Small ensemble showcase up next!

Hello MAGFest!

I just want y'all to know that if the weather suddenly turns freezing for magfest it is entirely my fault for saying "Since I won't need my boots for MAGFest..." out loud. Heard Murphy laughing, saw the monkey's paw twitch, and yes, that is a shoe dropping thank you very much.

I am extremely headless chicken right now, but we did just bang out another new cosplay (Maribel Hearn, for my wife) in less than a week. WIP and pictures when we get back?

And it's time for MAGFest! I'll be performing with the orchestra again, as well as in the small ensemble showcase. Cosplans, in no particular order: Renko Usami (Touhou Project) Temenos (Octopath II) Valentine's Eliwood (Fire Emblem) Alcor (DeSu2) Logy (Atelier Dusk) See you there!

Reading through Gainax's wiki article is pretty much the fact pattern for a law school exam. "What class?", you may ask. Yes.

Or how about "no"?

Progress! (Bride Ninian, Fire Emblem)

Laying out the pieces....

Pattern layouts...

Next cosplay: Bride Ninian, Fire Emblem

Renko! Still gotta finish the blouse

Cape! (And hat, but no bow - yet)

Just need to close up the waistband! And then add the lettering - "Physicist" on my left, "Magician" on my right, and "Physicist is Magician" center back

Please also note: this does not mean I'm not pleased you recommended THING for me, I'm glad you were thinking of things I might like. But yeah. brain goblins.

Got the lining sewn on, all the seams serged, and the zipper installed. Next up is the bips near the hem of the skirt and some other decorations, at which point what the cosolay is should be clear :) (Probably press the hem and install the waistband at the same time because why not?)

So this guy was pretty much wrong about everything.

Started on a new cosplay this weekend. Progress thus far: outer layer, liner, and mockup on one piece, mockup of a second (hence the scribbled note to give myself another 3" or so on the final)

【 Cosplay / Olympia Soiree オラソワ 】 Olympia "The waves bring forth what one seeks." 📸: @hunj.bsky.social 🧵: @cinderforgsword.bsky.social

Y'know, we keep having all these failed raptures every couple of years. It's definitely time to change the quantum oil, get the divine transmission checked, maybe rotate the philosophical tires.... Sort of like a "check engine" light for your multiverse

My god, it's like reading the Vic Mignogna suit all over again

Me playing through EO3: "What's a healer?" Also me: "Man, why am I burning through so many items?"

Obligatory "fuck AI with a cactus" of the day. Vendor: "We need your VAT ID numbers." Me: "The US doesn't have a VAT." Vendor: "But Gemini says-" *sound of gunshot*

This song has been drilling into my head for the past two days, and now it is 2am and I can't sleep. Thank you, brain DJ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioQL...

Dear New Jersey: The Ship of Theseus is supposed to be one of those abstract philosophical questions that start fights, like "is a hot dog a calzone" or "what's the difference between 'right' and 'good'". Not a manual for road maintenance!

So an Indian restaurant looking to move into one of our properties sent over a bunch of documents for me to review yesterday. One was asking us never to share anything about their world-famous bread recipe. You could say it was a naan-disclosure agreement.

I should put this in my bio, but as a reminder: I block MAGA trolls, but I also block for leftist sanctimony. Today's example is "why do you write about X, when I want you to write about Y, which I have deemed more important?" You are always free to write what you want to see in the world, folks!

"That which fails to kill us only makes us stranger." "Don't you mean 'stronger?'" "I said what I said."

Rule #1: ALWAYS read your contracts Rule #2: It's Cali, pretty sure they treat noncompetes as presumed illegal Rule #3: Any con that would do shit like this (regardless of legality in their state) is not one you should attend.

"I'm only here to see how the story unfolds. Any self-respecting leading man would do the same" - Balthier, Final Fantasy XII

12 years later!

Otakon 2013 —> Otakon 2025; the day we first met, and now 12 years later~ 💞 Valentine!Eliwood (FEH): @cinderforgsword.bsky.social Ninian (FE7): me

"She looked in need of rescuing..." - Eliwood (Devoted Love), Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword When we first meet Eliwood, he has just finished sneaking into a den of assassins - by himself! - to rescue a woman he has never met, because she looked like she might need help. Yet Hector is the badass...?

"If you would force the change you wish to see, break the wretched shackles of tradition, and save your sister, you must become King Abaddon...." Lucifer (Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon)

Otakon lesson learned: I am not 25 years old anymore, and cannot go all day without getting outside of delicious food the way I used to

The man may be an egotist, and an unmitigated ass, but he can dress! (Shu, Suikoden 2)

At this point, most of the games I would really want have gotten a remaster. But bring me a Lufia remastered collection. I would buy that day one. (Disposing of the awful "everything is now the Ancient Cave" setup of Legend Returns and Ruins of Lore and whatever that was on the DS)

For all that Gilgamesh gets the Ham Master award for FFV (and every other game he is in), let us not forget that Sass Sage Ghido is pretty much made of amazing lines, too!

All packed for Otakon! Tentative cosplay schedule: Friday daytime: Shu (Suikoden 2) Friday evening: Lucifer (Devil Summoner Raidou Kuzunoha 2) Saturday: Valentine's Eliwood Sunday: Balthier See you there!

the reason turn-based games, management sims, etc. will always have a place in the gaming world is because there is a surprisingly common type of player who will go all in on ultra sicko optimization shit as long as they can think about every decision for as long as they want

Oh yeah, this exists. Gonna be at Otakon next weekend!

"What this country needs is a short, victorious war to stem the tide of dissent and rebellion" - V.K.Plehve, 1905. D.J.Trump, 2025

This just came for me today~

Touhou music....

Once we figured out how to get the rockets off the ground (we've all seen footage of Vanguard, I'm sure), our safety record and success rate were, frankly, incredible. Challenger was alarming because of how used to success we got. Now we have outsourced to.... this.

Dept. Heaven is a series that asks what happens after you attack and dethrone God. Turns out the heroes aren't any better at running things, and just leaving everything unattended is even worse.

Okay, I keep seeing people complain that we can't "wait for the midterms". Reality check: "the midterms" have already started. They started on January 7. The evils of this maladministration do not arise solely because of their control of Clowngress and the White House. 🧵 1/9

While I love the fake FFTactics quotes as much as the next person, this one isn't fake and it's really fucking good.

This Saturday!

Oh yeah, I should use this again, oops. Hopefully once we've moved I can start digging in on cosplay again and start posting more