Okay, this one definitely does sound cool though; tagging @veliseraptor in case you’re interested
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…I can’t decide if this sounds interesting or if it would just make me want to scream, because like…I’m not a ~good villain fan~ who loves villains as villains, I just love Loki mostly for other reasons, and uhhhhh there’s KIND OF A BIG DIFFERENCE between liking villains or calling yourself a Slytherin and claiming allegiance to fucking HYDRA especially considering how LITERAL ACTUAL REAL-LIFE NAZIS ARE A PROBLEM AGAIN
so, okay, I guess it’s not that difficult a decision after all
On the one hand, this could actually be useful or at least funny; on the other hand, it could be a hot mess; and on the other other hand (I suddenly have three hands), I have mixed feelings at best about CAH and anyone/anything associated with them
things I absolutely must do this weekend because I was a dumbass and didn’t do them earlier, and I’m going to need Monday evening for a chiropractor appointment, possibly buying a few last-minute things, packing, and then getting to bed at a decent time:
actually figure out Seattle transportation because maybe we do want to rent a car after all, which is pretty bad timing to realize that, but I uh…don’t know how we’re getting from the airport to the city proper otherwise (what’s a 30-minute drive like with Uber? I have literally never used Uber) and it would make some things easier BUT ALSO I bet parking at the convention center is bad- ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE CONVENTION SCHEDULE FFS
- also, decide what tiny bits of sightseeing we want to do
make sure all necessary laundry is done- COSPLAY
dig out Abigail Marston outfit and make sure the shirt still fits- finish Avengers Academy Loki
put at least one more coat of spray paint on the staff- paint and attach the ball on top and the other silver bits
- lots of stuff with the blazer:
rip out the shoulder pads, adjust the shoulders somehow, add fur to the collar,replace the buttons,add epaulettesmake sure my orthotics fit in the shoes I got, and also see if I need to buy anything else because they’re a little bigfinish AoU Wanda
cut down bootsfigure out jewelry- modern Wonder Woman
- make the tiara symbol and glue it to the baseball cap I bought
- make an extremely stylized W from wide gold ribbon and then glue it on later after I use the jacket for Wanda
- figure out what I want to do with the gold cord I bought, because I thought it would be cool to make it into a belt except then I realized a belt probably wouldn’t be visible, so now I’m not sure what to do; I mean I can just make a loop of it for the lasso and tie it to my normal belt but I did really like the belt idea for like…making it modern
finish the last of my outstanding Etsy commissions to mail on Monday- write?? I mean I’m gonna write on the plane but that’s like…maybe two hours of useful time and that’s almost definitely not enough to get something ready to post
- scream?
- definitely scream, also yell at myself for not doing more of this earlier
I’m dying over here you guys
things I absolutely must do this weekend because I was a dumbass and didn’t do them earlier, and I’m going to need Monday evening for a chiropractor appointment, possibly buying a few last-minute things, packing, and then getting to bed at a decent time:
actually figure out Seattle transportation because maybe we do want to rent a car after all, which is pretty bad timing to realize that, but I uh…don’t know how we’re getting from the airport to the city proper otherwise (what’s a 30-minute drive like with Uber? I have literally never used Uber) and it would make some things easier BUT ALSO I bet parking at the convention center is bad- ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE CONVENTION SCHEDULE FFS
- also, decide what tiny bits of sightseeing we want to do
make sure all necessary laundry is done- COSPLAY
dig out Abigail Marston outfit and make sure the shirt still fits- finish Avengers Academy Loki
put at least one more coat of spray paint on the staff- paint and attach the ball on top and the other silver bits
- lots of stuff with the blazer:
rip out the shoulder pads, adjust the shoulders somehow, add fur to the collar,replace the buttons,add epaulettes make sure my orthotics fit in the shoes I got, and also see if I need to buy anything else because they’re a little bigfinish AoU Wandacut down bootsfigure out jewelry- modern Wonder Woman
- make the tiara symbol and glue it to the baseball cap I bought
- make an extremely stylized W from wide gold ribbon and then glue it on later after I use the jacket for Wanda
- figure out what I want to do with the gold cord I bought, because I thought it would be cool to make it into a belt except then I realized a belt probably wouldn’t be visible, so now I’m not sure what to do; I mean I can just make a loop of it for the lasso and tie it to my normal belt but I did really like the belt idea for like…making it modern
finish the last of my outstanding Etsy commissions to mail on Monday- write?? I mean I’m gonna write on the plane but that’s like…maybe two hours of useful time and that’s almost definitely not enough to get something ready to post
- scream?
- definitely scream, also yell at myself for not doing more of this earlier
time to go destroy a brand-new pool cue in the name of
sciencecosplay!!
it will probably surprise no one to learn that this was, in fact, more difficult than I expected, because the thing about wood is that it doesn’t melt like plastic does when you cut it or drill it with something that is spinning very very fast, but it does kinda want to catch on fire
I mean, nothing actually caught on fire, but there was a liiiiitle bit of smoke and a lot of bad smells, and it took probably an hour to cut through both halves of the pool cue, because I ended up having to carefully drill a bunch of holes through it first because the cutting disk just wasn’t doing the job by itself
and then I did some spray-painting, outside in 20°F weather with a breeze trying to blow away my newspapers, and I suspect I may have inhaled at least a little bit of spray paint because I was a dumbass and didn’t wear a face mask for that part
time to go destroy a brand-new pool cue in the name of science cosplay!!
-spends two seconds thinking about ECCC and everything that has to get done before Tuesday-
things I need to do within the very near future (i.e., before I leave for ECCC on Feb. 27), which means I should do several of them this weekend, which means somehow I need to PRIORITIZE and MAKE DECISIONS and *incoherent screaming*
- Finish all my cosplay stuff
- go to Michaels for at least a few more things and try not to get hopelessly sidetracked
- find everything from my old Abigail Marston cosplay
- Avengers Academy Loki
go to Walmart to pick up the pool cue I plan to use for the staff- figure out how to cut it down so its two component pieces will fit in my suitcase (also, figure out whether I can somehow stick to a carry-on or take a checked back like I usually do)
- add embellishments of some kind so it actually looks like his staff
figure out what shoes to wear, and also socks/leggings/something- lots of stuff with the blazer: rip out the shoulder pads, adjust the shoulders somehow, add fur to the collar, replace the buttons, add epaulettes
- AoU Wanda
- cut down boots
- figure out jewelry
- modern Wonder Woman
- test hot glue on my red Wanda jacket to see if it’ll come off
- make the tiara/hat
- make whatever embellishments I’m going to use on the jacket and then I guess bring a glue gun with me
- find or make a gold rope-like belt
- go to Planet Fitness at least once
see Black Panther, ideally with @erlkonigstochter, but otherwise probably with my dad which means figuring out how to suggest it while still getting him to pay for it- write…something. anything (well, anything from this list)
- try not to get dehydrated (probably too late)
- finish at least one Etsy commission that’s due soon,
and the other too if I can since it’s probably easiergo to Value Village tomorrow for their 50% off sale to look for yet more jeans and also a few final cosplay pieces- semi-related: haul out our barely functional sewing machine and attempt to patch the jeans I already have that fit well but also have giant holes in the inner thigh
leave more voicemails for my dipshit legislators- at least look at the ECCC schedule and start figuring out what I want to go to, which I definitely should have started doing earlier
- also plan with @erlkonigstochter whatever else we want to do in Seattle, because we probably won’t have time for a lot but I know there are at least a few things I want to see
- I’m almost sure there’s something else I’m forgetting
well
I guess I could’ve done worse
I have LESS THAN A WEEK to do…basically all of this
Ha Ha Ha why do I do these things to myself
things I need to do within the very near future (i.e., before I leave for ECCC on Feb. 27), which means I should do several of them this weekend, which means somehow I need to PRIORITIZE and MAKE DECISIONS and *incoherent screaming*
- Finish all my cosplay stuff
- go to Michaels for at least a few more things and try not to get hopelessly sidetracked
- find everything from my old Abigail Marston cosplay
- Avengers Academy Loki
go to Walmart to pick up the pool cue I plan to use for the staff- figure out how to cut it down so its two component pieces will fit in my suitcase (also, figure out whether I can somehow stick to a carry-on or take a checked back like I usually do)
- add embellishments of some kind so it actually looks like his staff
figure out what shoes to wear, and also socks/leggings/something- lots of stuff with the blazer: rip out the shoulder pads, adjust the shoulders somehow, add fur to the collar, replace the buttons, add epaulettes
- AoU Wanda
- cut down boots
- figure out jewelry
- modern Wonder Woman
- test hot glue on my red Wanda jacket to see if it’ll come off
- make the tiara/hat
- make whatever embellishments I’m going to use on the jacket and then I guess bring a glue gun with me
- find or make a gold rope-like belt
- go to Planet Fitness at least once
see Black Panther, ideally with @erlkonigstochter, but otherwise probably with my dad which means figuring out how to suggest it while still getting him to pay for it- write…something. anything (well, anything from this list)
- try not to get dehydrated (probably too late)
- finish at least one Etsy commission that’s due soon,
and the other too if I can since it’s probably easier go to Value Village tomorrow for their 50% off sale to look for yet more jeans and also a few final cosplay pieces- semi-related: haul out our barely functional sewing machine and attempt to patch the jeans I already have that fit well but also have giant holes in the inner thigh
leave more voicemails for my dipshit legislators- at least look at the ECCC schedule and start figuring out what I want to go to, which I definitely should have started doing earlier
- also plan with @erlkonigstochter whatever else we want to do in Seattle, because we probably won’t have time for a lot but I know there are at least a few things I want to see
- I’m almost sure there’s something else I’m forgetting
I'm a defeatist but I don't have to be 