've only ever seen G Gundam xD
Something else to add to my must watch list.

[Malaria]

I think Sunday would be workable for most of us. But yeah, just let us know.

[goatchild]

If a Sunday does work for most people, it would have to be the 12th or the 19th. It would work better for me if it was sometime in the week between the 12th and 19th, but if a Sunday would work better for everyone else, then I'll make it work. : 3

[Naruchan]

HEY! o3o Just curious, because, I've been meaning to watch Gundam wing again as well.
o3o I'd totes be up for this, if it's okay that I sit around and watch Animu with you all.
^^; Haven't watched it since I was like, 8, so, XD I'll probably understand it a bit better now!
8D Amber's never seen it either, SO WE MUST POP ALL GUNDAM WING CHERRIES!

o3o Lately I've been working on Sundays, but they are easy to request off, if I know to now. XD

XD Feel free to tell me to GTFO if I'm all up in yo business. 8D because I can be I'm sure.

Also- Felix as Hero= Epic awesomeness.

[jaqua]

I'm free Sundays as far as I know! At least, I haven't worked one yet. I hope I don't have to work one soon. I have to work a lot though and it SUCKS. I work like eight hours a day, five days a week. This is a lot of work for a job that was supposed to be part-time. :|

Also I would just like to say that I would like to have everyone over at my place at some point after the eleventh because a) I will have the place to myself, b) we have an episode of Arthur starring Neil Gaiman to watch, c) I have a gigantic tv that can access YouTube and dude, Felix, you STILL haven't seen AVPM OR AVPS which is just a crime. So party at my place, y/n?

[Malaria]

Post-photoshoot tiredness party at Jaqua's? I THINK SO.

[jaqua]

I LIKE THAT PLAN, I'LL BE ABLE TO CHECK TOMORROW AT WORK WHAT MY UPCOMING SCHEDULE IS (PROBABLY)
Also Felix, you're coming over and watching some musical goodness regardless. Anyone else who is interested is also invited. Assuming that, you know, doesn't end up happening at post-photoshoot funtimes.

[goatchild]

Party at Jaqua's = YES. Maybe we could just watch the first few episodes of GW after we watch all that other awesomeness. Cuz while I love GW, Arthur Neil Gaiman and AVPM/AVPS >>>>>> watching GW. And once I start watching GW I won't wanna stop. I will stay up all night watching it if you let me. 8|

[Felix]

....this sounds like a good plan to me!
I should be back by the 12th, so whenever. c:

also I finally made that cosplay account I kept saying I was going to make. xD;;
http://cryptonigmatic.deviantart.com/